Eunice Tripler: Some Notes of Her Personal Recollections

by Eunice Tripler Louis Augustus Arthur

Excerpt from Eunice Some Notes of Her Personal Recollections

Everything not solely objective. Hers was a life which knew sorrow in many forms and of her we can say, in a sense not com mon, made perfect through suffering. May her pure soul rest in peace and may light perpetual shine upon her. L. A. A. St. Stephen's Rectory, Grand Island, Nebraska, May, 1910.

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224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1910

Reviews

[Avis Black · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tripler's memories go back pretty far. Her father took part in the War of 1812, lost his health, and was transferred to Washington. Eunice remembers hobnobbing with the city's elites, and she recounts stories about people such as Martin Van Buren and Lafayette. Her parents knew Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, and the childhood Tripler recalls was a world in which everyone drank and everyone gambled--even the ladies, and no one thought anything of it. However, Eunice recalls her profound dislike of being kissed and fondled by drunken men, and she took to hiding when certain callers came to her house.

Her father was then transferred to the wilds of Michigan, and Tripler eventually married a doctor. Her husband held high positions in the medical service during the Mexican and Civil Wars, though he was pushed out because of army politics. Dr. Tripler was thought to be a McClellan supporter, and Eunice says John Sherman (William T. Sherman's brother) told her that her husband was purged in a secret congressional meeting without a proper hearing simply because of that.

All in all, An interesting portrayal of life in the early American Republic.

[Nancy Cullen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book contains the very precious reflections of my spouse's great great great grandmother. It is almost impossible to overstate the value this little-known book has to our family. At the same time, the detail and insight into the early days of our nation, the governmental, military, and political landscape revealed by Mrs. Tripler's observations are even more priceless.