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Mine and Mine Only: The Marriage Proposal and Engagement - Merchant's House Museum
This is the second in a series of blog posts on mid-19th century courtship and wedding customs. Click here to read the first post, on 19th century courtship. A Horse and a Wife Charles A. Bristed, in his satirical sketch of American society, The Upper Ten Thousand (1852), noted: “The first thing, as a general …