 A huge colonnaded structure, crowning an abrupt eminence near the road, struck our eyes with an imposing effect. It was the abode of one of the wealthiest planters of this state ; who, like the majority of those whose families now roll in their splendid...  The South-west - Page 95by Joseph Holt Ingraham - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Holt Ingraham - Mississippi - 1835 - 306 pages
...New-Orleans, we passed, just on the confines of the country, the residence of the Presbyterian clergyman, arid one of the most charming retreats I have yet seen...grazing around i 2 the piazzas, over which were strewed saddles, whips, horse blankets, and the motley paraphernalia with which planters love to lumber their... | |
 | Dunbar Rowland - Mississippi - 1907 - 1026 pages
...in the evening after supper." JH Ingraham, in describing a ride out from Natchez, about 1825, wrote: "A huge colonnaded structure, crowning an abrupt eminence...edifice were neglected ; horses were grazing around the piazzas, over which were strewed saddles, whips, horseblankets, and the motley paraphernalia with... | |
 | Richard H. Schein - Social Science - 2006 - 270 pages
...special note of Natchez. Joseph Holt Ingraham recorded in that city "a huge colonnaded structure [which] struck our eyes with an imposing effect. It was the...abode of one of the wealthiest planters of this state. . . . The grounds about this edifice were neglected, horses were grazing around the piazzas, over which... | |
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