Boston trader Sarah Knight on her travels in Connecticut, 1704

Boston trader Sarah Knight on her travels in Connecticut, 1704 Sarah Knight traveled from her home in Massachusetts to trade goods. Through her diary, we can get a sense of life during the consumer revolution, as well as some of the prejudices and inequalities that shaped life in eighteenth-century New England. Saturday October 7 Their diversions in this part of the country are on lecture days and training days mostly: on the … Continue reading Boston trader Sarah Knight on her travels in Connecticut, 1704