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Title: A Little Maid of Old Maine

Author: Alice Turner Curtis

Release Date: January 11, 2007 [EBook #20340]

Language: English

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A LITTLE MAID OF OLD MAINE

BY
ALICE TURNER CURTIS

AUTHOR OF

A LITTLE MAID OF PROVINCE TOWN
A LITTLE MAID OF MASSACHUSETTS COLONY
A LITTLE MAID OF NARRAGANSETT BAY
A LITTLE MAID OF BUNKER HILL
A LITTLE MAID OF TICONDEROGA
A LITTLE MAID OF OLD CONNECTICUT
A LITTLE MAID OF OLD PHILADELPHIA
A LITTLE MAID OF OLD NEW YORK
A LITTLE MAID OF VIRGINIA

ILLUSTRATED BY ELIZABETH PILSBRY

THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA 1928

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COPYRIGHT
1920 BY
THE PENN
PUBLISHING
COMPANY

A Little Maid of Old Maine

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INTRODUCTION

"A LITTLE MAID OF OLD MAINE" is a true story of the brave effort of two
girls to bring help to a little settlement on the Maine coast at the
time of the War of the Revolution. Parson Lyon, the father of Melvina,
was a friend and correspondent of Washington, and the capture of the
English gunboat by the Machias men is often referred to in history as
"The Lexington of the Seas," being the first naval batt