Books by "Newport Natural History Society"
12 books found
Proceedings of the Newport Natural History Society
by Newport Natural History Society, Newport, R.I
1900
The Infallibility of the Church of Rome: a Correspondence Between the Right Rev. Bishop Brown of Chepstow, and the Rev. Joseph Baylee, M.A.
by Thomas Joseph Brown (Bishop of Newport and Menevia.)
1851
Printed privately in 1826, Anne Newport Royall's Sketches of History, Life and Manners in the United States caused quite a stir, as did most of her publications. Considering herself to be the guardian of democracy (she later became a friend of John Quincy Adams), Royall used her works to expose corruption and bad dealings wherever she went, with a boldness that was remarkable for an era obsessed with gentility and 'Äúwomanly virtue'Äù. 'ÄúSketches'Äù catalogs Royall's travels from Louisiana to Maine, including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Albany, Springfield, Hartford, Worcester, Boston, and New Haven, noting each city's population, industry, physical description and modes of available transportation, as well as regional dialects, modes of dress and the character of the city's residents.