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 |
COPYRIGHT 1920 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
A Little Maid of Old Maine |
Introduction
“A Little Maid of Old Maine” is a true story of the brave effort of twogirls to bring help to a little settlement on the Maine coast at thetime of the War of the Revolution. Parson Lyon, the father of Melvina,was a friend and correspondent of Washington, and the capture of theEnglish gunboat by the Machias men is often referred to in history as“The Lexington of the Seas,” being the first naval battle after theLexington encounter.
The story is based on facts, and its readers cannot fail to beinterested and touched by the co