Dames And Daughters Of Colonial Days

Dames And Daughters Of Colonial Days

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These narrative sketches of certain dames and daughters of our colonial days are designed to illustrate the different types, epochs and sections that made up our early American history. The contents of this book include: Anne Hutchinson, of Boston, founder of the First Woman's Club in America; Frances Mary Jacqueline La Tour, the Defender of Fort La Tour; Margaret Brent, the woman ruler of Maryland; Madam Sarah Knight, a Colonial Traveller; Eliza Lucas, of Charleston, afterwards wife of Chief-Justice, Charles Pinckney; Martha Washington, of Mount Vernon, wife of General George Washington; Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams; Elizabeth Schuyler, of Albany, afterwards wife of Alexander Hamilton; and Sarah Wister and Deborah Norris, Two Quaker Friends of Philadelphia.

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