Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society: At the Semi-Annual Meeting, Held in Boston, April 29, 1874 Hon. B. F. Thomas Spoke upon the importance of pro curing Local Town Histories, and authorized the Treasurer to draw on him for the sum Of two hundred dollars as his contribution towards securing such publications. Mr. Haven stated that they were anxious as far as was possible to add every valuable publication in this depart ment to the Library, and that the contribution so generously Offered by Judge thomas was most welcome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.