The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 29 PDF Download

Author: New England Historic Genealogical Soc
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282313104
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 546

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Excerpt from The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 29: Published Quarterly, Under the Direction of the New-England Historic, Genealogical Society, for the Year 1875 In the calamity of fire which destroyed a large part of the busi ness section of Boston in 1872, he suffered heavy losses, but he was instantly active in the work of inspiring others with confidence and h0pe. Disregarding his own misfortune he began organizing the work of helping the needy; he was chairman of the relief committee, and a generous contributor to the funds it disbursed. His example and words of cheer were influential in those days of doubt, and did much to steady the faith of all in the speedy restoration of the city's prosperity. 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.