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Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Samuel Wells Williams, Missionary, Diplomatist, Sinologue Samuel wells, the Oldest Of the fourteen children Of William and Sophia Williams, was born in Utica, Septem ber 22, 1812. The ill-health Of his mother made it neces sary that his early infancy should be spent away from home, and for some years he was put in charge Of his mother's aunt, Miss Dana. That excellent woman once capsized the sleigh, while driving with him on a stormy day from New Hartford to visit his parents after picking herself and her conveyance out Of the snow-drift, she hur ried on, when with the recollection Of her errand came the discovery that her mufl and the baby stowed within it were lost. Shall I go back? She queried. Yes, for God may have something for him to do; moreover, I cannot spare the muff The nurseling lived to thank his grand-aunt for many favors besides this, and treasured to the end Of his life kindly memories alike Of her nur ture and admonition. 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.