Transcribed from the 1824 (second) edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
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THE
STRANGER
IN
SHREWSBURY:
OR,
AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE
VIEW
OF
SHREWSBURY
AND
ITS ENVIRONS.
BY THOMAS HOWELL.
SECOND EDITION.
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A lovely spot
For all that life can ask! Salubrious! mild!
Its hills are green: its woods and prospects fair!
Its meadows fertile! And to crown the whole
In one delightful word—it is our Home—
Our Native Place.COTTLE’S ALFRED.
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Shrewsbury:
PRINTED AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR,
And by the Booksellers in the County.
1824.
THE author cannot permit a second edition of the Stranger to issue from the press, without acknowledging the lasting obligation he is under to his fellow-townsmen, for the friendly patronage bestowed on its first appearance.
Shrewsbury,
May 18, 1824.