The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees
Mary Caroline Crawford wrote The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees, published in 1902, to gather in one readable volume the stories attached to the surviving old houses of New England. Each chapter centers on a house and the people who lived in it: the philosopher George Berkeley, heir of Swift's Vanessa, in Rhode Island; Agnes Surriage, the Maid of Marblehead, and Sir Harry Frankland; Paul Revere's signal lanterns; John Hancock's Dorothy Q.; the Tory friends of Baroness Riedesel; Dr. Benjamin Church, the first traitor to the American cause; a woman who served as a soldier in the Continental Army; the Brook Farmers; Margaret Fuller; Hawthorne's Old Manse; and Whittier's lost love. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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