Author: William Bassett

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 646

ISBN-13: 9781332311019

Excerpt from History of the Town of Richmond: Cheshire County, New Hampshire, From Its First Settlement, to 1882 In presenting this volume to the public, it is but proper to state that the work has grown to greater dimensions than was at first contemplated;but the enlargement has resulted not from the diffuseness in detail of a few special subjects, but rather from the brief consideration of many topics claiming attention. More than two years have now been devoted to the work, and still material which would add interest to its pages is by no means exhausted. It has been the design to give more prominence and fullness to the genealogical than to the historical part, as more interest often centres around the lives of individuals and families than can be awakened in the perusal of town annals which present quite frequently a painful sameness Important events which have transpired have not been overlooked, nor have such matters been ignored as seemed to change or effect the social, moral, or political condition of the people. Of the early settlers, those families that have shown the most vitality and the longest residence in the town have been given the greater space, and also those connected with the town by birth or residence who have been instrumental in promoting its general prosperity, or have been important factors in the development and growth of the varied interests to our country, have received special consideration, while those whose sojourn was so brief or unimportant as scarcely to leave a trace behind, we have rarely followed in their perigrinations. 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.