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Excerpt from History of Lancaster, New Hampshire A work of this kind neither calls for apology nor recommendation. It must be its own excuse for being, and stand upon its merits, or fall by its demerits. This history, being local in its scope, must necessarily please the many, while it may disappoint a few whose prejudices and traditions are not given as prominent a place as they might have desired. The editor has written strictly within the limits set for him by the committee to whom the town entrusted the task of having this history prepared and published. The story of the towns inception, growth, and present development, has been told without the desire or purpose to laud or blame any persons or institutions that have been connected with the history of the town. It has been the editor's constant aim in writing this history to give a plain, true, and unembellished narrative of the men, institutions, enterprises, and events which taken together, constitute the history of the town. I wish to acknowledge here the fact that I have received much valuable assistance from many persons and institutions in collating the facts that are woven into this narrative of the town. Many interesting interviews have been accorded me by citizens of the town, documents, both public and private, have been placed in my hands, without which I could not have learned the facts that enrich the pages of this history. Especial acknowledgment of the courtesies and assistance rendered me by the different members of the committee is due them. I found them always ready to render me aid, and they have been untiring in their efforts to make this history reliable as well as interesting. Through their counsels and by their contributions of data, they have lightened what otherwise would have been a burdensome task, growing with every attempt to get at the bottom facts of the history of the town. Certain portions of the history were compiled by them, requiring at my hands the simple task of editing, while the major portion of Part I is original, in the form in which it is given forth. It is hoped that the citizens of the town, for whom it has been written, will find it satisfactory, and that it will preserve the many important events in the history of the town from falling into oblivion. 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.