Memoirs of an American Lady (Volume 2); With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1901. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX MRS. ANNE GRANT'S LETTERS TO DR. JOSEPH GREEN COGSWELL, 1819-1821 CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MRS. ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND MRS. GRANT IN 1834 COMMUNICATIONS FROM MRS. GRANT TO MRS. DOUGLAS CRUGER, 1837-1838 LETTERS TO MRS. GRANT FROM ROBERT SOUTHEY AND OTHERS, 1811-1834 THE INDIAN WIDOW, AND LINES ADDRESSED TO AN AMERICAN LADY BY MRS. GRANT A LIST OF MRS. GRANT'S WRITINGS APPENDIX LETTERS TO DR. JOSEPH GREEN COGSWELL1 Amendell House, Dec. 1*, 1819. My Dear S1r, -- I must begin by assuring you that very soon after the receipt of your letter from Leipsic I bestowed all my tediousness upon you in a long and minute epistle, and though I were as tedious as a queenlike Dogberry, I made your honor very welcome. You may believe, I regret exceedingly that what I took so much pains to write should never have reached you. But there is no intellectual treasure lost, for I remember merely that it was a gossiping letter, containing all the little occurrences of the town, which I thought would be as acceptable to you as any wit or wisdom of mine, if I had such to bestow. I was much amused in the meantime with your letter, and all the lazy luxury and rural lounges of your Leipsic friends. I should exempt the ladies from this charge, who seem to have been like the little busy bee in the children's hymn. I cannot now recollect or arrange all that I told you in my former letter, but go on to say how much we were amused by a visit from young John Lowell and a good-natured heavy friend of his, Porter by name, as unlike himself as possible. I might tell you too of the pains I took to amuse them, and par 1 Joseph Green Cogswell (1786--1871) spent two years with George Ticknor at Gottingen University, and later the two young New Englandcrs were guests of Sir Walter Scott at Abbots...