The Fairfaxes of England and America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

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Excerpt from The Fairfaxes of England and America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Including Letters From and to Hon. William Fairfax, President of Council of Virginia, and His Sons Col. George William Fairfax and Rev. Bryan, Eighth Lord Fairfax, the Neighbors and Friends of George WashingtonKnowing no better use for the vellum he cut it into measuring strips, and the papers were carelessly scattered, some being used by the Village mantua makers, as winders for thread. At length the attention of an intelligent gentle man was arrested, and he diligently sought out and purchased the scattered manuscripts, which were edited by George IV. Johnson, barrister.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.