Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 332
le of triumph softened the sternness ofthe womans handsome features. Tell GeorgeWashington, said she, that his mother sayshe cannot have her horses. With a humble apology, the officer turnedaway, convinced that he had found the sourceof his chiefs decision and self-command. And did Washington order… … N an interestingcontribution tothe CenturyMagazine forJanuary, 1898,Martha Little-field Phillipsrelates the fol-lowing anec-dote of hergrandmother,who was thedaughter of the famous Revolutionary general,Nathanael Greene: One of the great events of my early life,said my grandmother, was my first…
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