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  IX. Marriage in the South—Church Service Required by Public
     Sentiment—Merrymaking—Buying Wives—Indented Servants—John
     Hammond’s Account of Them.

X. Romance in Marriage—Benedict Arnold’s Proposal—Hamilton’s
Opinion of His “Betty”—The Charming Romance of Agnes Surrage.

XI. Feminine Independence—Treason at the Tongue’s End—Independence
of the Schuyler Girls.

XII. Matrimonial Advice—Jane Turell’s Advice to Herself.

  XIII. Matrimonial Irregularities—Frequency of Them—Cause of Such
     Troubles—Winthrop’s Records of Cases—Death as a Penalty—Law
     against Marriage of Relatives—No Discrimination in Punishment
     because of Sex—Sewall’s Accounts of Executions—Use of the
     Scarlet Letter—Records by Howard—Custom of Bundling—Its
     Origin—Adultery between Indented White Women and
     Negroes—Punishment in Virginia—Instances of the Social Evil in
     New England—Less Shame among Colonial Men.

  XIV. Violent Speech and Action—Rebellious Speech against the
    Church—Amazonian Wives—Citations from Court Records—Punishment
    for Slander.

CHAPTER VII—COLONIAL WOMAN AND THE INITIATIVE

I. Religious Initiative—Anne Hutchinson’s Use of Brains—Bravery
of Quaker Women—Perseverance of Mary Dyer—Martyrdom of Quakers.

  II. Commercial Initiative—Dabbling in State Affairs—Women as
     Merchants—Mrs. Franklin in Business—Pay for Women
     Teachers—Women as Plantation Managers—Example of Eliza
     Pinckney—Her Busy Day—Martha Washington as Manager.

  III. Woman’s Legal Powers—Right to Own and Will Property—John
     Todd’s Will—A Church Attempts to Cheat a Woman—Astonishing
     Career of Margaret Brent—Women Fortify Boston Neck—Tompson’s
     Satire on it—Feminine Initiative at Nantucket.

  IV. Patriotic Initiative and Courage—Evidence from Letters—The
     Anxiety of the Women—Women Near the Firing-Line—Mrs. Adams in
     Danger—Martha Washington’s Valor—Mrs. Pinckney’s Optimism—Her
     Financial Distress—Entertaining the Enemy—Marion’s Escape—Mrs.
     Pinckney’s Presence of Mind—Abigail Adams’ Brave Words—Her
     Description of a Battle—Man’s Appreciation of Woman’s
     Bravery—Mercy Warren’s Calmness—Catherine Schuyler’s Valiant
     Deed—How She Treated Burgoyne—Some General Conclusions.

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