Recollections Grave and Gay (Classic Reprint)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (565 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1440092427 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 398 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Young Randolph having lived with the Jeffersons for two years in Paris, completing his education under Mr. Archibald Cary, of Carysbrooke all old-time Virginians loved to write themselves down as part of their parental estates son of Wilson Jefferson Cary, a nephew of Thomas Jefferson, whose marriage with Miss Virginia Randolph had taken place at Monticello; upon which occasion the bride was given away by the master of the house, who hung around her neck a little pearl necklace sent for by him to Paris, and still treasured by her descendants. Jeff erson smother, it will be recalled, was Jane, daughter of I sham Randolph; and when, in 1790, Martha Jefferson married Thomas Mann Randolph, she and her husband claimed a great-great-grandfather in common. Jefferson to my g
Va. women & society during Civil War A belle from the famous Cary family of northern Virginia, related to many outstanding Virginians, relates history and society as the enormous Union armies penetrate inexorably into our most historic state, grinding everything down to dust. How they coped and kept up their spirits, what was said by important people and great soldiers and ordinary ones. Then after the war she goes north to . recollections grave and gay Kiko Harrison since this book was originally written by my grandmother, and re-published by my grandfather, I expect that I am somewhat prejudiced. And in fact, I have only read snatches. But I look forward to reading thet whhole book, when time allows.