Sara Agnes Pryor (nee Rice,1830-1912) was an American writer and community activist in New York City. Born in Virginia, she moved north with her husband and family after the American Civil War to rebuild their life, becoming influential in New York society. Roger Pryor, who she married in 1845, was a former newspaper editor, politician and Confederate general who started a new law practice after the war. He was appointed justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1894 to his retirement in 1899. Though never slaveholders themselves, they both came from slaveholding families and Pryor was known for his fiery oratory in favour of secession. Sara was among the founders of a home for women and children in Brooklyn and helped found several heritage organizations, working tirelessly at fundraising for these various projects. Published in 1909, this was one of two memoirs she wrote, and she also produced two histories and several novels. With 16 illustrations.
Sara Rice Pryor (1830-1912) was an American writer. Her first book, The Mother of Washington and Her Times (1903), was a popular history of colonial Virginia. She was the wife of Roger Atkinson Pryor (1828-1919), who was both an American politician and a Confederate politician serving as a congressman on both sides.
Jamestown was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as capital of Virginia. This book follows the first steps English settlers made in the New World. It contains plenty of legendary and historical information related to the arrival and first landing to America.
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