Village Life in America

by Caroline Cowles Richards Clarke

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

Chapters

Introduction - The Villages - The Villagers

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

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1853.—Runaways—Bible Study—Essays—Catechism

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

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

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

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

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1858.—Tableaux and Charades—Spiritual Seance

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

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1860.—Gymnastics—Troublesome Comforts

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

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

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

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1864.—Grandfather Beals’ Death—Anna Graduates

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

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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

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

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