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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19811710 Title: A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 Author: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Publisher: New York : A Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1990. ISBN/ISSN: 0394568443 9780394568447 9780679733768 0679733760 OCLC:19811710

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A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812

Author:	Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Publisher:	New York : A Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1990.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.
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Subjects	Ballard, Martha, -- 1735-1812. Ballard, Martha, -- 1735-1812 Hallowell (Me.) -- Biography. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography Biographies
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Ulrich, Laurel. Midwife's tale. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1990 (OCoLC)609206722
Named Person:	Martha Ballard; Martha Ballard; Martha Ballard; Martha Ballard
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Find more information about:
ISBN:	0394568443 9780394568447 9780679733768 0679733760
OCLC Number:	19811710
Notes:	Cover title: Martha Ballard, her diary.
Awards:	Pulitzer Prize, History, 1991.
Description:	x, 444 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Contents:	Introduction: a great sea A going -- August 1787: Exceeding dangeroulsly ill -- September 1799: warpt a piece -- October 1789: Mrs Foster has sworn a Rape on a number of men -- November 1792: Matrimonial writes -- December 1797: Birth 50. Birth 51 -- January 1796: find my house up in arms -- February 1801: A desection performed -- March 1804: what a scean had I to go at Evening -- April 1806: Polly Purington here -- May 1809: Workt in my gardin -- Epilogue -- Appendix: medicinal ingredients mentioned in Martha Ballard's diary.
Other Titles:	Martha Ballard, her diary.
Responsibility:	Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
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Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.

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