Acknowledgment

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District of Connecticut, ss.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eleventh day of February, in the
fifty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Hammer
& Phelps of the said District, have deposited in this office the title of a Book,
the right whereof they claim as Proprietors in the words following, to wit:”
“Legends of New-England.


—`The aged crone,
Mixing the true and doubtful into one,
Tells how the Indian scalped the helpless child
And bore its shrieking mother to the wild.
How drums and flags and troops were seen on high,
Wheeling and charging in the Northern sky—
How, by the thunder-blasted tree was hid
The golden spoils of far-famed Robert Kid:
And then the chubby grand-child wants to know
About the ghosts and witches long ago.'
—Brainard. By John G. Whittier.” In conformity to the act of Congress of the United
States, entitled, “An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the
copies of Maas, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such
copies during the times therein mentioned.” And also to the act, entitled,
“An act supplementary to an act, entitled, `An act for the encouragement of
learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors
and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending
the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching
historical and other prints.”

CHARLES A. INGERSOLL,
Clerk of the District of Connecticut
A true copy of record, examined and sealed by me,
CHARLES A. INGERSOLL,
Clerk of the District of Connecticut

PREFACE.

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In the following pages I have attempted
to present in an interesting form some of
the popular traditions and legends of New-England.
The field is a new one—and I
have but partially explored it. New-England
is rich in traditionary lore—a thousand
associations of superstition and manly
daring and romantic adventure, are connected
with her green hills and her pleasant
rivers. I leave the task of rescuing
these associations from oblivion to some
more fortunate individual; and if this little
volume shall have the effect to induce
such an effort, I shall at least be satisfied,
whatever may be the judgment of the public
upon my own humble production.

I have in many instances alluded to the
superstition and bigotry of our ancestors—
the rare and bold race who laid the foundation
of this republic; but no one can accuse
me of having done injustice to their
memories. A son of New-England, and

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proud of my birth-place, I would not willingly
cast dishonor upon its founders.—
My feelings in this respect, have already
been expressed, in language, which I shall
be pardoned I trust for introducing in this
place:

An apology is even in worse taste than a
preface; but I would simply state that this
volume was written during the anxieties
and perplexing cares attendant upon the
management of a political and literary periodical.

CONTENTS.

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