Excerpt from Catalogue of the Groton Public Library at Groton, Mass The Groton Public Library was established in the year 18 54, and started at the suggestion of the Honorable Abbott Law rence, who offered to give the sum of five hundred dollars for that purpose, on condition the town would appropriate the same amount. The following letters, found among the papers of Mr. Lawrence after his death, and now among the manu scripts of the Boston Public Library, are connected with its history, and have a local interest. They tell their own story, and need no further introduction from me. The first letter is in Mr. Butler's handwriting, and, from the style, evidently his composition. 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.