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Excerpt from History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men; Illustrated The History of Middlesex County, contained in these volumes, has been prepared by the publishers with a due sense of the responsibility resting upon them, and with an earnest e brt to meet the just expectations of the public. Their undertaking was a formidable one, in volving, as it did, histories of six cities and forty-eight towns, together with histories of the county proper, with its courts and officers, and of the bench and bar, as well as notices of many of its prominent men. As far as it was possible these histories and notices have been confided to local historians of acknowledged capacity for the work, a few of them only having been prepared by other writers accustomed to historical research and possessing literary skill. The chapters relating to the county, and the bench and. Bar, will be found of especial value, entering, as they do, a field hitherto unexplored. In presenting these volumes. 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."