A place in history : Albany in the age of revolution, 1775-1825 / by Roberts, Warren, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…The Battle of Saratoga : epic, tragedy, or comedy of manners? -- Philip Schuyler's Hudson River visitors, 1776-83 -- Mme. de La Tour du Pin's two-year stay in Albany, 1794-96 -- Albany and the Erie Canal -- Conclusion: Albany, past and present : observations and images (with some musings thrown in) -- Appendix A: Thomas Jefferson and Angelica Schuyler Church in Paris -- Appendix B: The responses of two Americans to the French Revolution : Gouverneur Morris and Thomas Jefferson -- Appendix C: Talleyrand and the XYZ Affair -- Appendix D: David's depiction of Talleyrand in the coronation of Napoleon and Joséphine.…”
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Salem is my dwelling place : a life of Nathaniel Hawthorne / by Miller, Edwin Haviland

Table of Contents: “…"Salem is my dwelling place" -- The heritage: the Hathornes and the Mannings -- "The gentle boy" -- "Living upon Uncle Robert" -- Bowdoin College: venturing into the world -- Intercourse with the world: Fanshawe -- "Castle Dismal" -- Intercourse with the world: The early tales -- The Peabodys -- Two sisters in love -- Mary Silsbee: "Star of Salem" -- The comedy of manners ends happily -- Port-admiral at the Boston Custom-House -- "Thou art my type of womanly perfection" -- Book farm: "That abominable gold-mine" -- "I take this dove in bed and board -- Eden in Concord -- Margaret Fuller in Concord -- Intercourse with the world: Mosses from an old manse -- Salem, hail and farewell -- Intercourse with the world: The scarlet letter -- The Berkshires, 1850: enter Herman Melville -- Intercourse with the world: The house of the seven gables -- Lenox, 1851: intimations -- "Big hearts strike together" -- Intercourse with the world: The Blithedale romance -- President Pierce's "Prime minister" -- England: "I do not take root anywhere" -- Italy: "Dim reflections in my inward mirror" -- Intercourse with the world: The marble faun -- Concord, 1860-1862 -- The crack-up: the unfinished romances -- "The great, generous, brave heart beat no more."…”
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