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Excerpt from Dedication of the Memorial Hall, in Dedham: September 29, 1868 Dear Sir, In behalf of the Committee of Arrangements, having in charge the dedication of the "Memorial Hall," Sept. 29th, 1868, I hereby present you their sincere thanks for your very able and eloquent Address on the occasion of said dedication; and request you to furnish the Committee with a copy for publication. Per order of the Committee. Dear Sir, Your courteous note of 8th October last, communicating the request of your Committee that a copy of the Address at the dedication of Memorial Hall, be furnished for publication, was duly received. I have delayed making any formal reply, because it has been understood by the Committee, that their request would be acceded to, so soon as the Address could be properly prepared with notes for publication. It seemed to me that the historical value of the Address would be much enhanced if the municipal acts of the town, and the associated efforts of individuals, during the war, which arc only alluded to, could be given more at length in an appendix. I have also, with the valuable aid of John D. Cobb, Esq., late Adjutant of the Thirty-Fifth Mass. Infantry, undertaken to give the record of those claiming a connection with Dedham, who entered the military and naval service during the war. The investigation and labor of this latter undertaking has caused some delay, but which has been justified by the result, as I trust. This record, though it may be found incomplete, has been made as accurate as known sources of reliable information could make it, and perhaps will be found valuable for future reference. With many thanks to your Committee for their kind indulgence, I now take great pleasure in placing the manuscript at their disposal. 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.
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