NP but Hawthorne

[Mark Kohut]

Reading into The House of the Seven Gables for the first time since my
forced youth, I discover this: Early, Chapter 1, when Matthew Maule is introduced
we are told that he had long inhabited his shaggy thatched hut but that Colonel Pyncheon,
a man with an iron energy of purpose had asserted proprietary claims on that land
(and a larger tract adjacent to it) when it became desirable through legislative action and 
 
"It appears to be at least a matter of doubt whether Colonel Pyncheon's claim were not
unduly stretched to make it cover the small metes and bounds of Matthew Maule."
No written records. a matter of Tradition. 
 
Right here the probable theft of property for development. 
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