...27th) and he had just been on a visit to Col. Howard. BROOKLANDWOOD, *jrd Oct., iSoo. DEAR CHARLES : The good inhabitant, a mother, was giving supper to...that if this turn of fortune should fall to my lot, that very little would support nature. This train of thought brought forcibly to my mind the wise lesson...

...a storm, and seen the children eating their supper of milk and potatoes. What do you think were uny thoughts during this scene ? It occurred to me that...had been faithfully devoted to my country's service (ii. 246). And in the heat of that memorable conflict when the house of representatives had to choose...

...observed. The scene crystallized Carroll's fears for the future. "It occurred to me," he wrote, "that in the course of a few years, I might be driven into...been faithfully devoted to my country's service." Yet Carroll knew that this humiliation would not mean the end of all his hopes. He told himself that...

...supper consisted entirely of "boiled Irish potatoes and milk." He wrote to his son, also named Charles, "It occurred to me that in the course of a few years...been faithfully devoted to my country's service." If this sounds a little paranoid, we must remember that Charles Carroll of Carrollton's father had...