Historical Sketch Of Amherst

Author : John Farmer
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ISBN 13 : 9781332137589
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book An Historical Sketch of Amherst, in the County of Hillsborough written by John Farmer and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Historical Sketch of Amherst, in the County of Hillsborough: In New-Hampshire, From the First Settlement to the Present Period The Preservation of historical facts is supposed to confer an obligation on posterity. Though these facts may sometimes appear trivial when first brought to view, yet it is generally true, that they will acquire an importance proportionate to Heir antiquity. Those which are exhibited in the following Historical Sketch may be less interesting to us, than to posterity, who will best know how to appreciate their value. It is gratifying to an inquisitive mind, and imparts profitable instruction, to review the conduct and examine the records of those who have passed before us on the theatre of action. It is a subject of delight to recal the "days of other years;" - the days when the goodly heritage we now enjoy began to emerge from an uncultivated state - when the wilderness budded, and at a succeeding period, blossomed as the rose. It is obviously our duty to venerate the memory of those, to whom, under Providence, we are indebted for our civil and religious privileges, and cherish a remembrance for the principles which influenced their conduct. A few observations relating to the earliest European inhabitants of New-England may not be improper. Our fathers were a race of men peculiarly qualified to engage in settling a new country. They were men of courage, enterprize and perseverance. They were a religious people. The cause of religious freedom had a principal agency in their removal from their native country. "They were," says Dr. C.Mather, "a chosen company of men, picked out of, perhaps, all the counties of England." It was the remark of a worthy magistrate of the colony of Massachusetts, that "God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain into this wilderness." The first planters of the most ancient towns in New-England, were principally good substantial farmers or yeomen in England, or their immediate descendants. They were probably such as are described by Harrison, a writer of the sixteenth century, as follows. 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.