Book Description

Excerpt from Historical Discourse: Delivered in Norwich, Connecticut, September 7, 1859, at the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of the Town Gentlemen and Ladies, Sons and Daughters of Norwich: - We are met to review in one brief hour the record of two hundred years. The task assigned to me, though simple, is not easy, and your sympathy with the theme must excuse the incompleteness of the story I shall tell. The preacher, the orators and the poet appointed to address you, leave me the humbler office of a chronicler; and I therefore make no apology for dwelling chiefly on facts, assured that others will present those poetical, patriotic and religious reflections, which this occasion appropriately calls forth. 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.