ing was omitted. The conjugal, maternal and domestic duties had all been fulfilled in an exemplary manner. She was the worthy partner of the worthiest of men, and those who witnessed their conduct could not determine which excelled in their different characters, both were so well sustained on every occasion. They lived an honor and a pattern to their country, and are taken from us to receive the rewards — promised to the faithful and just.” The following notice, which was quoted in several other journals, appeared in the "Washington Federalist": "Died, at Mount Vernon, on Saturday evening, the 22a ultimo, Mrs Martha Washington, widow of the late illustrious General George Washington. To those amiable and Christian virtues, which adorn the female character, she added dignity of manners, superiority of understanding, a mind intelligent and elevated. The silence of respectful grief is our best eulogy." If, as has been said, the best of any good life escapes record,—its fragrance and beauty and song, its joy and its pathos being too evanescent for memorial,-it is doubly true of one whose noblest thoughts and deeds have been given to the sacred enclosure of her own home, of one who, like Martha Washington, although by the force of circumstances living much in public life, always held herself, in a certain measure, apart from it. A woman not wise or great in any shining worldly sense was she; but largely endowed with those qualities of the heart that conspire to the making of a noble and rounded character,- charity, kindness, unselfishness, and sincerity. A devoted and sympathetic wife, a tender mother, a loyal friend, an earnest and devout Christian,- she was a woman well worthy to be the chosen companion and much loved wife of the greatest of our soldiers and the purest of our patriots. INDEX ADAMS, John, describes an In- Adams, Mrs. John, patriotism describes Richmond Adams, Samuel, objects to giv- Adams, Thomas, son of Presi- Arlington, on eastern shore of BACHE, Mrs. Richard (Sarah Bassett, Colonel Burwell, vis- Bassett, Mrs. Burwell, sister of Berkeley, William, Governor of Virginia, 1, 2, 3. of Washington's, 223. 223. Biddle, Rebecca, 224 (see Mrs. Bingham, Mrs. William, sets Binney, Susan, lives opposite Blair, Dr., of William and Blair, Mrs., rudeness of Colonel Bland, Mrs. Theodorick, at 255. Botetourt, Lord, Governor of Virginia, 9, 11, 71. Boudinot, Susan, anecdote of, 36. William, marries Susan Boudinot, 113. Brand-Hollis, Thomas, letter Brinton, John H., M. D., Brinton, Sarah, 48. Brown, Alexander, 49. Brown, Prof. W. G., opinion Bruton Church, Williamsburg, 24. Budd, Madame, of Morristown, Bunker's Hotel, site of, 193. 21. |