Redcliffe

I am now in Redcliffe, which is a northern suburb of Brisbane, staying with my friend Jenny and her family.

Archive 2008-08-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

I am now in Redcliffe, which is a northern suburb of Brisbane, staying with my friend Jenny and her family.

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"Redcliffe" - The Hammond Negro as I Have Found Him - She

A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66, 1905

It happened that my host at "Redcliffe," just previous to the breaking out of hostilities, had ordered a boat-load of salt, to use upon certain unsatisfactory land,

A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66, 1905

Save at my Uncle William's home, I had nowhere seen such an abundance of good things as "Redcliffe" yielded.

A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66, 1905

The prolific "Redcliffe" vineyards yielded unusual varieties of grapes, planted and cared for by white labourers.

A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66, 1905

On the "Redcliffe" plantation the blacksmith was to be found at his forge, the wheelwright in his shop, and the stock-minder guarding the welfare of his charges.

A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66, 1905

Fears were spreading of the approach of Sherman's devastating army, and the destruction of "Redcliffe,"

A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66, 1905

"Redcliffe" was now practically without a defender, Mr. Paul

A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66, 1905

Stray newspapers reached us at "Redcliffe" occasionally, from even so distant a point as our capital, and efforts were made by local editors to purvey the news of battles and the movements of the armies, but the supply of paper necessary for the issuing of a daily journal and even a weekly edition was difficult to obtain.

A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66, 1905