Deficiencies In Our History An Address Delivered Before The Vermont Historical And Antiquarian Society At Montpelier October 16 1846 PDF Download

Excerpt from Deficiencies in Our History: An Address Delivered Before the Vermont Historical and Antiquarian Society, at Montpelier, October 16, 1846 In issuing this reprint the original pamphlet has been followed and the list of names, p. 37-38, is given without change, though it contains many typographical errors. See Vt. Governor and Council v. 1 note page 57. The "Vermont Declaration of Independence" was published in the Connecticut Courant, No. 634, March 17, 1777 (see v. 1 Vermont Governor & Council p. 50 and note p. 57). On page 34, in a note signed C. G. E. (Chas. G. Eastman), it is stated that "the following declaration and accompanying papers were found by Mr. Stevens at Washington." This seems to indicate that at the time this pamphlet was printed (1846) the original draft of the Vermont Declaration of Independence was extant. The conventions of January and June, 1777, appointed committees to draft the declaration and other papers here set forth and directed that they should be printed in the newspapers, and they did in fact appear in the Connecticut Courant in 1777. In the fac-simile reprint of "Early Vermont Conventions, 1775-1777," so carefully edited by the Hon. Redfield Proctor in 1904, on page 14, the conclusion is reached that the Dr. Jonas Fay records are "the original and official record of the proceedings of these meetings or conventions." Is it not possible that among the papers referred to by Mr. Eastman as having been found by Mr. Stevens at Washington was the original draft of the Vermont Declaration of Independence made by the committees under order of the conventions and furnished to the Connecticut Courant for publication? This declaration is an important State document and if in existence should be secured and placed in the State archives, where the original records of the convention that adopted the Declaration are now deposited. 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.