Text, date unknown. Social Life in Old New Orleans: Reminiscences of Eliza Ripley: The Last Christmas. Alludes to the last Christmas before the American Civil W

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"Social Life in Old New Orleans: Being Recollections of My Girlhood" by Eliza Ripley is a memoir that provides a vivid portrayal of life in New Orleans during t

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