Old Plantation Days: Being Recollections of Southern Life Before the Civil War

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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.
OLD PLANTATION DAYS
BEING RECOLLECTIONS OF SOUTHERN LIFE BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
BY Mrs. N. B. De Saussur
NEW YORK DUFFIELD & COMPANY 1909
Copyright, 1909, by N. B. DE SAUSSURE
THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK
The following reminiscences are published at the request of many friends who, after reading the manuscript, have urged that the recollections be given more permanent form and a wider circulation.
N. B. DeSaussure.

My Dear Granddaughter Dorothy: