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From Kingdom to Colony — Mary Devereux

From Kingdom to Colony

Mary Devereux

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 280 pages

From Kingdom to Colony is a historical novel by Mary Devereux, first published in 1899. It follows the Devereux family from Norman roots to colonial America, with Dorothy Devereux Southorn and George Washington appearing in the story. It offers a gentle, old-fashioned glimpse of the passage from kingdom to colony.

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Dorothy Devereux Southorn with George Washington
Dorothy Devereux Southorn with George Washington
FROM
KINGDOM TO COLONY
BY
MARY DEVEREUX
ILLUSTRATED BY HENRY SANDHAM

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1904
Copyright, 1899,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
All rights reserved.
PRESSWORK BY
S. J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.
TO
MY FATHER
OF WHOM IT IS INSCRIBED
"EMINENT IN LIFE AND NOBLE IN HEART, LOVING
TO MEN AND LOYAL TO CHRIST, HE WAS A BLESSING
TO THE WORLD AND AN HONOR TO THE CHURCH"
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER
III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER
VII
CHAPTER
VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER
XII
CHAPTER
XIII
CHAPTER
XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER
XVI
CHAPTER
XVII
CHAPTER
XVIII
CHAPTER
XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER
XXI
CHAPTER
XXII
CHAPTER
XXIII
CHAPTER
XXIV
CHAPTER
XXV
CHAPTER
XXVI
CHAPTER
XXVII
CHAPTER
XXVIII
CHAPTER
XXIX
CHAPTER
XXX
CHAPTER
XXXI
CHAPTER
XXXII
CHAPTER
XXXIII
CHAPTER
XXXIV
CHAPTER
XXXV

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Contents

  1. Dorothy Devereux Southorn with George Washington
  2. FROM KINGDOM TO COLONY
  3. MARY DEVEREUX
  4. BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1904
  5. TO MY FATHER
  6. From Kingdom to Colony
  7. UP AND DOWN THE SANDS OF GOLD
  8. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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