66 People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors." EDMUND BURKE. GREAT BARRINGTON, MASS.: CLARK W. BRYAN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1882. To the Inhabitants of the Town of Great Barrington, and those who may succeed them; To those whose dwelling place in time past has been with us; To all who look back to the town as the place of their nativity, or whose early associations are connected with it; And to the descendants of the pioneers who founded the town and its institutions, this volume is respectfully dedicated. CHAS. J. TAYLOR. To the Inhabitants of the Town of Great Barrington, and those who may succeed them; To those whose dwelling place in time past has been with us; To all who look back to the town as the place of their nativity, or whose early associations are connected with it; And to the descendants of the pioneers who founded the town and its institutions, this volume is respectfully dedicated. CHAS. J. TAYLOR. |