Excerpt from Oliver Cromwell What the United States of America, Owes His Memory<br><br>While on a visit at the little Cathedral town of Lincoln, England, with my husband a Few years ago, we encountered one of its proverbial wet, summers For the first time; born in England I had, many occasions previously, visited there after my father had brought his family to this country. I had, therefore, abundance of indoor leisure to peruse some OF the rare literary works in my cousin's library, and because of my lineal descent, naturally became interested again in the Life and Works of Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell, the strongest and terriblest of all Englishmen, as Car/ lyle writes, making full notes From the authentic volumes in it, and which largely compose this little tribute to the memory of that great man who paved the way, some three hundred years ago, for the creation of this, my glorious adopted country, The United States of America, by establishing.<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.