Aunt Charlotte's Stories of American History

by Charlotte Mary Yonge, Horatio Hastings Weld

1883

Aunt Charlotte'S Stories of American History by Horatio Hastings Weld, first published in 1883, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

The Whitcomb Family in America

by Charlotte Whitcomb

1904

John Whetcombe (ca. 1588-1662) and his wife, Frances, were married in England. They had eight or nine children, the oldest ones born in England. The family was living at Dorchester, Massachusetts, as early as 1633. They moved to Scituate in 1640 and to Lancaster in 1654. He died at Lancaster, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, New York, Ohio, Indiana, and elsewhere. Descendants spell their surname "Whitcomb.".

"Three Score Years and Ten,"

by Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve

1888

Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve (1819-1907) was the daughter of a U.S. Army officer, one of the first group of soldiers assigned to establish a fort in what was then known to whites as the Northwest. This was Fort Snelling, situated at the mouth of the St. Peter's [Minnesota] river in territory which eventually became the state of Minnesota. Van Cleve's book is a memoir of life spent with the military first as the daughter of a military officer, Major Nathan Clark, and later as the wife of another officer, Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, who served in the Union Army with the Second Minnesota Infantry and rose to the rank of General. Van Cleve's book emphasizes the early years of Fort Snelling. She recalls her childhood memories of life at the fort: the rudimentary schooling she received there, her encounters with Indians, the excitement of communications with the East, and all the rigors associated with frontier life. Van Cleve met her husband at Fort Winnebago, where he and her father were both stationed. Their assignments provided many opportunities to travel, and she visited St. Louis, Cincinnati, Kentucky, and Nashville.