Sketches of Martha's Vineyard, and other reminiscences of travel at home, etc

Samuel Adams] [From Old Catalog] [Devens

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• Eastern States
• Adams
• Walker

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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MARTHA'S VINEYARD
OTHER REMINISCENCES
TRAVEL AT HOME,
ETC.
BY AN INEXPERIENCED CLERGYMAN.
BOSTON,
PUBLISHED BY JAME3 MUNROE & CO
1838.1<«fc
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Entered according act of Congressto in the year 1838,
By James Munroe & Co.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
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PRESS OK GEO. H. BROWN,
East Bridgewaler, Mass,PREFACE.
offering the present volume to the public the writer hasIn
been much influenced by the favorable judgment of individuals,
highestfor whom he has the respect, upon those portions which
—appeared in the Christian Register in 1836 7. He has been
told they were worthy of being issued in a collected form
t
May it prove so. They have been revised with considerable
care, and many alterations and additions made. The original
form of 'Letters' in the Sketch of the Vineyard it was thought
best to preserve. A good deal of the present volume, beside
the Memoirs at the close, has not before seen tbe light, but he
trusts what annexed will not be unacceptable tothat has been
his readers. He has aimed candor truth in the narrationat and
factsof and the description of scenes.
greatThe writer does not profess to be a traveller ever athome,
and what he has written has been thrown off hastily in the in-
tervals of professional labour. His object has been to add
something to the enjoyment, if not the improvement of his rea-
ders, and, to accomplish this eud, he has been willing to expose
himself to the charge of an itch for authorship. To those who
have been over the same routes, it may be pleasing to have
their recollections revived. To those who have not, the fol-
lowing pages may serve, al least, as hints and directions.
SAMUEL ADAMS DEVENS.