Excerpt from A Commemorative Discourse Pronounced at Quincy, Mass; 25 May, 1840, on the Second Centennial Anniversary of the Ancient Incorporation of the Town: With an Appendix It comes within my present plan only to take this passing notice of Mr. W heelwright, and the excitement which followed him, as one of the remarkable events, which had taken place previously to the incorporation of the town. This event alone would afford an almost interminable field for remark and discussion, were it to be pursued, and more than absorb all the time I ought to claim on the present occasion. Inviting as it is, I leave it with the less regret, as it has recently been so ably and satisfactorily presented to the public in the discourses* consequent upon the return of the second century since the gathering of the first church, to which its further consideration might in every view appear more pertinent. 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.