Excerpt from Wrecks Around Nantucket: Since the Settlement of the Island, and the Incidents Connected Therewith, Embracing Over Seven Hundred Vessels To cover the cost of paper alone for the proposed edition required an assured sale of 100 copies; but a preliminary canvass by the com piler failed to secure the requisite guarantee. Nevertheless he as sumed the risk and as that represented practically the whole out lay (the type -setting, press work and binding being done by himself) the venture proved fairly remunerative in the end. Shortly after its publication the project of improving the em trance to Nantucket harbor to make it available as a harbor of refuge was brought to the attention of Congress, and the data contained in this work proved a valuable argument in support of the proposition. In fact, it was stated that the copies of the pamphlet on wrecks placed in the hands of the congressional committee aided materially in securing the favorable report which resulted in the construction of the jetties. The edition, which was limited to less than 500 copies, was ex hansted many years ago and its republication has been often urged and long contemplated, but other duties and interests have hitherto interfered. Now, after the lapse of nearly forty years, the author has yielded to renewed requests to again take up the pen and complete the record to date. A few corrections and additions have been made to the former list, which, supplemented by the record since its publi cation, swells the number chronicled by the revised edition to about seven hundred and fifty. 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.