Plantation Sketches



Object ID:
eBook #22673
Category:
Printed Materials
Medium:
Print
Creator:
Margaret Mordecai Devereux
Date:
1906
Held at:
Project Gutenberg eBooks
Size:
169 pages
Description:
Written by the daughter in law of Thomas Pollock Devereux, Maragret Mordecai Devereux (1824-1910), wife to his son John Devereux. In this collection of short stories written for her grandchildren, Margaret nostalgically reminisces on plantation life in the antebellum South. Included are detailed descriptions of Thomas Pollock Devereux's and John Devereux's holdings, including the plantations Conneconara, Runiroi, and Looking Glass among many others associated with the Devereux family.


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