Genealogical And Biographical Sketches Of The Bartlett Family In England And America Scholars Choice Edition PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ... Biographical Sketches. SAID The Hon. Marshall P. W1lder, of Boston: "The genealogy of a family is comparatively barren, unless enriched by the intermingling of biographical sketches, which may stand as landmarks in the history of a race. Mere names and dates do not, in any proper sense, make history or biography; and the living generation must do its duty to itself, that posterity may have those authentic memorials that no other source can supply." "Not to know what took place before one was born," says Cicero, "is forever to remain a child, caring nothing for the memories of the past, and hoping nothing for the destiny of the future." Thus, caring for the memories of the past, and also for the destiny of the future, and in accordance with the just views of Mr. Wilder, I have been prompted to gather from various and authentic sources, materials for the genealogical and biographical sketches which follow. But as an authentic record and pedigree of the Bartlett family dates back more than eight hundred years, in the following pages I shall only be able to give short sketches of a comparatively small number of individuals, of the twenty-five or thirty generations whose existence was comprised in the several centuries above named. Of those who would properly occupy a place in these pages, some are still living; and the task of selecting from the record of their virtues or honors, such points as shall give a fair portrait of them, is a very delicate one; and I must beg the indulgence of such friends if the "summing up" is not all they would wish, or have a right to expect. Others still, may deserve a place here, of whom I know too little, and have too little time at my command, to be able to make any comment. At most, this compilation, ...