Excerpt from Address Delivered at Southampton, Mass;, At the Centennial Celebration of the Incorporation of That Town, July 23, 1841To these charges we plead guilty in part. We have no forefathers' rock. Peregrine White was not born here. The graves of the Lady Arabella Johnson and of her hus band, the holy man and wise, are not with us. N o Char ter Oak here lifts its broad and time-worn arms to the sky. We have no cellar which concealed the royal judges; nor any door that was pierced by Indian bullets. The drums, which awoke the sleepers at Lexington and Concord, were not heard in this peaceful valley. We have no great event to rehearse no stirring story to tell.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.