[19] Memoir of Dr. Samuel G. Howe, by Julia Ward Howe.

[20] Afterward Mrs. Charles H. Dorr. This lady was of no kin to them. She had been betrothed to their brother Henry, and was the lifelong friend of all three sisters.

[21] William Wadsworth, of Geneseo.

[22] Edward Everett was at that time American Minister to England.

[23] S. G. H. to Charles Sumner.

[24] Louisa Ward married Thomas Crawford in 1844, and lived thereafter in Rome.

[25] Before the marriage of the latter to Adolphe Mailliard.

[26] Breakfast.

[27] The nurserymaid.

[28] Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis.