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dropped out of everything.’
He was not alone in feeling thus.
While Governor Andrew held himself at the command of the government, and was ready to answer every call from the White House with his presence, he was no less persistent in the visitations required in his own State.
Of some of these I can speak from personal experience, having often had the pleasure of accompanying him and Mrs. Andrew in such excursions.
I went twice with the gubernatorial party to attend the Agricultural Fair at Barnstable.
The first time we were the guests of Mr. Phinney, the veteran editor of a Barnstable paper.
On another occasion we visited Berkshire, and were entertained at Greenfield, North Adams, and Stockbridge.
Dress parades were usually held at these times.
How well I have in mind the governor's appearance as, in his military cloak, wearing scrupulously white kid gloves, he walked from rank to rank, receiving the salute of the men and returning it with great good humor!
He evidently enjoyed these meetings very much.
His staff consisted of several young men of high position in the community, who were most agreeable companions,—John Quincy Adams, Henry Lee, handsome Harry Ritchie, and one or two others whose names I do not recall.
In the jollity of these outings the governor did not forget to visit
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