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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... Winter Amusements of the Albanians , & c . CHAPTER XII . - Lay - Brothers . - Catalina . - Detached Indians CHAPTER XIII . - Progress of Knowledge . - Indian Manners 20 29 32 32 35 35 39 39 44 ទ ឆ ៩ ៖ 52 57 61 66 PAGE . CHAPTER XIV ...
... winter and spring . The master and mistress of the family always were bound to go from home on these occasions , while some old domestic was left to attend and watch over them , with an ample provision of tea , choco- late , preserved ...
... winter with some warm habit , in which convenience only was con- sulted . Their dress of ceremony was never put on but when their company were assembled . They were extremely fond of their children ; but , luckily for the latter , never ...
... winter is much colder than might be supposed from the latitude in which it lies , which is only 42 ° 36 ' ; this is owing to the keen north winds which blow constantly for four or five months over vast frozen lakes and snowy tracts , in ...
... winter haunts . On the banks of these lakes there are large tracts of ground , covered with a plant taller and more luxuriant than the wild carrot , but something resembling it , on the seeds of which the pigeons feed all the summer ...
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Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenes ..., Volumen1 Anne MacVicar Grant Vista previa limitada - 2011 |