CHAPTER XVI.—THE OLDEN TIME.

Wealth and Rank of the Ancient Families. Their Vast Landed Estates. Distinctions in Dress. Veneration for the Patroon. Kip's Mansion. Days of the Revolution. Mr. John Adams' Journal. Negro Slavery. Consequences of the System. General Panic.

VII. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. Benjamin Franklin.

A PICTURE OF THE

STRUGGLES OF OUR INFANT NATION,

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

“Print me as I am.”—Cromwell. CONTENTS.