The Only Woman in the Town

And Other Tales of the American Revolution

BY SARAH J. PRICHARD

Author of the History of Waterbury, 1674-1783

PUBLISHED BY MELICENT PORTER CHAPTER Daughters of the American Revolution Waterbury, Conn. 1898

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1898 By the Melicent Porter Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington

THE OLD PORTER HOUSE In it were sheltered and cared for many soldiers in the War of the Revolution