The Salt-Box House: Eighteenth Century Life in a New England Hill Town (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Salt-Box House: Eighteenth Century Life in a New England Hill TownFire, with its relentless touch; the paper-mill during the Civil War with its eager grasp and large recompense; and the hand that knows no reverence for Yesterday have combined to cast into the pit of Oblivion much that would now be deemed priceless. But the faithful seeker along the shores of the Past will find that there yet remain sheltered beaches where some of the treasures left by the flood of Time have escaped the wear of waves, a careless foot, and crumpling fingers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.