| Surname | Stettler, geb. Herport | |
| First Name | Henriette | |
| Gender | female | |
| Place of birth | ||
| Place of death | Bern | |
| Year of birth | 1738 | |
| Year of death | 1805 | |
| Profession | ||
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Bern | |
| Century | 18 | |
| Biographical information | Daughter of Johann Anton Herport and Johanna Margaretha Imhof. In 1756, she married Johann Rudolf Stettler (son of Johann Rudolf). | |
| Title | (a) Journal de mes actions | |
| Genre / Art |
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| Period writen | 1746 to 1789 | |
| Period covered | 1746 to 1789 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, French and German | |
| Physical description | 4 volumes (274, 341, 392 and 333 pages) and 1 notebook (86 pages). Around 16/10 cm. |
| Content | Volume 1 contains a diary written between 1746 and 1748. At this time, the writer was eight and her father kept a tight rein on her diary. The author began writing his diary again in 1771. Volumes 2-5 cover the years 1771-1789. It is mainly a spiritual diary and contains statistical self-examinations. |
| Place of deposit | BBB (Bern) |
| Classification | FA Stettler 12 (1-5) |
| Document |
Diary, 1746-1748 Diary, 1771 Diary, 1772 Diary, 1772-1777 Diary, 1777-1789 |
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| Secondary litterature |
Schnegg, B. (2004). Tagebuchschreiben als Technik des Selbst : das "Journal de mes actions" der Bernerin Henriette Stettler-Herport. In D. A. Hacke (Ed.), Frauen in der Stadt : Selbstzeugnisse des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts : 39. Arbeitstagung in Heidelberg 17.-19. November 2000, p. 103-130. |
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| Author | Basel |
