American girls

Nine-year-old Felicity Merriman from colonial Williamsburg finds a secret note from Ben, her father's apprentice who has run away to join the colonial army, and goes off to help him.

In volume three in a six-volume American Girl series, nine-year-old Felicity Merriman from colonial Williamsburg is invited to the Governor's Palace, but when her mother becomes seriously ill, Felicity sadly reconciles that there will be no new gown and no chance to go to the Palace.