The Town of St. Johnsbury, Vt

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Excerpt from The Town of St. Johnsbury, Vt: A Review of One Hundred Twenty-Five Years, to the Anniversary Pageant 1912This was Henry Stevens, a native of Barnet an eccentric genius, an accomplished antiquary. Founder and president of the Vermont Historical Society into whose capacious hopper old traditions, stories, facts, records, letters, documents seemed to ¿ow like brooks into the Passumpsic. More than original letters and manuscripts were said to be in his possession, includ ing the secret correspondence of the Continental Congress, letters of Ira and Ethan Allen, of Dr. Arnold, of St. John de Crevecoeur, and others. Many of these were secured by the State of Vermont, but the British Museum bid high and got more of them, to the great regret of all true Vermonters.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.