Name/TitleSome Remarks, by way of Diary, by Mercy Ransom
MakerRansom, Mercy
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectSome Remarks, by way of Diary, by Mercy Ransom née Bell (1728-1811), 1816, pp 76 in blue paper covers. Daily entries with references to author's illness and religious thoughts with three end pages on Mercy Ransom's last illness in third person and past tense.
From about 1776, Mercy preached her strict views across Britain and Ireland. In the autumn of 1802, when she was 73, she suffered a fall, after which she was bedridden and in pain. She kept a diary with thoughts about her illness and how her faith helped her through it.
