CONTENTS CHAWER PACE I THE ALPHABET OF COLONIAL STUDY ix ourms of Informariom BuperioriTm t r q r s, and Diarie o ver other KeXrTsX-Pilgrim, Puri tan, and Cavalier Dutchman, Huguenot, and Palatine. Rapidity of Colonial Grorv h. I1 THE CONTENTS OF AN ANCIENT GARRET . . . . . . . . . . I Sharon, Connecticut. When and how the Township was Settled. The Old House how it was Constructed who Lived in it the Papers kC n t cd. A PIONEER PASTOR . . . . . . 3 3 Rev. Henry Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut. TT roubles of a Wilderness Church. Lctter horn Samuel Smich of HadIey, Massachusetts, in 1698, describing Early Days in JVethersfield. The Ministers Will. A PIONEER HOME IN CONNECTICUT 59 The Cotning of Mrs. Margaret I k e and che Family of Captain John GallupJ Voyage of the Abignhl The Fist Homesteads the Second Generarion. Household Labor, A Brides Furnishings. V TWO HOUSES IN OLD NEW AMSTER D A M . ., . . . . ., . . 89 The Long Step fiom Connecticut to New York. Comforts of the Dutch. Mr. David Codwise CtlAPTER FAGR Tells of the Houses of his Grandfather and of Niclaes Evertsen, Grandson of Lieutenant-Admiral Jan Evertsen. I THE CARES OF THE HUYSVROUW . 107 Every Homcstcad a Manufactory. Slavery. o o d Providers. Spinning and JJeaving. Soap and Candle Making. IVashing. Bread and Yeast. Butter Making. Nursery Lore. 1 II THE ESCAPE OF A HUGUENOT FAMILY 123 Edict of Nantes and its Revwation. The Hu guei ot Exodus. rrs Carried A d Daniel LEstrange. A Huguenot c c T, ady in Waiting. An Effectual Disguise. To New Kochelle by IVar of khgland, 1 HPGUENOT HOMES IN E IiO CHELLE . . . . . . . . . . I39 Lifk less oilsome than with Most of the Colo nists. Attachment to the Services of their Church.Kefugccs not Colonists. Loyalty to the Land of their Adoption. Little Daintinesses of House Furnishing. IX HUGUENOr FVrIYS IN AMERICA ., I j Alterations in Narnes. Resentment toward their Native Land, l ifF rencles betn-cc11 French and English Calvinists. Schools Established by the Hugucrlots. Amusctnenta, and Ganlcs uf Courtesy. I X A COLONIAL J EDDINC . . . . . 167 Gallup and Chescbrough. Rev. IT7illiam IVorthirigton of Saybrook, Connecticut. Wedding Cusrt11-n. Quality and Commonal. The tTninvited Guests. A Jaliant Sappcr. XI LIFE OS AN EAKLY COLONIAL MANOR ., . . . - - . . . . H3 Tcrms of Grant. The First Lady of the Liv ingstun Manur. Extent of rhe Manor, CHAPTER PAGE XI1 PROSPEROUS DAYS ON A LATER, MANOR . . . . . . 97 f ncrease of the Clan in Numbers and Wealth. education. Margaret Eccckman Livingston, . Last Lady of the Manor of Clcrrnont. XI11 A COUNTRY PARSONS WIFE . . 205 Lakc, Gallup, Chesebrough, and Worthington Elliott, Chauncey, Hopkins, Ely, and Good rich. The Parsonage and its Furnishings. Fie and Flint. XIV HOME CARES IN A PARSONAGE . . 221 Madam Smiths Multiplied Employments. Small Incomes and Many Out-goes. J Ex acts fiom Madam Smiths Reminisccnccs. The Small pox. Hospitality. The Preaching of Whitcfield. I . XV SUNDAYS AND OTHER DAYS IN THE PARSONAGE . . . . . . . - 3 From Sunset to Sunset. The Weekly Ablution3 Care of the Teeth, Long Services. Catechiz ing. Sunday Night. Fashions and Clothes. An Evening of Sacrifice. XVI MANOR LADIES AS REFUGEES . . . 247 Flight of the Livingstons fiom Kingston and Clermont to Litchtield County, Connecticut. The Young Van Rensselaer. Westerlo. Vaughans Raid. Ladies as Hostlers. Husking Bees. XVII A LITERARY CLUB IN 177 rThe Cli0. J1 1 7 0 Diaries3 T T 8 h 1 e Sharan 267 Literary Club. Canfield. Spcnccr, News of Victory. Ta lors and Clothes. Chancellor Kent. Naah Webster. Holmes the Historian. XVIII NEW ENGLANDS FESTIVE DAY ...