- March 6, 1809, 217 years ago — Death of Thomas Heyward Jr..
- March 6, 1724, 302 years ago — Birth of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress.
- March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
Hannah Arnett
ARNETT, Hannah, patriot, born in New Jersey about 1733; died there about 1823.
During the Revolution, while her husband and other men of Elizabethtown were assembled to consider the question of accepting British protection, she entered the room and denounced them as cowards and traitors. Her passionate appeal shamed the men into rejecting the British offer and reaffirming their loyalty to the American cause.
Her act was widely celebrated as an example of female patriotism and moral courage. Though not officially recognized as a political figure, her influence helped sustain revolutionary sentiment in New Jersey during a critical moment.
She lived to see the independence she had so fiercely defended become a reality.
Source:
Wilson, James Grant, and John Fiske, eds. Appleton’s Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1887. Patriot Echoes Archive
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