Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Vol. 6: April, 1889 April, 1890 The Hon. P. Emory aldrich read the report which had been prepared by him, and adopted by the Council, as a part of their report. 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.