[GRANT, ANNE]: - Memoirs of an American Lady: with Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as they Exited Previous to the Revolution. By the Author of "Letters from the Mountains," &c. &c. Two volumes. London 1808.
12mo. Pp. xii, 322, (2) ads; viii, 344. Uncut copy. Original paper covered boards, later rebacked with pink paper, spines with paper manuscript labels, worn and bottom of spines chipped. Old ownership signature on title-pages. First rare edition. Anne Grant (born MacVicar) was born in Scotland in 1755, and as a child settled in America, on the Hudson, with her parents, her father being stationed there as a British officer. Several years were spent in Albany, New York where Anne stayed with a family Schuyler. In 1768, when Anne was thrirteen years old, the family returned to Scotland and Anne never visited America again. She wrote this account about 40 years after her return. Sabin 28296.
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