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 , and the history of the prin- cipal places visited by the author , with sketches of the principal characters , physical remarks on the country , & c . SKETCHES , & c . JOURNEY FROM HUNTSVILLE TO VIRGINIĄ 309 ...
... inhabitants , and the history of the prin- cipal places visited by the author , with sketches of the principal characters , physical remarks on the country , & c . SKETCHES , & c . JOURNEY FROM HUNTSVILLE TO VIRGINIĄ 309 ...
Strana 52
... principal part of the force . Ken- hawa is said to be unhealthy ; at some seasons of the year ( but this does not happen every year , ) it is subject to intermittent fevers . Here are three great high ways , contiguous to each other ...
... principal part of the force . Ken- hawa is said to be unhealthy ; at some seasons of the year ( but this does not happen every year , ) it is subject to intermittent fevers . Here are three great high ways , contiguous to each other ...
Strana 56
... principal of an academy , the only one in the republic , for fifteen years , several for- eigners have stepped in and have made great fortunes : and , by the way , too , here are the Messrs . B. and C. the two great mercantile heroes ...
... principal of an academy , the only one in the republic , for fifteen years , several for- eigners have stepped in and have made great fortunes : and , by the way , too , here are the Messrs . B. and C. the two great mercantile heroes ...
Strana 68
... principal support is derived from donations by gen- * This house is still standing , and the bullet holes made in it by the Indians when they were attacked by the whites , are still visible . Mr. A Rayder now lives in it . tlemen , who ...
... principal support is derived from donations by gen- * This house is still standing , and the bullet holes made in it by the Indians when they were attacked by the whites , are still visible . Mr. A Rayder now lives in it . tlemen , who ...
Strana 76
... principal actors of this cruel transaction , and Heaven ( so the story goes ) has taken vengeance on the former , by a signal chastisement , in the total degen- eracy of his children , who have turned out the veriest vagabonds in the ...
... principal actors of this cruel transaction , and Heaven ( so the story goes ) has taken vengeance on the former , by a signal chastisement , in the total degen- eracy of his children , who have turned out the veriest vagabonds in the ...
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