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Excerpt from History of the Town of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement I dedicate the following History of my native Town to ray eldest son, Benjamin Hobart, Jr. As father and son, and as copartners in business for a number of years, under the firm of "B. Hobarrt Son," there has always been between us a most cordial unity and friendship; and although he has been away from me, of late years, on business of his own, in a distant part of our country (California), there has been a continual correspondence kept up between us of the most confidential and sympathetic kind. lie has assured me of the constant continuance of his friendship and regard; this assurance has afforded me much consolation in my declining years; and, as an expression of my grateful feelings towards him, I inscribe to him the following History. 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.