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Title: The female review. Life of Deborah Sampson, the female soldier in the War of Revolution
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Mann, Herman, 1771-1833 Vinton, John Adams, 1801-1877, ed
Subjects: Gannett, Deborah Sampson, 1760-1827 United States. Continental Army Soldiers
Publisher: Boston, J.K. Wiggin & W.P. Lunt
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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y poffeffion, is, be-yond queftion, the document referredto in the laft fentence quoted abovefrom The Regifter. The pubhihers of the prefent editionhaving determined to iflue an exa6treprint of The Female Review, it was a matter of neceffity to reproduceevery fentence and every expreffion,however faulty in point of tafte, andobje6lionable in refpe6t of moral fen-timent. There are many paffages,there are entire paragraphs, whichthe prefent editor would gladly haveomitted. Many expreffions are awk-ward and ungainly, and do not trulyreprefent the authors own meaning.For the infertion of fuch paffages, theeditor muft not be held refponfible.To have attempted any thing in theway of countera6lion would have beenworfe than ufelefs. The editor is of opinion that Debo-rah Sampfon was worthy of an ablerbiographer than Ihe found in theoriginal compiler, and that her adven-tures, which were certainly very re-markable, were worthy of being relat-ed in far better ftyle. j. a. v. Boston, July, 1866.
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\^.JK^)^^^%^^)^^)^.^K^\<^.^yK^ APPENDIX. Containing—Characteristic Traits and Reflections,wM Remarks on Domestic Education and Economy. AFTER deliniating the life of a perfon, it feems nat-ural to recapitulate, in a clofer affemblage, theleading features of his charadter. Perhaps, a fpirit of enterprize, perfeverance and com-petition was never more diftinguifhable in a female, thanin Mifs Sampson. And whilil we are furprifed that fheleft her own tranquil fphere for the mofl perilous—thefield of war, we mull acknowledge, it is, at leafl, a cir-cumftantial link in the chain of our illuflrious revolution.She never would accept a promotion while in the army;though it is faid, fhe was urged to take a Lieutenantscommiffion. I WILL here give an inftance of her dread of rivalfliip.It was foon after flie inlifled.—Having been reluftantlydrawn into a ring of wreftling, flie was worfled; thoughit is faid, fhe flung a number. But the idea of a competi-tor deprived her of fleep the whole

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