Excerpt from The Collection of John Boyd Thacher in the Library of Congress, Vol. 2<br><br>The portion of the collection of John Boyd Thacher here catalogued was deposited in the Library of Congress in January, 1921, by his Widow, Emma Treadwell Thacher, who, by will dated January 25, 1925, bequeathed it to the Library as a part of the Thacher memorial.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.