Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society: In Boston, April 30, 1856; And Worcester, Oct; 21, 1856 Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be pre sented to the Hon. Stephen Salisbury for his liberal and timely donation of five thousand dollars. Resolved, That the gift be funded by the Council in the manner desired by the generous donor, and asindicated in the letter accompanying his gift - under the name of the Salisbury Fund, if not objected to by him. 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.