Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries A contains Patch's Lectures, the content of which is divided between whole compositions and fragments of lectures. Their subject matter is diverse; topics span music, literature, the human character, government, and politics. Most notable are Patch's expansive writings on slavery, the economy, women's rights, and education (B1 F1).

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries A contains Patch's Lectures, the content of which is divided between whole compositions and fragments of lectures. Their subject matter is diverse; topics span music, literature, the human character, government, and politics. Most notable are Patch's expansive writings on slavery, the economy, women's rights, and education (B1 F1).

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries B consists of Patch's original Plays—dramas and tragedies written in three acts. This subseries also contains several excerpted sections of The Literary Museum, a Boston-based publication that Patch edited and published for a number of years. The clippings cumulatively make up a play called "Erodia, the Spirit of Love and Beauty; or, the Law of Love: A Drama in Three Acts," the...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C contains Patch's Poetry, an assemblage of complete and fragmented works ranging from the religious to the political to the sentimental.

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Subseries D contains Political Commentary pertaining to Constitutional Conventions in New York, North Carolina, Virginia, and Massachusetts. The majority of these writings concern the adoption and ratification of the Constitution in these states.