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Excerpt from Corporation Chronicles: Being Some Account of the Ancient Corporations of East Looe and of West Looe in the County of Cornwall This work does not aspire to the dignity of a history, nor does it claim the utility of a guide-book. It endeavours to give just what it professes to give, Some Account of the Corpor ations of East Looe and West Looe. The principle adopted in its preparation has been, - to let such papers and documents as still survive tell the story, while connecting links have been inserted, when necessary for coherence. The compiler does not seek to supersede Bond's well-known History of Looe; he only seeks to supplement, and has there fore tried to avoid the repetition of matter already accessible in that work. In some few cases the presentation of an intelligible record, or the recital of the different steps in the growth and developement of the corporate life, has compelled him to ignore this rule. During the past six years the Looe Parish Magazine has contained notes on the history of the towns, but with the passing on of time, materials ready to hand became exhausted, and other sources of information had to be sought. Permission was sought from R. A. Peter, Esq ex-mayor of East Looe, to examine the records of the extinct Corporation, and readily granted by him. The compiler eagerly availed himselfof this consent, and spent many dusty hours, in a study of the docu ments available. 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.