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Identifier: magazineofamericv18stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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r guests. The weirdghost stories and legends whichhave been perpetuated by the de-scendants of the old servants ofthe families would fill a volume ;this class of people seem to havebeen superstitious in the extreme.On one occasion a quaint looking-glass found stored away in theattic was exhumed and hung onthe wall of one of the bed-rooms.It so happened that this room wassoon afterward occupied by an oldnurse of the family. Some weekspassed by, when it accidentallycame to the knowledge of thehousehold that the woman wassleeping at night with her headentirely covered with the bed-clothes. On being asked thereason, she said the looking-glasswas haunted — that every night,at midnight, some of the ladieswho had been reflected in-it yearsand years ago came back to see whowas in the room where it hung!The delusion was such a prettyone that the woman was givenapartment and the haunted looking-glass held dear for its portraitsf which may be seen in the sketch ; and unless some of the curious
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I HE HAUNTED LOOKING-GLASS. \Engraved from a photograph.) THE MANOR OF SHELTER ISLAND 389 damsels of the past break it in peering into the present, it will doubtless behanded along to posterity as a priceless treasure. The dwelling is filledwith heirlooms of the most captivating character, keepsakes from ancestorson many a well-known tree, that have descended through the centuries.The Brinleys of Cromwell memory are here represented by relics; a tor-toise shell snuff-box with heads, in silver, of William and Mary was a giftnearly two hundred years ago to one of the Sylvesters ; the only originalletter known to exist, in the handwriting of Lion Gardiner, the founder ofthe manor of Gardiners Island, is here preserved ; and we might go on in-definitely had we the space for a catalogue. The main part of the house islarge and roomy. The entrance hall is patterned after those of a formercentury, and the stairs are unique in construction. Few dwellings inAmerica have welcomed more celebritie

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