The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 6., Historical papers, The boy captives, page 405

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[405] thing, simple legends of the past like that which we have transcribed have undoubtedly lost in a great degree their interest. The lore of the fireside is becoming obsolete, and with the octogenarian few who still linger among us will perish the unwritten history of border life in New England.

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1888-89.

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