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"One of the earliest institutions in every New England community was a pair of stocks. The first public building was a meeting-house, but often before any house of God was builded, the devil got his restraining engine."

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About Alice Morse Earle

Alice Morse Earle was an American historian and writer known for works on daily life in colonial America. Her books helped popularize social history topics for general audiences. She died in 1911.

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