..Under the crown, American history; . MASON COMPANY, Boston, Mass. Copyright PERRY MASON COMPANY, Boston, Mass. SEP 13.: 2A9AW9 CONTENTS. Page THE DISCOVERYTHE HUGUENOTS IN FLORIDARATCLIFFES CONSPIRACY .HUDSONS DISCOVERIESTHE FIRST YANKEES .THE FIRST HOME IN BOSTONSTEVENSEN AND VAN HORNEMARQUETTES DISCOVERY . DIANTHE AND THE WITCHTHE REGICIDESTHE PURITAN PARSONTHE WESLEYS IN GEORGIACOLONIAL MERRYMAKING .WASHINGTON AT BEL VOIRTHE RESCUE James Parton 3 Max Owen 9 Ellen Mackubin 17 Max Owen 33 James Parton 37 Charles Adams 43 Martin M. Foss 49 Hezekiah Butterworth 62 Helen Kane 67 . Rebe


..Under the crown, American history; . MASON COMPANY, Boston, Mass. Copyright PERRY MASON COMPANY, Boston, Mass. SEP 13.: 2A9AW9 CONTENTS. Page THE DISCOVERYTHE HUGUENOTS IN FLORIDARATCLIFFES CONSPIRACY .HUDSONS DISCOVERIESTHE FIRST YANKEES .THE FIRST HOME IN BOSTONSTEVENSEN AND VAN HORNEMARQUETTES DISCOVERY . DIANTHE AND THE WITCHTHE REGICIDESTHE PURITAN PARSONTHE WESLEYS IN GEORGIACOLONIAL MERRYMAKING .WASHINGTON AT BEL VOIRTHE RESCUE James Parton 3 Max Owen 9 Ellen Mackubin 17 Max Owen 33 James Parton 37 Charles Adams 43 Martin M. Foss 49 Hezekiah Butterworth 62 Helen Kane 67 . Rebecca Harding Davis 82 . Manley H. Pike 88 Walter Leon Sawyer 97 James Parton 104 Mrs. Burton Harrison 110 . Ellen Mackubin 116 TWO HISTORIC LANDMARKSELIZABETHS CHOICE .THE CATAMOUNT TAVERNTHE MIDDLE PLANTATION .THE LITTLE REBEL; . POLLY CALLENDAr! ., WARRENS LAST SPEECH . Clarence P. Elmery 131 ,M. E. M. Davis 136 . Benson J. Lossing 150 $enson J. Lossing 156 . ! Nora Perry 165 Margaret Fenderson 174 James Parton 184 THE FIRST HE TOOK FORMAL POSSESSION. THE DISCOVERY. THE fascinating book which led to the dis-covery of America was the Travels of MarcoPolo, describing Asia about the year deeply impressed the imaginative andreligious mind of Columbus, and furnished himwith an irresistible argument when he asked theassistance of Queen Isabella of Spain. When he spoke to King Ferdinand on thesubject, no doubt he dwelt upon the spices, therubies and the gold, and of the king, whosepalaco roof was made of the precious metal;but when he spoke to the queen, a devoted andenthusiastic Catholic, we may be sure that helaid the greatest stress upon the story in MarcoPolo, of the great emperor who had asked thePope to send him a hundred Christian may be quite certain that this was the argu-ment which induced the queen to favor theexpedition and offer her jewels to promote it. I do not doubt that Columbus himself fullyappreciated the rubies and the gold describedb


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