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Author : Eliza Susan Morton Quincy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Memoir of the Life of Eliza S.M. Quincy written by Eliza Susan Morton Quincy and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eliza S. M. Quincy
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ISBN 13 : 9780795035197
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Memoir of the Life of Eliza S M Quincy written by Eliza S. M. Quincy and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eliza Susan Morton Quincy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Memoir of the Life of Eliza S. M. Quincy written by Eliza Susan Morton Quincy and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eliza Susan Quincy
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230412733
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (127 download)
Download or read book Memoir of the Life of Eliza S. M. Quincy written by Eliza Susan Quincy and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. In July, 1795, 1 went to Princeton to stay at President Smith's until the autumn; but in August I was recalled home to accompany my brother John Morton to Boston. The recovery of a debt due on his former mercantile concerns was the object of his journey. I obeyed the summons with great regret; being agreeably established at Princeton with plans for the summer, which I relinquished with reluctance to go to Boston. Having arrived at home, I found my brother had already engaged our passage to Providence, Rhode Island, on board a packet, for the next day. "We had a pleasant sail through the Sound; touched at Newport; and, attended by our servant, proceeded to Boston in the stage. The chief pleasure I anticipated from this excursion was that of visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Cabot, who, I had been informed, resided in the environs of that town; and, passing through Roxbury, I selected the mansion of Judge Lowell as probably theirs. As we drove over the Neck, and through the Main Street of Boston, I little imagined I was entering the place of my future residence. The ranges of wooden houses, all situated with one end toward the street, and the numerous chaises we met, drawn by one horse, the driver being placed on a low seat in front, appeared to me very singular. At that time, Boston, compared with New York, was a small town. There were no brick sidewalks, except in a part of the Main Street, near the Old South, then called Cornhill. The streets were paved with pebbles; and, except when driven on one side by carts and carriages, every one walked in the middle of the street, where the pavement was the smoothest. We drove to Mrs. Archibald's boardinghouse, in Bowdoin Square; where we were well accommodated. My brother engaged Mr....
Author : Diane Bjorklund
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226054483
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (544 download)
Download or read book Interpreting the Self written by Diane Bjorklund and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000-04-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ambitious study, Diane Bjorklund explores the historical nature of self-narrative. Examining over 100 American autobiographers published in the last two centuries, she discusses not only well-known autobiographies such as Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie but also many obscure ones such as a traveling book peddler, a minstrel, a hotel proprietress, an itinerant preacher, a West Point cadet, and a hoopskirt wire manufacturer. Bjorklund draws on the colorful stories of these autobiographers to show how their historical epoch shapes their understandings of self. "A refreshingly welcome approach to this intriguing topic. . . . [Bjorklund's] extensive and systematic approach to her source material is impressive and enriches our understanding of this essential subject."—Virginia Quarterly Review "Bjorklund studies both famous and obscure writers, and her clear prose style and copious quotations provide insight into the many aspects of the changing American self." —Library Journal
Author : Joseph Sabin
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Total Pages : 592 pages
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Download or read book Bibliotheca Americana written by Joseph Sabin and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Burstein
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307424715
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book America's Jubilee written by Andrew Burstein and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In America's Jubilee distinguished historian Andrew Burstein presents an engrossing narrative that takes us back to a pivotal year in American history, 1826, when the reins of democracy were being passed from the last Revolutionary War heroes to a new generation of leaders. Through brilliant sketches of selected individuals and events, Burstein creates an evocative portrait of the hopes and fears of Americans fifty years after the Revolution. We follow an aged Marquis de Lafayette on his triumphant tour of the country; and learn of the nearly simultaneous deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the 4th of July. We meet the ornery President John Quincy Adams, the controversial Secretary of State Henry Clay, and the notorious hot-tempered General Andrew Jackson. We also see the year through the eyes of a minister's wife, a romantic novelist, and even an intrepid wheel of cheese. Insightful and lively, America's Jubilee captures an unforgettable time in the republic’s history, when a generation embraced the legacy of its predecessors and sought to enlarge its role in America’s story.
Author : Grant Quertermous
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1647120411
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (471 download)
Download or read book A Georgetown Life written by Grant Quertermous and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable primary resource for understanding nineteenth-century America. As a Georgetown resident for nearly a century, Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815 – 1911) was close to the key political events of her time. Born into the prominent Peter family, Kennon came into contact with the many notable historical figures of the day who often visited Tudor Place, her home for over ninety years. Now published for the first time, the record of her experiences offers a unique insight into nineteenth-century American history. Housed in the Tudor Place archives, "The Reminiscences of Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon" is a collection of Kennon’s memories solicited and recorded by her grandchildren in the 1890s. The text includes Kennon’s recollections of her mother Martha Custis Peter and spending time at Mount Vernon with her grandparents George and Martha Washington. She also recounts her childhood in Georgetown, life during the Civil War, the people enslaved at Tudor Place, and daily life in Washington, DC. Readers will also find it an essential companion to the incredible collection of objects preserved at Tudor Place. Edited by Grant Quertermous, this richly illustrated and annotated edition gives readers a greater appreciation of life in early Georgetown. It includes a guide to the city's streets then and now, a detailed family tree, and an appendix of the many people Britannia encountered—a who's who of the period. Notable for both its breadth and level of detail, A Georgetown Life brings a new dimension to the study of nineteenth-century America.
Author : Robert A. McCaughey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674483750
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (837 download)
Download or read book Josiah Quincy, 1772-1864 written by Robert A. McCaughey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first modern biography of Josiah Quincy casts light on the changing fortunes of New England's colonial clite, the character of early nineteenth-century urban life, the history of Harvard, and the conservative contribution to the anti-slavery movement.
Author : Luther Samuel Livingston
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Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
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Author : Chaim M. Rosenberg
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739146858
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775–1817 written by Chaim M. Rosenberg and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf and the shops and warehouses close to Boston harbor. His work was instrumental in establishing domestic industry for the United States and brought the Industrial Revolution to the United States. From 1810 to the start of the War of 1812, he traveled through Great Britain, where he saw the tremendous changes caused by the Industrial Revolution, starting with cotton textiles. On his return to the United States he focused on establishing a domestic textile industry to replace imported goods. With his brother-in-law, Patrick Tracy Jackson, he built the Boston Manufacturing Company at Waltham-America's first integrated mill. With his star mechanic, Paul Moody, he developed a power loom and other machines suitable for local conditions. The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817 tells the story of this amazing man and the great success of the Boston Manufacturing Company, which spurred the American industrial revolution. Francis Cabot Lowell's method-a detailed investment plan, cheap raw materials and power, a motivated labor force, a sound marketing plan, and, above all, modern technology-became the standard for the American factory of the nineteenth century. When Francis Cabot Lowell died, his associates established America's first industrial city, and named it Lowell in his honor.
Author : LUTHER S. LIVINGSTON
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Total Pages : 592 pages
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Download or read book AUCTION PRICES OF BOOKS written by LUTHER S. LIVINGSTON and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katherine A. S. Sibley
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700630430
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Southern First Ladies written by Katherine A. S. Sibley and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2021-01-20 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern First Ladies explores the ways in which geographical and cultural backgrounds molded a group of influential first ladies. The contributors to this volume use the lens of “Southernness” to define and better understand the cultural attributes, characteristics, actions, and activism of seventeen first ladies from Martha Washington to Laura Bush. The first ladies defined in this volume as Southern were either all born in the South—specifically, the former states of the Confederacy or their slaveholding neighbors like Missouri—or else lived in those states for a significant portion of their adult lives (women like Julia Tyler, Hillary Clinton, and Barbara Bush). Southern climes indelibly shaped these women and, in turn, a number of enduring White House traditions. Along with the standards of proper behavior and ceremonial customs and hospitality demanded by notions of Southern white womanhood, some of which they successfully resisted or subverted, early first ladies including Martha Washington, Dolley Madison, Julia Tyler, and Sarah Polk were also shaped by racially based societal and cultural constraints typical of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, some of which have persisted to the present day. The first nine women in this volume, from Martha Washington to Julia Grant, all enslaved others during their lives, inside or outside the White House. Among the seven first ladies in the book’s last section, Ellen Wilson, for example, was profoundly influenced by the reformist ethos of the Progressive Era and set an example for activism that five of her Southern successors—Lady Bird Johnson, Rosalynn Carter, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush—all emulated. By contrast, Ellen’s immediate successor in the White House, Edith Wilson, enthusiastically celebrated the “Lost Cause.” Southern First Ladies is the first volume to comprehensively emphasize the significance of Southernness and a Southern background in the history and work of first ladies, and Southernness’ long-standing influence for the development of this position in the White House as well as outside of it.
Author : Kate Van Winkle Keller
Publisher : Pendragon Press
ISBN 13 : 9781576471272
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (712 download)
Download or read book Dance and Its Music in America, 1528-1789 written by Kate Van Winkle Keller and published by Pendragon Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish exploration and settlement -- French exploration and settlement -- The English plantation colonies in the South -- The tobacco colonies -- New England -- The Middle Atlantic colonies.
Author : Massachusetts Historical Society. Library
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Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Library and Collection of Autograph Letters, Papers written by Massachusetts Historical Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1000 pages
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Download or read book American Book Prices Current written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
Author : Cassandra A. Good
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0369733088
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (697 download)
Download or read book First Family written by Cassandra A. Good and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning historian Cassandra A. Good shows how the outspoken stepgrandchildren of George Washington played an overlooked but important role in the development of American society and politics from the Revolution to the Civil War. While it’s widely known in America that George and Martha Washington never had children of their own, few are aware that they raised numerous children together. In First Family, we see Washington as a father figure, as well as meet the children he helped raise and trace their complicated roles in American history. The children of Martha Washington’s son by her first marriage—Eliza, Patty, Nelly and Wash Custis—were born into life in the public eye. Raised in the country’s first “first family,” they remained well-known as Washington’s family and keepers of his legacy throughout their lives. By turns petty and powerful, glamorous and cruel, the Custises used Washington as a means to enhance their own power and status. As enslavers committed to the American empire, the Custis family embodied the failures of the American experiment that finally exploded into civil war—all the while being celebrities in a soap opera of their own making. First Family brings new focus and attention to this surprisingly neglected aspect of George Washington’s life and legacy. As the country grapples with concerns about political dynasties and the public role of presidential families, the saga of Washington’s family offers a human story of historical precedent.
