...THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620 1808 by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A Penn State Ele... ...ries Publication The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publicati... ...ut still, even when his eyes were closed, his thoughts were with the young people, playing among the flowers and shrubbery of the garden. He heard the... ...em too. They would teach him something about the history and distinguished people of his country which he has never read in any of his schoolbooks.” C... ...Grandfather, for aught I know, might have gone on to speak of Maryland and Virginia; for the good old gentleman really seemed to suppose that the whol... ...ew England, heartily rejoiced at. This was the accession of the Elector of Hanover to the throne of England, in 1714, on the death of Queen Anne. Hith... ...y at the doors of the stately mansions which then stood in the vicinity of Hanover Street and the North Square. Others were applicants at the humble w... ...he people inhabiting the country now comprised within the limits of King’s County, was as follows:— “To the inhabitants of the District of Grand Pre, ... ...egates from all the colonies. They had now appointed George Washington, of Virginia, to be commander in chief of all the American armies. He was, at t...

...tensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbroken thread of authentic history. The chair is made to pass from one to another of those personages of whom he thought it most desirable for the young reader to have vivid and familiar ideas, and whose lives and actions would best enable him to give picturesque sketches of the times. ...

...h the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squad- rons and single... ...LLAN. W ASHINGTON CITY, May 15, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL McCLELLAN, Cumberland, Virginia: Y our long despatch of yesterday is just received. I will answer ... ...uch as you, than to me. It is upon the brave hearts and strong arms of the people of the country that our reliance has been placed in support of free ... ...o as to give the greatest protection to this capital which may be possible from that distance. [Indorsement.] TO THE SECRET ARY OF W AR: The President... ...e na- 12 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six tion to the States and people most immediately interested in the subject-matter. To the people of ... ...sion had fought and driven 13,000 of the enemy, under General Branch, from Hanover Court-House, and was driving them from a stand they had made on the... ...urther from McClellan. If Porter effects a lodgment on both railroads near Hanover Court-House, consider whether your forces in front of Fredericksbur... ... Gamble tele- graphed me, asking that the assessments outside of St. Louis County might be suspended, as they already have been within it, and this mo... ...ev. John M. Robinson, of Colum- bia, Missouri; James L. Matthews, of Boone County, Mis- souri; and James L. Stephens, also of Boone County, Mis- souri...

...cember, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommenda...

... say that the first movable types were made on birch sticks—BUCHSTABE—hence the name. I was taught a lesson in political economy in Frankfort. I had b... ...ne as their clothes. In one of the shops I had the luck to stumble upon a book which has charmed me nearly to death. It is entitled THE LEGENDS OF THE... ...he carpetway clear. Nobody moved or spoke any more but only waited. In a short time the shrill piping of a coming train was heard, and immediately gro... ...e lofty Neckar hills to their beguiling and im- pressive charm in any country; but German legends and fairy tales have given these an added charm. The... ...o generous; that with us, when a singer had lost his voice and a jumper had lost his legs, these par- ties ceased to draw. I said I had been to the op... ...ay, and they said, in the calmest and simplest way, that that was very true, but that in earlier times his voice HAD been wonderfully fine. And the te... ...trickling out and joining the gravy, archipelagoed with mushrooms; a town- ship or two of tender, yellowish fat gracing an outlying dis- trict of this... ...k, from style. Baltimore. Hot buckwheat cakes. Prairie-hens, from Illinois. American toast. Clear maple Mis- souri partridges, broiled. syrup. Possum.... ... a little to the present day, but with the hyphens left out, in the German fashion. This is the shape it takes: instead of saying “Mr. Simmons, clerk ...

... in the Republic than I had, when I landed in America. I purposely abstain from extending these observations to any length. I have nothing to defend, ... ...y, with a modest yet most magnificent sense of its limited dimensions, had from the first opined would not hold more than two enormous portmanteaus in... ...art shock before com ing below, which, but that we were the most sanguine people living, might have prepared us for the worst. The imaginative artist... ... little washing slab as standing room, — we could manage to insinuate four people into it, all at one time; and entreating each other to observe how v... ...sh I could present it entire. Her name is Laura Bridgman. ‘She was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on the twenty first of December, 1829. She is descr... ...e, I was so fortunate as to hear of the child, and immediately hastened to Hanover to see her. I found her with a well formed figure; a strongly marke... ... but slumber, in the House of Lords. I have seen elections for borough and county, and have never been impelled (no matter which party won) to damage ... ...mpany, in a new chapter. CHAPTER IX —A NIGHT STEAMER ON THE POTOMAC RIVER. VIRGINIA ROAD, AND A BLACK DRIVER. RICHMOND. BALTIMORE. THE HARRISBURG MAIL... ... have a display of goods in their windows, such as may be seen in thriving county towns in England; and there are some which would do no discredit to ...

..., darling?” she said. Her voice was so weak that it seemed to come already from a great distance. The child did not answer, but smiled comfortably. He... ...him, poor child?” The monthly nurse tried to quiet her , and pres- ently , from exhaustion, the crying ceased. The doctor walked to a table on the oth... ... be fortified for the evening service. V PHILIP CAME gradually to know the people he was to live with, and by fragments of conversation, some of it no... ...nd the little harbor were shabby streets in which lived fishermen and poor people; but since they went to chapel they were of no account. When Mrs. Ca... ... up farm- ing: the local paper constantly reported the cases he had in the county court against this one and that, labourers he would not pay their wa... ...idea?” Sharp had already left King’s School and had written to Philip from Hanover. He was really starting life, and it made Philip more restless to t... ...made Cronshaw’s conversation so captivating. Athelny was very proud of the county family to which he belonged; he showed Philip photographs of an Eliz... ...nd took a cab to Doc- tor South’s. It was a broad low stucco house, with a Virginia creeper growing over it. He was shown into the consulting-room. An...

...ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK THREE by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY original from the publishers Boston, Estes and Lauriat, Publishers To the Right Hono... ...now he cared for; and in this dismal frame of mind he determined to retire from the regiment, to the great delight of the captain next in rank to him,... ...unt my harriers; and settle down at Castlewood. Perhaps I’ll represent the county—no, damme, you shall rep- resent the county. Y ou have the brains of... ... the church of his country, and to that he chose to remain faithful: other people were welcome to worship and to subscribe any other set of articles, ... ...ulge him this campaign. Last year his Grace had been all for the Whigs and Hanoverians; but finding, on going to England, his country cold towards him... ... finding, on going to England, his country cold towards him- self, and the people in a ferment of High Church loyalty, the Duke comes back to his army... ...of High Church loyalty, the Duke comes back to his army cooled towards the Hanoverians, cautious with the Imperialists, and particularly civil and pol... ...James’s. “Two years since my uncle died, leaving me a pretty estate in the county of Kent; and being at Tunbridge Wells last sum- mer, after my mourni... ... me, do you know what my scheme is? I think of asking Frank to give me the Virginian estate King Charles gave our grandfa- ther. (She gave a superb cu...

... ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOKS TWO by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY original from the publishers Boston, Estes and Lauriat, Publishers To the Right Hono... ... after he had come to the Gatehouse prison, (where he lay in no small pain from his wound, which inflamed and ached severely,) and with those thoughts... ...o happened to be in the place; and the governor’s wife and ser- vant, kind people both, were with the patient. Esmond saw his mistress still in the ro... ...d more than a half of the nation were on this side. Ours is the most loyal people in the world surely; we admire our kings, and are faith- ful to them... ...ne in company of my Lord Macclesfield’s splendid embassy to the Elector of Hanover, carrying the Garter to his Highness, and a complimentary letter fr... ...ew life in a new world. My good lord often talked of visiting that land in Virginia which King Charles gave us—gave his ancestor. Frank will give us t... ...the King of the Romans and his nobility. His Grace went home by Berlin and Hanover, and Esmond lost the festivities which took place at those cities, ... ...Prince-Duke are not friends; he is of the Webbs of Lydiard Tregoze, in the county of Y ork, a relation of my Lord St. John. Y our cousin, M. de Castle... ...d that his name was not Tho- mas; that he was about to quit Europe for the Virginian planta- tions, where, indeed, your family had a grant of land fro...

...nic’s dress. ‘So that’s what you call beating a mat,’ said he, catching it from her hands, and mimicking the tender clasp of her little fingers. ‘D’ye... ...nd Frampton and Gervas, they put on me, and you know how ’twas I come away from Ormersfield. I was not going to say a word to one of that lot! but if ... ...not? She wished she had never teased him by going out so much, and letting people talk nonsense; he had been very kind, and she was not half good enou... ...n wonder and reproof, ‘Is that on purpose?’ ‘Adventures are thrust on some people,’ was the noncha- lant reply, with shoulders depressed, and a twinkl... ...e confusion upon the table, and which proved to be the Ordnance map of the county, embellished with numerous streaks of paint. ‘The outlines of the ol... ..., ‘ Ah! I see you understand these things! Yes, they are very interesting! Virginia will be delighted; she has been begging me for an aquarium whereve... ...ness who was pouring out the tea. ‘The reconnoitring party!’ eagerly cried Virginia. ‘Did you find the cousin?’ ‘Yes, we did.’ ‘Oh! Then what is he li... ...ord Ormersfield short, in his eagerness to impress on him the views of the county on a police-bill in course of preparation for the next session. The ... ...what one was to respect.’ ‘Oh, dear! les voila!’ cried Clara, as, entering Hanover Square, they beheld about twenty damsels coming out of the garden i...

...s; when there were two kings in Spain employed perpetually in running away from one an- other; when there was a queen in England, with such rogues for... ...en Mrs. Masham had not yet put Madam Marlborough’s nose out of joint; when people had their ears cut off for writing very meek political pamphlets; an... ...ay be urged, and each is excellent, yet we intend to take a few more pages from the “Old Bailey Calendar,” to bless the public with one more draught f... ...uman nature, that the sun of that autumn evening shone upon any two men in county or city, at desk or harvest, at Court or at Newgate, drunk or sober,... ... I’ve been to Stratford fair, and to W arwick many a time; and there’s two people who have offered to marry me, and ever so many who want to, and I wo... ...ueezed my hand and whispered to me that I was to be Major of a regiment in Virginia—the very thing: for you see, my dear, I didn’t care about joining ... ...in Warwickshire, Mr. Thomas Billings was inhabiting the same 91 Thackeray county, not cared for by either of them; but ordained by Fate to join them ... ...ond the sea; and, as the fashion then was, sold the use of their bodies to Virginian planters during that space of time. It is thus, alas! that the st... ...eater personages about the Court, a great share of abuse of the Elector of Hanover, and a pretty description of a boxing-match at Mr. Figg’s amphithea...

...either Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or trouble about the matte... ...ey and property. They live in Boonville, Missouri, and have not been heard from lately enough for 4 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two me to s... ...ere are in considerable trouble about Van Buren’s letter on Texas, and the Virginia elec- tors. They are growing sick of the Tariff question; and 5 T... .... If the old system be thought to be vague, as to all the delegates of the county voting the same way, or as to instructions to them as to whom they a... ...join in proposing them only because I choose to leave the decision in each county to the Whigs of the county, to be made as their own judg- ment and c... ...ood to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model. On the other hand, I never could very clearly see ... ...nt of Mexico. Third. Whether that spot is or is not within a settlement of people, which settlement has existed ever since long 21 The Writings of Ab... ...w in a great measure superseded by what had fallen from the gentleman from Virginia who had just taken his seat. He begged to assure his friends on th... ... this discourse. Henry Clay was born on the twelfth day of April, 1777, in Hanover County, Virginia. Of his father, who died in the fourth or fifth ye...

...ess matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or trouble about the matter; all will be harmony. In relation to the ?coming events? about which Butler wrote you, I had not heard one word before I got your letter; but I have...

...ESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY original from the publishers Boston, Estes and Lauriat, Publishers To the Right Hono... ...ackeray. London, October 18, 1852. 6 Henry Esmond PREFACE. THE ESMONDS OF VIRGINIA. THE ESTATE OF CASTLEWOOD, in Virginia, which was given to our anc... ...ces made in his Majesty’s cause by the Esmond family, lies in Westmoreland county, between the rivers Potomac and Rappahannock, and was once as great ... ...ll the produce that, for long after the Restora- tion, our family received from their Virginian estates. My dear and honored father, Colonel Henry Esm... ... last an extraordi- nary brightness and freshness of complexion; nor would people believe that she did not wear rouge. At sixty years of age she still... ...eard my father use a rough word, ’twas extraordinary with how much awe his people regarded him; and the servants on our plantation, both those assigne... ... title, and presently after to take possession of his house of Castlewood, county Hants, in the year 1691, almost the only tenant of the place besides... ...ch was in waiting for them in the court, with its two little cream-colored Hanoverian horses covered with splendid furniture and champing at the bit. ... ...ne in company of my Lord Macclesfield’s splendid embassy to the Elector of Hanover, carrying the Garter to his Highness, and a complimentary letter fr...