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Excerpt from Historical Sketch of Stockton Springs: Illustrated
Ome three years ago I suggested to Miss Hichborn that she prepare for publication a series of articles which later should comprise ashort history of Stockton Springs. This she undertook to do, and several chapters of the present Sketch, now however greatly enlarged upon and made more completely accurate. Were printed in a county publication. Circumstances pre vented the completion of the series at that time, and it was not until April of the present year that the matter was again taken up.
The Sketch which is now being dis tributed to subscribers is the result of Miss Hichborn's patient and painstaking en deavor. It seems to me, after carefully reviewing the contents of the book, that between its covers she has gathered all that is worth chronicling for permanent keeping, while the material of which the author has made use has been handled so excellently and the matter arranged so logically that the Sketch will prove as interesting as any novel and as valuable as all carefully written histories are.
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Synopsis
Excerpt from Historical Sketch of Stockton Springs: Illustrated
To one unfamiliar with the work which is necessary for the successful production of even a small volume like this one, it would perhaps seem inconceivable that weeks and months should be required in gathering the (facts which make the contents of value; yet, such is true. And I believe had Miss Hichborn's training been different - had she not been one of a family whose members took a just pride in the social progress and commercial up-building of the town, - her task would have been far more difficult of accomplishment and less satisfactory in results. The author has had' opportunity of witnessing the decline as well as the sud den growth of her native town, and, being naturally a student of history and gifted with an aptitude for gathering and retain ing facts, she has written a history whose valuable contents might otherwise have remained concealed in dusty-covered volumes.
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.