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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... formed new establishments , afterwards called Firkkill , Esopus , & c . To the Schuylers , Cuylers , Delancys ... forming a manor twenty - four Dutch miles in length , and the same in breadth , including lands not only of the best ...
... formed with the five Mohawk nations , by procuring for them some assistance against their enemies , the Onondagoes of the Lakes . Queen Anne had by this time succeeded the Stadtholder . * It may be worth noting , that Captain Massey ...
... formed between master and servant contributed so very much to the safety of individuals , as well as to the general comfort of society , as will hereafter appear . CHAPTER VIII . Education and early Habits of the Albanians described ...
... formed in the age of playful innocence , were the precursors of more tender at- tachments . These were not wrought up to romantic enthusiasm or ex- travagant passion by an inflamed imagination , or by the fears of rivalry , or the ...
... formed a rash and precipitate union without consulting their relations , when perhaps the elder of the two was not above seventeen . This was very quietly borne by the parties aggrieved . The relations of both parties met , and with ...
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