Author: James Phinney Baxter

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Published: 2015-07-08

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 9781330971567

Excerpt from Documentary History of the State of Maine, Vol. 5: Containing the Baxter Manuscripts A Pressure of affairs of a public nature for four years past has prevented me from giving to this fifth volume of the Documentary History of Maine the attention which the work demanded, hence what has appeared like unnecessary delay in its publication. As no one, however, was at hand who could relieve me of the labor of proof-reading, a not altogether inspiriting task, as all know who are familiar with the vagaries in spelling which our illiterate forbears, it would seem, delighted to make as complicated as possible, the delay was unavoidable. What I have done I have tried to do thoroughly, and have carefully compared the proof-sheets with my copies of the original manuscripts, which I regard as most trustworthy, hence I believe that no material errors will be discovered. To Mr. Edward Denham, of New Bedford, to whom our Society is so greatly indebted for unselfish labor in its behalf, am I under especial obligation for the excellent index which accompanies the volume. 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.