Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the RevolutionAppleton, 1846 - 295 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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... brought to Europe that have not died of the smallpox ; induced either by the infection to which they are exposed from the indiscriminate crowds drawn about them , or the alteration in their blood , which unusual diet , liquors , close ...
... brought to the foot of the British throne the high - spirited rulers of the boundless wild , who , alike heedless of the power and splen- dor of distant monarchs , were accustomed to say with Fingal , " sufficient for me is the desert ...
... brought home the young couple ; and the new- married man immediately set about a trading adventure , which was renewed every season , till he had the means of providing a home of his own . Meantime the increase of the younger family did ...
... married before , which pretty often was the case , brought home his wife to a house of his own . Either he kept his schooner , and loading her with produce , sailed up and down the river all summer , and AND SCENERY IN AMERICA . 51.
... brought - up female slave , and the furniture of the best bedchamber . At the death of her father she obtained another division of his effects , such as he thought she needed or deserved , for there was no rule in these cases . Such was ...
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Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenes ..., Volumen1 Anne MacVicar Grant Vista previa limitada - 2011 |