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The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

B. H. (Benjamin Hunter) Dupuy b. 1845 Teetor Henry Dudley

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Description:PREFACE.The author has long contemplated the publication of such a volume as this. The main reason, which has induced him to do so, has been the long and wide felt desire of the descendants of Bartholomew Dupuy for such a volume, that the data relative to the whole subject, and the lines of descent from him might be collated, preserved, and handed down to rising generations, before time had ground them into dust and all tradition been buried in the grave of oblivion. The work has been in contemplation and partial preparation for more than a quarter of a century, but it has been only of recent years that it was undertaken with the determination to effect its completion.The preparation has been attended with much tedious labor and persevering energy, as well as the exercise of great patience, of which no one knows anything save him who has undertaken or assisted in such a task. In these times, when people are driving heedlessly ahead, if not to hoard up riches, at least to become independent, often in disregard of obligations to their fellow men, many of the descendants take little or no interest in their ancestry; and whether they knew anything of importance on the subject or not, they would not answer letters, and furnish that data necessary to make a volume like this valuable to generations unborn. Hence the author is conscious of the incompleteness and imperfections of the work arising from such indifference, but hopes the book mayprove a basis in years to come of greater completeness and perfection. As far as it goes, the volume is quite reliable, having been founded upon well authenticated statements and facts; the author trying to avoid drawing on his imagination, which in some instances might have been excusable, and might have added interest to the volume, if not real value.The book is unique in its make-up. It is neither strictly biography nor history. While partaking of those kinds of literature, such a work from its title must strike a mean betwixt the two. To strictly develop either line to its usual limits would make the work unreasonably voluminous and bunglesome. The object has been to sketch the life of an honorable ancestor as far as known, and to preserve the lines of descent from him, and thereby show that his posterity, instead of defaming his name, have in the main and to a wonderful degree appreciated and honored it from generation to generation. To do this history and biography have been concisely, but we hope sufficiently blended for the purpose.It has seemed specially necessary to the author that such a book should contain, as an Introduction, a brief account of the Rise and Progress of the Huguenots in France to the time of the appearance of Bartholomew Dupuy in history. This is necessary as a beneficial effect upon his living descendants, by way of enhancing their appreciation of the causes which gave rise to the Huguenots, as well as a due appreciation of their valor, character, and sincere religious belief. Until one knows the foundation upon which his family is built, it is not likely that he will appreciate the fact of its havinga foundation at all. But when he knows, as it were, the cause of which he is an effect, the source whence he has come, the trials and hardships of hia ancestors, which made them what they were, and whose nature, blood, and principles he himself has inherited; and when it is shown him that for two centuries these elements and principles have clung to the descendants and have operated to make them honorable and successful also, then he will think there is something in them, and will more likely appreciate, and live by them, and teach his posterity the same. We urge, therefore, the close and patient perusal of the Introduction, as the foundation of due appreciation of the book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants. To get started finding The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: PREFACE.The author has long contemplated the publication of such a volume as this. The main reason, which has induced him to do so, has been the long and wide felt desire of the descendants of Bartholomew Dupuy for such a volume, that the data relative to the whole subject, and the lines of descent from him might be collated, preserved, and handed down to rising generations, before time had ground them into dust and all tradition been buried in the grave of oblivion. The work has been in contemplation and partial preparation for more than a quarter of a century, but it has been only of recent years that it was undertaken with the determination to effect its completion.The preparation has been attended with much tedious labor and persevering energy, as well as the exercise of great patience, of which no one knows anything save him who has undertaken or assisted in such a task. In these times, when people are driving heedlessly ahead, if not to hoard up riches, at least to become independent, often in disregard of obligations to their fellow men, many of the descendants take little or no interest in their ancestry; and whether they knew anything of importance on the subject or not, they would not answer letters, and furnish that data necessary to make a volume like this valuable to generations unborn. Hence the author is conscious of the incompleteness and imperfections of the work arising from such indifference, but hopes the book mayprove a basis in years to come of greater completeness and perfection. As far as it goes, the volume is quite reliable, having been founded upon well authenticated statements and facts; the author trying to avoid drawing on his imagination, which in some instances might have been excusable, and might have added interest to the volume, if not real value.The book is unique in its make-up. It is neither strictly biography nor history. While partaking of those kinds of literature, such a work from its title must strike a mean betwixt the two. To strictly develop either line to its usual limits would make the work unreasonably voluminous and bunglesome. The object has been to sketch the life of an honorable ancestor as far as known, and to preserve the lines of descent from him, and thereby show that his posterity, instead of defaming his name, have in the main and to a wonderful degree appreciated and honored it from generation to generation. To do this history and biography have been concisely, but we hope sufficiently blended for the purpose.It has seemed specially necessary to the author that such a book should contain, as an Introduction, a brief account of the Rise and Progress of the Huguenots in France to the time of the appearance of Bartholomew Dupuy in history. This is necessary as a beneficial effect upon his living descendants, by way of enhancing their appreciation of the causes which gave rise to the Huguenots, as well as a due appreciation of their valor, character, and sincere religious belief. Until one knows the foundation upon which his family is built, it is not likely that he will appreciate the fact of its havinga foundation at all. But when he knows, as it were, the cause of which he is an effect, the source whence he has come, the trials and hardships of hia ancestors, which made them what they were, and whose nature, blood, and principles he himself has inherited; and when it is shown him that for two centuries these elements and principles have clung to the descendants and have operated to make them honorable and successful also, then he will think there is something in them, and will more likely appreciate, and live by them, and teach his posterity the same. We urge, therefore, the close and patient perusal of the Introduction, as the foundation of due appreciation of the book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants. To get started finding The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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