HISTORY OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO SEPTEMBER, 1836: WITH VARIOUS NOTICES RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF WORCESTER COUNTY. BY WILLIAM LINCOLN. 〃 'These local annals are full of little things; names, dates, and facts: and rumors of WORCESTER: MOSES D. PHILLIPS AND COMPANY. 1837. Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1836, by WILLIAM LINCOLN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. PRINTED BY HENRY J. HOWLAND, WORCESTER. TO THE REV. AARON BANCROFT, D. D. Except for your warm encouragement of the general design of this history, without knowledge of the manner of its execution, it would have perished. If there is any merit in the preservation of the facts it contains, it is yours: the errors and mistakes are those of the compiler. On the completion of the work, his highest gratification is derived, from the opportunity of expressing veneration for the character of the beloved pastor, and gratitude for the communications, which, rightly used, would have given value to the volume now respectfully dedicated to you, who have contributed more than all others to perpetuate the memory of the events and men of Worcester in past times. |