D. APPLETON & CO., 549 and 551 Broadway, HAVE JUST PUBLISHED PETERS'S GENERAL HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT. The Rev. Samuel Peters's original "History of Connecticut, from its First Settlement to its Latest Period of Amity with Great Britain, prior to the Revolution ; London, 1781." To which are added, Additions to Appendix, Notes, and Extracts from Letters verifying many important statements made by the Author. By SAMUEL JARVIS MCCORMICK. Dr. Peters's "History of Connecticut" was pub- | the ship "Fox;" the singular custom of bundling in lished in London in 1781, and but few copies of the the colony, etc., with many amusing anecdotes; the work came to this country. Its truthfulness was so story of the love affair of the deacon's daughter, etc. unpalatable to a portion of the New England people, Also a full description of all the towns in Connectithat tradition says they had the copies collected, and cut, giving the manners, customs, and habits of the burned by the public hangman, and the republication people at that period, with the products and manuof it prohibited by the court. factures of the country. Among the many amusing incidents and historical facts contained in the work, are those of the original 'Blue Laws" of the colony, prohibiting the making of mince-pies, shaving, walking (except reverently to and from meeting), or a mother kissing her child upon the Sabbath-day; the ridiculous fright of the Wendham County Braves, by the troops of frogs; Jonathan Trumbull's base treatment of Dr. Peters, and his action regarding the destruction of the teas in Boston Harbor; John Hancock's duplicity in instigating the destruction of the teas, for the purpose of disposing of his own stock; the barbarous treatment of the Rev. Mr. Beach, by dragging him across the Osootonoc River by the neck, for praying for the royal family during divine service; Benedict Arnold and Colonel Wooster's attack on Dr. Peters, who defends himself; his escape from Boston, and meeting the trooper in search of him; his concealment in the cave on the sea-shore, and escape to England in Mr. James Hammond Trumbull, the author of the work entitled "The True Blue-Laws of Connecticut and New Haven, and the False Blue-Laws invented by the Rev. Samuel Peters," attempts to throw discredit upon the history, and accuses Dr. Peters of inventing these "Blue-Laws," when, in fact, the laws mentioned, it will be found, were in force a century before he was born. The work having now become very rare (so much so that a copy in March last brought, at a public auction, the great price of $115), the editor has been induced to republish it, for the purpose of laying before the public both sides of the question (they having heretofore had but one side), giving them an opportunity to judge for themselves of its truthfulness; using such notes and quotations from authors and writers of high standing, and from unpublished documents, manuscripts, and journals, belonging to the late Dr. Peters, as have come into his possession since Mr. Trumbull's work appeared. One vol., 12m0. Cloth. Price, $1.50. SENT, POST-PAID, ON RECEIPT OF THE PRICE PETERSONS' "DOLLAR SERIES" OF NEW AND GOOD NOVELS ARE THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST BOOKS PUBLISHED IN THE WORLD. Each are in One Volume, in Red and Blue Vellum, Gold and Black. Price, $1.00 each. VOLUME SIX IS NOW READY. THE MAN OF THE WORLD. BY WILLIAM NORTH. Complete in One Large 12mo Volume. 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