Author: Charles J. Taylor

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-22

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9780484486347

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Excerpt from History of Great Barrington: Berkshire County, Massachusetts For the purpose of encouraging the publication of the History in book form, the Town at its adjourned. Annual meeting, April 2d, 1881, on the motion of Mer ritt I. Wheeler, Esq., voted That a committee of three be appointed and authorized to procure the writing and publishing, for the use of the town, fifty copies of a Town History, and that a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars be raised and appropriated for that purpose; and Clark W. Bryan, J. Milton Mackie and Justin Dewey were appointed as such com mittee. This action of the town Was taken under an article in the warrant, inserted without consultation with or the previous knowledge of the writer. I then revised and corrected that portion of the History which had been printed, and added to it much new material. The result is this publication. 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.

Download or read book History of Great Barrington written by Charles J. Taylor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Great Barrington: Berkshire County, Massachusetts For the purpose of encouraging the publication of the History in book form, the Town at its adjourned. Annual meeting, April 2d, 1881, on the motion of Mer ritt I. Wheeler, Esq., voted That a committee of three be appointed and authorized to procure the writing and publishing, for the use of the town, fifty copies of a Town History, and that a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars be raised and appropriated for that purpose; and Clark W. Bryan, J. Milton Mackie and Justin Dewey were appointed as such com mittee. This action of the town Was taken under an article in the warrant, inserted without consultation with or the previous knowledge of the writer. I then revised and corrected that portion of the History which had been printed, and added to it much new material. The result is this publication. 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.