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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... early settlers in the province of New York . Indeed , without that Narrative , there would be a complete chasm in our social history of the times anterior to the Revolution . Her anecdotes of the Cuylers , Schuylers , Van Rensselaers ...
... early recollections , studied more the amusement I should derive from executing this task , than any pleasure they could expect from its completion . The principal object of this work is to record the few incidents , and the many ...
... early Habits of the Albanians de- scribed CHAPTER IX . - Description of the Manner in which the Indian Tra- ders set out on their first Adventure ............ CHAPTER X. - Marriages , Amusements , Rural Excursions , & c . , & c ...
... earliest and most valuable friend . To gratify you and them I feel many inducements , and see many objections . To comply with any wish of yours is one strong induce- ment . To please myself with the recollection of past happiness and ...
... early emigrants appear to have been people respectable both from their family and character . Of these the principal were the Cuylers , the Schuylers , the Rensselaers , the Delancys , the Cortlandts , the Tenbroecks , and the Beekmans ...
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