The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Other highlights of the library include the works of Shakespeare, almanacs, historical and political texts, and travel narratives. The abundance of multiple Bibles, psalms, hymnodies, sermons, and morality tales reflects the Copp’s religious beliefs. Literacy was expected of many New Englanders, as Puritan doctrine required everyone to read the Bible. The Copp Collection contains about 150 books of early American imprint and shows a wide range of reading matter typical of a New England Puritan family living in a port town. On her deathbed, she recounts the saving grace of Jesus to Reverend Madan, and dies in a state of grace. She becomes ill, but in her sickness finds Jesus. To make ends meet, Fanny became an actress, then a seamstress, and finally a prostitute. ![]() Fanny had been seduced into pre-marital sex, had a child, and was abandoned by the child’s father. He relates the discourse that passed between them as Fanny lay dying. The conversion story is told as a letter from Fanny’s minister, Reverend Martin Madan, to his friend. ![]() ![]() Object Details Description This small booklet contains A Remarkable and Surprising Account of the Abandoned Life, Happy Conversion, and Comfortable Death of Fanny Sidney published by Elihu Phinney of Canaan, New York in 1795. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
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