Reminiscences of the Life and Character of Col. Phineas Staunton, A. M (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Life and Character of Col. Phineas Staunton, A. M On the first day of July last, Col. Staunton, Vice Chancellor of Ingham University, sailed from New York with a. Party of scientific gentlemen, under the auspices of Williams College -and the Smithsonian Institute, for the purpose of exploring parts of South America, and of gathering treasures of Science and Art for the Institutions they represented. On the tenth of October, the hearts of his kindred and numerous friends were overwhelmed with the tidings of his death, at Quito, on the fifth of September. 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.