An Old Town by the Sea - Classic Reprint Author:Thomas Bailey Aldrich AN OLD TOWN BY THE SEA — I — CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH — I call it an old town, but it is only relatively old. When one reflects on the countless centuries that have gone to the formation of this crust of earth on which we temporarily move, the most ancient cities on its surface seem merely things of the week before last. It was only the other day, then -... more » that is to say, in the month of June, 1603 -that one Martin Pring, in the ship Speedwell, an enormous ship of nearly fifty tons burden, from Bristol, England, sailed up the Piscataqua River. The Speedwell, numbering thirty men, officers and crew, had for consort the Discoverer, of twenty-six tons
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; I Captain John Smith; II Along the Water Side; III A Stroll about Town; IV A Stroll about Town (continued) V Old Strawberry Bank ; VI Some Old Portsmouth Profiles ; VQ Personal Reminiscences ; Index of Names
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