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Village Life in America

Village Life in America

by Caroline Cowles Richards CLARKE (1842 - 1913)

A diary of a young school girl in Canandaigua, New York during the Civil War. (Summary by MaryElizabeth)


1852.—Family Notes—Famous School—Girls—Hoop Skirts

1853.—Runaways—Bible Study—Essays—Catechism

1854.—Lake Picnic—Pyramid of Beauty—Governor Clark

1855.—Preachers—James and John—Votes for Women

1856.—the Fire—Sleighing and Prayer—Father’s Advice

1857.—Truants and Pickles—Candle Stories—the Snuffers

1858.—Tableaux and Charades—Spiritual Seance

1859.—E. M. Morse—Letter from the North Pole

1860.—Gymnastics—Troublesome Comforts

1861.—President Lincoln’s Inauguration—Civil War—School Enthusiasm

1862.—Gough Lectures—President’s Call for Three Hundred Thousand Men—Mission Zeal

1863.—A Soldier’s Death—General M’Clellan’s Letter—President Lincoln’s Address at Gettysburg

1864.—Grandfather Beals’ Death—Anna Graduates

1865.—President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address—Fall of Richmond—Murder of Lincoln

1866.—Freedman’s Fair—General Grant and Admiral Farragut Visit Canandaigua 1867.—Brother John and Wife Go to London—Lecture by Charles Dickens 1871.—Hon. George H. Stuart Speaks in Canandaigua—A Large Collection

1872.—Grandmother Beals’ Death—Biography 1880.—Anna’s Marriage

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