The First Book of Records of the Town of Southampton: With Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value, Including All the Writings in the Town Clerk's Office from 1639 to 1660 (Classic Reprint)
The First Book of Records of the Town of Southampton: With Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value, Including All the Writings in the Town Clerk's Office from 1639 to 1660 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The First Book of Records of the Town of Southampton: With Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value, Including All the Writings in the Town Clerk's Office From 1639 to 1660 Although the land was honorably purchased of its aborigi nal owners, yet the settlers never saw a moment's rest for fear of their dreaded neighbors. In the field a guard was kept; at night none knew at what hour the alarm would sound; to meeting on the Lord's day they went as men prepared for instant war; every male from sixteen years of ...
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Excerpt from The First Book of Records of the Town of Southampton: With Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value, Including All the Writings in the Town Clerk's Office From 1639 to 1660 Although the land was honorably purchased of its aborigi nal owners, yet the settlers never saw a moment's rest for fear of their dreaded neighbors. In the field a guard was kept; at night none knew at what hour the alarm would sound; to meeting on the Lord's day they went as men prepared for instant war; every male from sixteen years of age to sixty was a soldier enrolled in the ranks; and in proportion to its population the town could boast of a larger standing army, armed and equipped, than any nation on the surface of the globe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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Very good. Including all the writings in the Town Clerk's office from 1639 to 1660; transcribed with Notes and an Introduction by Wm. S. Pelletreau. Frontis. v, xii, 177pp. 8vo, rebound in 19th century brown cloth, ex-lib. Sag Harbor: John H. Hunt, 1874. First Edition. William Pelletreau was a former town clerk of Southampton, New York. Ex libris from the Society of Colonial Wars of the State of New York. Their library markings are inside the book and include their bookplate and a library pocket with library card on the back endpaper. Except for the library markings, the condition is very good.
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