dam, you mention'd some of your
Movables which you would wish me to take possession of which were at
my Uncle Demings. The Memorandum you did not send me & my Uncle
Deming has none nor knows of any thing but a great wheel.

He is now maried to the Widow Sebry who is very much lik'd and
appears to be a Gentlewoman, they were very well today. My Aunt
Mason was to see me a few weeks since with M^rs Coburn M^rs Scolly &
Miss Becky Scolly from Middleborough. M^rs Scolly has since married
her youngest daughter to M^r Prentice, Minister of Medfield.

Please to give my Love to Cousin Sally Deming if she is yet with you
I hope she has regain'd her usual health. I should be very glad to
be inform'd how her Mamma is & where & her family.

Be pleased to continue your Indulgence, as your Epistles My Dear
Aunt will at all times be most gratefully receiv'd by

Y^r Oblidg'd Niece

Sarah Coverly.

NOTE 13.

Josiah Waters, Jr., was the son of Josiah and Abigail Dawes Waters.
The latter lived to be ninety-five years old. Josiah Sr. was a
captain in the Artillery Company in 1769, and Josiah Jr. in 1791.
The latter married, on March 14, 1771, Mary, daughter of William and
Elizabeth Whitwell. See Note 7. Their child, Josiah Waters, tertius,
born December 29, 1771, lived till August 4, 1818. He was a Latin
School boy, and in the class with Josiah Quincy at Harvard.

NOTE 14.

The life of this slave-girl Lucinda was a fair example of the gentle
form of slavery which existed till this century in our New England
States. From an old paper written by a daughter of Gen. John
Winslow, I quote her description of this girl:--

"Lucinda was born in Africa and purchased by M^rs Deming when she
was about seven years of age. She was cherished with care and
affection by the family, and at Mrs. Demings death was 'given her
freedom.' From that time she chose to make her home with 'Master
John' (the late Gen. John Winslow, of Boston), a nephew of M^rs
Demings--at his house she died after some years. The friends of the
Winslow family attended her funeral; her pastor the Rev D^r Eckley
of the Old South and Gen. W. walking next the hearse as chief
mourners. A few articles belonging to her are preserved in the
family as memorials of one who was a beloved member of the household
in the olden time."

Lucinda figures in Mrs. Deming's account of her escape from besieged