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Excerpt from The Valentines in America, 1644 1874 Nor is this work simply a History. True, some regard is paid to the arrangement of events, but in works of this kind, a continuous story chron ologically presented, is also impossible. It pro fesses to be only a collection of facts in relation to the Valentine name and history, such as were ac cessible to the author. \vhatever could be obtained by patient research, by careful inquiry, and, by long and extensive correspondence, is here given: and, though it may contain a thousand imperfections, it is believed to comprise more information in re gard to the Valentines than any other book extant.i v Preface. It is easy to find errors in such a work. In regard to the spelling of proper names every man is a law unto himself, and no rules can be followed. Figures and dates are also proverbially difficult to be, made perfect; but when it is remembered these are often sent from remote points, and with every diversity of hand-writing, the wonder should rather be that there are not more. 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.