Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of (14577296368)

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Title: Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, editor Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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36o PICTURESQUE AMERICA. other features of luxurious rural elegance, where the rich and fashionable gathered andkept high revel. People were attracted to the town, not only because of the salubrity of the climateand the beauty of the scenery, but also by the fact that liberty of conscience ruledsupreme in Newport. Quakers lived unmolested there; Baptists built their first meet-ing-house there; Calvinists preached their sternest doctrines without offence; Hebrewscrowded their commodious synagogue ; Moravians opened their love-feasts to all whowould pay their fourpence-hapenny, distributing to each his sweet buns and cup of choc-
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View from Fort Adams. olate; and Churchmen prayed fervently for the king and all the royal family. Thesynagogue, built in 1762, stands to-day in as good repair as it ever was, although itsdoors are rarely if ever opened for public worship ; and old Trinity Church, erectednearly a century and a half ago, with its crown - surmounted spire, and huge, squarepews, with the wardens poles indicating where the dignitaries sit, and lofty pulpit, withits hexagonal sounding-board, and reading-pew and clerks seat planted far down theaisle, and ancient organ, presented by Bishop Berkeley, adorned with crown and mitre,and the little chancel, denuded of nothing but the lion and unicorn, which were takenfrom the wall after the Revolution and burnt by patriotic hands—every thing looking NEWPORT. 361 just as it did when ancient gentlemen in scarlet coats, and laced ruffles, and silverbuckles, and curled wigs, and ladies in their rich brocades, crowded the edifice, andreverently knelt while the priest