Excerpt from A Sketch of the History of Attleborough, From Its Settlement to the Division I wish to express thanks to those town officers who placed records - both ancient and modern - at my disposal, and aided me materially in my investigations; to the large number of business men who responded to my lists of questions; to the old soldiers who recalled inter esting war experiences; to Mr. Everett B. Bliss for his gift of several pictures; to Mr. Samuel M. Holman for his interest and care in preparing the photographs from which nearly all of the illustrations were made; and to all the others. Both ladies and gentlemen, - who number too many to be mentioned separately, and who would not desire such particular mention, - to whom I have applied for help, and who have bestowed it graciously to the extent of their ability, and in most abundant measure. From the Chronicle, the Advocate, and the Sun Ihave culled much of interest and importance. And it gives me pleasure to acknowledge my indebtedness to their columns in this manner. Among the many agreeable experiences to be remembered, I recall with special pleasure the interest shown in my work by a little girl, who carefully gathered up numerous loosened ends of fact, bound them neatly together, and sent them to me far over the seas to an ancient liberty loving city of mid-europe; and in that same city, by one of those happy accidents never to be forgotten, and always to be gratefully appreciated, some very essential matter relating to the first white settler within our original borders - without which a chapter would have been sadly incomplete - came to me by the hands of a lover of all that pertains to early New England history, a courteous and cultivated Boston gentleman. My gratitude to all these my creditors is offered in the name of my father as well as my own, for in his name I asked for aid, and for his sake I am sure my requests, of whatever nature, were fully and freely answered. 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.