Ward McAllister
Society as I Have Found It
e-artnow, 2020
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EAN 4064066058791
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION TO LONDON SPORTS.
WASHINGTON DINNERS AND NEW YORK BALLS.
THE PRESENT FASHION IN STATIONERY.
FORMS OF INVITATIONS USED BY MR. McALLISTER
MY FAMILY.
Society as I have Found It.
CHAPTER I.
My Family—My Mother an Angel of Beauty and Charity—My Father’s Nobleness of Character—Building Bonfires on Paradise Rocks and Flying Kites from Purgatory with Uncle Sam Ward—My Brother the Soldier—My Brother the Lawyer.
In 1820 my mother, a beautiful girl of eighteen years, was introduced into New York society by her sister, Mrs.