| Description |
xi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
LancasterHistory
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| Note |
"A Keystone book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-259) and index. |
| Contents |
James Buchanan's father slept here -- A girlhood in Gettysburg -- Coming of age -- Another name change -- Much more than a housekeeper -- Everyone's on the move -- The widow and the congressman -- Booze, politics, and the Underground Railroad -- Life, death, and marriage -- The war years -- "In health or in sickness" -- The battles after the war -- A companion lost -- "It was Mr. Dickey" -- Mrs. Smith goes to Washington -- Mrs. Smith versus the executors -- An elderly businesswoman -- "A noted woman gone" -- Those left behind -- A life well lived. |
| Summary |
"A biography of Lydia Hamilton Smith (1813-1884), a prominent African American businesswoman in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the longtime housekeeper and life companion of the state's abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Smith, Lydia Hamilton, 1813-1884.
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Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868.
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African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster -- Biography.
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African American businesspeople -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster -- Biography.
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Businesswomen -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster -- Biography.
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Housekeepers -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster -- Biography.
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Lancaster (Pa.) -- Biography.
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Lancaster (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Life of Lydia Hamilton Smith |
| ISBN |
9780271096759 (paperback) |
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0271096756 |
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