| Show or orI orONE i I M of the Most Brilliant ONE Women of Revolutionary Revolutionary Days Who Was at Home Equally in the Ball BallRoom BallRoom U V Room or the Camp and v 8 a Who Shared the Horrors V K JA fi f l Y Yi of Valley Forge in Order fy i tf IU M sf to Make Clothes for the Half Clad Soldiers A 8 M w o CD 0 t I rr w privation I 1 as n I Oo n II I I u kl mm ln In Somer 1 Jer e hl u t 11 1 tj lIa d i a celebration that uhl 1 u 00 r a I hi i i m n In lh Ih lIn It 1 marKl Ih tho lInt of the I of 01 Iho troop Vr niti h ui ol i ud mo I I hingl La lj hl hla Imms ut t Ik k put In the Ilc Pu 10 K 1 11 I I base of 01 n 0 n u a 1 IX mil of ul oft t V 1 t II summit I III I lock n l h i 1 i il view of trio g ml y f r 1 n I lOllY Iw I i tj F t t I ro rok k many time In III IIII he I e InI i in n J i y h 1 t Ii ni ntH of t the Ih enemy i in ID J f h I it 11 I I llie ll K in n country that n If I little army utter lifter I tatt f r P i 1 tun and It wal walI lit I tre re In h ii 1 I I the p III I n ti alliance No more FI II hH loen f ill t i Mr a nj t L j n i I nature fut tUI phI th 11 k arly In III day l r 11 i i t i f tIe 1 rillY II which nu u i t Or Oren h I S i I j the III nf 01 f t I I n furco f Then In InKt Kt t i altU ff n i 1 ro wa Va a IL Rr it han mute u B Rn n tired Ud an HI th thIn In I i i I i nf the fell 1 t ti tOr i of Or MI I ix n il It I p pr i t I Iv f fr r the th feat tho f ti I th Ih went a rolli n I I I Ih he north a 1111 Mor frit rillo ail I 0 for r n s c ii to r duik duk thore WM WAa a 11 an ip n f fl nr k 1 0 MILI Pain can lIn 10 t I I i 1 i veri such J Ib f n i r dl IAd nt at r i T l I I tear g K Tl 1 v i pre parent by h ff 01 1 i s t I r i ilni nil of ot the Iho then an n f ut ur l i f tin I SIV t a i v x f N vi Jt Jr r i PY y To Tn liow tim I m ci I r ul I limit a I 4 PJ rr u t i i tion it y In IIi IIiI I t e i 1 in Ill h And lei k j h t 1 n Ill tho Ih h of ot i f I nl rIm fi n v I I Iy th Ih if t ta a Ik dk i ml place 11 Ih h j th lure T r 01 in America A Th nth r Ih 10 h fth rth tk I i th urn I with I I rump III II i in 1 the Ih nun lUll In It II ItT IIren T ren M r i Ih ull u IK r 1 of juIe 1 I s nth the 1 rr f Frank rK n i I Diplomat r If th l nH I Ninth th f T nth tho Iho I 11 e f 1 ri vi the o on n e T 1 fth r nd d f r n rum um r rK r 1 iy hy t 1 i fought ty tyr t nb n t ami her IrAln r f w bl The Tho T Kr nt nn t p rb KS i r I I to Drown crown tI r th 1 l hRIt ll which it r 1 IK i ti and Iv Kr Ir f Tn rth Iho i r T f r tho Iho review 1 1 U LucY KNOX I IJ J t of ot the army wan the banquet um 1111 a mere Iner Im ll tho th ill il y of firework WIlH only of ot Ta TI them tho Iho of ot the wh l wan lU tho Ihn by hy Oin On of or hiM partner In the opening minuet l for tor the Ih ball at al WAK nn the Iho official f function line lion nf of Ih lI the partner of lit would I b looked upon ns A the Iho nr nral t odal RI biter of tho Ih republic Thoro probably I rob bJ Ill a lot of or burning humIn OA T that minuet nt AI J l that Ihal winter night but luI clione h well Ho 1 hAil Imil rare judgment In In non b better tt r thAn In III for the III women who danced with him that night remained tho a I Jun of Amr for many man en eA t thereafter A rare of or the patrician and the Ih democrat was waN Iuey Knox nor father wax wa a and ond a 0 of or the of been horrified when ho found h hl daughter MA Ra In loe with n A common or of Honton tow toun II 1111 1 no It HUH Wl for her to 10 loc a Il only loWly bookseller It wa when the win to 10 be nn on robel rohel a Ie Dalit bl Il emer t the Ih au nu authority of or the king anil un an RII of forc order Fortune with in Tho man who Ha of tho Iho MB ofT off when sho sh married tho Ioor et 1 Thomas of In I known Je t today toda B a the Ih father of ot Imy Im Knox wire wife of ot Major Henry Knox chief of ot of 01 the th Continental ormy and war of tl the Tho poor Inor bookseller of ot ofIk Ik ton l Into Inlo ono one of 01 the tho moot men of o the now nation Thero Ther ar few to to lie he had now no of Iu v Stuart mont nf Iho celebrities ot the revolutionary Ilona 1 period her portrait and with tho picture do I It II Only remain to In Inho ho her hr beauty That Thai he wa wall ono on ont of t women of 01 time lime In IA h had grace ami charm There Thre were fen If letter educated women In America That he hall had a Il lot of ot courage her 1110 Soon Hoon after Kiter her to Knot the tho of I r Lexington WM fought wn R prison OaR to 10 Ut lei th the Inhabitant out for fear they would join or lend to the i i Tt patriot army All the 11 no And p i by b part Ira ere A fr C weeks before the buttle Mr Ir Knox I nox quilted her hr banda Into hT hr i lInak hr WilY nut nul of 0 the th It joined him From that Ihal time until the war Willi ended her life lite wag a KO M deal In Ii ramp From Bunker Hill to 10 Yorktown rho Ih n her In nearly c or r of or Uie UI main arm Ap AI Apparently pho ho fitted nit an no wall In camp life 1110 RH RR In the l ball the bleak nt nl Valley nile I nr phe he to 10 make mak for lor td lite halt half rind elArI and frozen mn of 01 the Ih Hoh was not nol the Ih only cine Many Inn of the lean lenn had Jut junt a as lon and they nork l with her the army they th wove rough foot out nut of ot and rP I for fr the men to 10 wear eRr There was I no work no hll no peril from which then Ih women wOIn The ns I to wounded wound 1 tho lit they hAroll no better In the matter of food and nn little better hetter In tho Iho mut mutter ter of 01 than that hardest v liter In tho Iho for tor liber liberty ty Hut Valley VAil Force and andall all tIe nf nt tho contest Up UI to 10 were wre no moro more trying to 10 Iury Knox than wore tho duties that devel upon her he with tho nur ur render r the Ihl 1111 of 01 tho he antl Mr r wr to 10 together gether I at nt fount Vernon Often In after years fars ho u od to describe the acl they felt tolt nt thin time the alter Riter alternate nate lint hope and which Ihm nt nl tho Ih of f a R from the Ih front They knew ui town lown depended I the Ihl fate if f the nation nl tl h If relief lime came to 10 Cornwall the ell irle tie until the Ih col 01 colonl t ted Already tho country countr was almost prostrate pr At la t the tho word that tho IAh had surrendered and with It n A sum mono mrm to 10 the th tun to women to 10 join their husbands and prepare for lor the Ih that Ihal tho surrender ushered In InThis InThis This meant little to Martha Wash Washington ington Sim did nut nil he h had no bent l Int for Io To fo Knox It was different She fihe loved 10 witty witt he never wa wae more happy than when she Had to In provide for and hundreds of ot Hh hud hArI a n In people A diplomat peaking Trench and as RII fluent fluently ly I an AM phe ph directed nearly nearl all the th that marked the rinse loA of nf tho Iho war w r many man In the arm and few lew of 01 tho so ao Mil Knox Ino n Knowledge of 01 her or ell nt at tills time lime Washington had ireat arlIt for hei hm Intellect und and judg and to tt lIar In overt thing wherein a R question of or etiquette form or precedence un WUI concerned lety dely was WR WRIn In u Q queer The UHS far IRr more distinction of ot tank rank then Limn now The Tho Ie wax WAil Mill 1111 tn ng een If It democracy triumphant The Con on might declare that all man were wre born Ire free and but hul It II ull tn 10 bring them on co 0 dul equality It tact In the lIr 1 and 1782 for fr Iu nox to In tier her force so there would be P n no jarring Hut she did It i well 11 the Ut formal declaration lion of nr peace and the evacuation of nl New York there was lR a I multitude of 01 state functions to celebrate these event and then Ihn she Ah AhRn and Rn General to olon to Ihl Mrs Ir found Hoston different from the Hoston BORlon nf of bor 1111 youth She fill had not boon hn there since III the Ih days dA dAnt nf nt I Her fr father and family gone and gone too Ion were wr practically 1111 all the Iho royalist families she ho had In former rhA whole no nodal dal aspect of the Ih ohl tow town n wa wall ch and for the letter I r she did not remain In Boston low lo When hn Washington became pres prell president ident he made mad Oen On Knox secretary of ot war and In th ea It a N H York Mr II Knox was wu noon In her hr element Tho and In adjoining houst hOUN In a and the Ih president wife the younger woman like Ilk mother Anti and daughter Mrs Ir Knox nox managed tho Ihl court as 9 some me p 1 opla Riled called It tr to perfection and an when the capital wa WU moved to 10 Phila Philadelphia delphia he hor lur there Ihre Soon alter after the Ih to thore herp I wa WR a R great an a oslon lon of of prominence to In America The Th French revolution had and of 01 were WArp hurled from Irom to poverty To Oen G n and Mrs Ir Knox many of them brought letters of 01 Introduction from French officers o nr who with him There Ther I Is a lor of one of or them Ihm tho IhA ile df JIan ourt who be b hi fato falo to Mm 11 Knox J Alan AIA madam ho h exclaimed nhat hAt lulO rno I 1 that I may turn to 10 a IL m in of nf subsistence I who hlf three dukedoms on my head hR I and amI not coat on my She Rh VIt n A coat of 01 the generals RSVP IRV It II to 10 the Ih duke luk for It was true Iru that he hll did 11 1 no have havo a 0 Mal coat HH morn fortunate than many of 01 hla hi companions lIl for a R few lew yearn later laler Mn hl slon 10 11 or restored to 10 him und when lie he ill lItI l he h waA ono olio of tha t men of 01 Hut Bul for three lie he on the bounly of 01 Gen Knox Another visitor WH WAil Tulle Crafty man that ho h wa he hll bought to In tomake make It II r that lie h know no nn lIah and pretended I too 10 1 great stupidity to 10 It Ho to 10 hour converse without iv Ino s ro round und perhaps he wanted to 10 catch oft or Hut But Iuey Knox too 10 clever cler for him Him laid a for tho th minister and when he fell Into Inlo It I Ino no one on could IK I more gracious than Ihan ho hoIn hoIn In acknowledging her hr skill For Ilor 11 years 18 Clen Oen Knox WRit was nt At tho head of or the war office and for lor 11 yearn fA Iu Knox held undisputed sway Aa In matters at Rt the capital Then the retired His private affairs demanded attention Ho wan WAil not lIot wealthy weAlth hut but bin wile wife was Tho riches that had been her fathers Amo to 10 her lieI She hoe a a Ast t estate estale In Maine They Ih went there and nt at built n splendid a n palace o In tta It dimensions Thin waa Willi furnished They Tho called Mil tho o and Aliel hero they even moro lavishly tho landowners of ot Virginia It H was tint unusual fit o grent WAil tho Iho number of ot visitors for fOI an nn ox and 20 to be b killed on Monday Mo to In pro provide vide Ille meat for tho week wk Frequently I Ithe the tho nant beds bt to In up I ITh Tho Th general kOlt for his hlA own bin hI friend u 20 horros horMA and sov palm of carriage Thu ho hOll II t wn that could be b wan provided that would contribute tn to the entertainment or comfort of o Here 1111 Y had another lock of nl French as A visitors Here anti and the Ih Duke de I from Philadelphia AntI and others Here II too came the Viscount de do II I of nt burton RI many prominent Americans While hll this g JlII y tho IhA wilds of Maine Mino enlivened I by the Ih brilliant of IhA society nf M tho th capital for Philadelphia furnished n of guests ual regularly for Mont Ia Us but when Oen Knox died In 1900 It became h n of gloom Thereafter tho wom woman womAn an who had ben been the tho first of society fi In the republic shunned all so social cial N mr fr the hom h the WIl burled and anS f r the Ih IS I yearn of 01 her widowhood there r WM wu a day lla that she he did not hi hlA tomb nn |
