Author: Wm T. Cogswell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-03

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9780267689361

Excerpt from History of Rockville, From 1823 to 1871: Including Also a Brief Sketch of Facts Which Ante-Date the Incorporation of Vernon, and Bring Dates Up to the Time When This History Begins The first chapter was written in an idle hour, while the writer was meditating on the past and present condition of this once barren heath, and now the head center of business for Tolland County. The first number was passed through the Post Office, directed to the journal, Signed, with the initial 0. Contrary to expectation, inquiry was raised to find the author, and demand more of the same sort of Roc. Lle history. The Editor of the journal was consulted whether he would print more than the first number. The answer was, I will print all you'll write. Until I had written up to 1840 I had no expectation of having the articles printed in pamphlet form. From the absence of any record to assist, and often conflicting memories, - and from the death of nearly all who were familiar with the early history and settlement of Rockville, it is probable that events as narrated are somewhat imperfect. Each chapter was written for the last or finale; which, being the case, many repetitions occur in two or three chapters which would not, if I had preserved my manu script either written or printed. The first chapter introduced into this volume is from the pen of Mr. 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.