Excerpt from The Home of the Smith Family in Peterborough, New Hampshire 1749-1842 The purpose of this book is to preserve, first, the known facts and traditions in regard to the founding and development of the Old family home in Peterborough; and, second, all that can now be learned of its first two proprietors, William Smith and Jonathan Smith. It is not an attempt to say anything new, or convey. Any new impressions. Much of the matter has already been printed, some of it in books and family genealogies now 0111: of print or rare, and some in fugitive newspaper com munications, published years ago and long since forgotten. Much has also been extracted from Old records and stray papers, liable to be lost or de stroyed ath'any time, the extraordinary historical value of which is strangely overlooked by those having them in charge. From all these sources as well as from Others I have drawn freely, and refer ence to them is made on the margins of pages where extracts from them are to be found. 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.