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The rambling personal notes threaded together in these pages were written at the urgent request of my family, and have provided a pleasant diversion during otherwise lonely hours. The idea of their publication was highly distasteful to me until the often repeated importunities of many of those whose judgment commands my respect persuaded me that some of the facts and incidents I have recalled would prove of interest to a large circle of readers. The narrative is concerned with persons and events that have interested me during the busy hours of a lengthy life. I have been deeply impressed by the changes wrought by time. | As I Remember by Marian Gouverneur 1 CHAPTER PAGE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV As I Remember by Marian Gouverneur The Project Gutenberg EBook of As I Remember by Marian Gouverneur This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Author Marian Gouverneur Release Date March 22 2009 EBook 28384 As I Remember by Marian Gouverneur Language English 2 Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AS I REMEMBER Produced by Suzanne Lybarger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http ------------------------------------- Transcriber s Note Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this text. For a complete list please see the bottom of this document. Text printed using the Greek alphabet in the original book is shown as follows Greek logos Superscript letters are shown as follows JanAy I I A letter with a breve is shown as follows a I ------------------------------------- AS I REMEMBER Illustration MRS. GOUVERNEUR. AS I REMEMBER Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century BY MARIAN GOUVERNEUR ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1911 COPYRIGHT 1911 BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER Judge James Campbell WHOSE BENIGN INFLUENCE I STILL FEEL AND TO MY HUSBAND Samuel L. Gouverneur Jr. THE COMPANION AND PILLAR OF STRENGTH As I Remember by Marian Gouverneur OF MY LATER YEARS 3 THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED PREFACE The rambling personal notes threaded together in these pages were written at the urgent request of my .