Excerpt from The History of New-Hampshire, Vol. 3 Be It Remembered, That on the eighteenth day of June, A.D. 1813, and in the thirty-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America, Bradford & Read, of the said District, have deposited in this Office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to -wit; The History of New-Hampshire. Comprehending the events of one complete century and seventy-five years from the discovery of the river Pascataqua to the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety. Containing also, a geographical description of the State, with sketches of its natural history, productions, improvements, and present state of society and manners, laws, and government. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. member of the American Philosophical Society held, at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, and of the Academy of Arts and sciences in Massachusetts. The second edition, with large additions and improvements, published from the author's last manuscript. Illustrated with a map. Tempus edax rerum, tuque invidiosa vetustas Omnia destruitis: vititaque dentibus aevi Paulatim lenta consumitis omuia morte. Haec perstant. Ovid. In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and. Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an Act entitled, An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other Prints." 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."