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Village Life in America

by Caroline Cowles Richards CLARKE (1842 - 1913)

1860.—Gymnastics—Troublesome Comforts

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

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Listen next episodes of Village Life in America:
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