Lewisiana, or the Lewis Letter, Vol. 9

Excerpt from Lewisiana, or the Lewis Letter, Vol. 9: July, 1898She was a remarkably active person for one of her years, and had pieced a large number of quilts, some even during the past year, and she was at work upon one when taken with her last illness.The deceased was born in Branford but had been a resident of this town for upward of seventy years.She was a daughter of John Tyler, who served in the revolution. He was one of the number who figured in the historic Boston harbor tea party, being one of those who assisted in throwing the tea overboard. He was also one of the party who went to England and returned on the same vessel which brought back the treaty of peace.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.