Mattie takes over Polly’s duties in the coffeehouse, hearing her beloved Grandfather debate with customers about rumors of a yellow fever outbreak in the city. Mattie continues to daydream about her crush, Nathaniel Benson, and about running her own businesses someday, but she’s interrupted by Mother again-this time with the news that Polly has died suddenly of a fever. Eliza, the coffeehouse cook and Mattie’s closest confidant, serves her a generous breakfast but quickly shoos her outside to tend the garden. Mattie would rather daydream about escaping Philadelphia, much like Blanchard’s hot-air balloon which flew earlier that year, but she reluctantly complies. Mattie is needed immediately to help in their coffeehouse, since their serving girl, Polly, is late for work. In the opening chapters of the novel, Mattie.In August, 1793, 14-year-old Matilda “Mattie” Cook is awakened by her mother, Lucille Cook, scolding her for sleeping late. Cook at the coffeehouse and admires Matthew, the blacksmith. This character is a long-time friend of Mattie Cook - the two grew up together. For the next ten years, the character successfully operated a coffeehouse. This character had a child in 1779 and became widowed in 1783 when his/her spouse died in an accident. This character married Mattie's father when only 17-years-old, probably sometime during the Revolutionary War. In every instance, the character rises to the occasion and takes a proper, if difficult, course of action. During the novel, the character experiences numerous hardships and is faced with several choices. The character is the narrator and the principle protagonist. This character was born in 1779 and is 14-years-old at the time of the events described in the novel.
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