Rob of the bowl: a legend of St. Inigoe's

John Pendleton Kennedy

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THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
LOSANGELESROB OF THE BOWL:
A LEGEND OF ST. INIGOE'S
BY THE AUTHOR OF
" "SWALLOW HORSE-SHOE &.c.BARN," ROBINSON,"
Daniel. homines tot sententise.Quot
Martin. And what is ?that
Daniel. 'Tis and difference ofarguesGreek, opinion.
John Woodvil.
IN TWO VOLUMES,
VOL. I.
PHILADELPHIA :
LEA & BLANCHARD.
SUCCESSORS TO CAREY f< CO.
1838.Entered to the act of in theaccording Congress, year 1838, by
LEA & BLANCHARD,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States,
in for theand Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
I. ASHMEAD AND CO.. PRINTERS.PS
PREFACE
related refersTHE tale in the tofollowing pages
a in the of which has here
period history Maryland,
oftofore been involved in great obscurity, many
the most records connected with itimportant having
been lost to inpublic inspection forgotten reposito
crumbled under thewhere haveries, they away
thetouch of time. To the research ofpersevering
Librarian of the State aaccomplished gentleman
whose zeal and liberal scholardauntless, antiquarian
theareship only surpassed by enlightened judgment
with which he the functions of his office-
discharges
we are indebted for the rescue of the remnant of
of thethese memorials from oblivionby-gone days,
to which the carelessness of former had
generations
them. were irrecoverable and it;Manyconsigned
was the fate of the referred to seeto,gentleman
them fall into dust at the moment that the long
first them.
estranged light glanced upon
To some of those which have been saved from
smallthis the author is indebted for nowreck, por
tion of the materials of his In his endeavour
story.
theto illustrate these in the annals of stale,passages
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ENGLISHPREFACE.
it is for him to that he has aimed toproper say per
his with historical If he has setform task fidelity.
in harsher than be deemed charitablemaylights
actors or insome of the in these scenes, portrayed
lineaments of or extenuation,disparagement beyond
their the on either side in that wardeserts, partisans
which the of thisof intolerance tale,disfigured epoch
it was from his As a native of the
apart purpose.
state he feels a to the fame of herprompt sensibility
Catholic from them infounders, and, though differing
the remembrance ofhis cherishes their noblefaith,
endeavours to establish with thefreedom,religious
affection due to what he believes the most
wisely
and executed scheme ofplanned honestly society
which at that at was beto found in theera, least,
annals of mankind. In the thistemper inspired by
these volumes have been tosentiment, thegiven
and are now inscribed to THEpublic, respectfully
STATE OF one whoMARYLAND, takes theby deepest
interest in whatever concerns her
present happiness
or ancient renown.
THE AUTHOR.
DEC.BALTIMORE, 1838.1,