The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair

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Author

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

Title

The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair Or, True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808

Credits

Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

F001: United States local history: New England

Subject

Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

1926

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1926

Release Date

October 1, 1999

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR
2. 2.or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620-1808
3. 3.By Nathaniel Hawthorne
4. 4.Contents
5. 5.AUTHOR’S PREFACE — GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR.
6. 6.PART I. 1620-1692.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. GRANDFATHER AND THE CHILDREN AND THE CHAIR.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. THE PURITANS AND THE LADY ARBELLA.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. A RAINY DAY.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. TROUBLOUS TIMES.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ENGLAND.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. THE QUAKERS AND THE INDIANS.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. THE INDIAN BIBLE.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. THE SUNKEN TREASURE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. WHAT THE CHAIR HAD KNOWN.
18. 18.APPENDIX TO PART I. — EXTRACTS FROM THE LIFE OF JOHN ELIOT,
19. 19.PART II. 1692-1763.
20. 20.CHAPTER I. THE CHAIR IN THE FIRELIGHT.
21. 21.CHAPTER II. THE SALEM WITCHES.
22. 22.CHAPTER III. THE OLD-FASHIONED SCHOOL.
23. 23.CHAPTER IV. COTTON MATHER
24. 24.CHAPTER V. THE REJECTED BLESSING.
25. 25.CHAPTER VI. POMPS AND VANITIES.
26. 26.CHAPTER VII. THE PROVINCIAL MUSTER.
27. 27.CHAPTER VIII. THE OLD FRENCH WAR AND THE ACADIAN EXILES
28. 28.CHAPTER IX. THE END OF THE WAR.
29. 29.CHAPTER X. THOMAS HUTCHINSON.
30. 30.APPENDIX TO PART II. — ACCOUNT OF THE DEPORTATION OF THE ACADIANS.
31. 31.PART III. 1763-1803.
32. 32.CHAPTER I. A NEW-YEAR’S DAY.
33. 33.CHAPTER II. THE STAMP ACT.
34. 34.CHAPTER III. THE HUTCHINSON MOB.
35. 35.CHAPTER IV. THE BRITISH TROOPS IN BOSTON.
36. 36.CHAPTER V. THE BOSTON MASSACRE.
37. 37.CHAPTER VI. A COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS.
38. 38.CHAPTER VII. THE TEA PARTY AND LEXINGTON.
39. 39.CHAPTER VIII. THE SIEGE OF BOSTON.
40. 40.CHAPTER IX. THE TORY’S FAREWELL.
41. 41.CHAPTER X. THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE.
42. 42.CHAPTER XI. GRANDFATHER’S DREAM.
43. 43.APPENDIX TO PART III. — A LETTER FROM GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON NARRATING THE DOINGS OF THE MOB.

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