LAPHAM, SENATOR ELBRIDGE G. LOGAN, MRS. JOHN A. LOZIER, DR. CLEMENCE S. LUCAS, MARGARET BRIGHT MARTINEAU, HARRIET McCULLOCH, SECRETARY HUGH McLAREN, PRISCILLA BRIGHT MERRICK, CAROLINE E. MINOR, VIRGINIA L. MITCHELL, MARIA MORTON, SENATOR OLIVER P. MOTT, LUCRETIA NICHOL, ELIZABETH PEASE, OWEN, ROBERT DALE, PALMER, BERTHA HONORE, PALMER, SENATOR THOMAS W., PARKER, REV. THEODORE, PHILLIPS, WENDELL, PILLSBURY, PARKER, POMEROY, SENATOR S.C., POST, AMY, PURVIS, HARRIET, PURVIS, ROBERT, REED, SPEAKER THOMAS B., RIDDLE, JUDGE A.G., ROSE, ERNESTINE L., SARGENT, SENATOR A.A., SARGENT, ELLEN CLARK, SEWALL, MAY WRIGHT, SHAW, REV. ANNA HOWARD, SIMPSON, BISHOP MATTHEW, SMITH, GERRIT, SOMERSET, LADY HENRY, SPOFFORD, JANE H, STANFORD, JANE L., STANFORD, SENATOR LELAND, STANTON, ELIZABETH CADY, STEVENS, THADDEUS, STONE, LUCINDA HINSDALE, STONE, LUCY, SUMNER, CHARLES, SWIFT, MARY WOOD, TAYLOR, EZRA B., M.C., TAYLOR, HELEN, TAYLOR, MENTIA (MRS. PETER), THOMPSON, GEORGE, M.P., TILTON, THEODORE, TODD, ISABELLA M.S., TRAIN, GEORGE FRANCIS, TYNG, REV. STEPHEN H., UPTON, HARRIET TAYLOR, WADE, SENATOR BENJAMIN F., WALLACE, ZERELDA G., WARREN, SENATOR FRANCIS E., WHITE, SENATOR JOHN D., WHITING, LILIAN, WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, WILLARD, FRANCES E., WILSON, VICE-PRESIDENT HENRY, LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOL. I. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, at the age of 76 "THE OLD HIVE," birthplace of father of SUSAN B. ANTHONY HOME OF LUCY READ, mother of SUSAN B. ANTHONY WEST END OF KITCHEN IN OLD HOMESTEAD BIRTHPLACE OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY TEMPORARY HOME AT BATTENVILLE, N.Y. THE BATTENVILLE HOME HOME AT CENTER FALLS, N. Y. SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 28 AUNT HANNAH, the Quaker preacher SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 32 HUMPHREY ANTHONY at the age of 95 SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 36 THE FARM-HOME NEAR ROCHESTER ERNESTINE L. ROSE FATHER AND MOTHER OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY LUCRETIA MOTT ELIZABETH CADY STANTON SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 48 SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 50, from photograph by Sarony ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER DR. CLEMENCE S. LOZIER VIRGINIA L. MINOR JANE H. SPOFFORD CHAPTER I. ANCESTRY, HOME AND CHILDHOOD. 1550-1826. Among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts is a very beautiful place in which to be born. It is famed in song and story for the loveliness of its scenery and the purity of its air. It has no lofty peaks, no great canyons, no mighty rivers, but it is diversified in the most picturesque manner by the long line of Green Mountains, whose lower ranges bear the musical name of "Berkshire Hills;" by rushing streams tumbling through rocky gorges and making up in impetuosity what they lack in size; by noble forests, gently undulating meadows, quaint farmhouses, old bridges and bits of roadway which are a never-ending delight to the artist. Writers, too, have found inspiration here and many exquisite descriptions in prose and verse commemorate the beauties of this region.