Fever 1793 - Chapter 27 Summary & Analysis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 50 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Fever 1793.
Related Topics

Fever 1793 - Chapter 27 Summary & Analysis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 50 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Fever 1793.
This section contains 349 words
(approx. 1 page at 400 words per page)
Buy the Fever 1793 Study Guide

Chapter 27 Summary

Nathaniel calls on Mattie every day for a week, and the nightly frost continues. As word of the winter season spreads into the countryside, more and more people flock back to Philadelphia. Mattie feels as if those returning are intruding upon a solemn event. She visits the graveyard where her grandfather is buried but is unable to determine the exact location of his grave. Mattie writes and mails several letters inquiring about her mother, but postal service is not yet functioning routinely.

One day Eliza makes a thanksgiving feast and Mattie, Robert, Nathaniel, the children, and some other friends attend the dinner. The table talk centers on what will happen in the future, and speculation about Eliza and Mattie's future employment becomes the focus. Mattie ends the speculation by announcing that she intends to retain the coffeehouse and continue operating it as a...

(read more from the Chapter 27 Summary)

This section contains 349 words
(approx. 1 page at 400 words per page)
Buy the Fever 1793 Study Guide
Copyrights
BookRags
Fever 1793 from BookRags. (c)2024 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.