Words Of William E Chandler Address Of June 8 1915 On The 150th Anniversary Of The Chartering Of The Town Of Concord Classic Reprint

Author : William Eaton Chandler
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333984304
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Reminiscences and Events in Concord's History (Classic Reprint) written by William Eaton Chandler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reminiscences and Events in Concord's History Mr. Henry Robinson was mayor, and earnestly promoted by him while mayor and afterwards), for the creation of the City History commission, and in the act of incorporation of the commission which passed the state legislature on March 24, 1903; and to Mr. Hadley was assigned the most honorable and most laborious work of the commission, the General Narrative. This comprises sixteen chapters with 547 pages. It begins with the original occupation of the Merrimack valley, the grant of Penacook plantation, the transition to Mt. Amos the township of Rumford, and the organization of Concord, and it passes on through the Revolution, the events growing out of the Revolution, the War of 1812, the location of the capital at Concord, the general progress and the various political events preceding the adoption of the city charter in 1853, the advance of the city during the Civil War, and the events following the war, and it specially gives! Attention to the closing decades from 1880 to 1900. No portion of Mr. Hadley's work appears to have been carelessly written. It is full and precise and graphic in narrative and description, and Concord will always owe to Mr. Hadley a debt of gratitude for his most faithful service and his most satisfactory accomplishment. In a most felicitous termination Mr. Hadley attaches great importance in the History of Concord to the period between 1880 and 1900. He says (p. 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.