Thought the CRV list would like to see this.... -------- > December 18, 1777 > > ........" Friends, I am at Kenderhook(Kinderhook, N.Y.) where I am due to > treat the subject of pretty girls. The woman folk in this whole extensive region > way to Boston and New York are slender and straight, fleshy without being > stout. They have pretty little feet, very solid hands and arms, and very white > skin, and a healthy complexion, without having to paint. I have hardly seen one > with pockmarks, but smallpox inoculation has long been in general use here. > Their teeth are very white, their lips pretty, and their eyes very animated and > laughing. At the same time they have natural good manners, a very unconstrained > manner, a frank, gay face, and natural boldness. They think a great deal of > cleanliness and of good foot wear. They dress very decently, thus dozens stood > by the road everywhere and let us pass in review, laughed at us mockingly, or > now and then roguishly extended an apple with a curtsy. We thought at first > they were city girls, but lo. They were daughters of poor peasants. > We reached West Springfield(Massachussetts), a village or town with > scattered houses and a church of its own, the Connecticut River separates if > from Oost(East) Springfield. The inhabitants were passable, but damned curious. > >From the village and all the neighborhood whole families with wives and > daughters came marching in and went from house to house, in order, as they said, to > have a look at the prisoners"..................... > By a German Officer with the British army during the Revolution > > > ==== QUEBEC-RESEARCH Mailing List ==== > Thanks to/Merci a: Lorie Begin, Andrea Scott & Norma Audette for their > contribution to uncle's Web page. > Also submit your homepages, to be linked here... > Soumets ta page d'accueil pour etre reliee ici... > See this webpage for list submission criteria.. > Voir la page d'accueil pour les criteres de soumission > Our Quebec list web page at,/la page Web Quebec a: > Http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >