Author: Amey M. Hillyer,
Title: A New England Sleighing Frolic nd other Poems.
Description: Boston, Frank Wood Printer, 1884. 1st ed. G some pages loosening, rough spots to binding edges. Two-page author's introduction. Adlngton was born in Temple Street, Boston, Massachusetts, December 24, 1789 and died in. Weymouth, Mass. on Palm Sunday, April 6, 1884. His father Elisha Adlington was of English birth and his mother, Amey (Mores) Adlington was of Scotch descent. His mother waqs devotedly attached to the Church of England, into which Francis Mores was baptized at a very early age. His mother was early left a widow with 11 children and Frank was in the employ of an English wholesale merchant in Boston, named Rogers but Frank preferred to learn the tailor's trade. After setting up in business for himself, he married Mary Turell of Boston in 1812. She died in 1821. In 1824 he moved to Weymouth and in 1829 married Abigail Whitman Benson of that town. His most marked trait was patriotism and his father's home in Boston was the rendezvous for the old Revolutionary heroes and their families. When the nation called in 1812 for aid to protect their sons on the seas, he eagerly sprang forward, the only volunteer in his company. When too old to serve in the Civil War, all four of his sons volunteered. He was known as Grandp a Adlington to all the children in the village, many who visited with a flower, song or poem, or even a kind word. His earliest published poem was written on "Woman" in whose praise he always sang. It appeared in the Ladies' Magazine, Boston. His pen was always on te side of freedom. A friend and admirer of Garrison, he often contributed to the Liberator. A strong advocate of temperance, his song rang through the country in old Washingtonian times. Brown binding, gilt title box on front cover, all edges gilt, first page of table of contents missing, loosened pages.

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