Hi, Shannon  8/14/2007

Sounds like you should join the 18th C studies listserve  and post 
your query to its  members. (I'd recommend digest format.)

It would help to specify the religion/ethnic background/town of the 
families involved--I'd assume rich Quakers and rich Anglicans would 
have had different ways of approaching this, ditto Germans vs. 
English.

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Karen
Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS
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Come into a New World: Linnaeus & America
Exhibition, February 15-July 1, 2007
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia  215--389-1776
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>As part of a research project leading to exhibit work,
>we need to know what sort of invitations a
>mid-Atlantic, upper class family would have sent to
>potential wedding guests in 1768.  Does anyone know of
>a reasonably academic source for this information?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Shannon Lefebvre, MA
>

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