Download or read book The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the Year 1848 (Classic Reprint) written by Jared Sparks and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the Year 1848 The thanks of the Editor are particularly due to the Heads of Departments at Washington, and to his many contributors and. Correspondents, to whom the work is indebted for a great part of its value. A continuance of their favors is respectfully solicited. A work embracing such a multitude of facts must necessarily contain some errors: persons who detect any are earnestly requested to communicate them to the Editor. It is a matter of some public interest that a periodical which circulates so widely, both in Europe and America, and which is so universally trusted as a manual for reference, should be rendered as accurate as possible; and this end can be obtained only by the cooperation of many individuals. Communications may be addressed to the Editor of the American Almanac, Boston. 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.