Gifted as she was with communicative power, she was, at the same time, one of the best of listeners, calling forth from her coiupany the best they had tootfer; and, indeed, I have sometimes wondered whether the charms of her conversation were to be regarded the more eminently as an inherited talent, as the incidental outcome of favoring social influences, or the product of some kind of educational training that had grown into 'a second nature.' Though uncert;iin .just now as to the date of her dejmrture from earth (not far from the close of 1817), I can truly sjiy that her beautiful example of reigned Christian womanhood has been ever before me as an exponent of Huguenot character, shaping my conceptions of Huguenot home-life and keeping alive my sympathies with the spirit of Huguenot history.
" Coincident with these sentiments, as to inherited culture, was the impression made upon the mind of New England by the example of public spirit exhibited in the city of Boston by a native of New Roclielle more than a century and a quarter ago. From the earliest days of the American Revolution Faneuil Hall hiis been to Boston a household word, familiar to the lips of men, women and childi'en as the memorial of Huguenot munificence, rendered classical by historic associations that quicken the pulse of patriotism and call forth the spirit of song in commemoration of the ' cradle of liberty.' Thus the name of a Huguenot of New Rochelle has not only held a shining place in the annals of the colonial commonwealth, but lives in the nation's history as a source of inspiration, awakening memories that are an uplifting power.