Excerpt from Francis William Bird: A Biographical Sketch During his long life be many times received assurances from notable men, of the regard in which he was held. In the early days of the war (january, Governor John A. Andrew wrote him You are as good and true a friend, patriot, and man, as there is in the world. 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.