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SOCS 



TO THE 

 WIVES, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS 



OF THE 

 FARMERS AND LABORERS OF AMERICA, WHOSE 



HEROIC DEVOTION 

 AND PATIENT FORTITUDE 

 TO ESTABLISH AMERICAN LIBERTY, AND WHO NOW, 



AS IN THE PAST, ARE NOBLY AIDING 

 IX THE SECOND STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE, 



THIS VOLUME 



IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, 

 AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF THE AUTHOR'S APPRECIATION 



OF THEIR 

 UNSELFISH DEVOTION. 



