Excerpt from York's Centenary Memorial: Comprising a Detailed Description of the Centennial Celebration, in the City of York, September 23d and 24th, 1887, With Illustrations In a review embracing so great a variety of facts, it is possible that some slight inaccuracies may be discovered but the compiler hopes that these will not only be found unimportant in their character, but few in number. In the preparation of the work, the compiler has been very materially assisted by the members of the General Centennial Committee, and from the Hon. John Gibson, and others whose suggestions were of much value. 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.