Excerpt from Sixteenth Report to the Legislature of Massachusetts, Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages, and Deaths: In the Commonwealth; For the Year Ending December 31, 1837 I have the honor of herewith presenting to the legislam ture, in compliance with the requirements of law, the Report relating to the Registry and Return of Births Marriages and Deaths, in the Commonwealth, for the year' ending December 31, 1857. It forms the sixteenth of the Annual Reports on this subject, and is believed to present points of information which are of great practical value to the State. The tabular Abstracts forming the first part, were made from the Returns sent in by several City and Town Clerks, and Registrars, by experienced clerks in this office. 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.