The Lee Max Friedman Collection Of American Jewish Colonial Correspondence / Thirty-four letters written by the author to her son, Naphtali Franks.
Abigaill Franks's letters are among the earliest extant by a woman in colonial New York City. They are also the earliest known letters by a Jewish woman in British America and probably the western colonies. Thirty-five letters survive, all written to her son Naphtali between 1733 and 1748. These letters represent a rare resource for the study of family life during the colonial period as well as of the life of a lively and articulate woman." "In this book, Edith B. Gelles edits all of Abigaill Franks's letters to make them accessible to modern readers. Gelles's introduction provides a portrait of New York City at the time, describes typical colonial family life, and discusses the Jewish immigrant experience in New York."--
