Excerpt from The Battle of Bennington A summer Visitor who takes an in terest in the local history of New England, has only to arrive there, to learn that the charming Village of Bennington Centre, or Old Ben nington, is not the least in its ap peal. It was the scene of some of the most remarkable incidents in the romantic early history of Vermont. There the State of Vermont was born.' The white meeting-house, a hundred years old, stands on the green, opposite the oldest inn in the State. Near this the first settler2built ...
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Excerpt from The Battle of Bennington A summer Visitor who takes an in terest in the local history of New England, has only to arrive there, to learn that the charming Village of Bennington Centre, or Old Ben nington, is not the least in its ap peal. It was the scene of some of the most remarkable incidents in the romantic early history of Vermont. There the State of Vermont was born.' The white meeting-house, a hundred years old, stands on the green, opposite the oldest inn in the State. Near this the first settler2built his log cabin. His sturdy wife, in his absence, when the wolves came howling round at night, seized fire brands from her hearth, opened the door, waved the pieces of burning wood, shouted with all her strength, and the wild beasts retreated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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