Village Life in America by Caroline Cowles Richards

		Village Life in America 1852—1872 Including the Period of the American Civil War as Told in the Diary of a School-Girl by Caroline Cowles Richards 2nd Edition — 1913
Caroline Richards 1842 - 1913 The journal Caroline Richards started when she was 10, parallels a young girl growing up as the nation did too. Although raised by a Puritan grandmother, she had both humor and the intelligence to think for herself. When Richards heard Susan B. Anthony speak, she signed a pledge to help bring about equal rights for woman. And during the Civil War, she sent a letter of support to General McClellan when he was criticised. From hearing P.T. Barnum and Charles Dickens speak to playing the new game of croquet (not well), Caroline Richards experienced and wrote of the changes and development of a still young country.		To My dear brothers, JAMES AND JOHN, who, by precept and example, have encouraged me, and to my beloved sister, ANNA, whose faith and affection have been my chief inspiration, this little volume is lovingly inscribed. NAPLES, N. Y. Contents Introduction, by Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster The Villages The Villagers 1852.—Family Notes—Famous School-Girls—Hoop Skirts 1853.—Runaways—Bible Study—Essays—Catechism 1854.—Lake Picnic—Pyramid of Beauty—Governor Clark 1855.—Preachers—James and John—Votes for Women 1856.—The Fire—Sleighing and Prayer—Father's Advice 1857.—Truants and Pickles—Candle Stories—The Snuffers 1858.—Tableaux and Charades—Spiritual Seance 1859.—E. M. Morse—Letter from the North Pole 1860.—Gymnastics—Troublesome Comforts 1861.—President Lincoln's Inauguration—Civil War—School Enthusiasm 1862.—Gough Lectures—President's Call for Three Hundred Thousand Men—Mission Zeal 1863.—A Soldier's Death—General McClellan's Letter—President Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg 1864.—Grandfather Beals' Death—Anna Graduates 1865.—President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address—Fall of Richmond—Murder of Lincoln 1866.—Freedman's Fair—General Grant and Admiral Farragut Visit Canandaigua 1867.—Brother John and Wife Go to London—Lecture by Charles Dickens 1871.—Hon. George H. Stuart Speaks in Canandaigua—A Large Collection 1872.—Grandmother Beals' Death—Biography 1880.—Anna's Marriage