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1. Autobiographies of British Women Written Before 1800

Allen, Hannah. Satan his Methods and Malice Baffled. A Narrative of God’s Gracious Dealings . . . Hannah Allen. London, 1683. Not seen.

Andrews, Elizabeth. "An Account of the Birth, Education and Sufferings for the Truth’s Sake of that Faithful Friend, Elizabeth Andrews." Journal of the Friends Historical Society (London), 26 (1929), 3-8. Written sometime after 1688.

Alexander, Mary. Some Account of the Life and Religious Experiences of Mary Alexander, Late of Needham Market. Philadelphia: A. Griggs & K. Dickinson, 1815. Autobiographical portion dated 1798.

Anon. Autobiography of a woman, supposedly a relative of Cromwell, born in 1654. Ms. B. M. Add. 5858, ff. 213-21.

Anon. Genuine and Authentic Memoirs of a Well-Known Woman of Intrigue. London, 1787. Not seen.

Ashbridge, Elizabeth. Some Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge. . . . Written by Herself. Liverpool: James Smith, 1806. Probably written shortly before 1746.

Bellamy, George Anne. An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre. Written by Herself. London: J. Bell, 1785. 5 vols.

Blaugdone, Barbara. An Account of the Travels, Sufferings and Persecutions of Barbara Blaugdone. London: T. Sowle, 1691.

Bowes, Mary Eleanor Lyon, Countess of Strathmore. The Confessions of the Countess of Strathmore; Written by Herself. London: W. Locke, 1793. Written 1778.

Cairns, Elizabeth. Memoirs of the Life of Elizabeth Cairns Written by Herself Some Years Before her Death. Glasgow: John Grieg, n.d. Written in the 1730’s.

Cavendish, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. "A True Relation of my Birth and Breeding." in The Life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle. Ed. C. H. Firth. London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., n.d. First published in 1656.

Churchill, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Ed. William King. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1930. First published in 1742.

Clifford, Anne, Countess of Pembroke. Lives of Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery (1590-1676) and of her Parents. Summarized by Herself. London: Roxburghe Club, 1916.

Curwen, Alice. A Relation of the Labour, Travail and Suffering of that faithful Servant of the Lord Alice Curwen. 1680; no other information.

Delany, Mary Granville. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany. Vol. I. Ed. Lady Llanover. London: Richard Bentley, 1861. Two fragments--one dictated towards the end of her life (she died in 1788), the other a series of letters to a friend in 1740.

Dodshon, Frances. Some Account of the Convincement and Religious Experience of Frances Dodshon, Late of Macclesfield. Warrington: W. Leicester, 1803. Written before 1793.

Elstob, Elizabeth. Brief memoir written to George Ballard, enclosed in a letter dated Nov. 23, 1738. Printed in Myra Reynolds, The Learned Lady in England: 1650-1760. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1964, pp. 170-71.

Fanshawe, Anne. Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. Written 1676.

Fox, Margaret Fell. "A Relation of Margaret Fell," in A Brief Collection of Passages and Occurrences Relating to the Birth, Education, Life, Conversion, Travels, Services, and Deep Sufferings of that Ancient, Eminent, and Faithful Servant of the Lord, Margaret Fell. London: J. Sowle, 1710, pp. 1-14. Dated 1690.

Gooch, Elizabeth, The Life of Mrs. Gooch. Written by Herself. Dedicated to the Public. London: C. & G. Kearsley, 1792. 3 vols.

Halkett, Anne. The Autobiography of Anne Lady Halkett. Ed. John Gough Nichols. London: Camden Society, 1875. Written 1678.

Hamilton, Lady Margaret. A Pairt of the Life. Edinburgh, 1827. Late 16th/early 17th century. Not seen.

Hayes, Alice. A Legacy or a Widow’s Mite. Left by Alice Hayes. London: Darton & Harvey, 1836. First published in 1723.

Hoskens, Jane. The Life and Spiritual Sufferings of that Faithful Servant of Christ, Jane Hoskens. Philadelphia: William Evitt, 1771. Written sometime after 1760.

Hutchinson, Lucy. "The Life of Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson," in Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854. Written 1664-1671.

Jemmat, Catherine. The Memoirs of Mrs. Catherine Jemmat, Daughter of the Late Admiral Yeo of Plymouth. Written by Herself. London, 1771. 2 vols.

Knatchbull, Lucy. Autobiography in Sir Tobie Matthew, The Life of Lady Lucy Knatchbull. Ed. Dom David Knowles. London: Sheed and Ward, 1931, pp. 27-49. Written before 1629.

Leeson, Margaret. Memoirs. Dublin, 1797. Not seen.

Lucas, Margaret. An Account of the Convincement and Call to the Ministry of Margaret Lucas, Late of Leek, in Staffordshire. Philadelphia: B. & J. Johnson, 1800. Written before 1769.

Manley, Delariviere. The History of Rivella, in The Novels of Mary Delariviere Manley. Ed. Patricia Köster. Gainesville, Florida: Scholars’ Facsimiles and Reprints, 1971, II, 729-856. First published in 114.

Mary II, Queen. Memoirs of Queen Mary of England. Ed. Richard Doebner. London, 1886. Not seen.

Montagu, Mary Wortley. Youthful autobiographical fragment. It is unpublished, but the excerpts printed in George Paston, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Her Times, London: Methuen & Co., 1907, pp. 4ff., represent most of it, according to Robert Halsband, her most recent biographer.

Moore, Jane Elizabeth. Genuine Memoirs of Jane Elizabeth Moore, Late of Bermondsey in the County of Surry. Written by Herself. London, 1786. 3 vols. Not seen.

Osborn, Sarah. Autobiography of her first thirty years in Samuel Hopkins, Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Sarah Osborn, who Died at Newport, Rhode-island, on the Second Day of August, 1796. Worcester, Mass.: Leonard Worcester, 1799. Written in 1743.

Penington, Mary. Some Experiences in the Life of Mary Penington. Ed. Norman Penney. London: Headley Bros., 1911. Written before 1682.

Phillips, Catherine. Memoirs of the Life of Catherine Phillips. London: James Phillips and Son, 1797. Written between 1785 and 1794.

Phillips, Teresia Constantia. An Apology for the Conduct of Mrs. T. C. Phillips. London: G Smith, 1761. 3 vols. Published in 1748.

Pilkington, Laetitia. Memoirs of Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington, 1712-1750, Written by Herself. London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1938. First published in 1748.

Rich, Mary, Countess of Warwick. Some Specialities in the Life of M. Warwicke. Ed. T. C. Croker. London: Percy Society, 1848, vol. 22. Written before 1678.

Robertson, Mrs. The Life of Mrs. Robertson. Derby, 1791? Not seen.

Robinson, Mary. Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself. London: Grolier Society, n.d. First published in 1801.

Rogers, Hester Ann. An Account of the Experience of Mrs. H. A. Rogers. Written by Herself. London: G. Whitfield, n.d., [1802]. Written around 1792.

Sacheverel, Charlotte Charke. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, Daughter of Colley Cibber. London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1929. First published in 1755.

Shaftoe, Frances. Mrs. Frances Shaftoe’s Narrative. London, 1707. Not seen.

Sheldon, Ann. Authentic and Interesting Memoirs of Mrs. Ann Sheldon. London, 1787-88. Not seen.

Stirredge, Elizabeth. Strength in Weakness Manifest. London: James Phillips, 1795. Written in 1792.

Thomas, Elizabeth. "The Life of Corinna. Written by Her Self," in Pylades and Corinna: Or, Memoirs of the Lives, Amours, and Writings of Richard Gwinnett Esq. . . . and Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas Jun. . . . London: Sir Edward Northey, 1731.

Thornton, Alice. The Autobiography of Mrs. Alice Thornton of East Newton, Co. York. Ed. Charles Jackson. Edinburgh: Surtees Society, 1875. Written 1668-after 1692.

Trapnel, Anna. A Legacy for Saints. London: T. Brewster, 1654.

Turner, Jane. Choice Experiences of the Kind Dealings of God. London, 1653. Not seen.

Vane, Frances Anne. "Memoirs of a Lady of Quality," chapter lxxxi in Tobias Smollett, Peregrine Pickle. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1930; rpt. 1963. II, 33-143. First published in 1751.

Veitch, Marion. Memoirs of Mrs. William Veitch. Edinburgh: Committee of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland for the Publication of the Works of Scottish Reformers and Divines, 1846. Late seventeenth century.

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Webb, Elizabeth. "A Letter from Elizabeth Webb to Anthony William Boehm," in The Friends Library. Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw, 1849. XIII, 163-73. Written in 1712.

Young, Ann. MS in Friends Society Library, London N. W. 1. To 1768. Not seen.

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