Royall's Sketches: Of History, Life, and Manners in the United StatesApplewood Books, 30. 1. 2003 - Počet stran: 392 Printed privately in 1826, Anne Newport Royall's Sketches of History, Life and Manners in the United States caused quite a stir, as did most of her publications. Considering herself to be the guardian of democracy (she later became a friend of John Quincy Adams), Royall used her works to expose corruption and bad dealings wherever she went, with a boldness that was remarkable for an era obsessed with gentility and 'Äúwomanly virtue'Äù. 'ÄúSketches'Äù catalogs Royall's travels from Louisiana to Maine, including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Albany, Springfield, Hartford, Worcester, Boston, and New Haven, noting each city's population, industry, physical description and modes of available transportation, as well as regional dialects, modes of dress and the character of the city's residents. |
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... Indian corn in abun dance . Here the Huntsville stage - line ends , and the Nashville stage takes in the travellers . But if it be too full , as is sometimes the case , the Huntsville stage passengers have to remain at Mac Minville till ...
... Indian corn in abun dance . Here the Huntsville stage - line ends , and the Nashville stage takes in the travellers . But if it be too full , as is sometimes the case , the Huntsville stage passengers have to remain at Mac Minville till ...
Strana 20
... Indians , & c . Though there are several houses and farms on it , the land is thin , and the accommodation is wretched , hardly fit for waggoners . When you gain the eastern limit of Cumberland , you have an extensive view of East ...
... Indians , & c . Though there are several houses and farms on it , the land is thin , and the accommodation is wretched , hardly fit for waggoners . When you gain the eastern limit of Cumberland , you have an extensive view of East ...
Strana 21
... smiling counte- nance . He appeared to be between sixty and seven- ty , hale and active , tall and straight as an Indian.- Happy should I have been to have spent some time with him , but the stage drove on , and. HUNTSVILLE TO VIRGINIA .
... smiling counte- nance . He appeared to be between sixty and seven- ty , hale and active , tall and straight as an Indian.- Happy should I have been to have spent some time with him , but the stage drove on , and. HUNTSVILLE TO VIRGINIA .
Strana 28
... indian corn , Irish potatoes , whiskey , bacon , cider , apples , cider- royal , Tennessee - royal , hemp , tobacco , iron , beef , butter , cheese , beeswax , lard , feathers , indian - meal , onions , and great quantities of plank ...
... indian corn , Irish potatoes , whiskey , bacon , cider , apples , cider- royal , Tennessee - royal , hemp , tobacco , iron , beef , butter , cheese , beeswax , lard , feathers , indian - meal , onions , and great quantities of plank ...
Strana 29
... Indians who live near the place can give no account of it . Newbern . - Here I turn to the left , my way to the Springs lying through Giles county , Va . And here too I had the pleasure of once more meeting my friend of Demopolis , and ...
... Indians who live near the place can give no account of it . Newbern . - Here I turn to the left , my way to the Springs lying through Giles county , Va . And here too I had the pleasure of once more meeting my friend of Demopolis , and ...
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