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Felt, Field, Herrick, Hoadley, Jackson, Judd, Kelly, King, Kellogg,
Lincoln, Locke, Otis, Paige, Patterson, Riker, Sargent,
Sewall, Shurtleff, R. D. Smith of Guilford, Staples, Vinton,
Wentworth, Whitmore, Willard, Wyman, and twice as many
more. Not one of the living or dead could complain of my declaration,
that from the distinguished antiquary of Northampton
the acquisition exceeds that of any other ten contributors.
Early in 1846 I had solicited the benefit of uniting his name
with mine in producing these volumes; but while he shrank
from the responsibility of such unbroken labor, I can offer
several hundred pages of letters to vouch for his sympathy, and
encourage my perseverance.
19 APRIL, 1860.
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