d W. G. McCarty.

NOTE 7.

William and Samuel Whitwell and their families were members of the
Old South Church, and all were friends of the Winslows and Demings.
William Whitwell was born September 3, 1714, died April 10, 1795.
He was a prosperous merchant, an estimable and useful citizen, and
church member. His first wife was Rebecca Keayne, his second
Elizabeth Scott (or Swett), who died May 13, 1771; his third, the
widow of Royal Tyler. The Mrs. Whitwell here referred to must have
been Mrs. Samuel Whitwell, for William Whitwell just at that
interval was a widower. Samuel Whitwell was born December 17, O.S.
1717, died June 8, 1801. His first wife was Elizabeth Kelsey; his
second, Sarah Wood; his third, Mary Smith.

NOTE 8.

Polly Deming was a niece of John Deming.

NOTE 9.

Miss Polly Glover was Mary Glover, born in Boston, October 12, 1758,
baptized at the Old South Church, married to Deacon James Morrell,
of the Old South, on April 23, 1778, and died April 3, 1842. She was
the daughter of Nathaniel Glover (who was born May 16, 1704, in
Dorchester; died December, 1773), and his wife, Anne Simpson. They
were married in 1750. Nathaniel Glover was a graduate of Harvard,
and a wealthy man; partner first of Thomas Hancock, and then of John
Hancock.

NOTE 10.

Miss Bessy Winslow was Elizabeth, Anna's cousin, who was then about
ten years old. See Note 5.

NOTE 11.

Miss Nancy or Anne Glover was Mary Glover's sister. See Note 9. She
was born in Boston, March 28, 1753, baptized in the Old South
Church, died in Roxbury, August, 1797. She married Samuel Whitwell,
Jr., son of Samuel Whitwell, a prominent Boston merchant. See Note
7.

NOTE 12.

Miss Sally Winslow was Sarah, daughter of John Winslow (see Note 5),
and was, therefore, Anna's cousin. She was born April 12, 1755, died
April 3, 1804. She married, November 27, 1787, Samuel Coverly,
deacon of the Old South Church. She was the Sally Coverly for whom
Mrs. Deming's journal was written. Several of Sally Coverly's
letters still exist, and are models of elegant penmanship and
correct spelling, and redound to the credit of her writing teacher,
Master Holbrook. All the d's and y's and t's end with elaborately
twisted little curls. A careful margin of an inch is left on every
side. The letters speak so plainly of the formal honor and respect
paid by all well-bred