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Is there a Tory's Cave in this town?[edit]

I've created an article for Tory's Cave (Springfield, Vermont) but it's possible that the poem i copied into the article refers to some other Tory's Cave in Roxbury, N.H.

THE TORY'S CAVE
(The legend is of Roxbury, N.H., early founded by the Buckminsters, and now practically deserted.)
By Roxbury's deserted town,
Not a full mile outside,
Where oaks in rude defiance frown,
A Tory once did hide.
The mad rebellion 'gainst the king
Was little shared by him,
And so he dwelt, a hunted thing,
Within a cavern dim.

By Roxbury's deserted town
The trav'ler still decries
A rocky cave, half tumbled down,
Before his wond'ring eyes.
'Twas there the Tory dwelt of old,
'Twas there they found him dead,
'Twas there they laid him 'neath the mould
Within his lonely bed.

By Roxbury's deserted town
The summers come and go,
The sun's successive smile or frown
Above the winter snow.
Go ask Buckminster, if you will,
Who is that ghost-like knave?
He'll bid you hold your speech until
You've trod the Tory's Cave.

Here's the source.^[1]

If so, then this would be a new article to create, yet another "Tory's Cave" in New England. SageRad (talk) 14:05, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, it seems to be supported by this link which mentions "Batcheller's Cave". SageRad (talk) 16:33, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nice find! I think you're on to something here. --Ken Gallager (talk) 19:26, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Meloon, F.H. (1903). "The Tory's Cave". The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to ... 34: 315. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[Meloon-1] Meloon, F.H. (1903). "The Tory's Cave". The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to ... 34: 315. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

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