Selections from Eliza Leslie

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Selections from Eliza Leslie Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers series editor Sharon Harris, University of Connecticut advisory editor Karen Dandurand, Indiana University of Pennsylvania board of editors Martha Cutter, University of Connecticut-Storrs France Smith Foster, Emory University Susan K. Harris, University of Kansas Mary Kelley, University of Michigan Venetria Patton, Purdue University Karen Sanchez-Eppler, Amherst College Elizabeth Young, Mt. Holyoke College 1. Eliza Leslie, as she was presented to readers of Godey’s Lady’s Book in January 1846. A portrait painted by Thomas Sully was the foundation for the engraving. Photo credit: The Library Company of Philadelphia. ...