American Historical and Literary Curiosities: Second Series, Complete

A two-part miscellany compiles historical anecdotes, personal journals, and engraved plates that illuminate social life and military encounters during the American Revolution era. It includes a teenage girl's lively journal addressed to a friend, describing domestic scenes, officers' visits, and comic incidents, alongside other sketches, portraits, and curiosities drawn from family manuscripts and artifacts. Entries vary between firsthand recollection, editorial commentary, and visual plates, and they alternate anecdote, excerpt, and descriptive note to present manners, military episodes, and rare memorabilia for readers interested in period detail.