JOURNAL OF A YOUNG LADY OF VIRGINIA
1871
by ORR, Lucinda Lee
1871. [ORR, Lucinda (Lee)]. JOURNAL OF A YOUNG LADY OF VIRGINIA, 1782. Baltimore: Printed and published for the Benefit of the Lee Memorial Association of Richmond, by John Murphy and Company, 1871. Presentation inscription from the "Editor" (Emily V. Mason) on fly-leaf. 56pp. 8vo., maroon cloth, title gilt-stamped to front board. Ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown and no other marks. Minor rubbing to boards and spine extremities. Light soiling to front endpapers, else clean and crisp within. A very good copy. The journal was written by Orr from September through November, 1782, on a visit to her relatives, the Lees, Washingtons, and other families of Lower Virginia. (Inventory #: 74418)