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Bartlett Burleigh James
1867–1953
A historian and editor with a strong interest in early American life, this early 20th-century writer is best remembered for works on colonial Maryland and for a wide-ranging study of women's history in England.
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Women of England
by Bartlett Burleigh James
About the author
Born in 1867 and deceased in 1953, Bartlett Burleigh James was an American author, historian, and editor whose work focused largely on history and historical interpretation. Records connected with his books show him contributing to studies of Maryland and colonial America, and he was associated with the Maryland Historical Society.
His best-known works include Women of England (1908), a broad historical survey of women's lives and status in England, and The Labadist Colony in Maryland. He also co-edited Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 with J. Franklin Jameson, helping bring an important early account of the Mid-Atlantic colonies to later readers.
Much of his writing reflects a scholarly, documentary approach: he gathered older sources, framed them for general readers, and turned specialized historical material into readable books. Although detailed biographical information about his personal life is limited in the sources I found, his surviving publications show a writer deeply engaged with social history, colonial records, and the long arc of everyday life in the English-speaking world.