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Introduction.
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to erudition, or a style of writing which shall attract for its novelty. I doubt not your friend could have done better in the meridian of life.
I would cherish the hope therefore, that this little volume may find readers whose charity will induce them to deal gently with the infirmities of age. In writing this history we shall endeavor to avoid all prejudice or partiality, and hope it may meet with a kind reception from an indulgent public.
Gardner, Sept., 1857.
