OF THE MOTHER AND WIFE OF WASHINGTON. BY MARGARET C. CONKLING, AUTHOR OF HARPERS' TRANSLATION OF "FLORIAN'S HISTORY OF THE MOORS OF SPAIN;" "ISABEL, OR TRIALS OF THE HEART;" ETC., ETC. "Of differing themes the veering song was mix'd.” "To teach us how divine a thing A woman may be made." SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. AUBURN: DERBY, MILLER, AND COMPANY. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by DERBY, MILLER, AND COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office for the Northern District of New York. STEREOTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH, 216 WILLIAM STREET, N. Y. ΤΟ MRS. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, A SLIGHT TRIBUTE TO HER MANY VIRTUES, AND IN TOKEN OF HIGH REGARD, THIS VOLUME IS VERY RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. THANKS for the picture of thy daily life- Thy daughter, cherished in her heart, will keep; Thy couch of suffering she'll bend above, And soothe thee, ever, with devoted love. |