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hat might have been expected — that is, with none at all. Yet she had sweet and winning qualities which finally triumphed over all obstacles; and her married life, though full of vicissitudes, was, on the whole, happy.
They dwelt in England, in Jamaica, in St. Andrews, in Campobello, then in Jamaica again, Captain Storrow having in the meantime resigned his commission, and having died at sea on his passage to Boston, in 1795.
My mother, Louisa Storrow, had been born, meanwhile, at St. AndrewsJamaica again, Captain Storrow having in the meantime resigned his commission, and having died at sea on his passage to Boston, in 1795.
My mother, Louisa Storrow, had been born, meanwhile, at St. Andrews, in 1786.
Among my mother's most vivid childish recollections was that of being led, a weeping child of nine, at the stately funeral of her father, who was buried in Boston with military and Masonic honors.
After his death his young widow opened a private school in Hingham, Massachusetts, and through the influence of kind friends in Boston, had boarding pupils from that city, only twenty miles away, thus laying for my mother the foundation of some life-long friendships.
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