THROUGH COLONIAL DOORWAYS
SEVENTEENTH EDITION
THROUGH
COLONIAL
DOORWAYS
BY
ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH
WHARTON
PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
MDCCCC
Copyright, 1893,
BY
J. B. Lippincott Company.
Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
TO THE MEMORY OF
MARGARET N. CARTER,
WHOSE LIVING AND LOVING PRESENCE WAS AN INSPIRATION DURING THE PREPARATION OF THESE CHAPTERS, AND WHOSE SKETCHES ARE AMONG THOSE THAT ADORN ITS PAGES,
THIS LITTLE VOLUME
IS
Dedicated.
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PREFACE
The revival of interest in Colonial and Revolutionary times has becomea marked feature of the life of to-day. Its manifestations are to befound in the literature which has grown up around these periods, andin the painstaking individual research being made among documents andrecords of the past with genealogical and historical intent.
Not only has a desire been shown to learn more of the great events ofthe last century, but with it has come an altogether natural curiosityto gain some insight into the social and domestic life of Colonialdays. To read of councils, congresses, and battles is not enough: menand women wish to know something more intimate[Pg viii] and personal of thelife of the past, of how their ancestors lived and loved as well of howthey wrought, suffered, and died.
With some thought of gratifying this desire, by sounding the heavybrass knocker, and inviting the reader to enter with us through thebroad doorways of some Colonial homes into the hospitable life within,have these pages been written.
For original material placed at my disposal, in the form of letters andmanuscripts, I am indebted to numerous friends, among these to Mrs.Oliver Hopkinson, the Misses Sharples, Miss Anna E. Peale, Miss F.A. Logan, Mrs. Edward Wetherill, Mr. C. R. Hildeburn, and Mr. EdwardShippen.
To the Editors of the Atlantic Monthly, the Lippincott’sMagazine, and the Philadelphia Ledger and Times, Iwish to express my appreciation of their courtesy in allowing me to usein some of these chapters material to which they first gave place int