BY PHEBE A. HANAFORD, AUTHOR OF LIFE OF GEORGE PEABODY,” FROM SHORE TO SHORE, AND OTHER POEMS," "O woman, great is thy faith!"-Jesus Christ. "A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven." — Thackeray. "Ah me! beyond all power to name, the worthies tried and true, Grave men, fair women, youth and maid, pass by in hushed review."—Whittier. BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY B. B. RUSSELL, 55 CORNHILL. CHICAGO: H. S. BEEBE & CO. PORTLAND: JOHN RUSSELL. DETROIT: R. D. S. TYLER. TO THE WOMEN OF THE SECOND CENTURY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THIS RECORD OF THE WOMEN OF THE FIRST, WHOSE LIVES WERE FULL OF USEFULNESS, AND THEREFORE WORTHY OF RENOWN AND IMITATION, Is Now Inscribed. |