. The journal of American history. GQprimid? of a &irattprtt (gnttlematt Sianj of <&olon*l 3fam?a (barium, tttfffl lEmigrateb to Utrginta in 1T3B, anb lEntmb into Jff* Mortal ana Clintons Htfe of ilj* &roirfj-3riaf|i jRtgittu* in Am^rtra J- l^ia ($ba?niattana of Preabgterian ©bararter anb tta 3nflu*nre noon the fKoulMng of tlje National spirit of SItbprtg. HH Louisa Coleman Blair Richmond, Virginia ^i^ftpHIS chronicle of a Southern gentleman, relating to life in they ^ Old South, is one of those human documents which take one M from the activities of Modern America back to the chivalrous II
. The journal of American history. GQprimid? of a &irattprtt (gnttlematt Sianj of <&olon*l 3fam?a (barium, tttfffl lEmigrateb to Utrginta in 1T3B, anb lEntmb into Jff* Mortal ana Clintons Htfe of ilj* &roirfj-3riaf|i jRtgittu* in Am^rtra J- l^ia ($ba?niattana of Preabgterian ©bararter anb tta 3nflu*nre noon the fKoulMng of tlje National spirit of SItbprtg. HH Louisa Coleman Blair Richmond, Virginia ^i^ftpHIS chronicle of a Southern gentleman, relating to life in they ^ Old South, is one of those human documents which take one M from the activities of Modern America back to the chivalrous II days when this country was loyal to monarchal government, «^^^Jf when secession from royalism was anarchy, and liberty of^^^^ speech, concience and press was socialism. The original manu-script, written from 1759 to 1763, by a distinguished memberof the gentry of that time, is in possession of his descendants, and portionsof it are here transcribed for historical record, with entertaining reflectionson life and customs in America in the pro-revolutionary days. The diaristwas one of those strong-minded gentlemen of Scotch-Irish blood, whosecharacter has permeated the magnificent demesne that lies at the foothillsof the Alleghanies and the Blue Ridge—the Appalachian mountain countryfrom Pennsylvania to the Gulf—and has instilled its strength into
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