NOTEDuring the serial publication of "The Hidden Children" the
author received the following interesting letters relating to the
authorship of the patriotic verses quoted in Chapter X., These
letters are published herewith for the general reader as well as
for students of American history.
R. W. C.
149 WEST EIGHTY-EIGHTH STREET,
NEW YORK CITY.
MRS. HELEN DODGE KNEELAND:
DEAR MADAM: Some time ago I accidentally came across the verses
written by Samuel Dodge and used by R. W. Chambers in story "Hidden
Children." I wrote to him, inviting him to come and look at the
original manuscript, which has come down to me from my mother,
whose maiden name was Helen Dodge c***s, a great-granddaughter of
Samuel Dodge, of Poughkeepsie, the author of them.
So far Mr. Chambers has not come, bu
