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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... took out my card , saying , " Please to give this to your mistress , and say to her , that I shall consider it a peculiar kindness , if she will favor me with only a few minutes ' conversation . " The girl speedily returned , saying ...
... took the young couple to live with them . I also conversed with Mrs. Grant especially on the subject of her work the " American Lady ; " and she assured me that there is not any romance in the history ; but that it is a plain and ...
... took very extensive leases of the fertile plains along the river , with boundless liberty of woods and pasturage to the west- ward . The terms were , that the lease should hold while water runs and grass grows , and the landlord to ...
... took an interest in the general welfare , and contributed their respective shares of intelli- gence and sagacity , to aid plans that embraced important ob- jects relative to the common good . Every day called forth some new expedient ...
... took shelter from the neighborhood of man . These single adven- turers sought the Indians in their spring haunts as soon as the rivers were open ; there they had new dangers to appre- hend . It is well known that among the natives of ...
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