Lineage and History of William Blackstone

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Excerpt from Lineage and History of William Blackstone: First Settler of Boston, and of His Descendants, From His Birth-1595, to the Close of the Revolution-1788, With a Continuation in the Line of Stephen Foot Black-Stone, Great, Great, Grandson of William, Down to This Date When an author essays biography he should have all his materials well in hand before he begins. He can then select, arrange, balance and polish until some measure of literary charm shall embellish and adorn his recital. In the history of William Blackstone in this work, the writer has followed closely the life of Blackstone as given in Mr. Daggett's work on Attleborough, R. I. (1892). While that writer deprecates the want of continuity in his sketch, owing to the interpolation of new matter as his work proceeded, the form as given in this work, has rather added to, than removed the cause of criticism. The real burden of biography is to lay bare character. The words, writings, deeds and the human relations of the person are the working tools of the biographer. Daggett has been industrious in equipping himself. 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.