In Ellet, E. F. The women of the American revolution (New York, 1848), v.2, plate opposite p. 68., Mrs. Motte, whose husband was killed early in the Revolutionary War, also graciously sacrificed her home, which was burned for strategic reasons, to the war effort: "If ever a situation in real life afforded a fit subject for poetry, by filling the mind with a sense of moral grandeur--it was that of Mrs. Motte contemplating the spectacle of her home in flames, and rejoicing in the triumph secured to her countrymen--the benefit to her native land, by her surrender of her own interest to the public service."--P.72., Facsimile signature: Rebecca Motte., Other portraits appear in: Hale, S. J. Woman's record (Philadelphia, 1853), p. 448; Jones, A.D. The American portrait gallery (New York, 1855), p. [427]., Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Motte.
