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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., The Royall house people of a century ago. (search)
beneath his curls, looking at her over the side of the crib, who soon ran to the staircase and cried out, Oh, mamma, Mary has come back from Heaven! then returned to gaze in delight till the shadows deepened. This was Mrs. Welch's son John, or Jack, as he was called (they had lost their first-born of the same name). But a few months before, they had lost two daughters, Betsy and Mary, by scarlet fever, and little Mary's memory was, doubtless, fresh in the boy's mind. The visit was prolong the first Napoleon's star was then in the ascendant, and attracted notice in the young American republic. She was of a happy disposition, delighted to make her guests and acquaintances at ease, and was very fond of children. Having lost all but Jack she idolized him, and made many presents to those she knew best. This same little girl was the recipient of a gold locket in which a ruby was set. Its deep, beautiful color attracted her childish curiosity, and she tried what she called a philo