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

Title remainder

memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66.

Statement of responsibility

Put into narrative form by Ada Sterling. Illustrated from contemporary portraits

Creator

• Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915

Contributor

• Sterling, Ada, d. 1939

Subject

• Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
• Prisoners of war -- United States
• Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Refugees
• Women -- Alabama -- Biography
• Clay, C. C., (Clement Claiborne), 1816-1882
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
• Refugees -- Southern States
• Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs

Genre

• Biography
• Personal narratives, Confederate

Language

eng

Cataloging source

IAU

Dewey number

917.53/03/2

Illustrations

portraits

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries