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Title: A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia

Author: Alice Turner Curtis

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Language: English

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A LITTLE MAID OF OLD PHILADELPHIA

by

ALICE TURNER CURTIS

Author of

A LITTLE MAID OF PROVINCE TOWN
A LITTLE MAID OF MASSACHUSETTS COLONY
A LITTLE MAID OF NARRAGANSETT BAY
A LITTLE MAID OF BUNKER HILL
A LITTLE MAID OF TICONDEROGA
A LITTLE MAID OF OLD CONNECTICUT
A LITTLE MAID OF OLD MAINE

Illustrated by Edna Cooke

[Illustration: SHE LOOKED UP TO FIND LAFAYETTE SMILING AT HER]

The Penn Publishing
Company Philadelphia
1921
Copyright
1919 by
The Penn
Publishing
Company

A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia

Introduction

Ruth Pernell and Winifred Merrill lived in Philadelphia. The city had
been for some time in the hands of General Howe and the British army.
Ruth's father was with Washington at Valley Forge, and the little girls
were ardent supporters of the American cause, and admirers of the
gallant young Frenchman, the Marquis DE Lafayette.

Children in 1778 were much like those of to-day, and Ruth and her
friends, eager as they were for the war to end successfully, were fond
of dolls and pets, and games and little plays. Yet they kept their ears
open, and when Ruth overheard what two British soldiers said she knew
how to make good use of her knowledge.

In each of the other "Little Maid" books is the story of an American
girl during the Revolution. The other stories are: "A Li