OF The Mother and Wife OF WASHINGTON BY MARGARET C. CONKLING AUTHOR OF HARPERS' TRANSLATION OF FLORIAN'S HISTORY OF THE MOORS "Of differing themes the veering song was mix'd." "To teach us how divine a thing A woman may be made." AUBURN: DERBY, MILLER, & CO. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year of our Lord 1849, by DERBY, MILLER & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Northern District of New-York. THE NEW YORK Astor, Lenox and liden 17352 KNAPP AND PECK, PRINTERS, AUBurn. 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 bright example, Daughter, Mother, Wife! A gentle, holy lesson, graven deep, Thy daughter, cherished in her heart, will keep; And sooth thee, ever, with devoted love. Soft as the balmy breath of fragrance cast LONG may.Columbia's Daughters thus portray And may the blessings of thy heart and hearth January 1st, 1850. M. C. |