THE following Ballad, in the Chevy Chase Style, was cut from a
Newspaper sixteen years ago. No one at this Day will probably require
to be informed who was the Author of it, as but _one_ Person probably
_could_ have written it. I have not looked over the Poems of Mr.
Whittier to see if it be there. Any one having an inclination may do
so. The Introduction accompanied it, on its first appearance:
The following Ballad is handed in for Preservation as illustrative of
that dark Period in our local History. Giles Corey and his Wife lived
in what is now Danvers, and the Spot is now pointed out on the Estate
of Hon. Daniel P. King where their House formerly stood. The Localities
are fast fading out from Remembrance, and I venture the Suggestion that
it may be in the Province of the Historical Department of our Essex
Institute to mark them by some permanent Monumental Erection.--_Salem
Observer._