title: Lost Treasures of American History
author:  W.C. Jameson 
description: W.C. Jameson is the author of over forty books and two hundred articles. He is also a songwriter and an entertainer. Former President of the Western Writers of America, he has twice won the Stirrup Award for best magazine article. He is an award-winning syndicated columnist with over 1,200 columns. He is well known for his compelling series on America's lost mines and buried treasure. <i>Billy the Kid: Beyond the Grave</i> is his most recent book for Taylor due in Winter 2005. He holds a Ph.D. in history.
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  # The Jamesons
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  I. THEY ARRIVE
  
  
  II. WE BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THEM
  
  
  III. MRS. JAMESON IMPROVES US
  
  
  IV. THEY TAKE A FARM
  
  
  V. THEIR SECOND SUMMER
  
  
  VI. THE CENTENNIAL
  
  
  
  
  
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  Produced by Jeff Kaylin and Andrew Sly
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Jamesons
  
  
  by
  
  
  Mary E. Wilkins
  
  
  Author of “A Humble Romance,”
  
  
  “A New England Nun,”
  
  
  “Pembroke,” “The People of Our
  
  
  Neighborhood,” etc.
  
  
  with pictures
  
  
  New York
  
  
  Doubleday &McClure Company
  
  
  Philadelphia
  
  
  Curtis Publishing Company
  
  
  1899
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### I. THEY ARRIVE
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Until that summer nobody in our village had ever taken boarders.
  
  
  There had been no real necessity for it, and we had always been rather
  
  
  proud of the fact. While we were certainly not rich—there was not one
  
  
  positively rich family among us—we were comfortably provided with all
  
  
  the necessities of life. We did not