Dear Susan, I don't know if this is what you are seeking, but I note in your response to Sharon that you are interested in textbooks concerning American identity. Listed in Allan Gribben's work on Twain's library, I found The American Girls Book by Eliza Leslie. It contains the type of instruction in proper social skills current at that time, which would have been quite as necessary as academic learning for young ladies of that time and social position. Sandra Uetz