The Whole History of Grandfather's Chairor TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620-1808Reading editionChapter navigation37 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620-1808AUTHOR’S PREFACEChapter 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.Chapter I · THE CHAIR IN THE FIRELIGHT.Chapter II · THE SALEM WITCHES.Chapter III · THE OLD-FASHIONED SCHOOL.Chapter IV · COTTON MATHERChapter V · THE REJECTED BLESSING.Chapter VI · POMPS AND VANITIES.Chapter VII · THE PROVINCIAL MUSTER.Chapter VIII · THE OLD FRENCH WAR AND THE ACADIAN EXILESChapter IX · THE END OF THE WAR.Chapter X · THOMAS HUTCHINSON.APPENDIX TO PART II.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.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →AUTHOR’S PREFACEAll chapters and sections (37)Other sectionsor TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620-1808AUTHOR’S PREFACEPart 1 · Chapters1234567891011Part 1 · Parts1Part 2 · Chapters12345678910Part 2 · Parts2Part 3 · Chapters1234567891011Part 3 · Parts3By Nathaniel HawthorneAUTHOR’S PREFACE →