The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair Or, True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808
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THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR
or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620-1808
Contents
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR.
PART I. 1620-1692.
CHAPTER I. GRANDFATHER AND THE CHILDREN AND THE CHAIR.
CHAPTER II. THE PURITANS AND THE LADY ARBELLA.
CHAPTER III. A RAINY DAY.
CHAPTER IV. TROUBLOUS TIMES.
CHAPTER V. THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ENGLAND.
CHAPTER VI. THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS.
CHAPTER VII. THE QUAKERS AND THE INDIANS.
CHAPTER VIII. THE INDIAN BIBLE.
CHAPTER IX. ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND.
CHAPTER X. THE SUNKEN TREASURE.
CHAPTER XI. WHAT THE CHAIR HAD KNOWN.
APPENDIX TO PART I.
EXTRACTS FROM THE LIFE OF JOHN ELIOT,
PART II. 1692-1763.
CHAPTER I. THE CHAIR IN THE FIRELIGHT.
CHAPTER II. THE SALEM WITCHES.
CHAPTER III. THE OLD-FASHIONED SCHOOL.
CHAPTER IV. COTTON MATHER
CHAPTER V. THE REJECTED BLESSING.
CHAPTER VI. POMPS AND VANITIES.
CHAPTER VII. THE PROVINCIAL MUSTER.
CHAPTER VIII. THE OLD FRENCH WAR AND THE ACADIAN EXILES
CHAPTER IX. THE END OF THE WAR.
CHAPTER X. THOMAS HUTCHINSON.
APPENDIX TO PART II.
ACCOUNT OF THE DEPORTATION OF THE ACADIANS.
PART III. 1763-1803.
CHAPTER I. A NEW-YEAR'S DAY.
CHAPTER II. THE STAMP ACT.
CHAPTER III. THE HUTCHINSON MOB.
CHAPTER IV. THE BRITISH TROOPS IN BOSTON.
CHAPTER V. THE BOSTON MASSACRE.
CHAPTER VI. A COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS.
CHAPTER VII. THE TEA PARTY AND LEXINGTON.
CHAPTER VIII. THE SIEGE OF BOSTON.
CHAPTER IX. THE TORY'S FAREWELL.
CHAPTER X. THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE.
CHAPTER XI. GRANDFATHER'S DREAM.
APPENDIX TO PART III.
A LETTER FROM GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON NARRATING THE DOINGS OF THE MOB.
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