"She was a true patriot." "There were many grand men and women in our country in those times," remarked Evelyn Leland.

"The members of that first Congress that met in Carpenter's Hall on Monday, the 5th of September, 1774, were such.

Do you not think so, Grandma Elsie ?" "Yes, I quite agree with you," replied Mrs.Travilla; "and it was John Adams--himself by no means one of the least--who said, 'There is in the Congress a collection of the greatest men upon the continent in point of abilities, virtues, and fortunes.'" "Washington was one of them, wasn't he, Grandma Elsie ?" asked Lulu.
"Yes, one of the members from Virginia.

The others from that State were Richard Henry Lee, Peyton Randolph, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, Edmund Pendleton, and Patrick Henry.

Peyton Randolph was chosen president, and Charles Thomson, of Pennsylvania, secretary." "And then, I suppose, they set to work on their preparations for fighting their oppressor, George the Third," remarked Lulu, half inquiringly.
"Lossing tells us," replied Mrs.Travilla, "that the delegates from the different colonies then presented their credentials, and after that there was silence, while deep anxiety was depicted on every countenance.
It seemed difficult to know how to begin upon the work for which they had been called together.