Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Puritan” in chapter 522 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1.:
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A single file of soldiers, however, marched the fugitive from State street to the lower end of Long Wharf, through miles of streets packed with valorous fanatics, who did nothing but sing old Puritan hymns, with a most hideous and barbarous disregard to metre.--Richmond Examiner
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