Transcriber's Note:

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.

On page 50, "race ruffles" should possibly be "lace ruffles".

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.



SHERBURNE STORIES.

A LITTLE GIRL IN
OLD WASHINGTON

BY

AMANDA M. DOUGLAS

AUTHOR OF "A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD NEW YORK,"
"SHERBURNE STORIES," ETC., ETC.


NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1900

Copyright, 1900,
BY
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.

THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS,
RAHWAY, N. J.

JAQUELINE BAKER BEALL:

To you, whose ancestors made worthy efforts in the earlier history of the South, and lived romances, this little story is affectionately inscribed.

Amanda M. Douglas.

Newark, N. J.