Excerpt from A Brief History of the Town of Fairhaven: Massachusetts Prepared in Connection With the Celebration of Old Home Week July 26-31, 1903 If this brief sketch of a notable past and a live and active present shall create a closer acquaintanceship between its sons and daughters, who have gone forth and made their homes else where, and those who remain in the old town it will have served a worthy end. 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.