Author: William I. Budington

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-21

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780484320849

Excerpt from The History of the First Church, Charlestown: In Nine Lectures, With Notes The following Discourses were prepared in the ordi nary course of my ministry, and delivered at a stated monthly lecture during the Winter of 1842 - 3. It was originally my intention to condense the facts I had gathered, and publish them in a small manual; but having delayed the execution of this purpose until the commencement of the present year, I felt unable to per form the work of re-composition, and obliged to publish either what I had written or nothing. I have therefore revised my Lectures, and now publish them substantially as they were spoken, with a body of notes comprising the additional matter collected in the course of my investigations. I have enjoyed many pleasant hours, and been profited by many solemn reflections, while engaged in my historical studies, and feel that I have been repaid for my labor and if my book shall have a similar moral effect upon the people of my charge, and such others as shall honor it with a perusal, I shall be more than repaid. I shall always remember with pleasure the courtesy and kind assistance received from the various gentlemen whom I have consulted for information or advice. My grateful acknowledgments are due to all of them, and especially to Rev. William Jenks, D. D., and Rev. Samuel Sewall, as the subsequent pages will frequently show. It will be unnecessary for me here to enumerate the sources from whence my history is derived, as these will be sufficiently indicated in the course of the work; it is with great pleasure, however, that I confess my obliga tions to the Hon. James Savage, not only for his valuable illustrations of Winthrop, which have thrown so much light upon our early history, but also for the encouraging interest and assistance he has afforded me in my labors. Lam also indebted to Richard Frothingham, Ir., Esq., for valuable information afforded by his minute acquaint ance with the antiquities of the town and trust that he will be amply encouraged in the publication of his History of Charlestown, ' on which he is now engaged. 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.