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Note by Frances Chrystie on a prayer by Mary Chrystie, Undated
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
No date, but after Mary Chrystie's death in 1842. A note written by Mary's mother, Frances Chrystie, explaining how she found the above described prayer ("Prayer of Dedication") written by Mary; Frances Chrystie found the prayer in 1836 but did not tell Mary that she had discovered it until "a few days before she left us." Mrs. Chrystie goes on to relate how she told Mary it was apparent that she had dedicated herself to God at a very young age. She then explains that Mary responded by saying "I was very wicked." Mrs. Chrystie recalls that at the time the prayer was written Mary was constantly questioning how her mother knew whether everything the Bible said was true. Mrs. Chrystie concludes: "I think when I mentioned the enclosed paper it awakened regret at her sceptical feelings that winter and the way in which she often expressed them to me."
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No discernible arrangement.
Collection History
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2014 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Eric Johnson in 2002. Finding aid written by Ian Dooley and Miranda Marraccini in 2014.
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This collection is open for research.
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- Credit this material:
Note by Frances Chrystie on a prayer by Mary Chrystie; Mary Chrystie Papers, COTSEN1, Cotsen Children's Library, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (hsvc): Box 1
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- Bibliography
Eric Johnson, Ohio State University, "Making Mary: Maternal Shaping and the Construction of Childhood in the Mary Christie Archive".