PREFACE IT is scarcely nccessary to offer an apology for intrl1dmg upon public notice the contents of the following pages. iVhocver rescues fr0111 the rt1in of years the primaries of his count1"' does his nation a perpetual service, The things herein written have been the products of enthus'iasJ11-the offspring- of de1ight. The romance of L. the thing~ has b-~'cDme more and more real as the compilation has proceeded, until the Titer has become seized of the cOI1Yiction that other people should be afforded the privilege of sharing in a delight yhich they could not but appreciate, There has been no desire to parade either a person or a family. :but the cOl1yiction has grown that throt1gh the a,g'ency of a family. and in its scattered heirlooms, there were conserved invalt1able ger ms of national life. and that matters of more than common importance nllght to be put into some tangible form. capable of presenation for the he~1efi.t of future historians, At
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CONTENTS; PART 1; CHAPTER I; PAGE; An Agent in scattering the Se·ed; CHAPTER II; Vhe re the Seed grew 5; CHAPTER III; Seed Sowing II; CHAPTER IV; Harn<;ting without Storing; CHAPTER V; Bearing Another's Bllrdens 25; CHAPTER VI; 1 he l{lghteotts lI1an 33; CHAPTER VII; Carrying the Seed to America 40; CHAPTER VIII; The Seed 49; CHAPTER IX; Settlement in Nova Scotia 60 CHAPTER X; Peter Miller-His Descendants and their Influence; 'CHAPTER XI; In the Land 0'£ the Napanee-Garr,ett Miller, UEL; CHAPTER XII; Pioneering '; CHAPTER XIII; Outspreading; CHAPTER XIV; Cousins far removed; CHAPTER XV; New Starting Points-Old Principles; Introductory; Genera"tions I-HI; Generation IV; Generation V; Generation VI; Generation VII; Generation Vlll; Generation IX; Appendix; PART II; P,GE; 77; 95; · 107; · II8; · 142; · ISS; 163; 164; 166; 16g; 177; 192; 207; 215; 217 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Portrait of Author; Philip Embury; Catherine Embury Fisher; Vi-ews of
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