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An editor compiles letters, diaries, newspaper excerpts, and recollections to present a portrait of a wealthy woman devoted to philanthropy and public service. The pieces describe her charitable projects, practical plans for deploying wealth for common benefit, and the personal qualities that shaped her choices. Interwoven are social anecdotes and reflections that critique idle affluence and argue for responsible citizenship. The collection balances intimate reminiscence with accounts of civic initiatives, showing how individual temperament and deliberate stewardship combined to direct resources toward educational and humanitarian aims.

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Title: Memoirs of a millionaire

Author: Lucia True Ames Mead

Release date: January 1, 2023 [eBook #69678]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889

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MEMOIRS OF A MILLIONAIRE

BY
LUCIA TRUE AMES
AUTHOR OF “GREAT THOUGHTS FOR LITTLE THINKERS”
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1889
Copyright, 1889,
By LUCIA TRUE AMES.
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
Dedicated
TO
MY ONLY BROTHER, CHARLES H. AMES.

Written for all men and women to whom the privilege of American citizenship has been vouchsafed, and to whom the stewardship of wealth has been entrusted.