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* Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 1743, in a letter to Miss Bartlett, describing Charleston, S.C. (1972: 62): | * Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 1743, in a letter to Miss Bartlett, describing Charleston, S.C. (1972: 62): | ||
| − | “I . . . cant say one word on the other seats I saw in this ramble, except the Count’s large double row of Oaks on each side the [[Avenue]] that leads to the house—which seemed designed by nature for pious meditation and friendly converse.”<ref name="Pinckney_1985">Pinckney, Eliza Lucas and Elise Pinckney (ed.). 1972. ''The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press</ref> | + | “I . . . cant say one word on the other seats I saw in this ramble, except the Count’s large double row of Oaks on each side the [[Avenue]] that leads to the house—which seemed designed by nature for pious meditation and friendly converse.”<ref name="Pinckney_1985">Pinckney, Eliza Lucas and Elise Pinckney (ed.). 1972. ''The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, p. 62.</ref> |
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| + | * Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, c. May 1743, in a letter to Miss Bartlett, describing Crowfield, plantation of William Middleton, vicinity of Charleston, S.C.: | ||
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| + | “as you draw nearer [the house] new beauties discover themselves, first the fruitful Vine manteling up the wall loading with delicious Clusters; next a spacious [[bason]] in the midst of a large [[green]] presents itself as you enter the gate that leads to the house.”<ref name="Pinckney_1985">Pinckney, Eliza Lucas and Elise Pinckney (ed.). 1972. ''The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, p. 61.</ref> | ||
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| + | * Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, c. May 1743, describing Crowfield, plantation of William Middleton, vicinity of Charleston, S.C.: | ||
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| + | “Opposite on the left hand is a large square [[boleing green]] sunk a little below the level of the rest of the garden with a walk quite round composed of a double row of fine large flowering Laurel and Catulpas which form both shade and beauty.”<ref name="Pinckney_1985">Pinckney, Eliza Lucas and Elise Pinckney (ed.). 1972. ''The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, p. 61.</ref> | ||
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| + | * Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 1742, describing Wappoo Plantation, property of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, Charleston, S.C.: | ||
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| + | “You may wonder how I could in this gay season think of planting a Cedar grove, which rather reflects an Autumnal gloom and solemnity than the freshness and gayty of spring. But so it is. I have begun it last week and intend to make it an Emblem not of a lady, but of a compliment which your good Aunt was pleased to make to the person her partiality has made happy by giving her a place in her esteem and friendship. I intend then to connect in my grove the solemnity (not the solidity)of summer or autumn with the cheerfulness and pleasures of spring, for it shall be filled with all kind of flowers, as well wild as Garden flowers, with seats of Camomoil and here and there a fruit tree—oranges, nectrons, Plumbs, &c., &c.”<ref name="Pinckney_1985">Pinckney, Eliza Lucas and Elise Pinckney (ed.). 1972. ''The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, p. 36.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:24, July 24, 2013
Elizabeth “Eliza” Lucas Pinckney (28 Dec. 1722 - 26 May 1793) was an educated and successful plantation manager. She was born in the West Indies, but her father relocated the family to South Carolina. At age sixteen, she began the task of overseeing their “Wappoo” plantation when her father had to return to his post in Antigua. Eliza experimented with West Indian crops, including commercial indigo (Indigofera tinctoria) used for blue dye, which proved a successful and profitable enterprise. Her letterbook, which is, according to the ANB, the most substantial body of writings by a mid-eighteenth-century American woman, reveals the management responsibilities women could assume, as well as the intellectual sophistication they brought to gardening. Her letters describing garden design provide rare documentation of the refined taste of the Carolina plantation. [1]
Terms
Avenue, Basin, Bowling Green, Green, Grove, Lake/Pond, Mound/Mount, Nursery, Orchard, Plot/Plat, Prospect, Thicket, Walk
Citations
- Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 1743, in a letter to Miss Bartlett, describing Charleston, S.C. (1972: 62):
“I . . . cant say one word on the other seats I saw in this ramble, except the Count’s large double row of Oaks on each side the Avenue that leads to the house—which seemed designed by nature for pious meditation and friendly converse.”[2]
- Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, c. May 1743, in a letter to Miss Bartlett, describing Crowfield, plantation of William Middleton, vicinity of Charleston, S.C.:
“as you draw nearer [the house] new beauties discover themselves, first the fruitful Vine manteling up the wall loading with delicious Clusters; next a spacious bason in the midst of a large green presents itself as you enter the gate that leads to the house.”[2]
- Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, c. May 1743, describing Crowfield, plantation of William Middleton, vicinity of Charleston, S.C.:
“Opposite on the left hand is a large square boleing green sunk a little below the level of the rest of the garden with a walk quite round composed of a double row of fine large flowering Laurel and Catulpas which form both shade and beauty.”[2]
- Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 1742, describing Wappoo Plantation, property of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, Charleston, S.C.:
“You may wonder how I could in this gay season think of planting a Cedar grove, which rather reflects an Autumnal gloom and solemnity than the freshness and gayty of spring. But so it is. I have begun it last week and intend to make it an Emblem not of a lady, but of a compliment which your good Aunt was pleased to make to the person her partiality has made happy by giving her a place in her esteem and friendship. I intend then to connect in my grove the solemnity (not the solidity)of summer or autumn with the cheerfulness and pleasures of spring, for it shall be filled with all kind of flowers, as well wild as Garden flowers, with seats of Camomoil and here and there a fruit tree—oranges, nectrons, Plumbs, &c., &c.”[2]
References
American National Biography online: http://www.anb.org/articles/01/01-00737.html?a=1&n=pinckney&d=10&ss=4&q=6
The Library of Congress: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm%2082059840
South Carolina Historical Society Archives: http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/
The Digital Edition of Eliza Lucas Pinckney & Harriott Pinckney Horry, 1739 – 1830: http://src6.cas.sc.edu/poelp/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Lucas
Notes
- ↑ O'Malley, Therese, Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, and Anne Helmreich. Keywords in American Landscape Design. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010, p. 27 and Elise Pinckney. "Pinckney, Elizabeth Lucas"; http://www.anb.org/articles/01/01-00737.html; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Access Date: Tue Jul 23 16:06:38 EDT 2013 Copyright ©2000 American Council of Learned Societies. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pinckney, Eliza Lucas and Elise Pinckney (ed.). 1972. The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, p. 62. Cite error: Invalid
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