| Show r SO I n iE I n N TO i I C CYNICAL philosopher hns Raid Bald A l Is h ik II woman at Itt HIP th bot bottom tom of eve C I At u II time tUne l when we w t u i 1 Declaration 1 of oC U Lt Is h a fI Hood good JoO I thing to consider conI 1 r th purt that women played In tn it about If t there ever wan 1111 u n war wr It was wall wasI I the tho War of or tile tho The rh tax on nn 1 tea and an till thi In stamp act lIet affected l tho prices of ot o domestic In a n country where when living Willi hard baru wore such lIuch Influence us ns would most readily arouse the Indignation ot b housekeeper c The spirit Jf Jr r the tie women was shown In their pledge not to use tilt tea tell and ami the tho thoc t c readiness with which they thc assumed nil f of o hardships In resenting tyr 11 i During the thc ir great ladles i reduced their thell establishments to the fi most rigid economy conomy and 1111 1 women every everywhere ee I where tilled farm and ld tho th work t ork of n men nin i enthat that husbands sons lion nin broth broW brothers c ers tN might f lVe their country Of at tho ho Illustrious company of men 11 l who oa signed the Iho Declaration almost 1 u every evory otis one of t them was vm backed by b some it l patriot eloquently urging 1 i him to action netlon v v Ii r rIf I If U i 1 i were nero of ot tIle the th opinion that It was t best hest Ie f for i II general rule that the tall fair t Vex tx be he excused from tho cares If t Of war IM and ami Late elate I should certainly i think that Hint Mercy Iely In If Warren Varron ami tr Mrs Adams Allam ought to loho bo 10 exceptions be lie ber r Cl 7 I have over ver ascribed to these thee th e la In Ini i flies ft iJ large lalo part In the till conduct of or our ni American affairs Thus Thua pahe til husband of ot Mercy to La John Adams dann and ruI n a little study ot oC o the biographies of that period vIli suggest that probably never novel In tho the i history of ot this country women had so m much to dt do with the shaping of public affairs n 1 There was W wa II In III Massa JI the thc seat of ot sedition Dorothy Doothy Hancock wife of or John Hancock ock so ar at atI I hint a n little rebel that ihal she slipped off olf VI and tid him when ho was WM In hid hiding hIdIng ing In Connecticut t with a IL price irIce on his hiI p head as III 11 i 1 result of at his hiI defiance of t f the 1 royal When Massachusetts Belt elected Hancock to the second tie con II Continental al congress his iI wife Insisted on en accompanying him hint to 10 Philadelphia far ful from strong and with u II 0 young 10 to care fr Her hus litis husbands i bands bro Is wealth enabled her hel to o play the tidy not only to the th suffer sufferIng Ine Ing J lurIng the th bitt to the tho hl and bereaved berend families V A A mure more Intellectual und end no less les le 1 Inde Independent pendent pendant woman II wile was Abigail 1 wife of 01 John J hn another signer NU ner from Massachusetts lal John Ad d dain a in mt was Willi then thon thena tt It poor 1001 lawyer eking a n living flyIng put out ut orji fn farm nt at ami he Ito could to take taka tk hi wife with him to top p Although h the lIe main sup eup support port II ot of o the lie family and an 1 tha th cure of tho the thorunn fahn runn felt fell f 11 upon her ent Jl com nl her het with wl I II u smiling face anil heart h alt It Wan WUI Wa seven oon I years yar b 1 be berro foro site she Joined him In Ia 1111 and al ai although though the Insolent In vare British soldiery II led the country all about her hor unit and the th booming of f the suns guns nt at a l HUT Hill und and Chat tier with forebodings h she sho could lIlt lt down i i I write urging her hilI husband to out for the freedom of the 1111 colonies colonl Thio sparkling rig letters which are lire still I considered models I Ith if the tho th epistolary ell art were wen proudly I r ad to tn his hi frIends by hy John foi for many ninny in 11 that brilliant of ef men were welt known to her While tin the Declaration of Independence wa WM wai being debated Mrs 1118 lams wrote roto to her hits hus husband band bandI I long to hear that Ihal you JI de do declared Independence nce and In the th now new code colle of Jaws which I 1 will bo be necessary for r you to make I deldre that t you remember the ladles ladies antI and be moru generous and nut favorable than tItan yom ancestor Do Du not put hut unlimited d power powei Into In to the lb e of ot the husband Ito He till nil men nine would oulu lie lib tyrants II l I they could It tr duo care and at attention tire arts not Patti paid to in the Ins wo We ore are determined to foment it II rebellion not hold hohl ourselves bound by bylaws h b laws In which we have no voice oleo or rep representation Mercy elcy friend ot o John and Abigail Adams was wua an 1111 Otis Otia tho the sister of U that Otis rhoe SPeeCh In the theold old tOIl slate house hultse In resistance of ot the right of search hy by the till Kings officers wall waH one of the Influences that helped to ti bring about the th revolution tion Mr lI Otis Otla hud laid been heen advocate gen ural oral of ot the hia colony colon but hut le It to tout ut ud aH tu counsel clIn el for ful the merchants John who listened to the th ler young orators speech said sall saidOn sallOn saIdOn On that day tiny the tho child Independence Willi born Most t t ot or the th used by h b Mr Oils were ere afterward advanced for tor the tho of lit the colonies from train the mother country 11 and Warren dramatist e nayl t tho of nf IC lur hll time the and adviser or of tot her broth brother er Cr Her writings show how low far the tho wo we women women men nien of at that day lIay dared dated go when con conscience science elente Felen e moved them She coolly lUll the tie colonial governor and arid tho thin Tories In her bet drama drilma Tim The Group and muted lauded the tho Ii ston telL tea party In the Squabble of oC the Sea Nymphs Thorn Them Themas us as Jefferson John and amI Samuel Adams Adums 1 Gerry Alexander Hamilton Henry Knox Knott and even Oven th tte great gren t Wash Washington WashIngton lIsh ington himself numbered among her hel friends Her correspondents In Included Included eluded the tho most distinguished men and aid women of oi the time She Sho was WaR zealous In behalf of 1 Independence and when war rat al was WAI declared made her home hume at lit Plymouth 11 tho thin lien for tOl many movements for 01 the relief relle nt of want and ond KII Ing n r D K Mrs Samuel Adams Adam wa Willi a 1 woman man of less lesK brilliant mental caliber than tutu Mrs John Adams l S tho ho wis the daughter of o onn an nn English merchant tind stid nd If let her sym pattIes wore wel elo with vil It tic the rO 11 cause muse who situ put In sa t h hr r hus husband land band he y gave up tip her beloved tea lea l a when houSewives hou lv II decRied decided to boycott bf coll this favored beverage by h mIstake letry Oc ry convoyed to 10 I 1 let her h from rein Philadelphia while the cou riOe Wail Willi delIberatIng on en tIe the Ih Declara Declaration lion tion a pound of or tea Intended for fur his Its r I I 41 cy vc 1 I 11 1 I ii Z Y Is gr p pS ti S j f fA i w p pi 4 1 l dr i 4 A COLONIAL BELLE wife by Jolt John Adams Adam she he innocently ont tried Abigail with a fI cup of or I i be tier own beverage to tho the great amuse amuso amusement mont nent oC o ci that Hint lady lah when the mistake van discovered I MarUm larthia Shelton the tho lovely and ac at wife wit of o Thomas Jefferson J was waR a R no less IlS hes stanch patriot than the tile intellectual Abigail dams Adams tins although her hll influence was less In public affairs a IS It III is notable that while con congress gress grui was a cu ns the tho advisability of or declaring Independence Thomas Jef Jet faron ferou went home to Virginia for a n week or 01 more He had been lit lii a It doubtful frame finnie of mInd when he lie left Philadelphia hut 1111 his return found hint him confirmed In iii faith and nd ready italy to draw up liP that tha t series erles of ot brilliant 1111 t articles which made tile the colonies free tree rind re to respected In tIle tho eyes ees of ot the tho civilized world All honor to 10 Martha Skelton for this and ami for thin the admirable manner in whIch she he could the tho af at affairs affairs fairs of Monticello when her country needed her hr husband Probably tho the most notable of at Now New York nud o Jersey Women patriots were fitlY ladles of ot the he Livingston faint family Iy ly front from which PhilIp Livingston of ot New NM York Vol ork 11 was numbered among tho the signers of or the tie Declaration of Independence ence once Philip was tho the brother of o Gov Gm Governor ernOl Livingston of or Now New Jersey whoso whose home at waX waN named Liberty LIbert Hall hail The Livingston women were famous for tor beauty wit end and hos hem hospitality One of the governors daugh daughters lets became Mrs Mm John Joy To Ju while his hili sister was Wits Mr William Alexander Alexandor wire eIre ot or that Lord Stirling who vIto throve threw away nU an 11 EnglIsh earldom to 10 light for forthe forthe forthe the colonies Ills 1 daughters daughter Lady lIt Kit Kitty lItty ty t Utter truer antI and Lady l Mary oro well ell known In tho the history of oC time p i Lewis Morris of o wits was still unmarried when ho he signed the Decla Deela Declaration Declaration ration but his hili heart was already en cn by a 1 lovely daughter of South houth Carolina MIss Ann l known to lo loan toan an admiring British soldiery as thin the beautiful rebel t bel When the kings troops held Charleston she sho went wen I abroad flauntIng thirteen plumes In her bonnet honnel anti and her opinions were tree free freely Iy ly expressed to the th enamored who Wilt wore the th kings uniform and 1 haunted hr fathers house One of these the son eon of oC an no English peer laid lali his heart mid arid fortune nt ot Item her feet Loot in III vain Once When Morris cane came to 10 visit her sho she saved his life by 11 the stinging rebuke she sue gave gale to 10 the tho English officer who came seeking him Go 00 look fur for him In the American army It If you dare she cried und end the redcoats slunk abashed before the tho spectacle of ot Indignant beauty bellOt r The rite wife of ot Carter Braxton signer for tor Virginia was ivas the thin daughter of the thin kings receiver general of oC customs and anti when Lord Dunmore the governor of or Virginia III seized a Il quantity of ot powder belonging to 10 the UI turbulent colony through the Intervention ot of her hat tether father the government was made to 0 see the wisdom wl dom ot or recompensing the colonists for 01 this loss logs Dunmore did not forget this Blighting slIghting of his h R au authority al and his revenge reenS was waa the burn burnIng log Ing of Norfolk Mrs Mis Stockton wire wife ot or one of tho the signers from New Jersey Jers v was another patriotic bluestocking Her Hor verses were W much mitch admIred and oven even General Washington ah Ington l himself thanked her hI for she wrote in honor of ot tile thin surrender of oC She Sho was WitS the writer rIter of cC the th triumphal hymn hymen Wel Welcome Welcome come Mighty Chief Moro More lIng nung I its mis lIshe he ho passed through Trenton on his hit WilY to his Inauguration Mrs Stockton was the sitter sister of o DI Dr Elias Ellas a well known figure in colonial history ory und anti her daughter Julia was ws the wife of oC Dr Rush one ono of o the tl o sIgnets signers for tor Pennsylvania Mrs Stockton was ae a n woman of if such mitch elegance cleS anti ami dignity that she was as playfully called 1 the duchess Her Tier husbands wealth end her heT own talent gave gae her great groat influence once ence In the thi affairs of the tho time lime K Mrs nobert friend or Washington and wife of oC the tho financier of th tim Revolution was one of or the tho most brilliant and un beautiful women ot of o her time Sho SIte wu wn ti I sister sl lel of or BIshop While und auth celebrated for 01 her clover clever cleverness ness hess und and patriotism She was wa one OM of at the thin loaders leaders In ull uhl plans pana for Cor help lug Inc tho tIle of If those thoKo who rIi were I lighting fIghtIng ling for tor their country and amid she sho or organized mutiny many movements for tur relieving the th distress of tiC the tItO III ill ted fed d half halt clothed anti and barefooted soldiers ot of o Washing tons tonu army II Franklin was wat it seventy years of ot age and a It widower cr when ho he signed the tho Declaration lilt his daughter Mrs Sarah Bache oaring for Cor her lively fa father thee ther in lila his hl l old Sh i was an nn arch rebel and with Her family ram II was wn corn com compelled pellet to leave Philadelphia when It U was vas occupied by U the th British lull Her ion sen sentiments n were ore so 10 aggressively 1111 Iy demo democratic cratic cratto that sIte she Is said to have havn reprimanded I the tha head of ot a a school l who i Un Undertook II to mike mako some seine distinction in fn regard to classes of or society by i that the tile Misses lathe should bi h shown no further tu favors ta For Fur said 1 Franklins daughter there theto Is In this country no rank but bill rank mutton moulton l among all nil classes this spirit of ot Independence animated the women Is It Il uny army wonder that their thelt Inen could write and stun the Declara Declare Declaration lion tion TIle The heroes of ot 76 were Inspired by b the heroines of ot It 76 7 BETTY DETTY i |
