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Month: April 1722

Silence Dogood, No. 3: A Resolution to Serve the Country

Published on April 30, 1722

Resolving to serve her Country, she promises gentle Reproofs and invites the ingenious, her own Sex especially, to correspond.

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Silence Dogood, No. 2: Her Courtship, Widowhood, and Character

Published on April 16, 1722

She marries her reverend master, is left a widow, and gives the Courant her own Character.

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Silence Dogood, No. 1: Her Birth and Bringing-Up

Published on April 2, 1722

The widow introduces herself: born at sea, orphaned of a father in a wave, and bound apprentice to a country minister.

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