Women of Colonial and Revolutionary Times (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1896. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... XV OLD AGE AND DEATH 1783-1793 Henceforth we have but few letters of Mrs. Pinckney's. Age was approaching, and her chief interests were near at hand. Fortunes were destroyed or impaired; and with the courage and hopefulness which are the best heritage of Carolinians, all, men and women alike, set themselves to the task of renewing their fallen State. Colonel Horry died of country fever not long after the close of the war, and from that time forth Mrs. Pinckney shared her daughter's home. Colonel Horry had previously taken his only son, Daniel (the "dear babe" of thirteen years before), to England for his education. The boy was said to have "extraordinary quick parts," but to be idle and wilful. The country was still too troubled for quiet study, and his grandmother was anxious that he should tread in the footsteps of her own sons. Most of the remaining letters are to him. Colonel Charles Cotes worth Pinckney lost his wife (Miss Middleton) about this time, and brought his three daughters to share his mother's and sister's care. The rest of Mrs. Pinckney's life was chiefly devoted to the training of these children, and of Mrs. Horry's only daughter, Harriott. The four grew up under her immediate influence; they lived to within the memory of the existing generation; and it is from their conversation that the present writer (grand-daughter and great-niece) has gathered the traditions here told. Mrs. Pinckney's sons were busily occupied with their own and with public affairs. Colonel C. C. Pinckney, as a member of the Constitutional Convention, helped to frame the Constitution of the United States, which his brother signed as Governor of his State. The letters to her grandson show touchingly their mother's perfect happiness in these beloved children, -- that greatest...