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most affectionately, May & Ware

OF

MARY L. WARE,

WIFE OF

HENRY WARE, JR.

BY

EDWARD B. HALL.

Third Thousand.

BOSTON:

CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY.

NEW YORK:

CHARLES 8. FRANCIS AND COMPANY

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by

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CHILDHOOD

Parentage.

Mary Pickard.

Voyage Home.

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Character of the Mother. First Training of
Early Visit to England. - Friends there.--
Extracts from Letters. Residence in
Boston.-Pearl Street. First Friendships. Nature and
Education. A Friend's Description of Mary.

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III.

MENTAL AND MORAL CULTURE

School at Hingham. — A Teacher's Reminiscence.

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Sick-

ness and Death of Mrs. Pickard. - Mary's Position. - Her

Father's Circumstances. - Dr. Park's School. Earliest

Letters. Thoughts and Themes. Chosen Friend. - l'e-

culiar Confidence. Return to Hingham.-Teacher's Ac-

count. · Moral Decision and Declaration.

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- Letters.

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with Mary. Her Sympathy and Faith. Her Teacher's

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Testimony to her Piety. - She leaves Hingham. · - Her

Grandfather's Death. - Devotion to her Grandmother. —

Visit to Northampton.— Her Self-distrust. — Interest in Dr.

Channing. Letters on his Preaching, and Interview with

him.-Correspondence with Miss Cushing.-Death of her

Grandmother.

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CHANGES AT HOME

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Leaving Pearl Street. - Fears for the Future.Pecuniary
Means. Business and Travel.- New York and Baltimore.
- Mr. Pickard's Displeasure. Return to Boston. - Let-

ters on Providence and Bereavement. Death of J. E.

Abbot. Living in Dorchester. - Morbid Feelings. — Mar-

riage of her Friend. - Her own Trials. Influence upon

others. Interesting Case. - Dr. Channing's Absence and

Return. Death of her Father.

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VISIT ABROAD

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Loneliness. Invitation to go Abroad. — Letters relating

to it. A Friend's Admiration. - Arrival in England. –

Mrs. Freme.-Letters from London and Broadwater. - Isle

of Wight. Paris. — Her Friends' Return to America. - She

remains with Relatives in England. - Chatham. —- Bur-

combe House. Many Letters. - Arrival of E. P. F. from

Tour to Scotland.

America.

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Letters from Sydenham.

-Description of the Country.

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The Poor Aunt. - Osmotherly. - Sickness and Sorrow
among Kindred.-Mary the Chief Nurse and Devoted La-
borer. Details in Successive Letters. - She goes to Pen-
Recalled to Osmotherly. Further Changes. Her

own Sickness. Anxiety of Friends in England and Amer-

ica. Joy at her Escape.