27.03.2013 Views

A general history of Connecticut - Ramapough Lenape Nation

A general history of Connecticut - Ramapough Lenape Nation

A general history of Connecticut - Ramapough Lenape Nation

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

viii PRE F ACE.<br />

Mr. Chalmers, indeed, who. is<br />

writing U Political Annals <strong>of</strong> the<br />

prefent \United Colonies," pur(ues<br />

that talk: with great pains and addrefs.<br />

His refearches have been <strong>of</strong><br />

fame ufe to me; but, as to the New- \<br />

England writers) error, difguife, and<br />

rnifreprefentation, too much abound<br />

in them to be ferviceable in this undertaki'ng,<br />

though they related more<br />

to the fubjeCl: than they .do. The<br />

good-natured critic, therefore, will<br />

excufe the want <strong>of</strong> a regular and<br />

conneCled detail <strong>of</strong> fa8s and<br />

events, which it was imp<strong>of</strong>fible for<br />

me to preferve, having been cle-<br />

.prived <strong>of</strong> papers <strong>of</strong> my ancdl:ors,<br />

which would have given my relation

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!