She was then six years old.

But she always remembered the occasion very vividly.
My grandfather was a friend of Lafayette, who mentions him in one of his letters, the original of which is in my possession.
One of my mother's brothers, Lt.

Colonel Isaac Sherman, led the advance at Princeton, and was himself intimate with Washington and Lafayette.

He was a very brave officer and commanded a Connecticut regiment at the storming of Stony Point.

He is honorably mentioned in Gen.