Excerpt from Chronicle Report, of the 250th Anniversary Exercises, of Ipswich, August 16, 1884: Together With a Few Sketches About Town The 250th anniversary of the settlement of our town is a thing of the past. To say that the celebration of the occasion was a success is unnecessary, as the fact was apparent to everybody. If old John Winthrop, and his worthy colleagues, had been in town that day and seen the madding throng coursing through our streets. And heard the roar of cannon and the strains of music echoing along the banks of the river, they would have held up their hands in astonishment. A pleasanter day would hardly he wished for; clear. Cool, and the streets devoid of dust. 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.