The Groton Avery Clan, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) Review

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Excerpt from The Groton Avery Clan, Vol. 1In 1881, John Denison Baldwin and the Rev. William Clift published A Record of the Descendants of Capt. George Denison of Stonington, Connecticut, the culmination of labors begun many years before. Meantime, Mr. Clift, whose mother was Nancy7 Avery (no. Had been collecting material relating to the genealogy of the Averys of Groton, as stated on page 530 of this volume. This material he turned over to Mr. Homer D. L. Sweet, whose mother was Candace7 Avery (no. For thirty years, Mr. Sweet was engaged in the compilation of The Averys of Groton; on the eve of its publication in 1894, he died. The first twenty-six pages of that work were written by me and bear my signature. On the fourth page of the preface, appears this statement: More than to any other person except Mr. Sweet, the existence of this, book is due to Dr. Elroy M. Avery, of Cleveland, Ohio, who assisted materially in its design and character with both pen and purse. Similar credit was given by Mr. Sweet on pages 484, 485, and 502 of his work. For Mr. Sweet's patient and persistent labors, the members of the Groton Avery clan are under lasting obligation.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.