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Life in Carolina and New England During the Nineteenth Century, as Illustrated by Reminiscences and Letters of the Middleton Family of Charleston, South Carolina, and of the De Wolf Family of Bristol, Rhode Island
Middleton, Alicia Hopton; Middleton, Nathaniel Russell; De Wolf, Annie E. Marston
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Privately Printed / D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, 1929
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Da: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Quasi ottimo
EUR 248,80
Spedizione gratuitaSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. First edition, #179 of 500 copies. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper ('Sarah Lucas Hawkes, with God's blessing, Alicia H. Middleton, 1931'). Front hinge just beginning to weaken, otherwise an excellent copy. 1929 Hard Cover. xii, [2], 233, [1] pp. Dark… brown cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped design on front board. Includes 49 black-and-white plates, mainly portraits of family members. A genealogical record of two important American families, which included such notable ancestors as Arthur Middleton (signer of the Declaration of Independence), Nathaniel Russell Middleton (President of the College at Charleston), Col. John Marston (of the British Army), etc. Contents: A Family Record by Alicia Hopton Middleton; Record by Nathaniel Russell Middleton, Jr.; Reminiscences by Nathaniel Russell Middleton; Record of the Marston Family from the Reminiscences of Annie E. Marston de Wolf; Appendices: I. Extracts from Additional Letters; II. Admiral Marston and the 'Monitor' and 'Merrimac'; III. De Wolf and Hopton Legends. Important people and events discussed include: Lafayette and President John Adams at Quincy; a journey to Niagara and Canada; a meeting with Charles Dickens; various accounts of the American Civil War, including the burning of the Middleton family home (Middleton Place); Stonewall Jackson; The Whig Club; Thanksgiving Day, 1776, Described in a Letter of 1844. Signed by author.
