After an unquiet slumber of some three or four hours' duration, we arose, as if by Preconcert, to make examination of our treasure.
"Selections From Poe"
J. Montgomery Gambrill
We cannot absolutely know that all these exact adaptations are the result of Preconcert.
"The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 17"
Charles Francis Horne
As if by a common impulse, and without Preconcert, the immigrants met at Independence, Missouri, leaving there for Oregon, May 20, 1843. Peter H. Burnett, afterwards a Chief Justice of the Oregon Provisional Government, and the first Governor of the State of California, was the first Captain.
"Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon"
Frederick Van Voorhies Holman