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Excerpt from The Blackstone Family: Being Sketches, Biographical and Genealogical of William Blackstone, and His Descendants Who was William Blackstone? The answer is meagre, but highly interesting to us, indwellers here He was the first white man who made this peninsula his home, and, as we believe, about 224 years ago. He preceded Isaac Johnson and the company from Charlestown, in his occupancy, five or six years. Refer ring to Edward Johns...

Excerpt from The Temperance Tales, Vol. 1 of 2 In presenting a comprehensive edition of the "Temperance Tales" to the public, the publisher complies with the request of many highly respected friends of the temperance cause. These tales were prepared for the purpose of doing good, and it has been sufficiently acknowledged, that they have accomplished their object, in no ordinary degree. Hundreds of thousands have already been scattered over th...

Excerpt from Dealings With the Dead, Vol. 2 My earliest recollections of some, among the dead and buried aristocracy of Boston, find a ready embodiment, in cocked hats of enormous proportions, queues reaching to their middles, cloaks of scarlet broadcloth, lined with sill?, and faced with velvet, and just so short, as to exhibit the swell of the leg, silk stockings, and breeches, highly polished shoes, and large, square, silver buckles, embro...

Excerpt from Temperance TalesIN presenting a comprehensive edition of the Temper ance Tales to the public, the publisher complies with the request of many highly respected friends of the temperance cause. These tales were prepared for the purpose of doing good, and it has been sufficiently acknowledged, that they have accomplished their object, in no ordinary degree. Hun dreds of thousands have already been scattered over the earth. Editions h...

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Excerpt from Hubert and Ellen: With Other Poems, The Trial of the Harp, Billowy Water, the Plunderer's Grave, the Tear-Drop, the Billow In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, An Act for tho Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Chartsand Books, to the Ao thors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned and also to an Act, entitled, An Act supplementary to an Act, u...

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