Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Massachusetts: Biographical Genealogical The work has had editorial supervision by an antiquarian and genealogist of high standing, Mr. William Richard Cutter, A. M., Historian of the New England Historio Genealogical Society, Librarian Emeritus of Woburn Public Library, author. Efficient aid has also been given by the following named gentlemen: Eugene C. Gardner, mem ber of American Institute of Architecture, etc., author; Harlan Hoge Ballard, A. M., Librarian of Berkshire Athenaeum and Museum, Secretary of Berkshire Historical Society, author; Rev. John H. Lockwood, A. M., member of Connecticut Valley His torical Society and Western Hampden Historical Society, author; Hon. Ellery Bicknell Crane, charter member, ex-president and many years Librarian of the Worcester Soci ety of Antiquity and Editor of its Proceedings, member of New England Historic Genealogical and other historical societies, author; Charles French Read, Clerk and Treasurer of Bostonian Society, director of Brookline Historical Society, and officer and member of various other historical societies; Robert Samuel Rantoul, ex-president of Essex Institute, member of Massachusetts Historical Society; E. Alden Dyer, M. D., President of Old Bridgewater Historical Society, and of Dyer Family Association. 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.