Author: Adin Ballou

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 9781332310968

Excerpt from History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement to 1881 This History of Milford was commenced, under an engagement with the town authorities, in the spring of 1876, and has occupied nearly all the time I could spare from other regular duties during nearly six years. It has proved a more laborious undertaking than at first I anticipated. It also covers more ground, and is more elaborate, than I then contemplated. But, getting fairly started, the vista opened before me in widening expansion; and I saw that I could not produce such a volume as would at once do honor to the town and myself, without enlarging its scope, particularity, and comprehensiveness. I therefore did so, with more labor and pains than anybody can appreciate who has not executed some similar enterprise. The results now appear in their very ample proportions, subject to the various criticisms of divergent mental judgment. I have had hard work to satisfy myself, and do not expect the unanimous approval of others; yet I hope the majority of my judges will pronounce favorably. I do not claim perfection, either in matter or style. Doubtless my general arrangement has faults, my execution errors, and my specification inaccuracies; but I have been at great pains to render these as few and unimportant as the nature of such a work permitted. Probably I have been too prolix on some topics, too brief on others, and too omissive on others. Also, that in my biographical sketches I have over-eulogized some, under-eulogized others, and neglected to eulogize several who deserved creditable notice. But in all these, as in other respects, I have followed my own best judgment, and do not shrink from the responsibility. 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.