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Excerpt from The World's Story, Vol. 13: A History of the World in Story, Song, and Art
All rights in material used in this volume are reserved by the holders of the copyright. The publishers and others named in the subjoined list are the proprietors, either in their own right or as agents for the authors, of the selections taken by their permission from the works enumerated, of which the ownership is hereby acknowledged. The editor takes this opportunity to thank both authors and publishers for the ready generosity with which they have given permission to include these selections in "The World's Story."
"Mollie Pitcher," by Kate Brownlee Sherwood: published in the United States by Oliver Ditson Company (Boston), from whom the musical setting of this poem may be obtained.
"The Boys of '76," by Charles Carleton Coffin: published by Harper Brothers, New York.
"Our First Century," by R. M. Devens: published by C. A. Nichols Company, Springfield, Massachusetts.
"Colonial Holidays," by Walter Tittle: published by Doubleday, Page Company, Garden City, New York.
"Ballads of New Jersey in the Revolution," by Charles D. Platt: published by The Jerseyman Print, Morristown, New Jersey.
"A History of the People of the United States," by John Bach McMaster: copyright, 1883 and 1900, by D. Appleton & Company, New York.
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