Excerpt from Report, Full, Authentic, and Complete, of All the Addresses and Proceedings of the Memorable First Reunion of Dodge Family in America: By the Representatives of the American Branch, at Salem, Massachusetts, on Thursday, July 10th, 1879, Being the 250th Anniversary of the Arrival of Their Ancestors From England, and the Founding of Salem IT is but justice to say, that the Assemblage of the Representatives of the Dodge family in the United States, on the memorable epochal loth of July, commemorate the 250th anniversary of the landing of their first ancestors in this country, originated with the Editor of this volume, with whom the history of our race in England (our parent land) and its genealogy in this country, has been a subject of life-long interest, study, and large accumulation of material. His proposal, embodied in the circular call of October zist, 1878, was, he is very happy to say, welcomed with great enthusiasm, and distributed by many thousands amongst the wide-spread and very numerous family in all parts of the Union, and British Provinces, eliciting cordial replies and immense correspondence. Immediately upon its issue, a local committee of nine prominent members of our family, resident in or near Salem, was chosen; who accepted their requested duty; namely: in ample season, to secure the requisite halls; to provide appropriate music and a very ample dinner upon the shore and to arrange for the numerous speakers on the occasion. 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.