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By the Author of

“MY OPINIONS AND BETSEY BOBBET’S.”

“What are you going to write now, Samantha?”

HARTFORD, CONN.:

AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

1883.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by the

AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

To

MY JOSIAH’S CHILDREN BY HIS FIRST WIFE:

THOMAS JEFFERSON

AND

TIRZAH ANN,

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

BY ONE, WHO,

ALTHOUGH A STEP-MOTHER, IS STILL AS AFFECTIONATE AND FRIENDLY TO ’EM AS CAN BE.

The above is the dedication I had lotted on; had wrote all out and calculated to have; pleasing, very, to Josiah, to the children, and to myself. But come to think it over, I changed my mind. I thought: they have friends, and eloquent tongues of their own, and happiness; are well off, and haint sufferin’ for dedications, or any of the other comforts and necessaries of life. And so, the above is hereby null and void; and this is what I now solemnly declare to be my last lawful will and dedication of this book:—

To

THOSE WHO HAVE NO ONE TO SPEAK FOR THEM;

TO

THOSE WHO ARE IN BONDS

(ANY KIND OF BONDS,)

TO

Those whose Hearts Ache, through Injustice and Oppression;

TO

Those whose Sad Eyes Look Through Tears for the Dawning of a Brighter, Clearer Day,

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED, AND ALSO INSCRIBED,

By Their Sincere Friend and Well-Wisher,

JOSIAH ALLEN’S WIFE.