Salons Colonial and Republican
Subtitle: With numerous reproductions of portraits and miniatures of men and women prominent in colonial life and in the early days of the republic
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: February 22, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781421228419
Subjects: Salons,Colonial,Republic Unitd States,social life,customs,1783-1865,to 1775,Anne Hollingsworth Wharton; History / United States / General; History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
First sentence: FOR some cause unknown to the mind of man, but better understood by those feminine processes that are said to take the place of the reasoning faculty in the other sex, it has always been the ambition and delight of a certain class of superior women to rule and shine in a social atmosphere somewhat different from that of the conventional ball and dinner.