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Three Heroines of New England Romance

List of drawings

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List of Drawings
List of Drawings

Martha Hilton. “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head”Frontispiece.

Priscilla at the spinning wheel14

“In his rough cradle by the sounding sea”17

Rose Standish21

“The daring and spirited girl”25

“Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word”29

Miles Standish33

“Up and down the sands I’d pace”36

“Her respected parent”37

“There, too, came Priscilla”41

“Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods”43

“First happened on the Mayflower”45

“The blushing Sabbatia”47

John Alden49

“Silvers its wave, its rustling wave”51

The wedding procession53

Grape-vine56

Woodbine57

The ships of the merchants59

“Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets”64

“Houses set ‘catty cornered’”65

“An old Marbleheader”67

“The solid dignity of the old Town House”69

“The old graveyard”71

“The wild azalea”74

“The blackberry clings and crowds”75

Butterfly75

“Again he came riding”77

“Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs”81

“She learned to play on the harpsichord”83

Frankland85

“Tragic battlings of heart and conscience”87

“All the more did she turn to Frankland”89

“The giant box and a few ancient trees”92

“At the banquets”93

“His ancestral home”95

“The opera was the finest on the continent”97

Agnes Surriage99

“They again visited Lisbon”102

“Married a wealthy banker of Chichester”104

“The little figure with the swishing bucket”108

“Sly damsels in Puritan caps”110

“Gold laced dandies at Newport”111

“Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her”113

Where Governor Wentworth was born114

“A fishmonger in London”115

“He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic”117

“His snuff-boxes and his bowls”118

Governor Benning Wentworth119

Wentworth house at Little Harbor121

“Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms”123

“The great buck of his day”127

“Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning”131

“Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders”133

Old houses139

An old English church139

Picturesque barns140

The Weston flag-staff141

“Houses sheltered by great elms”142

“Past fertile farms”142

“Over picturesque stone bridges”143

“Here is a noble elm”144

The Wayside Inn, Sudbury145

Great elms at Hopkinton149

Shirley Place151

The Royall House, Medford153

Medford Square155

Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s156

Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard157

Some fishermen’s hats159

Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house161

“This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be”165

St. John’s, Portsmouth168

The Gardiner House and the linden169

Stoodley’s171

Plymouth, the home of Priscilla172

A country road173

Decorative designsTitle, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175

Initials15, 63, 109, 137

Illustration from Three Heroines of New England Romance Their true stories herein set forth by Mrs Harriet Spoffard, Miss Louise Imogen Guiney, and Miss Alice Brown
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