Excerpt from Forty-Fifth Report to the Legislature of Massachusetts Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Commonwealth: For the Year Ending December 31, 1886; Together With the Reports Relating to the Returns of Libels for Divorce and to the Returns of Deaths Investigated by the Medical Examiners, for the Year 1886 In conformity with the requirements of the Public Statutes, I have the honor to submit herewith the Forty-fifth Annual Registration Report, relating to the Births, Marriages, and Deaths occurring in Massachusetts and registered in the several cities and towns, during the year ending December 31, 1886 also, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 194, Acts of 1882, and of chapter 379, Acts of 1885, the reports, respect ively, relating to Libels for Divorce in the several counties, and to Returns of Deaths, the causes and manner of which have been investigated by the Medical Examiners during said period. 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.