MOLL PITCHER, A POE M. "If the seeker be of an haute and stomachful carriage, and maketh merrie of the wisdom of thine art, thou mayest gain an empery over his orgulous and misbelieving spirit, by some full strange, and terrible misterie, or cunning device, whereat he may be amort with doleful misgivings." C. Agripp. Note to Abra kat Abra. [SEE No. 768.] BOSTON : CARTER AND HENDE E. 1832. 1779. Ho-all to the borders! Vermonters, come down, Come down with your rifles!-let gray wolf and fox On our South come the Dutchmen, enveloped in grease; Ho-all to the rescue! For Satan shall work Let Clinton and Ten Broek, ‡ with bribes in their hands, Does the "old Bay State" threaten? Does Congress complain? Swarms Hampshire in arms on our borders again? What seek they among us? The pride of our wealth Yet we owe no allegiance; we bow to no throne; Our wives are all truc, and our daughters are fair, hair; All brisk at their wheels till the dark even-fall, Then blithe at the sleigh-ride, the husking, and ball! The The political history of Vermont is full of interest. In 1762, New York, by reason of an extraordinary grant of Charles II, to the Duke of York, claimed a jurisdiction over about sixty townships of which grants had been given by the Governor of New Hampshire, declaring those grants illegal. An attempt was made t dispossess the settlers, but it was promptly resisted. In 1774, New York passed a most despotic law against the resisting Vermonters, and the Governor offered a large reward for the apprehension of the celebrated Ethan Allen, and seven of his associates. proscribed persons in turn threatened to kill and destroy any person or persons whomsoever that should be accessary, aiding or assisting in taking any of them." See Allen's Vindication, p. 45. Blood was shed at Westminister Court House, in 1775. Vide R. Jes' Narrative. In 1777. Vermont declared its independence. New York still urged herclaims and attempted to enforce them with her militia. In 1779, New Hampshire also laid claim to the whole State of Vermont. Massachusetts speedily followed by put. ting in her claim to about two thirds of it. Congress, powerless under the old Confederation, endeavored to keep on good terms with We've sheep on the hill-sides; we've cows on the plain; And gay tasseled corn-fields, and rank-growing grain, There are deer on our mountains; and wood-pigeons fly From the crack of our muskets like clouds on the sky. And there's fish in our streamlets and rivers, which take Their course from the hills to our broad-bosomed lake; Through rock-arched Winooski the salmon leaps free, And the portly shad follows all fresh from the sea. Like a sun-beam the pickerel glides through his pool; And curs are the mountains, which awfully rise And though savage and wild be this climate of ours, Hurra for VERMONT! for the land which we till From far Michiscoui's wild valley, to where Come York or come Hampshire,- come traitors or knaves; If ye rule o'er our land, ye shall rule o'er our graves ; Our vow is recorded-our bannor unfurled; In the name of Vermont we defy all the world! || all the parties, but ardently favored New York. Vermont remonstrated warmly. Congress threatened. Vermont published "an appeal to the candid and impartial world"-denounced Congress, and asserted its own absolute independence. Notwithstanding the threa's offered on all sides, the contest terminated without much bloodshed, and Vermont was admitted into the Union in 1791, after existing as an independent sovereignty for nearly fifteen years. Williams' History of Vermont,, &c. +Hon. Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire. Gov. Clinton of New York, and Hon. A. Ten Broek, President of the New York Convention. The New York sheriffs and those who submitted to the authority of New York were often roughly handled by the Green Mountian Boys. The following is from the journal of the proceedings of the Vermont Council of Public Safety:-"COUNCIL OF SAFETY, 3d Sept. 1777. --is permitted to return home, and remain on his father's farm (and if found off to expect thirty-nine lashes of the beach seal) until further orders from this Council." The instrument of punishment was termed the beach seal," in allusion to the great seal of New Hampshire affixed to the grants, of which the beach rod well laid upon the naked backs of the "Yorkers" and their adherents, was considered a confirmation. Rather than fail, I will retire with my bardy Green Mountain Boys to the desolate caverns of the mountains, and wage war with human nature at large." Ethan Allen's letter to Congress, March 9, 1781. The above was written by J. Dr. Whitten. See his com to that. Mag. vol. 4.152 [SEE No. 773.] 770. THE HISTORY OF HAVERHILL, Massachusetts. By B. L. Mirick. With folding view of Haverhill (in fine condition), by Annin and Smith. 8vo, original half cloth and boards, TOTALLY UNCUT, and with the paper label. FINE Haverhill: Printed by A. W. Thayer, 1832 COPY. 24 * THE ARNOLD COPY, with book-label. Until within a few years ago it was not generally known that Whittier compiled this work. In the "Haverhill Gazette," for March 27, 1830, appeared the following advertisement: "The subscriber proposes to publish a history of Haverhill, from its first settlement in 1640 to the present time. The price will be 871⁄2 cents in case the number of pages does not exceed two hundred, if, however, the material of history should swell the volume beyond this number of pages the price will be $1.00. "Haverhill, March 27, 1830." "JOHN G. WHITTIER. In the Fall of 1828, when Whittier was called away from Haverhill to Boston, he transferred the almost completed MS. to B. L. Mirick, who finished the work, attached his own name to it, and had it published. 771. THE LITERARY REMAINS OF JOHN G. C. BRAINARD, with a Sketch of his Life [by Whittier]. 12mo, original half cloth and boards, and with the paper label (slightly rubbed), UNCUT AND UNOPENED. A VERY TALL COPY. Hartford: P. B. Goodsell [1832] *FINE COPY. Laid in is a copy (typewritten) of a letter from Whittier, mentioning the list of Brainard's poems, written before the publication of the work. After Brainard's death, Whittier became editor of the paper that he had conducted at Hartford. PART OF THE MS. OF WHITTIER'S SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF 772. WHITTIER (JOHN G.) ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT of the first part of Whittier's sketch of the life of John G. C. Brainard, 2 pp. 4to [used as a foreword to the volume], followed by Whittier's letter to the Editor, Samuel Hanmer, Jr., on the same sheet, with leaf of superscription, dated Haverhill, May 7, 1832. Whittier's signature is missing, as the letter has been worn in the folds and repaired, and his name, which was on one of the places worn away, but the superscription is franked by the initials "J. G. W." A portion of a few lines on each page is missing from the same cause. In his letter, which is an important one directing the make-up of the volume, Whittier says: * "I have sent you on the beginning of my sketch, and will try to send you enough for a form in a few days. . . You will find a list of the Poems to be set up at Mr. Law's. I will send you on a list of the remainder soon." The first part of this sketch is written clearly and with but few erasures or alterations, showing that Whittier was thoroughly familiar with the facts he was trying to bring out. He makes an interesting reference in his letter to an article of his own on the 'Moodus Noises," a curious noise heard in the vicinity of East Haddam, "published last Fall in the Review," as he says, which does not seem of sufficient importance to have been placed in his collected works. THE MANUSCRIPT FORMS THE FIRST THREE AND A HALF PAGES OF THE 1832 EDITION OF "THE LITERARY REMAINS OF J. G. C. BRAINARD," WITH SOME ADDITIONS IN THE PRINTED FORM—AS THE DATE OF BRAINARD'S BIRTH, AND CHANGES of a word or two, as MS.: awakening Book: awaking-(8th line, 3rd Paragraph). MS.: Never Book: Seldom (14th line, 3rd Paragraph). MS.: in which Book: with whom (15th line, 5th Paragraph). во RARE BROADSIDE, WITH A LETTER FROM WHITTIER. 773. THE SONG OF THE VERMONTERS, 1779. Printed BROADSIDE POEM of 17 Stanzas of 4 lines each, pp. 4, 2nd leaf blank, 4to. n. p., n. d. [1833-1869] * EXTREMELY RARE. Written by Whittier when a schoolboy, and sent to his friend J. T. Buckingham some years later, who published it anonymously in the "New England Magazine" in 1833. Not being a "Quakerly" poem it was never claimed by Whittier as his, and was generally credited to Ethan Allen (the Vermont historian). Nearly 40 years after it was written it appeared with Whittier's name, and when some controversy arose about its real authorship, Whittier wrote a letter to the Boston "Transcript " acknowledging it, in which he said in part: 66 ... How the secret [of its authorship] was discovered a few years ago, I have never known. I have never intentionally written anything in favor of war, but a great deal against it.” The poem is reprinted verbatim in Whittier's Life and Letters, Vol. 1, pp. 68-70. The historical notes at the foot of the broadside were |