Miss Ross was the beautiful daughter of a Senator from Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Bradford was the only child of Elias Boudinot, and married William Bradford, afterwards judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Her house was always the elegant abode of the most cordial hospitality. Her graces of person were so remarkable, that even at the age of four-score her appearance was strikingly prepos sessing, and her carriage was stately as ever. Her suavity of manner and kindness of heart were also memorable. Mrs. Wallace, the wife of a nephew of Mr. Bradford's, thus described her :

"Mrs. Bradford is one of the finest models of mild and courtly dignity this country can exhibit. Early accustomed to the best society, of a family and connections holding rank and offices of trust and honor-her happy and much caressed girlhood was passed in intercourse with persons long since the boast of the brightest. days of American refinement and patriotism. With her husband she commanded a sphere of extensive influence, the just desert of their united excellencies, and lived more than ten years in the full possession of every earthly enjoyment. Well for them they lived as Christians ought to live, in constant remembrance of their accountability to God! for in the height of distinction their well-planned schemes of happiness were laid in the dust by the death of Mr. Bradford. For many years afterward Mrs. Bradford maintained a position of useful

ness, dispensing elegant hospitality to her numerous relatives and friends."

Julia

This lady, Mrs. Hamilton, and the younger Mrs. Charles Carroll, were the last survivors of the ladies of the Republican Court. Mrs. Carroll was Harriet Chew, daughter of Benjamin Chew, and was married after the retirement of Washington to Mount Vernon. One of her sisters married Henry Philips; another, Colonel John Eager Howard, of Baltimore, coming to live in Philadelphia in 1796. These ladies were great favorites .with Washington, and were belles in society. Seymour was another celebrated beauty. Miss Mary Ann Wolcott, also distinguished for charms of person, was married to Chauncey Goodrich, of New York. Mrs. Wolcott, of Connecticut, had less beauty, but was noted for graceful manners, and few could be compared with her for culture, intelligence, and refinement. The British minister remarked to Tracy at a dance: "Your countrywoman, Mrs. Wolcott, would be admired even at St. James's."-"Sir," replied the senator, "she is admired even on Litchfield Hill." A member of Congress called her "a divine woman ;" another, "the magnificent Mrs. Wolcott;" and some compared her to Mrs. Bingham.

The family of Charles Carroll had been settled in Maryland ever since the reign of James the Second. They were among the wealthiest in the Union, and stood at the head of the landed aristocracy, which was naturally in alliance with the Government. Yet Carroll

was among the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. "There go millions of property!" was the comment; and when it was said, "You will get clear; there are so many of the name," he added to his signature, "of Carrollton." He was senator from Maryland. He had "one fair daughter," Polly, who was married in 1786 to Richard Caton, an Englishman. In 1809 two of her daughters were the reigning belles of Baltimore and Washington. The eldest had a romantic history. She was married, when very young, to Robert Patter son, a wealthy merchant. Traveling in Europe, she attracted the attention of Sir Arthur Wellesley, afterwards the Duke of Wellington. He was so captivated with her, that he followed her over half the European continent, causing some scandal, notwithstanding her prudence, by his unguarded devotion. After Mrs. Patterson's return to Maryland, her admirer kept a diary for her amusement, and sent her letters. After she became a widow she revisited London; but the future hero of Waterloo was then a married man. He introduced to her his elder brother, the Marquis of Wellesley; the great statesman whose outset in life was marked by a cordial support of American Independence. He was Viceroy of Ireland. He married Mrs. Patterson, while Sir Arthur continued her warm friend. The Marchioness of Wellesley died at Hampton Court in December, 1853. One of her sisters was the wife of Colonel Harvey, aid-de-camp to Lord Wellington at the battle of Waterloo; and, being widowed, married the Marquis

of Carmarthen, afterwards Duke of Leeds. Another daughter of Mrs. Caton married Baron Stafford; another, Mr. McTavish, of Baltimore.

In 1796, General Washington received as a guest, at Mount Vernon, Don Carlos Martinez, Marquis d'Yrujo, the newly arrived Spanish ambassador, who had succeeded Jaudennes. The Marquis had not been long in Philadelphia before he fell in love with Sally, the daughter of Thomas McKean, Chief-Justice of Pennsylvania. Miss McKean, a celebrated beauty, became the Marchioness d'Yrujo. Her son, the Duke of Sotomayer, who was born in Philadelphia, became the Prime Minister of Spain.

Henry Wansey, in his Travels, also speaks of the simple manners of Washington and his family. He breakfasted with them, June 8, 1794, and Mrs. Washington made the tea and coffee. There were plates of sliced tongue, dry toast, and bread and butter.

The wife of Thomas Jefferson was Mrs. Martha Skelton, a rich widow, twenty-three at her second nuptials. She was of good family, beautiful, accomplished, and greatly admired. The story went, that two, among the many suitors for her hand, going severally to her house on the same errand, to learn their fate from her decision, met in the hall, where they heard her playing on the harpsichord and singing a love-song, accompanied by Jefferson's voice and violin. Something in the song or the manner of the singing satisfied both wooers of the folly of their hopes, and they withdrew. The statesman

was fond of the violin. When his paternal home was burned he asked, "Are all the books destroyed?"-"Yes, massa," was the reply, "dey is; but we saved de fiddle."

Thomas Jefferson kept open house, it is said, and a liberal table. His eldest daughter, Martha, was born in 1772. John Randolph called her "the sweetest young creature in Virginia." She was intrusted in Paris to the care of Mrs. Adams, and pleased every one by the good feeling and kindness expressed in her conversation. Mrs. Smith wrote: "Delicacy and sensibility are read in her every feature, and her manners are in unison with all that is amiable and lovely." While Martha was at school in Philadelphia, 1783, boarding with Mrs. Trist, her father wrote: "With respect to the distribution of time, the following is what I should approve: From eight to ten, practice music; from ten to one, dance one day and draw another; from one to two, draw on the day you dance, and write a letter next day; from three to four, read French; from four to five, exercise yourself in music; from five till bedtime, read English, write, &c. Communicate this plan to Mrs. Hopkinson, and, if she approve of it, pursue it."

Miss Jefferson was educated in Philadelphia and in Europe. She married Thomas Mann Randolph, of Tuckahoe, "a gentleman of genius, science, and honorable mind," who afterwards filled a dignified station in the General Government, and the highest in his own State. They lived in Virginia.

Mrs. Graydon was born in the island of Barbadoes,