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Domestic Manners of the Americans

by Frances Trollope

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  1. 1Chapter I — Entrance of the Mississippi — Balize
  2. 2Chapter II — New Orleans — Society — Creoles and Quadroons Voyage U…
  3. 3Chapter III — Company on Board the Steam Boat — Scenery of the Miss…
  4. 4Chapter IV — Departure From Memphis — Ohio River Louisville — Cinci…
  5. 5Chapter V — Cincinnati — Forest Farm — Mr. Bullock
  6. 6Chapter VI — Servants — Society — Evening Parties
  7. 7Chapter VII — Market — Museum — Picture Gallery — Academy of Fine A…
  8. 8Chapter VIII — Absence of Public and Private Amusement — Churches a…
  9. 9Chapter IX — Schools — Climate — Water Melons — Fourth of July — St…
  10. 10Chapter X — Removal to the Country — Walk in the Forest — Equality
  11. 11Chapter XI — Religion
  12. 12Chapter XII — Peasantry, Compared to That of England — Early Marria…
  13. 13Chapter XIII — Theatre — Fine Arts — Delicacy — Shaking Quakers — B…
  14. 14Chapter XIV — American Spring — Controversy Between Messrs. Owen an…
  15. 15Chapter XV — Camp-Meeting
  16. 16Chapter XVI — Danger of Rural Excursions — Sickness
  17. 17Chapter XVII — Departure From Cincinnati — Society on Board the Ste…
  18. 18Chapter XVIII — Departure for the Mountains in the Stage — Scenery…
  19. 19Chapter XIX — Baltimore — Catholic Cathedral — St. Mary’s — College…
  20. 20Chapter XX — Voyage to Washington — Capitol — City of Washington —…
  21. 21Chapter XXI — Stonington — Great Falls of the Potomac
  22. 22Chapter XXII — Small Landed Proprietors — Slavery
  23. 23Chapter XXIII — Fruits and Flowers of Maryland and Virginia — Coppe…
  24. 24Chapter XXIV — Journey to Philadelphia — Chesapeak and Delaware Can…
  25. 25Chapter XXV — Washington Square — American Beauty — Gallery of Fine…
  26. 26Chapter XXVI — Quakers — Presbyterians — Itinerant Methodist Preach…
  27. 27Chapter XXVII — Return to Stonington — Thunderstorm — Emigrants — I…
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII — American Cooking…
  29. 29Chapter XXIX — Literature — Extracts — Fine Arts — Education
  30. 30Chapter XXX — Journey to New York…
  31. 31Chapter XXXI — Reception of Captain Basil Hall’s Book in the United…
  32. 32Chapter XXXII — Journey to Niagara — Hudson — West Point — Hyde Par…
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII — Niagara — Arrival at Forsythes…
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV — Return to New York — Conclusion

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