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I'm wondering if the term(s) spinster/spinsterhood was/were legal constructs during the Early Republic in the US, or just social constructs without legal trappings. (i.e., did it simply mean an unmarried woman?) Thanks in advance as always, and pardon the cross-post Jim Watkinson James D. Watkinson, Ph.D. Archives Library of Virginia jwatkinson@lva.lib.va.us 804.692.3804
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