Excerpt from Historical Manual of the Congregational Church of Topsfield, Massachusetts; 1663 1907 Extensive correspondence has brought to the surface many items of historical value, whose preservation is due to the past as to the future. Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee. 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.