Brave little Adrienne--the pages of history are filled with the noble deeds of that husband who so early in life took up the cause of American liberty, and so valiantly fought for it, but who dares say that your name too should not be honoured with his, by every true American, because of your loving thoughts, your prayers and hopes which, winging their way across the ocean, inspired the young French patriot to all that was finest in his achievement! * * * * * Transcriber's note: Repeated chaper titles were removed. Varied hyphenation was retained. Obvious punctuation errors were corrected. Page 18, "whereever" changed to "wherever" (vowed to go wherever) Page 23, "seige" changed to "siege" (siege of Orléans) Page 71, "Gwenynedd" changed to "Gwynedd" (Gwynedd, some fifteen) Page 86, "Gwenyedd" changed to "Gwynedd" (the hills of Gwynedd) Page 117, word "be" added to text (would be useless to teach) Page 187, "Spottsylvania" changed to "Spotsylvania" (the battle of Spotsylvania) Page 193, "VERCHERES" changed to "VERCHÈRES" (MADELEINE DE VERCHÈRES) Page 222, "divison" changed to "division" (a division in the continental)