Author: Edward Wiggin

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-22

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9780365275626

Excerpt from History of Aroostook, Vol. 1: Comprising Facts, Names and Dates Relating to the Early Settlement of All the Different Towns and Plantations of the County This record of Mr. Wiggin, now in the custody of the Presque Isle Public Library, is in part in manuscript written in pencil, and in part consists 'of newspaper clippings of articles published at the time they were written. The whole series forms a voluminous and very important contribution to the early history of the County, but in its present shape is almost value less to the public, either for reference or for general reading. On account of the expense involved, no attempt has here tofore been made to get these notes into type, and to bind them in book form, for better preservation and for the purpose of more convenient reading and reference. It is the opinion of the writer that this should be done, and accordingly he has undertaken the work, and has taken the chance of incurring the very considerable expenditure of labor and money it will require, believing that a sufficient number of the printed volumes can be sold to cover the outlay involved. The published work is herewith presented to the people of Aroostook, and we believe that all who are interested in the his tory, growth and development of our great county will find this work of value and interest. The writer of this introductory notice plans to follow this with a supplementary volume, covering the different stages of development, the record of which since the date of this early history written by Mr. Wiggin, has been so marvelous a story of growth and prosperity. Though lacking the studious research which has gone into this admirable work of Mr. Wiggin, the supplement to fol low this, though more of a story or series of pictures, may be expected to contribute further and we hope fittingly and worth ily, to the record of Aroostook's wonderful progress. 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.