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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... persons and manners of that period as they existed in the then province of New York . Mrs. Grant is the author also of the " Essays on the Supersti- tions of the Highlanders of Scotland " - " The Cottagers of Glen- burnie " and ...
... person of real discernment is for a mo- ment imposed upon . You do not know exactly which part of the narrative is false ; but you are sure it is not all true , and therefore distrust what is genuine , where it occurs . For this reason ...
... 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 such a life as hers , cannot be carried on ...
... persons who were evidently in circumstances that might admit of their living in comfort at home , but am apt to think that the early settlers were those who adhered to the interest of the Stadt- holder's family , a party which , during ...
... person of singular worth , fortitude , and wisdom . If I were not afraid of tiring my reader with a detail of occurren- ces which , taking place before the birth of my friend , might seem irrelevant to the present purpose , I could ...
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