Excerpt from The History of Chelmsford, From Its Origin in 1653, to the Year 1820 Together With an Historical Sketch of the Church, and Biographical Notices of the Four First Pastors There is a sublime pleasure in' tracing the footsteps of past existence, in walking over the ground, cultivated by former generations, in review ing the records of their deeds, and in examining the monuments of their industry, wisdom and piety. In these acts we seem to become familiarly acquain ted with those, whose voices and countenances are unknown to us, and feel interested in those scenes, which (nee engaged their active Spirits and excited their liveliest interest. 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.