Voice of the People: Daily Life in the Antebellum Rural Delaware County New York Area

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Background: Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813 - 1894) was the oldest daughter of the writer James Fenimore Cooper of Cooperstown, NY.  She was known as a writer and naturalist.

Rural Hours (original 1850 version from Google Books)

Excerpt  from the revised 1887 edition, from the University of Pennsylvania. The 1887 version is shorter than the original. Rural Hours: Spring

 

 

 

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