Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times

by Charles Carleton Coffin

  CONTENTS.

  PAGE

  INTRODUCTION iii

  I. ROBERT WALDEN GOES TO MARKET 1

  II. FIRST DAY IN BOSTON 20

  III. THE SONS OF LIBERTY 38

  IV. AN EVENING WITH SAM ADAMS 49

  V. A GARDEN TEA-PARTY 69

  VI. CHRIST CHURCH CHIMES 93

  VII. LAUNCHING OF THE BERINTHIA BRANDON 104

  VIII. CHRISTOPHER SNIDER 119

  IX. THE LOBSTERS AND ROPEMAKERS 130

  X. MRS. NEWVILLE'S DINNER-PARTY 149

  XI. SOCIETY LIFE IN LONDON 174

  XII. A NEW ENGLAND GIRL 188

  XIII. THE MOHAWKS AND THEIR TEA-PARTY 203

  XIV. BENEVOLENCE AND BROTHERHOOD 221

  XV. THE MIDNIGHT RIDE 241

  XVI. THE MORNING DRUMBEAT 259

  XVII. BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA 266

  XVIII. BESIEGED 280

  XIX. BUNKER HILL 291

  XX. WHEN THE TIDE WAS GOING OUT 305

  XXI. THE ESCAPE 320

  XXII. BRAVE OF HEART 337

  XXIII. SUNDERING OF HEARTSTRINGS 356

  XXIV. IN THE OLD HOME 374