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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... called at her house to see and converse with that venerable octogenarian lady . The ring of the bell was answered by the ap- pearance of a neat and tidy Scotch lassie . " Is Mrs. Grant at home ? " I inquired . " She is , " answered the ...
... called ) arises . It in- cludes that of many persons , obscure indeed but for the light which her regard and beneficence reflected upon them . Yet without those subordinate persons in the drama , the action of human life , especially ...
... called Munhattoes by the Indians , was originally settled by a Dutch colony , which came from Holland , I think , in the time of Charles the Second . Finding the country to their liking , they were followed by others more wealthy and ...
... called Firkkill , Esopus , & c . To the Schuylers , Cuylers , Delancys , Cortlandts , and a few others , this description did by no means apply . Yet they too bore about them the tokens of former affluence and respectability , such as ...
... called the Patroon , a designation tantamount to lord of the manor . Yet , in the distribution of these lands , the sturdy Belgian spirit of independence set limits to the power and profits of this lord of the forests , as he might then ...
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