Thursday, October 27, 2011

Beyond Hope: Deliverance


In 18th-century New England, Deliverance was a unisex name. Deliverance Greene of Newport, RI was a girl, while Deliverance Wakefield of Boston was a boy.


Beyond Hope is a recurring feature that highlights unusual virtue names.
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3 comments:

  1. Was mom's name Sufannah? I can't tell.

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  2. That's Susannah — pre-1800 carvers/printers often used a "long s" that looks like an f.

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  3. Hm, I guess the movie has scotched this name's chances!

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