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15 - History of New Brunswick by Peter Fisher · History of New Brunswick

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  Speaker 1: Section fifteen of History of New Brunswick. This LibriVox recording
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  Speaker 1: is in the public domain recording by Roger Moline. History
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  Speaker 1: of New Brunswick by Peter Fisher, Section fifteen advertisement. Having,
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  Speaker 1: for reasons stated in the commencement of this work, given
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  Speaker 1: up my first design of adding a brief connected history
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  Speaker 1: of the province, I have inserted a few extracts relating
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  Speaker 1: to this country in an appendix, as they may be
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  Speaker 1: satisfactory to the reader and useful in conveying some knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of the early history of the country. My reasons for
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  Speaker 1: abridging this description. I have also stated and have omitted
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  Speaker 1: many particulars necessary in a full description of a country,
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  Speaker 1: such as tables of animals, plants, minerals, weather, et cetera,
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  Speaker 1: as I could not obtain the necessary materials, as but
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  Speaker 1: little attention has been paid to these subjects by persons
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  Speaker 1: qualified for the task. I have endeavored to be as
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  Speaker 1: correct in what I have stated as possible, but no
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  Speaker 1: doubt many inaccuracies will be discovered, as the information I
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  Speaker 1: have collected from different sources is liable to error. But
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  Speaker 1: it must be remembered that in a first work like this,
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  Speaker 1: many difficulties will occur, and having no track to guide me,
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  Speaker 1: I have frequently wanted the necessary information. The work, however imperfect,
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  Speaker 1: must be useful as giving the first general outline of
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  Speaker 1: the province and interesting to every person who possesses a
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  Speaker 1: feeling of interest for his own fireside. In short, persons
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  Speaker 1: who strike out a first tract in anything may be
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  Speaker 1: compared to pioneers who trace a road for others to
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  Speaker 1: use and improve. And of Section fifteen. Recording by Roger
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