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THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR
or
TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620-1808
by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
CONTENTS.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
PART I.
I. GRANDFATHER AND THE CHILDREN AND THE CHAIR
II. THE PURITANS AND THE LADY ARBELLA
III. A RAINY DAY
IV. TROUBLOUS TIMES
V. THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ENGLAND
VI. THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS
VII. THE QUAKERS AND THE INDIANS
VIII. THE INDIAN BIBLE
IX. ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND
X. THE SUNKEN TREASURE
XI. WHAT THE CHAIR HAD KNOWN
APPENDIX. EXTRACTS FROM THE LIFE OF JOHN ELIOT
PART II.
I. THE CHAIR IN THE FIRELIGHT
II. THE SALEM WITCHES
III. THE OLD-FASHIONED SCHOOL
IV. COTTON MATHER
V. THE REJECTED BLESSING
VI. POMPS AND VANITIES
VII. THE PROVINCIAL MUSTER
VIII. THE OLD FRENCH WAR AND THE ACADIAN EXILES.
IX. THE END OF THE WAR
X. THOMAS HUTCHINSON
APPENDIX. ACCOUNT OF THE DEPORTATION OF THE ACADIANS
PART III.
I. A NEW YEAR’S DAY
II. THE STAMP ACT
III. THE HUTCHINSON MOB
IV. THE BRITISH TROOPS IN BOSTON
V. THE BOSTON MASSACRE
VI. A COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS
VII. THE TEA PARTY AND LEXINGTON
VIII. THE SIEGE OF BOSTON
IX. THE TORY'S FAREWELL
X. THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
XI. GRANDFATHER'S DREAM
APPENDIX. A LETTER FROM GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
IN writing this ponderous tome, the author's desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the YOUNG may make acqu