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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... Adopted Children . - Anecdote of Sister Susan 127 CHAPTER XXX . - Death of young Philip Schuyler . - Account of his Family , ard of the Society at the Flats 133 PAGE . CHAPTER XXXI . - Family Details ... 140 10 CONTENTS .
... Young's poem on the Last Day , and in short all the works , then published , of that constellation of wits which distinguished the last female reign . Nay more , and better , he brought Paradise Lost ; which in after - times afforded ...
... young matrons , at another the elders of the people , at a third the youths and maidens , gayly chatting or singing together , while the children played round the trees , or waited by the cows , for the chief ingredient of their frugal ...
... family on holidays , and as a nursery for the young negroes , whom it was the custom to rear very tenderly , and instruct very carefully . CHAPTER VII . Gentle treatment of Slaves among the Albanians 34 SKETCHES OF MANNERS.
... young relative of the family who was of the same sex with the child so presented . The child to whom the young negro was given , immediately presented it with some piece of money and a pair of shoes ; and from that day the strongest ...
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Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenes ..., Volumen1 Anne MacVicar Grant Vista previa limitada - 2011 |