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Excerpt from History of Lynn, Vol. 2: Essex County, Massachusetts, Including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott, and Nahant, 1864-1893 The volume of the History of Lynn, by Alonzo Lewis and James R. Newhall, known as the 1865 Edition, embodies our history from the first settlement, in 1629, to 1864... Another volume, by the last-named writer, bringing the history down to 1883, was published... The main body of the volume now in hand is this last-named work - with a Supplement continuing the Annals on to 1890 - thus furnishing what is believed to be a complete History of Lynn from its first settlement, in 1629 to 1890 - two hundred and sixty-one years. Indexes. - On page 295 commences a full Index of the preceding pages. On page 310 is the Index to the Pictorial Addenda. And at the close of the Supplement is the Index to that department. The present book, Volume II, History of Lynn, is the same work described in the note above, with the addition of Annals to January 1, 1893, notes having been left by the author, prepared to that date before his decease. This volume is published, as left by its author, and in the same form as the 1890 book, bringing the History to 1893, a period of two hundred and sixty-four years. His preface is left intact, and if the reader will substitute 1892 for 1882 on page iii, it will serve for this book. The Supplement begins on page 329, continuing the Annals from page 96. Its Index is on page 379. 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.