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Seven daughters

Chapter 19: Transcriber’s Notes
By Amanda M. Douglas
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About This Book

The narrative follows a household of seven sisters as they move from girlhood toward young womanhood, recounting domestic episodes, small romantic entanglements, and neighborhood commentary. Told in a warm, episodic voice, it focuses on family bonds, sibling rivalry, and the everyday complications of home life, using humor and gentle pathos. Scenes center on household tasks, social visits, and the sisters' private hopes and fears, offering multiple perspectives rather than a single plotline. The work emphasizes manners, moral lessons, and the social expectations placed on young women, while celebrating domestic resourcefulness and affectionate relationships.

Transcriber’s Notes

  • pg 64 Changed: She smiled in her irresistable fashion,
    to: She smiled in her irresistible fashion,
  • pg 128 Changed: papa would say,” was my rejoiner
    to: papa would say,” was my rejoinder
  • pg 150 Changed: And she enjoys everything so thorougly.
    to: And she enjoys everything so thoroughly.
  • pg 168 Changed: our engagements and geting everything
    to: our engagements and getting everything
  • pg 183 Changed: Here were sandwitches dripping with jelly
    to: Here were sandwiches dripping with jelly
  • pg 185 Changed: great double lucious blossoms
    to: great double luscious blossoms
  • pg 208 Changed: with a certain funny lugubriouness
    to: with a certain funny lugubriousness
  • pg 238 Changed: Dosn’t she take care of sick people
    to: Doesn’t she take care of sick people
  • pg 264 Changed: nothing but complaint and discouragment
    to: nothing but complaint and discouragement
  • pg 264 Changed: went to neigboring towns
    to: went to neighboring towns
  • pg 274 Changed: I struck out blindy
    to: I struck out blindly
  • pg 284 Changed: I have gussed
    to: I have guessed
  • pg 285 Changed: It is not—Winthop Ogden.
    to: It is not—Winthrop Ogden.
  • pg 287 Changed: bound by a promise of secresy
    to: bound by a promise of secrecy
  • pg 300 Changed: no expensive trosseau
    to: no expensive trousseau
  • pg 317 Changed: spoken of the probabilty
    to: spoken of the probability
  • pg 337 Changed: It was the begining
    to: It was the beginning