Her second husband was a Mr. Usher, who
seems to have been insane. She lived with him very unhappily,
then separated from him and went back to England, staying
there until he died. She then came back to Boston and died,
May 25, 1723. At her own request she was buried at the side
of her first husband. A great concourse of the clergy and
the principal citizens, including the Governor, attended her
funeral.
It was my good fortune to be instrumental, after this visit,
in correcting an evil which had caused great annoyance to
our representatives abroad for a good many years.
The Americans have never maintained their representatives
abroad with a dignity becoming a great power like the United
States. The American Minister is compelled by our rules to
wear a dress which exposes him to be mistaken for a waiter
at any festive gathering. Distinctions of rank are well established
in the diplomatic customs of civilized nations. It is well
understood that whether a representative of a county shall
be an Ambassador, a Minister Plenipotentiary, a Minister Resident,
or a Charge' d'affaires, depends on the sense of its rank
among the nations of the world of the country that sends him.
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