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Excerpt from A Sketch of Barbara Fritchie: Including Points of Interest in Frederick, Maryland
As Miss Barbara poured the coffee for the honored guest he evidently was impressed with her appearance and manner, for after supper he called his servant and directed that his traveling bag be brought. Opening it he drew forth a china bowl, which he presented to Barbara. She prized it very highly. Before her death she gave the bowl to her nephew, Nicholas D. Hauer, who later gave it to his niece, Mrs. Harriet Byerly Sweet, now residing in Baltimore.
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Excerpt from A Sketch of Barbara Fritchie: Including Points of Interest in Frederick, Maryland
Being attractive and popular, Barbara had many suitors, but was slow deciding to marry. Finally, when nearly forty years of age, she married John Casper F ritchie. In 1780, when Barbara was fourteen years old, she attended a quilting party with her mother. As usual on such occasions, the news of the town was the topic of conversa tion. Among the items of interest was the birth of a son to Mr. And Mrs. Casper F ritchie. Little did she think that twenty-six years later she would become his wife. The marriage ceremony was conducted by Rev. Daniel Wagner on 1\iay 18, 1806. Although the senior of her husband by so many years, they were very congenial. Their home was an exceptionally happy one. Mr. F ritchie was a man of upright character and was held in high esteem. He conducted a glove manufactory in a building in the rear of the dwelling, and although they were not wealthy, his business made then a comfortable living.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.