MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN LADY WITH SKETCHES OF MANNERS AND SCENERY IN AMERICA, AS THEY EXISTED PREVIOUS TO THE REVOLUTION
by Grant, Mrs. [Anne MacVicar]
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good
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About This Item
New York: Printed for Samuel Campbell by D. And G. Bruce, 1809. First New York edition. 12mo. viii, 344 pages. This book by Scottish-born Anne MacVicar Grant (1755-1838) includes both her recollections of her childhood (ages 3 through 13) years that she lived with her parents in colonial Claverack and Oswego, New York, and her memoir of Madam Catalina Schuyler with whom she lived in Albany. Anne's father Duncan MacVicar was an officer in the British army who had been posted to "the colonies" during the years leading up to what was to become the American Revolution. The family's trip back to Scotland in 1868 was meant to be temporary, but Duncan's pro-British sentiments led him to make it permanent. Anne's portrayal of New York pre-revolutionary colonial life between 1758 and 1768 was admired by both Sir Walter Scott and Robert Southey. Originally published in London in 1808, this New York edition was preceded by a 2-volume Boston printing, also published in 1809. Howes, U.S.iana G303; Sabin 28296; Larned, Literature of American History 1101.. First New York Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
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- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1822
- Title
- MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN LADY WITH SKETCHES OF MANNERS AND SCENERY IN AMERICA, AS THEY EXISTED PREVIOUS TO THE REVOLUTION
- Author
- Grant, Mrs. [Anne MacVicar]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First New York Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Samuel Campbell by D. And G. Bruce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1809
- Size
- 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Colonial History; Biography; Americana;
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