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Mary Caroline Crawford. The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees
The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees
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FOREWORD
THE ROMANCE OF OLD NEW ENGLAND ROOFTREES
THE HEIR OF SWIFT'S VANESSA
THE MAID OF MARBLEHEAD
AN AMERICAN-BORN BARONET
MOLLY STARK'S GENTLEMAN-SON
A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
THE MESSAGE OF THE LANTERNS
THE SIGNAL LANTERNS OF. PAUL REVERE. DISPLAYED IN THE STEEPLE. OF THIS CHURCH, APRIL 18, 1775, WARNED THE COUNTRY OF. THE MARCH OF THE. BRITISH TROOPS TO LEXINGTON. AND CONCORD
HANCOCK'S DOROTHY Q
BARONESS RIEDESEL AND HER TORY FRIENDS
DOCTOR CHURCH: FIRST TRAITOR TO THE AMERICAN CAUSE
"B Church, jr."
A VICTIM OF TWO REVOLUTIONS
THE WOMAN VETERAN OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE
NEW ENGLAND'S FIRST "CLUB WOMAN"
IN THE REIGN OF THE WITCHES
LADY WENTWORTH OF THE HALL
AN HISTORIC TRAGEDY
INVENTOR MORSE'S UNFULFILLED AMBITION
WHERE THE "BROTHERS AND SISTERS" MET
THE BROOK FARMERS
MARGARET FULLER: MARCHESA D'OSSOLI
THE OLD MANSE AND SOME OF ITS MOSSES
SALEM'S CHINESE GOD
THE WELL-SWEEP OF A SONG
WHITTIER'S LOST LOVE
THE END. INDEX
FOOTNOTES:
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Mary Caroline Crawford
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The history of Berkeley's reception in London, when he came to urge his project, shows convincingly the magic of the man's presence and influence. His conquests spread far and fast. In a generation represented by Sir Robert Walpole, the scheme met with encouragement from all sorts of people, subscriptions soon reaching £5,000, and the list of promoters including even Sir Robert himself. Bermuda became the fashion among the wits of London, and Bolingbroke wrote to Swift that he would "gladly exchange Europe for its charms—only not in a missionary capacity."
But Berkeley was not satisfied with mere subscriptions, and remembering what Lord Percival had said about the protection and aid of government he interceded with George the First, and obtained royal encouragement to hope for a grant of £20,000 to endow the Bermuda college. During the four years that followed, he lived in London, negotiating with brokers, and otherwise forwarding his enterprise of social idealism. With Queen Caroline, consort of George the Second, he used to dispute two days a week concerning his favourite plan.
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