Life of Samuel Hartlib

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Excerpt from Life of Samuel Hartlib: Account of His Publications, and Reprint of an Invention of Engines of MotionMy mother had two sisters, both which were very honourably married, one to a Lord Mayor's son at London, Mr. Clark and afterwards to a very rich knight, Sir Richard Smith, one of the King's Privy Council, she bringing a portion to him of sterling. This is my aunt, the Lady Smith, who marrying afterwards to Sir Edward Savage, was made one of the Ladies of Honour to our King's mother. The other sister was married to a younger brother, Mr. Peak, whose son hath now an estate of £300 sterling of land of inheritance yearly, and who is still alive. Our cousin - german, or my aunts', the lady Smith's daughter, was married to Sir Anthony Irby, at Boston, a knight of or sterling a year, who is still alive, and a Parliament Man.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.