Excerpt from The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, 1920, Vol. 25 Four meetings have been held. Papers were read by Rev. T. Franklin Waters, President of the Ipswich Historical Society, on Life in the Olden Time as seen in the Newspapers; by Mrs. George Warren Towne Of Danvers, on Shawls, When over seventy different examples were exhibited, many Of them very beautiful; and by the Secretary, who read extracts from Mrs. Holmes' novelette, Thornton Stanley, the scene of which is laid in Topsfield; and on another oc casion presented a paper on The Patchwork Quilt in New England, when twenty-one quilts and coverlets were exhibited. At the shawl exhibition there were forty-eight present. Volumes XXIII and XXIV Of the Historical Collections have been published and distributed. Ezra Towne's journal Of his wanderings in the Central States during the years 1831 and 1832; Mrs. Holmes' novelette - Thornton Stanley, with Newspaper Gleanings (1869 topsfield items from the Quarterly Court Records (1664 a genealogy of the Howe Family, and a variety Of miscellaneous matter comprise the contents of the two volumes. At a town meeting held in the early fall the desirability Of printing the records kept by the town clerks was presented by your Secretary and an appropriation Of $350. Was voted in aid of this publication. The work was greatly facilitated by the availability Of an exact copy to the end Of the year 1810 that had been made for the Secretary not long before. At the present time, vol. I (1659-1739) has been complet ed and published and vol. II (1739-1778) is in type and being indexed. 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.

Excerpt from The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, 1919, Vol. 24 Largely because our local printer, Perkins, was drafted into the service, but little progress has been made in print ing Vol. 23. Of the Historical Collections. 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.

Excerpt from The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, 1915, Vol. 20 Miss Clara A. Avery of Detroit, Michigan, has given ten dollars towards the development of an old-time flower garden and their is a probability that further donations for this pur pose may follow. 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.

Excerpt from American Colonial Tracts Monthly, Vol. 1 The Compiler of the following Volume having been led by circumstances into an examination somewhat extensive, of the sources of our history, experienced much difficulty in procuring the Pamphlets and smaller Tracts that relate to the Origin, Settlement and Progress of the American Colonies. Of the vast number of publications of this description that were made during the two centuries and a half succeeding the discovery of America, a few only can be found in this country, and these are almost entirely confined to libraries connected with our public institutions: many of them are of great value as authentic historical records, and all are interesting to those who take pleasure in tracing step by step the progress of the Colonies, in population, wealth, and power, within the comparatively short period that intervened between the landing of the first white man upon the Continent, and the establishment of a free and independent Government by the People of the United States of America. These considerations suggested the plan of the Collection now commenced. Of the thirteen Tracts contained in the present volume, Nos. 2 and 10 have not heretofore been printed, and Nos. 8 and 9 now appear for the first time in a connected form: the others, as will be seen by referring to the title pages which are copied at large, are republications. 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.