Elizabeth F. Ellet

Name: The Women of the American Revolution — Abigail Adams, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Cranch, Elizabeth Clay
Author: Elizabeth F. Ellet

The Women of the American Revolution… (1849)

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“The Women of the American Revolution — Abigail Adams, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Cranch, Elizabeth Clay”, published in 1849, is a work by Elizabeth F. Ellet. It explores elements such as Adams, cheerfulness and distress.

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Elizabeth F. Ellet, The Women of the American Revolution… (1849)

“ Their sphere of action limited to the bosom of their own families, the influence wrought quietly and unmarked, yet sent forth an impulse and an energy, like the life blood propelled from the heart, through our whole national system. The mothers, who through years of adverse fortune were true to American principles, and who kept them pure in their homes in the season of prosperity, although no brilliant acts illustrate their simple history, rendered real service to the country. ”

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Elizabeth F. Ellet, The Women of the American Revolution… (1849)

“ With faculties unimpaired in old age, her serenity and benign cheerfulness continued to the last; the shadows of a life full of changes never deepened into gloom; she was still a minister of blessing to all within her influence, and in the settled calm of Christian contentment awaited the change that was to terminate her connection with the things of earth. ”

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Elizabeth F. Ellet, The Women of the American Revolution… (1849)

“ Our country offers abundant examples of men who have attained the highest eminence, ascribing all to early maternal influence and training. For the mother of HENRY CLAY, that great man-the pride and honor of his country-has ever expressed feelings of profound affection and veneration. Though her life afforded no incidents of striking or romantic interest, she was what expresses the perfection of female character-an excellent mother. She was the youngest of two daughters, who were the only children of George and Elizabeth Hudson. ”

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Elizabeth F. Ellet, The Women of the American Revolution… (1849)

“ In 1775 she was called to pass through scenes of great distress, amid the horrors of war and the ravages of pestilence.
She sympathized deeply in the sufferings of those around her. "My hand and heart," she says, "still tremble at this domestic fury and fierce civil strife. I feel for the unhappy wretches, who know not where to fly for succor; I feel still more for my bleeding countrymen, who are hazarding their lives and their limbs !" To the agonized hearts of thousands of women went the roar of the cannon booming over those hills! ”

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Elizabeth F. Ellet, The Women of the American Revolution… (1849)

“ Unpublished letter, 1787. virtuous, and pious as yours, has nothing to fear, but every thing to hope and expect from the last of human evils."
In her elevated position, the grace and elegance of Mrs. Adams, with her charms of conversation, were rendered more attractive by her frank sincerity. Her close observation, discrimination of character, and clear judgment, gave her an influence which failed not to be acknowledged. Her husband ever appreciated her worth, and was sustained in spirit by her buoyant cheerfulness and affectionate sympathy, in the multiplicity of his cares and labors. ”

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Elizabeth F. Ellet, The Women of the American Revolution… (1849)

“ She was remarkable for her cheerfulness and fortitude, with earnestness in the discharge of her Christian duties. The Hon. Judge William Cranch, of Washington, is her son.
IN those portions of the country which were, at different periods, the scene of military operations, the energy, heroism, and magnanimity of woman were called by necessity into continual exercise. But -there were other women whose more homely heroism was not without its effect; whose unacknowledged influence extended widely into the future. ”

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Elizabeth F. Ellet, The Women of the American Revolution… (1849)

“ Her correspondence contains frequent remarks upon the prospects of the country, and the- movements of the army. "Lost to virtue," she says to John Adams-" lost to humanity must that person be, who can view without emotion the complicated distress of this injured land. Evil tidings molest our habitations, and wound our peace. Oh, my brother! oppression is enough to make , a wise people mad." ”

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Elizabeth F. Ellet, The Women of the American Revolution… (1849)

“ She was from her youth a member of the Baptist Church, and eminent in piety. Her distinguishing traits of character were energy and industry; and she was most faithful in the performance of all her domestic duties. ”

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