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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... mention that we passed Campbell's station a few miles below Knox- ville , and the pleasure I had in seeing and talking with Col. Campbell , who gives name to it and to the Fort mentioned before . I had a message to him from his daughter ...
... mention that we passed Campbell's station a few miles below Knox- ville , and the pleasure I had in seeing and talking with Col. Campbell , who gives name to it and to the Fort mentioned before . I had a message to him from his daughter ...
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... mentioned too , that we set down our Tennessean in the road , the preceding night , being near his home . Knoxville . Here our fellow travellers , of Nash- ville , parted from us , the one who belonged to Knox- ville liaving arrived at ...
... mentioned too , that we set down our Tennessean in the road , the preceding night , being near his home . Knoxville . Here our fellow travellers , of Nash- ville , parted from us , the one who belonged to Knox- ville liaving arrived at ...
Strana 24
... mentioned , near Sparta , he is a man of some wealth , and although a Yankee , had purchased seve- ral slaves as he came through Maryland , with a view of making his fortune at the salt works . Poor simple- ton ! he will lose his ...
... mentioned , near Sparta , he is a man of some wealth , and although a Yankee , had purchased seve- ral slaves as he came through Maryland , with a view of making his fortune at the salt works . Poor simple- ton ! he will lose his ...
Strana 30
... mention but one instance of this immorality , which may serve for the rest . But As I drove through these counties to this place ( Newbern , ) my eye was attracted by a beautiful farm ; we had passed several handsome farms that day ...
... mention but one instance of this immorality , which may serve for the rest . But As I drove through these counties to this place ( Newbern , ) my eye was attracted by a beautiful farm ; we had passed several handsome farms that day ...
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... mentioned , but does not assume that name till after receiving Gauley , a small river which discharges itself into New river , about six miles above the falls , twenty - eight miles from where we crossed New river , and about seventy ...
... mentioned , but does not assume that name till after receiving Gauley , a small river which discharges itself into New river , about six miles above the falls , twenty - eight miles from where we crossed New river , and about seventy ...
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