Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society: At the Annual Meeting, Held in Worcester October 31, 1873 To a catalogue of books prepared for the use of the Indians, some notice of the origin and early progress of Indian missions in New England may not inappropriately serve as an introduction. 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.