MERCY WARREN ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece From the portrait by Copley in the possession of Winslow War- A COLONIAL KITCHEN Photograph by Mr. Charles S. Olcott of the kitchen of the ADVERTISEMENT of Magdalen DEVINE, MERCHANT 6 22 "THE SIGN OF THE SPECTACLES": AdvertisemENT OF HANNAH BREINTNALL 28 HOME OF MRS. SUETON GRANT IN NEWPORT 34 From George Champlin Mason's Reminiscences of Newport, SILVER LACE STOMACHER 42 By courtesy of the Essex Institute, Salem PETIT-POINT OVERMANTEL PIECE DONE IN 1765 BY Cat kindly lent by the Society for the Preservation of New ADVERTISEMENT OF MRS. MARY CRATHORNE, Manu FACTURER OF MUSTARD AND CHOCOLATE A CAKE OF CROWN SOAP IN ITS ORIGINAL WRAPPER COAT OF ARMS EMBROIDEred on SatiN By courtesy of the Essex Institute, Salem 44 48 52 56 WAX FIGURE (Man) made ABOUT 1765 BY SUSANNAH GEE 72 From the original in the museum of the Society for the Preser- A SAMPLER MADE BY A "YOUNG LADY," 1763 88 From the original owned by Miss Kate J. Anthony, of Auburn, WAX FIGURE (WOMAN) MADE ABOUT 1765 BY SUSAN- 104 From the original in the museum of the Society for the Preser- LETTER OF MRS. ELIZABETH PINCKNEY TO HER HUS BAND, 1744 122 From Mrs. Ravenel's Life of Eliza Pinckney, New York, 1896 THE GOVERNOR SIMON BRADSTREET HOUSE IN NORTH ANDOVER, WHERE ANNE BRADSTREET LIVED 126 From a photograph furnished by Mr. George Francis Dow, of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities TITLE-PAGE OF MRS. MARY ROWLANDSON'S NARRA TIVE 132 From a copy of the book in the John Carter Brown Library, PHILLIS WHEATLEY 140 From a print published in 1773 by Archibald Bell, London, in TITLE-PAGE OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY'S ELEGIAC Poem 144 From a copy of the book in the John Hay Library MRS. HALLAM IN THE CHARACTER OF MARIANNE From an old print published by John Reid, New York. By 158 |