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    A Grandmother's Recollections of Dixie
    A Grandmother's Recollections of Dixie
    A Grandmother's Recollections of Dixie
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    A Grandmother's Recollections of Dixie

    By Mary Norcott Bryan

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    A Grandmother's Recollections of Dixie is the narratives of a North Carolina woman, written after the Civil War.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles River Editors
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781537813660
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      A Grandmother's Recollections of Dixie - Mary Norcott Bryan

      A GRANDMOTHER’S RECOLLECTIONS OF DIXIE

      ..................

      Mary Norcott Bryan

      LACONIA PUBLISHERS

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      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Mary Norcott Bryan

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      LETTER I.

      LETTER II.

      LETTER III.

      LETTER IV.

      LETTER V.

      LETTER VI.

      LETTER VII.

      LETTER VIII.

      LETTER IX.

      LETTER X.

      LETTER XI.

      LETTER XII.

      LETTER XIII.

      LETTER XIV.

      A GRANDMOTHER’S

      RECOLLECTION OF DIXIE

      By

      MARY NORCOTT BRYAN.

      To my sons who are my

      counsellors, and to my grand-children

      who are my delight.

      Fond hearts and true, I give this little book to you,

      A tender token to you all so far away-

      It matters not that distance lies between,

      That days, and months, must intervene, before your face I see,-

      This little booklet that I send to all,

      Is the best token that my heart’s dear love can call

      LETTER I.

      ..................

      MY DEAR CHILDREN:-BEING AT LEISURE now, after many years of pleasant work in helping your Father to raise a large family of boys and girls, I sit down in this dear old room, with the faces of those I love smiling down upon me from the picture frames on the wall, and the perfume of sweet flowers coming through the lattice door, to recall some recollections of old times in Dixie.

      First stands out in bold relief the delightful plantation life at Woodlawn. This phase of society is a thing of the past, and I grieve that you will never know the tender tie that existed between mistress and servant. To the credit of the colored people be it said that during the Civil War, when on plantation after plantation the mansions were occupied only by wives and daughters, not a disloyal act or word ever occurred.

      One of the first things I remember was when a little girl of four, seated on a pillow in front of my father, a pale dark man, riding through the corn fields, watching the cotton and corn unfold, and grow beneath our warm Southern sun. Most of the plantations had names according to the owner. Our plantation, named Woodlawn, consisted of four thousand acres, and was beautifully situated between a river and creek. Our man Tony would row us for hours, winding up and down this beautiful stream and around an island covered with dense foliage, and on which there was plenty of small game. The meadow land was near on which grazed a large herd of cows and sheep. Old Shade Allen, an imported bull, was a perfect terror to our childish hearts, so large and fierce was he. Many pounds of butter was carried to market every week by Tony, and so fine it was that it always brought a higher price than any other.

      The interchange of visits to other plantations was most agreeable, especially at Christmas time-we were always sure of a cordial welcome, the servants were so well trained there was no confusion. The maids looked very attractive wearing their white caps and aprons.

      The best was kept for company, everybody was welcomed, what good dinners, large turkeys, old hams, home-made pickles, mince pies, syllabub and calf foot jelly,

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