Excerpt from Addresses on Sir Robert Walpole and Rev. Phillips Payson: Men Prominent in the Early History of Walpole, Mass; Given at the Request of Citizens of the Town HE First Historical Society of Walpole, familiarly known as the Old Historical Guard, the sole relic and successor of the First Walpole Library Associa tion of the beginning of the last century, for the purpose and in the hope of encouraging historical research and interesting the citizens of the town in unselfish and public spirited labor for the town's welfare, selects this little tribute from its old, well-worn storehouse, and sends it forth with its most earnest God - speed. The last printed list of membership, that of 1826. 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.