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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... inhabitants , which , from what I have seen myself , and heard from others , lack nothing to render them any thing but a respectable people . Here have settled peo- ple from the north , the east , and the west of the United States , and ...
... inhabitants , which , from what I have seen myself , and heard from others , lack nothing to render them any thing but a respectable people . Here have settled peo- ple from the north , the east , and the west of the United States , and ...
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... inhabitants , upon Kenhawa and Elk rivers . It was reclaimed from the Indians and the buffaloes , by degrees , with the loss of many lives by the former , until Gen. Wayne subdued them . The buffaloes were so numerous on this river ...
... inhabitants , upon Kenhawa and Elk rivers . It was reclaimed from the Indians and the buffaloes , by degrees , with the loss of many lives by the former , until Gen. Wayne subdued them . The buffaloes were so numerous on this river ...
Strana 55
... inhabitants , their pursuits and manners , they are alike , and to these we may add Al- leghany , also clipped from the wings of Greenbriar . These counties have been erroneously confounded with the western country , whereas there is as ...
... inhabitants , their pursuits and manners , they are alike , and to these we may add Al- leghany , also clipped from the wings of Greenbriar . These counties have been erroneously confounded with the western country , whereas there is as ...
Strana 60
... distant from Lewisburg , called Keeny's Knobs . Clendening settled where Mr. Ballard Smith now lives , ✦ They were 80 miles from any inhabitants . 26 within two miles of Lewisburg . Yokum settled Muddy Creek 60 WEST VIRGINIA . ›
... distant from Lewisburg , called Keeny's Knobs . Clendening settled where Mr. Ballard Smith now lives , ✦ They were 80 miles from any inhabitants . 26 within two miles of Lewisburg . Yokum settled Muddy Creek 60 WEST VIRGINIA . ›
Strana 67
... inhabitants flew to Donnallys's Fort , to the amount of three hundred souls : It was late in the evening before they were all fairly in , principally women and children : there were but four men besides Col. Donnally , and a negro man ...
... inhabitants flew to Donnallys's Fort , to the amount of three hundred souls : It was late in the evening before they were all fairly in , principally women and children : there were but four men besides Col. Donnally , and a negro man ...
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