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Sarah Kemble Knight was a pioneering woman who traveled across the American colonies in the early 18th century. She documented her journey in a journal, which has since become known as "The Journal of Madam Knight."
Knight was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1666 and was the daughter of a wealthy merchant. Despite the societal restrictions placed on women at the time, Knight was well-educated and had a strong desire to travel. In 1704, she set out on a journey from Boston to New York City, a trip that would take her more than three months to complete.
Throughout her journey, Knight documented her experiences in great detail, writing about the people she met, the places she visited, and the challenges she faced. She described the difficult conditions of travel at the time, including poor roads, inclement weather, and the constant threat of danger from wild animals and hostile indigenous people.
Despite these challenges, Knight remained determined and resourceful, relying on her own wit and determination to overcome obstacles. She also displayed a great deal of independence, often traveling alone or with only a small group of people.
In her journal, Knight also wrote about the social customs and cultural differences she encountered along the way. She provided insight into the daily lives of the colonists, including their religious practices, economic struggles, and relationships with indigenous peoples.
Knight's journal is a unique and valuable historical document, offering a rare glimpse into the experiences of a woman traveling in the early American colonies. It is a testament to her resilience, determination, and intelligence, and serves as an inspiration to all who seek to break societal barriers and explore the world around them.
The Journal of Madam Knight
Detroit: Gale Research, 1988. In 1714 her daughter married John Livingston of New London, and Knight moved with them to Connecticut, where she continued her business and land dealings. Knight was likewise unable to eat the meal prepared for her and went to bed supperless. This is a great read if you are researching the time period, which is why I stumbled upon it. Their Misirable butt wch Heat and Cold Alternately without Repulse do hold; Their Lodgings thyn and hard, their Indian fare The mean Apparel which the wretches wear, And their ten thousand ills wch can't be told, Makes nature er'e 'tis middle age'd look old.
The Journal of Madam Knight by Sarah Kemble Knight
Knight ended her journey in March 1705, returning safely to her home in Boston. Half-title: The private journal kept by Madam Knight, on a journey from Boston to New-York, in the year 1704. Madam Knight travels a dangerous and still lightly traveled path and vividly comments on the towns and people she meets. She wrote candidly and with a sense of humor about the trials she faced on the journey as well as the people she encountered. Furthermore, Knight's detailed descriptions of New York, New Haven, and the many small settlements she travels through across Connecticut, shed light on colonial life at the turn of the 18th century. In one instance, she notes that some of her experiences and stories are "not proper to be Related by a Female pen," suggesting that even though she wrote privately, Knight was aware of the possibility her work might be read by an external party.
Historical fiction is wonderful but a genuine diary is even more revealing. I picture her exactly like Mrs. As most journals written, it was intended to keep her memory fresh and to relate events of the travel to her relatives. I so wish I could meet Mrs. The version I read had the original spellings and word usages, many if which As this was written in the early 1700's, it's hard to review with the same criteria I would use for a contemporary travel journal. Worth reading just for exposure to the time period, but definitely not a thriller Historical and witty except when it's not First half is witty and amusing, and reveals a good deal about life at this time for non-gentry folk. Ask students to look for clues that might indicate the kind of audience Knight imagined reading her book.
The journal of Madam Knight : Knight, Sarah Kemble, 1666
Knight's knowledge of business and determination is apparent early in her account of her journey when she writes about an exchange concerning payment for an escort. Her poems were charming, too; I imagine her sitting at her writing in the evening and putting into words her thoughts of the day as she rode along. Nothing frequently accomplished by many, and certainly not by a woman, who was very independently out of character during that era. While many critics and scholars have praised Knight's Journal as an historical account, some scholars, such as Robert O. Series Library of American civilization -- LAC 40007. She says that country people, like cows, "seldom Loose their Cudd. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984.
As the official blog of the Society of US Intellectual History, we hope to foster a diverse community of scholars and readers who engage with one another in discussions of US intellectual history, broadly understood. Its stark portrayal of the New England backwoods to the refined prosperity of New York reminds us that the Puritan community was soon confronted with another America, in which, by 1704, world prosperity and secular sophistication and in strong contrast with large areas of ignorance, violence, and backwardness. But my own thoughts are that the journal is a delight. Library of American civilization ; LAC 40007. Legacy is the official journal of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers. Her narrative reflects her middle-class, merchant-class attitudes of gender, class, and race. There, she owned a tavern and an inn, engaged in the buying and selling of land for speculation and became a respected member of her church.
Colonial Sense: Regional History: Journals: The Journal of Madam Knight: Biography
It's fascinating to have a first-hand account to history at so early a time! Knight sloshes her way through New England, stays at disreputable hovels, and avoids the worst of the food she's offered. I Dwight, a great-grandson of the theologian Awful Disclosures, a salacious narrative of Canadian convent life, in 1836. It has been read as participating in the traditions of the picaresque, mock-epic, and the captivity narrative, while it has also been cited as a foundational text in the development of American travel writing and the American comic tradition. When she composed the journal, Knight was a 38-year-old married woman and keeper of a boarding house in Boston with some experience as a copier of legal documents. The murmer hardly warma the Ambient air, E' re thy Bright Aspect rescues from despair: Makes the old Hagg her sable mantle loose, And a Bright joy do's through my Soul diffuse. Sometimes, as out of Puritan Boston.
So when it comes together in the book's last sections, it's kind of a head scratcher-- I'd read excerpts before and thought reading the whole journal would help me understand what I'd read previously better, but that didn't happen, so much as helping me understand better what's missing. Knight engaged in a variety of employments not usually associated with the women of her times. Yet swelling fears surprise; all dark appearsâ Nothing but Light can dissipate those fears. She gives so many specific details about the people she meets, the food they serve her, the conditions of her travel, etc. Some Joy I felt just now, when safe got or'e Yon Surly River to this Rugged shore, Deeming Rough welcomes from these clownish Trees, Better than Lodgings with Nereidees.
Sarah Kemble Knight is buried at Ye Antientist Burial Grounds in New London. Knight kept a journal of her trip, and it provides us with one of the few first-hand-accounts of travel conditions in Connecticut during colonial times. Despite her off-putting prejudices, however, Knight manages to paint a vivid and engaging picture of a broad cross-section of early American society, describing both backwoods and urban life with humor and an ear for colloquial language. One of the aspects I found especially interesting was how different language was back then, though I realized as I w This is a very small book - less than 80 pages - and it is a reprint of a journal written in 1704 by a woman who decided to undertake what was then an arduous and dangerous journey- a trip between Boston and New York City and back again, by horseback. Identification of the individual mythic allusions is only a matter of reading, but seeing the tantalizing pattern they fall into is an indication that this innocent and rough-mannered journal has meanings that a literal reading cannot guess at. Her writing is certainly the beginning point for American writers in the areas of written social and economic issues.
