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    Folded Brochure with a Mimeographed Copy of a Poem, Entitled: "A Nobscussett Legend," by Marcus Hall

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    Marcus Hall
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    Poem entitled: "A Nobscussett Legend"; Old and hoary legend; Rock that guards the entrance to the port; Cavern beneath the rock; Sea creatures within the cavern; Legend about an old and mad sailor; Description of washed ashore sailor, Jack-Sias; Jack-Sias' disregard for the people of the land; Jack-Sias's lifestyle as a hermit; Cabin below Old Point Bluff; Living off the land; Adoption of Native American ways; Jack's disappearance while fishing on the rock; Queer "squid-hound"; Native American's capture of the squid-hound; Discovery of Jack's body; Rock named for Jack
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    A one sheet folded brochure of four-pages, with a poem entitled: "A Nobscussett Legend," by Marcus Hall; concerns the story and fate of a washed-up fisherman named Jack-Sias. It is a mimeographed copy and has a crude drawing at the top of the first page
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