Letters of Robert MacKay to His Wife: Written from Ports in America and England, 1795-1816 - Softcover

Hartridge, Walter Charlton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082033538X ISBN 13: 9780820335384

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 2010

Synopsis

Published in 1949, this selection of letters between Robert Mackay, and his wife, Eliza Anne Mackay, provide unique insight into the life of a southern merchant during the early part of the nineteenth century. The Mackay's correspondence covers business, friendships, social life, and family, in addition to historical events unfolding at the time. The letters in this volume were sent from the Mackay's hometown of Savannah and from such port cities as Norfolk, Charleston, New York, London, and Liverpool.

About this title

Review:

This collection of 105 letters is ably edited by Hartridge. The notes are ample, cross references are numerous, and the biographical sketches of the many people mentioned in the letters are painstakingly done. Scarcely anyone escapes the editor's careful eye.

--Journal of Southern History

About the Author:

Walter Charlton Hartridge contributed an introduction and notes for The Letters of Don Juan McQueen to His Family, Written from Spanish East Florida, 1791-1807.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 082033538X
• ISBN 13: 9780820335384
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364