Chapters (97)
- In Colonial Days
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.
- II. EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT.
- III. LADY ELEANORE’S MANTLE.
- IV. OLD ESTHER DUDLEY.
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