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greeting for the sake of "Auld Lang Syne.'" Professor 

 Monroe was then the United States Consul at Rio Janeiro. 



The prominent part taken by Dr. Kdwin Fussell brought 

 down upon him the enmity of the pro-slavery element, and 

 threats had been made of personal violence, going so far as 

 "to put a price upon his head." Similar threats had been 

 made against others, and some of them had been carried out, 

 notably the murder of Elijah P. Lovejoy, in Illinois. In the 

 Fall of 1843 he reluctantly yielded to the persuasions of rela- 

 tives and friends and returned to Pennsylvania, arriving at the 

 home of his wife's mother, Esther Lewis, in Vincent, Chester 

 County, as recorded in her diary, 11 mo. 26th, 1843. 



A portion of the farm having been set aside for their use, 

 on it in a grove of hickory trees a house was built, to which 

 they removed in the Fall of 1845. The place was duly 

 named " Hickory Grove." About the same time Esther 

 Lewis and her other three daughters built a new house for 

 themselves on the hill, opposite Hickory Grove, and within 

 sight. This was called " Sunnyside," and as within its walls 

 many a pleasant summer vacation was spent by all the Fussell 

 children, it became an important landmark in family history. 



It was during their residence at Hickory Grove that the 

 three older children had their first induction to the mysteries 

 of school life, first in "the Hall," and afterward at the 

 Octagon School House, more commonly called the " Eight 

 Square" School House, where under the skillful guidance of 

 their aunt, Elizabeth R. Lewis, they had instilled into their 

 youthful minds that love of learning for learning's sake, 

 which lasted with them through all their school days. This 

 period was largely one of a hearty, free, out-of-door life, and it 

 was as healthy and sturd}^ a set of children as any one would 

 desire to see that four years later entered the primary' schools 

 of Philadelphia far in advance of other children of their age. 



In describing a heavy storm on the cruise of the " Una- 

 dilla," on her way to the Cape of Good Hope, Dr. Linnaeus 

 P'ussell relates that a group of the ward room officers, seated 



