Excerpt from Brother Jonathan, Vol. 1 of 3: Or the New Englanders About one year before the "Battle of Lexington;" a sharp skirmish between the New Eng land, or Yankee bush-fighters, and his majesty's troops, who were sent over to keep the peace, in the revolutionary war of North America, there came to the household of a Yankee presbyterian preacher, of Connecticut (one of the New Eng land states) a stranger, of whom nobody knew any thing, except what he chose to tell of himself; either when he came, or when he went away. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Brother Jonathan, the Smartest Nation in All Creation, Vol. 1 of 3 For these alterations, and for the Cursory View of the Progress of America, which con eludes the third volume, the Editor alone stands answerable: although he has no doubt that the dander of our Brother Jonathan will be up by telling impartially what is reprehensible as well as what is worthy of all praise, in the domestic institutions and manners of america. We invite him most heartily to do the sam in respect to the great good, and numerous evils, which are deeply rooted in the institutions and manners, of, the United Kingdom of england. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Brother Jonathan, Vol. 3 of 3: The Smartest Nation in All Creation Playfair spent the first morning in the dock yard, where the carpenters were breaking up some of the ribs of Anson's old Centurion; two square pieces of which, cut out of one of the floor-timbers, the superintendent gave him: the one to present, on returning to England, at her drawing-room, to the queen; the other to make into a cigar-case for himself, and into snuff-boxes for the first lord of the Admiralty, and for several ancient but amiable spinsters, mutual friends of, not her majesty, but of Mr. Hugo Playfair. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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