PREFACE. 



In the preparation of this work, the Author has but 

 one object in view, namely — a desire to make the 

 inhabitants of his native country, Newfoundland, ac- 

 quainted with facts and incidents which came under his 

 own personal observation, and more particularly those 

 persons whose information regarding America (a country 

 which is destined to be the greatest upon which the sun 

 ever shone) is somewhat limited. In collecting mate- 

 rials for this work, the Author availed himself of the 

 works of Mr. Hay ward, the State Records, and local 

 pamphlets which fell in his way during his travels. He 

 has spared neither time nor labor to make it useful and 

 interesting. It must, however, be regarded more as a 

 compilation than as containing any great amount of ori- 

 ginal matter. The Author has visited the principal 

 manufactories of the New England States, with the ex- 

 ception of Vermont, conversed with the superintendents 

 and most of the operatives employed in the mills, and in 

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