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VASSALL MORTON.

A Novel.




BY

FRANCIS PARKMAN,

AUTHOR OF "HISTORY OF THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC," AND "PRAIRIE AND
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE."




  Ecrive qui voudra! Chacun a ce metier,
  Peut perdre impunement de l'encre et du papier.
                                             BOILEAU.




BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY.

1856.




Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1856, by

PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.




STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.




Vassall Morton.




CHAPTER I.

  Remote from towns he ran his godly race.--_Goldsmith_.


"Macknight on the Epistles,--that's the name of the book?"

"Yes, sir, if you please. I am desirous of consulting it with a
view--"

"Well, this way, Mr. Jacobs. Here's the librarian. Mr. Stillingfleet,
let me introduce my friend, the Reverend Mr. Jacobs, of West
Weathersfield."

"I am proud to make your acquaintance, sir," said Mr. Jacobs, taking
the librarian's hand