Felicity Merriman is a spunky, spritely girl growing up in Virginia in 1774, just before the Revolutionary War. Felicity grows impatient doing the "sitting-down kinds of things" that colonial girls are expected to do. She much prefers to be outdoors, especially riding horses! Felicity learns about loyalty and responsibility - to her family, her friends, and her country - and what it means to be truly independent. Felicity was the first doll added to the American Girl collection in 1991. The initial three, Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly launched the collection in 1986. In 2002, Felicity and her outfits, accessories and furniture were removed from the mailed catalogs and relegated to online ordering only. Since that time several of her accoutrements have become sold out. In this way, Felicity had been effectively discontinued as a full member of the American Girl collection. This decision on the part of Pleasant Company has saddened many in the American Girl collecting community, especially those who collect Felicity or were consideringing collecting her. However, in 2004, because of incredible negative feedback from fans of Felicity, and because sales of Felicity items at the new AG Place New York were very good, Pleasant Company has decided not to retire her! In fact, in August 2004, three of Felicity's previously retired items were reintroduced. Her School Outfit, Colonial Undergarments and her Shoes, Stockings & Garters set are available again. Best of all there will be an American Girl Felicity TV movie this Fall! Felicity's best friend, Elizabeth Cole, was added to the collection of American Girls in September 2005. Just like Nellie, Elizabeth will likely not be a limited edition doll, but will be a continuing part of Felicity's collection!

Meet Felicity (with Meet Outfit II)	Felicity's GalaGown (Beautiful Holiday gown of berry-colored brocade fabric, with a contrasting gold panel, plus delicate lace and sparkly jewels on the bodice, Cream lace cap with berry ribbon trim)	School Outfit II (Laced Jacket, Skirt & Mob Cap)	Riding Habit & Hat II (Jacket, Skirt & Hat)
Felicity's Tea Lesson Gown (Gown, Straw Hat & Slippers)	Christmas Gown	Cardinal Cloak	Summer Gown, Lace Cap, Straw Hat & Brocade Slippers
Spring Gown & Pinner Apron	Colonial Undergarments II	Nightshift, Cap & mules

Felicity's Accessories II	Invitation & Fashion Doll II	Noah's Ark Toy III	Guitar II
Colonial Tea Set (2 cups, 2 saucers, 2 spoons, silver tray, tea pot, tea caddy, sugar bowl with sugar & creamer)	Colonial Tea Treats (2 napkins, 2 plates, cookie tower and fruit ring, cookie plate, 2 flumeries)	Felicity's Baby Sister Polly & Cradle (Baby doll, Cradle, Mattress, Pillow Coverlet, Christening Gown & Cap)	Penny, Felicity's Horse
Patriot, Penny's Foal (Foal, Coat, Rope Halter with Ribbon)	Posie the Lamb	Felicity's Bedding (Counterpane, Checked Bed Hangings & Canopy Topper)	Muffs, Mitts & Pattens (For Christmas Outfit)
Shoes, Stockings & Garters II	Mini Felicity Doll & Book II

Tilt-top Tea Table & Chairs	Single Chair	Windsor Writing Chair	Dressing Table II
Tall-post Bed with Tester	Felicity's 2-Doll Clothes Press (Trunk, Two Toile Boxes)	Colonial Stable Set (Stable Surround and Divider, Corral Fencing, Wheel Barrow, Hay Bale, Rake, Shovel, Morter, Pestal, Salve, Brush, Water Bucket, Feed Bag, Leg Wrap)

Felicity Story Collection II	Felicity Book Collection	Meet Felicity	Felicity Learns a Lesson
Felicity's Surprise	Happy Birthday, Felicity	Felicity Saves the Day	Changes for Felicity
Felicity Just For Fun Book	Welcome to Felicity's World	Felicity's Paper Dolls II	Felicity: An American Girl Adventure DVD
Peril at King's Creek: A Felicity Mystery	Felicity's Magnetic Mini World	Felicity's Cooking Studio (52-Page Book, Cookie Cutter, 20 Table Talkers & 10 Reusable Place Cards)	Felicity Frame Puzzles (Three 50-piece oval-shaped puzzles)
Traitor in Williamsburg: A Felicity Mystery	Lady Margaret's Ghost: A Felicity Mystery	Felicity Story Collection III	Felicity's Fashion Studio

Felicity was the first doll added to the American Girl collection in 1991. The initial three, Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly launched the collection in 1986. In 2002, Felicity and her outfits, accessories and furniture were removed from the mailed catalogs and relegated to online ordering only. Since that time several of her accoutrements have become sold out. In this way, Felicity has been effectively discontinued as a full member of the American Girl collection.

This decision on the part of Pleasant Company has saddened many in the American Girl collecting community, especially those who collect Felicity or were considering collecting her. So far, all of Felicity's retired items have shown up for auction on Ebay. The rarest item is probably the rescue kit, but it shows up once a month or so.

Notes about specific items: Felicity's Fashion Doll (which comes with the invitation to the ball) originally was a different design than is now available. Around 2000, the doll was replaced with a new version which some collectors regard as inferior to the original. Felicity's nighttime necessities set was first offered in 1991 and the original set did not come with a story book. The book entitled The Little Pretty Pocket Book was added to the set in 1993. Her riding habit and hat, work gown, dressing table, shoes and garters set and hair ribbons were first offered in the 1993 Holiday catalog. This was also when the American Girl horse was introduced. It was added to be Felicity's horse, Penny, but was called the American Girl horse so that any girl (including modern girls) could call it theirs. There are three versions of the Noah's Ark toy, the first two of which are now retired. The first version appeared in 1991 and the second version replaced it in 1996. The only difference between the two was that the 1996 ark did not have a light blue stripe along the bottom as the earlier version did. Felicity's riding breeches and hat, which was mentioned in her story "Felicity Saves the Day," was introduced in Spring 1998 and became sold out in Summer 2003 after being offered on the American Girl online store at the bargain price of $5 for several months. Felicity's 1997 Special Edition outfit was her Town Fair Outfit which came with a toy windmill.

The prices of some of Felicity's items have skyrocketed, such as her little Trunk which was originally priced $12, but sells routinely on Ebay for upwards of $120. Felicity's green wool Riding Habit and Hat was originally priced $24 and now sells for around $180, with the hat by itself often fetching $55. The holy grail of Felicity's retired items must be her Clothes Press which is an upright chest standing 25-1/4" tall and 15-1/8" wide and 8" deep. This cherry finished gem which was introduced with Felicity in 1991 for $125 and today it routinely goes for between $350 and $500 dollars.

In June 2003, Felicity's Stationery set became sold out.

In 2005, Felicity's Story Collection book was revised such that the illustrations and text refer to Elizabeth having blonde hair. This means that her original Story Collection is retired.

Most recently in deference to her appearance in the new TV Movie, Felicity's meet outfit was changed to be her lavender traveling gown outfit. Since her new meet outfit is the traveling gown, the traveling gown has been retired as a separate outfit, and her accessories set was modified. Also, the Felicity mini doll was changed to feature the new meet outfit thus retiring the mini doll with the rose garden dress.

Felicity's original tea lesson was replaced with the larger colonial tea set in September 2005. At that same time, her original party treats and Chocolate set were also discontinued.

In February 2006, all of the historical girl short story books were retired including all four of Felicity's short stories.

In 2007, a number of items of Felicity's collection were retired including her Rose Garden Dress, Felicity's Movie Trading Cards, the The Making of the Felicity Movie book, her Short Story Collection and both posters.

Town Fair Outfit & Windmill	Riding Habit & Hat I	Traveling Gown (This is the new Meet outfit and is no longer available as a separate outfit)	Work Gown
School Outfit I (Laced Jacket, Skirt & Mob Cap)	Riding Breeches & Hat	Colonial Undergarments I	Felicity's Rose Garden Gown (Gown & Hair Ribbon)
Felicity's Accessories I	Tea Lesson	Party Treats	Chocolate Set
Invitation & Fashion Doll I	Nighttime Necessities I (Candle & Bedwarmer) 1991-1993	Nighttime Necessities II (Candle, Book & Bedwarmer) 1994-2000	Reading & Writing Lesson
Felicity's Guitar I	Noah's Ark Toy I	Noah's Ark Toy II	Winter Enchantments (Firescreen, Jumping Jack, Top, Candle & Lantern)
Plantation Play	Rescue Kit (Basket with Lavender & Witch Hazel, Mortar & Pestle, Newspaper Ad, Pocketbook, Letter & Map)	Shrewsbury Tea Cakes Kit (Basket, Printed Linen, Cake Cutters, Sugar in Blue Wrapper & Recipe Card)	Needlework Kit & Frame
Shoes, Stockings & Garters I	Hair Ribbons	Mini Felicity Doll & Book I	Travel Trunk
Dressing Table I	Clothes Press	Felicity Story Collection I (Elizabeth has Brown Hair)	Pastimes (Contains Theater Kit, Paper Dolls, Craft Book and Cook Book)
Felicity's TheaterKit	Felicity's Craft Book	Felicity's Paper Dolls	Felicity's Cook Book
Craft Book & Kit	Felicity's Movie Trading Cards	Lights! Camera! Felicity! The Making of the Felicity Movie	Felicity's Short Story Collection (Contains five stories including one new story "Felicity's Valentine") [ISBN: 1593691203]
Felicity's Dancing Shoes	Felicity's New Sister	Felicity's Discovers a Secret	Felicity Takes a Dare
Felicity Short Story Set (Dancing Shoes, New Sister, Discovers a Secret)	Felicity's Scenes & Settings	Felicity's World Map	Felicity Stationery Set
Felicity's Art Studio	Felicity's Meet Poster	Felicity's Reading Poster	Doll Dress Patterns (Mob Cap, Brocade Purse, School Outfit, Christmas Gown & Petticoat, Pinner Cap, two Stomachers, Shift, Lace cap and Nightshift)

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