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Note by Frances Chrystie on a prayer by Mary Chrystie, Undated

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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."

Arrangement

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.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

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:
Firestone Library
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Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-1148
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (hsvc): Box 1

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Related Materials

For additional biographical and geneological information about the Chrystie/ Few families and Mary Chrystie, as well as classroom teaching materials related to the collection, see notes by Eric Johnson at Seeley Mudd Manuscript Library.

Mary Chrystie Collection; 1856-2003; Princeton University Library Records, Princeton University Archives, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Bibliography

Eric Johnson, Ohio State University, "Making Mary: Maternal Shaping and the Construction of Childhood in the Mary Christie Archive".