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THE MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

Vol. XX.

CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER, 1888.

Portrait of Colonel William Leete Stone, (See page 315.).

The City of a Prince. A Romantic Chapter in Texas History. I.

No. 4.

Frontispiece.

LEE C. HARBY.

ILLUSTRATIONS.-Scenes on the Comal River, Texas, from Photographs-Portrait of Carl Friedrich, Prince of Solms-Braunfels-Portrait of Count Correth, of the Tyrol-Historic Oak Tree, under which Prince Solms-Braunfels and Council held their first meeting-New Braunfels Beer Garden in 1845-Portrait of Otto, Baron Von Meusebach-New Braunfels Dramatic Club, 1850. The Site of Old Fort Massachusetts.

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ILLUSTRATION.-Picture of the Site of the Old Fort as it appears in 1888. Vindication of General Samuel Holden Parsons.

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Hon. GEORGE B. LORING.
An Unpublished Letter of John Adams. Written to Charles Holt, Editor of the New
London Bee.
CHARLES HOLT DUMMER
Hon. HORATIO KING.

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A Trip from New York to Niagara in 1829. Unpublished Diary of Colonel WILLIAM
LEETE STONE. Part I.
Minor Topics. Revolutionary Houses in New Jersey, scene of Washington's "Pretty
Little Frisk," by Andrew J. Mellick, Jr.-General Rufus Putnam's House in Rutland,
Massachusetts, where the Ohio Company originated, by J. A. Smith-Old English
Classic Style, by Rev. G. G. Hepburn.

Original Documents. Unpublished Letter of W. Heron to Sir Henry Clinton, from Private
Intelligence Papers contributed by W. E. Benjamin-Unpublished Letter of General
Rufus Putnam to Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge, contributed by E. C. Dawes.
Notes. Sheridan's Memory-Does Literature Pay?-The Women of Lima, South America
-The Battle of Harlem Heights-The Calvert Papers.

Queries. Washington's Portrait by Pine-List of the Settlers of Jamestown, Virginia.
Replies. Slavery in New Hampshire-The Huguenots-Congregations and Churches-
Ships and Troops at the beginning of the Revolution-The Huguenots, No. 2. .
Historic and Social Jottings.

Book Notices. The Federalist, edited by Lodge-Martin Van Buren, by Shepard—
Forman's Journey Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, 1789-'90, edited by Draper-
Studies in Criticism, by Florence Trail-Charles River, a poem, by Amory-Looking
Backward, by Bellamy-The Study of Politics, by Atkinson-History of Tennessee, by
Phelan-Early Days of Mormonism, by Kennedy-The Pioneer Press of Kentucky, by
Perrin-School History of the United States, by Chambers-Recollections of a
Drummer Boy, by Kieffer-Trees and Tree Planting, by Gen. Brisbrin.

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