The Indian Land Titles of Essex County, Massachusetts (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Indian Land Titles of Essex County, Massachusetts Subject is mainly historical. There is not much that can be said upon its legal aspect that is new, but the moral right to take by force the lands of the aborigines is still an open question. Neither is it a book of the Indians except as it relates to land titles. Most of the original Indian deeds are lost or de stroyed, the records of the transactions are passing away, and the names of localities and waters are being forgotten. Duty demands the preservation of these memorials in order that at some future time the history of our red men may be written as truly and fully as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.