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The Morristown Ghost
The Morris-Town Ghost. An Account of the Beginning, Transactions and Discovery of Ransford Rogers, who seduced many by pretended Hobgoblins and Apparitions, and thereby extorted Money from their pockets. In the County of Morris and State of New-Jersey, in the year 1788.
Originally printed 1792, reproduced in 1876 by L.A. Vogt, Morristown, New Jersey.
In 1788, Ransford Rogers promised some of Morristown's most prominent citizens a share of a large quantity of Tory gold said to be buried in Schooley's Mountain. Claiming knowledge of science and the power to dispel spirits guarding the stockpile of gold, Rogers relieved the Morristown citizens of their own money instead. Caught one night in his act of deception, Rogers was jailed, but escaped with the money. This account, first published in 1792, was printed five times over the years and eventually turned into a play. Whether as a legend of ghostly doings or a parable of human avarice and folly, the story of the "Morristown Ghost" has endured, capturing the interest of readers for over two centuries.
Cover
Publishers' Notice
Title Page of Facsimile
Title Page of Original
Preface
Pages 6-7
Pages 8-9
Pages 10-11
Pages 12-13
Pages 14-15
Pages 16-17
Pages 18-19
Pages 20-21
Pages 22-23
Pages 24-25
Pages 26-27
Pages 28-29
Pages 30-31
Page 32
Appendix Title Page
Pages 36-37
Pages 38-39
Pages 40-41
