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Excerpt from A Sketch of the Life of Com; Robert F. Stockton: With an Appendix, Comprising His Correspondence With the Navy Department, Respecting His Conquest of California; And Extracts From the Defence of Col. J. C. Fremont, in Relating to the Same Subject; Together With His Speeches in the Senate of the United S
IF great achievements, important public services, and a life devoted to conferring benefits on his country and race, can render the biography of a living man, interesting to his cotemporaries, - if modest reluctance to trumpet his own fame, or even vindicate himself from injustice or detrae tion, impose on his friends an obligation to perform that duty for him, - then we need offer no apology for this sketch of the life and services of Commodore Stockton. 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.
