title: Historical Viewpoints: Notable Articles from American Heritage, Volume 1
author: John A. Garraty
description: The revision of this exciting collection of secondary source articles from the popular magazine "American Heritage" features one of the best representations of American historical thinking available. Accessible, interesting, and significant, "Historical Viewpoints, Ninth Edition," introduces students to a broad spectrum of historical issues and opinions from many of the world's foremost historians.
zlib_text: # AS I REMEMBER
  
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  # 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
  
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  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  
  of my later years
  
  THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED
  
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  ##  PREFACE
  
  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 rea