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Book/Printed Material A belle of the fifties; memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66,

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Title

  • A belle of the fifties; memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66,

Names

  • Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915.
  • Sterling, Ada, -1939, ed.

Created / Published

  • New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904.

Headings

  • -  Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • xxii, 386 p. 24 port. (part col.; incl. col. front.) 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F213 .C62

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04025117

OCLC Number

  • 4624454

Online Format

  • online text
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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Clay-Clopton, Virginia. A belle of the fifties; memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, -66. editeds by Sterling, Ada, -1939 New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/04025117/.

APA citation style:

Clay-Clopton, V., Sterling, A., ed. (1904) A belle of the fifties; memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, -66. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04025117/.

MLA citation style:

Clay-Clopton, Virginia. A belle of the fifties; memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, -66. ed by Sterling, Ada, -1939 New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04025117/>.