...houses where they treated people with so little ceremony. At other places they took their word. " Hut of all absurdities the ladies going about for money...them. Mrs. Beech [Bache] and the set with her, came up to our door the morning after thee went, and turned back again. The reason she gave to a person...

...ceremony. At other places they took their word. "But of all absurdities the ladies going about for money1 exceeded everything; they were so extremely importunate...she did not chuse to face Mrs. S. or her daughters. "H[annah] Thompson, Mrs. [Robert] Morris, Mrs. [James] Wilson, and a number of very genteel women,...

...ceremony. At other places they took their word. "But of all absurdities the ladies going about for money1 exceeded everything; they were so extremely importunate...she did not chuse to face Mrs. S. or her daughters. " H[annah] Thompson, Mrs. [Robert] Morris, Mrs. [James] Wilson, and a number of very genteel women,...

...ceremony. At other places they took their word. "B*t of afl absurdities the ladies going about for money1 exceeded everything; they were so extremely importunate...who told me was that she did not chuse to face Mrs. 8. or her daughters. "H^annah] Thompson, Mrs. [Robert] Morris, Mrs. [James] Wilson, and a number of...

...saying that "she did not chuse to face Mrs. S. or her daughters." Anna characterized the collectors as "so extremely importunate that people were obliged to give them something to get rid of them." Even "the meanest ale house" did not escape their net, and men were harassed until they contributed...

...patriotic sentiment, Anna insisted, it was the fund-raisers' insistence that caused women to cough up cash: "people were obliged to give them something to get rid of them." Whatever the reason, the women were highly successful. In just a few days they collected about $300,000,...