Robert Love's warnings
Subtitle: searching for strangers in colonial Boston
By: Cornelia H. Dayton and Sharon V. Salinger
Contributors: Salinger, Sharon V. (Sharon Vineberg)
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Early American studies; Early American studies
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780812245936
Subjects: History; Warning out (Law); Strangers; Internal Migration; Social conditions
Description: Recounts the "warnings out" delivered by Robert Love in Boston to some four thousand itinerants, including youthful migrant workers, demobilized British soldiers, recently exiled Acadians, and women following the redcoats who occupied Boston in 1768. Love kept meticulous records of the sojourners he spoke to, including where they lodged and whether they were lame, ragged, drunk, impudent, homeless, or begging. Through these documents, the authors reconstruct the biographies of travelers, exploring why so many people were on the move throughout the British Atlantic and why they came to Boston.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-237) and index.