Excerpt from Hugh Peter: Preacher, Patriot, Philanthropist, Fourth Pastor of the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts; A Mosaic The workman on this mosaic has tried, bit by bit, to build up a portrait and, in a general way, a life of this interesting man. The result is necessarily rough and incomplete, but a nicer finish would only amplify without adding value to these pages. The end in view was not elaboration or beauty of style, but exactness, and a near and correct sight of our subject, through his friends, acquaintances and himself. Although but Six years in this country, be yet left a lasting stamp of his own work and life upon New England; add to this the fact that to the end he spoke of New England as home, and we may freely claim him as one of the founders of our Commonwealth and common country. The workman has sought to sink himself in his subject, and hardly more than two or three pages are in his own words all else is in the language of others as far as possible in the words of those who lived intimately, or at least contemporaneously, with Hugh Peter. No eulogy is attempted, facts are given and the reader can weigh for himself. 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.