Political History of the State of New York, Vol. 3: From Jam; 1, 1841, to Jan; 1, 1847; Including the Life of Silas Wright (Classic Reprint) by Jabez D Hammond (Paperback / softback, 2015)
Excerpt from Political History of the State of New York, Vol. 3: From Jam; 1, 1841, to Jan; 1, 1847; Including the Life of Silas Wright It was with great diffidence and reluctance that I undertook the work w offered to the public. My Political History, which was published in the year 1842, had been better receded than I had anticipated. The press of both political parties had treated it t only with liberal indulgence, but ah kindness; and I had, perhaps wisely, certainly prudently, determined t to hazard, by ather appearance before the public, the forfeiture of the favorable opinion which had been expressed. Within two or three of the last years, friends reading in various parts of the state, belonging to different par hare urged me to continue my narrative of political parties, bit I ha?e uniformly replied, that the difficulty of describing with accuracy and truth the conduct of men w acting a Prominent part on the political theatre, without partiality to personal friends, (I am t aware that I have any enemies, ) Was so great, that I had t the temerity to engage in the enterprise. But immediately after the sudden and unexpected deata of the late Goverr Wright, several gentlemen, whose opinions were entitled to my highest confidence and regard, requested me to compile the biography of that distinguished statesman Although I had reason to doubt, and in truth did doubt, my ability to do justice to the memory of that great and good man, and to the reading public, I confess that I felt desire to make the effort. 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 techlogy 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.