Author: Maine State HistorianPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267136704
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Excerpt from Report of the State Historian, 1909-1908, Vol. 2 By the act of the Legislature to which attention has already been called, it is also made the duty of the State Historian to encourage the compiling and publishing of town histories. If local history is to be taught, there must be local histories to which the teachers in the public schools can go for the facts concerning which they are to give instruction. It is also made the duty of the State Historian to examine newly compiled town histories, and to approve such as he considers suitable for publication. Several inquiries have been received with reference to the compilation and publication Of town histories. 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.