Excerpt from The History of New-Hampshire, Vol. 1: Comprehending the Events of One Complete Century From the Discovery of the River Pascataqua Neale and Douglas, though frequently erroneous, have given fome hints, which by the help Of ori ginal records and other manufcripts, have in this work been carefully and largely purfued. Hutch infon has faid many things which the others have omitted his knowledge Of the antiquities Of the country was extenfive and accurate, and the pub lic are much obliged by the publication Of his hil'cory but he knew more than he thought pro per to relate. The few publications concerning new-hampfhire are fugitive pieces dieiated by party or interei't. NO regular hiftorical deduc tion has ever appeared. The late Mr. Fitch of Portfmouth made a beginning Of this fort about the year 1 728 From his papers fome things have been collected which have not been met with elfe where. The authorities from which information is derived are carefully noted in the margin. Where no written teftimonies could be obtained, recourfe has been had to the molt aurhentic tra dition, feleeted and compared with a fcrupulous attention, and with proper allowance for the im perfection of human memory. After all, the critical reader will doubtlefs find fome chafms which in foch a work it would be improper to fill bv the help Of imagination and conjeelure. 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.