Excerpt from The Cape Cod Centennial Celebration at Barnstable, Sept; 3, 1839, of the Incorporation of That Town, Sept; 3, 1639: Giving a Full Detail of the Preliminary Proceedings of the Committees, and the Speeches and Toasts at the Dinner The following pages contain every thing of interest that oc curred on that memorable occasion, which gave universal plea sure, and which has been pronounced, by all who witnessed it, as the most fortunate and effective public observance within their recollection. Nor was the pleasure which was so univer sally enjoyed and so entirely unmarred on that day, trifling or evanescent. The farther we shall be removed from it by time, the more gratifying will it be to recur to it, and read over its de tails, to revive associations that we shall love to cherish in the pleasant memory of the past. In addition to the Speeches and Toasts that appeared in the newspapers, the Publisher is indebted to several gentlemen for sentiments and remarks that have not before been published, and he is now able to offer the public a full and corrected account of the entire proceedings. 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.