History Of The Town Of Bedford

Author : Abram English Brown
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265238356
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891 written by Abram English Brown and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891: Embracing an Account of Indian Claims and Troubles; Colonial Grants; Sketches of Its Heroes; Its Part in the Struggle for Independence and the War for Nationality; Its Burial Grounds and Epitaphs; Its Industrial Success, and a Record of Its Whole Progress This volume is the outcome of a contract with the publishers Of the History of Middlesex County to prepare a sketch of Bedford for that work, and of a series of papers read at the request of the citizens in public at different times. Any seeming disconnection of subjects is due to the fact of the first twenty chapters having been prepared for the above-named work, and printed without regard to issuing a town history. It is to be regretted that a volume of this character had not been completed at an earlier period and by other and abler hands. Two sons Of the town, representatives of a' generation ear lier, began the work, but died before its completion. Such fragmentary notes of the late John W. Simonds as have been preserved have been at our command, but we have not had access to the more extended manuscripts Of the late' Josiah A. Stearns. Various reasons have conspired to lead us to issue this volume. First, the rapidly thinning ranks of those who have stood as oracles, beyond the allotted age Of man: since the preparation of this volume began, several aged people, who had treasured up a great store of anecdotes and incidents, have passed away, and with others the ear has grown dull, the eye dim, and the under standing clouded. In the anticipation Of these changes we garnered some sheaves from their store-houses, and record them as precious memorials. 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.