Excerpt from Topographical, Historical and Biographical, Relating Principally to New-Hampshire, Vol. 1 Much has been done in Europe, by the patronage of governments, and in America, by the enterprize and munificeuce of indi viduals, to collect the antiquities and tradi tions of each quarter of the globe. It is un necessary to enumerate the societies formed with this view since that of Charlemagne in the eighth century or to name those great lights in history which have preserved the knowledge of many centuries, and which now guide the pilgrim in his wearisome search after the treasures of antiquity. 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.