Awful disclosures /
by Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal ; revised with an appendix ... also, a supplement, giving more particulars of the nunnery and grounds.

Description

Main Author

Monk, Maria, d. 1850.

Related Names

Hoyte, William K.
Slocum, J. J. (John Jay), 1803-1863.
Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866.
Cairns Collection of American Women Writers.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : M. Monk, 1836.

Subjects

Monk, Maria, > Monk, Maria, / d. 1850.
Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.
Nuns > Nuns / Québec (Province) > Nuns / Québec (Province) / Montreal > Nuns / Québec (Province) / Montreal / Biography.
Anti-Catholicism > Anti-Catholicism / United States > Anti-Catholicism / United States / Sources.
Monasticism and religious orders for women > Monasticism and religious orders for women / Canada > Monasticism and religious orders for women / Canada / Personal narratives.

Note

"Errata"--Foot of p. 376.
Maria Monk's personal narrative as related to Theodore Dwight. Has also been ascribed to John J. Slocum and to William K. Hoyte. Cf. New York herald, Aug. 12, 1836, p. 2, col. 1; The Colophon, pt. 17, 1934; Sabin and Gagnon, P. Essai de bib. can.

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376 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : plan ; 18 cm.

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