Excerpt from A Century of Village Unitarianism: Being a History of the Reformed Christian (Unitarian) Church of Trenton, Oneida County, N. Y., 1803 1903 It has been no easy task to collect from widely scat tered places the documents and information needed. It has, however, been a pleasant one; and I am deeply indebted to many for their assistance so freely and kindly given. I am especially indebted to the Rev. Howard N. Brown for kindly placing at my disposal the material which he had gathered with a view to writing the story. I am also indebted to him for kindly revising the manu script before it was put into the printers' hands, and for other substantial assistance in getting it published. I would also acknowledge my indebtedness to Mrs. Helen L. Fairchild for valuable material gathered from the correspondence of Judge Van der Kemp; to Mr. John W. Guiteau, Mr. F. M. Hollister and Mrs. Fairchild for aid in securing three full page portraits; to Mr. H. B. Philleo for the loan of a goodly batch of letters written to the Rev. I. B. Peirce; to the late F. W'. Guiteau for his Reminiscences and to the Rev. W. C. Gannett for the loan of portions of his father's private diary. 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.