Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of Matthew Watson Foster, 1800 1863 Matthew watson foster, the youngest son Of George Forster and Jane Watson his wife, was born at Gilesfield, County of Dur ham, England, On the 22d of June, 1800. George Forster was a tenant farmer and the family of Jane Watson were tradespeople. The Forsters of this branch were quite numer ous in the counties of Northumberland and Durham. The family dropped the letter r from the name after the emigration to America. One Of Matthew's sisters was the wife ...
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Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of Matthew Watson Foster, 1800 1863 Matthew watson foster, the youngest son Of George Forster and Jane Watson his wife, was born at Gilesfield, County of Dur ham, England, On the 22d of June, 1800. George Forster was a tenant farmer and the family of Jane Watson were tradespeople. The Forsters of this branch were quite numer ous in the counties of Northumberland and Durham. The family dropped the letter r from the name after the emigration to America. One Of Matthew's sisters was the wife of a bookseller and publisher Of Newcastle-upon Tyne. Matthew never went to school, but was taught by his mother to read and write, and at the age of ten he was placed in the bookstore at Newcastle, where, as a shopboy, be com pleted his rudimentary education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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