American Antiquarian Society
Published: 2016-12-28
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Excerpt from An Account of the American Antiquarian Society There are in Europe many other similar institutions all of which, having proper funds, have been very use. Ful. Many more for want of funds were of short due ration. An institution of this kind was formed at Calcutta in the East Indies, called the Asiatic Society, by Sir William Jones, in 1784 the objects of which are the antiquities, history, arts, and literature of the continent of Asia. 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.