Excerpt from William Ricketson, William Ricketson, Jr., And Their Descendants The wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true Safe from the Many, honored by the Few, Nothing to court in World or Church or State, But inwardly in secret, to be great The dates in the Dartmouth Friends' Records, and the Dartmouth Vital Records, including the copy of the latter in the New Bedford Public Library, often conflict with one another, and to this variation must be attributed any discrepancies which may appear. 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.