Life in Carolina and New England during the nineteenth century. An illustrated reminiscences and letters of the Middleton family of Charleston, South Carolina and of the De Wolf family of Bristol, Rhode Island

Middleton, Alicia Hopton

Published by privately printed, Bristol, Rhode Island, 1929

About this Item

First edition limited to 500 copies printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, Boston; 4to, pp. xii, [2], 233, [1]; 50 plates; near fine in original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. An important collection of family letters giving much historical information relating to life in the South, as well as personal recollections of the Middleton family, including Arthur Middleton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Lafayette s visit to America, early social life in Charleston, the Civil War, destruction of the Middleton home, and other events are described in a most interesting manner. The family records include also those of the Marston Family as taken from the reminiscences of Annie E. N. De Wolf written in 1857.

Seller Inventory # 56495

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life in Carolina and New England during the nineteenth century. An illustrated reminiscences and letters of the Middleton family of Charleston, South Carolina and of the De Wolf family of Bristol, Rhode Island
• Publisher: privately printed, Bristol, Rhode Island
• Publication Date: 1929
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Rhode Island
  • Americana