TO THE READER 



Tlie niatericils for tlie Bioi»rapliy of JoHX 

 Hachmax. D. D., were collected Avitli great 

 labor and ]>;nns by his grandson, the late 

 Rev. John Bachman Haskell, the appointed 

 biographer, who wrote . ''7 think fhaf the 

 Biographf/, well done, wonld he worth mij poor 

 lifey Tlie accomplishment of this labor of 

 love was frustrated by tlu^ protracted illness 

 that preceded his detith. 



In compliance witli liis injunctions, the 

 attem])t lias been made to weave tlie materials 

 collected according to liis plnn — •• Ijet h'nn 

 speak for himself, whenever it is jn^ssihlc." 



A biography written l)y ;i near relatixe 

 has its merits and its disadvantao-es. On the 

 one hand, tln^ ])en of a stranger could not 



