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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... flat - bottomed boats , is one of Mrs. Grant's most pleasing efforts ; and excited great atten- tion when the volume was first published in London , in 1808. Those youthful reminiscences rendered her extensively known in this country ,
... known in this country , and were additionally interesting to Americans , because at that period it was the only work which delineated a faithful picture of the manners of the early settlers in the province of New York . Indeed , without ...
... thy remembrance , to make known thy worth , and to lay on thy tomb the offering of gratitude ? My friend's life , besides being mostly passed in unruffled peace and prosperity , affords few of those vicissitudes which INTRODUCTION . 15.
... known that the province of New York , anciently 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 ...
... of Mrs. Lennox , an estimable character , well known for her literary productions , and for being the friend and protégée of Doctor Johnson . The gigantic ambition of Lewis the Fourteenth actuated the remotest 22 SKETCHES OF MANNEKS.
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