Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, at the Annual Meeting, Held in Worcester, October 21, 1864 Remembering, with tender and grateful sensibility, the pleas ant social intercourse and elegant hospitalities, which, in times past, they so frequently have enjoyed under his roof, and the graceful manners and amiable qualities of her who so cordially welcomed them there, they find, in the startling announcement of her sudden death, cause alike for their own sorrowing regrets, and the expression of their deepest condolence, under the overwhelm ing af iction, to their respected and beloved friend and associate, the honored President of the Society. 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."