Excerpt from Letters of James Savage to His Family The letters, privately printed, in this little volume, are thought to be of sufficient interest to the family and friends of Mr. Savage, to merit their preservation. It may seem inconsistent that the first letter should be one addressed to a stranger; but as its date, two years after his graduation from college, marks an unusual experience for a young man, twenty-two years of age, I venture to insert it. In 1805, Mr. Savage's cousin, the late Frederic Tudor, engaged him to accompany his elder brother, William Tudor, to Visit the principal islands of the West Indies, for the purpose of establishing the ice-trade there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.