[PDF.94qu] Letter from Washington, 1863-1865 (Great Lakes Books Series)

Letter from Washington, 1863-1865 (Great Lakes Books Series)

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 | #3335865 in Books |  Wayne State University Press |  1999-04-01 |  1999-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.19 x.84 x6.14l,1.40 | File type: PDF | 376 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Good Book, Bad Index|By Walter B. Stahr|This is a good book: a set of columns, written by Lois Adams, that appeared in a Detroit newspaper in 1863 through 1865. Adams was a clerk in the Agriculture Department, so her vision of Washington was less lofty than Brooks or other correspondents; she focuses on the weather, fashions, and the Agriculture Department. BUT the book is r|About the Author|Evelyn Leasher is a public services librarian at Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University. She is the author of Oregon Women: A Bio-Bibliography (Oregon State University Press, 1981).

Before the Civil War, Lois Bryan Adams

was a well-known Michigan poet and editor

In 1863 she left Detroit for Washington, D.C., where she was one of the first women in the federal civil service and one of the first employees of the United States Department of Agriculture. In addition to her government position, Adams was a regular correspondent for the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune.

Adams was a concerned and observant<...

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