Excerpt from Genealogy and Memoirs of Charles and Nathaniel Stearns, and Their Descendants We shall always remember with pleasure and gratitude the interest and encouragement afforded us by our towns man Major Albert Stearns, No. 4261, who has written the article on Heraldry and compiled the statistics for both volumes. We are also indebted to our publisher, Mr. F. H. Johnson of Syracuse, N. Y., and J. Manz Engrav ing Co. Of Chicago, and Bartlett Co. Of New York, for the very alble, prompt and courteous manner in which they have executed our orders and to all who have second-cd our efforts in the slightest degree, we wish here to express our thanks and appreciation. 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.