THE RISING VILLAGE 1834 To
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recollections; and to seek a refuge in regions at that time unknown, or but little heard of. It would, perhaps, have been a subject of astonishment to him, could he have known, that, in the course of events, some of his own relations were to be natives of such distant countries, and that a grandson of his brother Henry, to whom he dedicated his "TRAVELLER," would first | 10 |
draw his breath at no great distance from the spot where "Wild Oswego spreads her swamps around, In the RISING VILLAGE I have endeavoured to describe the sufferings which the early settlers experienced, the difficulties which they |
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surmounted, the rise and progress of a young country, and the prospects which promise happiness to its future possessors. You, my dear Brother, were bom in this portion of the globe, and no person can form a better opinion how far I have succeeded in the attempt which I have made, or judge more correctly of the truth of the descriptions. | 20 |
I remain, my dear HENRY, |