Old Boston Days & Ways; From the Dawn of the Revolution Until the Town Became a City
Old Boston Days & Ways; From the Dawn of the Revolution Until the Town Became a City
Crawford, Mary Caroline, 1874-1932
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Between the two I received a visit from the Govr. who assured me that indisposition alone pre- Digitized by Google 280 OLD BOSTON DAYS & WAYS vented his doing it yesterday and that he was still indisposed; but as it had been suggested that he expected to receive the visit from the President, which he knew was improper, he was resolved at all haz'ds to pay his Compliments to-day." Madame Hancock, who never forgot the duty a good wife owes to a quick-tempered man conspicuously before the public, ...insisted till the end of her life that her husband had really been too ill to welcome Washington in person the day he arrived. None the less the indelible impression has come down to us that the slight was deliberate on Hancock's part. The letters exchanged between the two dignitaries before Hancock actually did pay his respects to Wash- ington are very amusing: " Sunday 26fh October " half past twelve O'clock " The Governor's best respects to the Presi- dent. If at home and at leisure the Governor will do himself the honour to pay his respects in half an hour.
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