Excerpt from The History of Kingston, New York: From Its Early Settlement to the Year 1820

This book, which has been prepared at the earnest request of some kind friends. Even if it does not meet their full expectations, I trust will not be disappointing.

There are great and, indeed, insurmountable difficulties in pre paring a complete history of Kingston, on account of the loss and destruction of public records and other valuable papers.

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