| Vol. I.—No. 16. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | Price Four Cents. |
| Tuesday, February 17, 1880. | Copyright, 1880, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
"DON'T YOU WISH YOU COULD GET IT?"GENERAL PRESCOTT AND THE YANKEE BOY.
BY BENSON J. LOSSING.
General Prescott, commanding the British forces on Rhode Island in 1777,was a petty tyrant, imperious, irascible, and cruel. He would commandcitizens of Newport who met him on the streets to take off their hats indeference to him, and if not obeyed, he would knock them off with hiscane. If he saw a group of citizens talking together, h
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