Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Diary of Matthew Patten of Bedford, N. H: From Seventeen Hundred Fifty-Four to Seventeen Hundred Eighty-Eight
He had always kept a diary. After his death, this remained in the pos session of his daughters, Sarah and Polly Patten. They gave it to Dr. Peter P. Woodbury about the year 1850, or rather they gave to him that portion of the diary which then remained, for the earlier pages from its beginning down to about 1754 had been lost. Dr. Woodbury preserved this diary until his death in 1860, when it continued in the possession of his family until the present time. Its merits were so much appreciated by the town, as areoord of its earliest settlement, that the sum of $500 was appropriated for its publication, and the committee who were charged with the publication of the town's history were entrusted with the duty of publishing this diary.
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