and she could only moan, "Have you seen anything of John Salem Hyde today, Have you seen anything of John Salem Hyde?" After the officers had departed, and quiet had once more been restored, John appeared to tell his story.

When the officers were announced, unnoticed by anyone, he mounted the large open chimney and, securing a foothold on one of the cross sections, had remained there unseen and unheard until the officers were miles away.

His mother never regained her reason. Quiet as usual, she went about her daily tasks, but to everyone she saw, she asked the same questions "Have you seen anything of John Salem Hyde; have you seen anything of John Salem Hyde today?"

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The house mentioned in Miss Hull's story was bought by John Hull and burned about 1897.

Barn where American officers tried to secure Hyde.

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FOLLOWING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND,
OXFORD SEEKS ITS SEPARATION FROM THE TOWN OF DERBY.

"To the year 1798, Oxford was part and parcel of the town of Derby. As any matter of historical nature would be so much of Derby's history, we must consider Oxford people as a community in the parish capacity. About the year 1791,