The History Of Sanford Maine 1661 1900

Author : Edwin Emery
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330396773
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book The History of Sanford written by Edwin Emery and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of Sanford The author of the following pages devoted the leisure of twenty years, until within a few weeks of his death in the autumn of 1895, to gathering and arranging facts for a narrative history of the town of Sanford. With no thought of gain, without hope of reward other than that which comes from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed, he set himself to the task, bringing to it not only a love for historical research, but (the compiler, through filial regard, will be pardoned for saying) a mind well adapted, both by nature and habit of thought, for the prosecution of the work in a logical, discriminating and methodical manner. Conscientious and painstaking, he sought to make his history reliable and thorough, deeming no detail too trivial for the most careful and ofttimes laborious verification. Possessed of that robust health which apparently betokened a long life, there never occurred to him the need of hastening the work, which, when his fatal illness overtook him, was still uncompleted. Having been asked to prepare the History of Sanford for publication, the compiler found, upon examination, that it was comprised within several volumes of bulky note books, and that while the major portion was written in extenso and arranged by subject matter, in other instances there were merely notes, unclassified memoranda, copies of old documents, or additional data gathered subsequent to the writing of the earlier sections. Use has been made of all this material. Inasmuch as it was desired to preserve the original manuscripts intact, it has been necessary to transcribe the work entire for the printers, a task in itself of no small magnitude, and increased by attendant circumstances and conditions. 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.