Memoirs of an American Lady, Vol. 1 of 2: With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Excerpt from Memoirs of an American Lady, Vol. 1 of 2: With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution

In preparing a new edition of this genuine picture of our ancestors prior to the amazing changes pro duced by the Revolution, a picture which Paulding informed me suggested The Dutchman's Fireside, it has been thought that some account of the good and gifted lady to whom the world is indebted for the Memoir of Mrs. Schuyler would be acceptable, as well as the numerous accompanying notes. A number of these were contributed to the edition of 1876, by Joel Munsell, the Albany antiquarian, while other notes were supplied two decades after that date, by the late George W. Schuyler. In the Appendix will be found a sheaf of Mrs. Grant's hitherto unpublished letters, addressed to Mrs. Alexander Hamilton and Dr. Joseph G. Cogswell between the years 1819 - 1834, that it is believed will enhance the value of the volume. A fine steel portrait of the author appears as a frontispiece. For the larger portion of the illustrations of ancient Albany that are included, the editor is indebted to the courtesy of Col. Augustus Pruyn, who made the photographs from which they are reproduced.

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