Excerpt from Memoirs of John Adams Dix Many years ago we began to urge my father to write his biography. His incessant occupations, however, were an oh stacle to the task; he never had time for it. He hardly knew what release from active duty meant; up to within forty eight hours of his death he was transacting official business; he found not the leisure to do what we asked. But when seventy years old he wrote, for our amusement, a little history of his boyhood, covering the first twelve or fifteen years of his life; and to this he subsequently added a few pages, bring ing the memoranda down to the year 1820. These fragments I shall now transcribe, precisely as he left them, adding some notes, by way of additional information, on points which he merely touched in passing, convinced that the reader will be glad to have this autograph introduction to what is to come after. But, first, a few words concerning those of his name who preceded him in this country. 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.