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The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees

Mary Caroline Crawford

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  • Book language: English
  • 163 pages

A 1902 collection of historical sketches about the surviving old houses of New England and the stories attached to them. Mary Caroline Crawford presents the romance and colonial heritage of these rooftrees for general readers. It is worth listening to for its accessible blend of local history and anecdote.

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Opening of the book

Title Page
Little Pilgrimages
The Romance of
Old New England
Rooftrees
By
Mary C. Crawford
Illustrated
Boston
L. C. Page & Company
Mdcccciii
Copyright, 1902
by L. C. Page & Company
(Incorporated)
All rights reserved
Published, September, 1902
Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
SIR HARRY FRANKLAND
SIR HARRY FRANKLAND (See page 48)

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Contents

  1. Little Pilgrimages
  2. The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees
  3. Mary C. Crawford
  4. FOREWORD
  5. Contents
  6. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. THE ROMANCE OF OLD NEW ENGLAND ROOFTREES
  8. THE HEIR OF SWIFT'S VANESSA
  9. THE MAID OF MARBLEHEAD
  10. AN AMERICAN-BORN BARONET
  11. MOLLY STARK'S GENTLEMAN-SON
  12. A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
  13. THE MESSAGE OF THE LANTERNS
  14. HANCOCK'S DOROTHY Q.
  15. BARONESS RIEDESEL AND HER TORY FRIENDS
  16. DOCTOR CHURCH: FIRST TRAITOR TO THE AMERICAN CAUSE
  17. A VICTIM OF TWO REVOLUTIONS
  18. THE WOMAN VETERAN OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
  19. THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE
  20. NEW ENGLAND'S FIRST "CLUB WOMAN"
  21. IN THE REIGN OF THE WITCHES
  22. LADY WENTWORTH OF THE HALL
  23. AN HISTORIC TRAGEDY
  24. INVENTOR MORSE'S UNFULFILLED AMBITION
  25. WHERE THE "BROTHERS AND SISTERS" MET
  26. THE BROOK FARMERS
  27. MARGARET FULLER: MARCHESA D'OSSOLI
  28. THE OLD MANSE AND SOME OF ITS MOSSES
  29. SALEM'S CHINESE GOD
  30. THE WELL-SWEEP OF A SONG

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