History and Antiquities of New Haven, (Conn.) From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time

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Excerpt from History and Antiquities of New Haven, (Conn.) From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: Collected and Compiled From the Most Authentic SourcesCol. Lyon died Oct. 12th, 1830, in the 83d yearof his age. The following notice, is copied from one of the New Haven papers. Col. Lyon has long been considered by a very extensive literary acquaintance, as probably the greatest Antiquarian, and the most thoroughly versed Historian in the' United States. His powers of mind were early de veloped, being well prepared for Yale College at the early age of nine years, and having devoted the last twenty or thirty years en tirely to intense reading, and always favored with a most tenacious and retentive memory, which was apparently not at all impaired even to the last, by his advanced age, are circumstances which afforded him ad vantages for the acquisition of knowledge, which are by Divine Provi dence granted to a very few. Many periodicals of his day have been anonymously favored by his pen. It is however greatly to be regretted, that he could never be persuaded to publish a volume of ancient or mod ern history, especially as he has for the last half century, been the ora cle of so many that have been published. He has always sustained an irreproachable character, and will long be remembered by an affection ate family and large circle of friends with peculiar love and esteem.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.