A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM B. IDE
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THE INSCRIPTION.
To the Relatives of the late William B. Ide
and their posterity, of the "third and fourth",
and succeeding "generations", this book is respectfully
inscribed. One, two, or more hundreds
of years hence, should it be so long preserved
in their family archieves, it will be read
by them with greater avidity and satisfaction,
than by any of their anticipated 'ancestry' of
the present generation. With this suggestion
it is submitted to their perusal in the hope that
they will charitably overlook or condone any
short-comings of duty they may have discovered
in the course of its perusal.
S. I.
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