[ Tuthill / Hurrah for New England! ]
Louisa C. Tuthill(1798-1879) was an American author, prolific and quite popular in her time. She is now best-known for her young-adult fiction, such as this novel, first published in 1847.
Hurrah for New England!: A Virginia Boy's Vacation is a coming of age story in which young Pidgie travels to Newfoundland and various parts of New England, detailing his adventures in a series of letters to his young cousin. Newfoundlands are mentioned only once, in passing, in the second of Pidgie's letters:
Just now I heard a rolling of small wheels, and then the barking of a dog. Forgetting where I was, I thought of you and Watch [Bennie's dog], and walked to the window actually expecting to see you, with Watch in his new harness, drawing the little wagon. I only saw a strange boy, rolling a wheelbarrow along, with a great Newfoundland dog at his side, which I should have bought for you if I could have sent it back to Virginia.