Excerpt from Memoirs of the Late Miss. Lucy Richards, of Paris, Oneida County, N. Y The subject of this little Volume was exten= sively known as a woman of deep and ardent piety. Scores of itinerant'preachers, who, in the regular discharge of their official duties, 'visited the place of her residence, will doubt less cherish a pleasing recollection of her while memory lasts and not a few, it is confi dently believed, have already/joined her happy spirit in the lofty employments of the heavenly temple The savour of her name is still as precious ointment top a large circle, who had the pleasure and profit of a long and intimate acquaintance with her. 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.