Edgar Crosby Smith
Published: 2015-07-11
Total Pages: 212
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Excerpt from Moses Greenleaf, Maine's First Map-Maker, a Biography: With Letters, Unpublished Manuscripts and a Reprint of Mr. Greenleaf's Rare Paper on Indian Place-Names, Also a Bibliography of the Maps of Maine In preparing this book for The De Burians and the few persons enough interested in such a work as to care to possess a copy, the editor has received generous assistance from many persons and he desires to express his grateful appreciation for the same. To Samuel Lane Boardman of Bangor, for kindly expressions of interest and encouragement in the work; to Hon. Leonard D. Carver, our State Librarian, Augusta, for placing at the editor's disposal many valuable documents and works in the state library, also for encouraging words; to Mrs. Rose B. Porter of Bangor, for the generous loan of valuable notes prepared by her late husband, Hon. Joseph W. Porter; to Mrs. Eliza W. Hazzard of Bangor; to Mr. Hubbard W. Bryant, librarian of the Maine Historical Society, Portland; to Rev. Anson Titus of Tufts College, Massachusetts; to Miss Elizabeth Merrill of Williamsburg, and others, for information given and assistance rendered. 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.