Stories of New Jersey

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Stories of New Jersey,by Frank Richard StocktonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Stories of New JerseyAuthor: Frank Richard StocktonRelease Date: February 28, 2008 [eBook #24713]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STORIES OF NEW JERSEY*** E-text prepared by wainwra, Suzanne Shell,and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net) Stories of New JerseyBYFRANK R. STOCKTONNEW YORK—CINCINNATI—CHICAGOCopyright, 1896, byAMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.STO. OF N. J.W. P. IPREFACE.This volume of stories, composed of historical incidents, or material connected with the history of New Jersey, is notintended to be a record, even in a condensed form, of the rise and progress of the State. The stories are arrangedchronologically, but there has been no attempt to give a complete and continuous account of events or epochs. Thematerial for the stories has been collected from many sources; and the selections have been made with regard to theinterest, the instructiveness, and as far as possible the novelty, of the matter chosen. There has been a constantendeavor, however, to present a series of historical incidents in a panoramic form, ...