w York Gazette_ of
September 4th:

This evening was married at the seat of Thaddeus Burr, at
Fairfield, Conn., by the Reverend Mr. Eliot, the Hon. John
Hancock, Esq., President of the Continental Congress, to
Miss Dorothy Quincy, daughter of Edmund Quincy, Esq., of
Boston. Florus informs us that "in the second Punic War when
Hannibal besieged Rome and was very near making himself
master of it, a field upon which part of his army lay, was
offered for sale, and was immediately purchased by a Roman,
in a strong assurance that the Roman valor and courage would
soon raise the siege." Equal to the conduct of that
illustrious citizen was the marriage of the Honorable John
Hancock, Esq., who, with his amiable lady, has paid as great
a compliment to American valor by marrying now while all the
colonies are as much convulsed as Rome was when Hannibal was
at her gates.

The _New York Post_ also gave a detailed account of the wedding, and
of the brilliant gathering of the "blue blood" of the aristocratic old
town as well as of the colonies. Had the ceremony taken place in the
old Quincy home, as had originally been intended, in a room which had
been specially paneled with flowers and cupids for the auspicious
event, it would doubtless have been a more homelike affair, especially
to the bride, but it would have lacked the dignified elegance to which
the stately Burr mansion lent itself so admirably.

Pretty Dorothy a bride! Mrs. John Hancock at her gallant husband's
side, receiving congratulations, with joy shining in her dark eyes,
which were lifted now and again to her husband, only to be answered by
a responsive glance of love and loyalty. They were a handsome and a
happy pair, to whom for a few hours the strife of the colonies had
become a dream--to whom, despite the turbulent struggle in which
Hancock must soon again play such a prominent part, the future looked
rose color, because now nothing but death could part them.

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Vivacious Dorothy had not only now become Mrs. John Hancock, but she
was also called _Madam_ Hancock! Oh, the bliss of the dignified title
to its youthful owner! She read with girlish satisfaction the item in
a New York paper of September 4th, which reported, "Saturday last, the
Honorable John Hancock and his Lady arrived here, and immediately set
out for Philadelphia." With still greater