A Sketch of the Life of Elizabeth T. Stone and of Her Persecutions With an Appendix of Her Treatment and Sufferings While in the Charlestown McLean Assylum, Where She Was Confined Under the Pretence of Insanity

"A Sketch of the Life of Elizabeth T. Stone and of Her Persecutions" by Stone is the historical account of Elizabeth T. Stone, who narrates her life's trials, including family and community struggles, as well as her terrible ordeal in a mental institution. The book shows the subjects of religious zeal, injustice, and the effects of societal neglect through Stone's descriptions of her youth, yearning for education, and conversion to Christianity. When Stone's health deteriorates, she is abandoned by her family and cruelly imprisoned, all of which leads to her expressing feelings of loneliness and skepticism about the intentions behind her imprisonment, while also vividly portraying her mental and physical misery.