Memoirs of an American LadyJazzybee Verlag, 1846 - 244 páginas With Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America as they existed previous to the Revolution. Mrs. Grant of Laggan, as she was called, spent several years of her childhood in America, where her father was in the military service, returning to Scotland in 1770, at the age of fifteen. The “ American lady ” who is here described is Mrs. Schuyler of Albany, an aunt of Gen. Schuyler, a lady of great character and intelligence, in whose household the young Scotch girl was for some time on a very intimate footing. The volume shows a remarkable tenacity of memory, as well as a graceful and animated pen. The first forty-three chapters (out of sixty-six) are of a general nature, giving a lively sketch of society and manners among the Dutch families at Albany, and a somewhat detailed history of the Schuyler family. The rest of the volume describes the author's own experiences, chiefly at Oswego, where her father's regiment was stationed, and afterwards at Albany. |
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NOTICE | 1 |
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
CHAPTER I | 6 |
CHAP II | 8 |
CHAP XVII | 60 |
CHAP XVIII | 64 |
CHAP XIX | 67 |
CHAP XX | 70 |
CHAP XXXVII | 127 |
CHAP XXXVIII | 130 |
CHAP XXXIX | 133 |
CHAP XL | 136 |
CHAP XLI | 140 |
CHAP XLII | 143 |
CHAP XLIII | 146 |
CHAP XLIV | 149 |
CHAP XXI | 72 |
CHAP XXII | 74 |
CHAP XXIII | 76 |
CHAP XXIV | 79 |
CHAP XXV | 83 |
CHAP XXVII | 90 |
CHAP XXVIII | 93 |
CHAP XXIX | 97 |
CHAP XXX | 101 |
CHAP XXXI | 107 |
CHAP XXXII | 110 |
CHAP XXXIII | 114 |
CHAP XXXIV | 117 |
CHAP XXXV | 121 |
CHAP XXXVI | 124 |
CHAP XLV | 153 |
CHAP XLVI | 159 |
CHAP XLVII | 162 |
CHAP XLVIII | 165 |
CHAP XLIX | 170 |
CHAP L | 174 |
CHAP LI | 178 |
CHAP LII | 183 |
CHAP LIII | 185 |
CHAP LIV | 188 |
CHAP LV | 195 |
CHAP LVI | 197 |
CHAP LVII | 201 |