| Portion of title |
Life of Lydia Hamilton Smith |
| Series |
LancasterHistory
|
| Contents |
James Buchanan's father slept here -- A girlhood in Gettysburg -- Coming of age -- Another name change -- Much more than a housekeeper -- Everyone's on the move -- The widow and the congressman -- Booze, politics, and the Underground Railroad -- Life, death, and marriage -- The war years -- "In health or in sickness" -- The battles after the war -- A companion lost -- "It was Mr. Dickey" -- Mrs. Smith goes to Washington -- Mrs. Smith versus the executors -- An elderly businesswoman -- "A noted woman gone" -- Those left behind -- A life well lived. |
| Abstract |
"A biography of Lydia Hamilton Smith (1813-1884), a prominent African American businesswoman in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the longtime housekeeper and life companion of the state's abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "A Keystone book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-259) and index. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2023022640 |
| ISBN | 9780271096759 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0271096756 (paperback) |
