minutiae, is imbedded in our earliest recollections; but it is rather in
its relation to the _abstract truth_ it embodies,--as exhibiting a law
in the relation of the human mind to its Invisible protector--the
apparent sacrifice of the _individual_ in the grand movements for the
_race_,--it is in this light, rather than as an historical exhibition,
that I venture to claim for it, as here presented, the indulgent
attention of my readers.

THE AUTHOR.
_New-York, July 7th_, 1839.





THE

BRIDE OF FORT EDWARD,

A DRAMATIC STORY.


SCENE. _Fort Edward and its vicinity, on the Hudson, near Lake George_.


PERSONS INTRODUCED.

_British and American officers and soldiers_.

_Indians employed in the British service_.