Excerpt from 1902-03, Northampton of Today: Depicted by Pen and Camera Still another, an aged man, who had passed the three score and ten years, Samuel Wright of Bridge street, living where the house of John Draper was built, most beautiful for situation, shaded by one of the most beautiful maple trees in the city, planted by Dr. Samuel Stebbins Mr. Wright. Who look a dislike to the town of Northampton, gave to the writer, by will, the house and all its contents. As he had done nothing for his fellowmen in life he wished to leave his property for the benefit of aged women. Harvey Kirkland, his adviser, said his mind was so feeble that a will then made would not stand, and his heirs would break it. And of that valuable estate, after the auction, was sent to the writer, instead of the house a wooden chair, that did not sell. 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.