Excerpt from Notice of the Life and Character of Hon. John Davis: Read Before the American Antiquarian Society, at Its Meeting Held in Boston on the 20th of April, 1854 It would be departing from the custom of the Coun cil, as well as doing injustice to their own feelings and the character of the deceased, if they were to close this report without a tribute to his memory. 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.