The result was that Mr.Gallatin returned to Philadelphia the accepted suitor of this young lady.

He describes her in a letter to Badollet as "a girl about twenty-five years old, who is neither handsome nor rich, but sensible, well-informed, good-natured, and belonging to a respectable and very amiable family." Nor was he mistaken in his choice,--a more charming nature, a more perfect, well-rounded character than hers is rarely found.

They were married on November 11, 1793.

She was his faithful companion throughout his long and honorable career, and death separated them but by a few months.

This alliance greatly widened his political connection.
Commodore James Nicholson, his wife's father, famous in the naval annals of the United States as the captain of the Trumbull, the first of American frigates, at the time resided in New York, and was one of the acknowledged leaders of the Republican party in the city.