Proceedings of the Bostonian Society: At the Annual Meeting, January 11, 1887 (Classic Reprint) - Student, Paperback

• Release Date   2/20/2018
• ISBN-13   9781332276561 | 978-1-332-27656-1
• ISBN   1332276563 | 1-332-27656-3
• Format   Paperback
• Excerpt from Proceedings of the Bostonian Society: At the Annual Meeting, January 11, 1887In performing our work it may be borne in mind that while it is in one view purely local and devoted to this city of Boston, yet in its accomplishment it is of advantage to every citizen of the country. It is impossible to write the history of these United States, of the events that led to the founda tion of our republic, - indeed I may go further, and Say it is impossible to write a history of the first settlement of the country, without mentioning this city, or events in which its inhabitants were prominent actors. The great topographical changes that have taken place even within the past half cen tury, the different methods of transacting business,-theentire disappearance, in fact, of certain recognized lines of trade, - Should incite the. Descendants of many of those enterprising citizens who did SO much in former days for the prosperity of Boston, to encourage efforts to preserve the acts of their honored ancestors from Oblivion in the dim light of the past.The growing interest respecting the good city of Boston is not entirely confined to this locality. it exists in far distant cities at the West and South among those who at an early day left the home of their youth, but from whose hearts the love and interest in it has never. Been extinguished. It exists among patriotic and intelligent Americans everywhere who look to this city now as they have in the past, for examples of pure patriotism, commercial enterprise, financial strength, honor, and literary and scientific culture.Again, as I have before remarked, and it will bear repeat ing, Boston has now attained an age when she can claim to have antiquities that will be sought by historian, student, and sentimental Sight-seer, and the organization that contributes to bring these more prominently before the public and render them of greater interest to the stranger, does a work the value of which is patent-even to the most exacting utilitarian. Let us hope that our efforts may also result to advantage in an educational point of view, in affording schools and students correct information, by removing doubts, correcting historical errors, rendering the study of our city's history more attrae tive, indicating the localities where great events occurred, and by preserving historical letters, papers, books and documents which otherwise might be destroyed.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.