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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... town called Oranienburgh , and afterwards by the British , Albany . After the necessary precaution of erecting a small stock- aded fort for security , a church was built in the centre of the intended town , which served in different ...
... and danger- ous practices . It is a fact singular and worth attending to , from the lesson it exhibits , that in all our distant colonies there is no other instance where a considerable town and AND SCENERY IN AMERICA . 21.
... town or forti- fied place . The shadow of a palisadoed fort , which then existed at Albany , was occupied by a single independent company , who did duty , but were dispersed through the town , working at various trades : so scarce ...
... towns ; for mere simplicity , or even a rustic bluntness , I would by no means call vulgarity . At the same time , these unembellished females had more comprehension of mind , more variety of ideas , more in short of what may be called ...
... town or country had a garden ; but all the more hardy plants grew in the field , in rows , amidst the hills , as they were called , of Indian corn . These lofty plants sheltered them from the sun , while the same hoeing served for both ...
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