The Journal of Madame Knight

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The Journal of Madame Knight is a travel diary written by Sarah Kemble Knight, an American colonial teacher and businesswoman. The diary, written during an unchaperoned horseback journey from Boston to New York in 1704, offers an authentic and often humorous chronicle of 18th-century colonial life. Knight's account details her travels, lodgings, and observations of the people she encountered. The journal was published in 1825 and is valued as a historical source and a literary work.1

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…when it was published as The Journal of Mme Knight by Theodore Dwight, Jr. The graphic and often amusing account of her journey proved to be of enduring interest, and the Journal was frequently reprinted thereafter. It has remained a valuable historical source and a unique literary work.
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…when it was published as The Journal of Mme Knight by Theodore Dwight, Jr. The graphic and often amusing account of her journey proved to be of enduring interest, and the Journal was frequently reprinted thereafter. It has remained a valuable historical source and a unique literary work.
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