Grandma's stories and anecdotes of "ye olden times" : incidents of the War of Independence, etc. / by S.M.X. of the Visitation Academy, Baltimore, Md.

Author
Mary Xavier, Sister [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Boston : Angel Guardian Press, 1899.
  • ©1899
Description
1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations (some color).

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Subject(s)
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood. [More in this series]
Contains
Notes
  • Frontispiece printed in colors and title page printed in red and black.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
  • Scanned copy imperfect: some pages scribbled over, probably by young owner.
Contents
  • The stamp act and taxation of the colonies
  • The declaration of independence and its celebration
  • General Lafayette and his ball in Bladensburg
  • Manners and customs of colonial days
  • Reminiscences of our war with England, 1812-1814
  • Bushwood, the home of the Anglo-American Plowdens
  • Blenheim of colonial days.
OCLC
680842336
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