Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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Village Life in America.

February 21, 2012

Village Life in America, 1852 - 1872, by Caroline Cowles Richards

February 21.—Our society met at Fanny Palmer’s this afternoon. I went but did not stay to tea as we were going to Madame Anna Bishop’s concert in the evening. The concert was very, very good. Her voice has great scope and she was dressed in the latest stage costume, but it took so much material for her skirt that there was hardly any left for the waist.

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