friend; and very many could have testified to their personal knowledge of the eloquence of James Fitch. Who can estimate the value that such a book would bear at this time! This book, such as it is, is wholly a Norwich book. The paper was manufactured at our famous Chelsea Mills, at Greeneville; the printing is my own; and the binding is the work of our well known binders, Lewis and Elisha Edwards. The engraving of the large tent is from a photograph by William H. Jennings; and to the pencil of our talented young townsman, Henry V. Edmond, must be credited the graphic views of the dinner tent and the scene in front of the Wauregan. The page of fac similes was collected by J. Hammond Trumbull, esq., of Hartford. The book may not be wholly free from typographical errors, (though earnest pains have been taken to make it so,) yet they are such as are believed to be unimportant. By following the notes of the reporter too closely, some omissions have been made which are fully supplied in the table of contents. For instance, the speech of Daniel P. Tyler at the dinner table is attributed to Daniel Tyler. The index supplies the omission in this case, as it does in other similar cases. With this preface the book is submitted to the public by THE PUBLISHER. Norwich, Connecticut, November 15th, 1859. |