“‘Tis New-Year’s eve, in Quakertown (Dartmouth)”
Shiels, Andrew. The Witch of the Westcot: a Tale of Nova-Scotia, In Three Cantos; And Other Waste Leaves of Literature. Halifax: J. Howe, 1831. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433074874946
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