History of Hartford, Vermont, July 4, 1761-April 4, 1889
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Excerpt from History of Hartford, Vermont, July 4, 1761-April 4, 1889: The First Town on the New Hampshire Grants Chartered After the Close of the French War The author of this history has attempted to collect and prepare for publication, in a permanent form a large amount of valuable and interesting matter, comprising not only nearly all the important facts found in the public records of the town, but also incidents and events of unwritten history gathered from the lips of the oldest surviving inhabitants, and information found in authentic memoirs, ancient manuscripts and autograph letters: all of which he has endeavored to weave together in an instructive and entertaining style for the old and the young alike. To the older citizens of the town, especially those who are "native to the manor born." this history will revive many pleasant memories of by-gone days. To the young it will present valuable evidences of what the early settlers of the town wrought out, under grievous trials and hardships, from the rough wilderness; how with an axe in one hand they cleared the sturdy forests, and with the deadly rifle in the other, resisted the encroachments of all invaders: how, exposed for a longer probation than the children of Israel experienced, to extraordinary vicissitudes and necessities, and gaining a meagre subsistence, by toil that knew no rest, from a rugged soil that often-times yielded a reluctant return to their industry, they grew stronger as they toiled, and suffered, and yielded not, and triumphing everywhere and in all things, transmitted to their posterity a goodly heritage of priceless value. All readers of this history will learn facts concerning the origin, the first settlement. and the organization of this town, which have not before been published, and which the author first discovered and established. They will also, find a clear exposition of the principles, customs and manners of the early settlers: their civil, religious and military affairs: the progress and improvement of the town in its agricultural, manufacturing and mechanical interests; of its educational institutions, and of its yet immense undeveloped resources. No one but an author of a work like this can know the cost in time, in strength, patience and money of the effort. The author has given more than four years of unremitting attention to the preparation and publication of this history. In the very inception of his undertaking the author discovered the annoying fact that a considerable portion of the records of the municipal legislation of the town was missing, probably beyond recovery. The blank space extended over a period of twenty-four years, - 1778 to 1802 - a very important era in the life of the town. Tradition could not supply the missing links, and nearly every one of the worthy people who were busy actors in the scenes of the era named, have passed from time to eternity, and the tomb cannot be invaded for needed facts. To bridge over, and fill up to a considerable extent, the gap caused by the loss of the town records has been a work attended by many difficulties. 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.
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