Elizabeth F. Ellet

Name: The Women of the American Revolution — Mary Washington
Author: Elizabeth F. Ellet

The Women of the American Revolution… (1849)

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“The Women of the American Revolution — Mary Washington”, published in 1849, is a work by Elizabeth F. Ellet. It explores elements such as Washington, matron and Fredericksburg.

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

“ Washington, so useful in the domestic sphere, did not abound in incident. She passed through the trials common to those who lived amid the scenes of the Revolutionary era. She saw the son whom she had taught to be good-whom she had reared in the principles of true honor, walking the perilous path of duty with firm step, leading his country to independence, and crowned with his reward-a nation's gratitude; yet in all these changes, her simple, earnest nature remained the same. She loved to speak, in her latter days, of her boy's merits in his early life, and of his filial affection and duty ”

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

“ The principles and conduct of this illustrious matron were closely interwoven with the destinies of her son. Washington ever acknowledged that he owed everything to his mother-in the education and habits of his early life. His high moral principle, his perfect self-possession, his clear and sound judgment, his inflexible resolution and untiring application-were developed by her training and example. A believer in the truths of religion, she inculcated a strict obedience to its injunctions. She planted the seed, and cherished the growth, which bore such rich and glorious fruit. ”

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

“ Washington died at the age of eighty-five, rejoicing in the consciousness of a life well spent, and the hope of a blessed immortality. Her ashes repose at Fredericksburg, where a splendid monument has been erected to her memory. ”

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

“ After the organization of the government, Washington repaired to Fredericksburg, to announce to his mother his election to the chief magistracy, and bid her farewell, before assuming the duties of his office. Her aged frame was bowed down by disease; and she felt that they were parting to meet no more in this world. But she bade him go, with heaven's blessing and - her own, to fulfil the high destinies to which he had been called. Washington was deeply affected, and wept at the parting. ”

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

“ Washington was remarkable for a simplicity which modern refinement might call severe, but which became her not less when her fortunes were clouded, than when the sun of glory arose upon her house. Some of the aged inhabitants of Fredericksburg long remembered the matron, "as seated in an old-fashioned open chaise she was in the habit of visiting, almost daily, her little farm in the vicinity of the town. ”

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

“ Washington presided, was a sanctuary of the domestic virtues. The levity of youth was there tempered by a well regulated restraint, and the enjoyments rational and proper for that age were indulged in with moderation. The future chief was taught the duty of obedience, and was thus prepared to command. The mother's authority never departed from her, even when her son had attained the height of his renown; for she ruled by the affection which had controlled his spirit when he needed a guardian ”

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

“ These reminiscences were collected by him in the course of many years; and to them we are indebted for all that is known of the life and actions of this matron. According to these, she was descended from the respectable family of Ball, who came to this country and settled on the banks of the Potomac. In the old days of Virginia, women were taught habits of industry and self-reliance, and in these Mrs. Washington was nurtured. ”

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

“ There she remained, during nearly the whole of the trying period of the Revolution, Directly in the way of the news, as it passed from north to south; one courier would bring intelligence of success to our arms ”

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