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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... OF HISTORY , LIFE , AND MANNERS , IN THE UNITED STATES . BY A TRAVELLER . Anne Royale NEW - HAVEN : PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR . ********** 1826 . LIBRARY CITY CONGRESS 309 TO THE PUBLIC . 17 THE author of these. HOLD NEW YORK HE OF ...
... OF HISTORY , LIFE , AND MANNERS , IN THE UNITED STATES . BY A TRAVELLER . Anne Royale NEW - HAVEN : PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR . ********** 1826 . LIBRARY CITY CONGRESS 309 TO THE PUBLIC . 17 THE author of these. HOLD NEW YORK HE OF ...
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... the strangers . One was a young gentleman from Abington , Virginia . Another was from East Tennessee , and the third was of Huntsville , and an Irishman . Travellers in stages are ( at least in this part of the country 14 JOURNEY FROM.
... the strangers . One was a young gentleman from Abington , Virginia . Another was from East Tennessee , and the third was of Huntsville , and an Irishman . Travellers in stages are ( at least in this part of the country 14 JOURNEY FROM.
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... travellers . But if it be too full , as is sometimes the case , the Huntsville stage passengers have to remain at Mac Minville till the next stage . The Nashville stage brought but three pas- sengers , and our Irishman going no farther ...
... travellers . But if it be too full , as is sometimes the case , the Huntsville stage passengers have to remain at Mac Minville till the next stage . The Nashville stage brought but three pas- sengers , and our Irishman going no farther ...
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... travellers , the storm blew over . I suspected , what I afterwards found true , that the mighty offence , was that we gave the preference to the new tavern . This was the meanest driver I met with on the route . Near Sparta they have ...
... travellers , the storm blew over . I suspected , what I afterwards found true , that the mighty offence , was that we gave the preference to the new tavern . This was the meanest driver I met with on the route . Near Sparta they have ...
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... travelling westwardly , and en- camped for the night on this hill , that having built his fire over a snake den , the snakes , annoyed by the heat , came out in the night and bit him in such numbers , that he died immediately . In the ...
... travelling westwardly , and en- camped for the night on this hill , that having built his fire over a snake den , the snakes , annoyed by the heat , came out in the night and bit him in such numbers , that he died immediately . In the ...
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