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Bowling Green State University
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| Series: |
New York Weekly
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v. 15 no. 42
— page 7 |
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Sketch |
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New York Weekly, v. XV, no. 42, September 13, 1860 (Issue) |
| Author: |
Starbuck, Roger, 1837-
(pseudonym used by Comstock, Augustus, 1837-)
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| Date: |
September 13, 1860 |
| First Sentence: |
The hull of the old Betsey Sparkler was not long since split up for firewood ; and I have no doubt that the withered crones living on the bleak Nantucket shore thanked God for the circumstance, as they warmed their shriveled hands by the shattered beams that blazed in their respective fire-places ; for the owners of the ship had kindly allowed them to take possession of the wood-work of the condemned bark, which when cut up into its thousands of fragments, afforded each one fuel enough to last for six months, at the least calculation. |
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