Download or read book Memoirs of American Governors, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Jacob Bailey Moore and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of American Governors, Vol. 1 The writer of these pages has formed the design of preparing for publication, memoirs OF american governors - embracing those who have successively held the high office of Chief Magistrate, in the sever al Colonies, which now form the United States; to to be followed by Memoirs of the Governors of the sev eral States. The intelligent reader has perhaps felt the want of such a work. Our best Biographical Dictiona ries contain but meagre sketches of a few of those pub lic men, who have been distinguished as Governors while of others, who were renowned in their day, and exercised an important influence upon the times in which they lived, no account whatever is to be found. 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.