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Excerpt from History of Marin County, California: Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography (Classic Reprint)To compile such a volume has been a ta'sk requiring much patience, a'certain amount of Skill, and a very great deal of application, yet happily our labors have been gladdened by many a'ch'eering word and much information, pleasantly Obtained from several Of the residents of Marin, both young and aged, Old and new. To those ladies and gentlemen We tender our most Sincere acknowledgments. Still, our quest for reliable data has. Not been all of a roseate hue. We have practically tested the truth of the adage that'5 hope deferred maketh the heart Sick. Through unredeemed promises much in respect to prominent matters has been per force omitted — this through no fault Of ours; notwithstanding these, we ven ture to predict for the History of Marin County, a full recognition from'those gentlemen who have done us the honor'to place their names on our subscription list. |
