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The Mother of Washington
And Her Times

SUPPOSED PORTRAIT OF MARY WASHINGTON.

The Mother of Washington
And Her Times

BY

MRS. ROGER A. PRYOR

"That one who breaks the way with tears
Many shall follow with a song"

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1903

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1903,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up, electrotyped, and published October, 1903

Norwood Press

J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

To the Hon. Roger A. Pryor, LL.D.
IN WHOM LIVES ALL THAT WAS BEST
IN OLD VIRGINIA

CONTENTS

PART I