Newtown's Bicentennial, 1705-1905

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Excerpt from Newtown's Bicentennial, 1705-1905: An Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Purchase From the Indians of the Land of the Town of Newtown, Connecticut, Held August Fifth, Nineteen Hundred and FiveThat those who may follow us need be at no loss to learn the particulars of an occasion of special interest to all connected with the town, this book has been compiled.Because this book in giving an account of an historic occasion embodies addresses which concern the early days of the town, it should be doubly valuable.With these Objects in view, to preserve the early history of the town compiled with so much labor, and that succeed ing generations might know what the people of to-day thought of its early history, and how they celebrated its beginnings, the Executive Committee of the Bicentennial appointed the undersigned to gather the addresses and the facts of the celebration and to publish them in book form.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.