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285 Index Italicized page numbers refer to illustrations Abernathy, William, 41 accommodations, 15, 16, 17–18, 21, 24, 27, 29, 36, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52–53 Adams, Thomas, 141 aesthetics, 7, 32–36, 56, 66 Aix-la-Chappelle, France, 119 Alleghany Springs, 73, 86 Alston, Joe, 146 Alum Springs, 86 Ambler, Philip St. George, 132 Amelia Springs, 195, 219 n. 22 amusements, 14, 41, 45–46, 47, 58, 79, 84, 100, 110, 113–15, 120–21, 130, 136–37, 148–50, 192, 197, 200–206, 211. See also dancing; gambling ; tournaments Anderson, Baylis, 53 architects, 21, 218 n. 13 architecture, 7, 8, 10, 11, 18, 20, 21–25, 55–56, 212; Gothic Revival, 14, 23; Greek Revival, 13, 17, 21–24, 25–29, 55–56; interiors, 14, 20, 48; and southern society, 13–17, 21, 25–31, 55, 187–88, 189. See also bathhouses; springhouses Asbury, Francis, 193 Ashby, Charles William, 85 Ashby, Sarah, 139 Astor, John J., 189 Atlantic City, N.J., 210 Aylett, Patrick Henry, 109, 141 Aylett, William, 138 Bailey, Robert, 40, 41 ballrooms, 14, 15, 20, 31, 41, 55, 107, 113, 131, 147, 158, 162–64, 202, 208, 213, 214. See also dancing Ballston, N.Y., 108, 220 n. 30, 240 n. 5 Baltimoreans, 155, 157 Barbour, James, 67, 140 Barbour, Philippa, 116, 148, 152, 154 Barnwell, Robert, 209 Barrow, Robert Ruffin, 132 Barrow, Volumina, 67, 137, 158, 168–69, 192 Bath (resort). See Berkeley Springs Bath, England, 119 Bath Alum Springs, 38, 45, 75, 252 n. 5 Bath County, Va., 18 bathhouses, 14, 18, 23, 80–81, 81, 85, 91, 93 bathing, 14, 57–58, 59, 78–83, 85–86, 91–95, 100; and men, 57, 80–81, 92, 93–95; and women, 58, 75–77, 80–81, 83, 92–93, 94–95, 136 Bayard, Ferdinand, 18, 113, 136, 167, 169, 179 Baytop, Lucy, 92, 193 beaux, 31, 100, 142–51, 153, 175–86. See also youth culture Bedford Springs, 71 Bedford Alum Springs, 63 Beecher, Catharine, 72 Bell, John, 76, 140, 260 n. 12 Bell, Mary, 174 belles, 31, 99–101, 142–45, 147–51, 153, 168, 169, 175–86. See also youth culture Benjamin, Asher, 21 Berkeley Springs, 17, 18, 19, 23, 40, 41, 48, 65, 66, 70, 80, 81, 114, 130, 193, 228 n. 4 Beyer, Edward, 24, 27, 28, 30, 122, 123 Bias, C., 222 n. 3 Bigelow, Jacob, 78 Blackford, Mary B., 109, 194, 243 n. 3 Blue Sulphur Springs, 50, 62 body, 58, 65, 68–70, 72, 150, 161–62; attention to, 59, 85–96, 97–98; in conversation, 85, 89–90, 95–96, 113, 123; and men, 89, 93–95; and mineral waters, 59, 67, 79, 85–87, 89– 90, 91–95; and spa experience, 83, 85–96, 97–98, 212; and women, 89, 92–93, 130 Boggs, Mary Jane, 34, 35, 67, 150, 162, 171 Bolling, Blair, 41, 164, 240 n. 10 Bolling, F. R., 146 Bolling, L. H., 188, 240 n. 6 Bolling, Mary, 82, 137 Bolling, Thomas, 71 Bolling, William, 53, 55 Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson, 157, 169 Bonaparte, Jerome Napoleon, Jr., 64, 114 Botetourt Springs, 42, 47, 112, 155, 185–86 Bowdoin, Courtney, 179 Bowyer, Mary, 222 n. 2 Boyd, Robert, 17–18 Braxton, A., 214 Brice, George, 147 Brice, William, 147 Briggs, John Howell, 85 Bright, Henry, 42 Brison, Mary, 192 Broadus, Maria, 45, 92 Brockenbrough, John, 37, 195–96 Brodnax, John, 115 Brooke, Francis, 140 Bruce, Charles, 125, 159, 188 Bruce, James C., 48, 132, 134 Bruce, Richard, 186 Brunet, Sarah, 131 Bryan, Elizabeth, 193 Buckingham, James S., 73, 130, 240 n. 10 Buckingham Springs, 58 Buffalo Springs, 39, 65, 194 Bullitt, Thomas, 18 Burke, Edmund, 32, 33 Burke, William, 37, 61, 67, 68, 101, 108, 119, 139, 205, 225 n. 26, 252 n. 7 Burroughs, Caroline, 133 Burroughs, Richard D., 40, 64, 90, 133, 147, 177, 190 Burwell, Letitia, 210 Burwell, Roberta, 165, 172 Bushman, Richard, 15, 30 Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 32 Cabell, Abram, 141 Cabell, Agnes, 77, 188, 189 Cabell, E., 178 Cabell, Hannah, 137, 171 Cabell, Joseph C., 39, 66, 114, 131, 246 n. 15 Cabell, Nicholas, 63, 70, 133 Cabell, Peggy, 133 Caldwell, F., 137 Caldwell, James, 18, 37, 39, 53, 131 Caldwell, John, 67, 141 Calhoun, Willie, 151 Calvert, Rosalie, 66 Cameron, Mary, 164 Campbell, John A., 209 286 i n d e x Cape May, N.J., 5, 131 Capon Springs, 155, 203 cardplaying, 79, 113–14 Carmichael, Edward H., 74 Carr, Dabney, 64...

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