Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women.

as plantation manager in 1820 and he was kept on by the estate and Pierce (Mease) Butler. They spent the winter of 1838–39 at the plantations and Kemble kept a diary of her observations. His novel Washington Square (1880) was based upon a story Kemble had told him concerning one of her relatives.

S. They spent the winter of 1838–39 at the plantations and Kemble kept a diary of her observations. cities.