"If any imagine that in my situation nothing short of a continued miracle could have kept me unpolluted, I must content myself with the inward satisfaction which conscious purity and virtue always afford."

This provocative Revolutionary-era cartoon pictures events in Deborah's home state of Massachusetts leading up to the American War of Independence in which she fought.

Boston Public Library | public domain |

A loving family of the early republic of the US, held together by a caring wife + mother.

James Peale | public domain |