Proceedings At The Dedication Of A Monument To Sergeant Abraham Staples Of Mendon Massachusetts October 31 1877 PDF Download

Excerpt from Proceedings at the Dedication of a Monument to Sergeant Abraham Staples of Mendon, Massachusetes: October 31, 1877 The completion of a monument to the memory of Sergeant Abraham Staples of Mendon, appeared to some of his descendants a fitting occasion for commemorative notice. Accordingly they determined to bring together at Mendon as many as possible of those who trace their lineage back to him, and to recognize in suitable services the worth of their common ancestor, and the tie which unites them in one family. The day appointed for the gathering was not altogether propitious; clouds overspread the sky at an early hour, threatening a storm; the air was chilly and the rain came pouring down in earnest before the conclusion of the ceremonies. But the interest in the occasion was so great that this did not prevent a large attendance of the Staples family and of the towns-people. Many branches of the family in Massachusetts and Rhode Island were represented, and the congregation in the old First Parish meeting-house probably numbered three or four hundred. 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.