Excerpt from The Hundredth Anniversary of the City of New Haven: With the Oration by Thomas Rutherford Bacon, July 4, 1884, Also a Paper on New Haven in 1784 No apology is needed for the appearance of this book. Although the events of Centennial Day are fresh in the minds of our citizens, the oration of Rev. Thomas R. Bacon and the paper by Prof. Franklin B. Dexter, contained herein, cannot fail to interest many, unable to hear them at the time they were delivered while it is hoped that the book. 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.