Excerpt from Reminiscences and Biographical Notices of Twenty-One Members of the Worcester Fire Society: Also, an Historical SketchTo this list should also be added George Folsom, a name now nearly forgotten in Worcester. Many persons who know him as an accomplished historical scholar and very eminent in the public life of the country, are entirely ignorant that he was once a citizen of Worcester and did excellent public service here.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.