A COLONIAL APPARITION
A STORY OF THE CAPE FEAR
BY JAMES SPRUNT
READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF NORTH CAROLINA
FIRST EDITION
FINE - CONDITION
Protected in a clear, clean, acid-free, archival sleeve with paperboard backing.
Original, Clean, Tight, Antique Wrap/Booklet
Illustrated
PUBLISHED BY HARPER’S STEAMBOAT LINE, MORNING STAR ELECTRIC POWER PRESSES, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, IN 1909
THORTON 13205 - OUT-OF-PRINT
This original, first edition, 108-year old, antique wrap booklet presents a ghost story about a terrible storm that devastates the Carolina coasts, causing many shipwrecks, and about the ghost of Scottish settlers during the American Revolution.
In the story, the mail boat Wilmington is docked in Wilmington, North Carolina, but must push through the storm to deliver its passengers and parcels to Southport. The ferry is frequently held up by the driving wind and sleet, and Captain Harper and a mysterious passenger named McMillan swap old colonial tales to pass the time.
McMillan recounts stories of the Scottish settlers to the Cape Fear region. He tells Captain Harper the ghost story of how three Highlanders, including his great-grandfather William McMillan, were captured by the British in Robeson County during the American Revolution. They were imprisoned in a floating jail that was anchored in the harbor of old Brunswick, near Sugar Loaf. All of the prisoners were executed except for McMillan’s ancestor, who daringly escaped as he stood before his executioners. After the Captain hears McMillan’s tale, he feels uneasy. The Wilmington is struggling against the wind and waves when a piercing cry rings out on the water. Suddenly, a primitive rowing barge, covered with barnacles and seaweed, appears beside them. Two skeletal figures, bound with chains and dressed in ragged Highlander garb, stood on the barge’s deck. Had the passengers and crew of the ferry seen the ancient prison ship and the ghosts of its unfortunate Scottish prisoners?
This original, first edition booklet is in excellent overall condition. The exterior wrap has light smudging, but the booklet is in fine condition otherwise. The booklet has tight binding throughout. The interior is clean and the pages are in excellent condition. There isn’t a mark in the booklet; it has no writing, smudging, foxing, stamps or pasteboards. It is not an ex-library booklet. The booklet is protected in a clear, acid-free, archival sleeve with paperboard backing. 16 pages. An excellent condition, original, first edition, antique wrap/booklet.
A COLONIAL APPARITION
A STORY OF THE CAPE FEAR
BY JAMES SPRUNT
READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF NORTH CAROLINA
FIRST EDITION
FINE - CONDITION
Protected in a clear, clean, acid-free, archival sleeve with paperboard backing. Original, Clean, Tight, Antique Wrap/Booklet
Illustrated PUBLISHED BY HARPER’S STEAMBOAT LINE, MORNING STAR ELECTRIC POWER PRESSES, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, IN 1909 THORTON 13205 - OUT-OF-PRINT
This original, first edition, 108-year old, antique wrap booklet presents a ghost story about a terrible storm that devastates the Carolina coasts, causing many shipwrecks, and about the ghost of Scottish settlers during the American Revolution.
In the story, the mail boat Wilmington is docked in Wilmington, North Carolina, but must push through the storm to deliver its passengers and parcels to Southport. The ferry is frequently held up by the driving wind and sleet, and Captain Harper and a mysterious passenger named McMillan swap old colonial tales to pass the time.
McMillan recounts stories of the Scottish settlers to the Cape Fear region. He tells Captain Harper the ghost story of how three Highlanders, including his great-grandfather William McMillan, were captured by the British in Robeson County during the American Revolution. They were imprisoned in a floating jail that was anchored in the harbor of old Brunswick, near Sugar Loaf. All of the prisoners were executed except for McMillan’s ancestor, who daringly escaped as he stood before his executioners. After the Captain hears McMillan’s tale, he feels uneasy. The Wilmington is struggling against the wind and waves when a piercing cry rings out on the water. Suddenly, a primitive rowing barge, covered with barnacles and seaweed, appears beside them. Two skeletal figures, bound with chains and dressed in ragged Highlander garb, stood on the barge’s deck. Had the passengers and crew of the ferry seen the ancient prison ship and the ghosts of its unfortunate Scottish prisoners?
This original, first edition booklet is in excellent overall condition. The exterior wrap has light smudging, but the booklet is in fine condition otherwise. The booklet has tight binding throughout. The interior is clean and the pages are in excellent condition. There isn’t a mark in the booklet; it has no writing, smudging, foxing, stamps or pasteboards. It is not an ex-library booklet. The booklet is protected in a clear, acid-free, archival sleeve with paperboard backing. 16 pages. An excellent condition, original, first edition, antique wrap/booklet.
