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Elizabeth Rodman Rotch letter to Charity Rotch, New Bedford, 12th mo 20th 1800
No full textNews of family in New Bedford to Charity Rotch, just moved to Hartford one hundred thirty miles to the west away from her female circle in New Bedford and not happy with relocation. Thomas Rotch built a mansion on Rotch Hill there in 1796, adjacent to his brother William's house then suddenly, for reasons unclear he decided to try Connecticut. Charity's sister writes of her sister's relocation, 'that your light may so shine before men that others seeing your good works may follow on to know the Lord.' The move may have been inspired by missionary work, to carry Quakerism into a state with few Quaker meetings in 1800. 8" x 9.7" (20.4 by 24.6 cm
Elizabeth Rodman Rotch letter to Charity Rotch, New Bedford, 9 mo 29, 1823
No full textAcknowledgement of Thomas Rotch's death on Sept 13 or 14, 1823 He had symptoms of fever before he left Kendal for the week long Yearly Meeting at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, but on arrival, he collapsed and died. With Charity at his side, all measures to revive him, he passed peacefully and was buried in an unmarked grave in the Quaker cemetery at Short Creek, six miles from Mt. Pleasant. The news of Rotch's death was conveyed by a letter written by Deborah Graham on the 15th of September, to New England family. William Rotch, Jr. tells Charity that if she finds herself in need of monies, he will send post haste. William notes that his son, Thomas will plan to visit Kendal in a month or two. 8" x 9.7" (20.4 by 24.6 cm
Elizabeth Rodman Rotch letter to Charity Rotch, New Bedford, 6 mo 27 1823
No full textElizabeth Rodman, Charity's sister writes that finally the Lynn New Light controversy has died down and Quaker meetings in New Bedford have returned to normal, Eliza writes, 'I think it will be satisfactory to hear that the business was conducted in a solid becoming manner, great solemnity prevailed in every setting that it was a refreshing season to many.' Eliza then passes on news of family and friends. 7.80" x 9.7" (20.4 by 24.6 cm
Elizabeth Rodman Rotch letter to Charity Rotch, New Bedford, 5th mo 16, 1824
No full textThis is the last letter from Elizabeth Rotch to Charity Rotch who grew increasingly ill. Charity made out her own will in 1824, and with Rotch executors, Arvine Wales and Matthew Macy, she was in the process of settling Thomas Rotch's estate when she herself died in August 1824. 8" x 9.7" (20.4 by 24.6 cm
Elizabeth Rodman Rotch letter to Charity Rotch, New Bedford, 6th mo 7th 1821
No full textElizabeth Rodman Rotch's husband contracted a fever, was bled three times, but recovered his health. Elizabeth makes a veiled reference without detail to 'Sister M' probably Mary Rotch, who joined the New Light Movement around 1822 and was disowned from her Bedford Meeting of Friends. 8" x 9.7" (20.4 by 24.6 cm
Elizabeth Rodman Rotch letter to Charity Rotch, New Bedford, 2nd mo 25 1822
No full textElizabeth Rotch discusses the New Lights movement that began in Lynn, Massachusetts around 1820 and spread to New Bedford, 'I suppose you have heard of the great confusion of the Monthly Meeting is in Lynn, the effects of the new system, whether it will prevail is rather doubtful, tho many that have been as examples of the foremost Rank are supporters of it.' The New Lights encouraged younger Quakers to question authority among other things. Eliza continued, 'Thus it appears that our foundation will be tried, yea a searching time I believe is at hand.'8" x 9.7" (20.4 by 24.6 cm
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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