Excerpt from Sketches of Oxford CountyBe It Remembered, That on the third day of February, A. D. 1830, and in the fifty fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Messrs. Shirley & Hyde, of said District, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit:"Oxford Sketches."By Thomas T Stone."Approved by the Committee of Publication of the Maine Sabbath School Union."Portland: Shirley & Hyde, 1830.In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, " and also to an act, entitled "An Act supplementary to An Act, entitled, An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and for extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints."About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.