Excerpt from First Reunion and Organization of the Balch Family Association, by the Descendants of John Balch: One of the "Old Planters" Of Naumkeag, Now Salem, Beverly, and North Beverly, Massachusetts Now I shall break off the thread of what I have been saying and turn to a different line of thought. But perhaps before I am through I shall be able to bring the threads Of my discourse together again. 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.