{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3086", "width": "2030", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^A V\\ns", "height": "3086", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": ",xV\\nA-^^\\n,0\\nt.\\nf,. v-^\\nV\\n-0\\ny-\\no\\n-Ci,", "height": "3070", "width": "1975", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3086", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3070", "width": "1975", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3086", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nOP\\nCHESHIEE^^ SULLIVAS\\nCOUNTIES.\\nJ\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nEDITED BY\\nD. HAMILTON HURD.\\n^7- 2.\\n1.70\\nPHILADELPHIA:\\nJ. W. LEWIS c^- CO.\\n1886.", "height": "3070", "width": "1975", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "C5 H\\nQ\\nCol YKKJHT, ISMi, UY J. \\\\V I.F.WIS tt TO.\\n-IAS. It. ItoiHiKltS I UlNTlNi; iUMI ANV.\\nnill.ADKI.I in V.", "height": "3086", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nLv presenting this work to the public, tlie [)ul)lisliers claim tliat tlu V have\\nat least endeavored to laithfuUy ulfill their j)romise.s. The most competent\\npersons have been employed in the preparation ol the woi k, and it is sincerely\\nhoped that readers in the various towns of the counties will lind the narratives\\n[)f their special localities interesting and instructive. The work has been com-\\npiled from anthenticated and original sources.\\nThe preparation of the History of (Jheshire and Sullivan Counties upon tiie\\nwithin elaborate plan imposed u[)on both editors and publishers a task of no\\nsmall magnitude, and one wdiich they have keenly felt. They submit the work\\nto the [lublic ti usting that their just expectations may be lully rt alized.\\nThe PiBLLsnERS.", "height": "3055", "width": "1869", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS\\nCHESHIRE OOUKTY.\\nOHAPTEIl\\nI. GENERAL HISTOllV\\nIT. IlENCII AND BAR\\nIII. I.VTKKXAI. IJII IIOVEJIEKTS.\\nPAOE\\n1\\nTOWN HISTUEIES.\\nP.\\\\GE\\n114\\n123\\n180\\njni)\\nALSTEAD\\nI HESTERFlET.Ii\\nDUBLIN\\nKITZWII.I.IAM\\n(ilLSUM\\nIIAURISVILLE 210\\nHINSDALE 357\\nJAFFRKY 220\\nKEEXE 24\\nMARLIiORiHCII 231\\niMARLOW :il4\\nXELSON 3IS\\nP.VGE\\nRICHMOND 322\\nEINDGE 332\\nROXBURV 329\\nSTODDARD 331\\nSULLIVAN 340\\nSURRY 342\\nTROY 340\\nSWANZEY 37.\\nWALPOLE 408\\nWESTJIORELAND 457\\nWINCHESTER 54)\\nSULLIVAI^ COUNTY\\nCHAPTER\\nI. UEXERAL III.STORY\\nH. BENCH AND BAR\\nTOWN HISTORIES.\\nPAGE\\nACWORTII 10\\nCHARLESTO WN 23\\nCLAREMONT 40\\nCORNISH 141\\nCROYDON 150\\nGOSHEN 108\\nGRANTHAM 170\\nLAXGDON. ISl\\nPAGE\\nLEMrSTER 1S5\\nNEWPORT 200\\nPLAINFIELD 310\\nSPRINGFIELD 317\\nSUNAPEE 330\\nUNITY :ig4\\nWASHINGTilN 391\\nAPPENDIX 400", "height": "3035", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL.\\nCHESHIRE COUNTY\\nPA (IE\\nAppl -lnn, .Ii shk* K 191\\nHull, Diivi.l 582\\nBoycleii, Elijah 302\\nBuyden, Freileric 3G8\\nBriggs, Oliver L 5ii 2\\nBiiffuiii, Ciileb T lOG\\nBilffuiil, Iliiskell 518\\nBiirt, Chailos W lii\\nBurt, Lieiiteuant-Culuncl William 11 15\\nCarpenter, Aigeriiuii S 112\\nCIianiliL-rhiin Paniily 513\\nCole, Theodorp 520\\nDickinson, Ansel 584\\nElliot Family 104\\nEsty, Henry 524\\nFaulkuer, ITon. F. A 13\\nFaulkner, Francis A 12\\nFrench, Ahijah 51G\\nFrost, Itufus S 300\\nFuller, John H lOS\\nGraves, Josiah O 454\\nGreenwood, ColoitL-l W. H 304\\nGustiue, EdwanI 113\\nPAGE\\nHaile, AVilliani 367\\nHale, Ex-Govcrnor Sjinun,-! W 107\\nHarris, Gordis D lOD\\nHemenway, Luther 30G\\nHolbrook, Daniel H no\\nHolbrook, J. J m\\nHorton, Edgar K 530\\nHorton, Egbert C 530\\nKnowlton, Janu-s 311\\nLane, F. F n\\nLeonard, Levi V, C 193\\nMcCollester, Rev. H 295\\nPatten, Daniel W 528\\nRobertson, George 371\\nStearns, John 374\\nThompson, Albeit 525\\nTurner, Family 553\\nTwitchell, Dr. Anio.s 113\\nWhite, Shiibael 527\\nWhitney, Charles 308\\nWilkinson, Solon S 313\\nW inch, Nathan 310\\nSULLIVAN COUNTY.\\nI AGE\\nAitains, Daniel N 356\\nUakor, Edward D 15\\nBalconi, George L 131\\nllurton, L. W 3U2\\nClark, William 132\\nColby,Iiu 13\\nI Dunbar, George W 165\\nman, Charles U 134\\nFarwell, George N 130\\nFisher, Leonard 1* 13 J\\nFreeman, P. C 14\\nI Goss, Benjamin F 177\\nGoodhue, David P 3U2\\nGraves, L. J 137\\nPAfiE\\nHall, Rufus 178\\nHatch, Mason 298\\nHoward, Rev. Lewis 359\\nMcDauiel, Charle.s 353\\nParker, H. W 9\\nParis, Sherman, residence of. 33\\nQuimby, Samuel 35^\\nRichards, Josiah 138\\nRunals Family (the) 3^2\\nSanborn, Thomas 300\\nSmith, Alvah 194\\nSwett, John L 297\\nToUes, Nathaniel 135\\nWait, Albert S ic.\\nix", "height": "3035", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "S 9^^\\n=5", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3030", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nOF\\nCHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\n(lENERAL HISTORY.\\nBY WIIXARD BILL.\\nGeographical Topographical Geological Botanical\\nV Manufactures\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Courts and County Buildings County\\nOfficers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aboriginal Occupancy\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Population from 1867\\nto 1880.\\nGeogr.vphicai.. The proviuce of New\\nHanipshire was divided into five counties in 1771.\\nOne of tiiese was named Cheshire, deriving its\\nname from a county in the west of England, cele-\\nbrated for its manufacture of cheese; hence,\\nthe name originally. Kcene and Charlestown\\nwere made the shire-towns. July 5, 1827, the\\ncounty was divided, the northern portion taking\\nthe name of Sidlivan County. This division\\nleft Cheshire County with its present limits,\\nsituate in the southwestern part of the State,\\nbounded on the north by Sullivan County, east\\nl)y ITillsl)orougli County, south by the Sttite of\\nMassachusetts, and west by the west bank of\\nthe Connecticut River. It extends, lis greatest\\nlength thirty-one miles north and south, and\\ntwenty-six miles in extreme width east and\\nwest. It contains twenty-three towns, eight of\\nwhich were incorporated in the reign of George\\nII., namely, Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Keene,\\nRichmond, Swanzey, Walpole, Westmoreland\\nand Winchester, ten in the reign of George\\nIII., namely, Alstcad, Dublin, Fitzwilliam,\\n1\\nGilsum, Jafifrey, Marlow, Nelson, Rindge,\\nSurry, Stoddard, and five under the govern-\\nment of New Hampshire, namely, Harris-\\nvillc, Marlborough, Roxbury, Sullivan and\\nTroy.\\nTOPOGEAPHICAI.. The surface of Cheshire\\nCounty is greatly diversified. From the valley\\nof the Connecticut on its west to the towering\\nheight of Grand iSIonadnock on the east, rising\\nto an altitude of three thousand one hundred and\\neighty-six feet, is a succession of hill and valley\\nand plain, in various places of great natural\\nbeauty.\\nNumerous lakes and ponds feed a network of\\nstreams of greater or lesser extent. The Con-\\nnecticut River is the largest stream in botii\\nState and county. Rising among the mountains\\nof the extreme north of the State, it flows in a\\nsoutherly direction, forming the boundary line\\non its west low- water bank between the States\\nof New Hampshire and Vermont thence, pass-\\ninsr throuffh the States of Massachusetts and\\nConnecticut, it empties into Long Island Sound.\\nIts valley is noted for its productiveness. Ex-\\ncluding the falls, the average fall of the river\\nis about one and one-half feet to the mile. At\\nBellows Falls its descent is forty-nine feet,\\nfurnishing ample power for manufac turing uses.\\nOther streams lend beauty and utility to the\\nsurface of the county, the principal of which\\nare the Ashuelot, Cold and branches of the\\n1", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nContoocook. The Asliuelot River, rising in\\nnumerous ponds in Washington, Sullivan\\nCounty, flowing in a southwesterly direction\\nthrougli the towns of Marlow, Gilsuni, Surry,\\nKeene, Swanzey, Winchester and Hinsdale,\\nwhere it empties into the Connecticut, is one of\\nthe most important manufacturing streams in\\nthe State. All along its course are many im-\\nproved water-powers. It is fed by branches\\nfrom ponds that have been converted by dams\\ninto reservoirs, and thercl:)y affording many\\nwater-jiowcrs of thcniselves. One of these rises\\nin Stoddard and flows throuirh the northwest\\ncorner of Nelson, southeast corner of Sullivan\\nand northwest corner of Roxbury to Keene,\\nand one from Dublin through Marlborough to\\nSouth Keene, where it joins the branch from\\nStoddard. Another stream comes from Troy,\\nflowing through the southwest corner of Marl-\\nborough and joins the Asliuelot in Swanzey.\\nThe Asliuelot is about forty miles in length,\\nArea. Altitude.\\nSpoonwood Pond, Nelson 0.25\\nLong Pond, Nelson and Hancock 1.2 1338\\nNorth Pond, Harrisville 0.2 1218\\nGeological. When, in the beginning, this\\nplanet, earth, was hurled, revolving, into space\\nby the power of an Almighty hand, a.seething,\\nfiery, gaseous mass of molten elements, it\\ngradually took form from its revolutions, and\\nthereby consistence and compactness. In the pro-\\ngress of centuries the surface became crusted\\nover, holding within its l)osoni a mighty mass of\\nmolten matter, freijucntly convulsed by throes of\\nsufficient pow(n to elevate mountain heights and\\ndepress to ocean beds, separating, disintegrating\\nand mi.xing the earth s crust in a manner to\\nprint in ineffaceable characters the great story\\nof the Creation, a creation not yet completed.\\nIn C heshire County we find those characters\\nfrequent and prominent. Briefly \\\\ery briefly,\\nfor sjiace forbids otherwise we will endeavor\\nfrom its source to the Connecticut falls about to sketch a few of the more prominent Foot-\\none thousand feet, and drains a basin of three\\nhundred and seventy-five S(piare miles, or two\\nhundred and forty thousand acres.\\nThe Cold River, rising in Sullivan County,\\nflows, in a southwesterly direction, seventeen\\nmiles through Alstead and Walpole, and\\nfurnishes water-power to a limited extent. It\\ndrains a basin of sixty thousand acres nearly.\\nThe branches of the Contoocook River, in\\nthe eastern 23ortion of the county, furnish some\\ngood water-powers. The Partridge Brook,\\nrising in Lake Spoffbrd, flows through Chester-\\nfield and Westmoreland, where it empties into\\nthe Connecticut, is a rapid stream, falling five\\nhundred feet in its course of nearly six miles,\\nand affording constant water-power, but only\\npartially utilized. In a tabulated form we give\\nthe principal bodies of water in the county,\\nwith area of each ih square miles and decimals\\nthereof, with altitude in feet above the sea,\\nand towns where located,\\nArea.\\nWarren Pond, Alstead 0.5\\nSpoflbrd Lake, Chesterfield 1.0\\nBreed Pond, Nelson 0.7\\nWoodward Pond, Roxbury 0.3\\nSwanzey Pond, Swanzey 0.2\\nStacy Pond, Stoddard 0.7\\nAltitude.\\n550\\n738\\n1250\\n1150\\nprints of the Creator. From the elementary\\nor molten period the earth ]iassed into the\\nigneous period. We now see the unstratified\\nrocks, of which the enduring granite is the low-\\nest of the series and the great frame- work of the\\nearth s crust, and by for the most abundant,\\nrising to the greatest heights, thrown uj) by\\nthe subterranean forces. From an endless\\nmonotonous plain these forces are now operat-\\ning with a power beyond all human conception\\nto transform this plain into a broken surface,\\nfrom mountain peak to ocean bed. Of granite,\\nCheshire County contributes her full share of\\nearning the sobriquet of the Granite State.\\nHer quarries of granite are unsurpassed. The\\ncoarser granites are of the oldest formation.\\nCotemporary with the beginning of the\\nigneous period, the atmosphere, heavily\\ncharged with minerals in a gaseous form,\\ncondensing from the effect of the cooling cartji,\\nwas deposited, forming another coating of rock\\nmaterial. This was the vaporous period. So\\nfar the earth had been surrounded by an\\natmosphere so dense an l dark that the lia-ht of\\nstar nor moon nor sun could })enetrate. Now\\nthe progress of creation was ripe for the settling\\nof the atmospheric moisture into the hollows of", "height": "3031", "width": "1968", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "GENERAL HISTORY.\\ntlie earth. It became nearly covered with\\nwater. This is the aqueous period. Then ame\\nthe long, col l night, when the summer sun\\nfailed to thaw the suow and ice that gathered\\nill mighty masses, covering mountains in\\nheight, forming glaciers of continental extent,\\nthat planed and trausformed the rugge l\\nvolcanic surfaces into new vestments, and\\nprinting its history in charat^ters the plainest of\\nall. An enormous mass of ice, thousands of\\nfeet in depth, moved down the valley of the\\nConnecticut, grinding, crushing, planing its\\nway. A tributary glacier flowed down the\\nAshuelot Valley. This mass of ice pressed so\\nheavily downward as to compact the earth into\\nthe lower hill, or, what is generally known,\\nand appropriately so, as hard pan.\\nThis ice-sheet carried along in its track huge\\nfragments of detached rock, which, grinding\\nand rounding, it deposited in the form of boul-\\nders, generally upon the higher lands. In var-\\nious places they .are [)lentiful. The glaciers\\nmoved in a southeasterly direction, and this\\nmovement must have resulted from a different\\nchorography of country than exists at the present\\ntime. The interior of the continent must have\\nbeen elevated many feet. This elevation and\\nafter-depression must have been of slow prog-\\nress. This movement is still ojierating in var-\\nious places. As the glacier moved down the\\nvalley, hard-rock fragments were frozen into\\nthe Iwttoni of the ice-sheet; these, driven along\\nby fearful jiower, acted as chisels or gouges,\\ndeeply scratching the ledges along the course of\\nits progress. These strise are everywhere found.\\nMount Monadnock is striated from base to brow.\\nMr. G. A. Wheelock, a local geologist of repute,\\nentertains the belief that this niouutain was an\\nisland in a sea of icebergs, which struck equally\\nstrong upon the northwest and southeast sides.\\nCould our rocks be uncovered from the over-\\nlying earth, they would generally sluiw the result\\nof their mighty planing and rounding in their\\nstrife. Now the continent slowly depresses, a\\ngeological spring-time dawns, a warmer climate\\nprevails, the vast fields of ice and snow melt\\nrajiidly, mighty floods pour down the valleys\\nwith resistless fury. Changes impossible to be\\nwrought by a moving river of ice, mountain-\\nhigh, are easily effective before a rushing torrent\\nof water. Now comes the era of modified\\ndrift, with its dejjosits of stratified, water-worn\\ngravel, sand, clay or silt, an era extending from\\nthe departure of the great northern ice-sheet\\ndown to the ]n-esent time. The glacial or drift\\nperiod embraces two eras, the drift and the\\nalluvium. The former is characterized by re-\\npeated elcviitions and depressions. It was then\\na foundering land, under a severe sky, beaten\\nby tempests and lashed by tides, with glaciers\\nchoking its cheerless valleys, and with countless\\nicebergs brushing its coasts and grating over its\\nshallows. The alluvium era witnesses the per-\\nfection of the earth to an extent that fits it as\\nthe proper al)ode of man.\\nFrom harmony from heavenly harmony\\nThis universal frame began\\nFrom luirmony to harmony,\\nThrough all the compass of the notes it ran,\\nThe diapason closing full in man.\\nThe eastern portion of the county is a [)rime-\\nval ridge, though it was snl nierged at times,\\nand is underlaid by the oldest rock formations.\\nThis ridge belongs to a chain of ridges that was\\nthe first to appear above the ocean. The dc-\\njnTssiou of the Connecticut Valley, that embi-aces\\na large portion of the county, carries with it the\\nlater rocks, and has been, and is, the source of\\ndrainage of the highlands to the northward.\\nThe eastern part of the county, comprising\\nportions of Jaffrey, Dublin, Harrisville, Nelson\\nand Stoddard, rests upon the edge of a large\\narea of porphyritic gneiss. Another area of it\\nforms the elevated and rugged portions of the\\ntowns of C hesterfield, Swanzey, Winchester and\\nHinsdale, while it appears in Fitzwilliam, Jaf-\\nfrey and Marlow. A variety of gneiss known\\nas the protogene gneiss extends from the State\\nline, through Winchester, Richmond, Swanzey\\nand Keene, to Surry, where it changes its form\\nand extends to and into Sullivan County, lu\\nSurry and Keeue the jirotogene is often found\\nof a dee]) red color. Encircling this protogene\\nwe find hornblende, schist, and, girting this,\\n(juartzite. A large surface area of the Jfoiital-\\nban schist in one tract extends from Stoddard to\\nthe State line through the towns of Rindge,\\nFitzwilliam, Richmond, Troy, Jaffrey, Marlbor-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nough, Roxbury, Sullivau, Nelsou and Stoddard.\\nThese I ocks are feldspathic and ordinary mica\\nschist. Tlic mica is seen in large spangles,\\ncither black or white. In Rindge a variety is\\nfound in which quartz predominates, heavily\\ncharged with iron pyrites, that decomposes when\\nbrought in contact witii the atmosphere tlie\\nrock crumbles and the soil is colored reddish-\\nyellow from tlio presence of the iron peroxide.\\nThe ]\\\\[ontall)an rocks in Clieshire County\\nare supposed to be of the same age with that\\nwhich composes the summits of the higher\\nWhite Mountains. A band of micaceous\\n(uartzite, full of fibrolite, two miles wide, crosses\\nthe towns of Marlow, Alstead, Gilsum and\\nSurry, carrying gigantic veins of granite, in\\nwhicli the mica plates are large and of commer-\\ncial value. For many years they have been\\nmined in Alstead for glass. The latest group\\nof rocks so far found in the county are known\\nas the Coos group. Its constituents are (piartz-\\nite, argillite and calcareous schist. A large\\narea of Walpoie is covered by the former, and\\nit is found in all the towns adjoining the Con-\\nnecticut River. Mount ^yantastiquet, in Hins-\\ndale and Ciiesterfield, is composed of argillaceous\\nand mica schist. The eruptive rocks are very\\nsparingly represented in this county. The only\\neruptive rock of any extent in the valley of the\\nConnecticut in this county is found in West-\\nmoreland and forms most of the hill southeast\\nof the west depot. Inclosed in the Montalban\\nschists of Fitzwilliam, Troy, Marlborough and\\nRoxbury we find oval deposits of eruptive\\ngranite. These arc extensively quarried, and\\nare held in high repute for building and monu-\\nmental purposes. I crnieating Surry Mountain\\nare veins of quartz, bearing metalliferous depos-\\nits. A large outlay has been exjjended in eiforts\\nto mine it, but not, so far, with success. De-\\nposits of infusorial silica, formed of decayed\\norganisms, arc f()un(l of excellent quality in\\nvarious places and especially so in Fitzwilliam.\\nliog ii-on-ores of the nature of ochre occur at\\nChesterfield, Walpoie, .laffrcy and Surry.\\nBoTAmcAL. From papers prepared by\\n^Villiam F. Flint, B.S., of Winchester, we\\nglean the following facts relating to the botany\\nof Clicshii c County. Altitude has nnich to do\\nin the distribution of plants. A large part of\\nthe area of the county has an altitude of more\\nthan five hundred feet above the sea-level.\\nFollowing the trend of the Montalban rocks,\\nin the eastern part of the county we find vege-\\ntation of the Canadian type. In the valley of\\nthe Connecticut and of its tributaries we find a\\nlarger number of siiecies, some characteristic of\\nSouthern New England. The county was\\nformerly covered by a dense forest, through\\nwhich the sun scarcely penetrated at inid-day.\\n.\\\\.long the valleys of the Connecticut and\\nAshuelot Rivers were forests of the finest white\\nl)ine, the most valued of our timbers, and\\nreserved by King George in his grants of the\\nseveral townships for His Majesty s navy. His\\nofficers provoked the displeasure of the early\\nsettlers by carving their broad arrows on the\\ntallest mast-trees. The higher lands were\\ncovered with heavy growths of hemlock,\\nmaples, birches, beeches and red oak, while belts\\nf spruce were common.\\nThe original forest presented the same\\nharacteristics as at the present day, save the\\nrestrictions imf)0sed by the lumberman. The\\nold pine forests are represented by thick,\\nthrifty grou ths of their sajilings. These are\\ngeneral all over the county. Their conversion\\ninto wooden-ware has been and is a source of a\\nlarge industry and of much wealth. Next to\\nthe pine, the hemlock is the most frequently\\nfound of any conifer; oi iginally they competed\\nwith the pine in diameter and height. In the\\ncold swamps of the river towns and throughout\\nthe eastern towns we find the black spruce and\\nthe balsam fir, and u])on the dry drift knolls\\nand sandy plains we find the pitch-pine. In\\nthe cold peat swanq\u00c2\u00ab and springy lands of\\nFitzwilliam, Rindge and Jaffrey we find the\\ntamarack in abiuidance. A variety of the yew,\\ngenerally known as the ground hendock, is\\ncommon. Passing from the sombre evergreen,\\nwe turn to the deciduous trees, presenting every\\nphase of change, from the leafless branches of\\nwinter-time to the delicate green of spring, the\\nfull foliage of summer and the gorgeous hues\\nof autumn, when nature s artist paints with\\nevery conceivable shade of color in tints that\\nart cannot produce, ami aivintr to the AnieiMean", "height": "3031", "width": "1968", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "GENEllAL HISTORY.\\nforests a hcauty nowhere else to he tbiind. Of\\nthe ilccidiious trees, the maple is the best\\nrepresented. The white maple is mostly found\\nin the valleys, upon the intervale lands. The\\nred maple is common everywhei-e. The rock\\nor sugar ma[)le is the largest of the genus, is\\nfound in all of the towns, and fills an impor-\\ntant part in tiie economy of the county, furnish-\\ning both sugar and tindicr. The largest groves\\nof the rock maple are found in the northern\\nand eastern towns of the county. (Jilsum,\\nparticularly, is noted tor its manufacture of\\nsugar. The birch is generally found, but\\nattains its fullest development in the eastern\\ntowns. The gray and black birch are moi-e\\ncommon in the southern and southwestern\\ntowus, while the yellow and white birch arc\\nfound everywhere. The bass is quite ct)mmou\\nupon the bauks of the river terraces. The\\nblack cherry and the white ash are found\\nsparingly in nearly all the deciduous forests.\\nConfined to a strip of territory five to ten\\nmiles wide, bordering the Connecticut River,\\nwe fiud the elm, chestmit, white oak, black oak\\nand three species of the hickory. The red oak\\nis very generally distributed. Upon the\\nalluvial soil of the Connecticut we fiud the\\nCottonwood, the butternut and the Ixilm of\\n(7 dead, or balsam poplar. Two species of the\\npoplar are found, the one of small dimensions,\\noften springing uj) in great abundance where\\nwoodlands are cut away the other, the black\\npoplar, is of more pretentions proportions. In\\nspring its young leaves are clothed with white\\ndown, that can be seen a long distance, and\\nthereby readily distinguished. Of the shrubby\\nplants, the heath family has about twenty\\nspecies in the county. This is a family distin-\\nguished alike for beauty and abundance of\\nbloom, and for economic purposes. Included in\\nthis family are two cranberries, three species oi\\nIdackberry and the huckleberry. The rhodo-\\ndendrons are the finest of the heaths. The\\nuuxximum sjjecies is found in Fitzwilliam and\\nIvichmoud. To this familv belongs the kal-\\nmias, including the mountain laurel, found in\\nthe southern portion of the county. The rose\\nfamily is numerously represented. Of the\\nherbaceous plants we have a large family.\\nW^ild flowers abound everywhere. The space\\nof this article will not permit us to mention but\\nfew of the species of vegetation with which the\\nCreator has made glad our fields and forests.\\nSoil and Staple Productions. Natur-\\nally, in a county so greatly diversified in eleva-\\ntitin by valleys, plains and hills, we should fiud\\nthe soil varying materially even the intervale\\nlauds along the several streams bear very little\\nsimilarity in fineness or ])roductiveness. Often\\nwe see the lesser streams dividing lands of\\nstriking dissinularity and of natural fcrtilitv.\\nThe intervale lands along the Connecticut\\nRiver are proverbial for grain-growing capa-\\ncity. Some of the finest farms in the entire\\nState are found in the four towns bordering\\nupon this stream. .:Vlong the Ashuelot Valley\\nare extensive plains, whose soils widely vary,\\nand, lacking the dense fogs of the former\\nstream, is subject to later frosts in the spring\\naud earlier in the autumn. INIany fine farms,\\nhowever, are found along this stream. The\\nuplands are of a granitic nature, and, as a\\ngeneral rule, far less productive than in fornici-\\ntimes much of it is too rough for cultivation,\\nand is better adapted to the growing of timber\\nthan of grain. The plain lands are easier to\\ncultivate, but require the best of husbandry to\\nproduce satisfactory results.\\nJudicious drainage has converted many un-\\nsightly, worthless swamps into the best of grass\\nlands.\\nThe census of 18,S0 conveys an iilca of the\\ncounty staple productions. With is.jlj farms,\\nembracing an area of 23.3, S4. acres of improved\\nland, there was grown 14,1 lio bushels of Iiarley,\\n2416 bushels of buckwheat, loO^T.SS bushels of\\nIndian corn, 1)0,774 bushels of oats, litoS\\nbushels of rye, 2ti(j(j bushels of whe;it, 55,(i()U\\ntons of hay, 214,809 bushels of potatoes,\\n141,218 pounds of tobacco, aud orchard pro-\\nducts to the value of $57,877. These farms\\nsupported 4109 horses, 7 mules, 2222 working\\noxeu, 7792 milch cows, 1 \u00e2\u0096\u00a01,147 neat-stock,\\n24,296 sheep and 4788 swine.\\nThe stock products fin- the year were 128,()70\\npounds of wool, 181,281 gallons of milk,\\n732,610 pounds of Initter aud 6- ),376 pounds\\nof cheese.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNotwithstanding the large amount of grain\\ngrown within the county, tlie consumption of\\nWestern grain has yearly been steadily and\\nheavily increasing.\\nManufactures. Cheshire County is, to a\\nconsiderable extent, engaged in manufactures\\nthe southern portion of the county especially\\nso. Here the wooden-\\\\vare business found its\\nearly home and abiding-place, contributing\\nlargely to the prosperity of several towns. The\\nwaters of the Ashuelot and of its tributary\\nstreams move a large amount of cotton and\\nwoolen machinery, while the manufacture of\\nj)ottery, shoes, leather, jiajier, lumber and ma-\\nchinery receives considerable attention, con-\\nsidei able investment and the employment of\\nmany people. At ^Valpolc is located an\\nextensive brewery. The census of 1880\\nenumerated 317 manufacturing establishments\\nin this county, with an invested capital of\\n$3,758,815, giving employment to 4523 hands,\\nwhose wages amounted to $1,299,427. The\\ntotal value of raw material used was \u00c2\u00a74,502,889,\\nand the total product was $7,768,943.\\nCourts and County Buildincjs. From\\nthe division of the county, in 1827, Keene has\\nbeen the shire-town of Cheshire County. Here\\nthe Inferior Court held its first session in\\nOctober, 1771, and the Superior Court in\\nSeptember, 1772. These first sessions were,\\nundoubtedly, held in the old meeting-house\\nthat stood in the northeast corner of Central\\nSquare and opposite Gerould s block. For\\nten years following the erection of the present\\n(/ongregational Church, in 1786, the courts\\nwere held therein. The centre pews and seats\\nwere removed temporarily during the session,\\nand a bench and a table, called a bar, substi-\\ntuted for the use of the judges and lawyers.\\nTile first building especially erected for the\\npurpose of a court-house stood near the old\\nmeeting-hfinsc, and was built in 1796. It W as\\nbuilt mainly through individual enterprise. It\\nrendered service for twenty-eight years, when\\nit was sold, moved and converted into d well intrs.\\nThe next court-house was erected in 1824-25.\\nIts site is now occupied by the north end of\\nGerould s block and the block of F. F. Lane,\\nEsq., upon the corner of Central Square and\\nWinter Street. The county, for the considera-\\ntion of five dollars, secured a deed of this site,\\nof Joseph Dorr, ]\\\\Iarch 20, 1824, with a stipu-\\nlated condition that the lot should be used for\\ncounty purposes only. The condition having\\nbeen broken, a suit was brought against the\\ncounty for the recovery of the lot and building\\nthereon by the owner of tlie reversionary right,\\nSamuel Wood. This suit was protracted for\\nsix years. Finally, at the March term, 1856,\\nWood s executors secured judgment, and the lot\\npassed from the possession of the county.\\nThe present court-house lot was secured in\\nfive different purchases, namely, from Henry\\nCoolidge, April 13, 1840, two thousand six\\nhundred S(juare feet for nine hundred dollars\\nfrom Abijah Wilder a lot north and west of\\nabove-named lot, July, 1 848, for one thousand\\ndollars; again of the same i)art3 in 1857, an\\nadditional tract for t\\\\\\\\o thousand dollars and,\\nin 1858, another tract. Having secured a lot,\\nthe county proceeded to erect the present house.\\nCommenced in 1858, it was completed in Feb-\\nruary, 1859, at a cost of nearly twenty-eight\\nthousand dollars. Thomas M. Edwards, of\\nKeene, Nelson Converse, of Marlborough, Sam-\\nuel Ishanijof (iilsum, were the committee having\\nthe supei vision of its erection. Gridley J. F.\\nBryant was the architect and Joel Ballard the\\ncontractor. This building, although considered\\nat the time amply suiScient for all coming\\nwants of a court-house, still already it is appar-\\nent that more room will be required in the not\\ndistant future. In 1884 the county erected a\\nspacious, costly, and elegant jail u])on lots pur-\\nchased of J. H. Elliot, long known as the\\nold glass-factory lot. When this lot is com-\\npleted and adorned as contemplated, together\\nwith all the conveniences and extras that a lil)-\\neral outlay of money could procure in the plans\\nof the buildings, then the convict class wall in-\\ndeed have a most elegant residence. Upon the\\nopening of the new jail the House of Correction\\nwas removed from Westmoreland and located\\ntherein. Without enumerating the names of the\\nseveral justices of the several courts, we will\\ngive a list of the several clerks of courts as\\nbeing more particularly identified with the\\ncountv,", "height": "3031", "width": "1968", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "GENERAL HISTORY.\\nClerks of Courts.\\nCmnmon Pleas.\\nSimeon Jones, October, 1771, to Ajiril, 177. 5.\\nThomas Sparhawk, April, 1779, to Se]itember, 1812.\\nSalma Hale, September, 1812, to April, 18:U.\\nSuperior Court of Judi.catnre.\\nGeorge King, 1772 to 1778.\\nGeorge Atkinson, 1778 to 1780.\\nSamuel Shurburne, 1780 to October, 1781.\\nNathaniel Adams, October, 1781, to October, ISIU.\\nFor Both Courts.\\nSalma Hale, May, 1817, to April, 1834.\\nHenry Coolidge, April, 1834, to April, 1843.\\nLeonard Biscoe, April, 1843, to December, 18. )7.\\nEdward Farrar, December, 1857, to the presenl\\ndate.\\nJudges of Probate.\\nSimeon Olcott, from 1771 to 1775.\\nThomas Sparhawk, from 177. i to 1789.\\nJohn Hubbard, from 17S9 to 1802.\\nAbel Parker, from 1802 to 1823.\\nSamuel Dinsmore, from 1823 to 1831.\\nAaron Matson, from 1831 to 1835.\\nFrederick Vose, from 1835 to 1841.\\nLarkin Baker, from 1841 to 18G4.\\nSilas Hardy, from 1864 to 1874.\\nHarvey Carlton, from 1874 to 187(;.\\nJosiah G. Bellows, from 1870 to the present date.\\nRf.gisters of Prokate.\\nThomas Sjjarhawk, 1771.\\nIchabod Fisher, 1775.\\nMicah Lawrence, 1785.\\nSamuel Stevens, from 1793 to 1823.\\nFrederic A. Sumner, from 1823 to 1827.\\nAsa Parker, from 1827 to 1833.\\nElijah Sawyer, from 1833 to 1847.\\nGeorge F. Starkweather, from 1847 to 1851.\\nJeorge W. Sturtevant, from 1851 to 1857.\\nCalvin May, Jr., from 1857 to 1859.\\nSilas Hardy, from 1859 to 1863.\\nGeorge Ticknor, from 1863 to 1866.\\nAllen Giffln, from 186(; to 1871.\\nFrank H. Hies, from 1871 to 1873.\\nDauphin W. Buokrainster, from 1873 to 1880.\\nHenry O. Coolidge, from January, 1880, to the\\npresent date.\\nRegisters of Deeds.\\nJosiah Willard, from 1771 to\\nJames Campbell, from to 1824.\\nLewis Campbell, from 1824 to 1837.\\nJohn Foster, from 1837 to 1838.\\nCharles Sturtevant, from 1838 to 1845.\\nIsaac Sturtevant, from 1845 to 1846.\\nAppointed to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of\\nLewis Campbell.\\nBarton Skinner, from 1846 to 1852.\\nCharles Sturtevant, from 1852 to 1853.\\nHarvey A. Bill, from 1853 to 1855.\\nCharles Sturtevant, from 1855 to 1859.\\nCalvin May, from 1859 to 1862.\\nIsaac W. Derby, from 1862 to 1864.\\nJohn J. Allen, from 1863 to 1883.\\nCharles C. Bulfum, from 1883 to present date.\\nHigh Sheriffs.\\nPrevious to 1878 this office was appointive. Subse-\\nipient to this date Ralph Holt held the office from\\nJune, 1879, to January, 1880.\\nHorace A. Perry, from 1880 to the present date.\\nRoAn Commissioners.\\n1845. Barton Skinner, Jonathan K. Smith, Asahel\\nr. Humphrey.\\n1846._J(inathan K. Smith, Aaron P. Howland,\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\n1852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Augustus Xoyes, Jonathan S. Adams, Jon-\\nathan Harvey, Jr.\\n1853. Augustus Noyes, Lanson Robertson, Samuel\\nSlade, Jr.\\n1854._Samuel Slade, Jr., Laban Rice, Ednuind\\n.Jones.\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nelson Converse, Arvin Aldrich, John Sy-\\nmonds.\\nCounty Commissioners.\\nJohn A. I rescott, 1857; Lanson Robertson, 1858;\\nWillard Adams, 1859; Samuel Atherton, 1800; Aaron\\nP. Howland, 1861; Jonathan S. Adams, 1862; Sum-\\nner Knight, 1863; Zebulon Converse, 1864; David A.\\nFelt, 1865; Sumner Knight, 1866; H. O. Coolidge,\\n1867; Franklin H. Cutter, 1868; Joshua B. Clark,\\n1869; Aaron Smith, 1870 John Humphrey, 1871\\nAlonzo A.Ware, 1872; Willard Bill, Jr., 1873 Joseph\\nB. Abbott, 1874; Charles H. Whitney, 1875 George\\nC. Hubbard, 1876; Charles R. Sargeant, 1877; Gard-\\nner C. Hill,* 1878.\\nSubsequent to the change of the Constitution\\nthe following have been elected\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles R. Sargeant, Gardner C. Hill, Levi\\nA. Fuller.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi A. Fuller, Joseph B. Abbott, George\\nW. Stearns.\\n1882. Tosepb B. Abbott, George W. Stearns, Al-\\nfred W. Burt.\\n2 Resigned in 1863 and John J. Allen was appointed in\\nhis place November 10th. He was elected in 18G1 and re-\\nsigned in 1883.\\nResigned, and Aaron Smith was ap)ioiiited to the va-\\ncancy.\\n*Prior to the constitutional change of 1878 the county\\ncommis.sioners held their office for a term of three years,\\nand one was elected annually to till the vacancy of a re-\\ntiring member. At the present time three are chosen\\nbienniiilly.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "8\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph B. Abbott, Alfred W. Burt, Elbridge\\nKingsbury.\\nInternal Impeovement. The early set-\\ntlement of Cheshire County came from the\\nsouthward. Tlic Connecticut River was its\\nhighway. It had been tlie favorite highway of\\ntlic Indian. It was the first highway of the\\nsettlers of tlie valley and country adjacent\\nthereto. At first the bark canoe plied upon its\\n\\\\vaters then came the rude flat-boat, followed\\nby boats of more perfected proportions, spread-\\ning to the breezes winged sails, and, lastly,\\nattempts, but not of practical success, of steam-\\npropellers. At one time boating and rafting\\nassumed considerable ])roportious upon the\\nriver, but u])on the construction of the railroad\\nlines it passed away. Undoubtedly the first\\nexperiments at .steamboating wei e made wpon\\nthe Upper Connecticut as early as 1793 by Cap-\\ntain Samuel IMory, and some years prior to\\nFult^in s operations. In 1827 a steamer named\\nthe Barnet ascended the river from Hartford\\nto Bellows Falls, creating no little curiosity as\\nit came puffing up the river. In after-years\\nother attempts at steamboating were made upon\\nthe Upper Connecticut, but were not of long\\nduration.\\nAboriginal Occupancy. -That portion of\\nthe Connecticut River valley north of the Deer-\\nfield River in Miissachusetts was claimed and\\noccupied by a tribe of Indians known as the\\nSqualdieags. Their territory included Cheshire\\nCounty as far as the INIonadnock Mountain to\\nthe east. So far as known, it was not a strone:\\ntribe, and does not bear a conspicuous position\\nin aboriginal histiiry. It probably was closely\\nallied to some of the surrounding tribes, notably\\nwith the Nashaways, who lived upon the\\nNashua and Merrimack Rivers. The Squak-\\nheags continued to occupy this vicinity until\\n1720, when it appears that thej disbanded, a\\nlarge portion of whom must have passed to the\\nnorthward and joined the St. Francis tribe in\\nCanada. This tribe, in later years, in junc-\\ntion with the French, were especially active\\nin spreading desolatit)n throughout this sec-\\ntion, of wliich the sketches of the several towns\\nrelate. Tradition has handed down to us the\\ninanv favorite resorts in the county which the\\nIndians were wont to frequent for hunting and\\nfishing purposes.\\np\\nSwanzey\\nTroy.\\nWaipole\\nWestmorela\\nWiuchester\\nGO\\nKinilge.\\nRoxbury\\n2S^\\n=i S 55\\n2 e.\\n6 re\\nc\\nCliesterfield\\nDublin.\\nFitzwilliam\\nGilsuni\\nHai-risville\\nc\\no\\na\\no\\nr-\\n6\\no\\nU::;^J^\u00c2\u00ab^ ^^5- ri^\\n;-_\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:. 5 5\\nOi Oo Cn\\n^J\\n.J -J K-i c^\\nCO to _.\\n-1 CO -1\\nCJi\\nc; w\\nM\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0occot-\\nIt-\\ns\\ns\\ns^s:?\\nCd 2 g s j tz:\\nr.\\nc\\n0\u00e2\u0080\u0094 3\\nOgopre\\ntc\\np\\nre X\\n~g.2.^H\\nH\\nv\\nr\\ns\\ni^li\\nCO S\\nf5 2\\nSo\\nJ_ A\\nc\\nc\\n3\\nr*\\nC5\\npi. 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H-l ,-1\\nK- I- 1-1 h-\\n1-1\\ntotoocni- oco-j\\nCnco CO 01\\nCO\\nto 5\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^T\\n^4 CO :0 OS 1-* CO\\nrfk.\\nOd rf^ 4^ Ci to\\nOiOasCitCCiClO\\nCrt 1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n4a. CO\\nto\\nCX C: ^J CJ1 Cn to CO to CO Cn -^J -X CO Or;\\n4-toto-i -^:/:OOiO -C:O^C :r Co!X\\nCO\\nX)OOdOiOtOCOC;(X\u00c2\u00bb- ^-l ^05CntDO\\nto\\n^H-tO^\\nOCti ^COlOOCnOii- COtOCOOOClGOCOCO X^\\nc; to to Cn\\nCO\\nCn 4^ --I W Oi Cn to J. --J to --1 Ui CO\\nrf- to *fa. Cn\\nCi\\nto-acoc:OiOcn-X!bo-j\u00c2\u00ab- CnOito*.*.--i\\nto CO Go Ci CO\\nto\\nH-t\\n,_.\\n1^\\nK-1\\nC;*..- CcOiCO :0 OCcOiCiCOtOCOH-^^\\n-o\\noi Ci oi CO OT I-* c. ci ci cji ci c; I-* I-\\nCi Oi cn Cn rf\\n;*3\\nCC\u00e2\u0080\u0094 tO to H-^J ^Jtc\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n_4 K-l\\n^_.\\nt03iO*^i- Cn\u00c2\u00ab*\u00c2\u00bb i-*b0t0p- I-^00C04i.-C:\\nOl C- J*.\\n00\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2U\\nCI X rf^ cc C n cc wT oc ^j to --1 CO\\nCO to X cn\\nto\\nto l-i .-i. h-* H-\\n_ H-\\ntotooo^-.iMCotototooc--co^co^co\\nC: to Co\\nCO\\ncncjio i- cococi\u00c2\u00bbixfcoi- cn ccocnocobo\\nto\\ni-i (-i\\nl_^\\nrh\\nOi cc c; to .f.. c: Ji. --^i c;\u00c2\u00ab\\nCO 0^ Co GC 1-\\n--J C; --3 Ci oc ^i --4 rf^ X rf c: --I c; to\\nOOOCO CO\\nCO\\n_\\nOn\\nO:- O~-J-vC0C0OlP- tjDC:4i.^lCC^It0T0\\nCi\\nCOOO c?\\nCi\\nto\\n00\\n3i\\n-DOO\\n-I C^ ^l OC\\n:3 CO\\nSettlement. It has been before stated that\\nsettlement came upward from the soutJi along\\nthe Connecticut River but it was retarded, again", "height": "3061", "width": "2028", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\nand again beaten back, mainly through the\\nanimosity and depredations of Indians, lleach-\\ning the month of tlie Ashuehjt, it appears that\\nit left the Grreat River. Reaching Upper Ashuelot\\n(now Keene), in 17.34, the same year it took\\nroot at Lower Ashuelot (Swanzey), Earlington\\n(Winchester). Some two years after, in 1736,\\na settlement was made at Plinsdale, and later in\\nthe towns above on the Great Kiver. Until\\nthe close of the Revolutionary War settlement\\nproceeded slowly it then took a new impetus\\nand proceeded rapidly.\\nWe insert on the preceding page a census table,\\ncontaining a tabulated statement showing the\\nmovement of population of the several towns\\nin Cheshire County at each census since 1767,\\ninclusive, with dates of incorporation and first\\ncalled names.\\nIn 18(jl the tocsin of war sounded high and\\nloud over a startled land, and the wires flashed\\nthe dread news that armed rebellion had fired\\nupon Sumter s fated walls. In the great up-\\nrising of the North that followed, in the defense\\nof the nation, Cheshire County responded to\\nevery call for troops with alacrity. On South-\\nern soil it shed its best bh)od in order that the\\ncountry might live. The lapse of time has\\ndimmed in part the remembrance of the heroism\\nof that hour, but we now enjoy the fi uits of no-\\nble effort and of vietoi-y won. The following\\ntable shows the number of soldiers furnished by\\neach town in response to the several calls, the\\nnumber of soldiers who were killed or died in\\nthe service and the amount of municipal war\\nloan awarded to each town,\\nKilled Municipal\\nTowns. Soldiers, and Died. War Loan.\\nAlstead 98 $8,375.00\\nChesterfield 85 20 7,416.67\\nDublin 91 25 9,100.00\\nFitzwilliam 101 45 7,991.67\\nGilsum 57 5,400.00\\nHinsdale 112 10,.533.33\\nJaflrey 119 9,933.33\\nKeene 404 25 37,900.00\\nMarlborough ,56 5,600.00\\nMarlow 52 18 4,866.67\\nNelson 69 6 5,981.67\\nRichmond 68 14 5,050.00\\nRindge 86 16 8,260,00\\nRoxbury 17 1,633.33\\nStoddard 66 3 5,358.00\\nTowns. Soldiers.\\nSullivan 26\\nSurry 32\\nSwanzey 148\\nTroy )4\\nWalpole 145\\nWestmoreland 82\\nWinchester 134\\nKilled\\nMunicipal\\nid Died.\\nWar Loan.\\n12\\n2,600.00\\n6\\n2,666.67\\n5\\n12,325.00\\n10\\n4,425.00\\n12,660.00\\n10\\n7,975.00\\n12,8(i6.67\\nCHAPTER II.\\nBKXCil AM) i:.\\\\U.\\nAmokg the earliest members of tlu lefjal pro-\\nfession in this section of New England a8\\nElijah Williams, a native of Deerfield, Mass.,\\nwho settled in Keene in 1771. During the Rev-\\nolution his sympathies were with the mother-\\ncountry, and after the battle of Lexington he\\nJoined the British in Bo.-^ton. He died in Deer-\\nfield.\\nHon. Daniel Nkwcojib .-settled in Keene in\\n1778 and commenced ])ractice there in 1783.\\nHe was apjiointed chief judge of Cheshire\\nCounty in 1790; was justice of the Superior\\nCourt of .ludicature from April 6, 1 7!)6, to 1 798.\\nHe was the first State Senator from Keene. He\\ndied July 14, 1818.\\nHox. Peter Sprague \\\\\\\\as an early lawver\\nin Keene. He became prominent here in 1792.\\nHe was elected to Congress in 1797 and re-\\nelected in 1799. He died in 1800.\\nNoah Cooke settled in Keene in 1791, and\\nremained in practice there until his death, on\\nOctober 1.5, 1829. He was admitted as an at-\\ntorney in 1784.\\nHon. Samuel Dinsmoor was born in Wind-\\nham July 1, 1766. He graduated at Dartmouth\\nin 1789, and settled in Keene in 1792. He\\nwas appointed postmaster in 1808, and in ISll\\nwas elected to Congress. He held numerous\\npositions of trust and res^^onsibility, aifd was\\nelected Governor of New Hampshire in 1831,\\n1832 and 1833. He died March 15, 1835.\\nAmong those in })ractice in Keene from 1 794\\nto 1813 were Hon. Samuel Hunt (member of\\nCongress), David Forbes, Samuel West, Noah\\nR. Cooke, Foster Alexander, Lockhart Willard,", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "10\\nHISTORY OF CIIESIIIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nElijah Dunbar, Samuel Prescott, Seth New-\\ncomb, E. Butteilield and Wm. Gordon.\\nHon. James Wilson commenced practice in\\nKeeue in 1815. He graduated at Harvard\\nUniversity in 1789, and was admitted to the\\nbar in ]7 .t2. In 18(1!) he was elected to Con-\\ncn-ess. He died Januarv 4, 1839. Mr. Wilson\\nwas a lawyer of distintiuished ability, and had\\nbut few equals in tiie State. Joseph Buffum, Jr.,\\ncommenced practice in Keene in 181(3. He was\\nelected to Congress in 1819.\\nLevi Chamberlain was one of the leading\\nlawyers in New Hampshire. He held various\\nofficial positions, and in 1849 was the Whig can-\\ndidate for Governor. He was a member of the\\nPeace Congress in 1861. He died August U,\\n1868. Ho was in stature tall, elegant in mamiei-,\\ngenial and witty.\\nJoel Pauker was admitted to the bar in\\nKeene in 1817. He was ap])ninted justice of\\nthe Supi-eme Court of Judicatiue from January\\n8, 1833, and was chief justice from June 25,\\n1838, to June 24, 1848. He was subsequently\\nprofessor of law in Harvard for a period of\\ntwenty years.\\nThe following were in practice in Keene in\\n1818 Noah Cooke, Sanuiel Dinsmoor, Fo.ster\\nAlexander, Elijah Dunbar, Joseph Buffiim,\\nJr., James Wilson, Levi Chamberlain, Elijah\\nParker, .loel Parker, Fr. Gardner and Thomas\\nM. Edwards. Elijah Parker was a graduate of\\nDartmouth College and a prominent lawyer in\\nKeene for many years.\\nThomas M. Edwards graduated at Dart-\\nmouth in 1813. He was born in Providence\\nin 1795, and was brought here by his parents at\\nan early age. He was postmaster in Keene\\nfrom 1817 to 1829; was member of Legisla-\\nture, Presidential elector, member of Congress,\\nand was first president of the Cheshire Rail-\\nroad. He was a prominent citizen of Keene, a\\nthorough scholar, an al le lawyer and a success-\\nful financier. He was a man of great energy\\nand executive ability. He died May I, 1875.\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, Jr., son ot Governor\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, was a prominent and in-\\nfluential citizen. He was clerk of the Sen-\\nate in 1826, 1827, 1829 and 1831 he was\\npostmaster at Keene, cashier of the Ashuelot\\nBank and later its president, and was Governor\\nof New Hamp.shire in 1849, 1850 and 1851.\\nHe died February 24, 1869.\\nGeneral James Wii son commenced prac-\\ntice in Keene in 1823. He was one of Keene s\\nmost active, prominent ami esteemed citizens.\\nExcept the years 18:!8 and 1839, when he was\\na candidate for Governor (and 1833), he was in\\ncontinuous service in the liCgislature from 1825\\nto 1840. In 1828 he was Speaker of the House.\\nHe was elected to Congress in 1847 and re-\\nelected in 1849. Upon the breaking out of the\\nRebellion he was offered a brigadier-general s\\ncommission, which ill health prevented him\\nfrom accepting. He represented Keene in the\\nLegislature in 1870 and 1871.\\nPhineiias Handerson was born in Am-\\nlierst, Mass., December 13, 1778. He studied\\nlaw in the office of Hon. George B. Upliam, of\\nClaremont. Soon after his admission to the bar\\nhe established himself in Chesterfield, at that\\ntime one of the most flourishing towns in the\\nState. He was president of Cheshire bar from\\nthe time of the organization of the county until\\nhis death, March 16,1853. He removed to\\nKeene in 1833. Hon. Levi Chamberlain speaks\\nof him as one of the most respected and influ-\\nential members of the profession, and that influ-\\nence was the ri sult of his faithful, upright and\\nable performance of duty.\\nThe various pul)lic trusts to which lie was\\nrepeatedly cidled by those who knew liim best\\nshow in what estimation he was held by his\\nfellow-citizens. His only son, Henry C. Han-\\ndcreon, .served as captain in the war was after-\\nwards postmaster in Keene, where he died in\\n1 874. His seven daughters are still living\\ntwo unmarried in the homestead in Keene.\\n(See town history of Chesterfield for additional\\nfVicts.)\\nSaljia Hale was a well-known lawyer of\\nKi cne, highly respected and esteemed. He\\nwas deeply interested in matters pertaining to\\nthe history of Keene, and pi epared the Annals\\nof Keene, a volumi of rare interest. Beside\\nholding other official positions, he was elected a\\nmember of Congress.\\nWilliam P. Wheeler was a lawyer who\\ni-anked with the ablest in the State. He was", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "y\\\\A.f.T -il^", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\n11\\nlulniittcd to practice in 1842 :iud settled in\\nKeene, where lie remained until his death, in\\nMay, 1 iS7(). He was county solicitor for ten years,\\nand in 1855 and 1857 was a candidate fi r Con-\\ngress.\\nFarxitmFlsh Lane, now the oldest menibe:\\nof the Ciieshire County bar, and for severa\\nyears pi-esident of the Cheshire County Bar As\\nsociation, was born in Swanzey, N. H., March\\n15, 181(3.\\nThe first one of this family to settle in New\\nHampshire was his great-grandfather, Elkanah\\nLane, who came from Norton, Mass., about the\\nmiddle of the eighteenth century, purchased\\nlaud in Swanzey, became a tariuer and was\\na resident of the town and left numerous de-\\nscendants. He was a man of perseverance and\\nstei ling honesty of purpose and thought.\\nHis son Samuel inherited the farm of his\\nfather, married Scott and had five sons,\\nSamuel, Elijah, Elisha, Ezekiel and Luther,\\nand one daughter, Lucy. He served in the\\nWar of the Revolution, and althongli a man df\\nquiet and unassuming manners, was a sturdy\\npatriot and loyal citizen. He died about 18o5,\\naged eighty-four years.\\nEzekiel, his fourth son, was born in\\nSwanzey in 17!H). He settled on a firiu ad-\\njoining the ancestral homestead and was a\\nlife-long resident of the town. He was a kind\\nhusband, good citizen, and, like his father, a\\nman of retiring disposition. He married, early\\nill life, Rachel, daughter of rarimni and Rachel\\n(Thayer) Fish. (Farnum Fish was a native of\\nMassachusetts, but for many years a citizen of\\nSwanzey. He was au energetic fiu-mer and\\nman of in)te, and one of the controllhig spirits\\nof the town, and with commendable public\\nspirit endeavored to advance its interests. He\\nreceived the highest respect from his fellow-\\ntownsmen, llo elected him to various town\\noffices. He held the commission of justice\\nof the peace for many years and was a\\ncaptain of militia. He accumulated consider-\\nable property, consisting of real estate. He\\ndied about 1829.) Of the ten children of Ezi-\\nkiel and Rachel (Fish) Lane, eight ai e now-\\nliving.\\nFarnum Fish Lane commenced life without any\\nof the adventitious aids that are usually supposed\\nto assist in gaining distinction. A farmer s boy,\\nhis early years, until he reached the age of six-\\nteen, were passed tm the farm assisting in the\\nwork. Then his aspirations f r an education\\ncould no longer be resti aincil, and, leaving\\nhome, he engaged as a farm labore] and com-\\nmenced working and savino- for that object.\\nAfter attending various academies, ])rincipally\\nat New Ipswich and Hancock, he taught school\\ntor six winters, and, thinking, with Sydnty\\nSmith, that the law is decidedly the best pro-\\nfession for a young man if he has anything in\\nhim, he entered the office of Thomas M. Ed-\\nwards, of Keene, as a law student. He aji-\\n])lied himself with diligence and assiduity to the\\nstudy of his chosen profession, and, in July,\\n1843, was admitted to the bar, and since that\\ntime has been actively employed in the labors of\\nthe law.\\nHe commenced practice in Winchester, and,\\nin 184(5, moved to Walpole and was there for\\nthree years. In 1849 he became a resident of\\nKei ue, and has aih ancetl agreeably and pros-\\nperously. He is a member of Social Friends\\nLodge, F. and A. M., and of Cheshire Royal\\nArch Chapter of Keene.\\nMr. Lane married, October 0, 1 84(i, Harriet\\nLocke, daughter of John and Harriet (Locke)\\nButler, of Winchester. Their chiklren are\\nHelen L., who married Augustus Lucke, of\\nSherbrooke, Canada, and Emily Ij.\\n^Ir. Lane was a Whig until the organization\\nof the Repul)lican jiarty, with which he has\\never since acted, but never as a mere partisan,\\nor a politician using jiolitics for ersonal I lids.\\nThe law has been his sole profession. He has\\nnever sought a jiublic office, and yet he has\\nbeen rewarded with the fullest trust and confi-\\ndence of the })eople. For ten years he held the\\noffice of county solicitor, and was also county\\ntreasurer. He was elected to the Legislature\\nfrom Walpole in 1847 and 1848, and then\\nagain from Keene in 18(i2 and 18(j. that criti-\\ncal period in the country s history when the\\nwai -clouds darkened the horizon and legislative\\nresponsibilities were heavy. He is jirobajjly\\nbest known as a sound and wise counselor, one\\nwho labors diligently on his cases, making the", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0033.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "12\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmost complete and exhaustive research before\\nattempting to present liis case or give an opinion.\\nAs an advo(!ate, he uses nothing like splendid\\naction or boistei ous demonstration, but, what is\\nof far more account, clear, potent, sober thought,\\ncarrying conviction to tlie mind that can or\\ncares to think There comes witii wliat he says\\ntile feeling always of an earnest, candid man,\\nsaying notliing for mere effect, and only what\\ntiie case justly warrants. By reason of this gen-\\neral confidence, insjiired by manner and method,\\nhe is always a powerful antagonist, who has the\\near and confideiice of Ixrth judge and jury. Al\\nthough, as before mentioned, the oldest member\\nof the Cheshire County bar, he is still in full\\npractice, with more vigorous liealtli than he has\\nenjoyed for years.\\nFrancis A. Fatlknek. The Faulkner\\ntiimily occupies quite an historic place in Ne\\\\\\\\-\\nEnu land annals. Mr. Edmond Faulkner, the\\nemigrant, was one of the purcliasers and first\\nsettlers of Andover, Mass., which was bought\\nfrom the Indians about January, 1(346, for \u00c2\u00a3Q,\\nand a oat. Tlic following extract from the\\nwill of Francis Fauconee, Gent., of King s\\nCleave, Soutliampton, England, made September\\n1, 16(52, and proved 21st May, 1663, connects\\nhim beyond doubt with this honorable English\\nfamily. Item I give and bequeath to my\\nbrother, Edmund Fauconor, that is living in New\\nEngland, \u00c2\u00a3200 of lawful money of England.\\nTliis family is entitled to l)ear anus as follows\\nArms Sable, three falcons argent, beaked,\\nlegged and belled or Crest A garb or (or gules),\\nbanded, argent. The name Faulkner was va-\\nriously spelled in those days, and in this \\\\\\\\ill it\\nhas as many spellings as the word occurs times.\\nThe Mr. was of significance as a title of\\nrespect, and showed the possessor to be of an\\nEnglish family of consequence. But three or\\nfour in Andover were entitled to bear it.\\nEdmond Faulkner was marrieil by John Win-\\nthroj) to Dorothy Robinson, February 4, 1647,\\nat Salem. This was the first marriau-e recorded\\nof an Andover citizen. He Mas a man of edu-\\ncation, energy and distinction, and connected\\nclosely and prominently with all public atlairs.\\nHe was one of the ten freeliolders who founded\\nthe church in Andover in 1645. He kept the\\nfirst inn, which wa.s burned in 1676 by the In-\\ndians, and died January 18, 1686-87. His son\\nFrancis, husbandman, named doubtless from\\nthe maker of the King s Cleave ^\\\\\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ill, born 1()57,\\ndied 1732; married, October 11, 1675, Abigail,\\ndaughter of llev. Francis Dane, who was min-\\nister of Andover for nearly half a century. Her\\nname is prominent in connection with the witch-\\ncraft delusion. She was accusi d (if The felony\\nof M itchcraft, found guilty and condemned to\\ndeath, but through the efftirts of her many\\npowerful friends was not executed, although for\\nmore than eleven years the sentence of di ath\\nhung over her. She stands out one of the\\nbrightest and strongest figures on that dark page\\nof history. [See for full account Bailey s His-\\ntorical Sketches of Andover, Mass. This\\nworthy and sorely-tried couple left three sons,\\nEdmund, Ammiverliammah and Paul, of whom\\nthe second removed to Acton, j\\\\Iass., in 1735,\\nerected mills, and l)ecame a manufacturer, dying\\nAugust 4, 1756. His son, Francis, born in\\nAndover Septo^mber 29, 1728, died in Acton,\\nMass., August 5, 1805. For thirty-five years\\ntoM n clerk of Acton, member of the Provincial\\nCongress of 1774, a member of the Committee\\nof Safety, and several impoi tant conventions of\\nthe Revolution, in all these positions he proved\\nhimself a man of sound judgment and culti-\\nvated mind, and an able legislator. He held a\\nmilitary commission under George III., but be-\\ncame an ardent patriot, and one of the foremost\\nop])osers of the oppressive acts of Great Britain.\\nEarly in 1775 he was elected major of a regi-\\nment organized to oppose English invasion. At\\nsunrise of the ever memorable 19th of April,\\nhe marched with a considerable number of\\nmen to resist the British troops then on their\\nway to Concord. He participated in that\\nhistoric engagement, and the pursuit of the\\nBritish to Charleston. [See Shattuck s Histoiy\\nof Concord. He was lieutenant-colonel of\\nthe Middlesex militia, which reinforced the Con-\\ntinental army at tiie iK cujiation of Dorchester\\nHeights, March, 1776, and commanded the\\nregiment which guarded the prisoners of Bur-\\ngoyne s surrender on the march to Cambridge.\\nBy his second wife, Rebecca, daughter of Cap-\\ntain Kies, of Brookfield, a participant in that", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0034.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "Ett,^ -byAS lUtC W!\\n(f.J^. Ju^t.^.^i^J 2^-^-.-^^", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0037.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0038.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\n13\\nbloody engagement known as Lovell s fight,\\nhe had eleven children, the oldest of whom\\nwas Francis, of Billerica, one of the pioneer\\nwoolen manufacturei-s in New England. He\\nwas born January 31, 1760, died February 12,\\n1843. He was twice married and had twelve\\nchildren. By his firet wife, Elizabeth Jones,\\nM ere Charles, born September (i, ITS died in\\nCalcutt;i, August, 1809, and Francis, who was\\nborn at Watertown, INIass., February 29, 1788,\\ncame to Keene in 1809 or 1810. June 10, 1818,\\nhe married Eliza, daughter of Eli Stearns, of\\nT^anca.ster, Mass. He died November 29, 1842.\\nHis wife died October 5, 18(39. Their children\\nwlio lived to maturity were Charles S., born\\nMay 17, 1819, died July 28, 1879; Elizabeth\\nJ., born May 25, 1822; Francis A.; William\\nF., bom July 7, 1831, died May 1, 1874.\\nFrancis Faulkner was one of the early manu-\\nfacturers of New Hampshire, in which business\\nhe continued until his death, in 1842. He was\\na man of sterling integrity, generous and wise in\\npublic matters, as in private. He was loved and\\nrespected by all an ardent supporter of the\\nUnitarian Society, of which he ^\\\\as one of the\\ntbunders.\\nHon. Fraxc is Augustus Faulkner, son\\nof Francis and Eliza (Stearns) Faulkner, was\\nliorn in Keene, N. H., February 12, 1825. As\\na youth he was studious, and, in 1841, went to\\nthat celebrated j^reparatory school, Phillips Ex-\\neter Academy, where he acquitted himself with\\nability and was fitted for college. He graduated\\nwith honor at Harvard University in the class\\nof 184(5, which numbers among its members\\nsuch distinguished names as Hon. George F.\\nHoar, Prof Francis J. Child, Prof. George\\nM. Lane, Dr. Calvin Ellis and Henry A.\\nWhitney. Tiie friendships and associations\\nthus formed were among the warmest and\\nhighest of his life, and his love for the classics and\\ngeneral literature there acquii ed continued all\\nhis days, and showed itself in his public and\\nprivate life. Choosing the law for his profession,\\nhe began its study in 1847 in tlie ofBce of Hon.\\nPhinehas Handerson, of Keene, and, in connec-\\ntion there\\\\^ith, attended the Hai vard Law\\nSclidol. He was admitted to practice at Keene,\\nat the Sejjtember term of court in 1849, and\\nimmediately formed a jwrtnership with William\\nP. Wheeler, which firm, as Wheeler Faulkner,\\nfirst appeared upon the docket at the May term,\\n1850, and from that time for nearly thirty years\\nenjoyed a remarkably extensive and successful\\npractice, and was engaged in nearly every case\\nof jirominence or importance tried in Cheshire\\nCounty. To the honorable and leadmg positicjn\\ntaken by the firm much was due to Mr.\\nFaulkner.\\nDuring his active practice Mr. Faulkner ac-\\ncomplislied an amount of work whicli excited the\\nwcjnder and admiration of the; court and his asso-\\nciates at the bar. To a finely-organized brain\\nwas united robust, health and untiring industry,\\nand an ardent love for his profession. These,\\nwith his coi-rect and methodical habits, made\\nlabor almost a pleasure, which success only in-\\ncreased, while defeat did not diminish it. During\\nthe life of Mr. Wheeler the unassuming nature\\nof Ml-. Faulkner, acknowledging the Iiigh\\nability of his partner as an advocate (and he\\nwas rarely, if ever, excelled in tliis county),\\n[ireferred to take tiie more laborious, but unpre-\\ntending, work of preparing their causes, botii for\\ntrial of facts and on tpiestions of law, and of\\ndrawing all pleadings and formal paj)ei-s, leaving\\nMr. ^V heeler to present them to the court. He\\nwas always thoroughly prepared in season for\\nevery cause in which they were engaged,\\nwhether before the jury or the court, and his\\npatient research, accurate knowledge and pains-\\ntaking care made his papers and briefs mt)dels\\nof skill and learning, and of great weight with\\nthe court.\\nWhen circumstances caused him to aj)pear as\\nan advocate, it was at once seen that lie had far\\nmore than ordinary power in that c^ipacity.\\nAlways dignified and courteous, he depended\\nupon fairness and ability to win his causes, never\\nresorting to anytliing like a trick. He displayed\\na peculiar power of sifting evidence and dis-\\nch)sing the trutli, and knew wliere his strength\\nlay and how to use it.\\nHis memory wa.s retentive, his knowledge of\\niiuman nature quick and accurate, and in his\\njudgment of the character of a client or witness\\nhe was seldom at fault. His argumcTits to C((urt\\nor jui-y were concise and vigorous, alxiundingin", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0039.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "14\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\napt illustrations and citations, expn?ssed in\\nearm st, simple laiiguagt but wnvoying a logic\\nVhicli was convincing. Wiicn oniv ongagvd in\\na CISC he made Ids client s cause his own and\\nscrvcil him with i-aiv fidelity t t tlic end. As an\\nadvisor he was raivfnl in forming his legal\\nopinion, often giving to a question time and\\ncritiitil study entiivly out of proportion to its\\npeenniary important but wiien his opinion\\nwas fornitti he firmly adheixnl to it, and was\\ni-aivlv obligt^l to uuKlity it. His temjKn-ament\\nand e-ast of mind weiv pi-e-eminently judicial,\\nand if he had found it ctunpatiblc with his\\nwishes to have actvpttxl the jH sition on the\\nbcncli of the Supivme Court, to which he was\\nappt intM, and ag-ain solicitwl to take, his in-\\ntimate knowUxlge of all mattei-s of practict and\\nj)i occihnv would have bivn found of great ust\\nand his decisions have bivn a valuable additiou\\nto the li-g-al literatuiv of the State,\\nMr. Faulkner ivpiisentcd Kcoue in the State\\nLttjislatuiv in ISol. 18o2, 1859 and 18G0; was\\ncln stni minierator twenty-two times, successively,\\nin town-meeting, fn m 18o7 to 1803, and was\\nan alderman in the fii-st city gtn-eriuucut was\\ni-ounty solicitor fwm 1 8-^o to 1 8(50 ct^mmissioner\\nof eniMllment during the Relx llion; was ap-\\npointtxJ assix iate justice of the Supreme Court\\nin 1874, but decliutxl to serve; was a member\\nof the Constitutional Convention of 187G, luid\\nheld various other positions of honor and trust.\\nHe was lai-gely intcrt steii in the s^x-ial busi-\\nni\u00c2\u00abs and financial life of Kwne was a director\\nof the Cheshire National Bank and the Asliuelot\\nNational Ixink, and succtwltxi Mr. S^ heele^ as\\nj^ivsident of the Chesiiire Piwident Institution.\\nIlighlv valuixl asa financial advisoi many sought\\nand were pivfitcil by his judicious ci)unsel.\\nIn jx\u00c2\u00bbliiics he was a stanch Repnbliam, one\\nof the strongt-st local kadei-s of that psu-ty. and\\na pri minent memlier of the State and Comitj-\\nCommittces. His upright character, stn ng per-\\nsonality, p^^itive c\\\\ uvietions and jH pularity\\ngave him iufluence in all circles, and there was\\nno one whi se counsel was moiv sought in emer-\\ngencies and whose judgment and foivsight did\\nbetter service in seasonably detecting threatened\\nevils and in devising the best means for the\\nginieral snxnl. Durinsr the vears of anxietv and\\nsacrifice of the great Civil ar he laboreil loy-\\nally for the cause of the Union, and, by his un-\\ntiring enthusiasm, able counsel and jwrsonal ef-\\nforts, did nuieh more fi r the \u00c2\u00abmse than he\\ncould have done in any other M-ay.\\nIn ivligion he was a Unitarian and an active\\nmemlxT of the society at Kivne, whose liberality\\nin all chamtcls of religious influence was never\\nfound wanting.\\nMr. Faulkner niarrie\u00c2\u00bbl, IVx-ember 18, 1849,\\nCaivline, daughter of Hon. Phinehas Handerson.\\n.He was very happy in his domestic life, and\\nthc se who did not si\\\\ him in his home can\\nhanlly be s:ud to have really known him. It\\nwas there that he threw off the bunlens and jx^r-\\nplexities of his busy lite and finind the only re-\\nlaxation he ever alloweil himself in the society\\nof his wife and chililreu.\\nThey lovingly remember how his natural\\nbuoyancy and love of fun, represseil by hours of\\nexacting business, at home showe l itself in play-\\nful jokes and in humorxHis anectlotes, and in join-\\ning, with the spirit of a boy, in all the gtimcs\\nand sports of the children.\\nHis house was always open and he enter-\\ntained with a gvneivus hospitality. His wide\\ncircle of friends and actiuaintanccs brought many\\ndistiuguishetl people as his guests, and Mrs.\\nFaulkner, a lady of cidture, who survives him,\\npresideil with a quiet dignit}- over his household\\nand made the charm of tlie home circle com-\\nplete. Their surviving children are Francis\\nI Cluld, Ajtlmr and Charles Hem-v. Mr. Faulk-\\nI\\n1 ner ditxl at his residence in Keene May 22, 1879.\\nThe following preamble and resolutions were\\nI adoptwl by the Chesliin. County bar as a tribute\\nto his memory\\nIn the course of Divine Providence, a most useful\\nand honorable member of our profession, Mr. Francis\\nA. Faulkner, has been taken from us by death. The\\ni occasion is such as excites in us much and deep feel-\\nI ing, which it is natural and right should find some\\niippropriate expression, and, therefore, according to\\nthe usage which has long prevailed, the bar gives ex-\\npression to such feelings by the following resolutions\\n1. That in the death of Mr. Faulkner the profes-\\nsion has been deprived of one of its ablest and most\\n1 useful members, whose learning and ability, inspired\\nI and guided by the truest integrity, have singularly\\nI illustrated and adorned the bar of the State and coun-\\ntrr. His modest and unassomins manners have had", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0040.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0041.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "/dl^^^^", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0042.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\n15\\nno small influence in cultivating the professional\\namenities and courtesies, which add so much to the\\npleasure of professional life, and redeem it from the\\nopprobrium which in other times and places has been\\nbrought upon it by the unrestrained excesses of pro-\\nfessional zeal.\\n2. That we tender to the family of Mr. Faulkner\\nour most respectful and earnest sympathy.\\nLlEIT-CoI-. WlI-l.IAM HeXI!Y BlKT, SOU\\nof Willard aud ^Martha (Wood) Burt, was born\\nin Westmoreland, N. H., May 24, 1824. He\\nwas descended from Xcw England families of\\nhonor and respectability. His paternal line of\\ndescent is derived from James Burt, who sailed\\nfrom London, England, to the Barbadoes in\\nlf;3.5, and from there to Newport, R. I. (1639),\\nafterwards to Taunton, Mass., where he was\\nsurveyor of highways in 1045, and took the\\noath of fidelity in 1()54. His will was proven\\nMarch 2, lfi81. The line to Colonel William\\nH. is James (1), James (2), Thomas (3), Henry\\n(4), Sauuiel (5), Willar.l (6), William H. (7).\\nOn the maternal side he derived from the A\\\\ ood\\nfamily, well known in the PlyuKtuth colony,\\nand through his maternal grandmother, IMartha\\n(White) Wood, he was connected with one of\\nthe White families so prominent in New Eng-\\nland history. Family tradition gives him as a\\nlineal descendant of Peregrine White, of INIay-\\nflower fame, but the stern realities of record\\nseem to deny this, and to show his real White pro-\\ngenitor to be one who, in point of worth, character\\nand position, stood even higher, John White,\\nthe wealthiest pioneer and proprietor of Lan-\\ncaster, Mass., an Englishman of education, who\\nwas in Salem in 1639. His descendants\\nhave almost universally held a respectable po-\\n.sition in society and in the church. Some have\\nrisen to distinction in military and civil life.\\nThe line of descent is most probably John (1),\\none of the first j)lanters, captain, etc. Josiah\\n(2), selectman, deacon, captain, etc. Josiah (3),\\nrepresentative, selectman, moderator and dea-\\ncon Jotham (4), probably the Major Jotham\\nWhite mentioned in History of Charlestown,\\nN. H., as quartermaster in Revolutionary\\nWar Martha (5), married Jonathan Wood, of\\nWestmoreland, formerly of Fitchburg, Mass.,\\nHistory of Lancaster.\\n1785 Martha (Wood) Burt (6) William\\nH. (7).\\nColonel Burt inherited a strong vitality from\\nhis ancestors, who, for several generations, were\\nquiet agriculturists. [Plis grandfather, Samuel\\nBurt, married Olive Lincoln, in Taunton,\\nMa.ss., in 1787 (she was descended from two\\nleading families of that place, liincoln and\\nLeonard), and settled in Westmoreland, N. H.,\\nas a pioneer, accompanied by a brother and a\\nsister. These all attained irreat ases, Sanuu l\\ndying in 1850, almost ninety, and Olive in\\n1843, in her- eighty-third year.]\\nWilliam passed his early years with his\\nparents, who lived with his grandparents on the\\nold homestead. He had the privileges of the\\ndistrict schools of those days, which, for the re-\\nsult attained in self-reliance, mental discipline\\nand strength of thought, have had few equals,\\nand, attended as they were Ijy scholars ambi-\\ntious to excel, instructed by capable teachers,\\nand aided by the healthful discipline and at-\\nmosphere of home-life, brought forth good\\nfruit. His brother and sisters ranked hi rh as\\nscholars, aud the children were stimulated by\\ntheir mother s influence to improve all oppor-\\ntunities for intellectual culture. She, a woman\\nof rare intelligence and al)ility, especially de-\\nsired her sons to be liberally educated, and\\nlabored untiringly to guide and direct them in\\nthe paths of knowledge and virtue. Her warm\\nsympathy and influence encouraged their asjjira-\\ntions for higher education, and her impress was\\nbeneficial in no common measure to her chil-\\ndren.\\nWhen he was nineteen, William began teach-\\ning winter terms of schools, and also became\\ninterested in the study of phrenology and phys-\\niology, and qualified himself to lecture in the\\nsmaller places adjacent to his home, and was\\nquite successfid. He carved, from a rough\\npiece of sandstone, with his jack-knife, a speci-\\nmen head, which was creditable alike to his ar-\\ntistic skill and his understanding of phrenology.\\nHe cherished a hope that he might fit himself\\nfor a professional life, and attended three terms\\nat Mount Cffisar Academy, at Swanzey, N. H.,\\nafter he was twenty-one, engaging in the in-\\nterim in farm labor and as a daguerrean artist.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0045.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\n17\\ntliat he could give tlnni ii|i ;il iiiiy tinio. Un-\\nder tlie eall Ibr six liiiiidied thousand men,\\nAugust (i, 18G2, Governor It.inisey divided\\nMinnesota into dislriets and appointed recruit-\\ning olliccrs. One of iiis conunissioiis named\\nWilliam 11. Hurt as I lcrniting officer lor (li(^\\nrarmiiig districts of Washington and Ciiisago\\nCounties, wilh rank ol second licutenanl. This\\nwas accompanied by orders to enlist a company\\nIbr I he Seventh Minnesota. Mr. Burt was\\non Ills way to dinner, August 7, 1862, when he\\nreceived the notice of the appointment. He\\ndid not return to his office, but assigned to liis\\nwife the care of his apers and went at once to\\nduty. lie was ein-olled and niuslere l into ser-\\nvice at St. Paul August Stii, and August Htli\\nbegan to form his company. He enlisted a full\\neom])any ninety-eight men and re| ortc(l for\\nduty at Fort Snelling August 1 7(li. II is com-\\npany elected iiim captain August III, and lie\\nwas commissioned August 21, 1S(!2. His was\\nappointed color company (C), and ordered into\\nimmediate service.\\nThe defenseless condition of Ihe fi ontier in\\nconsequence of the removal of all regular sol-\\ndiers and movable armament, and (he departure\\nof the five regiments of volunteers, ex|)osed the\\nState to the horrors of Indian warfare. A con-\\nspiracy of Indian tribes, led by the war-clii( f\\nof the Dakotahs, liittlc (^row, inaugurated\\nthe Minnesota ISIassaere. I rompt and de-\\ncided action was required to suppress it. The\\nnew recruits, inexperienced and poorly c(piipped,\\nwere called upon to ])rot\u00c2\u00ab t the State. Angust\\n2()th, Captain JJurt was ordered to march with\\nOmpanies and I to Fort lli])ley. From\\nthere his comj)any was ordered to Chijipewa\\nAgency to guard the govermnent stores and\\nshow the Chippewas the futility of any at-\\ntempt at rebellion. A -ouncil of ])eace with\\nthis tribe was soon held at rt Kipley, Cap-\\ntain ]5iu t being chosen one of the members by\\nthe Governor, and by its action peaceful rela-\\ntions were continued with the tribe. In this\\nCaptiun Burt rendt^red good service. A special\\nsession of the Legislature was called to consider\\nthe condition of affairs, and Captain ]iurt was\\nparticularly requested by the (Tovernor to attend\\nas a member, and by special order he was\\n[)laeed on detached service for that j ur])ose\\nand to secure ilut neeiled clothing for the poorlv-\\nclad members of his company, who had Inn-\\nriedly left their homes in sunumr dress, ex-\\npecting, after receiving a good military outfit,\\nto enjoy a short furlough. The Legislature\\nclosed its session, the military clothing was\\npromised two days were taken for his person-\\nal matters, in which time his books, papers\\nand business were transferred to agents, his\\noffice vacated, and he was on his way to rejoin\\nhis company. His life hereafter was to be\\ngiven to his coimtry in hard and exhausting\\nservice, which finally sai)ped (he strong vigor\\nof his stalwart manhood and caused his untime-\\nly death.\\nThe Seventh Minnesota was assigned to\\nduty as guard of th(^ Sioux prisonei s at Man-\\nkato, where Captain s Burt s detachment joined\\nthem, and, November, 24, 18G2, his company\\nwas mustered into the United States .service. The\\nmilitary connni.ssion convened .sentenced three\\nhundred of the captives to close confinement\\nand thirty-nine to death. Thirty-eight of\\nthese brutal miu derers were simultaneously ex-\\necuted by hanging, December 2(), 18(j2. Caj)-\\ntain Btn t, as officer of the day, received great\\ncredit for his services in carrying out this im-\\n|)or(an( order. After guarding the three hun-\\ndred ])risoners until spring, Captain Burt, with\\nhis comj)any, was detailed as military escort to\\nconvey the Sioux to Kock Island, which M^as\\nsuccessfidly done. He also took part in the\\ncampaign of the summer of 1863 against the\\nhostile Indians and captured AYo-wi-uap-a, the\\nsou of Litde row. This expedition drove the\\nscattered hostiles beyond the Missonri, and the\\ntroops reported at Fort Snelling September 16,\\n1863.\\nTlu! Seventh was now ordered to St. Tjiiuis,\\nwhere it served until April 20, 1 8(j4, Cajitain Burt\\nbeing commissioned major November 6, 1863.\\nHe was detailed as a member of a general court-\\nmartial to be convened April 14, 1864 but\\nas his regiment was ordered South, he pre-\\nferred to go with it. The first station was\\nPaducjdi, Ky., which place they guarded till\\nJune tilth, -when they were ordered to Mem-\\nphis, and assigned to the Thii d lirigade, First", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0047.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "18\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nDivision, Sixteentii Army Corps, uuder Gene-\\nral A. J. Smith. From this time the service\\nwas hard, exliausting marching, coupled with\\ndeprivations and splendid fighting. lu the\\ndesperate three days battle of Tupelo, Miss.,\\nJuly 12th, 13th and 14th, the regiment won\\nhigh honors at the Tallahatchie, August 7th\\nand Sth, again gained praise. In September\\nthe First Division made one of the hai dcst\\nmarches of the war, in pursuit of General\\nPrice, through Arkansas and Missouri, three\\nhundred and twenty miles in nineteen days on\\nten days rations. Another march ensued across\\nthe entire State of Missouri, the troops wading\\nthrough mud and snow, and fording icy rivers.\\nThe corps participated in the great battle at\\nNashville, Deceml)er 15th and 16th, and after-\\nwards joined in the jnirsuit of Hood through\\nTennessee. They then went to Clifton, Tenn.,\\nnext to Eastjjort, Miss., then to New Orleans,\\nand in March, 1865, to Dauphin Island, where\\nthe army wa.s reorganized for the siege of Mo-\\nbile.\\nMarch 20, 18ti5, the corps was landed on the\\ne;ist side of Mobile Bay, and on the 25th\\nmarched to invest Spanish Fort, the principal\\neastern defense of Mobile. This fort ^vas in-\\nvested March 27th, and reduced April Sth. The\\nSeventh was constantly under fire, and bore the\\ngreater part of the labor and exposure of the siege.\\nAfter the surrender of Fort Blakely, April\\n9th, Mobile was occupied by the Union army.\\nThe Sixteenth Corps broke canip for a march to\\nMontgomery, April 13th. From there the\\nThird Brigade went to Selma, Ala., where the\\nSeventh did garrison duty until it was ordered\\nNorth to be nnistered out of service, and left\\nSelma July 20th, and marched to Vicksburg.\\nFrom there Major Burt was sent in advance\\nof the regiment, first to St. Louis, then to Fort\\nSnelling, Minn., to pi epai e muster-out rolls,\\nand thus expedite the discharge of the men.\\nThe troops were discharged August 16, 1865,\\nat Fort Snelling.\\nOriginally possessed of a strong constitution,\\nthe exposure of army life exhausted Major\\nBurt s vitality, and although the surgi ons rec-\\nommended a sick leave as absolutely essen-\\ntial to recnperatc his strength, it was not\\ngranted by the corps commander, as such an\\nefficient officer could not be spared. To him\\nthe muster out came too late. He returned to\\nKeene but health never returned, and while on\\na visit to his only surviving sister (Mrs. Shar-\\nlot A. West), at Worcester, ]\\\\Iass., he died,\\nMarch 15, 1866. He was commissioned\\nbrevet lieutenant-colonel United States volun-\\nteers by President Johnson, March 20, 1866,\\nthe I ank to date from April 8, 1865, for gal-\\nlant and meritorious services at the siege of\\nSpanish Fort, Molnle Harbor, Alabama.\\nColonel Burt was a superior man. His ideal\\nof life and its duties was high. He felt a sense\\nof obligation to make the best use of all his\\nfaculties, and amid all discouraging circum-\\nstances he preserved unweakened his integrity\\nand independence. The structure of his char-\\nacter was systematic, soli l and substantial, and\\nhis manhood was firmly and com])a(^tly jiut to-\\ngether. He had a tenacity of purpose that,\\nwith his positive nature, carried him to suc-\\ncess where weaker men would have failed. His\\nreligious nature developed as a 2)rinci2de of\\nright and duty, making him conscientiously\\nhonest and honoral)le in all the relations of\\nlife. Irreproachal)le in character, he sc(n ned\\neverything low and groveling, stood on the\\nhighest plane of temperance and purity, and\\nwon tiie enduring esteem of his associates. He\\nwas a devoted son, a strong friend and a valu-\\nable member of society.\\nThe following estimates, from those well\\nqualified to judge, will show his proper stand-\\ning as a man, soldier and lawyer.\\nGovernor Marshall, who served as lieutenant-\\ncolonel and colonel of the Seventli, and general\\nof his brigade, wrote to Colonel Burt from the\\nexecutive chair of Minnesota, December 29,\\n1865, I am glad this long-delayed commis-\\nsion (lieutenant-colonel) has been issued. You\\nwell earned such recognition of faithful .ser-\\nvice.\\nFrom an article in the St. Paul Press, writ-\\nten by a prominent gentleman of Minnesota, we\\nmake this extract, He loved the ^n-ofcssion\\nof his choice and applied him.self to its .study\\nwith a zeal and intensity rarely excelled. His\\nability and industry soon secured for Jiim an", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0048.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "BENCH AN]) BAR.\\n19\\nextensive practice and a position at the head of\\ntlie bar at wliich he practiced, and he was\\nretained on one side or other of almost all\\ncanses of importance. Owing to the character\\nof the l)ii.sin( ss of the St. Croix Valley and the\\nfinancial crisis of ls57-o8, tiie litigation was\\nextensive and of a most imjiortaiit character.\\nThis brongiit him in contact with the best legal\\nminds of the State, and as well at )usi jvius as\\nat the bar of the Supreme Conrt he was re-\\ngartled as among the best lawyers of the State.\\nHe was true to his client, and identified him-\\nself, even to a fault, jierhaps, with tlie cause he\\nadvofsited. He was a man of exemjtlary habits\\nand strict integrity. He was very reticent and\\nhis manners were somewhat abrupt, but a little\\nlamiliarity with him discovered behind this ex-\\nterior a heart alive to the kindliest sympathies\\nof our nature. Lieutenant-Colonel Burt served\\nthree years as an officer of the Seventh ]\\\\Iin-\\nncsota Volunteers, first as captain of Com-\\npany C, and during the last two years as major\\nof the regiment. His record as an officer was\\na most honorable one. Indeed, his life was\\nsacrificed to his determination to remain on\\nduty with his regiment until it should be mus-\\ntered out. He never asked for a leave of ab-\\nsence. He was at the post of duty always.\\nAt the battle of Tupelo, Miss., July, 1864 at\\nthe Tallahatchie, in August in the campaign\\nin Arkansas and ilissouri after Price s army,\\nin the fall of 1864; at the battles of Nashville,\\nin December, where he conducted with distin-\\nguished gallantry the skirmish line of his\\nbrigade at the siege of Spanish Foi-t, in the\\nMobile campaign, in March and April, 1865,\\nhe performed the whole duty of a soldier and an\\nofficer. For these services he was recommended\\nby General ^Marshall and honorably promoted\\nby commission from the President as brevet\\nLieutenant-colonel United States Volunteers.\\nThe eminent jurist. Judge S. J. R. Mcj\\\\Iil-\\nlan, writes, March 2(), 186(5, in a letter to ^Irs.\\nBurt,- The relations of your husband and\\nmyself during a period of seven or eight years\\nbrought us much in contact, and affijrded me\\nample oj)portunity of estimating his character.\\nDuring all my ac^juaintance with him I have\\never had for him the highest regard and re-\\nS])ect. He was a man of strict integrity and\\nuprightness in his private and professional rela-\\ntions, and as a lawyer I regard him as one of\\nthe ablest in the State. His professional ability\\nsecured him a retainer in almost all the impor-\\ntant causes in the coiu t at the bar of whii h he\\npracticed, and brought him in contact with the\\nleading lawyers of the State, and placed him\\nin circumstances calculated to try every ele-\\nment of his character, and through all he bore\\nhimself manfully, and acquitted himself with\\ngreat credit. Fraud, dishonesty and cliicanery\\nhe abhorred, and when presented in the course\\nof his professional duty, he pursued it unre-\\nmittingly. He was prompt and punctual in\\neverything he had to do, and I do not remember\\nan instance where a (^ause in which he was en-\\ngaged, was called for trial, that he was unpre-\\npai ed through any laelifs of his o^xn. You\\nmay well cherish his memory with pride.\\nCharlks W. BiRT, oldest sou of Willard\\nand Martha (Wood) Burt, and only brother of\\nLieutenant-Colonel William H. Burt, was born\\nin Westmoreland, N. H., November 6, 1820.\\nHe attended, su2)plementary to his course at\\ndistrict schools, Mount Ciesar and Lebanon\\nAcademies, and two years at Norwich (Vt.)\\nUniversity. He was a thorough student,\\nstood high in his classes, and was a popular\\nteacher of district schools for some years. He\\nstudied law with Hon. Levi Chamberlain,\\nwas admitted to the bar at Keene, and jjrac-\\ntised his profession at Colebrook, N. H., from\\n1848 to 1854, when he removed to Detroit,\\nMich., and engaged in practice. In 1855 he\\nformed a partnership with A. B. Maynard,\\nEsq., of that city, which continued until the\\nuntimely death of Mr. Burt, April 11, 1859.\\nMr. Maynard says of him, During our en-\\ntire partnership our relations were of the jjleas-\\nantest character. He \\\\vas a gentleman of\\ndecided ability, and no young lawyer in the\\ncity had a better reputation, both for legal\\nlearning and al)ility and for the pui ity and\\nuprightness of his character. In his habits he\\nwas simple and unassuming, and remarkable\\nfor his industry. Had his life been spared,\\nhe would, in my judgment, have stood at the\\nvery head of the bar of ^lichigan as a learned.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0049.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "20\\nHISTORY OF CHKSlllRK COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nable and ttoiisciciilidus lawyer. From the re-\\nport of a mei tiiig of tlie Detroit bar we ex-\\ntract, Leadinj^ lawyers paid brief, but feel-\\ning and earnest, tributes of respeet to the\\npersonal worth of Mr. Burt, and of regard for\\nhis high ptjrsonal charaeter. They spoke of\\nhim as they kni w him, as the modest, retiring,\\nyet self-reliant man as an earnest seeker after\\ntruth and justice at all times; as the determined\\nhater of what was vicious and wrong as the\\nwarm-hearted, sympathetic man and friend,\\nmaking sacrifices (when he hoped to accom-\\nplish good) which few would have done, and\\nthat few knew of; as the untiring, indefatigable\\nstudent, the lawyer of sound judgment, exten-\\nsive research and of growing, solid reputation.\\nThese tributes paid to one who had not reached\\nlife s mid-S})ace were a.s sincere, hearty and\\nflattering expressions of opinion as have ever\\nbeen paid, within our knowledge, to a young\\nnaember of the Deti oit bar, and, coming from\\nthe senior members of the profession, attest the\\nprofessional worth and great promise of Mr.\\nBurt.\\nAmong other members of the bar are men-\\ntioned J. Henry Elliot, George A. Wheelock,\\nC. C. Webster, Edward Farrar (clerk of courts,\\npolice justice and ex-mayor), F. S. Fiske, Har-\\nvey Carleton, Don H. Woodward, Horatio Col-\\nony (ex-mayor), Silas Hardy (ex-judge of Pro\\nbate), C. F. Webster, George Ticknor, Hiram\\nBlake, L. W. Holmes, E. P. Dole, Francis C.\\nFaulkner, Daniel K. Healey, Alfred T. Batch-\\nelder (mayor), C. H. Hersey and J. P. Abbott.\\n(For additional notices, .see town histories).\\nThe present members of the Cheshire bar arc\\nas follows\\nEdward Farrar (clerk of court), of Keene; John T.\\nAbbott (Hersey Abbott), of Keene Alfred T. Batch-\\nelder (Batchelder Faulkner), of Keene; Hiram\\nBlake, of Keene; Edmund P. Dole (Lane Dole,\\nalso county solicitor), of Keene; William Henry El-\\nliot, of Keene; Francis C. Faulkner (Batchelder\\nFaulkner), of Keene; Silas Hardy, of Keene; Daniel\\nK. Healey, of Keene Farnum F. Lane (Lane\\nDole), of Keene C. Fred. Webster, of Keene Leon-\\nard Wellington, of Keene Don H. Woodward, of\\nKeene; Hosea W. Brigham, of Winchester; Edmund\\nM.Forbes, of Winchester; E.J. Temple, of Hinsdale;\\nJosiah G. Bellows (also judge of Probate), of Walpole;\\nBolivar Lovell, of Walpole E. M. Smith, of Alstead\\nAmos J. Blake, of Fitzwilliam Jesse B. Twiss, o\\nJalfrey.\\nRetired Members of the Cheshire County Bar.\\nGeorge A. Wheelock, of Keene; John Henry El-\\nliot, of Keene; Horatio Colony, of Keene; Harvey\\nCarlton, of Winchester John H. Fox, of Jaft rey.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nINTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\nBY HIRAM BLAKK.\\nCheshire Raieroad. No event in the\\nhistory of Cheshire County has resulted in such\\nsubstantial benetit to its inhabitants as the\\nconstruction of the Cheshire Railroad.\\nFrom 1830 to 1840 the manufacturing in-\\nterests of the county had largely increased.\\nWoolen and cotton-mills had been ei-ected on\\nmany of the numerous .streams w ithin the\\ncounty, affording excellent watcr-])ower.\\nConsiderable forests of excellent timber yet\\nremained ready to be converted into lumber.\\nVarious kinds of wooden-ware were manu-\\nfactured, and ready markets for these commod-\\nities were found in Boston and other towns on\\nthe New England seaboard.\\nThe difficulty of transporting heavy freight\\nby the slow process of horse-power was a serious\\ndrawback to these enterprises, and the want of\\nrailroad communication within the county bcaan\\nto be seriously felt.\\nAs early as 1840 the subject of a railroad\\nthrough the country began to be earnestly dis-\\ncu.ssed.\\nA charter for the Cheshire Railroad, extend-\\ning from the State line between Massachusetts\\nand New Hampshire to Bellows Falls, Vt.,\\nwas obtained December 27, 1844. On\\nJuly 1, 1845, it was consolidated with the\\nWinchendon Railroad Comj^anj chartered in\\nMassachusetts, March 13, 1845, and extending\\nfrom South Ashburnham, Mass., to the New\\nHampshire line. This consolidated line forms\\nthe Cheshire corporation as it exists at the\\npresent time.\\nThe opening of the road was the occasion of\\ngreat rejoicing to the citizens of Keeue and", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0050.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n21\\nlicsliire County. Tlie event was celebrated in\\nKcene with gi eat splendor May 16, 1848.\\nThe day was muisnally fine, and about five\\nthousand people, from different parts of the\\ncounty and vicinity, attended the celebration.\\nA train from Boston, consisting of fift(\u00c2\u00abn\\ncars well filled with people, drawn by two pow-\\nerful engines, gaily decorated with flags, ever-\\ngreens and flowers, arrived at half-past one I .m.\\nIts aj proach was announced, when four miles\\nfrom town, by the discharge of a gun two miles\\ndistant. This was followed l)y others stationed\\nalong the line, and as it entered the town it was\\nwelcomed l)y the ringing of bells, the cheers of\\nthousands and the raj)id discharge of cannon.\\nThe Suffolk IJrassBand, of Boston, accompa-\\nnied the train and furnished excellent music for\\nthe occasion.\\nA large procession proceeded to the town hall,\\nwhere a meeting of the stockholders was held;\\nafter which the procession was reformed and\\nmarched back to the dejwt, where fifteen hini-\\ndred peo[)le partook of a sumptuous baiKjuet\\nl reparc(l by the citizens of Keeue.\\nAfter dinner Hon. Levi Chamberlain, in an\\nappropriate speech, welcomed the assemblage to\\nKeene. Hon. Thomas M. Edwards, president\\nof the cor[)oration, followed after which\\nspeeches were made and sentiments offered by\\nmany eminent citizens of Boston and other\\nparts of Xew England. At the hour of de-\\nparture the train moved off on its way to Bos-\\nton amid the cheers of the assembled multitude.\\nThe remaining portion of the road, from\\nKeene to Bellows Falls, Vt., was completed\\nJanuary 1, 1849.\\nThe Cheshire Railroad is the connecting-link\\nbetween Boston [via Rutland), and Burlington.\\nIt extends thi ough the county from Winchen-\\ndon, ]\\\\Iass., through the southwest corner of\\nRindge, through Fitzwilliam, Troy, Marlbor-\\nough, Keene, southwest corner of Surry, West-\\nmoreland and Walpole, where it crosses the\\nConnecticut River at Bellows Fulls, in Vermont.\\nThe entire length of the road is fifty-three\\nand one-half miles. Within the county it is\\nforty-two and three-fourths miles. It is one\\nof the most thoroughly-constructed roads in\\nthe country. Its bridges, culverts and abut-\\nments, built of cut granite, are models of civil\\nengineering. The general management, from\\nthe beginning, has been excellent, and its o^jcra-\\ntion unusually free from accidents.\\nThe cost of the road and equipments amounted\\nto $2,717,535.26. The ammal receipts for 1884\\nwere $586,685.02 the ex]icnditurcs for the\\nsame year, $4(i. ),575.7!l.\\nFour gentlemen have acted as presidents of\\nthe road during its existence of thirty-.seven\\nyears, namely, Hon. T. i\\\\I. Edwards, Thomas\\nThatcher, E. Murdoch, -Ir., and Him. William\\nA. Ru.ssell.\\nSuperintendents, B. F. Atlams, L. Tilton, E.\\nA. Cliapin and Reuben Stewart; Treasurers,\\nC. J. Everett, F. W. Everett and F. H. Kings-\\nbury; Master Mechanics, David Upton, George\\nW. Perry and F. A. Perry.\\nMr. Stewart, the present superintendent, is a\\nveteran in the .service of the company. He\\ncommenced his service for the road in 1845,\\nand was employed three years in its construc-\\ntion. He subsecpiently served as ticket agent,\\ngeneral freight agent, cashier and auditor. He\\nwas assistant superintendent for two years un-\\nder Mr. E. A. Cliapin, and has held the office\\nof superintendent for the past twenty years.\\nAsiiUELOT Railroad. Before the comple-\\ntion of the Cheshire Railroad measures for build-\\ning a railroad through the fertile and populous\\nvalley of the Ashuelot River were already taken.\\nThe Ashuelot Railroad was incori orated July\\n10, 1846, and the first meeting fi)r organization\\nunder the charter was called at Winchester\\nMay 27, 1848.\\nJohn H. Fuller, Es(j., of Keene, was cho.scTi\\npresident; Francis Boyden, of Hinsdale, clerk.\\nIn November, 1849, the company contracted\\nwith Messrs. Boody, Ross Co., of Spring-\\nfield, Ma.ss., for building the road, and the work\\nwas speedily pushed to completion.\\nOn the 9th of December, 1850, the road was\\nopened for public travel.\\nThis road extends from Keene to South Ver-\\nnon, Vt., a distance of twenty-three and three-\\nfourths miles. Its length in Cheshire County\\nis twenty-three miles.\\nAs it leaves Keene it passes through Swan-\\nzey, Winche.ster and the southern part of Ilius-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0051.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "22\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntliile tlioiice crossing the Connecticut Eiver at\\nSouth Vernon, Vt. It follows the beautiful\\nvalley of the Ashuelot River, which affords\\nabundant water-power, a considerable portion\\nof which is improved and a great variety of\\nmanufactures is carried on. The road is of a\\nvery light grade and one of the best-constructed\\nroads in New England.\\nIn 1850 the company leased the road to the\\nConnecticut River Railroad for a terra of ten\\nyears, from January 1, 1851, at a rent of thirty\\nthousand dollars per year.\\nAt the expiration of this lease it was leased\\nto the Cheshire Railroad until January, l,S(i5, at\\ntwelve thousand dollars per annum.\\nThe road continued to be operated by the\\nCheshire Company until April 21, 1877, when\\nit was again leased to the Counectieut River\\nRoad at a rental of thirty per cent, of its gross\\nearnings, under which management it uow re-\\nmains.\\nThe cost of the road, with equipments, to\\n1875, amounted to five hundred thousand\\ndollars.\\nThe receipts and expenditures are included in\\nthe accounts of the Connecticut River road.\\nSullivan County Railroad. The Sulli-\\nvan County Railroad, extending from Bellows\\nFalls, A^ t., to Windsor, in the same State, a\\ndistance of twenty-six miles, was incorporated\\nJuly 10, 1846, and completed February 5, 1849.\\nThis road crosses the Connecticut River at\\nBellows Falls, and, miming mainly through\\nSullivan County, N. H., recrosses the river at\\nWindsor.\\nNearly two miles of this road run through\\nthe northwest portion of Walpole, in Cheshire\\nCounty, where the growing village of North\\nWalpole is situated.\\nThis road is operated by the Connecticut\\nRiver Railroad, and with the latter forms a part\\nof the Central Vermont system.\\nConcord and Claremont Railroad.\\nThe original charter for this road, extending\\nfrom Concord to the Sullivan Railroad, in or\\nnear the town of Claremont, was obtained June\\n24, 184S.\\nThe corporation, as it now exists, is a con-\\nsolidation of the Contoocook Valley, Merri-\\nmack and Connecticut Rivers and Sugar River\\nRailroads.\\nThe first-named branch extends from llop-\\nkiuton, through Henniker, to Hillsborough\\nBridy;e, a distance of fifteen miles. This road\\nwas also chartered June 24, 1S4S, and com-\\npleted in December, 1849.\\nThe Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers por-\\ntion, constructed under the original charter,\\nextends from Concord, through Hopkinton,\\nWarner, the southern portion of Sutton, to\\nBradford, a disbuice of twenty-seven miles. It\\nwas completed July 10, 1850.\\nThe Sugar River portion extends from Brad-\\nford, through Newbury, in the county of Mer-\\nrimack, and through Suuapee and Newport, to\\nClaremont Junction, on the Sullivan Railroad,\\na distance of twenty-nine miles. It was incor-\\nporated July 2, 1866, and completed for travel\\nin Se2)tember, 1872.\\nThe consolidation of the three branches above\\nmentioned was effected October 31, 1873, and\\nthe entire length of the road is seventy-one\\nmiles. Its length in Sulivan County is about\\neighteen miles. It is now under the same man-\\nagement as the Northern Railroad.\\nMoNADNOCK Railroad. -The Monad nock\\nRailroad was incorporated December 13, 1848;\\nthe charter was revived July 6, 1866. It was\\ncompleted for travel June 10, 1871, and ex-\\ntends from Winchendon, Mass., through Rindge\\nand JafFrey, to Peterborough, a distance of fif-\\nteen and four-fifths miles. Its length in Che-\\nshire County is about ten miles.\\nLeaving Winchendon, it passes through a low\\nvalley between the hills in Rindge until it\\nreaches the head-waters of the Contoocook\\nRiver, near the village of West Rindge. It\\nthen follows down the valley of Contoocook to\\nEast JafFrey, and thence to Peterborough.\\nThe Upper Contoocook furnishes consider-\\nable water-power. Cotton and wooden-ware\\nmills ai e located along its course in Rindo-e and\\nJaffrey, and this road has been of great benefit\\nto these towns.\\nThe cost of this road amounted to the sum\\nof \u00c2\u00a7366,829.47. The annual receipts for 1884\\nwere \u00c2\u00a727,342.39; the expenditures for 1884,\\n$22,009.01.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0052.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n23\\nJ. Livingston, of Peterborough, was its first\\nj)resideiit, and C. A. Parks, of JaflFrey, treas-\\nurer. After its completion it was operated by\\nthe company until October 1, 1874, when it\\nwas leased to the Boston, Barre and Gardiner\\nroad for ninety-nine years.\\nThe lease was transferred to the Cheshii-e\\nRailroad January 1, 1880, for six years, at a\\nrental of twelve thousand dollars per annum,\\nwith the option of extending the same for fif-\\nteen years thereafter.\\nThe road is still ojierated by the Cheshire\\nCompany.\\nManchester and Keene Railroad.\\nThis road was incorporated July 10, 1864; its\\nliarter was extended June 24, 1870, and June\\n26, 1874.\\nIt leaves Keene and runs easterly through\\nthe southwest corner of Roxbury, through\\nMarlborough and Harrisville, to Hillsborough\\nC^ ounty line thence through Hancock to its\\nterminus, at Greenfield.\\nIts entire length is twenty-six miles its\\nlength in Cheshire County is nearly thirteen\\nmiles. The scenery along the route, for variety\\nand grandeur, is equal to any in the State.\\nThe building of the road was commenced in\\nthe summer of 1876, and after considerable\\ndelay, occasioned by the failure of contractors, it\\nwas completed on the 29th of November,\\n1878.\\nThe last spike was driven by Hon. Samuel W.\\nHale, one of the directors of the road.\\nOn the following day an engine and well-\\nfilled passenger-car passed over the road, and its\\narrival in Keene was witnessed by a large num-\\nber of spectators.\\nApril 30, 1880, the Supreme Court, in be-\\nhalf of the bondholders, appointed George A.\\nRamsdell, of Nashua, receiver, who rej^aired\\nand commenced running the road.\\nOn the 1st of September, 1880, the mortgage\\ntrustees took possession of the road liy order of\\ncourt, and operated it until October 26, 1881,\\nwhen it was sold by them at auction for one\\nhundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to\\nHon. S. W. Hale, who afterwards transferred\\nhis title to the Boston and Lowell and Cont ord\\nRailroads, which corjiorations contLnued its oper-\\nation.\\nIt is now in good repair and forms a part\\nof the Boston and Lowell system.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0053.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF KEENE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGeographical\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Original Grant by Massachusetts\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First\\nProprietors Meeting Laying out the Grant Early\\nVotes First Settlements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Pioneers The Indian\\nTroubles Building of the Fort- Josiah Fisher killed by\\nIndians Further Depredations of the Savages The\\nSettlement Abandoned.\\nThe town (ifKcene lies near the centre of\\nthe county and is boiimletl as follows On\\nthe north by W^estnioreland, Surry and Gilsum\\ncast by Sullivan and Roxbury south by Swan-\\nzey and west by Chesterfield and Westiuorehind.\\nThe territory embraced within the bounds of\\nthe present town of Keene, together with a por-\\ntion of Sullivan and Roxbury, was one of the\\nMassachusetts grants, made in accordance with\\na vote of the General ourt of that province of\\nJuly, 173-}. On the 19th of October following\\na committee, consisting of Joseph Kellogg, Tim-\\nothy D wight ;ind William Chandler, was ap-\\npointed to lay out the townshij)s on Ashuelot\\nRiver forthwith. They reported in Fel)ruary,\\n1734, and the township was lotted iu May or\\nJune following. The first proprietors meeting\\nwas held in Concord, Mass., June 2(j, 1734, and\\nin Sejjtember following Jeremiah Hall, Daniel\\nHoar, Josiah Fisher, Elisha Root, Nathaniel\\nRockwood, Seth Heaton and William Puffer vis-\\nited Upper Ashuelot, as the place was called, and\\nheld a proprietors meeting. They did not ar-\\nrive at the line of the township until late in\\nthe evening of the ISth, the day to which the\\nmeeting was adjourned; and, as soon as their\\npilot informed them they had pa.ssed it, they\\nopened the meeting and adjourned to the next\\nday.\\nAt the meeting held the next day a vote was\\npassed thai tli(^ wliolc of Ijic intcrvtile land in\\n24\\nthe township should be surveyed, and that half\\nof it should be lotted out in two inclosures, one\\nso situated as to accommodtite the fifty-four\\nliouse-lots laid out on the village plain, the\\nother so as to accommodate the nine house-lots\\nlaid out on Swanzey line. A committee was\\nalso appointed to search and find out the best\\n:uk1 most convenient way to travel from the\\nupper unto the lower township.\\nAt this period Upper Ashuelot was a frontier\\nsettlement, iu the bosom of the wilderness. It\\nwas, of course, most exposed to savage incur-\\nsions, and was liable to suffer, in their ex-\\ntremity, all those distresses and calamities which\\nmay be alleviated, if not prevented, by the\\ntissistance and good offices of others. Its near-\\nest neighbor was Northfield, twenty miles dis-\\ntant; Winchester, which was first granted, not\\nbeing then settled, or containing at most not\\nmore than two or three huts.\\nThe next meeting of the proprietors was held\\nat Con(!ord, Mass., on the last Wednesday of\\nMay, 1735. The committee ajipointed to sur-\\nvey the intervale land made a report. The lots\\nthey had laid out contained eight acres; and, as\\nthey were not all equal in tpiality, the propri-\\netors voted that certain euumerated lots should\\nhtive qualification, or allowance, to consist of\\nfrom two to four acres each, tmd appointed\\na committee to lay out these allowances. The\\npractice of qualifying lots, thus introduced, was\\nafterwards pursued, and occasioned great irreg-\\nularity iu the future allotments of land.\\nAt this meeting a committee was appointed\\nto join with such as the lower town propri-\\netors shall appoint, to search and find out\\nwhether the ground will admit of a convenient\\nroad from the two townships on Ashuelot River\\ndown to the town of Townsend.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0054.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n25\\nAt a subsequent meeting, held in Septembei-\\nof the same year, in the township, the pi opri-\\netors were assessed in the sum of sixty j ounds,\\nand a committee was appointed to bill out this\\nmoney according to the proprietors directions.\\nIt appears Iiy the record, that the mode of\\nhilling out the money remaining in the treasury\\nwas often practiced. committee was also ap-\\npointed to lay out a road to the saw-mill place,\\nwhicli is about three-(|uarters of a mile north\\nfrom the house-lots. A vote was also passed\\nottering one hundred acres of middling good\\nland and twenty-five pounds to any person or\\npersons who would engage to build a saw-mill,\\nand saw boards for the proprietors, at twenty\\nshillings per thousand, and slit-work for \u00c2\u00a3Z lOg.\\nper thousand. John Corbet and Jesse Root\\nappeared and undertook to build the mill, and\\na committee was thereupon appointed to lay\\nout the land. The mill was to be finished by\\nthe 1st day of July, 1736. Under date of\\nMay, 1 73o, appears a record of the expense of\\nlaying out the second division of lots. The\\nsurveyor was allowed fifteen shillings (seventy\\ncents), four others were allowed twelve shillings\\nand two others ten shillings per day.\\nOn the 30th day of September, 1 736, a meet-\\ning of the proprietors was opened, according to\\nappointment, at the house-lot of Joseph Fisher,\\nbut was immediately removed to the hou^se of\\nNathan Blake. This house was probal)ly the first\\nerected in the township. xV committee was\\nappointed to agree with a man to build a\\ngrist-mill, and they were authorized to offer\\nnot exceeding forty pounds encouragement\\ntherefor. The proprietors also voted to build\\na meeting-house at the south end of the town\\nstreet, at the place appointed by the General\\nCourt s committee, to be forty feet long, twenty\\nfeet stud and thirty-five feet wide, and to lay\\nboards for the lower floor the house to be\\nfinished by the 26th day of June, 1737.\\nAt the same meeting a vote was passed to\\nwiden the main street, which was originally but\\nfour rods wide. It provided that, if the pro-\\n]irietors of the house-lots on the west side of\\nthe street would surren ler four rods in depth\\non the end of their lots adjoining the street,\\nthey should luu e it made up in quantity iu the\\nrear. This proposition was acceded to, and to\\nthis measure the village is indebted for its broad\\nand elegant main street.\\nNo person had hitherto attempted to remain\\nthrough the winter in the township. Those\\nwho came in the siunmer to clear their lands\\nbrought their provisions with them, and erected\\ntemporary huts to shelter them from the weather.\\nIn the summer of 1736 at least one house\\nwas erected and three persons, Nathan Blake,\\nSetli Heaton and William Smeed, the two first\\nfrom AV rentham and tlie last from Deerfield,\\nmade preparations to pass the winter in the\\nwilderness. Their house was at the south end\\nof the street. Blake had a pair of oxen and a\\nhorse, and Heaton a horse. For the support of\\nthese, they collected grass in the open spots;\\nand in the first part of the winter they employe l\\ntliem in drawing logs to the saw-mill, which\\nhad just been completed. Blake s horse fell\\nthrough the ice of Beaver Brook and was\\ndrowned. In the beginning of February their\\nown provisions were exhausted, and to oljtaiti\\na suj)ply of meal, Heaton was dispatched to\\nXorthfield. There were a few families at Win-\\nchester, but none able to furnish what was\\nwanted. Heaton procured a quantity of meal\\nbut before he left Northfield the suow began to\\nfall, and when, on his return, he arrived at Win-\\nchester, it was uncommonly deep, and covered\\nwith a sharp crust. He was told that he might\\nas well expect to die iu Northfield and rise\\nagain in Upper Ashuelot, as ride tliithcr on\\nhorseback. Remembering the friends he had\\nleft there, he nevertheless determined to make\\nthe attem])t, Init had proceedei^l but a short\\ndistance when he found that it would be impos-\\nsible to succeed. He then returned, and directed\\nhis course towards Wreutham. Blake and\\nSmeed, hearing nothing from Heaton, gave tlie\\noxen free access to the hay, lefl Ashuelot, and\\non snow shoes proceeded either to Deerfield or\\nWrentham. Anxious for their oxen, they\\nreturned early in the spring. They found them\\nnear the Branch, southeast of Carpenter s, much\\nemaciated, feeding upon twigs and such grass as\\nwas bare. The oxen recognized their owner,\\nand exhibited such pleasure at tlie meeting as\\ndrew tears from his eyes.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0055.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "26\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors, held May 12,\\n1737, they voted to assess sixty pounds on the\\nprojtrietors of the house-lots for the purpose of\\nhiring a gospel minister, and ehose a committee\\nto agree with some meet person to preach the\\ngospel among them. Tliis meeting was ad-\\njourned, to be held at the meeting-house place\\non the 20th of May. On the day apjiointed it\\nwas there opened, but was immediately removed\\nto the intervale land, and there a vote was passed\\nthat another division of meadow land should be\\nmade. A committee was also chosen to rep-\\nresent tiiis propriety in applying to, and receiv-\\ning of, the Honourable, the General Court s\\ncommittee fur this township, the money granted\\nto said proprietors when they shall have the\\nframe of a meeting-house raised, and forty\\nprojjrietors settled on the spot.\\nThe next meeting was held at the meeting-\\nhouse frame, June 30th. Jeremiah Hall was\\nrecompensed for his services in searching for\\nand laying out a road to Townsend, and two\\nothers were added to the committee appointed\\nto apply to the General Court s conunittee tor\\nthe one hundred pounds mentioned in the\\nproceedings of the last meeting. It was also\\nvoted that no meeting of the proprietors be\\nheld, for the fliture, but at this place, so long as\\nthere shall be seven proprietors inhabiting\\nhere.\\nAt a meeting held October 2(jth a vote was\\npassed that the worthy Mr. Jacob Bacon should\\ndraw for the second division of meadow land,\\nfor the whohi propriety. This is the first time\\nthat the name of Mr. Bacon, who was the first\\nsettled minister of the town, is mentioned in the\\nrecords.\\nAt the same meeting a vote was passed to\\nlay out one hundred acres of upland to each\\nhouse-lot or right. The proprietors were to\\ndraw lots for choice, and he who drew No. 1,\\nwas to make his pitch by a certain day; and\\nthose who drew the successive numbers on suc-\\ncessive days, excluding Sundays, thus giving\\nevery man his day. Each lot was surveyed by\\na committee, in such place and in such shape as\\nthe proprietor drawing it directed. Some of\\nthe plans recorded in the proprietors records\\nexhil)it figures which Euclid never imagined,\\nand probably could not measure. Common\\nland was left in every part of the township, in\\npieces of all sizes and shapes.\\nAlthough the whites were at this time at\\npeace with the Indians, yet, deeming it not pru-\\ndent to remain without some means of defense,\\nthe proprietors at this meeting voted that they\\nwould finish the fort, which was already begun,\\nand that every one that should work or had\\nworked at said fort should bring in his account\\nto the surveyor of highways and should be al-\\nlowed therefor on his highway tax-bill. This\\nfort was situated on a small eminence a few rods\\nnorth of the present residence of Lemuel Hay-\\nward. When completed it was altout ninety\\nfeet square there were two ovens and two wells\\nin the inclosure. It was built of hewn logs.\\nIn the interior, next to the walls, were twenty\\nbarracks, each having one room. On the out-\\nside it was two stories high, in the inside but\\none, the roof over the barracks sloping inwards.\\nIn the space above the barracks were loop-holes\\nlo fire from with muskets. There were two\\nwatch-houses, one at the southeast corner and\\none on the western side, each erected on four\\nhigh posts set ujiriglit in the earth and for\\ngreater safety, the \\\\vhole was surrounded by\\npickets.\\nJanuary 7, 1740, a meeting of the propriet(-)rs\\nwas held. In the warrant calling it, an article\\nwas inserted To make such grant or grants of\\nland to such person oi- persons as they shall\\nthink deserve the same tor hazarding their lives\\nand estates by living here to bring forward the\\nsettling of the place. Upon this article the\\nfollowing vote was passed, which probably gives\\nthe names of nearly all the men then residintr\\nin the township and the number of dwellings\\nerected\\nVoted, to grant ten acres of upland to each of the\\npersons hereafter named, viz. .Jacob Bacon, clerk\\nJosiah Fisher, Joseph Fisher, Nathan Blake, William\\nSmeed, Seth Heaton, Joseph Ellis, Ebenezer Nims,\\nJoseph Guild, Joseph Richardson, Isaac Clark, Ed-\\nward Dale, Jeremiah Hall, Ebenezer Force, Daniel\\nHaws, Amos Foster, Ebenezer Day, Beriah Maccaney,\\nJabez Hill, Obed Blake, Jeremiah Hall, Jr., David\\nNims, Timothy PutFer, Ebenezer Daniels, Nathan\\nFairbanks, John Bullard, David Foster, Solomon\\nRichardson, Abner Ellis, Henjamin (Juild, Asa Rich-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0056.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n27\\nardson, Ebeuezer Hill, Saimiel Fisher, Kjihraim Dor-\\nman, Timothy Sparbawk, Jouathaii Uiulerwood, John\\nAndrews, Samuel Smith, Samuel Daniels (39), and to\\nsuch other persons having an interest here, who, from\\nthe first of next March to March, 1742, shall make\\nup the quantity or space of two years in living here,\\nand build a legal dwelling-house, to the number ol\\nsixty, including those before mentioned.\\nA rumor of war liaving- reached tlie towii-\\nshij), the proprietors, Febniar) 25tli, voted\\nthat they would build another fort whenever\\nseven of the jii oprietors should re |uest it. It is\\nnot known that this fort was ever built. They\\nalso voted that there should be allowed for\\nevery man who should work uj^ou the forts\\neight shillings, and for every pair of oxen four\\nshillings, per day.\\nThe long and spirited contest between the\\nprovinces of Massachusetts and New Hamj)-\\nshire, respecting the divisional line between\\nthem, had been carried before tiio King in Coun-\\ncil, and, in 1740, a decision was made that\\nfrom a point three miles north of Pawtueket\\nFalls the line should run due west until it\\nreached His Majesty s other governuients. This\\nleft Upper Ashuelot far within the boundaries\\nof New Hampshire. Upon this subject the\\nl)roprietors, on the 3d day of October, held a\\nmeeting, and the following proceedings appear\\nupon their records\\nThe proprietors being informed that by the deter-\\nmination of his majesty in council, respecting the\\ncontroverted bounds between the province of Massa-\\nchusetts and New-Hampshire, they are excluded from\\nthe province of the Massachusetts Bay, to which they\\nalways supposed themselves to belong.\\nTherefore, unanimously voted that a petition be\\npresented to the King s most excellent majesty, set-\\nting forth our distrest estate, and praying we may be\\nannexed to the said Massachusetts province.\\nAlso unanimously voted, that Thomas Hutchin-\\nson, Esq., be empowered to present the said petition\\nto his majesty, and to appear and fully to act for and\\nin behalf of this town, respecting the subject matter\\nof said petition, according to his best discretion.\\nMr. Hutchinson had previously been ap-\\npointed the agent of ^lassachusetts to jirocure\\nan alteration of the order in Council. He made\\na voyage to England, but failed to accomplish\\nthe object of his agency.\\nOn the 10th of July, Deacon Josiah Fishc]-\\nwas killed as he was driving his cow to pasture.\\nThe road leading up the; river then left the\\nmain street by Mr. Lamson s tan-yard, led\\nalong the margin of the meadow, back of his\\nhouse, crossed West Street a few rods west of\\nAaron Hall s house and continued up the I iver,\\nnear the adjoining low land, until it came upon\\nthe route of the present turnpike above Deacon\\nWilder s house, now occupied as a tavern.\\nFisher was found dead and scalped in the road,\\nnear where the Lam.son Block now stands,\\nand it was supposed that the Indian who shot\\nhim was concealed behind a log which then lay\\nwithin the present limits of Mr. Lamson s gar-\\nden. He had a brass slug in his wrist, which,\\nit the time, was conjectured to have been cut\\nfrom a warming-pan that had lately been lost\\nby one of the inhabitants.\\nIn the early part of the year 1746 the Gen-\\neral Coiu-t of Massachusetts sent a party of men\\nto Canada, for what purpose was not generally\\nIvuown. On their return they passed through\\nUpper Ashuelot. On arriving in sight of the\\nsettlement they fired their guns. This, of course,\\nalarmed the iniiabitants, and all who were out-\\nand several were in the woods making sugar\\nhastened home. From some cause or other sus-\\n]iicion was entertained that a party of Indians\\nhad followed the returning whites, and for sev-\\neral days the settlers were more vigilant and\\nmore circumspect iu their movements, seldom\\nleaving the fort, except to look after their cattle,\\nwhich were in the barns and at the stacks in\\nthe vicinity.\\nEarly in the morning of the 23d of A]iril,\\nEphraim Dorman left the fort to search for his\\ncow. He went northwardly, along the borders\\nof what was then a hideous and almost imper-\\nvious swamp, lying east of the fort, until he\\narrived near to the j lace wiiere the turnjiike\\nnow is. Looking into the swamp, he perceived\\nseveral Indians lurking in the bushes. He\\nimmediately gave the alarm, by crying In-\\ndians Indians! and ran towards the fort.\\nTwo, who were concealed iu the bushes between\\nhim and the fort, sprang forward, aimed their\\npieces at him and fired, but neither hit him.\\nThey then, throwing away their arms, advanced\\ntowards him one he knocked down by a blow,\\nwhich deprived him of his senses the other ho", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0057.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "28\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nseized, and, beiug a strong man and able\\nwrestler, tried his strength and skill in his\\nfavorite mode of trip and twiteh. He tore\\nhis antagonist s blanket from his shoulder, leav-\\ning him nearly naked. He then seized him bv\\nthe arms and body but as he was painted and\\ngreased, he slipped from his grasp. After a\\nsliort struggle, Dormau (juitted him, ran to-\\nwards tlie fort and reached it in safety.\\nWiien tiie alarm was given, the greater i)art\\nof tiie iiduibitants were in the fort but some\\nhad just left it to attend to tlieir rattle. Cap-\\ntain Simms, the commander, as was the custom\\nevery morning before prayers, was reading a\\nchapter in the Bible. He inuuediately exclaimed,\\nRush out, and assist those wlio are out to get\\nin Most of the men immediately rushed out,\\nand each ran where his interest or affections led\\nhim tiie remainder chose positions in the fort,\\nfrom whicii they could lire on the enemy.\\nThose who were out, and within hearing,\\ninstantly started for the fort and the Indians,\\nfrom every direction, rushed into the street, fill-\\ning the air with their usual horrid yell. Mrs.\\nMcKenny had gone to the barn, near where\\nMiss Fiske s house now stands, to milk her\\ncow. She was aged ami corpulent, and could\\nonly walk slowly. When she was within a few\\nrods of the fort, a naked Indian, proliably the\\none with whom Dorman had been wrestling,\\ndarted from the bushes on the east side of the\\nstreet, ran up to her, stabbed her iu the back,\\nand crossed to the other side. She continued\\nwalking, in the same steady pace as before,\\nuntil she had nearly reached the gate of tlie\\nfort, when the blood gushed from her moutii,\\nand she fell and expired. John Bullardwas at\\nhis barn, below Dr. Adams he ran towards\\nthe fort, but the instant he arrived at the gate,\\nhe received a shot iu his back. He fell, was\\ncarried in and expired in a few hours. Mrs.\\nClark was at a liarn, near the Todd house,\\nabout fifty rods distant. Leaving it, she espied\\nan Indian near her, who threw away his gun,\\nand advanced to make her a prisoner. She\\ngathered her clothes around her M aist, and\\nstarted for the fort. The Indian pursued the\\nwoman, animated by cheers from her friends,\\noutran her pursuer, who skulked back for liis\\ngun. Nathan Blake was at his barn, near\\nwhere his son s house now stands. Hearing\\nthe cry of Indians, and presuming his barn\\nwould be burnt, lie determined tliat his cattle\\nshould not be l)urnt with it. Throwing open\\nhis stable-door, he let them loose, and presum-\\ning his retreat to the fort was cut off, went out\\nat a back-door, intending to place himself in\\nambush at the only ])lace where the river could\\nbe crossed. He had gone but a few steps\\nwhen he was hailed by a party of Indians con-\\ncealed in a shop between him and the street.\\nLooking back, he perceived several guns pointed\\nat him, and at this instant several Indians\\nstarted up from tiioir places of concealment\\nnear him, upon which, feeling himself in their\\npower, lie gave himself up. They siiook hands\\nwith liim, and to the remark he made that he\\nliad not yet breakfasted, they smilingly replied\\nthat it must be a poor Englishman wlio could\\nnot ffo to Canada without his breakfast. Pass-\\ning a cord around his arms above the elbows,\\nand fastening them close to his body, they gave\\niiim to the care of one of the party, wlio con-\\nducted him to the woods.\\nThe number of Indians belonging to the\\nparty was supposed to be about one liundred.\\nThey came near tlie fort, on every side, and fired\\nwiienever they supposed their shot would l e\\netfeetual. They, however, neither killed nor\\nwounded any one. The wliites fired whenever\\nan Indian presented himself, and several of\\nthem were seen to fall. Before noon the\\nsavages ceased firing, but they remained several\\ndays in the vicinity.\\nThe guns first fired were heard at the firt in\\nSwanzey, the commander of which immediately\\nsent an express to Winchester, witli information\\nthat the Indians had made an attack uj on Upper\\nAshuelot. From ^V i^chester an express was\\nsent to the next post, and so on from post to\\npost to Northampton, where Coloi:el Pomeroy\\ncommanded. Collecting all the troops and\\nmilitia there, and pressing all the horses in the\\nplace, he instantly, at their head, set out for\\nUpper Ashuelot, and on his way added to his\\nnumber all the disposable force iu the interme-\\ndiate settlements. In little more than forty-\\neight hours from the time the express started", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0058.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n29\\nfrom Swaiizey lie, with four or five hundred\\niiieu, arrived at Upper Ashuelot, the distance\\nlowii and hark being at least ninety miles.\\nThe arrival so soon of this relief was as unex-\\n])ected as it was gratifying to the settlers. The\\nnext morning Pomeroy sent out his men to\\nscour the woods in searcli of Blake. While\\nthese were absent the Indians again showed\\nthemselves on the meadow^ southeast of the\\nfort, where they killed a number of cattle. To\\nrecall the troops, an ahirm was fired, but was\\nnot heard. In the afternoon they returned\\nunsuccessful, and that evening Mr. Bullard and\\n]\\\\Irs. McKenny were buried. The next morn-\\ning they found the track of the Indians, and\\nfollowed it until they came to the place of their\\nencampment at night. This was east of Beech\\nHill, not far from the present residence of Cap-\\ntain Chapman. It appearing that they dis-\\njicrsed, when departing from this place, they\\nwere pursued no farther. Colonel Pomeroy, on\\nhis way back to the fort, found that a house\\nbelonging to a Mr. Heatou, and standing near\\nthe place where his son s house now stands, had\\nl)een l urnt. Among the ashes they discovered\\nhuman bones, and the leg of an Indian, micon-\\nsumed. As it is known to have been the custom\\nof the Indians to take the most effectual means\\nin their power to conceal the amount of their\\nloss, they had doubtless placed in this house,\\nbefore they set it on fire, the bodies of such of\\ntheir party as had been killed, which they had\\nnot otherwise concealed. The number, as near\\nas could be ascertained, was nine, and one or\\ntwo were burnt in the barn of Mr. Blake.\\nThe next day incpiiry was made for Mark\\nFerry, the hermit. As he did not reside\\namong them, and had never performed the\\nduties of relation, friend or companion to any\\nof the settlers, they felt little solicitude for his\\nfate but, Colonel Pomeroy offering to send a\\nparty of men, they agreed to send a j)ilot to\\nthe place where they supposed he might be\\nfound. This was Ferry meadow, on the\\nstream called Ferry Brook, within the present\\nlimits of Sullivan, whither he had repaired, as\\nto a place of safety, when driven l)y the flood\\nfrom his cave from Bullard s Island. They\\nfound his horse confined under the shelter of\\nthe root of a fallen tree, and, looking further,\\nespied him perched high upon the limb of a\\nlarge tree, mending his clothes. His personal\\nappearance indicated that he had not received\\nthe benefit of shaving, nor ablution, for months.\\nThey compelled him to descend, brought him to\\nthe fort, led him to the officers quai-ters, and,\\nwith mock formality, introduced him to all the\\nofficers and gentlemen of the party.\\nApprehending no further danger to the\\nsettlers, C ilonel Pomeroy and his men returned\\nto their homes.\\nIn thi early part of May the same or\\nanother party of Indians hovered about the\\nsettlement, watching for an opportunity to\\nmake prisoners and to plunder. For several\\nsuccessive nights the watch imagined that they\\nheard some person walking around the fort.\\nWhen it came to the turn of young McKcnnv,\\nwhose mother had been killed, to watch, he\\ndeclared he should fire on hearing the least\\nnoise without the fort. In the dead of night\\nhe thought he heard some person at the [)icket\\ngate, endeavoring to ascertain its strength.\\nHaving loaded his gun, as was usual among\\nthe first settlers of the country, with two balls\\nand several buckshot, he fired through the gate,\\nwhich was made (jf thin boards. In the morn-\\ning blood was discovered on the spot and also a\\nnumber of beads, supposed to have been cut,\\nby the shot, from the wampum of the Indian.\\nThe inhabitants remained in the fort until\\nMarch or April, 1747. About this time they\\npassed an informal vote, releasing Mr. Bacon,\\ntheir minister, from all his oblia-ations to them,\\nand resolved to abandon the settlement, which\\nresolution was immediately executed. Soon\\nafter, a party of Indians visited the place and\\nburnt all the buildings, except the mill on\\nBeaver Brook and the house in which tlie\\nmiller had resided.\\nIt has been already mentioned that Mr.\\nBlake, when captured, was pinioned and con-\\nducted by an Indian into the woods. xVfter\\ntraveling al)out two miles they came to a small,\\nstony brook. The Indian stooped to drink,\\nand, as Blake s hands were not confined, he\\nthought he could easily take up a stone and\\nbeat out his brains. He silently prayed for", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0059.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "30\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ndirection, aud his next thought was that he\\nsliould always regret that he liad killed an\\nIndian in that situation, and he refrained.\\nNo i)artieulars of his journey to Canada ha\\\\e\\nbeen obtained, except that he passed by Charles-\\ntown. At Montreal he, with another prisoner\\nof the name of Warren, was compelled to run\\nthe gauntlet. Warren, receiving a blow in the\\nface, knocked down the Indian who gave it,\\nupon which he was assaulted l)y several, M ho\\nbeat him unmercifully, making him a cripple\\nfor life. Blake, exhil)iting more patience and\\nfortitude, received no considerable injury. lie\\nwas then conducted to Quebec, and thence to\\nan Indian village several miles north of that\\nplace, called Conissadawga. He was a strong,\\nathletic man, and possessed many qualities\\nwhich procured him the respect of the savages.\\nHe could run with great spe( d, and in all the\\ntrials to which he was put, and they were many\\nand severe, he beat every antagonist.\\nNot long after his arrival at the village the\\ntribe lost a chief by sickness. As soon as hi.\\ndecease was made known the women re[)aired\\nto his wigwam, and, with tears, sobs and\\nclamorous lamentations, mourned his death.\\nThe fimeral ceremonies performed, the men\\nsought Blake, dressed him in the Indian\\ncostume, aud invested him with all the\\nauthority and privileges of the deceased, as one\\nof the chiefs of the tribe aud as husband of the\\nwidow. In the family to which he now stood\\nin the relation of father there were, as lie has\\noften remarked, several daughters of uncommon\\nbeautv. Yet, notwithstanding; this mod fortune,\\nhe still had difficulties to encounter. The tribe\\nwas divided into two parties, his friends and\\nhis enemies. The former consisted of the\\ngreat mass of the tribe, who respected him for\\nqualities to which they had not equal pz e-\\ntensions the latter, of those who were envious\\nof his success and had been worsted in their\\ncontests with him. These, to humble his pride.\\nsent far into the northern wilderness, and pro-\\ncured a celebrated Indian runner to run against\\nhim. At the time assigned, the whole tribe\\nassembled to witness the race, and a Fi ench-\\nman, from Quebec, hap[ ened to be present.\\nPerceivintr the excitement among then, he ad-\\nvised Blake to permit himself to be beaten,\\nintimating that fatal conse(iuences might ensue\\nif he did not. The race was run, and Blake,\\nas advised by the Frenchman, jiermitted his\\nantagonist to reach the goal a moment before\\nhe did. He persisted, however, after his\\nreturn from captivity, in declaring tiiat he\\nmight have beaten him if he had tried. The\\nevent of the race restored harmony to the tril)e,\\nand Blake was permitted to live in peace.\\nBut, remembering the family he had left, lie\\nfelt anxious to return to his home. After\\nmuch intercession, the^tribe propo.sed that if he\\nwould build a house like those of the English,\\nhe should be permitted to go to (Quebec. Pre-\\nsuming that, when there, he could more easily\\nobtain his liberty, he gladly acceded to the\\npro[)osition. With such tools as the Indians\\npossessed he prejiared tlie necessary timber,\\nsplitting the boards from the tree, and soon\\ncompleted his task. He then went to Quebec\\nand gave himself uj) to the French. He had\\nbeen there but a short time, when his Indian\\nwife came in a canoe to reclaim him. He re-\\nfused to return, l)at, she soliciting and even\\ndemanding him, he declared to her that, if he\\nshould be compelled to set out with her, he\\nwould overturn, the canoe and drown her, upon\\nwhich she concluded to return without him.\\nIn the fall the P^reneh commandant gave Blake\\nhis election to pass the winter, as a laborer, with\\na farmer in the vicinity of Quebec, or be confined\\nin the common gaol. He chose the latter, and\\nhad no reason to regret his choice, as he had a\\ncomfortable room and sufficient rations assigned\\nhim. He remained in confinement until spring,\\nwhen his liberation was procured.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0060.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n31\\nCHATTER II.\\nE.EE SE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nClose of the [ndian Troubles Keturn of the Settlers Up-\\nper Aslmelot Again (Occupied Incorporation of the\\nTown Captain Jeremiah Hall Appointed Agent The\\nPii-st Petition for Incorporation, in 1 751 not Granted\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094The Petition of 1753\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charter Granted April 11, 1753\\nFirst Meeting of Proprietors The Town Revisited by\\nIndians.\\nThe year 1750 witnessed the return of the\\nsettlers to the Upper Aslmelot, from whence\\nlliey had been driven a few years previously by\\nthe merciless Indian war whidi was carried on\\nby King Philip.\\nUpon the reoccupation of the place the set-\\ntlers at once decided to present a petition to the\\nGovernor for the incorporation of the territt)ry,\\nand the first movement for the incorporation of\\nthe town by the State of New Hampshire was\\nunder date of February 11, 1750, when\\nCtiptain Jeremiah Hall was appointed to pre-\\nsent the ease to the Governor as follows\\nWe whose Names are Hereunto Subscribed In-\\nliabitauts of tbe upper Ashuelot for a Long time\\nLabour under many Great Diliiculties lor waut of\\nTown Priviledges we Do Tliercfore Hereby Constitute\\nand Impower our Trusty friend Cap Jeremiah Hall\\nto Represent our Difficulties to his Excellency the\\nGovernor of New Hampshire and to Any Others Con-\\ncerned In that affiiir that we may be Incorporated\\nInto a Town and Likewise we give power to him to\\nChuse a man to assist him In the aftaires\\nUpper Ashuelot February y 11* 1750\\nWilliam Smeed Ebenezer D.ay\\nEbenezer Nims Gideon Ellis\\nDavid Nims Michaell Medcalf\\nEphraim Dorman Michaell medcalf jr\\nNathan Fairbanks Oliver Medcalf\\nJoseph Elles Abijah medcalf\\nJonathan Underwood Jabez Hill\\nJohn Rogers David Foster\\nNathan Blake Amos Foster\\nWe the Subscribers Do hereby Impower Cap\\nJeremiah Hall to Pertition In our behalf for the Upper\\nTownship on Ashuelot River where we Dwell to his\\nExcellency the Governour of New Hampshire and all\\nConcern d in that aftair In the same form that it was\\nlaid out by the Massachusetts\\nUpper Ashuelot Feb^^ 11 1750\\nNathan Fairbanks\\nJoseph Elles\\nNathan Blake\\nEbenezer Day\\nGideon Ellis\\nMichael Medcalf\\nDavid Foster\\nOliver medcalf\\nMichaell medcalf jr\\nAbijah medcalf\\nSamuell Hall\\nJesse Hall\\nWilliam Smeed\\nEbenezer Nims\\nDavid Nims\\nEphraim Dorman\\nJabez Hill\\nJonathan underwood\\nJohn Rogers\\nElijah Dorman\\nFebruary 20th, Benjamin Guild was chosen\\nto assist Capttiin Hall in Petitioning His Ex-\\ncellency as follows\\nWe whose Names are Hereunto Subscribed Being\\nPropriators of the Upper Ashuelot Township so\\ncalled Do hereby Impower M Benjamin Guild to\\njoyne with Cap Jeremiah Hall in Petitioning His\\nExelency the Govoner of the Province of New Ham-\\nshire He observing the Instructions Given by others\\nof the Propriators to the said Cap Hall\\nWrentham Feb 20 1750\\nJohn Whiting William Hancock\\nDaniel Haws Samuel Danils\\nJoseph Fisher Esther Messenger\\nSamuel Fisher Jonathan Whiting\\nBenjamin Guild Jacob Bacon\\n)bediah Blake Natli Fairbnks\\nEbenezer Daniells Abigail Guild\\nNathaniel Ware Robert Blak\\nHannah Dale Seth Hcaton\\nAbner Ellis Elijah Blake\\nAsa Richardson Josiah Fisher for the\\nSarah Greene hares o f A a r o n\\n.Toseph Richardson Fisher\\nDaniell maceene Nathan Bucknam\\nThe following is the first petition for the in-\\ncorporation of the town, 1751\\nTo His Excellency Banning Wentworth Es i Gov-\\nernor and Commander in Chief in and over his\\nMajestys Province of New Hampshire and to the\\nHonorable his majestys Councill for said Province\\nThe Petition of Jeremiah Hall and Benjamin\\nGuild in beh.alf of them Selves and others Inhabitants\\nSellers and Proprietors of a certain Tract of land\\nCalled the upper Township on Ashuehit River in the\\nProvince of New Hampshire on the East side of Con-\\nnecticut River (a plan of which Tract of land is here-\\nwith presented) most humbly Sheweth, that in the\\nyear 1737, in virtue of a Grant from the massachusets\\nGovernment, a plantation was begun on said Tract of\\nland That in the year 1738 a minister was settled\\nthere and a meeting house built That before the last\\nIndian War with tlie Indians there were Thirty one\\nDwelling houses built on said Tract of land Sundry\\nbarns and a Fort of near a hundred foot square having\\neighteen fire Rooms within said fort a Saw mill and\\nGrist mill built tli.at the sellers and others who were\\npreparing for setling there before the Indian War had\\nmade large Improvements there and laid out their\\nSulistance in doing the )Same", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0061.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "32\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUiNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThat in the Spring of y year 1747 The Indians\\nburnt down all the dwelling Houses there except four\\nalso burnt down all the Barns but one also burnt\\ndown the meeting house and the Fort also much\\nhoushold Stuff and killed Considerable Cattle Horses\\nSheep and Swine That the s Settlers and Proprietors\\nare returned and returning on to the said Tract of\\nland in order to cultivate and Improve the same and\\nin case a peace Continues with the Indians in a few\\nyears there will be forty or fifty familys in case there\\nwas an Incorporation Wherefore your Petitioners\\nmost humbly Pray your Excellency and Honours to\\nIncorporate the s* Tract of land agreeable to the\\nbounds thereof by the plan annexed and grant to your\\nPetitioners and others their Constituents such Im-\\nmutys and Privileges as other Towns Enjoy in this\\nProvince your Petitioners as in duty bound\\nshall ever pray c\\nMarch y 4 1750-1\\nJerejiiah Hall.\\nBexjamix Guild.\\nThis pi tition, howev^cr, was not granted, and,\\nFebruary 2, 1753, the following petition \\\\vas\\npresented and a charter was granted April 11,\\n1753, under the name of Keene, prolialily in\\nhonor of Su Benjamin Keene, of England, who\\nat that time was minister from England to\\nSpain\\nUpper Ashualot Feb y 2 1753\\nWe whose names are underwritten Do hereby\\nAuthorize and Impower our Trusty Friend M\\nEphraim Dorman to Prefer a Petition to his Excel-\\nlenc} the Governour of New Hampshire for a Town-\\nship known by the Name of the Upper Ashuelot and\\nto Pray his Excellency to Grant a Charter of this\\nLand to the Inhabitants and others Concerned in said\\nLauds and to Insert a Clause in said Petition Praying\\nhis Excellency that if it might be Consistent with his\\nPleasure he would Insert a Clause in his Charter\\nwhereby every man may be Intitled to those Lands\\nwhich he Thought himself to be the Honest owner of\\nhe Paying the Charges that have arisen on said Lauds\\nto Prevent Endless Law-Suits and other Difficulties\\nImpending over us and to set forth in said Petition\\nthe Great Cost and Expence we have been at in Build-\\ning two Forts and Defending the Kings Lands and\\nthe Great Losses we have Sustained by the Enemy as\\nset forth in the Petition Lodged with M Atkinson\\nSecretary and to take the Names Lodged with M\\nLivermore and annex to said Petition\\nJeremiah Hall David Nims\\nWilliam Barnes Ebenezer Day\\nEbenezer Daniells William Smeed\\nJabez Hill Ebenezer Nims\\nTimothy Harington Isaac Clark\\nDaniel Twitchel Nathan Bluke\\nAmos Foster Michael mcdcalf ju\\nTitus Belding\\nSamuel Reed\\nBenjamin Larrabee\\nDavid Foster\\nBenjamin Twitchell\\nJoseph Elles\\nGideon Ellis\\nEleazer Sanger\\nJonah French\\nThe first meeting of the proprietors, under\\nthis charter, was held at Keene, on the first\\nWednesday of May. Votes were passed grant-\\ning to Benjamin Bellows one hundred and\\ntwenty-two Spanish milled dollars for his ser-\\nvices and expenses in obtaining the charter;\\nand to Ephraim Dorman eight dollars forgoing\\nto Portsmouth raising one hundred and twenty-\\ntwo pounds, old tenor, to i)roeure preaching\\nand granting to Theodore Atkinson, the sec-\\nretary of the province, three hundred acres of\\nland.\\nThe first town-meeting M-as held May 2,\\n1753, and the following officers were chosen:\\nSelectmen, Ephraim Dorman, Michael Metcalf\\nand William Smeed Town Clerk, David\\nNims; Treasurer, David Nims; Constable,\\nEbenezer Nims Surveyors of Highways,\\nGideon Ellis and Isaac Clark; Hog-Reeves,\\nJonah French and William Barran; Fence-\\nViewers, Lieutenant Seth Heaton and Nathan\\nBlake Field-Drivers, John French and\\nSamuel Hall. Benjamin Bellows was moder-\\nator of this meeting.\\nThe inhabitants immediately directed their\\nattention to the concerns of religion. As a place\\nfor public worship, they erected a building of\\nslabs, the earth serving as a floor and with the\\ninhabitants of Swanzey they made a joint\\narrangement for tiie settlement of a pastor.\\nIn the warrant calling a town-meeting, to be\\nheld June 13th, is the following article To see\\nif they (the freeholders, etc.) will make choice\\nof the Rev. INIr. Carpenter for our minister.\\nFrom the expressions here used it is probable\\nthe church had already acted on the subject.\\nAt the meeting Mr. Carpenter was chosen the\\nsum of fifty pounds, silver money, at six shil-\\nlings and eight-pence the ounce, or equivalent\\nin our own province bills, w^as oifered him as a\\nsettlement; and the town engaged to find him,\\nyearly, twenty cords of fire-wood. A contract\\nwas subsecjuently made with IVIr. Carpenter,\\nwhicli was to continue in force three years, and", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0062.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n33\\nill wliicli it was stipulated that lie slioiilil receive\\nfrom Keene a salary of tweuty-six poiuids,\\nlawful money. He also officiated as the minister\\nof Swanzey.\\nIn December the inliabita,nts voted to liuiid\\na meeting-house, forty-five feet long and thirty-\\nfive wide, and agreed to set it at the crotch of\\nthe roads, so called, one road leading up the\\nriver, and tlie other across the river to Ash\\nSwamp.\\nBut in January, 1754, in consideration of the\\nunfitness of the ground, and the exposedness to\\nfire, and to tlie enemy, in case of a war, they\\nvoted to set the house on the road that soetli\\nfrom the town street to the mills, on the hiohest\\nground, between the causeway, by William\\nSmeed s, and the bridge, by the clay-pits,\\nSmeed lived where Dr. Twitcheli, Sr., resided,\\nand the bridge was north of what was known as\\nColonel Perr} s store.\\nIn this year the savages again committed\\nacts of hostility. Some time in the fall an\\nexpress arrived at Keene bringing information\\nthat a ]iarty of the enemy had appeared in the\\nvicinity of Penacook (Concord), \u00c2\u00abhere the)\\nluid killed and caittnred several whites. This\\nwas in the afternoon. The inhabitants imme-\\ndiately assembled, and appointed several persons\\nto keep guard through the night, directing\\nthem to walk continually from the hou.se of\\nDavid Nims (near Lewis Page s house, in\\nPrison Street) to the meadow gate (near Mr.\\nCarpenter s), and agreed immediately to com-\\nplete the fort, the rebuilding of which had\\nalready been commenced. The next day everv\\none able to labor went to work upon the fort, and\\nsoon prepared it for the reception of the settlers.\\nWhen traces of Indians were discovered near\\nany of the frontiers it was the custom to fire, as\\nan alarm to all within hearing, three guns in\\nregular and quick succession. If heard at any\\nof the posts, it was answered in the same man-\\nner if not answered, the alarm was repeated.\\nIn June the people of Westmoreland, discover-\\ning traces of Indians, fired an alarm, which\\nwas heard at Keene. A body of men was im-\\nmediately sent to their relief but they returned\\nwithout discovering the enemy. That thev\\nwere lurking in the vicinitv and that they fol-\\nlowed home the party from Keene is probable,\\nas the next day they captured Benjamin Twitcheli.\\nHe had been to Ash Swamp on his return he\\ntook with him a tub, which, it is sujjposed, he\\ncarried upon his head. This tub was afterwards\\nfound on the east bank of the river, near where\\nthe mills now stand and there the Indians\\nprobably seized him. He was conducted uj) the\\nriver in the meadows west and north of Dea-\\ncon Wilder s the Indians killed several oxen, a\\nhorse and colt. The colt \\\\vas cut up and the\\nbest ])ieces of meat carried off. In this meadow\\nthey left a bow, made of lever-wood, and sev-\\neral arrows. They encamped for the night in\\nMeCurd) s meadow, in Surry, where four\\ncrotched sticks were discovered driven into the\\nground in such positions as led to the belief\\nthat to each was confined one of the limbs of\\nthe prisoner. The jiarty then proceeded to Que-\\nbec, where Twitcheli met with Josiah Foster\\nand his family, who were captured at Winches-\\nter. For the honor of Foster, the particulars\\nof his capture should be recorded. Returning\\nhome one evening, he found his house in the\\npossession of Indians, who had captured his wife\\nand children. He could have escaped but he\\ndetermined to give himself up, that he might\\nshare their fate and have an opportunity to\\nalleviate their sufferings. He accompanied\\nthem to Quebec, carrying his wife on his back\\na great part of the way. There they remained\\nuntil, being ransomed, they were sent by \\\\\\\\ater\\nto Boston. Twitcheli was put on board the\\nsame vessel but, being taken sick, he was set\\non shore and died in a few days.\\nA mouth or two afterwards a party of In-\\ndians were discovered in the meadow south of\\nthe town line by the people of Swanzey. Thev,\\nwith four soldiers to guard them, were coming\\nin a body, and armed, to work in the north\\nmeadows. The soldiers, who were in advance,\\nheard a rustling in the bushes, and one, suppos-\\ning it to be caused by a deer, fired his musket\\nat the spot. The Indians, supposing they were\\ndiscovered, rose and fired at the soldiers, who,\\nfrightened, ran to the quarter now called Scot-\\nland. The peoj lc, coming up, saw the Indians,", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0063.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "3+\\nHISTOllY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nattacked them, and drove them to the plain\\nwest of the factory. An express was instant-\\nly sent to Keenc, and a party of fifteen men\\nunder Captain Mctcalf went out to meet them.\\nThis party went first to the foot of the hill,\\nbeyond Mr. Heatou s, supposing the Indians\\nwould there cross the Branch. E.emainin\\ntiiei-e a short time without discovering any In-\\ndians, a Mr. Howard proposed to go to another\\nford still farther up. Josiah French, a shrewd\\nman, observed, Those who wish to meet with\\nthe Indians had better stay here; I feel no de-\\nsire to see them, and will go over the hill witii\\nHoward. It was agreed to go over the hill\\nbut no sooner had they reached the top of tlic\\nnearest eminence than they discovered nine In-\\ndians crossing at the ford they had left. They\\nlav in wait for them a few hours, but did not\\nsee them afterwards, lleturning to the fort,\\nHoward received no mercy from the men,\\nwomen and children within it. Sevei-al days\\nafterwards the men went in a body, and armcid,\\nto hoe Mr. Day s corn, near Surr} and discov-\\nered tliat an old house in that neighborhood\\nhad been burnt it was supposed to have been\\nset on fire by the same jiarty of Indians.\\nAfterwards, but in what year is not recol-\\nlected, another, and the last, party of Indians\\nmade a visit to Keene. The inhabitants had\\ncleared and fenced a large common field consist-\\niiio; of about two liundred acres, which was\\nused as a cow pasture, and the access to it was\\nby a path which ledsoutliwardly along the high\\nground east of the place where tiie turnpike\\nand Baker s lane unite. When driving their\\ncows to this pasture, it was the custom of the\\ninhabitants not to go in the path, for fear of\\na surprise, but on one or the other side of it.\\nEarly one morning they came suddenly upon a\\nparty of Indians, concealed in thick bushes and\\nbusily engaged in mending their moccasins.\\nThey instantly stai ted up and escaped. It\\nwas afterwards ascca-taincd that the leather with\\nwhich they were mending their moccasins had\\nbeen stolen the night before, from a tannery at\\nWalpole (or C iiarlestown).\\nCHAPTER III.\\nK EE X E\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CoiiiiHiierf).\\nWAR OF TIIE REVOLUTION.\\nFirst Reference to the War in Town Records Vote to get\\nStock of I owiler, Lead and Flints Keene in the Bat lie of\\nLexington Tories Bobea Tea Various Resolutions\\nList of Patriots Battle of Bennington Captain Mack s\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ortie Elijah Williams His Return to Keene Un-\\npleasant Reception List of Foot Com]iany in Keene in\\n1773_Alarm-List of 1774.\\nThe first reference on the town records to the\\nWar of tlie Revolution is under date of 1774.\\nIn a M arrant calling a town-meeting to be\\nheld the 26th of September the following\\narticles were inserted To see if it be the mind\\nf)f the town to provide ammunition for a town\\nstock, and grant money for the same; and\\nTo see if it be the mind of the town to sign the\\ncovenant and engagement, which was sent and\\nrecommended by the committee of corre-\\nspondence, relating to the non-importation agree-\\nment.\\nUpon the first article the town Voted, to get\\na stock (if ammunition for the town, viz.: 200\\nHis. of good gunpowder, 400 Wit^. of lead, and\\n1200 flints; and to raise twenty-four ounds,\\nlawfid money, for jiroviding said artit^les.\\nUpon the other article the following ])ream-\\nble and vote were adopted HV/crca-s the towns\\nin this ])rovince have chosen members to rep-\\nresent them in a General Congress of all the\\ncolonies, now sitting at the city of Philadelphia,\\nto consult and determine what steps are neces-\\nsary for the colonies to adopt, Voted, therefore,\\nnot to sign the non-importation agreement\\nuntil we hear what measures said Congress have\\nagreetl upon for themselves and their constitu-\\nents.\\nOctober 17th, Captain Isaac Wyman and\\nLieutenant Timothv Ellis were chosen delegates\\nto attend the County Congress at Walpole. No\\ninformation concerning the object or proceed-\\nings of this Congress has been obtained.\\nIn the winter of this year Elijah Williams,\\nEsq., instituted a suit against a citizen of Keene,\\nthe writ being in the form then usual, commenc-\\nExtracted from Hale s Annals.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0064.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\nintj, George the Tliird, by tlie grace of God,\\nKing, ete. Inuiiudiately afterwards a large\\niuuhIkt of people, many coming from the neigh-\\nIioriug towns, assembled at Keene, seized Wil-\\nliams aud took him with them to their place of\\nmeeting, which was a barn standing by itself\\nin a field. They required him to stop the suit,\\nand to promise that he would issue no more writs\\nin the name of the King Perceiving he had\\nno alternative, he complied, and was then set ut\\nliberty.\\nOn the 4th of January, 1775, at a legal town-\\nmeeting, the inhabitants Vokd, to come into\\nthe measures recommended by the Continental\\nCongress, in their association agreement. They\\nchose, agreeably to said advice, Isaac Wyniaii,\\nTimothy Ellis, Thomas Baker, Dan Guild and\\nWilliam Ellis a Committee of Inspection.\\nThey also chose Isaac Wyman to represent the\\ntown at the meeting to be held at Exeter on the\\n21st day of said January, for the choice of dele-\\ngates to the Continental Congress.\\nAt a town-meeting held February 23d, Cap-\\ntain Isaai! Wyman was chosen to represent\\nthe town in the General Assembly, holden at\\nPortsmouth, on the said 2. 3d day of February,\\nand so, day by day, during their sessious.\\nOn the 1 9th of April was fought the battle\\nof Lexington. The in.stant that news of the\\nbattle arrived in town, which was in the fore-\\nnoon, Captain Dorman, who then commanded\\nthe militia, called upon Captain Wyman.\\nThe regulars, said he, have come out to\\noncord, have killed six men, and the battle\\nwas raging when the messenger started. What\\nshall be done? Send expresses, said Cap-\\ntain Wyman, to every part of the town, notify-\\ning the inhabitants to meet, forthwith, on the\\ngreen, and be governed by theirdecision. Ex-\\npresses were sent, the citizens met in the after-\\nnoon, and a vote was unanimously passed that\\na body of men should be sent to oppose the reg-\\nidars. The question was asked, Who shall\\nlead them? Captain Wyman was nominated,\\nwas chosen, and, though for advanced in years,\\ncheerfully consented to go. Volunteers were\\nthen called for, and about thirty presented them-\\nselves. Captain Wyman directed them to go\\nhome immediately and prepare provisions for\\ntheir use, for, said he, all the roads will be\\nfull of men, and you can procure nothing on the\\nway; and he then ajjpointed sunrise the next\\nmorning the time, and his house the place of\\nrendezvous. At sunrise they met, and im-\\nmediately started for Concord. In the after-\\nnoon General Bellows, (Jolonel John Bellows\\nand Thomas Sparhawk arrived from Walpole,\\nand, riding to his house, in(|uirod for Captain\\nWyman. Being answered tiiat he had started\\nat sunrise, at the head of a company of men,\\nthev exclaimed, Keene has shown a noble\\nspirit! and iiastened onwards. They were\\nsoon followed by a party of men from Walpole.\\nAt an informal meeting of the inhabitants,\\nheld (in the 27tli of April, they chose Timothy\\nEllis a delegate to meet the committee at Exeter,\\nand to sit, as a member, in the Provincial\\nCongress, whenever they convene. He ex-\\npressed his willingness to accept the office, but\\ndeclared that he had not, and could not, in\\nseason, procure money enough to bear his ex-\\npenses. The inhaliitanls, thereupon, l o/ yZ,\\nthat he might draw from the treasury four\\npounds, lawful money.\\nSoon after the iiattle of Lexington several\\nTories, among whom was Elijah Williams,\\nEsq., left this vicinity, and joined the British\\nin Boston.\\nIn the warrant calling a town-meeting on\\nthe 7tli day of December, one of the articles was,\\nTo see if it be the mind of the town, that the\\nnames of those jiersons who buy, sell or make\\nuse of Bohea tea be advertised in the public\\nprints. At the meeting, held on the day ap-\\npointed, this article passed in the negative but\\na committee of inspection was appointed to see\\nthat the resolves of the Coutiuental Congress\\nbe complied with. After dismissing two other\\narticles, relating to the troubles of that period,\\nthe town unanimously adopted the following\\nresolves, which may be termed the Statute Law\\nof Keene. And here it may be proper to state\\nthat no judicial courts were held in the county\\nfrom 1774 to 1778.\\nWhereas, by the uiihappjMlispiites now subsisting\\nbetween Great Britain and the American Colonies,\\nthe laws of several of them have been entirely sub-\\nverted, or wholly neglected, to the great detriment of", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0065.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "3G\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsociety, and of individuals, whereby many disorderly\\npersons, taking undue advantage of the times, as a\\ncloak to put their revengeful designs in execution, do\\nwickedly and maliciously threaten to abuse and\\ndestroy the persons and property of many of the\\ngood and wholesome inhabitants of the land, and the\\nexecutive power being thrown by and the Con-\\ngresses, neither Continental or Provincial, have, as\\nyet, found out or published any method or systejn of\\ngovernment, for the security of our persons or prop-\\nerty and until such a system as they in their wisdom\\nshall see fit, or some other be proposed,\\nWe, the inhabitants of the town of Keene, in the\\ncounty of Cheshire, and province of New-Hamp-\\nshire, legally convened, being desirous of order and\\ngood government, and for the security of our lives,\\npersons and property, do pass the following Resolves:\\n1st. It is Resolved, that a committee of three good\\nand steady men of the town be chosen to act upon, and a\\nproper officer appointed to prosecute the Resolves\\nhereafter mentioned.\\n2d. Wliereiia, prol ane cursing and swearing are\\nhighly provoking to Almighty God and offensive to\\nevery true Christian, which we fear, if not discount-\\nenanced, will provoke the Divine Majesty to bring\\nheavy judgments upon us, and still heavier, deliver us\\nup to the desire of our enemies; to prevent cursing\\nand swearing, be it Besolved, that if any person or\\npersons shall profanely curse or swear, and shall be\\nthereof convicted before the committee, by sufficient\\nwitnesses or by confession of the |iarty, every such\\noffender shall forfeit and pay to the committee, for\\nthe use of the poor of said town, a sum not exceeding\\nthree shillings, nor less than one according to the\\nrepeatedness of the offence, and pay cost of prosecu-\\ntion, which cost shall be ascertained by the committee\\nbefore whom the person shall be convicted, and in\\ncase any person, convicted as aforesaid, shall refuse\\nto pay the sum or sums so forfeited and adjudged, he,\\nshe or they shall be immediately committed to the\\ncommon gaol not exceeding ten days nor less than\\nthree for said fQrfeiture, and until he pay all just\\ncosts.\\n3d. WhercaK, it is highly necessary that every\\n()erson of able body sh(rald betake himself to some\\nhonest calling, and not mis-spend their time in loiter-\\ning and tippling in licensed houses or elsewhere in\\nthis town, to prevent which,\\nBe it Ressolved, that if any person or persons, fit\\nand able to work, shall refuse so to do, but loiter and\\nmis-spend his or their time, wander from place to\\nplace, or otherwise misorder themselves, by drinking\\nor tippling in any of the licensed houses or elsewhere\\nin this town, after nine o clock at night, or continue in\\nany of the aforesaid houses above the space of one\\nhour, unless on necessary business, all such persons\\nbeing convicted of any of the aforesaid articles before\\nsaid committee, by sufficient witnesses, shall, for every\\nsuch offense, forfeit and pay to the said committee,\\nfor the use of the poor of said town, the sum of two\\nshillings, and all just costs of trial, which shall be\\nadjudged by said committee, and in case any person,\\nconvicted as aforesaid, shall refuse to pay the sum or\\nsums so forfeited and adjudged, he or they shall bo\\ncommitted to the common gaol, there to remain not\\nexceeding ten days, nor less than three days, for said\\nforfeiture, and until he pay all just costs.\\n4th. Whereas, personal abuse tends to promote ill\\nblood and discord among society, to prevent which,\\nbe it Resolved, that if any person or persons shall\\nsmite, or strike, or tlireaten to abuse or destroy the\\nperson or property of another, he or they so offend-\\ning shall, i or the first offense, i)ay to the said com-\\nmittee, for the use of the poor of said town, the sum\\nof five shillings, and costs of prosecution, and double\\nthat sum for the second offense, and for the third or\\nany after offense, shall be imprisoned or publicly\\nwhipt, according to the judgment of the committee\\nbefore whom they are convicted, and in case any per-\\nson, being convicted as aforesaid, shall refuse to pay\\nthe sum or sums so forfeited and adjudged, he or they\\nshall be committed to the common gaol, there to re-\\nmain not exceeding ten days nor less than four, for\\nsaid forfeiture, and until he pay all just costs.\\n5th. Further be it Resolved, that if any person oi-\\npersons shall presume to purchase, or bring into this\\ntown, any teas, of what sort soever, until the minds\\nof the Congress respecting that article shall be fully\\nknown, shall forthwith deliver up such teas to one or\\nmore of the committee, to be stored b) them and\\nkept for the owner until the minds of the Congress\\nbe known respecting that matter, and in case any\\nperson shall refuse to deliver up said teas, the com-\\nmittee have power to imprison him until he does.\\nGth. And for the better execution of all and every\\nthe foregoing articles, it is Resolved, that all and each\\nof the said committee shall have full power and\\nauthority to bring before them any of the inhabitants\\nof this town, or any person residing in said town, that\\nshall offend in any of the foregoing resolves, and\\nupon his or their own views, or other sufficient con-\\nviction of any such offense, to impose the fine and\\npenalty for the same, and to commit the offender\\nuntil it be satisfied.\\n7th. It is likewise Resolved, that the officer ap-\\npointed shall have power and authority to carry any\\nperson that shall he found trespassing in any of the\\nforegoing particulars, before said committee for trial,\\nand, if need be, may command aid and assistance in\\ndischarging his trust, and any person refusing to give\\naid or assistance, as aforesaid, he or they shall forfeit\\nthe sum of three shillings for every offence, and have\\ntheir names inserted in the public Gazette as un-\\nfriendly to good order.\\nAnd all masters and heads of families in this town\\nare hereby directed to take effectual care tliat tlieir", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0066.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\nchildren, servants and others under their immediate\\ngovernment do not trespass in any of the foregoing\\nparticulars.\\nChose Thomas Baker, Eliphalet Briggs and Dan\\nGuild as a committee to judge, determine and act up-\\non said Resolves and [)Ut them in execution, and\\nchose Elijah Blake officer for the purpose mentioned\\nin said Resolves.\\nThis extract infonn.s the reader of the origin\\nof the Committee of Safety for the State, ami\\nenables him the better to understand the follow-\\ning document\\nTo the. Selectmen of Keene\\nColony of New Hampshire.\\nIn Committee of Safety, April 12th, 1776.\\nIn order to carry the unwritten Resolve of the\\nHon hle Congress into Execution, You are requested\\nto desire all Males above Twenty-One Years of Age,\\n(Lunaticks, Idiots, and Negroes excepted,) to sign to\\nthe Declaration on this paper and when so done to\\nmake return hereof, together with the Name or Names\\nof all who shall refuse to sign the same, to the General\\nA.ssembly, or Committee of Safety of this Colony.\\n]\\\\I. Weare, Chairman.\\nIn Congress, March 14, 177G.\\nResolved, That it be recommended to the several\\nAssemblies, Conventions and Councils, or Commit-\\ntees of Safety of the United Colonies, immediately to\\ncause all persons to be disarmed, within their respec-\\ntive Colonies, who are notoriously disaffected to the\\ncause of America, Or who have not associated, and re-\\nfuse to associate, to defend by Arms the United Colo-\\nnies, against the Hostile Attempts of the British\\nFleets and Annies.\\nExtract from the Minutes.\\n(copy.) Charles Thompson, SerU/.\\nIn consequence of the above Resolution, of the\\nHon. Continental Congress, and to show our Deter-\\nmination in joining our American Brethren, in do-\\nfending the Lives, Liberties and Properties of the In-\\nhabitants of the United Colonies,\\nWe, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage,\\nand promise that we will, to the utmost of our Power,\\nat the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with Arms\\noppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets\\nand Armies against the United American Colonies.\\nThomas Frink.\\nNathan Blake.\\nEliphalet Briggs, Jr.\\nJosiah Richardson.\\nJoseph Blake.\\nDaniel Kingsbury.\\nDan Guild.\\nEli Metcalf.\\nIchabod Fisher.\\nBartholomew Grimes.\\nDavid Willson.\\nBenjamin Balch.\\nEbenezer Day.\\nJohn Dickson.\\nNaboth Bettison.\\nAbraham Wheeler, Jr.\\nJames Wright.\\nJohn Houghton.\\nThomas Wilder,\\nIsaac Wyman.\\nDavid Foster.\\nEphraim Dornian.\\nSeth Heaton.\\nAndrew Balch.\\n(xideon Ellis.\\nThomas Baker.\\nBenjamin .Vrcher.\\n.Joseph Ellis.\\nSimeon Washburn.\\nDavid Nims.\\nElisha Briggs.\\nBenjamin Archer, Jr.\\nSamuel Wood.\\nEliphalet Briggs.\\nNathaniel Briggs.\\nElij;di Blake.\\nUriah Willson.\\n.folin Le Bourveau.\\nDavid Foster, Jr.\\nTimothy Ellis.\\nGideon Tiffixny.\\nJesse Hall.\\nMichael Metcalf.\\nJesse Clark.\\nGideon Ellis, Jr.\\nDavid Nims, Jr.\\nAbraham Wheeler.\\nWilliam Ellis.\\nJoshua (Osgood.\\nNathaniel Kingsbury.\\nReuben Daniels.\\nReuben Partridge.\\nCephas Clark.\\nEbenezer Carpenter.\\nTimothy Ellis, Jr.\\nEliakim Nim\u00c2\u00ab.\\nCaleb Ellis.\\nJoseph Willson.\\nDavis Howlett.\\nTimothy Ellis ye 3d.\\nBenjamin AVillis.\\nSanuieV Chapman.\\nJohn Balch,\\nAbijah Metcalf\\nHenry Ellis.\\nLuther Bragg.\\nSeth Heaton, Jr.\\nJosiah Ellis.\\nBenjamin Osgood.\\nEbenezer Newton.\\nDaniel Willson.\\nEzra Harvey.\\nDavid Harris\\nObadiah Blake, Jr.\\nZadoc Nims.\\nIsaac Clark.\\nSilas Cook.\\nNathan Blake, Jr.\\nNathan Rugg.\\nStephen Larrabee.\\nRobert Spencer.\\nEbenezer Cook,\\n.loshua Ellis.\\nJotham Metcalf\\nMoses Marsh.\\nSimeon Clark, Jr.\\nBenjamin Ellis.\\nAshahel Blake.\\nSamuel Bassett.\\nJedediah Wellman.\\n.Tonathan Heaton.\\nSimeon Ellis.\\nBenjamin Elli=.\\nJames Crossfield.\\nJoseidi Ellis, Jr.\\nThomas Baker, Jr.\\nThomas Wells.\\nAchilles Mansfield.\\nRoyal Blake.\\nWilliam Gray.\\nAaron Gray, Jr.\\nJohn Daniels.\\nSamuel Daniels.\\nJedediah Carpenter.\\nWilliam Goodenough.\\nA din Holbrook.\\nHezekiah Man.\\nJeremiah Stiles.\\nSamuel Hall.\\nJonathan Archer.\\nAbraham Pond.\\nSilas French.\\nEliphalet Carpenter.\\nBenjamin Willard.\\nJacob Town.\\nJohn Day.\\nPeter Rice.\\nIsaac Esty.\\nJonathan Dwinell.\\nThomas Dwinell.\\nJohn Connolly.\\nAbijah Wilder.\\nZadoc Wheeler.\\nDaniel Snow.\\nWilliam Nelson.\\nIsrael Houghton.\\nWilliam Woods.\\nAsaph Nichols.\\nElisha Ellis,\\nThomas Fields.\\nMichael Sprought.\\nBenjamin Tiffany.\\nJames Eddy.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0067.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "38\\nHISTORY OF CIIKSHIKK COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAgreeably to the witliiii direclioii, we have re-\\nquested all in this Town to sign, as herein set forth\\nand licreto annexed the names of all those who Re-\\nfuse to sign within Deelaration, vi/.:\\nl\\\\riij. Josiah WilhuM.\\nLt. IJenJainin Hall.\\nDr. .losiali I onieroy.\\nSamuel Wadsworth.\\nRobert (lilman.\\n.lohii White.\\nKleazer iSanger.\\nAimer Sanger.\\nThomas Cutter.\\nJames I erkins.\\nBenjamin O.-^good, Jr.\\nJohn Swan.\\nJames Hunt.\\nEl,IPH.\\\\I.KT liUICliS, Jl!\\nJOSIAH Rk. H.VRDSON,\\nJoseph Hkake,\\nD.\\\\i\\\\IKt. KlX.SBfKY.\\nSeli clmen\\nof the Town\\nof Keeiie.\\nTIu representatives ol the (u lionil .Vs.seiuhly\\nliavino; desired their oiistitiients to nominate\\njustices of tiie peace, the inhabitants, A])ri! 3d,\\n17)/((/, unanimously, tliat it is the mind of this\\nt(i\\\\vi\\\\ that (\\\\)lonel Lsaac Wyman he ai)pointed.\\nAugust Jd, Captain Kliphalet Brioos was\\ncho.sen a U;lesi ate, to meet with other delea ates\\nat alpolc, to consuh autl agree upon siieh\\nnu liu)ds as siiali he thougiit neces.sarv for the\\ngeneral good, and our nintiial defen.se and\\nsafet} This convention was called by order\\nof a sub-committee of the several Comniitteos\\nof Safety in the county.\\nThe following memorandum is copied from\\nthe records of this year, 1777\\nWhereas, orders were sent from the Court to the\\nSeleetmen, desiring them to assist the eommanding\\nofficers of the militia in the town, by causing a town-\\nmeeting to be called, in order to raise men for the\\nContinental army during the war, in obedience to\\nwhich, a legal meeting was warned, and the town met\\non the 31st of March, made several proposals for en-\\ncouragement, and voted thirty pounds to each man,\\nif a sullieient number would turn out, but as not any\\nappeared, the meeting w:is dismissed and nothing\\nvoted that was conclusive or valid.\\nIn ilay or June a court, appointed by the\\nCommittee of Safety in the county, was held at\\nKeeue, before whom were brought the princi-\\npal Tories in the county, to be tried for their\\noffenses or opinions. It has not been a.scer-\\ntaiued who were memiiers of this court, but\\nBenjamin Giles, of Newport, and Colonel\\nIlanuiKind, of Swanzey, were probably two.\\nThe Tories were guarded by a body of men, of\\nwhom ^Ir. Floyd, of \\\\A alpole, was commander.\\nThe court sat nearly two weeks before they\\ncame to any decision and it was supposed by\\nsome, at the time, that the object of this delay\\nwas that the violent Whigs, by whom they\\nwere snrroiuidcd, might become weary and dis-\\nperse, and leave tliem at liberty to give a more\\nlenient judguient than was demanded. In the\\nend the court decided (hat the Tories should be\\nconlinecl to their farms, and give bonds fir\\ntheir good bi^havior.\\nAt a town-meeting held June 11th a com-\\nmittee was chosen to state the price of articles,\\nlabor, tte., as the law directs. The town ^^otcd\\nto pay to each man that has or shall enlist into\\nthe Continental army, for the term of three\\nyears, or doing the war, to make up the (piota\\nof this town, the sum of thirty pounds, exclu-\\nsive of the bounty given by this State; and\\nalso to allow those that have done service in the\\nwar heretofore, in the same proportion as fifty-\\nsix pounds is for three years; and a committee\\nwas chosen to make an exact proportion of what\\nevery man had done in the war, in time past, in\\norder that an exact asse.ssnient may be made for\\nthe above said charge.\\nMrs. Sttu-tcvant, who is the widow of Cor-\\nnelius Stnrtevaut, Jr., the printer, was born in\\n1770, and is now living with mental faculties\\nbright and vigorous, well remembers that, in\\nearly girlhood, when going to .school from\\nWest Street to the school-house just south of\\nthe old Ralston house, she passed the old jail,\\nstanding- near where the Emerald House now\\nstands. It w;is made of hewn logs, with a\\nsmall hole for a window. She and her com-\\npanions often stopped to hear a Mr. Baxter,\\nwho was confined there, sing the Yicar of\\nBray. This Baxter was a Tory, lived in Surry\\nor Alstead, and was probably then confined for\\nToryism. Tradition speaks of him as wealthv\\nfor the time, bold, reckless, fond of enjoyment\\nand of defying public opinion. He doubtle.ss\\n.sang the Vicar of Bray to reproach and pro-\\nvoke the rebels outside for having deserted their\\nKing and sworn allegiance to the new govern-\\nment. He emigrated to Nova Scotia.\\nThe battle of Bennington was fought this\\nyear. On the fall of Tieonderoga urgent calls\\ncame from the Americans in that region to the", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0068.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n39\\n]i( ople of Vermont and New Hampshire to\\nliasten to their assistance.\\nMajor Ellis, Josiah Richardson, Josliua Du-\\nrant and others immediately crossed the Green\\nMountains, and soon found themselves in front\\nof the Hessian hreastworlv, sustaining and re-\\nturning an incessant fire. Tiie niajur, sonu\\nwhat exeitcul, ordered a charge, and himself and\\nmost of his men leaped over, among wliom was\\nDuraiit. The Hessians wavei ed, scatteivd and\\nfled. Durant pursued a party of three, and\\ngaining fast upon them, tiie hindmost turned\\nhack, their muskets at tiiis moment touching\\neacii other. Durant fired first and killed his\\nantagonist. While reloading, the other two\\nturned hack upon him. He wrenched his bayo-\\nnet from his gun, seized one by the collar, and\\nwas about to stab the other, when both called\\ntor quarter and surrendered themselves prison-\\ners. The three were brothers. For many\\nyears afterwards Durant occasionally wore, as\\ntrophies, a waistcoat and silver-mounted breast-\\nj)in taken from the man he had killed.\\nMr. liichardson came home with the glory\\nof having caj)tured three Hessians. He allowed\\nthe world to believe the story to be true, as in\\nfact it was, but to his friends he admitted that,\\neither from terror or dissatisfaction with their\\ncondition, the} appeared to be not very unwill-\\ning (captives.\\nInDecemlier, in town-meeting, Captain Stiles,\\nCaptain Howlet and Jabez Fisher were succes-\\nsively chosen representative, and each declined\\naccepting the office Timothy Ellis was then\\nchosen and consented to serve. The town Voted\\nto empower the representative to act in behalf\\nof the town in the choice of delegates to the\\nContinental Congress. A similar vote was af-\\nterwards annually passed, from which it may\\nbe inferred either that the town did not con-\\nsider their representatives had authority, or that\\nthe latter were unwilling to act in this behalf\\nwithout such a vote.\\nAt a meeting held January 17, 1778, the in-\\nhabitants, after I eading and conferring upon\\nthe Articles of Confederation of the Continental\\nCongress, voted that it is the minds of the town\\nthat they be established by this .State.\\nVoterJ, further to instruct th representative\\nto use his influence in the General Assembly\\nthat a free and full representation of every town\\nin this State take place to a Convention, to meet\\nat such time and place as the General Assembly\\nshall ajjpoint, to form a ])lan of government\\nfor said Stat(\\nChose Captain Stiles, Major Ellis and Cap-\\ntain (triswold delegates to meet at Surry, and\\nconsult with the delegates of the other towns.\\nA])ril 27th, Jeremiah Stiles was chosen a\\ndelegate to UKH t in the convention to be held\\nat Concord for the purpose of forming a Con-\\nstitution and plan of government for the\\nState.\\nAt a meeting held March 2, 1 779, the town\\nVnird that the selectmen be a committee to\\ngive the representative instructions to use his\\ninfluence that the delegates from this State to\\nthe Continental Congress lay claim to the New\\nHampshire Grants, so called, provided (hat\\nCongress will not confirm the same into a new\\nState.\\nIn this year a|itain Mack, of Gilsum,\\nprobably incited by some of the zealous Whigs\\nin Keenc, collected a party with a view of ap-\\nprehending several Tories who resided here, and\\nwho were suspected of furnishing the enemy\\nwith provisions. On the evening of the 30th\\nof May they assembled at Partridge s tavern,\\nnear Wright s mills, on the road to Surry. In\\nthe night Mack sent forward several men with\\ndirections to place themselves separatelv at the\\ndoors of those houses where the Tories resided,\\nand prevent their escape. At sunrise he rode\\ninto Keene, at the head of his party with a\\ndrawn sword and when he came to the house\\nof a Tory he ordered the sentinel standing at the\\ndoor to turn out the prisoner. The prisoner\\nbeing brought out and placed in the midst of\\nhis party, he proceeded onward. Having gone\\nthrough the street, collected all of them and\\nJ lie first line of a song, remembereil by an aged citizen,\\ntixes tlie ilny wlien tliis parly visitt 4 Ki-cne\\n(In tlie tliirty first of May,\\nAppearoil in Keenc, at iireali of ilay,\\nA mob, liotli liobl and stout,\\nTliose wlio lived in tliese times well remember ihal Ibe\\nmuses were not silent amid tlic din of arms.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0069.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "40\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsearched their cellars for provisions, of which\\nhe found little, he returned to the tavern of\\nMr. Hall, and confined them in a chamber.\\nBut, when lie first made his api)carance,\\ninformation was sent to Mr. Howlet, who then\\ncommanded the militia, of the commotion in\\nthe village. He instantly sent expresses to\\nwarn his company to a])pear forthwith in the\\nstreet, with their arms and ammunition. They\\ncame about the middle of the forenoon, were\\nparaded, facing south, in front of the meeting-\\nhouse, then standing south of where it now\\ndoes on a line with the north line of West\\nStreet and were ordered to load their guns\\nwitli powder and ball. Mack paraded his com-\\npany across tlie street from the tavern to the\\nWatson house, facing their antagonists. Col-\\nonel Alexander, of AVinchester, who tlien com-\\nmanded the regiment, had been sent for, and\\nnow came. He asked Captain Alack if he in-\\ntended to pursue his object. I do, replied he,\\nat the hazard of my life. Then, said the\\ncolonel, emphatically, you must prepare for\\neternity, for you shall not be permitted to take\\nvengeance, in this irregular mode, on any men,\\neven if they are Tories. This resolute speech\\ncooled the ardor of many, .\\\\fter deliberating\\na while, Mack ordered his party to face about,\\nand led them a short distance southward and\\nthe militia then went into the meeting-house.\\nNot lono- afterwards the mob faced about affaiu,\\nand marchiKl silently by the meetiug-house,\\ntowards Surry; but though silently, they did\\nnot march in silence, for the women, as they\\npassed, furnished noisy and lively music, on\\ntin pans and warming-pans, until they disap-\\npeared from view.\\nAt a meeting held July 7th the town chose a\\ncommittee to hire and agree with five men to\\nserve in the Continental army, on the best terms\\nthey can and the same committee were empow-\\nered to hire two men for the Rhode Island ser\\nvice, at the town s charge.\\nOctober 20th the town voted to i-aise three\\nhundred and thii ty pounds for paying the charge\\nof raising men for the defense of the State of\\nRhode Island, and the sum of four hundred\\nand thirtj- One pounds for the charge of raising\\nmen for the Continental service.\\nJune 27 1780, the town voted to give fifty\\ndollars (as it is valued and stipulated in the act\\nof court) to each able-bodied man that will\\nenoawe in the Continental service, iu behalf of\\nthe town, for the space of six months.\\nIn the warrant calling a town-meeting, to\\nbe held July 20th, the following article was\\ninserted\\nWhereas, liy an act ol the General Assembly of\\nthis State, each town is obliged to provide (monthly)\\na quantity of beef for the use of the Continental army,\\nfor the space of five months therefore to see what\\nmethod the town will take to i)rocure said quantity of\\nbeef.\\nAt the meeting the town voted to raise eleven\\nthousand three hundred and nine pounds of beef,\\neach person to have liberty to pay his equal pro-\\nportion thereof in beef, or to ])ay so much\\nmoney in lieu thereof as h e was taxed in the\\nlast State and Continental tax.\\nOn the 24tli of January, 1 781, the selectmen,\\nreciting that, by a late act of the General As-\\nsembly, each town is oblige to furnish their\\nquota of men for the Continental army as soon\\nas possible, called a meeting, to be held Febru-\\nary 7th, to sec what method the town will\\ntake to raise their quota.\\nAt a meeting thus called the f()llowiug votes\\nwere passed Voted, to choose a committee to\\nmake an average of M hat service each man has\\ndone heretofore, as to hiring men or going per-\\n.sonally into the service of the United States.\\nUpon further consultation and consideration, it\\nwas voted to ])ostpone the average to some future\\ntime, and Voted, to divide the ratable inhabit-\\nants of the town into twelve equal classes, and\\neach class to procure a man to serve in the Con-\\ntinental army the space of three years, or\\nduring the war, upon their own charge, as soon\\nas may be.\\nAt a meeting held April l(i, 1782, the town\\nvoted to choose a committee to make an account\\nof the service each man lias done in the present\\nwar, and make an average, so tliat each man\\nmay have credit for what he has alicady done;\\nand also to divide or class the inhabitants into\\ntwelve e(jual classes (credit for what each man\\nhas done to be given him), and each class to\\nprovide, or hire, a man for the space of three", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0070.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n41\\nyears, or during the war, upon their on cost;\\nsaid classes to be so made tiiat each pay equal\\ntaxes.\\nAt a town-meeting held June 19, 1783, the\\ntown Voted, unanimously, tiiat tiie representa-\\ntive be instructed to use iiis influence that all\\nwho have absented themselves fi-om any of the\\nUnited States of America, and joined with, or\\nput themselves under the protection of, the ene-\\nmies of the United States, be utterly debarred\\nfrom residing; within this State. This vote\\nwas passed at the I cquest of the representative,\\nDaniel Kingsbury, to be instructed on the sub-\\nject.\\nThe treaty of peace with Great Britain hav-\\ning secured to tlie Tories the privilege of retui u-\\ning to this country to collect their debts and\\nand settle their affairs, Elijah Williams, Esq.,\\ncame to Kceuc for that purjwse in the begin-\\nning i)f this year. His appearance here so ex-\\nasperated the zealous Whigs that they seized\\nhim and carried him before Thomas Baker,\\nEsq., a justice of the peace. What were the\\ncharges against him, or whether any charges\\nwere exhibited, has not been ascertained. The\\njustice, perhaps with a view to protect him\\nfrom outrage, ordered liim to recognize for his\\nappearance at the Court of Sessions, to be held\\nat Charlestowu, in April, and committed him to\\nthe custody of the sheriff. With this the pop-\\nulace wore not satisfied, and they discovered an\\nintention of assaulting and Ijeating him but\\nhe was surrounded and guarded to his lodgings\\n1)V the old and the young men who happened to\\nbe present.\\nThe animosity of the Whigs, aggravated\\nprobably by the arts of those who were in-\\ndebted to him, was, however, so great that they\\ndetermined he should not thus escajie their ven-\\ngeance. On the day before that appointed for\\nthe sitting of the court a party concealed them-\\nselves in the pines near Fisher Brook, intend-\\ning, when he passed with the sheriff, to get him\\ninto their power. The sheriff passed without\\nhim, relying upon the promise he had made to\\nappear at court the next day. This circum-\\nstance excited their suspicions they came im-\\nmediately into the street, seized Williams at his\\nlodgings, and, placing him in the midst of\\nthem, repaired to a tavern in Ash Swamp.\\nWhen lie arrived there two bundles of black-\\nbeech rods were produced, from which it ap-\\npeared that a plan had been concerted to compel\\nhim to run the gauntlet, with the view, prolta-\\nbly, of inducing him, by such harsh treatment,\\nagain to leave the country. But by this time\\na large number of considerate citizens had as-\\nsembled and arrived at the tavern. A proposi-\\ntion was made that the whole subject should be\\nreferred to a committee. A committee was ap-\\npointed their rei ortwas too favorable to Wil-\\nliams to suit the majority, and was rejected.\\nAnother conmiittec was appointed, who reported\\nthat he should leave tiie town the next day and\\nleave the State the next week. This report\\nwas agreed to; but the minority, still dissatis-\\nfied, privately sent out messengers, to collect\\nmore of their friends. This being communi-\\ncated to those who were disposed to protect\\nWilliams, they advised him to retire imme-\\ndiately. An attempt was made to prevent him\\nfrom mounting a horse, which had been offered\\nhim by a friend. A conflict ensued, in which\\nthe horse was overthrown, and several persons\\nwere knocked down with clubs. Heat length,\\nhowever, mounted, with the assistance of his\\nfriends, and rode through the crowd, which\\ncontinued to oppose him.\\nThe next day he repaired to C-harlestown,\\nand presented himself to the court, which\\nthereupon passed the following order: That\\nElijah Williams, Esq., now in the keeping of\\nIsaac Griswold, by virtue of a mittimus from\\nThomas Baker, Esq., continue in the custody\\nof the said Isaac until he shall have tran.saoted\\nthe business upoii which he came into this part\\nof the country, and then be permitted to leave\\nthis State, upon his good behavior, without\\nfurther molestation. After settling his affairs\\nWilliams repaired to Nova Scotia. Shortly\\nafter, in consequence of ill health, he returned\\nto Deerfield, his native town, died, and wits\\nInu ied by the side of his ancestors.\\nThe following is a list of the foot company\\nin Keene in 1773\\nLieut. Benjamin Hall. Josejih Gray.\\nEnsign Michael Metcalf. Samuel Hall.\\nClerk Simeon Clark. Jesse Hall.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0071.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "42\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSerj. Elijah Blake.\\nSerj. Thomas Baker.\\nSerj. Isaac Esty.\\nSerj. Jede. Carpenter.\\nCorp. Dau Guild.\\nCorp. Joseph Blake.\\nCorp. Aliijah Metcalf.\\nBenjaniiii Archer.\\nJonathan Archer.\\nAshael Blake.\\nJohn Brown.\\nElisha Briggs.\\nJohn Balch.\\nBenjamin Balch, Jr.\\nLuther Bragg.\\nSamuel Bassett.\\nJohn Burt.\\nNathan Blake, Jr.\\nObadiah Blake, Jr.\\nRoyal Blake.\\nNaboth Bettison.\\nThomas Baker, Jr.\\nJohn Pray Blake.\\nCephas Clark.\\nSeth Clark.\\nEliphalet Carpenter.\\nEbenezer Carpenter.\\nSamuel Chapman.\\nSilas Cook.\\nIsaac Clark.\\nSimeon Clark, Jr.\\nJonas Clark.\\nJohn Day, Jr.\\nJohn Daniels.\\nReuben Daniels.\\nJohn Dickson.\\nAddington Daniels.\\nEbenezer Day, .Jr.\\nJacob Day.\\nJames Dean.\\nTimothy Crossfield.\\nJoseph Ellis, Jr.\\nGideon Ellis, Jr.\\nSimeon Ellis.\\nTimothy Ellis (3(1).\\nWilliam Ellis.\\nCaleb Ellis.\\nStephen Esty.\\nJames Eady.\\nHenry Ellis.\\nBenjamin Ellis.\\nBenjamin Ellis, Jr.\\nJoshua Ellis.\\nJabez Fisher.\\nSilas French.\\nDavid Foster, Jr.\\nPeter Fiskin.\\nAaron Gray, Jr.\\nPeter Hubbert.\\nSeth Heaton, Jr.\\nJohn Houghton.\\nJoseph Hills,\\nDavis Howlet.\\nZiba Hall.\\nJonathan Heaton.\\nLuther Heaton.\\nNathaniel Kingsbury.\\nDaniel Kingsbury.\\nStephen Larrabee.\\nDaniel Lake.\\nEzra Metcalf.\\nJonathan Metcalf.\\nMoses Marsh.\\nEli Metcalf.\\nDaniel Metcalf.\\nWilliam Nelson.\\nDavid Nims, Jr.\\nEbenezer Newton.\\nAsahel Nims.\\nEliakim Nims.\\nZadock Nims.\\nAlpheus Nims.\\nJoshua Osgood.\\nBenjamin Osgood, Jr.\\nAmtjs Partridge.\\nJonathan Pond.\\nAbiathar Pond.\\nNathan Rugg.\\nJosiah Richardson.\\nEleazer Sanger.\\nAbner Sanger.\\nRobert Spencer.\\nJeremiah Stiles.\\nRichard Smith.\\nJohn Swan.\\nJacob Town.\\nJoseph Thatcher.\\nAbraham Wheeler, Jr.,\\nJoseph Willson.\\nWilliam Woods.\\nOliver Wright.\\nJedediah Wellman.\\nDavid Willson.\\nDaniel Willson.\\nThomas Wells.\\nJohn White.\\nJames Wright.\\nZadock Wheeler.\\nWalter Wheeler.\\nSamuel Wadsworth.\\nAbijah Wilder.\\nJonathan Wheeler.\\nThomas Wilder.\\nThomas IMorse.\\nEphraim Leonard.\\nPeter Daniels.\\nWilliam Goodenow. Luke Metcalf.\\n.John Griggs. Isaac Wyman, Jr.\\nErrors excepted.\\nEpheaim Dorman, C.\\nTo Col. Josiah AVillard, Keene, August 7,\\n1773.\\nThe following is the alarm-li.st belougiiig to\\nKeene\\nLieut. Seth Heaton.\\nDea. David Foster.\\nJohn Day.\\nAbraham Wheeler.\\nNathan Blake.\\nJoseph Ellis.\\nUriah Wilson.\\nEbenezer Nims.\\nDavid Nims.\\nGideon Ellis.\\nLieut. Andrew Balch.\\nAaron Gray.\\nEbenezer Day.\\nEliphalet Briggs.\\nBenjamin Archer.\\nCapt. Isaac Wyman.\\nDoct. Obadiah Blake.\\nLieut. Timothy Ellis.\\nThomas Frink, Esq.\\nDoct. Josiah Pomeroy.\\nDoct. Gideon Tiffany.\\nElijah AVilliams.\\nIsrael Houghton.\\nSamuel Woods.\\nSamuel Daniels.\\nJesse Clark.\\nJoseph Brown.\\nRobert Gillmore.\\nObadiah Hamilton.\\nPeter Rice.\\nElisha Ellis.\\nIsaac Billings.\\nJosiah Ellis.\\nTimothy Ellis, Jr.\\nIchabod Fisher.\\nWilliam Gray.\\nBenjamin Hall, Jr.\\nBenjamin Osgood.\\nNathaniel Hall.\\nSamuel Woods, Jr.\\nJohn Connolly.\\nSamuel Colhoun.\\nEbenezer Cooke.\\nDaniel Snow.\\nEliphalet Briggs, Jr.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nKEEtiE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Com i lined).\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.\\nFirst Cougrcgational Church Second IJongregationiil\\nChurch Unitarian Church Baptist Church St. .lames\\nChurch Methodist Church Roman Catholic Chiircii.\\nThe First Congregational Church.\\nThe first reference to the ecclesiastical history\\nof the town found on the old proprietors records\\nis under date of September 30, ITofi.\\nAt a proprietors meeting held at Keene, then\\nknown as the township of the Upper Ashuelot,\\nSeptember l7.3(i, it was voted that they\\nwill build a Meeting-house at theupper township\\non the Ashuelot, so called, 40 feet long, 20 feet\\nstud, and 30 and 5 feet wide, at the south end\\nof the town street (to underpin, cover and", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0072.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n43\\ninclose the same, and lay down hoards for the\\nlower floor), at the place appointed by the Gen-\\neral Court s committee and that Messrs. Jere-\\nmiah Hall, Samuel Daniels, Joseph Richardson,\\nStejihen Blake and Josiah Fisher be a com-\\nmittee to build or let the same and to see that\\nsaid work be completely performed by the 2(jth\\nday of June next.\\nThe first jiastor was the Rev. Jacob Bacon.\\nHe was called to settle as the minister of the\\nnew plantation May 5, 1 73.S, and was ordained\\nOctober 18th of the same year. The committee\\nwho presented the call consisted of Jeremiah\\nHall, David Foster, Isaac Clark, Josiah Fisher\\nand Ei)enezer Nims.\\nThe church was organized October LS, 1737,\\nand soon after David Foster and Josiah Fisher\\nwere appointed deacons. Rev. Mr. Bacon was\\ndismissed in 1747.\\nThe town was chartered in 1753, and at the\\nfirst meeting held under the new charter it was\\nvoted to build a meetinir-house of slabs for tem-\\nporary use, and in the following December it was\\nvoted to build a meeting-house forty-five feet long\\nantl thirty-five feet wide. This house was\\nerected on the common and used till the fall of\\n1786, when it was removed to the west side of\\nthe common and rebuilt as the court-house of\\nCheshire County.\\nThe second house of worship was erected\\nin 1786, and was an enterprise of no small\\nmagnitude for those early days. The pews were\\nbought in anticipation of its being built and\\nwere generally paid for in cattle, which were\\nsold at great discount. The following items\\nare extracted from the records of the buildinsr\\no\\ncommittee\\nTo a journey in February, 1787, to Sutton, Frank-\\nlin and Boston, to purchase oil, glass and vane, \u00c2\u00a31\\n4s. Od.\\nTo a journey down with 27 head of cattel to\\nAVrentham, December, 1787; also, a journey to Provi-\\ndence to buy the glass for the meeting-house and\\nexpense of keeping said cattel, \u00c2\u00a35 3.s. lOd.\\nMay, 1788. To a journey to Providence after the\\nglass to caning glass from Providence to Wrentham\\nalso, a journey from Providence to Boston, 19s. Id.\\nPaid for cattel more than they sold for in cash,\\n\u00c2\u00a316 18s. 5d.\\nTo cash to defray the expenses of Samuel Heaton\\ndown to Wrentham after the glass for the meeting-\\nhouse, wagon and two horses, \u00c2\u00a31 18s. 4rf.\\nPaid Mr. John Ward Co., Providence, for glass,\\n\u00c2\u00a338 5s. 4rf.\\nThe pews sold for \u00c2\u00a3941 os. Raised by tax,\\nfour hundred pounds.\\nThe building committee consisted of Lieu-\\ntenant Benjamin Hall, Deacon Daniel Kings-\\nbury, Major Davis Howlet, Mr. Benjamin\\nAnlier, Lieutenant Reuben Partridge, Mr. Abi-\\njah Wilder and Mr. Thomas Baker.\\nThe pews were sold at auction, as follows\\nPEW.S ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.\\nS.\\nDaniel Newcomb, Esq., Xo. 15 IS\\nAbijah Wilder, No. 20 18 10\\nDaniel Xewcomb, Esq., No. 17 18\\nBenjamin Hall, No. 18 IS 10\\nJames Wright, No. 62 17\\nThomas Baker, Jr., No. 19 16 10\\nNathan Blake, Jr., No. 61 16 10\\nAbel Blake, No. 57 15 10\\nIsaac Billings, No. 46 15 10\\nJosiah Eichardson, No. 34 16\\nAaron Ernes, No. 16 15\\nColonel Timothy Ellis, No. 63 15 10\\nThomas Baker, Esq., No. 14 15\\nBenjamin Hall, Esq., No. 47 14\\nAaron Willson, No. 24 14\\nIsrael Houghton and I n^\\nElisha Briggs, J\\nAlpheus Nims, No. 9 14\\nDavid Howlet, No. 21 14\\nIsaac Blake and 1 x^ .i- i rv\\n^^0. 2/ 14\\nJoseph Blake,\\nRoyal Blake, No. 60 14\\nThomas Field, No. 26 15\\nAsa Dunbar, Esq., No. 35 14\\nAlexander Ralston, No. 33 14\\nJohn Swan, No. 59 13 10\\nLuther Emes, No. 36 13 10\\nJotham Metcalf, No. 28 13 10\\nDaniel Kingsbury, No. 56 13 10\\nReuben Partridge, No. 31 12 10\\nJohn Houghton, No 30 12\\nCornelius Sturtevant, No. 45 12\\nElijah Dunbar, No. 10 12\\nAbraham Wheeler, Jr., No. 3 11 10\\nEliphalet Briggs, No. 48 11\\nJohn P. Blake and jjo. 29 10 10\\nAndrew Slylield, J\\nDavid Nims, Jr., No. 8 10 10\\nWilliam Wood.s, No. 11 11 10\\nBenjamin Archer, No. 51 10\\nBenjamin Hall, No. 49 10\\nEli Metcalf, No. 12 10 10", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0073.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "44\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ns.\\nBenjnmin Bakh, No. 50 10\\nIsaac Griswold, No. 44 10\\nDaniel Ncvvcomb, Esq., No. 1 10 10\\nEbenezer Day, No. 55 10\\nThaddeus Metcalf, No. 13 10\\nEphraim Wright, No. 42 10 10\\nDavid Wilson, No. 22 10 10\\nJoshua Durant, No. fi4 10\\nEri Richardson, No. 23 10\\nJohn Dickson, No. 43 10\\nSamuel Bassett, No. 7 10\\nDavid P^oster, No. 53 10\\nAsahel Blake, No. 32 10\\nJesse Clark, No. 52 10\\nHananiah Hall and jj^^_ g^ jq\\nSamuel Osgood,\\nJosiah WiHard, No. (J 10\\nJosiah Willard, No. 41 10\\nJohn Stiles, No. 4 10 10\\nJoseph Brown, No. 39 10\\nBartholomew Dwincll and -.q q\\nJohn Stiles, i\\nDaniel Wilson, No. 38 10\\nDan Guild, No. 2 10\\nSimeon Clark, No. 37 12 10\\nJosiah Willard, No. 40 10\\nPEWS IN THE GALLERY.\\nThomas Baker, Jr., No. 13 9 10\\nStephen Chase, No. 16 8 10\\nBenjamin Kemp, No. 10 9 10\\nTimothy Balch and j\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nEbenezei- Robbins, i\\nElisha Briggs, No. 15 7 10\\nEliakim Nims, No. 11 7 10\\nDaniel Newcomb, Esq., No. 8 7\\nElisha Briggs, No. 12 6 10\\nBenjamin Willis, Jr., No. 20 6 15\\nIsaac Billings, No. 6 6 15\\nElisha Briggs, No. 14 6 15\\nAsa Ware and 1 jj^_ 23 10\\nJonas Osgood, J\\nDaniel Kingsbury, No. 19 6 05\\nEliphalet Briggs, No. 21 G\\nElisha Briggs, No. 7 5 10\\nNathaniel French, No. 9 5\\nMillet Ellis, No. 22 4 10\\nDaniel Newcomb, Esq., No. 18 7\\nElisha Briggs, No. 25 4 05\\nAbijah Wilder, No. 24 9\\nReuben Partridge, No. 5 4 05\\nThomas Field, No. 4 4 10\\nAlexander McDaniels, No. 2 4 05\\nEliphalet Briggs, No. 3 4 05\\nTiinothy Balch, No. 1 5\\nThe pews on the ttoor (.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^ixty-three) sold for\\nseven hnndred and eighty-nine pounds those\\nin the gallery (twenty-five) for sixty pounds\\nthe whole number for eight hundred and forty-\\nnine pounds, about three thousand dollars.\\nThis church was remodeled in 1828 and sev-\\neral times since.\\n]\\\\Ir. Bacon s successor as pastor was Rev.\\nEzra Carpenter, who was installed October 4,\\n1753, over the united chui-ch of Keene and\\nSwanzey. He remained about seven years.\\nAt the separation of Keene from Swanzey the\\nKeene C^luuTh was organized with foifrteen male\\nmembers, and June 11, 1761, Rev. Clement\\nSumner was ordained as pastor. He officiated\\nabout eleven years, and was succeeded, in 1777,\\nby Rev. Aaron Hall. He was ordained Feb-\\nruary 18, 1778, the church at this time consist-\\ning of seventy-seven members. Mr. Hall\\nofficiated as pastor thirty-seven years. He died\\nAugust 12, 1814. During his ministry two\\nhundred and eleven menabers were received into\\nthe church.\\nRev. David Oliphant was the next pastor,\\ninstalled May 24, 1815. He remained about\\nthree years and was succeeded by Rev. Z. S.\\nBarstow, D.D.,Avho was ordained July 1, 1818.\\nDr. Barstow s pastorate covered a period of fifty\\nyears. He resigned March 1, 18(J8. Rev. J.\\nA Hamilton was his helper from February 1*,\\nlS(il, till August 10, 18(j5, and Rev. J. A.\\nLeach from August 16, 1866, till September\\n21, 1867.\\nRev. William S. Karr, installed July 9, 1868,\\nleft January 1, 1\u00c2\u00ab73.\\nRev. Cyrus Richardson, from July 10, 1873,\\ntill July 10, 1883.\\nThe church at present (1885) has no settled\\npastor.\\nCongregational Society (Unitarian).\\nThis society was organized March 18, 1824,\\nby an as.sociation of sixty-nine men, under the\\nstatutes of the State of New Hampshire. It\\ntook the designation of Keene Congregational\\nSociety. Mr. Creorge Tilden is now, and has\\nbeen for some years, the only survivor of that\\noriginal membership. Among the original\\nTlie items Tor this sketch were very kindly furnished by\\nRev. William Ovue White.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0074.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n45\\nmembers were Samuel Dinsmoor and Samuel\\nDinsmoor, Jr. (each Governor of New Hamp-\\nshire), Thomas M. Edwards (late a member\\nof Congress), Salma Hale (member of Con-\\ngress) Silas Perry (the Revolutionary soldier),\\nJohn Elliot, Aaron Appleton, John Prentiss,\\nFrancis Faulkner, James Wilson, Jr., William\\nLamsou, Sumner Wheeler and Benjamin F.\\nAdams and Phineas Handorson, in l.S.3(), and\\nWilliam L. Foster, in 1S42, added their\\nnames. Levi Chamberlain was a punctual\\nattendant, althoiiglx his name is not ou that\\nearly list.\\nThe time-honored deacons, Samuel Wood, Jr.,\\nand Adolphus Wright, are there, the one serv-\\ning upwards of twenty-nine and the other thirty-\\nfive years,^fitly succeeded in office by John\\nClark, who also served (until his death) nearly\\ntwenty-seven years.\\nAdd to such names among the departed, as\\nchronicled above, the sons of Francis Faulk-\\nner, who, in a business career or at the bar,\\nachieved renown; or men like W^illiam P.\\nAbbott, of Nashua, who, thirty years ago,\\njoined the parish heart and hand and it be-\\ncomes evident that its influence has left its\\nmark upon the community. And et, without\\nthe scores of earnest, faithful, industrious men\\nwith their households, who have adorned a\\nmore quiet career, the society could not have let\\nits light shine as it has.\\nRev. William Orne White says I deemed\\nmyself fortunate in succeeding, in 1851, such\\nministers as Thomas Russell Sullivan and Abiel\\nAbbot Livermore, one of whom hatl given nine\\nand a half and the other thirteen and a half years\\nto the parish, and had left beliind them tlie record\\nof earnest work, and that good name which\\nis better than precious ointment.\\nThe church edifice was enlarged by one-third\\nits space and remodeled in 1867\u00e2\u0080\u009468.\\nEarly in 1869, through the gift of one thou-\\nsand dollars by the late Charles Wilson, the\\ngerm of the Invalids Home was planted, which\\nby subsec^uent bequests of five thousand dollars\\nand upwards from the late Mrs. Rebecca H.\\nCooke, and one thousand dollars from the late\\nJohn J. Allen, as well as through numerous sub-\\nscriptions and the co-operation of friends in\\nother parishes in Keene, has been enabled to\\nreach its present state of efficiency.\\nNearly five thousand dollars were paid to-\\nwards the missionary etforts of the American\\nUnitarian Association by members of the\\nparish during the twenty -seven years of ilr.\\nWhite s ministry, besides contributions to\\nFreedmen s Schools, the New Hanq)shire Or-\\nphans Home and other charities. Mr. White s\\npredecessor had been eminently faithful to this\\ndepartment of parish exertion.\\nMr White recorded two hundred and thirty-\\none baptisms, all but a very few being in Keene.\\nIn Keene or its vicinity he officiated, during his\\npastorate, at nearly five hundred burials.\\nIt is proper to add that the Keene AtheuEeum\\n(precursor of the Keene Public Library)\\nowed its origin largely to effijrts of persons of\\nour own parish. Yet, in saying this, the cor-\\ndial co-operation during the war and at other\\ntimes of generous-hearted souls in all the\\nparishes, in the behalf of the soldiers, frecd-\\nmen, etc., cannot be forgotten.\\nBaptist Church. Baptists from Middle-\\nborough, Mass., located in the east j)art of\\nWestmoreland, where they constituted a church\\nin 1771. This family sjiread into the west part\\nof Keene. Here a church of the same faith\\nwas recognized by an ecclesiastical council ou\\nthe 9tli day of September, 1816, consisting of\\nthirteen members. It was gathered under the\\nministry of Rev. Charles Cummings. The\\nchurcli was received into the Dublin Baptist\\nAssociation in Octolier of that year. A small\\nmeeting-house, with square pews and a gallery,\\nwas built that autumn. It was situated in that\\npart of the town known as Ash Swamjj, and\\ndedicated December 25, 1816.^ Worship was\\ncontinued here, at irregular periods, under many\\ndiscouragements, till 1838, when Baj)tist preach-\\n1 By Rev. William H. Eaton, P.D.\\nThis meeting-house was built mainly tlirough the\\nagency of David Carpenter, whose son, Caleb Carpenier,\\npaid largely toward the removal of the debt on the new\\nhouse on Court Street. The frame of the ohl house still\\nexists, in part, in the dwelling-house on the corner of\\nMiddle and Summer Streets, now owned by Mr. James\\nDonnelly. The bell is slill preserved and is now used in\\ndie new church.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0075.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "46\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ning was commeuced in the village. The effort\\nwas so successful that a brick meeting-house,\\nforty-five feet by sixty-eight and a half feet,\\non Winter Sti eet, was dedicated September\\n17, 18. )!l. The interest in the village was\\nstarted and the house built under the efficient\\nlabors of Rev. John Peacock. He baptized\\nforty-six during the year and a half of his\\nministry. Rev. Mark Carpenter, late of Mil-\\nford, was publicly recognized as pastor of the\\nchurch on the 22d of April, 184U, and dis-\\nmissed on the ^d of October, 1844, having\\nliaptized sixty into the fellowship of the church.\\nHe was succeeded by Mr. Hoi ace Richardson,\\nof Cornish, a recent graduate of Newton Theo-\\nlogical Institution, who was ordained May 7,\\n1845. He was dismissed April 1, 1846. After\\nhim Rev. (xilbert Roi)bins, late of Rumney,\\ntook charge of the church, commencing his\\nlaboi-s in August of that year. He remained\\nhere eleven years, tendering his resignation\\nin June, 1857. It was a time of sowing and\\nnot of reaping, though he had the privilege in\\none associatioual year of baptizing twenty-\\ntwo.\\nIn 185.3 a convenient two-story parsonage,\\nwith a small barn, was built on the west side of\\nCourt Street, about one-half mile fronj the\\nmeeting-house. The lot measured .sixty-six\\nfeet front, with an average depth of about\\none hundred and fifty-five feet. The land\\nand buildings cost sixteen hundred and fifty\\ndollars.\\nIn October of 1857, Rev. Leonard Tracy be-\\ncame the pastor, and in June of 1 86-) gave up\\nhis charge, respected and beloved by all. In\\nthe mean time he baptized twenty-six. In the\\nautumn of 1863 the attention of the people was\\ndirected to Mr. William N. Clarke, of Caze-\\nnovia, N. Y., a recent graduate of Hamilton\\nTheological Seminary, and he was ordained the\\npastor January 14, 1864. He remained here\\nfive years and a half, in which time he baptized\\ntwenty-two and gave a moral impulse to the\\nchurch. While he was here a new organ was\\nThe building committee for tlie house on Winter Street.\\nwere Levi Willard, William Stowits and Amasa Brown.\\nThe house remains on its original location, though oc-\\ncupied for secular purposes.\\npurchased, costing twelve hundred and fifty dol-\\nlars. He closed his labors here May 9, 1869.\\nHe was succeeded by Mr. Austin V. Tilton,\\na graduate of Newton Theological In.stitution,\\nand a .sou of Rev. J. D. Tilton, of Milford. He\\nwas ordained September 30, 1869, and con-\\ntinued his labors here till May 5, 1872. He\\nlabored for dii-ect .spiritual fruit, and had the\\nsatisfaction of adding to the church, by baptism,\\ntwentv-five in less than three years of his\\nministry.\\nOn the 26th of May, 1872, Rev. William H.\\nEaton, D.D., late of Nashua, was invited to be-\\ncome pastor. After spending about two months\\nwith the people he accepted the call. He was in-\\nstalled September 1st. The question of a new\\nhouse of worship had been under discussion for\\nsometime. After the settlement of Dr. Eat jn\\nthe question was .soon revived. All felt that\\nextensive repairs must be made on the old\\nhouse, or a new house must be built. The lat-\\nter plan was finally agreed upon with great\\nunanimity. A lot was purchased on the east\\nside of Court Street, known as the Abijah Wil-\\nder estate. It included a two-story dwelling-\\nhouse on the corner of Court and Vernon\\nStreets, which was set aside as a parsonage, while\\nthe other was sold for five thousand two hun-\\ndred dollars. After disposing of some of the\\nland on the east side of the Wilder lot, the re-\\nmainder, with the dwelling-house, cost ten\\nthousand five hundred dollars.\\nCirouud was broken fir the new church on the\\n3d day of June, 1873, with appropriate reli-\\ngious services. The house was dedicated Mav\\n12, 1875. It is made of brick, and measures,\\nin the main body, fifty-nine by one hundred and\\nfour feet. The recess is twenty-eight and a half\\nby fourteen feet. The spire rises to the height of\\none hundred and sixty-seven feet from the\\nground, surmounted by a gilded weather-vane\\nfive feet high. The style of architecture is\\nRomanesque. The auditorium is in the second\\nstory, and easily accommodates seven hundred\\nand fifty people. It is finished in ash and l)lack\\nwalnut. The orchestra is in the rear of the\\npulpit. There is a small gallery over the front\\nvestibule there are six beautiful memorial win-\\ndows, three on each side. The acoustic proper-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0076.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n47\\ntics of the house are excellent. The rooms on\\nthe first floor consist of chapel, vestry, parlor,\\nkitchen, pantry, toilet-room, etc. The whole\\nhouse is well-proportioned, substantially built,\\nconveniently arranged and tastefully decorated.\\nIt cost, with furniture, exclusive of the land,\\nfifty-two thousand dollars. The l)uildincr of\\nthis house of worship was followed by great\\nfinancial depression in the conimunity, which\\nimposed a very heavy debt ujion the church and\\nsociety, M hich was borne ^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ith a commendable\\ndegree of ]}atieuce and fortitude. They paid\\nfor all home expenses, An an average, about\\nseven thousand dollars a year, for twelve years,\\nand they now have the reward of having their\\nvaluable church property Dearly free of debt.\\nSince 1872 the numerical increase of the church\\nhas been small, yet fully equal to any other\\nperiod of the same length, with one exception.\\nDuring Mr. Eaton s ministry, thus far, fifty-one\\nhave been added by baptism and fifty-eight by\\nletter. Still, the diminution by deaths and re-\\nmovals has been almost equal to the additions.\\nHowever, the church, through its entire history,\\nhas gradually increased from the original tiiir-\\nteen, in September, 1816, to one hundred and\\nninety-six, in ^larch, 1885.\\nThe Sabbath-school, comparatively, is large\\nand promising, consisting of eighteen teachers,\\ntwo hundred and eighty scholars, with an aver-\\nage attendance of about one hundred and thirty-\\nfive. The library numbers eight hundred and\\nfifty Volumes A. G. Sprague, superintendent.\\nSt. James Chirch.-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Strictly speakinir, the\\nhistory of St. James Church, Keene, dates from\\ntlie year 1858.\\nPrevious to this time, however, services had\\nbeen held from time to time, as 0{)portunity\\noffered, by various visiting clergymen.\\nFor instance, the Rev. ]\\\\Ir. Leonard, rector\\nof St, Paul s Church, Windsor, Vt., visited\\nKeene, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Dunham\\nand other parishioners, and held several services\\nin the village some time in the year 1816.\\nThe building committee for the new church on Court\\nStreet were Reuben Stewart, Moses Ellis, Dauphin W.\\nComstock, Joseph Foster and John Flynn. The architect\\nwas .S. .S. Woodcock, Boston, Mass.\\nBy Rev. W. B. T. Smith.\\nSoon after this visit the regular services of\\nthe church were conducted for several weeks,\\nprobably by the Rev. Mr. Leonard, assisted by\\nthe Rev. Mr. Moss, of Newburyport, Mass., in\\nthe old court-house, then standing on the\\nsite of what is now called Gerould s Block.\\nAmong the citizens favoring this undertaking\\nwere Elijah Dunbar, Esq., and Dr. Thomas\\nEdwards. Their services, however, soon ceased.\\nAn occasion fif marked interest was the fun-\\neral of Hon. Ithamar Cha.-iC, father of the\\nlate Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase.\\nThe funeral service was held in the Congre-\\ngational house of worship, and was conducted\\nby the Rev. Dr. Strong, of (ireenfield, Mass.,\\nAugust 11, 1817.\\nThis is supposed to have been the first funeral\\nservice e% er conducted in Keene according to\\nthe rites of the Protestant Episcopal Ciuu-ch.\\nIt was largely attended, and is said to have\\ncreated a very favoralile impression of the\\nchurch.\\nBishop Griswold, of the Eastern Diocese, once\\nvisited Keene, confirming Dr. and ]Mrs. Ed-\\nwards.\\nThe Rev. Mr. Barber, rector of I^nion Church,\\nWest Claremont, occasionally officiated in\\nKeene, and administered the sacrament of\\nHoly Baptism. From time to time, also, ser-\\nvices were held in town by the Rev. Nathaniel\\nSprague.\\nThe Rev. Dr. Sprague was a native of Keene,\\nand improved every opportunity of extending\\nthe knowledge and influence of the church in\\ni these parts.\\nHappily, a memorial window was placed in\\nSt. James Church in 1864, when the building\\nwas completed, which serves to keep alive the\\nmemory of the many good words and works of\\nthis ftiithful servant of Christ.\\nThe Rev. Henry N. Hudson, of the Diocese\\nof Massachusetts, also held a series of services\\nin Keene in the summer of 1850.\\nThese services were sustained by a distin-\\nguished layman residing in Boston, the late\\nHenry M. Parker, and were at first held in the\\ntown hall but this room proved to be too\\nlarge and expensive for the present undertaking,\\nand, after much delay and difficulty, Mr. Hud-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0077.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "48\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsou succeeded iu securiug a more suitable room.\\nThis was in the second story of an unoccupied\\nbuilding belonging to the late Hon. James\\nWilsou.\\nThis room Mr. Hudson himself took great\\npleasure iu putting in order, making the furni-\\nture with his own hands, except the settees,\\nwhich, greatly to his regret, he was obliged to\\npurchase, which, he observes, was the most un-\\npleasant part of it all.\\nThe room was large enouah to accommodate\\nabout seventy-five individuals. Services were\\nheld here reunlarlv throuoh the summer and\\nearly fall, on Sundays, morning and evening, and\\non Saints days.\\nThese services were well attended and excited\\nconsiderable interest in church methods. Mr.\\nHudson rented a small nuisical instrument, and\\nhe remarks that by the good will and favor of\\nsome worthy young people, he had the benefit\\nof a competent choir and reasonably good\\nmusic.\\nMr. Hudson s work was at length interrupted\\nby a call from Bishop Chase to supply his own\\nplace as rector of Trinity Church, Claremont,\\nwhile he himself was absLMit doing episcopal\\nduty in the Diocese of New York.\\nThere was no att( m[)t to organize a parish in\\nKeene at this time, and when Mr. Hudson was\\nreleased from duty at C lareraont it seemed to\\nhim to be impracticable to resume this mission-\\nary undertaking. And although occasional\\nservices had been held from time to time in\\nprivate houses, by diiferent visiting clergymen,\\nnothing further was done looking to the estab-\\nlishment of the Episcopal Churcli til! the sum-\\nmer of 1858.\\nOn June 24th of that year (St. John Bap-\\ntists Day) tiie Right Reverend Carlton Cha.se,\\nD.D., bisiiop of the diocese, visited Keene, held\\nevening service and preached.\\nHe was encouraged, by the expressed wishes\\nof those he met, to attempt the permanent es-\\ntablishment of the services of the church.\\nAccordingly, he invited the Rev. Edward A.\\nRenouf, theu a.ssistaut mini.ster at St. Stephen s\\nChurch, Boston, Mass., to visit Keene and act\\nas his missionary for a few weeks. Mr. Renouf\\nat once accepted the invitation, and, with the\\nassistance of the Rev. Dr. Fuller, also of the\\nDiocese of Massachusetts, services were soon\\nbegun, and, lieing well attcndeil, were continued\\nregularly through September and October fol-\\nlowing.\\nAt length Mr. Renouf resigned his position\\nat St. Stephen s, and directly after Easter, 18. )9,\\nundertook entire charge of the work. Mean-\\nwhile he purchased the estate where he now re-\\nsides (1885), and, in July of the same year, re-\\nmoved thither with his family.\\nOn Ma} 1. 1859, the parish of St. James\\nChurch was duly organized and the usual\\nofficers cho.sen.\\nMay 15th certain friends of the church\\nbought of the Cheshii e Railroad Cnmpany the\\nlot now occupied by the church edifice, for the\\nsum of thirteen hundred dollars, and deeded it\\nto tiie parish.\\nMay 18th the Rev. E. A. Renouf was called\\nto be rector of St. Jame.s Church, aud at once\\naccepted the call.\\nMay 25th this parish was admitted into\\nunion with the Convention of the Dincese of\\nNew Hampshire, and was represented in that\\nconvention by Mr. H. Brownson, as lay dele-\\ngate.\\nOn Sunday, August 7th, the Holy Com-\\nnuinion was celebrated in this parish for the\\nfirst time. On the Sunday followiug (Augu.st\\n4th) the Sunday-school was organized with\\nfour teachers and sixteen ])upils jjresent.\\nIn October, 1 8(50, plans t nv a stone church, with\\nseating capacity of about five hundred, were sub-\\nmitted for approval by C. E. Parker, architect,\\nof Boston, Mass., at an estimated cost not to\\nexceed twelve thousand dollars, which, after\\nsome modifications and no small difiicultv and\\ndelay, were at length agreed upon, and ground\\nwas broken Ascension Day, May 14, 1863.\\nThe corner-stone was laid by the bishop of\\nthe dioce.se, assisted by the rector and several\\nclergymen of this and the Diocese of Vermont,\\nJune 30, 1863, at which time an able address\\nwas delivered by the Rev. Isaac G. Hubbard,\\nD.D., rector of Grace Church, IManchester,\\nN. H. The building was completed and made\\nready for u.se during the following summer.\\nThe first .service was held in it August 21,", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0078.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n49\\n1X04 but the chancel furniture and other ap-\\npohitments were still incomplete, and there re-\\nmained an unliquidated debt of seven thousand\\ndollars, which delayed for several years the\\nservice of consecration.\\nOn April 17, 1868, the Rev. Mr. Renouf\\ntendered his resignation of the rectorship, to\\ntake effect on the Jlst of May fullowing.\\nDuring Mr. lienouf s rectorship of nine\\nyears there were of baptisms in St. James par-\\nish, 95; confirmations, 58; admitted to Holy\\nCommunion, 9(i marriages, 32 burials, 64.\\nThe whole amount of oflfijrings, exclusive of the\\ncost of the church building-lot, was seven thou-\\nsand nine hundred and tiftv-niue dollars.\\nThe Rev. George W. Brown was called to\\n1)6 rector October 1!), 1868. During his rec-\\ntorship the church was decorated within, and,\\nafter prolonged effort, the money needed to liq-\\nuidate the debt was raised, the late Hon. Wil-\\nliam P. Wheeler having pledged one thou-\\nsand dollars toward the whole amount needed,\\njjrovided the parish would raise the rest. Ac-\\ncordingly, the church was consecrated by Bishop\\nNiles, November 22, 1877.\\nMr. Brown resigned the rectorshij) April 13,\\n1879.\\nMay 9th of the same year the Rev. A. B.\\nCrawford was called to be rector, and resigned\\nApril 9, 1882.\\nJune 19, 1882, the Rev. Floyd W.Tomldns,\\nJr., rector of St. Paul s Church, Minneapolis,\\nMinn., was called to be rector of St. James\\nChurch accepted, and entered upon his duties\\nas rector September 1, 1882. Mr. Tom-\\nkins resigned March 1, 1884, in order to accept\\na call to Calvary Chapel, New York City.\\nSeptember 15, 1884, the Rev. W. B. T.\\nSmith, rector of Union Church, West Clare-\\nmont, was called accepted, and entered upon\\nhis duties as rector Sunday, November 23,\\n1884.\\nGrace Methodist Church was organized\\nin November, 1835, with thirty members.\\nThe present church edifice was erected in\\n1 869 at a cost of forty thousand dollar s.\\nRoMAx Catholic Church. There is also\\na Roman Catholic Church here, with Rev. J.\\nR. Power as pastor.\\n4\\nCHAPTER V.\\nKEENE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (C./\u00c2\u00bb(/ i(crf).\\nBY WILLIAM S. BRIGGS.\\nThe Cemeteries Gravestone Inscriptions Historical\\nNotes Reminiscences.\\nTo guard properly, and care for the resting-\\nplaces of our dead is alike the dictate of affec-\\ntion, Christianity and our comiuon humanity.\\nThis is the duty first of friends and families\\nbut these all die, while the t jwns, the State,\\nremain.\\nI find in tlie records of the proprietors of\\nthe town of Keene that it was voted, February\\n23, 1762, that the neck of land where Isaac\\nClark and Amos Foster were buried be appro-\\npriated and set apart for a buryiiig-place for\\nthe town. This lot, I think, must be the one\\nnow belonging to the farm of Captain Robin-\\nson, at the lower end of Main Street. Captain\\nEphraim Dorman, one of the original proprie-\\ntors of the town, living in Keene in 1738, died\\nhere in 1795, and was burietl in this place.\\nThis burying-ground was probably used by the\\ntown to bury their dead for more than thirty\\nyears. The burying-ground on Washington\\nStreet was not used, as I can learn, until about\\n1795. Visit our beautiful new cemetery on Bea-\\nver Sti cet look at the costly monuments in\\ngranite and marble, the beautiful trees and flow-\\ners, planted by the hand of affection ask that\\nmourner that is shedding tears above the new-\\nmade grave, or the present owner of any of\\nthe lots in this beautiful place, if they could\\nbelieve any one that should tell them that in\\nless than one hundred years all these monuments\\nwill be removed far from this j)lace, the graves\\nall leveled and the grounds ploughed and\\nplanted, and the bones of their dear ones go to\\nfertilize the soil, that a good crop of corn and\\npotatoes might be raised, no one would believe\\nthis story and he that was bold enough to tell\\nit would be looked upon as a false prophet, or\\none that should be confined in an insane asylum\\nas a dangerous person. Yet this same thing\\nhas been done in this very goodly town of\\nKeene. On that neck of land set apart by the", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0079.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "50\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfathers, and at that time (1762) the owners of\\nthe town, these men, with their wives and chil-\\ndren, were buried costly monuments (for the\\ntimes) were erected, with their good deeds and\\ntheir virtues inscribed thereon for many years\\ntheir graves were strewn with flowers, and\\ntears were shed for the loved ones by their chil-\\ndren s children but can one of the descend-\\nants of these patriots tell where the bones of\\ntheir ancestors now rest Not one of them for\\ntheir monuments have been removed, the ground\\nleveled, ploughed and planted, as any other part\\nof the farm, and their dust goes to enrich the\\nland. Could towns be made to suffer, as indi-\\nviduals, for wrong-doing, I don t know of any\\npenalty too great to be imposed on the town of\\nKeene for this great wrong. I remember more\\nthan forty years ago hearing the old people\\ntalking abmit the old burying-ground, and\\nsaying that it was a disgrace not to protect it\\nbut nothing was done until the annual town-\\nmeeting March 12, 18-14, when William Lam-\\nson (a man who, while living, always protested\\nagainst tlie desecration of these graves) made\\nthe following communication to the meeting\\nMr. Edwards (Tbos. M. Edwards, moderator) I\\nintended to request the selectmen to insert in the\\nwarrant for this meeting, To see what the town will\\ndo with the old burial-ground on the farm now owned\\nby Sam l Robinson, Esq. There is a bottom of a\\nstone wall that once enclosed it, but in such a condi-\\ntion that cattle walk over it; many of the grave-\\nstones have been broken off, but few are now stand-\\ning one of these is that of Capt. Dorman, whose\\nlife is the history of our town. I now present this,\\nhoping that the town will choose a committee to ex-\\namine into its situation, and make a report at our\\nnext town-meeting. I would recommend that the\\ncommittee be elected from our citizens advanced in\\nlife, and who may know something of the history of\\nthe town.\\nA committee was appointed at this meeting\\nconsisting of Calvin Chapman, Salma Hale\\nand Aaron Hall. At the annual town-meeting\\nheld March 11, 1845, the subject was referred\\nto the same committee, who were autiiorized, if\\nthey deemed it expedient, to fence the old bury-\\ning-gronnd at the expense of the town. No-\\nthing was done that year. At the annual town-\\nmeeting Marcii 14, 184(j, it was voted that the\\nselectmen be directed to cause a projjer fence to\\nbe constructed around the old burying-ground\\nnear Mr. Robinson s, at the south end of Main\\nStreet, j^i ovided Mr. Robinson consents, and\\nthe expense shall not exceed seventy-five dol-\\nlars. Nothing was ever done why, I know\\nnot but I think it was ascertained that the\\ntown had lost their rights in the bones of the\\noriginal owners. After this the grave-stones\\nthat could stand alone were taken up and set\\nagainst the fence; and those that knew the\\ngraves know theiu no more. A few years ago\\nMr. Stephen Barker, then having the care of\\nthe new cemetery, to save the few remaining\\nmonuments (thirteen in number) caused them to\\nbe removed to the new cemetery and set up in\\ngood order just north of the receiving-tomb.\\nOn one of these monuments you may read,\\nHere lies the Body of Elizabeth, eldest\\ndaughter of the Rev. Clement and Mrs. Eliza-\\nbeth Sumner, who departed this life Feb. 2(3th,\\nA.D. r7(i7. Now I propose to add to this\\ninscrij)tion I once lived, I died and was bur-\\nied, but where my bones are now crumbling\\ninto dust no mortal man can tell. Now who\\nwas this Captain Ephraim Dorman, whose life\\nMr. Ijamson said was the history of the town\\nI have searched the records of the proprietors\\nof the town of Keene, and find that he was\\nborn in 1710 and lived in Keene in 1738 in\\n1740 the proprietors voted him and thirty -eight\\nothers ten acres of upland for hazarding their\\nlives and estate by living here to bring forward\\nthe settling of the place.\\nThe following is an extract from the An-\\nnals of Keene, published in 182fi\\nEarly in the morning of the i^d of April, 174(5,\\nEphraim Dorman left the fort in search for his cow.\\nHe went northwardly along the borders of what was\\nthen a hideous and almost impervious swamp, lying\\neast of the fort, until he arrived near the place where\\nthe turnpike now is. Looking into the swamp he\\nperceived Severn! Indians lurking in the bushes. He\\nimmediately gave the alarm by crying Indians! In-\\ndians and ran towards the fort. Two who were\\nconcealed in the bushes between him and the tort\\nsprang forward, aimed their jiistols at him and fired,\\nbut neither hit him. They then, throwing away their\\narms, advanced towards him one he knocked down\\nby a blow, which deprived him of his senses the\\nother he seized, and, being a strong man and able\\nwrestler, tried his strength and skill in his favorite", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0080.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n51\\nmode of trip and twitch. He tore his antagonist s\\nl)hinket from his slioulders, leaving him nearly naked.\\nHe then seized him by the arms and bod}-, but as he\\nwas painted and greased, he slipped from his grasp.\\nAfter a short struggle Dorman quitted him, ran\\ntowards the fort and reached it in safety.\\nE^jliraim Doruian was one of the original\\n])roj)rietor. 5 to call the first legal town-meeting\\nill Keene. At tliis meeting, held on the first\\nWednesday of May, 175; it was Voted that\\nthe sum of eight dollars be paid to Ephraim\\nDorman for his services in going to Portsmouth\\non business relating to the charter. Voted to\\nBenjamin Bellows one Jiundrcd and twenty-two\\nSpanish milled dollars for his services and ex-\\npenses in getting the cliarter of Keene. Voted\\nto raise one hundred and twenty-two pounds,\\nold tenor, for the use of preaching the present\\nyear. Chose Ephraim Dorman one of the\\nassessors of the town.\\nAt the second meeting Dorman was one of a\\ncommittee to see that the proprietors title to\\nlands in the township be lawful and good if\\nso, to give them liberty to have them I ecorded\\nin the jjroprietors Book of Records. Feb-\\nruary 23, 1762, he was on a committee to draw\\nlots for a division of lands among the proprie-\\ntors of the town. March 7, 1769, he was\\nmoderator in town-meeting. In 1773 he was\\ncaptain of the foot company of Keene, number-\\ning one hundred and forty-six men was also\\none of tlie first to start a company for the seat\\nof war after the fight at Lexington, April 19,\\n1775.\\nNow does not this man deserve a monument\\nof marble or bronze, with this inscrijition on it\\nHe gave his property, his life, his all, to\\nKeene Captain Ephraim Dorman died in\\nKeene May 7, 1795, aged eighty-five. To show\\nthe contrast in f)atriotism one hundred years\\nago, as compared with tiie present time, read\\nthe following At a town-meeting held in\\nKeene Sept., 1773, voted to give Dea. David\\nFoster liberty to lay out three acres of land ou\\nthe West Beach Hill, in the common land, in\\nsuch place as he may choo.se, in recompense for\\nhis services done for the proprietary in eight\\nyears pai t.\\nThe following are the inscriptions copied\\nfrom the thirteen old slate monuments brougiit\\nfrom the old burying-ground, and now in the\\nnew cemetery. I have numbered them to keep\\nthem distinct\\nNo. 1. Elizabeth Sumner.\\nNo. 2. William Sumner.\\nNo. 3. In memory of Abncr, son of Mr. Nathan\\nBlake, who died July 7th, 176 in the (ith year of his\\nage.\\nNo. 4. Here lies the body of Elizabeth, eldest\\ndaughter of the Revd. Clement and Mrs. Elizabeth\\nSumner, who departed this life Feb. 2(Jth, a.i 17( 7,\\naged 7 years and 4 days.\\nIn the midst of life we are in death.\\nO hap[)y child, how soon thy race was run\\nNow free from anxious care and sorrow.\\nWhile with thy Saviour and forever l)lest.\\nNo. 5. In memory of ye Widow Betsej^ Fair-\\nbanks, ye wife of Capt. Nathan Fairbanks she deed.\\nFeb. ye 26th, 1772, in ye 69th year of her age-\\nNo. 6. Here lies the body of William, eldest\\nson of the Rev. Clement and Mrs. Elizabeth Sumner,\\nwho died December 13th, 1765, the day of his birth.\\nTime how short, eternity how long!\\nNo. 7. In memory of Mrs. Zipjiorah, wife of Mr.\\nEzra Harvey, who deed. Oct. ye 30th, 1778, in ye 27th\\nyear of her age.\\nNo. 8. In memory of Zipporah, daughter of Mr.\\nEzra Harvey and Elizabeth his wife; she died Janu-\\nuary 21st, 1778, aged 2 years 7 mo. 21 dayes.\\nNo. 9. In memory of David Baker, son of\\nThomas Baker, Esq., and Mrs. Sarah, his wife, who\\ndied January ye 27th, 1789, in ye 20th year of his\\nage.\\nTime was I stood where thou dost now.\\nAnd viewed the dead as thou dost me;\\nEre long thou lt lie as low as I,\\nAnd others stand and look on thee.\\nNo. 10. Capt. Ephraim Dorman, died May 7th,\\n179o, aged 85. Capt. Dorman was one of the first\\nsettlers and an original proprietor of the town of\\nKeene.\\nNo. 11. Mrs. Hepzibah Dorman.\\nNo. 12. In memory of Mrs. Abigail, wife of\\nGenl. James Reed, who departed this life August\\n27th, 1791, in the 68th year of her age.\\nThere s nothing here but who as nothing weighs.\\nThe more our joy the more we know it s vain\\nLose then from earth the grasp of fond desire,\\nWeigh anchor and some happier clime explore.\\nMrs. Abigail Reed.\\nNo. 13. Memento Mori. This stone is erected\\nto perpetuate the memory of Madam Ruth Whitney,\\nwho departed this life in the 72d year of her age.\\nShe was successively married to the Revd. David\\nStearns, of Luningburg, and the Revd. Aaron Whit-\\nney, of Petersham, both of whom she survived. For\\ndiligence, patience, piety and knowledge, she was", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0081.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "52\\nHISTORV OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\neminently distinguished. As this stone cannot tell\\nall her virtues, suffice to say that as a wife, she was\\nprudent and faithful as a mother, discreet and ten-\\nder as a neighbor, friendly and charitable; as a\\nChristian, intelligent and exemplary. A life thus\\nspent terminated with composure on the first of No-\\nvember, 1788.\\nThe righteous shall be had in everlasting remem-\\nbrance.\\nTlie old burying-ground on Washington\\nStreet lias been used as a j)lace for Ijurying tlie\\ndead since the year 1788. I remember ;dmost\\nevery one that has been interred here in the last\\nfifty years, and the number is between two and\\nthree thousand. As I first remember it, it was\\nsurrounded on all sides with a stone wall, the\\nsame kind that may be found to-day on almost\\nall our hill farms. There was a small building\\nin the liack part of the yard, painted black, to\\nkeep the tools in for digging the graves, also\\nfor storing the biers. There were two biers,\\none for adults and one for children. At a\\nfuneral the coffin was placed on the bier, and a\\nblack cloth, called a pall, spread over it. Eight\\npersons were selected, called the pall-bearers,\\nfour to carjy the body, the other four to walk\\non before to assist when necessary, the mourn-\\ners and friends following behind on foot. Thus\\nthe funeral procession moved along until it\\nreached the grave, when the last ceremony was\\nperformed, the church bell tolling all the while.\\nIn those days the bell was also tolled in the\\nmorning of the day of the funeral as a notice\\nto the people of the town that a funeral was to\\ntake place on that day. After striking the bell\\na few times in the morning of the day of the\\nfuneral, the age and sex was struck, if for a\\nmale, one blow if for a female, two then the\\nnumber of blows corresponding to the number\\nof years the person had lived. So the bell\\ntolled its story and those hearing its sound\\ncould tell who was to be buried on that day.\\nAbout 1830 the tombs on the west side of the\\nyard were built those on the south some years\\nlater. These tombs were used for many years,\\nbut it was always a very unpleasant duty to\\nopen them coffins would soon decay and fall\\nin pieces, and many times in the spring of the\\nyear I have known the snow to melt and run\\nin at the door and cause the bodies to float\\naround. There are probably at this time the\\nremains of about one hundred bodies in these\\ntombs. These receptacles for tlie dead are now\\nbut seldom used. I will begin on the riffht-\\nhand side as we go in through the gate, and\\ngive the names of the owners and inscriptions\\non their tombs\\nNo. 1. Phinehas Fisk.\\nNo. 2. William Lamson.\\nNo. 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thos. Edward and John Hatch.\\nNo. 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Elliot.\\nNo. 5. David Carpenter.\\nNo. 6. Noah Cooke.\\nNo. 7. F. Faulkner and R. Montague.\\nNo. 8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aaron Hall.\\nNo. 9. C. Chapman, D. Heaton, J. Towns.\\nNo. 10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Wright, E. Wright, E. Wright (2d).\\nOn the left-hand side\\nNo. 1. Samuel Dinsmoor.\\nNo. 2. James Wilson.\\nNo. 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John H. Fuller. John H. Fuller died\\nFeb. 24, 1869, aged 77 yrs. and 4 mos. Pamelia, wife\\nof John H. Fuller and daughter of Rev. E. Conant,\\ndied July 27, 1829, aged 30. Foster A., their infant\\nson, 1829. Sarah A., their daughter, December 25,\\n1838, aged 19. James G., tlieir son, Jan. 25, 1853,\\naged 27. In memory of Lucius D. Pierce, Attorney\\nat Law, Winchendon, Mass., died May 8, 1858, aged\\n38. Fred K. Bartlett, Attorney at Law at St. Croi.x\\nFalls, Wis., died Dec. 1, 1858, aged 39, husbands of\\nLucy and Sophia, daughters of John H. Fuller.\\nNo. 4. Charles G. Adams.\\nNo. 5. Joseph Dorr and Ormand Dutton.\\nNo. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eli Metcalf, died August 3, 1835, aged 85.\\nElizabeth Metcalf, died Feb. 13, 1842, aged 86. They\\ngave their whole property in charity.\\nNo. 7. S. Hastings, L. B. Page, A. Dodge.\\nNo. 8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abel Blake and Nathan Dana.\\nIn May, 1853, Just before the centennial cel-\\nebration came off, the tombs, being in rather a\\ndilapidated condition, through the efforts of\\nRev. Z. S. Barstow and others, were put in\\ngood condition and whitewashed, so as to appear\\ndecent on that occasion. I think nothing has\\nbeen done to them since. In 1847 the town\\nvoted to build a new fence around the yard so\\nthe old wall was removed and the present fence\\nput up the old black hearse-house has since\\nbeen taken away.\\nIn 1855 the town purchased of Thomas M.\\nEdwards what Mas then called the old nuister-\\nficld, for the new cemetery on Beaver Street,", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0082.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n53\\nand many of the remains liave been removed\\nfrom the old grounds to the new, as the old\\nyard was nearly full. The writer at the time\\nthe land for the new cemetery was bought was\\none of the selectmen of the town, and, with a\\nfew, urged the necessity of purchasing more\\nlaud, that is, going as far as Beach Hill, but\\nthe very tvise men told us that this lot would\\nanswer for fifty years at least.\\nOn one of the first monuments we see in going\\ninto this old cemetery we read, To preserve\\nfrom oblivion the memory of Wm. M. Pierce.\\nNow it was from this old grave-stone that I\\nselected my text, and by copying the inscrip-\\ntions on all of the monuments, will do my share\\ntowards preserving them. I will let each stone\\ntell its own story, and should there be among\\nyour readers those that find the name of a dear\\nrelative or friend among this long list, I am\\nconfident they will do what they can towards\\nkeeping the old burying-ground on Washing-\\nton Street sacred. Let it be a pleasant place\\nfor us to visit while living, and a safe place for\\nour bones when dead. When this last shall\\ntake place, we will simply leave this injunction\\nto Ijody-snatchers and gossips Let our dead\\nalone\u00e2\u0080\u0094 resurrecting neither our bodies nor our\\nfaults. I have arranged the list alj)habeti-\\ncally, also giving the oldest date first in each\\ncase:\\nNo. 1. la memory of Lt. Daniel Adams, who died\\nOct. 27th, 1813, aged 59 yrs.\\nNo. 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Children of b F. and L. R. Adams Mary\\nJane, died Feb. 18, 18.34, aged 2 yrs. Julie Ann,\\ndied July 1, 1837, aged 1 yr. Frank Benjamin, died\\nDec. 5, 1842, aged 4i yrs.\\nNo. 3. Abigail Adams, died Aug. 4, 1841, .aged 72\\nyrs.\\nNo. 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elijah Adams, died Dec. 31, 1862, aged 76\\nyears.\\nNo. 5. Amanda Adams, wife of Elijah Adams,\\ndied July 25, 1852, aged 66 years.\\nNo. 6. Hannah T. Fowler Adams, wife of Levi M.\\nAdams, died Aug. 25, 1850, aged 27.\\nNo. 7. D. Adams (marl)le monument).\\nNo. 8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Adams, M.D., died June 9, 1864,\\naged 90 yrs. 8 mos. 10 days.\\nNo. 9.- Nancy Adams, wife of Dr. Daniel Adams,\\ndied May 14, 1851, aged 70 yrs. 8 mos. 15 days.\\nNo. 10. Edward Knight Aldrich, son of Dunbar\\nAldrieh,died Marcli 27, 1831, aged 1 yr. 8 mos.\\nNo. 11. Abbott (marker).\\nNo. 12. Mary Ann Abbott, daughter of Daniel\\nand Polly Abbott, died Sejit. 20, 1831, aged 6 years 20\\ndays.\\nThe fairest flower soon fades away.\\nNo. 13. Frank Fisk Albee, son of John .T. and\\nHarriet M. Albee, died Aug. 13, 1854, aged 4 mos. and\\n22 days.\\nNo. 14. Ella Maria, daughter of John J. and\\nHarriet M. Albee, died Oct. 14, 1855, aged 3 weeks.\\nNo. 15. ^Harriet Fisk Albee, wife of John J. Alliee,\\ndied July 23, 1858, aged 34 years.\\nNo. 16.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. Eliphalet Briggs, died Oct. 11, 1776,\\naged 42 yrs.\\nNo. 17. Mary Cobb, wife of Capt. Eliphalet\\nBriggs, died June 9, 1806, aged 69 yrs.\\nNo. 18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eliphalet Briggs, died March 23, 1827,\\naged 62 yrs.\\nNo. 19. Elizabeth Briggs, wife of Eliphalet\\nBriggs, died March 23, 1819, aged 49 yrs.\\nVirtue alone is happiness below.\\nNo. 20.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Polly Briggs, died July, 1795, aged 3 yrs.\\nSally Briggs, died July, 1795, aged 9 mos. daughters\\nof Eliphalet and Elizabeth Briggs.\\nNo. 21. Eliza S., daughter of Eliphalet and Emma\\nBriggs, died Aug. 2, 1839, aged 14 yrs.\\nNo. 22. Briggs (granite monument).\\nNo. 23.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eliphalet Briggs, ob. June 13, 1853, aged\\n65 yrs.\\nNo. 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lucy Briggs, ob. Dec. 19, 1845, aged 57\\nyrs.\\nNo. 25.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sarah W. Briggs, ob. July 10, 1873, aged\\n43 yrs.\\nNo. 26. Nancy A. Briggs, wife of William .S.\\nBriggs, died Feb. 14, 1868, aged 46 yrs.\\nNo. 27. Daniel Adams Briggs, born Feb. 21, 1847,\\ndied May 26, 1847.\\nNo. 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ellen Briggs, daughter of L. H. and E.\\nH. Briggs.\\nNo. 29. Mary A., wife of Joseph W. Briggs, and\\ndaughter of Josiah Colony, born Sept. 14, 1825, died\\nApril 11, 1859.\\nNo. 30.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wilder Briggs, died March 15, 1827, aged\\n34 yrs. Charles S., son of W. and Sally Briggs, died\\nMay 20, 1827, aged 4 mos. Sally Briggs, wife of\\nWilder Briggs, died May 20, 1851, aged 66 yrs.\\nNo. 31. Louisa Briggs, 1788 (granite marker).\\nNo. 32.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elijah Blake, died April 3, 1791, aged 7\\nmos.\\nNo. 33.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Parley Blake, died August 29, 1797, aged\\n6 weeks and 4 days.\\nAnd these babes must pay their due.\\nSine riper years must pay it too.\\nNo. 34.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Sally E., wife of Capt. Abel Blake,\\nwho died July 16, 1803, aged 40 yrs.\\nDeath is a debt to nature due.\\nWhich I have paid, and .so must you.\\nNo. 35. In memorv of !\\\\[r.s. Elizabeth, wife of", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0083.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "54\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMr. Nathan Blake, who died July 19, 1804, aged 83\\nyears.\\nLet me not forgotten lie.\\nLest you forget that you must die.\\nNo. 36.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Nathan Blake, died August 4, 1811,\\nin the 100th year of his age.\\nNo. 87.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel C, son of Ruel and Betsey Blake,\\ndied Feb. 5, 1818, aged 11 inos. and 23 days.\\nNo. 38. Mary Ann, daughter of Rufus and Betsey\\nBlake, died Oct. 26, 1838, aged 16 yrs. and 4 mos.\\nNo. 39. Elizabeth C, daughter of Ruel and Betsey\\nBlake, died Nov. 13, 1838, aged 18 yrs. and 1 mo.\\nNo. 40. Sarah R., daughter of Ruel and Betsey\\nBlake, died March 20, 1834, aged 7 yrs. and 8 mos.\\nNo. 41. Stephen A., son of Ruel and Betsey\\nBlake, died Oct. 31, 1835, aged 6 yrs. and 10 mos.\\nNo. 42. James, son of James and Ruth Bufl um,\\ndied May 27, 1837, aged 6 yrs. and 5 mos.\\nNo. 43. Charles, son of James and Ruth Buffum,\\ndied June 2.5, 1837, aged 1 yr. and 1 mo.\\nNo. 44. Susan, daughter of James and Ruth Buf-\\nfum, died March 3, 1840, aged 6 weeks.\\nNo. 45.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary B. Buffum, died Aug., 1869, aged 47\\nyrs.\\nNo. 46. Ruth Bliss, wife of James Buffum, died\\nNov. 23, 18.53, aged 51 years.\\nIn tliis old buiying-ground on Washington\\nStreet have been buried many of our friends\\nthat we like to keep in remembrance and\\namouj them the name of one who, while in life,\\nsaid the last words at the grave of more of the\\ndead lying here than any man now living the\\nRev. Dr. Z. S. Barstow, who for fifty years was\\nthe pastor of the old Congregational Church.\\nThe inscription on his tombstone tells the whole\\nstory better than I could do it. Also may be\\nfound the name of Deacon Elijah Carter, one of\\nDr. Barstow s good deacons; also of the Hon.\\nIth r Chase, the father (I have been told) of the\\nlate Cliief Justice Salmon P. Chase. All, I\\nthink (that ever knew her), will agree with me\\nin saying that the line on the monument of\\nMiss Eliza Carter was strictly true. Although\\nshe had passed her three-score years and ten,\\nShe was always young. The names of Hon.\\nLevi Chamberlain, the two Dinsmoors (Samuel\\nand Samuel, Jr.), Lieutenant Charles B. Dan-\\niels, who gave his life for his country, Miss\\nCatherine Fiske, the founder of Keene Female\\nSeminary, and many other names that we have\\nknown and respected will be found in this\\nnumber. Akso the name of Mi.ss Lvdie Beals,\\naged one hundred and two years, the oldest in\\nthis burying-ground.\\nNo. 47.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Baker, died July 15, 1806, aged\\n76.\\nNo more my friends, don t mourn for me,\\nI m gone into eternity.\\nMake sure of Christ while life remains.\\nAnd death will be eternal gain.\\nNo. 48. Sarah Baker, wife of Thomas B.aker, died\\nApril 24, 1807, aged 75.\\nNo. 49.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin F. Brown, died May 28, 1851,\\naged 43.\\nNo. 50. Benjamin F. Brown, adojited son of B. F.\\nand C. Brown, died August 7, 1839, aged 4 years.\\nNo. 51. Sarah Brown, died January 25, 1843, aged\\n34.\\nNo 52.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dea. Amasa Brown, died March 22, 1843,\\naged 73.\\nNo. 53. Lucy C, daughter of Wm. and .Vnn \\\\V.\\nBrown, died March 20, 1844, aged 7 years.\\nNo. 54. Ann W. Fiske, wife of William Brown,\\ndied July 24, 1854, aged 55.\\nNo. 55. Eunice Brown, died Aug. 7, 1847, aged 39.\\nNo. 56. In memory of Amasa Brown, who died\\nApril 13, 1847, aged 80 years.\\nNo. 57. In memory of Hannah, wife of Amasa\\nBrown, wlio died January 4, 1847, aged 70 years.\\nNo. 58. Dea. Lebanon Brown, died July 21, 1846,\\naged 35.\\nNo. 59.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Polly Brown, died Aug. 7, 1856, aged 64.\\nNo. 60.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Susan Brown, died May 22, 1857,\\naged 61.\\nNo. 61. James, son of William and AnnaBlacka-\\ndore, died Aug. 15, 1817, aged 2 years and 3 months.\\nFrail as the flower that blossoms but to die.\\nNo. 62. Sally Bond, daughter of John G. and\\nSally Bond, who died Sept., 1809, aged 7 months.\\nNo. 63.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Lydie Beals, died Feb. 13, 1815, aged\\n102.\\nNo. 64. Charles Barnhart, died June 7, 1829, aged\\n32.\\nNo. 65.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Barker, died Aug. 7, 1829, aged 33.\\nNo. 66. David S. Barker, died at Havana, Cuba,\\nJune 24, 1843, aged 21.\\nNo. 67. Miss Hannah, daughter of Mr. Aaron\\nand Mrs. Sarah Blanchard, died Nov. 25, 1832, in her\\n31st year.\\nNo. 68. James, son of Nathan and Harriet Bassett,\\ndied July 1, 1833, aged 8 years and 9 months.\\nNo. 69.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Bassett, died Nov. 8, 1834, aged\\n81.\\nNo. 70. Martha, wife of Samuel Bassett, died\\nJune 19, 1842, aged 86.\\nNo. 71. Jemima C, wife of Geo. A. Balch, died\\nSept. 2, 1850, agea 45.\\nNo. 72. George W., son of Geo. A. and .lemima\\nBalch, died April 13, 1848, aged 15 years.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0084.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n55\\nNo. 73.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Artemas A. Boyden, died April .30, 1844,\\naged 23.\\nNo. 74. Emily C, daughter of John and Celecta\\nH. Bowker, born Jan. 12, 1842, died Sept. 26, 184i).\\nBeautiful, lovely,\\n81ie was but iven,\\nA fair bud on earth\\nTo bloom in Heaven.\\nNo. 75. Pollen C, daughter of John and Celecta\\nH. Bowker, born Feb. 9, 1851, died Dec. 30, 1853.\\nSo fades the lovely blooming flower.\\nNo. 76. Sarah Abbie Bridgnian, died July 12,\\n1850, aged 2 years and 7 months.\\nNo. 77. Frank, son of Edward and Sarah E. Bow-\\ntell, died March 25, 1852, aged 1 year and 4 months.\\nNo. 78.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Burrell, died Dec. 24, 1853, aged\\n34.\\nNo. 79.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary Ann Pitchard, wife of C. A. Brooks,\\ndied Dec. 4, 1854, aged 33.\\nNo. 80. Lovey Ann, wife of Courtney Bingham,\\ndied April 16, 1871, aged 69.\\nAsleep in Jesus.\\nNo. 81.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rev. ZedekiahS. Barstuw, D.D., for tifty\\nyears pastor of the First Congregational Church in\\nKeene, ordained July 1, 1818, resigned his pastorate\\nJuly 1, 1868, died March 1, 1873, aged 82 years and 5\\nmouths.\\nI have fought a good fighl, I have finished my\\ncourse, I have kept the faith henceforth there is\\nlaid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the\\nLord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day.\\nElizabeth Fay Barstow, for fifty-one years the\\nwife of Rev. Z. S. Barstow, died September 15, 1869,\\naged 77 years.\\nShe opened her mouth with wisdom and in her\\ntongue was the law of kindness. Her children rise\\nup and call her blessed, her husband also, and he\\nprai-eth her, and let her own words jiraise her.\\nTimothy Dw-ight, eldest son of Rev. Z. S. and\\nElizabeth F. Barstow, died Dec. 22, 1820, aged 5\\nmonths\\nElizabeth Whitney, only daughter of Rev. Z. S.\\nand Elizabeth F. Barstow, died Jan. 3, 1832, aged 7\\nyears and 4 months.\\nNo. 82.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Z. S. B. (marble marker).\\nNo. 83.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. F. B. (marble marker).\\nNo. 84.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Crossfield, died Feb. 25, 1853, aged\\n75.\\nBlessed are the dead who die in the Lord.\\nNo. 85. Hannah, wife of James Crossfield, died\\nMay 18, 1809, in the 58th year of her age.\\nNo. 86. James Crossfield, died June 21, 1811, in\\nthe 60th year of of his age.\\nNo. 87. Roxana, wife of James Crossfield, died\\nMay 20, 1856, aged 64.\\nThere is rest in Heavou.\\nNo. 88.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Emily J., daughter of K. and R. G.\\nCrossfield, died April 29, 1854, aged 19 years and 6\\nmonths.\\nNo. 89. Lestina, wife of Samuel Crossfield, died\\nApril 2, 1857, aged 31.\\nNo. 90. Here lies the body of Mrs. Clarinda, wife\\nof Mr. Daniel Chapman, and daughter of Mr. Aden\\nHolbrook, who died Dec. 6, 1812, aged 29.\\nNo. 91. Calvin Chapman, born July 28, 1776, died\\nAug. 3, 1855.\\nNo. 92. Sarah Nims, wife of Calvin Chapman,\\nborn May 9, 1777, died Feb. 22, 1834.\\nNo. 93.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Calvin Chapman, Jr., born Jan. 11, 1803,\\ndied Oct. 26, 1872.\\nNo. 94.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David W. Chapman, died March 31, 1852,\\naged 45.\\nTread lightly where thy father sleeps.\\nWithin his cold and narrow bed.\\nFor one his bridal vigil keeps.\\nAbove the wept and sainted dead.\\nTread lightly by his narrow tomb.\\nAnd o er it plant the gentle flowers.\\nIn a far brighter laud than ours.\\nNo. 95. Rebecca, wife of David W. Chapman,\\ndied Aug. 9, 1856, aged 43.\\nNo. 96. George, son of David W. and Rebecca\\nChapman, died March 25, 1838, aged 2.\\nNo. 97. Warren, son of David W. and Rebecca\\nChapman, died June 17, 1851, aged 12.\\nNo. 98. Sophronia S., wife of King B. Chapman,\\ndied Nov. 18, 1849, aged 29.\\nNo. 99. Mary Ann, daughter of King B. and\\nSophronia S. Chapman, died Aug. 4, 1849, aged 4\\nyears.\\nNo. 100. Jonathan C. Carpenter, died Sept. 24,\\n1815, aged 2 years 8 months and 8 days.\\nNo. 101.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mira H. Willard, wife of Caleb Carpen-\\nter, died March 12, 1857, aged 49.\\nNo. 102.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David W., died Sept. 18, 1832, aged 2\\nyears and 10 months Julia E., died Jan. 23, 1843,\\naged 3 years and 11 months children of Caleb and\\nMira H. Carpenter.\\nNo. 103.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Hon. Ith r Chase, died Aug. 8, 1817,\\naged 55.\\nAnd now. Lord, what is my hope\\nTruly my hope is ever in thee.\\nNo. 104. Eliza Carter, born in Dublin March 5,\\n1792, died in Keene Dec. 7, 1864.\\nShe was always young.\\nNo. 105. In memory of Charles Carter, died Oct.\\n20, 1817, aged 29.\\nThere is rest in Heaven.\\n(Masonic emblem.)\\nNo. 106. The grave of Dea. Elijah Carter, who\\ndied Feb. 2, 1835, aged 71 years.\\nGo, hajjpy spirit, seek that blissful laud.\\nWhere ransomed sinners join the glorious band", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0085.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "56\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOf those who fought for truth, blest spirit, go,\\nAnd perfect all the good begun below.\\nNo. 107.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary, wife of K. Carter, died Nov. 16,\\n1839, aged 28.\\nNo. 108.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benaiah Cooke, died Aug. 8, 1852, aged\\n62.\\nNo. 109.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joiiah Cooke, died Sept. 11, 1834, aged 2\\nyears.\\nNo. 110.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary Eliza Cooke, died Aug. 17, 1837,\\naged 3 years.\\nNo. 111.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Cooke, died Feb. G, 1838, aged 9\\nmonths.\\nNo. 112.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frederick Cooke, died Aug. 9, 1842, aged\\n14 months.\\nNo. 113. Mary R. Cooke, died Jan. 7, 1855, aged\\n15 years and 10 months.\\nNo. 114.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harriet W. Cady, died Oct. 9, 1841, aged\\n43.\\nNo. 115. Rev. Reuben Collins, of the M. E. church,\\ndied Dec. 24, 1842, aged 32.\\nNo. 110. Comfort Conner, died May 14, 1820, aged\\n37.\\nNo. 117. My husband, John S. Currier, died July\\n31, 1844, aged 32.\\nNo. 118. Coolidge (granite monument).\\nNo. 119.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Coolidge, obt. 1843, aged 55.\\nNo. 120.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caroline C. Coolidge, obt. 1846, aged 33.\\nNo. 121. Lawson Coolidge, obt. 1849, aged 41.\\nNo. 122.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George H. Coolidge, born Feb. 15, 1811,\\ndied Jan. 26, 1868.\\nNo. 123.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hannah Taylor, wife of Josiah Colony,\\ndied June 30, 1846, aged 51.\\nThe memory of the departed is endeared as a de-\\nvoted wife, a kind and aU ectionate parent, a regardful\\nneighbor. A calm and serene death followed a quiet\\nand contented life.\\nNo. 124. Harry, son of Henry and Mary Colony,\\ndied Sept. 12, 1855, aged 10 months and 26 days.\\nNo. 125. George R., son of Willard and Priscilla\\nClark, died Aug. 18, 1847, aged 24.\\nNo pain nor grief, no anxious fear,\\nInvades thy bounds no mortal woes\\nCan reach the peaceful sleep here,\\nWhile angels watch its soft repose.\\nNo. 126.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ebenezer Clark, died Aug. 1, 1848, aged\\n77 Eunice, his wife, died April 14, 1865, aged 87.\\nNo. 127.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sands Caswell, died Nov. 10, 1851, aged\\n29.\\nNo. 128. Mrs. Nancy Crandell, daughter of Wil-\\nliam Esty, died March 25, 1852, aged 60.\\nNo. 129. Jesse Corbett, died Aug., 1866, aged\\n76.\\nNo. 130.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Betsy Twitchell, wife of David Carter,\\ndied Jan. 20, 1853, aged 80.\\nNo. 131.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi Chamberlain, died Aug. 31, 1868,\\naged 80 years.\\nHow calm he meets the friendly shore\\nWho lived adverse to sin I\\nNo. 132. Harriet A. Goodhue, the dearly beloved\\nwife of Levi Chamberlain, died June 26, 1868, aged\\n67.\\nThe guileless soul, the calm, sweet trust.\\nShall have a large reward.\\nNo. 133.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elijah Dunbar, Esq., died May 18, 1847,\\naged 87.\\nNo. 134.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary R., wife of Elijah Dunbar, died\\nNov. 29, 1838, aged 70.\\nNo. 135.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Polly, daughter of Elijah and Mary\\nDunbar, died May 25, 1795, aged 4 years Laura\\nElizabeth, daughter of Elijah and Mary Dunbar,\\ndied Jan 11, 1810, aged three years.\\nNo. 136.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary Ann Dunbar, died June 2, 1820,\\naged 20.\\nNo. 137.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Hannah Dunn, died Oct. 8, 1828,\\naged 84.\\nThe sweet remembrance of the just,\\nShall flourish when they sleep in dust.\\nNo. 138.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa Duren, died April 5, 1871, aged\\n69.\\nNo. 139. Maria V. Wood, wife of Asa Duren,\\ndied May 18, 1854, aged 64.\\nNo. 140. Augustus, son of Asa and Maria Duren,\\ndied Nov. 5, 1829, aged 7 months and 12 days.\\nNo. 141.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cynthia Duren, died April 22, 1861,\\naged 61.\\nNo. 142. Dinsmoor (marble monument).\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, born July 1, 1766, died March\\n15, 1835, aged 68 Mary Boyd, wife of Samuel Dins-\\nmoor, and daughter of Gen. George Reed, of London-\\nderry, died June 3, 1834, aged 64; Mary Eliza,\\ndaughter of Samuel and Mary Boyd Dinsmoor, and\\nwife of Robert Means, of Amherst, born Dec. 2, 1800,\\ndied August 16, 1829, aged 28 Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr.,\\nborn May 8, 1797, died Feb. 24, 1869, aged 69 Anna\\nElizabeth, wife of Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr., and daugh-\\nter of Hon. William Jarvis, of Weathersfield, Vt.,\\nborn June 30, 1818, died July 17, 1849, aged 31.\\nNo. 143.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Dinsmoor, died March 15,1835,\\naged 68.\\nNo. 144.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary Boyd, wife of Samuel Dinsmoor,\\ndied June 3, 1834, aged 64.\\nNo. 145. Mary E. Dinsmoor, wife of Robert\\nMeans, died Aug. 16, 1829, aged 28.\\nNo. 146. Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr., died Feb. 24,\\n1869, aged 69.\\nNo. 147. Anna E. Jarvis, wife of Samuel Dins-\\nmoor, Jr., died July 17, 1849, aged 31.\\nNo. 148. Julie A. Fiske, wife of William Dins-\\nmoor, died Jan. 4, 1854, aged 39.\\nNo. 149.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abiathar Dean, died Oct. 2, 1832, aged\\n64.\\nNo. 150.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George C. Dean, died Oct. 2, 1835, aged\\n35.\\nNo. 151. To the memory of Charles B. Daniels,\\nborn Aug. 30, 1818, graduated at the W. P. Military\\nAcademy June, 1836, was mortally wounded while", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0086.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n57\\ngallantly leading liis company in the assault of the\\nenemy s works at Molino Del Rey, Mexico, Sept. 8,\\n1847, and died of his wounds in the city of Mexico\\nOct. 27, 1847, aged 31 years.\\nBy the purity of his life and fidelity to the de-\\nmands of his profession, he adorned it by his valor,\\nhe fulfilled its sternest demands.\\nNo. 152. To the memory of Jabcz W. Daniels,\\nborn Aug. 1, 187 5, died Oct. 7, 18o2, aged 82 years.\\nA just man who walked in all the commandment^\\nof the Lord blameless.\\nNo. 15.3. To the memory of Eleanor Daniels,\\nborn May G, MIS, died June 29, 18G3, aged 90 years.\\nNo. 154. Caroline E. Daniels, daughter of Warren\\nand Caroline C. Daniels, died Feb. 25, 1836, aged 8\\nmonths.\\nNo. 155. Davis (granite monument).\\nNo. 156.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abby Z., daughter of H. and A. T. Da-\\nvis, died July 29, 1853, aged 5 months.\\nNo. 157.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lueian H., died Dec. 16, 1845, age l 1\\nyear; Ella A., died Aug. 31, 1849, aged 8 months\\nchildren of Henry and Allura Davis.\\nNo. 158. Allura T., wife of Henry Davis, died\\nSept. 14, 1853, in her 34th year.\\nNo. 159. Mary G., wife of John B. Dowsman, died\\nFeb. 10, 1H38, aged 28 years.\\nNo. 160.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Martha Ann, died Feb. 8, 1838, aged 5\\nyears 9 months Mary Jane, Feb. 17, aged 3 years 3\\nmonths; Chas. Warren, March 11, aged 9 months;\\nchildren of Charles and Ann D. Dwinnell.\\nThe fairest, loveliest sons of earth,\\nLike charms may fade away\\nBut o er their memory shed a tear,\\nThat cannot e er decay.\\nNo. 161. Cyrus Dickey, who died while a member\\nof the senior class in Dartmouth College, Sept. 30,\\n1840, aged 26.\\nTrue excellence ripens but in Heaven.\\nNo. 162.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chas. Dunbrack, died March 2, 1844,\\naged 72. A native of Edenlmrgh, Scotland, and for\\nmany years a resident of Halifax, N. S.\\nNo. 163. Catherine, wife of Henry Dowdell, died\\nJune 19, 1850, aged 35.\\nNo. 164.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eliza, wife of Wm. Dort, died Sept. 10,\\n1852, aged 25.\\nNo. 165. Lucretia Dawes, born in Boston, Mass.,\\nMay 23, 1788, died in Keene, X. H., Oct. 20, 1855.\\nHe that believeth in me though he were dead,\\nyet shall he live.\\nNo. 166.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jlr. Timothy Ellis, who died March 30,\\n1814, aged 66.\\nNo. 167. In memory of Mrs. Beulah Elli.s, wlio\\ndie l May 22, 1822, aged 73.\\nNo. 168.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joshua Ellis, died Aug. 31, 1838, aged\\n53.\\nNo. 169. Parker Ellis (on pine board).\\nNo. 170. George Andrew, son of Geo. L. and\\nSusan Ellis, died Sept. 23, 1863, aged 24 years 6\\nmonths.\\nRe.st, dearest sufferer, rest in Jesus arms.\\nNo. 171. Paulina Tucker, daughter of Nathaniel\\nEvans, died Jan. 25, 1831, aged 4 yrs.\\nNo. 172. Harriett Wiggen, wife of Nathaniel\\nEvans, died July 5, 1835, aged 36.\\nNo. 173. Harriett K., wife of Nathaniel Evans,\\ndied June 8, 1842, aged 34.\\nI leave the world without a tear,\\nSave for the friends I hold so dear;\\nTo heal their sorrows Lord descend,\\nAnd to the friendless prove a friend.\\nNo. 174. Rebel ca A,, wife of Geo. W. Emerson,\\ndied April 27, 1835, aged 25.\\nNo. 175.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George W. Emerson, died Dec. 28, 1829,\\naged 2 years; George W. Emerson, died Sept. 6, 1830,\\naged 7 months; children of Geo, W. and Rebecca A.\\nEmerson.\\nNo. 176. In memory of Mr. Charles Fitch, who\\ndied Feb. 18, 1800, in his 30th year.\\nIt is hard to leave our friends behind.\\nAnd fair earth s bounteous sweets\\nThe place where man is first consigned.\\nAnd where nuin his dear partner meets\\nBut we must all submit to iate.\\nAnd when our call is pronounced upon,\\nWe must leave our world and state.\\nAnd go to regions above unknown.\\nNo. 177.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Fitch, died June 22, 1848, aged\\n87.\\nNo. 178.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lydia Fitch, wife of John Fitch, died\\nMay 28, 1870, aged 84.\\nNo. 179. In memory of Caroline, daughter of Mr.\\nWaltrous and Mrs. Mary P^airchild, who died Dec. 10,\\n1819, aged 11 years.\\nNo. 180. Mrs. JMary, wife of Mr. Phinehas Fiske,\\ndeceased July 11, 1821, aged 31.\\nNo. 181. Catherine Fiske, founder and principal\\nof the Female Seminary in Keene, N. H., for 38\\nyears a teacher of youth, died May 20, 1837, aged 53.\\nReader, whoe er thou art, do .justly, love mercy,\\nand walk humbly with thy God.\\nAzuba Morse, the mother of Catherine Fiske, died\\nNov. 9, 1837, aged 72.\\nNo. 182. David Gilman Forbes, who died Feb. 5,\\n1822, aged 21.\\nIn bloom of youth behold he dies.\\nNo. 183.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .Tohn Foster, died Feb. 7, 1854, aged 57\\nSophia, wife of John Foster, died April 20, 1832,\\naged 36.\\nNo. 184. ^William, son of Joseph and Mary Fos-\\nter, died IMarch 15, 1833, aged 8.\\nSo fades the lovely flower\\nEre half its charms are shed", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0087.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "58\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCut down in an untimely hour\\nAnd numbered with the dead.\\nNo. 185.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harriett P., daughter of the Eev. S.\\nFarnsworth, late of Hillsborough, died March 22,\\n1841, aged 6 years.\\nNo. 186. J rost (granite monument).\\nNo. 187.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amanda Frost, died 1845, aged 28.\\nNo. 188.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Julia S. Frost, died 1844, aged 17\\nmonths.\\nNo. ISP. My husband, Harlow Frost, died Nov.\\n25, 1865, aged 49.\\nNo. 190. -Our Willie, Willie H. Frost, son of Har-\\nlow and Eliza W. Frost, died March 28, 1843, aged 2\\nyears 5 months.\\nNo. 191. Koxana Allen, wife of Jason French,\\ndied Nov. 5, 1852, aged 35.\\nNo. 192. Abigail Wood, widow of Eleazer Furber,\\ndied July 15, 1853, aged 55.\\nNo. 193. Jehoshiphat Grout, who departed this\\nlife Sept. 26, 1806, aged 53.\\nNo. 194. This monument is erected to the memory\\nof Mrs. Anna, wife of ]\\\\Ir. J. Grout, who departed\\nthis life Aug. 9, 1810, aged 57.\\nNo. 195.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Gibson, died April 26, 1S46, aged\\n38.\\nNot lost, but gone before.\\nNo. 196.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eliza K wife of Caleb S. Graves, died\\nMarch 18, 1845, aged 35.\\nJesus can make a dying bed\\nFeel soft as downy pillows are,\\nWhile on his breast I lean my head\\nAnd breath my life out sweetly there.\\nNo. 197. John B., son of A. C. and L. Greeley,\\nborn March 9, 1848, died March 10, 1849.\\nNo. 198. George W. B., son of A. C. and L. Gree-\\nley, born xVug. 9, 1852, died Aug. 7, 1853.\\nNo. 199. Oscar S., son of Edward S. and Mary\\nGreenwood, died July 17, 1850, aged 2.\\nDearest babe, thy days are ended.\\nAll thy sutlerings now are o er,\\nNo more by our care befriended,\\nThou art happy evermore.\\nNo. 200. Sibyl, wife of Benjamin Good, died Jan.\\n13, 1854, aged 25 years.\\nYea, though I walk through the valley of the\\nshadow of death, I will fear no evil. For thou art\\nwith me. Thy rod and thy stafl they comfort me.\\nNo. 201. Reuben B., son of Benjamin and Sibyl\\nGood, died December 26, 1850, aged 2 years and 10\\nmonths.\\nNo. 202. Edwin, son of Benjamin and Sibyl Good,\\ndied Jan. 27, 1851, aged 4 years and 1 month.\\nNo. 203.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cornelius C. Hall, died Nov., 25, 1815,\\naged 39; Fanny Hall, daughter of Cornelius and\\nElizabeth Hall, died Dec. 21, 1806, aged 3 years.\\nNo. 204. E;dnie G., daughter of Hcni y C. and\\nEllen F. Hall, died Oct. 12, 1846, aged 4 months 6\\ndays.\\nSleep on, sweet balie,\\nAnd take thy rest,\\nGod called thee home.\\nAnd he thought best.\\nNo. 205.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. M. (granite stone).\\nNo. 206.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Major Davis Howlet, died Feb. 23, 1817,\\naged 79.\\nNo. 207. In memory of Mrs. Mary, wife of Major\\nDavis Howlet, who died April 1, 1826, aged 85.\\nNo. 208. Davis, son of Davis Howlet, died June\\n21, 1799, aged 79.\\nNo. 209.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Davis Howlet, died Aug. 25, 1824,\\naged 50.\\nNo. 210.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. William Heaton, who died Dec. 29,\\n1822, aged 33.\\nNo. 211. Mary Eliza, daughter of Oliver and\\nLouisa Heaton, died June 29, 1837, aged 4 years 6\\nmonths.\\nNo. 212. Louisa S., wife of Oliver Heaton, died\\nDec. 23, 1843, aged 45.\\nNo. 218. This monument erected to the memory\\nof Miss Mary Holbrook, eldest daughter of Mr. Elihu\\nand Mrs. Mary Holbrook, who died Jlarch 27, 1806,\\naged 14 years.\\nStay, thoughtful mourner, hither led\\nTo weep and mingle with the dead;\\nPity the maid who slumbers here,\\nAnd pay the tributary tear.\\nThy feet must wander far to find\\nA fairer form, a lovelier mind,\\nAn eye that beams a sweeter smile,\\nA bosom more estranged from guile,\\nA heart with kinder passions warm,\\nA life with fewer stains deformed,\\nA death with deeper sighs confess d\\nA memory more beloved and bless d.\\nHere will be fouud many old, familiar naine.s\\namong them, that of Betsey Niirss Leonard,\\nwho was born only two years later than the\\norganization of the town of Keenc, 1755, and\\nlived to be more than one hundred years old.\\nI remember her as a very pleasant old lady.\\nMrs. Honghton, her danghter, is still living on\\nCourt Street. jNIrs. Leonard on her one hun-\\ndredth anniversary received her friends. Elijah\\nKnight, Estj., kept the old tavern now owned\\nl)y Miss Kate Tyler, on Court Street. When I\\nwas a boy he died in the Fuller house, on\\nWashington Street. Stephen Harrington and his\\nson, Asaph, both were model hotel-keepers, and\\nknown everywhere. Stephen Harrington was\\nborn in Lexington, Mass., only six months after\\nthe battle, in 1775. Major (Jeorge Ingersoll,", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0088.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n59\\nwho was born in 17r)4, and who was twenty-\\none years old when tlie Declaration of Indepen-\\ndence was declared Rev. George G. Ingorsoll,\\nD.D., whom to know was to love and respect\\nalso the name of Daniel Hough, whom I re-\\nmember as a mereliant in Keene, whose store\\nwas just south of the Eagle Hotel, uow a part\\nof the hotel also the name of Lutlier L. Hol-\\nbrook, my old friend and shop-mate, and a long\\nlist of names that we like to remember.\\nNo. 214.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. L. Holbrook,died at Keeseville, N.Y.,\\nOct. 20, 1844, uged 29. Francis A. wife of L. L.\\nHolbrook, aud daughter of Abijah Wilder, died Nov.\\n10, 1851, aged 35 years.\\nTlicre is rest in Heaven.\\nNo. 215. Betsey, dauglitcr of Rufus and Dorothy\\nHoughton, died Oct. 26, 1809, aged 2 years 8 months\\nand 3 days.\\nSee tire dear youtli just enter life,\\nBud forth like a flower in May\\nStay long enough to seal our hearts.\\nThen smile and die away.\\nNo. 210. In memory of Dr. Dan Hough, who de-\\nparted this life Feb. 26, 1828, aged 49.\\nNo. 217. Louisa 1-^llis, wife of Luther Howe, died\\nMarch 21, 1835, aged 54.\\nNo. 218. Louisa Howe, died Sept. 21, 1854, aged\\n41.\\nNo. 219. Mary A., wife of Sylvester Haskell, died\\nApril 14, 1835, aged 33.\\nNo. 220. Charles C, only son of Charles and\\nIsabell Hirsch, died Aug. 29, 1842, aged 10 months\\n11 days.\\nRest, sweet babe, thy days are ended,\\nQuick thy passage to the toml)\\nGone, by angel bands attended,\\nTo thy everlasting home.\\nNo. 221. Stephen Harrington, born in Lexington,\\nMass., Nov. 22, 1775, died Oct. 25, 1847.\\nNo. 222. Mary Prescott, wife of Steplien Harring-\\nton, died Aug. 10, 1802, aged 80.\\nNo. 223.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asaph Harrington, died May 26, 1867,\\naged 57.\\nNo. 224.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alfred Hebard, obt. July 12, 1848, aged\\n32.\\nNo. 225. Rufus, son of Josiah and Sophronia\\nHayden, died Dee. 25, 1853, aged 5 years 9 months.\\nNo. 226.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Hoar, died June 24, 1846, aged\\n33.\\nNo. 227.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary Ann, wife of John Ho.ar, died\\nJuly 16, 1846, aged 30.\\nNo. 228.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John E., died Sept. 15, 1840, aged 4\\nmonths; Albert A., died June 30, 1845, aged 5 weeks;\\nchildren of John and Mary Ann Hoar.\\nNo. 229.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daphne Hour, born Feb. 25, 1811, died\\nJan. 31, 1873.\\nNo. 230.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jason Hodgkins, died July 24, 1856,\\naged 30.\\nNo. 231.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harriet M., wife of Jason Hodgkins,\\ndied May 2, 1854, aged 23.\\nShe died and left me\\nThis spot, this calm and quiet scene,\\nAnd those who saw her smile in death\\nNo more may fear to die.\\nNo. 232.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Loviua Holman, died Nov. 17, 1856,\\naged 27.\\nNo. 233. Sacred to the memory of Caroline H.\\nIngersoU, who was boru at West Point, N. Y., Dec.\\n5, 1797, died at Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 12, 1812, aged\\n15; also, Mary IngersoU Adams, wife of Charles\\nAdams, Esq., who was born at West Point, N. Y.,\\nMay 5, 1799, died at Burlington, Vt., May 4, 1832,\\naged 33; both daughters of George and Martha\\nIngersoU.\\nStrangers and pilgrims here, our home is in\\nHeaven.\\nNo. 234. Martha Goldthwait IngersoU, widow of\\nMajor George IngersoU, born in Boston, JIass., July\\n7th, 1764, died in Burlington, Vt, April 24th, 1839,\\nMged 74 years.\\nNo. 235. The remains of Major George IngersoU,\\nlate of the United States Army born at Boston,\\nMass., April 2d, 1754, died at Keene July 16th, 1805,\\naged 51 years.\\nIn that high world which follows this\\nMay each repeat in words of bliss\\nWe re all, all here.\\nNo. 236. IngersoU (marble monument). Rev.\\nGeorge Goldthwait IngersoU, D.D., son of Major\\nGeorge and Martha G. IngersoU, born in Boston,\\nMass., July 4, 1796, died in Keene, N. H., Sept. 16^\\n1863.\\nHope which entereth within the vail.\\nAllen Parkhurst, son of Rev. Geo. G. and Harriet\\nP. IngersoU, boru Nov. 10, 1823, in Burlington, Vt.,\\ndied Sept. 8, 1859, in Keene, N. H.\\nNo. 237. George and Harriet (marker).\\nNo. 238. George P. IngersoU (marker).\\nNo. 239.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Allen P. IngersoU (marker).\\nNo. 240.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Ingalls, died Oct. 12, 1858, aged\\n83.\\nNo. 241.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Lucy Ingalls, wife of Joseph In-\\ngalls, died Oct. 12, 1822, aged 49.\\nNo. 242.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Anna L., wife of Josejih Ingalls, died\\nJuly 24, 1850, aged 58.\\nNo. 243. John, son of Joseph and Anna Ingalls,\\ndied Dec. 29, 1851, aged 18.\\nNo. 244. In memory of John, son of Jloses John-\\nson, who died April 22, 1795, aged 7.\\nNo. 245.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary A., daughter of Charles and Harriet\\nG.Jones, died Oct. 6, 1839, aged 15 months.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0089.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "60\\nHISTORY OF CHPISHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNo. 246. Josepheus H., daugliter of Sylvester\\nand Elizabeth Jones, died June 14, 1839, aged 13\\nmouths.\\nNo. 247. Harriet E., daughter of Sylvester and\\nElizabeth Jones, died March 6, 1840, aged 3 years.\\nNo. 248. Widow Abial Keyes, who died Aug. 19,\\n1807, aged 78 years.\\nNo. 249.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Zebadiah Keyes, died Sept. 1859,\\naged 83.\\nNo. 250. Sybel, wife of Zebadiah Keyes, died\\nMarch 15, 1861, aged 70.\\nNo. 251. Fanny, daughter of Mr. Zebadiah and\\nMrs. Sybel Keyes, died Aug. 19, 1812, aged 2 years\\nand 7 months.\\nNo. 252. Sally Ann, daughter of Zebadiah and\\nSybel Keyes, died Aug. 20, 1833, aged 19 years and 7\\nmonths.\\nNo. 258.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary Kllen, daughter of Charles and\\nElizabeth Keyes, died April 13, 1852, aged 5 years\\naud 10 months.\\nNo. 254. Ezra Kilburn, died March 27, 1853, aged\\n85.\\nNo. 255. Leverett, son of Edmund and Julia\\nKimball, died June 7, 1S2G, aged 18 months.\\nWith anxious care each art was tried\\nThe lovely flower to save,\\nBut all in vain the shaft of death\\nConsigned it to the grave.\\nNo. 256. Children of Charles and Ruby O. Kings-\\nbury. Charles Edward, died Aug. 28, 1838, aged 15\\nweeks.\\nNo. 257.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stella Maria, Sept. 19, 1843, aged 14\\nmonths.\\nNo. 258.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Edward, died March 29, 1849,\\naged 5 days.\\nNo. 259.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stella Maria, died Oct. 1, 1853, aged 8\\nyears.\\nNo. 260. Cyrus Kingsbury, died June 30, 1863,\\naged 65.\\nNo. 261. Rachel, wife of Cyrus Kingsbury, died\\nMarch 26, 1843, aged 38; John S., their son, died\\nMarch 16, 1843, aged 8 months.\\nNo. 262. Sarah, daughter of C. and R. Kingsbury,\\ndied Aug. 12, 1849, aged 9 years.\\nNo. 263.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elijah Knight, Esq., died 1842, aged\\n86.\\nNo. 264.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Martha Knight, died 1847, aged 73\\nyears.\\nNo. 265.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John McKoy, died May 20, 1842, aged\\n43 years.\\nNo. 266. Here are the remains of James Lanman,\\nwho died the 22d day of June, a.d. 1809, aged 60\\nyears, formerly deacon of the church in Brattle Street,\\nBoston.\\nFaithful to his family, to his friends and to the\\nchurch of Cxod. The sweet remembrance of the just\\nshall flourish while they sleej) in dust.\\nNo. 267. Miss Hannah Lanman, born in Cam-\\nbridge, Mass., Jan. 3, 1760, died Jan. 16, 1837, aged\\n81.\\nNo. 268. Sacred to the memory of Susan Dawes\\nLanman, wife of Daniel Gilbert, of Boston, and only\\nchild of James and Susanna Lanman, who died Aug.\\n5, 1851, aged 25.\\nBlessed are the pure in spirit.\\nNo. 269. Mrs. Lydia Lebourveau, died April 6,\\n1846, aged 83.\\nNo. 270. In memory of Emily, daughter of Mr.\\nGeorge W. and Mrs. Betsey Ijebourveau, who died\\nOct. 26, 1822, aged 16 months.\\nSleep on, sweet babe.\\nAnd rest secure;\\nThy body s safe.\\nThy soul s sure.\\nNo. 271. George W. Lebourveau, died June 25,\\n1828, aged 40 years.\\nNo. 272.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. John Leonard, died April 27,1829,\\naged 76.\\nNo. 273.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Betsey Nur.ss Leonard, wife of Capt.\\n.lohn Leonard, born April 27, 1755, died Dec. 7,\\n1855, aged 100 years 7 months and 10 days.\\nNo. 274. Rowland Sumner Leonard, son of Joseph\\nB. and Ruth H. Leonard, born Aug. 31, 1840, died\\nMay 25, 1841, aged 8 months and 25 days.\\nShed not for him the bitter tear.\\nNor sorrow with a vain regret;\\nTis but the casket which lies here.\\nThe gem in Heaven is sparkliug yet.\\nNo. 275. Lawrence Leonard, died Sept. 15, 1843,\\naged 40.\\nNo. 276. Mary, daughter of John and Hannah\\nLawrence, died April 19, 1843, aged 7.\\nNo. 277. Alvin Lawrence, died Dec. 19, 1849,\\naged 25 years.\\nNo. 278.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In memory of Thaddeus MacCarty, Esq.,\\nwho died Nov. 21, a.d. 1802, aged 55 years.\\nNo. 279. In memory of William, son of Doctor\\nThaddeus and Mrs. Experience JlacCarty, who died\\nFeb. 4, 1797, aged 13 years.\\nNo. 280. Martha, wife of Benjamin Maun, Esq.,\\ndied May 17, 1808, aged 65.\\nNo. 281.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charlotte Mundell, died Nov. 15,1828,\\naged 18.\\nNo. 282.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This marble was erected by Mr. Gilbert\\nMellen to preserve from oblivion the memory of his\\naflectionate consort, Mrs. Mary Mellen, who died\\nApril 26, 1814, aged 42.\\nInterred within this silent grave she lies.\\nMouldering dust obscured from human eyes.\\nHer soul has sweetly fled to realms above\\nWhere vice and woe are not, but all is love.\\nThis lady rode from Keene to Boston anj b.ack in the\\ncars after she was one hundred years old. How many\\nwomen of the present day will do it", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0090.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n(Jl\\nNo. 283.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cyrus Mulliken, died Dee. .31, 1840,\\naged 44.\\nNo. 284. Mary, wife of Cyrus Mulliken, died\\nApril IG, 1845, aged\\nNo. 285.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harriett Mulliken, born Aug. 26, 1828,\\ndied March 22, 18G7, aged 38.\\nThis is but the mortal part.\\nNo. 286.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alexander Milliken, died May 14, 1854,\\naged 74.\\nNo. 287.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Martha, wife of Abijah Metcalf, died\\nMay 11, 1838, aged 40.\\nNo. 288.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. Henry N. Metcalf\\nTi.s sweet to die for one s country.\\nHenry N. Metcalf, Co. F, N. H. Vols., killed at\\nGettysburg July 2, 1863, aged 30.\\nNo. 289. Martha Wood, daughter of Abijah and\\nMartha Metcalf, died Aug. 20, 1865, aged 27.\\nNo. 2 .t0. Rebecca, wife of M. Metcalf and mother\\nof Josiah and Rebecca Capen, died May 16, 1851,\\naged 88.\\nNo. 291. In memory of Elizabeth W. May, who\\ndied June 16, 1835, aged 15 years.\\nHappy soul, thy days are ended.\\nAll thy mourning days below\\nGo, by angol guards attended,\\nTo the sight of Jesus, go.\\nNo. 292.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Salome, wife of Silas :May, died April 22,\\n1845, aged 27.\\nNo. 293. Harriett C, daughter of Wm. and Al-\\nniira Marsh, died March 10, 1837, aged 3 years and 3\\nmouths.\\nNo. 294.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Marsh, died Feb. 14, 1851, aged\\n38.\\nNo. 295. Mary E., wife of George Marsli, died\\nMay 20, 1859, aged 41.\\nNo. 296.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles H., son of G. and M. E. Marsh,\\ndied April 9, 1841, aged 15 months.\\nNo. 297. Sophia Munn, died Oct. 3, 1842, aged 5\\nmouths Enieline Munn, died Nov. 24, 1843, aged 4\\nmonths and li days; children of John D. and Eliza-\\nbeth Munn.\\nNo. 298. Geneve S., daughter of Abel H. and\\nMary S. Miller, died Aug. 26, 1845, aged 13 months\\nand 10 days.\\nNo. 299. Mary J., daughter of Isaac and Sarah\\nAnn Mason, died Sept. 2, 1845, aged 9 months and 16\\ndays.\\nNo. 300. Francis M., son of Isaac and Sarah Ann\\nMason, died July 15, 1848, aged 7 years 10 months\\nand 7 days.\\nNo. 301. Harriet A., daughter of John and Ma-\\ntilda W. Mason, died Dec 16, 1853, aged 12 years and\\n2 months.\\n1 George Marsh was killed on the Cheshire Railroad by\\nheing crushed between a car and a platform of a freight\\ndejiDt ill Keeue.\\nToo soon thou art gone, thou loved one,\\nAnd left thy dearest friends to mourn.\\nNo. 302.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John W., son of John and Matilda W.\\nMason, died May 6, 1855, aged 18 yrs.\\nNo. 303. Sabra, wife of Jonathan Maustield, died\\nDec. 1, 1849, aged 58.\\nDear friends, weep not for me,\\nI m free from pain and care\\nThe Lord has called me hence,\\nAnd I his l)lessiugs share.\\nNo. 304. Jonathan E., son of Laton and Lydia\\nMartin, died March 14, 1849, aged 14 months.\\nTIiou destroyeth the hope of man.\\nNo. 305. Here lies the body of George Newcomb,\\nson of Daniel Newcomb, Esq., and Sarah, his wife.\\nHe was born Oct. 16, 1783, admitted a member of\\nDartmouth College Aug. 28th, 1792, aud drowned in\\nAshuelot River June 10th, 1796.\\nCropped like a rose before tis fully blown.\\nOr half its worth disclosed.\\nFate gave the word, the cruel order sped.\\nAnd George lies numbered with the dead.\\nNo. .306. Daniel Newcomb, M.D., was born April\\n2d, 1785, ami died May 13, 1809.\\nHe healed others himself he could not heal.\\nNo. 307. Here lies the body of Mrs. Sarah New-\\ncomb, wife of Daniel Newcomb, Esq., and daughter\\nof the Rev. David Stearns, of Lunenburg. She was\\nborn April 25th, 1758, and died Nov. 13th, 1796, in\\nthe 39th year of her age.\\nHow loved, how valued once, avails thee not.\\nTo whom related or by whom begot,\\nA heap of dust alone remains of thee,\\nTis all thou art, and what we all must be.\\nNo. 308. Daniel Newcomb was born at Norton,\\nMass., 1746; was graduated at Harvard College 1768;\\nsettled at Keene as attorney-at-law 1778 w-as chief\\njustice of the county court and senator in the State\\nlegislature died at Keene July 14, 1818, aged 72.\\nHe neither sought nor declined honours.\\nNo. 309.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Here lies the body of Seth Newcomb,\\nwho was born Oct. 20, A.D. 1786, died Oct. 31st, 1811\\naged 25 years, whose life, though short, was active\\ntoo much devoted, however, to the world, and too\\nlittle to his Maker and not till the chastening liand\\nof providence was in mercy extended to him did he\\nduly estimate the importance of faithfully examin-\\ning the evidence of Christianity but severe and lono--\\ncontinued sickness induced reflection and inquiry,\\nand the result was regret that his conduct had been so\\nlong influenced by worldly views, and full conviction\\nof the truth of our holy religion and he died, as he\\nbelieved, a humble and penitent sinner, resting his\\nhopes of pardon and .salvation on the merits of his\\nRedeemer.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0091.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "62\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNo. 310. Hannah Newcomb was born at Boston,\\nMass., 1769, died at KeeneSept. 2, 1851, aged 82 years.\\nHer children arise and call her blessed.\\nNo. 311.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Everett Newcomb, died Sept. 10, 1837,\\naged 50 years.\\nNo. 312. Sarah R. Newcomb, died .Tune 19, 1873,\\naged 81.\\nNo. 313 Hannah Newcomb, died June 7, 1870,\\naged 46.\\nNo. 314. Phinehas Nurse (granite monument).\\nNo. 315.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Miss Susan Nurse, died Nov. 8, 1843,\\naged 26.\\nNo. 316.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sibyl Norton, died July 3, 1822, aged 19\\nmonths.\\nNo. 317. James K. Norton, died Feb. 4, 1823, aged\\n6 months.\\nNo. 318.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James H. Norton, died July .3, 1826, aged\\n6 months.\\nNo. 319.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Drusilla S. Norton, died Nov. 2, 1832,\\naged 5 years and 6 months.\\nNo. 320.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Horace J. Norton, died Nov. 30, 1832,\\naged 2 years and 8 mouths.\\nNo. 321.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John L. Norton, died Feb. 18, 1847,\\naged 12 years.\\nNo. 322.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Roswell Nims, died April 24, 1855, aged\\n71.\\nNo. 323. Sally, wife of Roswell Nims, died Oct.\\n24, 1857, aged 68.\\nNo. 324.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Roswell Nims, Jr., died Sept. 25, 1838,\\naged 25.\\nNo. 325. In memory of Mr. David Nims, who\\ndied July 21, 1803 (age is not plain).\\nNo. 326. lu memory of Mrs. Abigail Nims, wife\\nof Mr. David Nims. She died July 13, 1799, aged\\n80 years.\\nNo. 327. In memory of Capt. Alpheus Nims, who\\ndied June 8, 1804, aged 49 years. Also, George, died\\nOct. 8, 1796, aged 6 years Nabby, died Aug. 9, 1794,\\naged 15 months Eliakin, died Sept. 5, 1796, aged 16\\nmonths; Josiah Richardson, died March 16, 1801,\\naged 7 months Alpheus, died March 8, 1802, aged 2\\ndays children of Capt. A. Nims.\\nNo. 328. Abigail, wife of Alpheus Nims, died\\nApril 9, 1816, in her 49th year.\\nNo. 329. Erected in memory of George, son of\\nAlpheus and Abigail Nims. He died at Getersburg,\\nVirginia, Dec. 31, 1818, aged 20 years and 6 months.\\nNo. 330.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Esther Newell, died Sept. 14, 18G7, aged\\n69.\\nDear mother, gone to rest.\\nNo. 331.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Newell, died Sept. 25, 1850, aged\\n51.\\nA husband dear, a father kind.\\nHas gone and left his I rieuds behind\\nHas gone, we trust, to realms of light,\\nWhere all Christ s followers will unite.\\nNo. 332.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles William, an infiint, died July 21,\\n1841; Sar.ah Ann, died Nov. 19, 1853, aged 9 years\\nand 3 months; children of Wm. A. and Susan D.\\nNorwood.\\nPeace to their ashes, may they sleep\\nIn arms of heavenly love,\\nAnd when our- pilgrimage is o er,\\nWe hope to meet again.\\nNo. 333.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Freddy, died Jan. 12, 1856, aged 8\\nmonths Carrie J., died Jan. 10, 1857 children of\\nChester and Caroline Nichols.\\nSleep on, sweet babes, and take thy rest,\\nGod early called, for He knew best.\\nNo. 334. Mr. Thomas Ocington, who departed\\nthis life Oct. 3, 1814, in the 21st year of his age.\\nHappy the soul that does in Heaven rest.\\nWho with his Saviour he is ever blest\\nWith heavenly joys and raptures is possessed.\\nNo thought Init his God inspires his breast.\\nNo. 335.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Osgood, died July 11, 1828, aged\\n71.\\nNo. 330.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Osgood, died April 7, 1828, aged\\n50.\\nNo. 337. Ellen, daughter of Thomas and Char-\\nlotte C. Grady, died June 29, 1858, aged 11 months\\nand 25 days.\\nThy home is Heaven.\\nNo. 338. To preserve from oblivion the memory of\\nWilliam M., son of Mr. William and Mrs. Abigail\\nPierce, who died Feb. 8, 1812, aged 1 year.\\nSweet babe, a dying father wept for thee.\\nIts mother kind mourned the sad decree\\nTo Jesus this little child is gone.\\nFor of such is the kingdom of Heaven.\\nNo. 339. Sacred to the memory of Mr. William\\nPierce, who departed this life March 8, 1812, aged 43.\\nNot prudence can defend, nor virtue save\\nOur dying bodies from the silent grave\\nTho mouldering in the dust this friend must lie,\\nHis soul immortal can never, never die.\\nNo. 340. Mrs. Abigail, wife of Mr. William Pierce,\\nborn Oct. 28, 1775, died Feb. 2, 1818, aged 42.\\nDust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return.\\nNo. 341. His own epitaph.\\nHere lie the mortal remains of ,Tohn Prentiss, born\\nin Reading, Mass., March 21, 1778. He established\\nthe New Hampshire Sentinel in 1799, and conducted it\\nprincipally 49 years. Died June 6, 1873, aged 95.\\nHe lived he died Behold the sum.\\nThe abstract of the historian s page!\\nNo. 342. Here rest the remains of Diantha A.,\\nwife of John Prentiss. She died March 1, 1856, aged\\n74.\\nShe has gone to the day-break.\\nWhere the shadows flee away. Sol. Song.\\nNo. 343. In memory of Pamelia Mellen, third\\ndaughter of John and Diantha Prentiss, who died\\nOct. 9, 1820, aged 13 years and 4 months.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0092.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n63\\nTell those who sigh\\nO er some dear friend s untimely doom\\nThat all must die\\nShe whom they saw laid in the tomb,\\nIn God s own paradise may bloom.\\nNo. 344. lu memory of Ellen Sophia, fourth\\ndaughter of John and Diantha Prentiss, who died\\nDec. 28, 1825, aged 14 years and 8 months.\\nDust to its narrow home beneath,\\nBoul to its place on high;\\nThey that have seen thy look in death,\\nNo more may fear to die.\\nNo. 345. pjdmund S., son of John and Dianth:i\\nPrentiss, died May 23, 1846, aged 26.\\nNo. 346. Sacred to the memory of George A.\\nPrentiss, commodore United States Navy, son of\\nJohn and Diantha Prentiss, who died April 8, 1868,\\naged 59.\\nHis hands are folded on his breast,\\nThe long disquiet merged in rest.\\nHow sink the brave who sink to rest,\\nBy all their country s wishes blest.\\nNo. 347.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Geo. W. Prentiss, of New York, died\\nFeb. 28, 1829, aged 37.\\nNo. 348.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles P. Perkins, died Dec. 4, 1850,\\naged 46.\\nNo. 349.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary F. Perkins, died Aug. 14, 1853,\\naged 49.\\nNo. 350.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 IMary L., daughter of Charles P. and\\nMary F. Perkins, died Sept. 5, 1832, aged 2.\\nNo. 351. Charles Henry, sou of Charles P. and\\nMary F. Perkius, died June 1, 1838, aged 5.\\nNo. 352.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ferdinand Freckle, died Nov. 19, 1833,\\naged 39.\\nNo. 353.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ann C. Parsons, died Feb. 10, 1833,\\naged 21.\\nShe was amiable, unassuming, conscientious, and\\nfaithful in the discharge of duty. The grave of the\\nyoung, whose health and vigor promised many com-\\ning years, teaches the living the importance of a con-\\nstant trust in God, thus to be prepared for affliction,\\ndisease and death.\\nNo. 354.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Parker, died April 27, 1 862, aged\\n73.\\nNo. 355. Martha, wife of James Parker, died Julv\\n28, 1850, aged 64.\\nNo. 356. Sarah E., daughter of James and Martha\\nParker, died Dec. 14, 1838, aged 17.\\nDearest sister thou hast left us,\\nAnd thy loss we deeply feel\\nBut tis God tliat has berei t us\\nHe can all our sorrows heal.\\nNo. 357.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan Parker, died Aug. 28, a. d.\\n181T, in the 56th year of his age.\\nNo. 358. Hepsibeth, wife of Jonathan Parker, died\\nNov. 21, 1848, aged 84.\\nNo. 359.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Esther P., wife of L. B. Page, died Feb.\\n27, 1870, aged 70.\\nNo. 360.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 AldenL., son ofL. B. and E. P. Page, of\\nCo. C, 2d Reg. Maine Vols., died July 4, 1862, aged\\n25.\\nNo. 361.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Esther L., daughter of L. B. and E. P\\nPage, died May 5, 1841, aged 7 years.\\nNo. 362.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Roxanna Plantain,^ died June 26, 1843,\\naged 46.\\nNo. 363. Putnam (granite monument).\\nNo. 364. Edward Poole, a native of Danvers, Mass.,\\ndied May 7, 1847, aged 34.\\nNo. 365.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Helen Poole, died Nov. 17, 1846, aged 22\\nmonths.\\nNo. 366. Hannah K. Perham, wife of Geo. W.\\nPerham, died at Nashville, N. H., Oct. 8, 1849, aged\\n28.\\nNo. 367. Relief, wife of Samuel Payson, died July\\n13, 1857, aged 79.\\nIn that bright world which follows this,\\nMay each repeat in words of bliss.\\nWe re all, all here.\\nNo. 368.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ella F., daughter of James H. and Susan\\nPayson, died May 1, 1855, aged 2 years and 4 months.\\nSafe in Heaven, and so soon.\\nNo. 369.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hulda Pond, born Aug. 7, 1777, died\\nMarch 23, 1864.\\nNo. 370.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Sarah McNiel, wife of David Rich-\\nardson, died April 2d, 1814, aged 24.\\nNo. 371. Hon. Josiah Richardson, died Feb. 20,\\n1820, aged 74.\\nNo. 372. Artemas Richardson, died Nov. 4, 1845,\\naged 51.\\nNo. 373.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Richardson, died Jan. 20, 1848,\\naged 16.\\nNo. 374. Martha M. Richardson, died April 6,\\n1863, aged 26.\\nNo. 375. Alexander Rolston, a native of Falkirk,\\nlied March 29, 1810, aged 64.\\nIn mv distress I called my God,\\n^Vhen I could scarce believe him mine\\nHe bowed his ear to my complaint.\\nThen did his grace appear divine.\\nNo. 376. Jannett, wife of Alexander Rolston, a\\nnative of Falkirk, Scotland, died June 11, 1833, aged\\n85.\\nNo. 377.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi Russell, died Sept. 21, 1831, aged\\n31.\\nEliza Emeline Ru.ssell died Nov. 16, 1832, aged 5\\nyears and 9 months; Mary F. W. died Jan. 29, 1832,\\naged 7 months; daughters of Levi and Elizabeth\\nRussell.\\nNo. 378. Rebecca A. Martin, wife of Jeduthun\\nRussell, died Feb. 17, 1863, aged 74.\\nShe was colored and once a. slave.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0093.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "64\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNo. 379.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan Rand, died Feb. 11, 1838, aged\\n76.\\nNo. 380.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Anna, wife of Jonathan Rand, died July\\n26, 1858, agod 85.\\nNo. 381.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Rand, died Dec. 23, 1837, aged\\n25.\\nNo. 382. Emily A., daughter of Isaac and Julia\\nA. Rand, died Feb. 22, 1847, aged 6 months.\\nNo. 383. Harriet Louisa, daughter of Isaac and\\nJulia A. Rand, died June 8, 1857, aged 13 years.\\nNo. 384.- Betsey H., wife of Elisha Rand, died\\nApril 7, 1851, aged 50.\\nNo. 385.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lydia G., wife of Elisha Rand, died\\nSept. 21, 1855, aged 46.\\nNo. 386.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ezra Rider, born in Dublin, died Aug.\\n11, 1850, aged 64.\\nEven so those who sleep in Jesus will C4od bring\\nwith him at his coming.\\nNo. 387. Isaac Redington, died Sept. 5, 1854,\\naged 83.\\nNo. 388.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mercy D. Redington, died Jan. 29, 1860,\\naged 85.\\nNo. 389. In memory of Jeremiah Stiles, Esq.,\\nwho died December 6, a.d. 1800, aged 56 years.\\nNo. 390. Erected in memory of Mrs. Mary, relict\\nof Jeremiah Stiles, Esq., who died March 22, A.D.\\n1810, in the 29th year of her age.\\nNo. 391. Death loves a lofty mark.\\nHere lies the body of Peleg Sprague, Esq. He\\nwas born in Rochester, Mass., Dec. 10, 1756. Gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth College in the year 1787, was\\nchosen a member of Congress in the year 1797, and\\ndied April 20, 1800, in the 44th year of his age.\\nWhat tho we wade in wealth or soar in fame.\\nEarth s highest station ends in here he lies,\\nAnd dust to dust concludes her noblest song.\\nNo. 392.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 To the memory of David, son of Peleg\\nSprague, Esq., and Mrs. Rosalinda, his wife, born\\nNov. 12, 1796, and died May 15, 1797.\\nNo. 393.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abner Sanger, died Oct. 1, 1822, aged\\n83.\\nNo. 394.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rhoda Sanger, died June 28, 1811, aged\\n75.\\nNo. 395. Sarah Fisher, widow of Cornelius Stur-\\ntevaut, Jr., died at Piketon, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1821, aged\\n50. Henry, their son, died at Hudson, N. Y., Sept.\\n6, 1812, aged 17.\\nNo. 396.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sarah, died Dec. 15, 1832, aged 29;\\nMaria, died Feb. 24, 1804, aged 6 years daughters\\nof Cornelius Sturtevant.\\nNo. 397. Isaac Sturtevant, died July 1, 1863, aged\\n62. Caroline Maria, died Oct. 12, 1849, aged 9 years;\\nAnna, died Aug. 19, 1847, aged 3 months; daughters\\nof I. and L. E. Sturtevant.\\nSuffer little children to come to me.\\nNo. 398.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Milo Stone, who died July 16, 1834,\\n.aged 33.\\nNo. 399. Charles Adams, son of Milo and Eunice\\nE. Stone, died June 29, 1834, aged 7 months.\\nNo. 400.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Snow, died Dec. 18, 1845, aged\\n75.\\nNo. 401. Sally, widow of John Snow, died Blay 6,\\n1856, aged 79.\\nNo. 402. Esther, daughter of John and Esther\\nSnow, died Jan. 8, 1836, aged 31 Cyntha, daughter\\nof John and Esther Snow, died April 3, 1840, aged\\n19.\\nNo. 403. Lucretia JI., only child of George M.\\nand Olivia I. Snow, dieil June 3, 1844, aged 3 years\\nand 11 months.\\nNo. 404. Gustavus A., son of John and Jerusha\\nSnow, died July 9, 1839, aged 9 months and 8 days.\\nNo. 405.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Luther Smith, died Oct. 21, 1839, aged\\n73.\\nBe ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think\\nnot the Son of Man cometh.\\nNo. 406. Sarah, wife of Luther Smith, died June\\n7, 1858, aged 90.\\nNo. 407.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rosina Smith, died Jan. 2, 1850, aged\\n43.\\nNo. 408. Sarah, daughter of Luther Smith, died\\nNov. 25, 1864, aged 64.\\nNo. 409. Cline Smith (granite monument).\\nNo. 410.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Augustus A. Smith, died Aug. 8, 1843,\\naged 64.\\nNo. 411.- Stephen Sibley, died Jan. 18, 1846, aged\\n49.\\nNo. 412.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Esther, wife of Stephen Sibley, died March\\n25, 1872, aged 70 years and 9 months.\\nNo. 413.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Albinus Shelley, died Sept. 22, 1848, aged\\n40.\\nNo. 414.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John L. Staples, died April 28, 1855, aged\\n47.\\nNo. 415. Eliza A., wife of John L. Staples, died\\nJan. 10, 1851, aged 42.\\nNo. 416.- Jerusha, wife of Curtis Spaulding, died\\nJan. 7, 1852, aged 54.\\nNo. 417.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George N., son of N. E. and M. E. Starky,\\ndied Feb. 10, 1852, aged 6 years.\\nNo. 418.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary E., daughter of N. E. and M. E.\\nStarky, died March 24, 1852, aged 8.\\nNo. 419. Sacred to the memory of Susan G. Sel-\\nfridge, who departed this life Sept. 28, 1841, aged\\n62.\\nThe last tribute of filial love.\\nI am the resurrection and the life, saith the Sa-\\nviour. He that liveth and believeth in me, though he\\nwere dead yet shall he live. And he tliat liveth and\\nbelieveth in me shall never die.\\nLuther Smith was the old clook-maker he dropped\\ndown dead while going into his house.\\nThe Rev. .\\\\bial Livermore caused this beautiful trib-\\nute to be engraved on thi.s marble.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0094.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n65\\nXo. 420. Tlioniiis Tlioniiisdii, lidrn April (5, 1785,\\n(lied June 4, 1857.\\nNo. 421. Here rests the mortal part of Mrs. Tliirza,\\nwife of Mr. Thomas Thompson, whose virtues en-\\nileareil her to her family, friends and acquaintances;\\nshe died May 11, 1822. aged HG.\\nNo. 422. Betsy, wife of Thomas Thomjison, born\\nMarch 1, 1786, died Aug. 1, 18r)7.\\nNo. 423. In memory of Thirza Elriiira A., daugh-\\nter of Thomas and Thirza Thompson, who died Sept.\\n19, 188(), aged 17.\\nSleep, sister, sleep, for now the dawn\\nOf brighter day has met thine eye.\\nThe hand of death has gently drawn\\nThe curtain of another sky.\\nXo. 424. In memory of Thomas Thompson, who\\ndied Feb. 24, 1813, aged 71.\\nNo. 425.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Widow Sally Thompson, died April 21,\\n1840, aged 81.\\nNo. 42(3. Julia A., wife of Thomas C. Thompson,\\ndied January 2, 1850, aged 32.\\nTrue excellence ripens but in Heaven.\\nNo. 427. Augusta, daughter of A. and H. Thomp-\\nson, died Feb. 27, 1832, aged 4 years.\\nNo. 428. George, son of A. and H. Thompson, died\\nJan. 5, 1850, aged 27.\\nNo. 429. Sarah, daughter of A. and H. Thompson,\\ndied March 30, 1849, aged 19 years and 10 months.\\nNo. 430. Aaron Thompson, died March 10, 1847,\\naged 57.\\nNo. 431. Hannah, wife of Aaron Thompson, died\\nNov. 30, 1848, aged 57.\\nNo. 432. Thompson (granite monument).\\nNo. 433. Mary Ann, daughter of A. and H. Thomp-\\nson, died Nov. 6, 1843, aged 2G.\\nNo. 434. Sarah Athea, daughter of Joshua C. and\\nCaroline Thompson, died March 21, 1854, aged 2 years\\n11 months and 7 days.\\nBlossomed to die,\\nO, do not weep.\\nSuppress that sigh,\\nI sweetly sleep.\\nNo. 435.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harry Towne, died June 8, 1826, aged 24.\\nNo. 436.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ephraim Towne, died March 24, 1849,\\naged 68.\\nNo. 437. Harriet W., wife of Joseph S. Towne,\\ndied Feb. 11, 1852, aged 36.\\nNo. 438. In memory of George E. Towne, who\\ndied Nov. 6, 1851, aged 30.\\nNo. 439. Elvira, daughter of George E. and Mar-\\ntha M. Towne, died Sept. 11, 1850, aged 1 year 5\\nmonths and 21 days.\\nShed not for her the bitter tear.\\nNor give the heart to vain regret,\\nTis but the casket that lies here.\\nThe gem that fills it .sparkles yet.\\nNo. 440.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen Trask, died Aug. 7, 1830, aged\\n66.\\nNo. 441.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ezekic-1 H. Trask, died May 10, 1830,\\naged 25.\\nNo. 442.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Walter Tavlor, died Aug. 30, 1852, aged\\n64.\\nNo. 443.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 :Milla, wife of Walter Taylor, died Oct.\\n9, 1839, aged 52.\\nNo. 444.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harriet G. Taylor, died Dec. 8, 1837,\\naged 21.\\nHope is a pledge of glorious rest.\\nTo weary mortals given,\\nA Hower we cultivate on earth,\\nTo reap the fruit in Heaven.\\nNo. 445.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harriet Ada Tilden, died Oct. 10, 1844,\\naged 18.\\nNo. 44(;.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elijah Turner, died May 26, 1845, aged\\n58.\\nNo. 447.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. H. Turner, died July 2, 1825, aged\\n26.\\nWith silent li])s to Heaven we give him up.\\nSubmissively we take the cup,\\nTis bitter, but tis given.\\nNo. 448. Little Georgie George O., son of H. U.\\nand M. P. Thatcher, died Sept. 9, 1863, aged 9 months.\\nNo. 449.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John G. Thatcher, died June 2(5, 1842,\\naged 56.\\nNo. 450.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Thurstain, died July 30, 1845, aged\\n73.\\nNo. 451.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Roswell Thurstain, died April 29, 1850,\\naged 42. Francis W., William C, Julia A., Lyman\\nC, children of Eoswell and Frances Thurstain.\\nNo. 452. Twitchell (marble monument).\\nNo. 453. Amos Twitchell, born in Dublin April\\n11, 1781, died May 26, 1850.\\nNo. 454. Elizabeth Goodhue, wife of Dr. Amos\\nTwitchell, died Oct. 24, 1848, aged 60.\\nNo. 455. William Torrance, aged 39 years. Born\\nin Enfield, Mass., Dec. 1, 1815; graduated at Amherst\\nCollege in 1844; for years instructor of Keene Acad-\\nemy and the first principal of the High School died\\nFeb. 3, 1855, universally lamented.\\nThe pure in heart shall see God.\\nHis pupils in grateful remembrance of his virtues\\nhave erected this monument.\\nNo. 456.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elizabeth Wright, died March 14, 1799,\\naged 52.\\nNo. 457.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Wright, died May 3, 1811, aged\\n61 years. Martha Wilder died March 16, 1819, aged\\n35.\\nNo. 458.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus Wright, born June 13, 1785,\\ndied Nov. 23, 1864.\\nMark the perfect man and behold the upright, for\\nthe end of that man is peace.\\nNo. 459. Mrs. Jerusha, wife of Mr. Adolphus\\nWright, died March 17, 1828, aged 43.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0095.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "66\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNo. 460.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sylvia, wife of Adolphus Wright, died\\nDec. 19, 1866, aged 79 years and 11 months.\\nBlessed are the dead who die in the Lord.\\nNo. 461. In memory of George Andrew, youngest\\nson of Adolphus and Jerusha Wright, who died .Tan.\\n29, 1819, aged 6 years and 6 months.\\nNo. 462.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Giistavus Wright, died Dec. 5, 1834, aged\\n27.\\nNo. 46.3. George Andrew, died Oct. 2.5, 1824, aged\\n3. Frederick Wm., died March 7, 1827, aged 16, sons\\nof Adolphus and .Terusha AVright.\\nNo. 464.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Ephraim Wright, died Dec. 24, 1821,\\naged 66.\\nNo. 465. Sophronia Wright, died July 5, 1821, aged\\n20 months. Sophronia, died Aug. 12, 1822, aged 1\\nmonth, daughters of Mr. Ephraim and Mrs. Charity\\nWright.\\nNo. 466.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alba Wright, died Dec. .5, 18.51, aged\\n35.\\nNo. 467. Betsy, wife of Salmon Wright, died Oct.\\n3, 1837, aged 27 years.\\nNo. 468. Sewell J., eldest son of Salmon and Betsy\\nWright, died Aug. 31, 1837, aged 2 years and 3\\nmonths.\\nNo. 469. Franklin H., son of Salmon and Betsy\\nWright, died Oct. 8, 1837, aged 1 year and 1 month.\\nNo. 470.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Wells, died July 25, 1803.\\nNo. 471. William Wyman, died April 27, 1811,\\naged 36.\\nNo. 472. Mary, wife of William Wyman, died Nov.\\n4, 1813, aged 40.\\nNo. 473. Hannah, wife of Josiah Ward, died Aug.\\n13, 1815, aged 32 years. She was the daughter of\\nEben Philips, of Grafton, Mass.\\nSleep soft in dust, wait the Almighty s will\\nThen rise unchanged and be an angel still.\\nNo. 474.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Woods, died March 23, 1812,\\naged 83.\\nNo. 475. In memory of Naome, wife of William\\nWoods, who died Sept, 9, 1815, aged 73.\\nNo. 476.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elijah Woods, died June 19, 1852, aged\\n74.\\nNo. 477.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sally, wife of Elijah Woods, died Oct. 9,\\n1844, aged 66.\\nNo. 478.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joshua Woods, died Oct. 26, 1820, aged\\n65.\\nNo. 479.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charlotte E., wife of Oren Woods, died\\nDec. 9, 18.34, aged 21. Dinah, wife of Oren Woods,\\ndied Dec. 21, 1850, aged 39.\\nNo. 480.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Wood, born 1764, died 1846. Abi-\\ngail Wood, his wife, born 1767, died 1848. Children\\nof S. and A. Wood Abigail, born 1793, died 1795\\n1 This young man was drowned in the Ashuelot Elver.\\nThere was formerly a picket fence with cedar posts around\\nthis grave one of the posts still standing, having done\\nservice over seventy years.\\nHarriet, born 1800, died 1802 James, born 1807, died\\n1809 Sophia D., born 1804, died 1819 Mary A., born\\n1810, died 1831.\\nNo. 481. Deacon Samuel Wood, born at Westfield,\\nMass., Jan. 3, 1791, died Dec. 29, 1854.\\nNo. 482. Emily, wife of Dea. Samuel Wood, born\\nat Lancaster, Mass., July 27, 1795, died April 10,\\n1857.\\nNo. 483.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Martha Wyman, born Dec. 27,1818, died\\nAug. 27, 1819 John, born Aug. 27, 1820, died July\\n8, 1832; Elizabeth Newell, horn Feb. 20, 1821, died\\nJulys, 1844; Samuel, born Feb. 20, 1824, died March\\n29, 1824 Martha Ann, born March 1, 1825, died Sept.\\n.30,1825; Abigail Fosdick, born July 4, 1820, died\\nSept. 29, 1826; children of Samuel and Emily Wood.\\nNo. 484. Laura Ann, daughter of Alinon and Jane\\nWoods, died Jan. 9, 1843, aged 1 year and 6 months.\\nNo. 485. Ann E., daughter of Henry and Susan\\nWiiods, died June 11, 18.57, aged 11 years and 6\\nmonths.\\nNo. 486. In memory of Mrs. Bial, wife of Mr. Jo-\\nsiah Willard, who departed this life March 31, 1805,\\nin the 26th year of her age.\\nNo. 4S7. Jennett, daughter of Roswell and Eliza-\\nbetli Willard, died March 2, 1816, aged 15 months.\\nNo. 488.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edwin T. and George C, children of\\nHenry and Sally Willard.\\nNo. 489.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Allie Winnefred Willard, died March 14,\\n1859, aged 2 years 1 month and 15 days.\\nThis star went down in beauty,\\nYet tis shining now\\nIn the liright and dazzling coronet\\nTliat decks the Saviour s brow.\\nNo. 490.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry W. Willard, of the First New\\nHampshire Cavalry, died at Annapolis, Md., March\\n3, 1865, aged 16 years and 6 months.\\nNo. 491.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solomon R. Willard, died June 26, 1854,\\naged 30; Eunice Trask, his wife, died Oct. 3, 1857,\\naged 33.\\nNo. 492.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel AVatson, died June 17, 1837,\\naged 76.\\nNo. 493. Susanna, wife of Daniel Watson, died\\nFeb. 26, 1850, aged 83 years.\\nNo. 494. Eliza, daughter of Daniel and Susanna\\nWatson, died July 19, 1817, in the 24lh year of her\\nage.\\nNo. 495. In memory of Capt. David Wilson, who\\ndied Dec. 5, 1818, aged 70 years.\\nNo. 496. Mrs. Ellenor, wife of D.avid Wilson and\\nlate widow of Samuel Chapman, died Aug. 26, 1828,\\naged 84 years.\\nNo. 497.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Becca Wilson, died Feb. 27, 1831,\\naged 50 years.\\nNo. 498. Harriet C, daughter of Joseph and\\nRoxanna Wilson, died Oct. 29, 1829, aged 10 months.\\nNo. 499.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Wilson, died May 5, 1845, aged\\n49 years.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0096.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n67\\nNo. oOO. An infant daughter of Charles and Flora\\nS. Wilson, born and died Aug. 28, 1852.\\nNo. 501. C. D. Wilson, wife of Norman Wilson,\\ndied Oct. 21, 1846, aged 38 years.\\nNo. 502. Granite monument, David Wilder, Ca-\\nleb Wilder and Lucy Gowing.\\nNo. 503. Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary, wife of\\nJohn Wilder. She was born the 5th of June, 1781,\\nand died Oct. 20, 1800, in the 29th year of her age.\\nHow loved, how valued once ;rs ails thee not,\\nTo whom related or by whom begot\\nA heap of dust alone remains of thee,\\nTis all thou art and what we all must be.\\nNo. 504. In memory of our father, Aljel Wilder,\\nilied April 3, 1862, aged 91 years and 7 months.\\nNo. )05. In memory of Mrs. JIary, wife of Abel\\nWilder, who departed this life July 19, 1813, aged 36\\nyears.\\nNo. 506. Azel, son of Dea. Abijah Wilder, born\\nNov. 23, 1788, died April 9, 1860.\\nThere remaineth a rest to the i)eople of God.\\nNo. 507. Elvira Warner, wife of Azel Wilder,\\nborn March 2, 1792, died Jan. 28, 1863.\\nBlessed are the dead who die in the Lord they\\nrest from their labors and their works do follow\\nthem.\\nNo. 508. Charles Johnson, son of Azel and Elvira\\nWilder, died Dec. 28, 1818, aged 2 years and 4.\\nmonths.\\nNo. 509. Azel Bradley, son of Azel and Elvira\\n^Vikler, born April 3, 1825, died Ajiril 30, 1826.\\nNo. 510.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lucius E. Wilder, died Oct. 23, 1843,\\naged 25.\\nNo. 511. Lauretta, youngest daughter of Azel and\\nElvira Wilder, died May 12, 1848, aged 18 years.\\nNo. 512. Charles J. Wilder, first lieutenant Com-\\npany H, Thirty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers,\\nkilled in action at Derbytown Road, Va., Oct. 18,\\n1864, aged 43 years. Elmiua N., widow of Charles\\nJ. Wilder, died Oct. 15, 1807, aged 44 years.\\nNo. 513. Edward Warner, son of Edward B. and\\nM. A. Wilder, born Feb. 4, and died Oct. 18, 1864,\\naged 8 months and 14 days.\\nLittle Warner, if my tears fell tis not for pain I\\nweep,\\nI know that safe in Heaven God n ill keep\\nThe little babe that with me went to sleep.\\nNo. 514.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dea. Abijah Wilder, died Jan. 9, 1835,\\naged 83 j ears, who was forty-eight years an esteemed\\nofficer in the church. Mrs. Tamer, fourth wife of\\nDea. A. Wilder, died Dec. 10, 1834, aged 85 years.\\nSarah, his first wife, died March 8, 1780, aged 28 years.\\nMartha, his second wife, died March 28, 1774, aged\\n37 years. Bulah, his third wife, died Dec. 27, 1788,\\naged 31 years.\\nThese all died in faith.\\nNo. 515.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Martha Wilder, died Jan. 27, 1864, aged\\n82.\\nBeloved as daughter, si.ster and friend.\\nShe hath done what she could.\\nDuring forty-three years Superintendent of the\\nSabbath-school. Her house was ever open to the\\ndisciples of Christ for prayer, and her labors were\\nabundant for the poor, the sick and the afflicted.\\nThese things shall be told of her for a memorial.\\nNo. 516. Erected to the memory of Dr. Joseph\\nWheeler, who died April 23, 1826, aged 46 years.\\nNo. 517. Erected in memory of Mr. Lynds Whee-\\nlock, who died May 28, 1825, aged 41.\\nNo. 518. Sarah F., wife of Lynds Wheelock, died\\nOct. 12, 1839, aged 46 years.\\nNo. 519. Sacred to the memory of Sophia Penne-\\nman, daughter of Mr. Lynds and Mrs. Sally Wheelock,\\nwho died Aug. 22, 1819, aged 2 years.\\nNo. 520. Adeline, daughter of Lynds Wheelock,\\ndied April 17, 1829, aged 4 years and 4 months.\\nNo. 521.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Warren, died Feb. 15, 1835, aged\\n7 weeks. Susan K., Jan. 9, 1840, aged 2 years and 7\\nmonths, children of David and Lydia Warren.\\nNo. 522. Julia, daughter of Luther and Lucinda\\nWhite, died Sept. 22, 1846, aged 4 weeks and 2 days.\\nAh lovely babe, no sooner mine\\nThan God the gift reclaim\\nThe loss is ours, the gain is thine,\\nThy bosom knew no stain.\\nNo. 523. (Granite monument.) Selden F. AVhite,\\nborn April 16, 1812, died Nov. 22, 1867. Emily W.,\\nborn May 21, 1815, died Dec. 11, 1857. John, born\\nFeb. 2, 1837, died Sept. 2, 1837. Emily A., born\\nNov. 29, 1843, died May 26, 1844. Jennie A., born\\nDec. 15, 1851, died Dec. 20, 1853.\\nNo. 524. Betsey, wife of Shubacl ^Vhitc, died May\\n1, 1838, aged 28.\\nNo. 525. Miss Palmira Warner, died Ajiril 26,\\n1840, aged 50 years.\\nNo. 526.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alva Walker, died Oct. 25, 1842, aged 47\\nyears.\\nNo. 527. Emily N., wife of Benj. E. Webster, of\\nBoston, Mass., died June 13, 1845, aged 26 years.\\nBeloved friends, prepare to meet thy God.\\nNo. 528. Mary E., wife of E. W. Winchester, died\\nMay 22, 1845, aged 21 years.\\nKnown only to be loved.\\nNo. 529.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Julia A., daughter of E. W. and M. E.\\nWinchester, died Aug. 25, 1848, aged 4 years and 10\\nmonths.\\nNo. 530. Miriam, wife of Nathan Willey, died\\nJune 7, 1847, aged 67.\\nNo. 531.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Seth Willey, died March 14, 1863, aged\\n59.\\nNo. 532. Charlotte C, wife of Roswell Weeks,\\ndied at Winchester Aug. 6, 1851, aged 55 years.\\nI am not lost, but gone before.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0097.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "68\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNo. 533.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ella, daughter of Thos. H. and Martha\\nW. Williams, died Nov. 25, 1854, aged 3 years, 1\\nmonth aud 15 days.\\nThe Old Graveyard at Ash Swami\\nNEAR THE J08IAH Sawyer Place. I learn\\nfrom an old citizen that the land for this bury-\\nins-sround was mxen to the district by a man\\nthat formerly owned the Sawyer place (probably\\nAbraham Wheeler), and that his neighbors and\\nfriends turned out and built the stone wall\\naround it, the place having been used ever since\\nbv the inhabitants of this part of the town for\\na place to bury their dead. Near the entrance\\non the right, as you go in, is the Ingersol family\\ntomb it has not been opened for many years.\\nI have been told that it has been the custom for\\na long time to bury the poor and friendless in a\\nrow on the extreme west part of the yard, and\\nhere yon will find a long row of God s poor;\\nbut my religion teaches me that when the last\\ntrump shall sound, many that were buried here\\nwill have as clear a record as others that have\\ncostly monuments, and had more friends while\\non earth.\\nAmong the list of names found on the mon-\\numents in this old yard will be found many\\nthat took an active part in the first settlement of\\nthe town, and at this day, although moi e than\\neighty-eight years have passed since the first in-\\nterment, may be found many of their descend-\\nants owning or living on the farms of their\\nancestors. The old buryiug-ground hasalwavs\\nbeen kept in good order, improvements con-\\nstantly being made, and now, by taking a few\\nrods of land on the north, south aud west sides,\\nit would be sufficient for the needs of this part\\nof the t(\u00c2\u00bbwn for another century. The follow-\\ning is a list of the interments in this cemetery,\\nwith the inscriptions upon the tombstones\\nNo. 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sarah F. Richardson, wife oi Nilcs Aldrich,\\ndied June 3, 1853, aged 22.\\nA wife and mother gone\\nTo a better world we trust\\nAngels, watch ye round her tomb.\\nAnd guard her peaceful dust.\\nDearest partner, how I miss thee,\\nAnd deplore thy loss on earth\\nThough while here I loved thee deeply,\\nNow I feel aud know thy worth.\\nAnd may we, while we mourn the blow.\\nWith filial reverence kiss the rod.\\nAnd feel that though she s lost below.\\nOur daughter, sister, lives with God.\\nDear as thou wert, and justly dear.\\nWe will not weep for thee,\\nOne thought shall check the staiting tears\\nIt is that thou art free.\\nNo. 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Polly, wife of Calvin Allen, died Dec. 31,\\n18G3, aged 63.\\nWe mourn thy loss.\\nNo. 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frank, son of H. H. and F. J. Ashcroft,\\ndied April 17, 1871, aged 17 days.\\nMany hopes lie buried here.\\nNo. 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Bradford, died April 21, 1838, aged\\n67.\\nNo. 5. Erected to the memory of Mrs. 8arah, wife\\nof Daniel Bradford, Esq., a native of Duxbury, Mass.,\\nwho died Nov. 21, 1823, aged 51 years.\\nNo. 6. Miss Emily, daughter of Daniel and Sarah\\nBradford, died June 3d, 1815, aged 17.\\nVarious are the shafts of death.\\nNo. 7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Baker, died April 2, 1842, aged 89.\\nNo. 8. Betsey, wife of Thomas Baker, died Sept.\\n12, 1839, aged 75.\\nNo. 9. In memory of Emily, daughter of Mr.\\nThomas and Mrs. Betsey Baker, who died JIarch 17th,\\n1813, in the 9th year of her age.\\nSo fades the lovely blooming flower,\\nFrail solace of an hour\\nSo soon our transient comforts fly.\\nAnd pleasure only blooms to die.\\nNo. 10. Two infant sons of David and Amanda H.\\nBaker, died Oct. 2, 1829, and March 29, 1831.\\nDeparted innocence to memory dear,\\nShall oft receive the tribute of a tear.\\nWhile fond affections mourn thy early tomb.\\nNo. 11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Baker, died April 20, 1868, aged 72\\nyears and 8 months.\\nBlessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.\\nNo. 12.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solomon Blake, died Oct. 30, 1809, in the\\n32d year of his age.\\nNo. 13.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Obadiah Blake, died June 22, 1810, in\\nthe 92d year of his age.\\nThomas Baker, in 1773, belonged to the Foot Guard of\\nKeene in 1776 he, with Don Guild and Eliphalet Briggs,\\nwas chosen a committee to put in execution certain resolves\\npassed by the town, among them one to prevent profane\\ncursing and swearing also to prevent everybody from\\nspending their time in tippling-houses and being out after\\nnine o clock at night.\\nDr. Obadiah Blake belonged to the Alarm-List of Keene\\nin 1773 he also was chosen one of a committee to hire a\\nminister in 1761. The Rev. Clement Sumner was settled\\nabout this time, and this committee was voted twelve\\npounds, lawful money of the Massachusetts Bay, for the\\ntrouble and charges in providing for the ordination", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0098.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n69\\nNo. 14. Lydia, wife of Dr. Obadiah Blako, died\\nJune 28, 1810, aged 77 years.\\nBlessed are the dead that die in the Lord.\\nNo. lo. In memory of Royal Bhike, born June 30,\\n1706, died Oct. 9, 1827.\\nNo. 16. In memory of Phillis, wife of Royal Blake,\\nborn Nov. 3, 1763, died Sept. 6, 1827.\\nNo. 17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eli Blake, died July 14, 1837, aged 70\\nyears.\\nNo. 18. Deliverance, wife of Eli Blake, died April\\n14, 1845, aged 70.\\nNo. 19. Josei h Brown, died Jan. 3, 1836, aged 71.\\nNo. 20. Keziah, his wife, clied Jan. 3, 1836, aged\\n72.\\nNo. 21.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ami Brown, died Sept. 27, 1858, aged 88.\\nMary E., wife of Ami Brown, dieil Oct. 23, 1853, aged\\n87.\\nNo. 22. Hepsey, daughter of Ami and JIary E.\\nBr(jwn, died Oct., 1803, aged 2 years and 9 months.\\nSleep on, sweet child.\\nAnd take thy rest,\\nGod hath pronounced\\nSuch children blessed.\\nNo. 23. Hepsey Brown, died April 6, 1831, in the\\n24th year of her age.\\nHear what the voice of Heaven i)roclaims\\nFor all the pious dead\\nSweet is the savor of their names,\\nAnd soft their sleeping bed.\\nNo. 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Allen Brown, died July 10, 1840, in the\\n31st year of his age.\\nI leave this world without a tear,\\nSave for the friends I hold so dear;\\nTo heal their sorrows. Lord, descend,\\nAnd to the mourners prove a friend.\\nNo. 25.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wealthy M., wife of Allen Brown, died\\nJune 29, 1840, in the 28th year of her age.\\nStop each fond parental tear.\\nAnd each fraternal sigh,\\nShe is freed from all her troubles here\\nTo dwell with God on high.\\nNo. 26. Sylvia E., wife of Joseph Brown, died\\nJan. 10, 1857, aged 51.\\nGo, peaceful spirit, rest,\\nSecure from earth s alarms,\\nGo sleep upon the Saviour s breast,\\nEncircled in His arms.\\nWe weep to see thee die,\\nWe mourn thy absence yet,\\nO may we meet thee in the sky.\\nAnd there our tears forget..\\nNo. 27. Calvin Brown, died Aug. 31, 1826, in the\\n35th year of his age.\\nMy flesh shall slumber in the ground\\nTill the last trumpet s joyful sound.\\nThen burst the chains with sweet surprise\\nAnd in mv Saviour s image rise.\\nNo. 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John F. Brown, died May 18, 1827, in the\\n34th year of his age.\\nIs this the lot that all must die?\\nWill death no ages spare?\\nThen let us all to Jesus fly.\\nAnd seek for refuge there.\\nNo. 29. Squire Brown, died Dec. 18, 1829, aged\\n31.\\nDear companion, now in your bloom.\\nBehold me mouldering in this dark tomb;\\nWhen God doth call us, all must go.\\nWhether we are prepared or no.\\nNo. 30. Esther Billings, consort of Mr. Isaac Bil-\\nlings, died June 1, 1806, aged 64 years.\\nNo. 31.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sarah Bor.sh, died April 1, 1852, aged 6\\nweeks.\\nNo. 32.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edmund Beebe, died July 3, 1848, aged\\n40.\\nWeep not for me.\\nNo. 33. Lucinda C, wife of Edmund Beebe, died\\nNov. 7, 1855, aged 53.\\nDearest mother, thou h.ast left us.\\nHere thy loss we deeply feel.\\nBut tis God that hath bereft us\\nHe can all our sorrows heal.\\nNo. 34.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles E., died Nov. 3, 1836, aged tl\\nmonths I-:ithca Amelia, died March 3, 1846, aged IS\\nmonths, children of Edmund and Lucinda C. Beebe.\\nFarewell, dear idol of our hearts.\\nTo thee short life was given.\\nThy morning broke most sweetly here.\\nThy evening closed in Heaven.\\nNo. 35. Jane M., daughter of Edmund and Lu-\\ncinda C. Beebe, died Nov. 11, 1857, aged 16 years and\\n2 months.\\nFriends nor physicians could not save,\\nMy mortal body from the grave,\\nNor can the grave confine me here\\nWhen Jesus calls I must appear.\\nNo. 36. Hannah C, wife of Stilman Buss, died\\nSept. 13, 1849, aged 37 years.\\nNo. 37. Mary Jane, daughter of Stilman and Han-\\nnah C. Buss, died April 11, 1852, aged 13 years.\\nFarewell, dear Mary, thou art gone\\nTo join thy mother dear.\\nAnd left thy friends to mourn alone\\nIn this cold world so drear.\\nBut, Mary dear, we hope to meet.\\nIn that world above.\\nWhere those dear friends have gone before.\\nWhere all is peace and love.\\nNo. 38. Ferdinand, son of Stilman and Hannah\\nC. Buss, died April 7, 1854, aged 9.\\nFarewell, sweet one in Heaven,\\nWhere thou art shining now,", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0099.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "70\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nI know tluit siu ;ind sorrow\\nAre banished from thy brow.\\nNo. .39.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Calvin Bragg, died March 1, 1810, aged\\n42 years.\\nNo. 40. Sally, wife of Aaron Gary and former\\nwife of Calvin Bragg, died Aug. 1, 1840, aged 62\\nyears.\\nNo. 41.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Huldah Bragg, died Dee. 10, 1818, aged\\n18.\\nNo. 42. Mary, daughter of Roswell and Raehel\\nBragg, died May If!, 1841, aged 8 years and 4 months.\\nNo. 43.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eliza Bragg, died Sept. 29, 1872, aged 63\\nyears 5 months 29 days.\\n(tone but not forgotten.\\nNo. 44.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. Britton (2d), died Jan. 28,1836, aged\\n62 years. A native of Mansfield, Mass.\\nNo. 45.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sarah S. Banks, died July 2, 1836, aged 26\\nyears.\\nNo. 46. Rosdelino, daughter of Theodore and\\nBetsy Bolio, died July 3, 18o4, aged 1 year and 12\\ndays.\\nWeejj not to mourn it is not meet.\\nFor all that s earthly sure will fade\\nLook then above and hope to greet\\nThy loved one now an angel made.\\nNo. 47.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew H. Blodgett, died May 3, 1872,\\naged 58 years.\\nNo. 48.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles A. Bates, son of J. M. and Eliza\\nBates, died June 16, 1806, aged 11 years and two\\nmouths.\\nDearest Charlie, thou hast left us.\\nNo. 49.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .lohn Colony, died June 24, 1797, aged 67\\nyears.\\nNo. 50.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .Milly, wife of John Colony, died Jan. 24,\\n1X11, aged 77 years.\\nXo. 51. Timothy Colony, died Aug. 29, 1.S36, aged\\n72 years.\\nNo. 52. Sarah, wife of Timothy Cohmy, died April\\n27, 1853, aged 82 years.\\nNo. 53. Mary, daughter of Timothy and Sarah\\nColony, died Aug. 22, 1819, aged 26.\\nNo. 54. George, son of Timothy and Sarah Colony,\\ndied Feb. 4, 1820, aged 9 years.\\nNo. 55. Lockhart, son of Timothy and Sarah Col-\\nony, died December 23, 1823, aged 23 years.\\nNo. 56. Lucy H., wife of Charles K. Colony, died\\nApril 21, 1.H56, aged 36 years.\\nI go to my Father.\\nNo. 57. Georgcett C, daughter of C. K. and L. H.\\nColony, died July 16, 1846, aged 10 months.\\nBeautiful and lovely.\\nShe was but given,\\nA fair bud to earth.\\nTo bloom in Heaven.\\nNo. 58. Roscoe C, son of C. K. and L. H. ninny,\\ndied April 8, 1848, aged 2 months.\\nThou art gone, dearest boy,\\nLove s bright cord riven,\\nThou hast joined little sisters\\nNow angels in Heaven.\\nNo. 59. In memory of Lovey, daughter of Je.sse\\nClark, Jr., and Delano Clark, who died Jan. 22, 1800,\\naged 15 years and 8 months.\\nNo. 60. In memory of Fanny, daughter of Jesse\\nClark, Jr., and Delano Clark, who died Sept. 20, 1799\\naged 1 year and 1 month.\\nNo. 61. In memory of Mrs. Betsey, relict of Dea.\\nSimeon Clark, who died Aug. 5, 1817, aged 86 years.\\nNo. 62.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gideon Clark, died Sept. 6, 1859, aged 73\\nyears.\\nNo. 63. Delano Ware, wife of Gideon Clark, died\\nOct. 22, 1867, aged 76 years.\\nNo. 64. Mary M., daughter of Gideon and Delano\\nClark, died Oct. 6, 1825, aged 2 years.\\nNo. 65.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Franklin G. Clark, died Jan 23, 1837,\\naged 21 years.\\nNo. 66. Charles S., son of W. and C. Crane, died\\nMarch 8, 1854, aged 6 months.\\nNo. 67. Charles Cooke, died Aug. 18, 1824, aged\\n57 years.\\nNo. 68. Mary, widow of Charles Cooke, died Nov.\\n23, 1852, aged 81 years.\\nNo. 69. Harriet M., daughter of Charles and Har-\\nriet Cooke, died Aug. 19, 1818, aged 3 years and 7\\nmonths.\\nNo. 70.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nancy C. Miller, wife of Wm. P. Cochran,\\ndied Jan. 9, 1871, aged 51 years 1 month and 21\\ndays.\\nNo. 71. Austin, aged 4 years and 4 months Cor-\\nnelia, aged 2 years and 6 months children of Wm. P.\\nand Nancy C. Cochran, died Jan. 9, 1854.\\nNo. 72. William E., son of Wm. P. Cochran, died\\nNov. 25, 1874, aged 19 years 9 months and 1 day.\\nNo. 73. John Chamberlain, died Aug. 29, 1870, aged\\n75 years.\\nNo. 74. Sylvia P., wife of John Chamberlain, died\\nOct. 28, 1852, aged 55 years.\\nBlessed are the dead which die in the Lord from\\nhenceforth.\\nNo. 75.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Chamberlain, died Aug. 12, 1849,\\naged 19 years and 9 months.\\nRemember thy Creator in the days of thy youth.\\nNo. 76. Nancy, wife of John Chamberlain, died\\n.Fune 10, 1822, aged 24 years Olive H., wife of John\\nChamberlain, died April 15, 1826, aged 34 years.\\n1 was an apprentice with Franklin G. Clark in my fath-\\ner s old .shop on Washington Street. At the end of hisMp-\\nprenticeship Clark started in the stage, with one of my\\nsisters and her young child, for Troy, N. Y. The stage was\\noverturned, Clark killed, and my sister and child badly\\nhurt.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0100.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n71\\nNo. 77.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elisha Chamberlain, died June 11, 1840,\\nin tlie 78th j-ear of his age.\\nThy virtue and thy worth\\nShall fond remembrance cheer,\\nAnd ease the aching heart,\\nThat drops the falling tear.\\nNo. 78. Susannah, wife of ElishaChamberlain, died\\nMay 10, 1846, aged 80 years.\\nNo. 79. Ellen E., daughter of Wm. and Mary\\nChamberlain, died March 18, 1847, aged 3 years.\\nNo. 80.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thonas Dwinell, died July 9,1866, aged\\n70. Arabella, died Aug. 26, 1865, aged 7. wife of\\nThomas Dwinell.\\nNo. SI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Dwinell, died April 14,1838, aged\\n84.\\nNo. 82. Sarah, wife of Thomas Dwinell, died Nov.\\n29, 1845, aged 84.\\nNo. 83. Mary, daughter of Mr. Thomas and Sazy\\nDwinell, died 26 July, 1811, aged 13 years 3 months\\nand 12 days.\\nNo. 84. Charles E., son of Benjamin and Fanny\\nDwinell, died April 24, 1838, aged 7.\\nNo. 85. Mary Ann, wife of Oren Dickinson, died\\nApril 20, 1840, aged 3\\\\.\\nNo. 86. Elvie, daughter of Oren and Emily Dick-\\ninson, died Dec. 13, 1858, aged 2 years 2 months and\\n12 years.\\nShe is gone, aye gone forever.\\nDead to earthly grief and care\\nBut she lives in Uod s own kingdom,\\nWe will hope to meet her there.\\nNo. 87. Elmer F., son of Oren and Emily Dickin-\\nson, died June 17, 1864, of wounds received in battle\\nnear Petersburg, Va., aged 23. A member of the 23d\\nReg. Mass. Vols.\\nHe dwelleth in heaven, yet deep in our hearts.\\nHis image is grown and now departs\\nAnd while we yet linger we watch and we wait,\\nTill death who has parted again shall unite.\\nNo. 88. In memory of James Daniels, who died\\nApril 25, 1814, aged 53.\\nNo. 89. Ezra Daniels, died Sept. 3, 1835, aged\\n75.\\nNo. 90. Charles Daniels, died March 0, 1849, aged\\n46. Minna, his wife, died Dec. 29, 1861, aged 59.\\nNo. 91. John D., son of Charles and Minna Dan-\\niels, died Aug. 23, 1845, aged 3 years and 9 months.\\nNo. 92. Bethiah, wife of Dea. Eli Dort, departed\\nthis life June 10, 1833, aged 71.\\nNo. 93.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Arvill, wife of Obed Dort, died June 3,\\n1843, aged 37.\\nThe storm that wrecks the wintry sky\\nNo more disturbs her calm repose,\\nThan Summer evening s latest sigh,\\nThat shuts the rose.\\n(Erected by an affectionate son).\\nNo. 94. Lewis Edgar, son of Obed and Louisa Dort,\\ndied May 5, 1854, aged 4 years and 6 months.\\nMy precious boy, a short farewell\\nTis hard to jiart with thee.\\nBut God beheld thee far too pure\\nFor our own society.\\nWe miss thy lovely face.\\nThy sweet and prattling voice\\nLone and sad your mother is,\\nWithout her lovely boy.\\nDear mother, weep not; tears will hide\\nMy glory from thy view\\nFor soon you ll follow me.\\nAnd then we ll string the harp anew.\\nNo. 95. Hannah, consort of Mr. Joshua Durant,\\ndied October 10, 1798, aged 48.\\nNo. 96. ilrs. Cynthia Emery, died June 1823,\\naged 31.\\nNo. 97. Archelaus Ellis, died Feb. 26, 1845, aged\\n67.\\nNo. 98. Mrs. Polly Houghton, wife of Archelaus\\nEllis, died July 26, 1865, aged 85.\\nWe lay thee down with many a sigh,\\nIn the cold lap of Mother earth\\nBut thy remembrance shall not die.\\nNor the dear memory of thy worth.\\nNo. 99. Miss Fanny, daughter of Archelaus and\\nPolly Ellis, died March 10, 1832, aged 17.\\nNo. 100. Mrs. Charlotte, daughter of Archelaus\\nand Polly Ellis, died Jan. 9, 1835, aged 21.\\nNo. 101. Elmina D., wife of Eugene S. Ellis, died\\nMarch 1, 1872, aged 57 years 10 months and 25\\ndays.\\nMother at rest in Heaven.\\nNo. 102.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary E., died Sept. 11, 1841, aged 10\\nmonths Franklin E., died Jan. 18, 1843, aged 10\\nmonths; children of Eugene S. and Elmina D.Ellis.\\nHere lies the grief of a fond motherand the blasted\\nexpectations of an indulgent father. They lived be-\\nloved and died lamented.\\nNo. 103.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George S. Ellis, died Oct. 29, 1872, aged 52\\nyears 7 months and 10 days.\\nFather at rest.\\nNo. 104.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Ellis, died Nov. 16, 1857, aged\\n28.\\nDearest husband, thou has left us\\nStill thy loss I deeply feel\\nBut tis God that hath bereft us.\\nHe can all my sorrows heal.\\nYet again I hope to meet thee.\\nWhen the day of life is fled\\nThen in Heaven with joy to greet thee.\\nWhere no farewell tear is shed.\\nRosa Jane, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah J.\\nEllis, died April 12, 1858, aged 1 year and 3 months.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0101.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "72\\nHISTORY OP CllESHIilE COUxNTY, NKW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSweet little Rose, have you gone\\nTo join your father dear?\\nThough hard to part, we must not mourn,\\nBut hope to meet you there.\\nNo. 105.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Fi.sher died Marc h 30, 1859, aged\\n72.\\nBlessed arc the dead who die in the Lord.\\nNo. 106. Susan Shaw, wife if Daniel Fisher, died\\nAug. 8, 1864, aged 66.\\nNo. 107. Thomas S., son of Daniel and Susan\\nFisher, died Feb. 26, 188(;, aged 7 months and 7\\ndays.\\nNo. 108. Daniel H.,son of Daniel and Susan Fish-\\ner, died Jan. 2, 1841, aged 18 years and 11 months.\\nNo. 109. Loring S., sou of Daniel and Susan Fish-\\ner, died Sept. 3, 1850, aged 18 years and 6 months.\\nNo. 110.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Foster, died 7 Jan., 1798, aged\\n42.\\nNo. 111.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary, wife of David Foster, died March\\n30, 1833, aged 77.\\nNo. 112. Sally, daughter of Mr. David and Mrs.\\nMary Foster, died 24 Aug. 1798, in the 2d year of her\\nage.\\nNo. ll;i.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Betsey, daughter of Mr. David and Mrs.\\nMary Foster, died 7 Nov. 1810, aged 27 years.\\nNo. 114. In memory of Mrs. Nancy Foster, who\\ndied Nov. 11, 1824, in the 31st year of her age.\\nNo. 115.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Polly Foster, died April 26, 1848, aged\\n57.\\nNo. 116. Samuel Foster, died Dec. 3, 1848, aged\\n67.\\nNo. 117. In memory of Abijah Foster, who died\\nApril 2, 1822, aged 59 years.\\nNo. 118. In memory of Artemisia, wife of Abijah\\nFoster, who died Jan. 8, 1837. aged 71.\\nNo. 119. In memory of Capt. George A. Foster,\\nwho died Aug. 15, 1839, aged 41.\\nNo. 120.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elijah W. Felt, died March 20, 1855,\\naged 72.\\nNo. 121.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruth, wife of Elijah W. Felt, died March\\n24, 1855, aged 62.\\nNo. 122. Susan D., wife of 0. Field, born Aug.\\n17, 1844, died April 23, 1866. Edward O., son of\\nA. O. and S. D. F ield, born Jan. 1, 1866, died March\\n11, 1866.\\nNo. 123.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Grimes, died Jan. 24, 1843, aged\\n80.\\nNo. 124. Mary S., relictof-Iohn Grimes, died Aug.\\n22, 1847, aged 82 years and 10 months.\\nNo. 125. John Grimes, Jr., son of Mr. John an l\\nMrs. Mary Grimes, died 3 Sept., 1813, in the 22d year\\nof his age.\\nNo. 126. Our mother, Mary Grimes, wife of the\\nlate Jotham Stearns, died Feb. 3, 1875, aged 79 years\\nand 3 months.\\nNo. 127. Alexander Grimes, died Ai)ril I. 1876,\\naged 87 years 10 months and 23 days.\\nNo. 128. Abigail, wife of Alex. Grimes, died Sept.\\n25, 1869, aged 81 years and G months.\\nAsleep in Jesus.\\nNo. 129. Alexander, son of Alexander and Abigail\\nGrimes, died Sept. 19, 1826, aged 3 years 3 months\\nand 11 days.\\nNo. 130.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Grimes, died Sept. 3, 1865, aged\\n65.\\nNo. 131. Sarah A., daughter of (reorge and Har-\\nriet (irimes, died Dec. 12, 1845, aged 7 years and 8\\nmonths.\\nNo. 132.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hannah Grimes, died March 11, 1876,\\naged 78 years and 9 months.\\nNo. 133. Betsey Grimes, born July 20, 1786, died\\nFeb. 20, 1875, aged 88 years and 7 months.\\nWe miss tine.\\nNo. 134.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jesse Grimes, died Sept. 30, 1861, aged\\n69.\\nNo. 135. Lucinda Grimes, died .4pril 14, 1875,\\naged 78 years 3 months and 23 days.\\nShe said, when speaking of Jesus He has been\\na very precious Saviour to me, the chief among ten\\nthousand and the one altogether lovely.\\nNo. 136. Thomas Henry, son of Thomas and\\nNancy E. Grimes, died Sept. 27, 1854, aged 2 weeks\\nand 4 days.\\nNo. 137.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uly.-;ses G., died Nov. 9, 1872, aged 2\\nyears 11 months and 21 days. Twin children of\\nChauncy A. and Cornelia R. Grimes. Infant daugh-\\nter died Nov. 19, 1869.\\nI take these little himbs, said he.\\nAnd lay them in my breast\\nProtection they shall find in me,\\nIn me be ever blest.\\nNo. 138. Aaron Gary, died Dec. 24, 1845, aged\\n75.\\nNo. 139. Sally, wife of Aaron Gary, and former\\nwife of Calvin Brown, died Aug. 1, 184U, aged 62.\\nNo. 140. Asaph L. Graves, died Sept. 6, 1849, aged\\n25.\\nHajipy soul, thy days arc ended,\\nAll thy mourning days below\\nGo, by angel guards attended.\\nTo the sight of Jesus, go.\\nWaiting to receive thy spirit,\\nLo the Saviour stands above.\\nShows the purchase of his merit.\\nReaches out the crown of love.\\nNo. 141. Emily B., wife of Sewell Gurler, died\\nAug. 18, 1863, aged 50.\\nFarewell, dear friend, whose tender care\\nHas long engaged my love;\\nThe Grimes family were a long-lived race. You may\\ncount up twelve here whose aggregate ages foot up eight\\nhundred and seventy years, an average of more than sev-\\nenty-two years. What other family can say as much?", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0102.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n73\\nYour fond embrace I now exchange\\nFor other friends above.\\nNo. 142.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Esther M., daughter of S. and E. B.\\nGurler, died June 24, 18G8, aged 29 years and two\\nmonths.\\nNo. 14.3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jacob Hart, died Feb. 19, 1856, aged\\n80.\\nMy flesh and my heart faileth, but God is the\\nstrength of my heart and my portion forever.\\nNo. 144. Eachel Haynes, wife of Jacob Hart, died\\nJuly 11, 1858, aged 72.\\nMy soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that\\nwatch for the morning.\\nNo. 145. George J., son of Nehemiah and Ma-\\nranda R. Hart, died Dec. 23, 1807, aged 23 years 4\\nmonths and 15 days.\\nHow we loved him!\\nNo. 14(i.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fred H., son of W. H. and Nancy S.\\nHadley, died April 28, 1872, .iged 21.\\nI am the resurrection and the life.\\nFrankie, son of W. H.and N. S. Hadley, died Aug.\\n9, 1864, aged 11 years.\\nFrankie.\\nOh, our darling Frankie,\\nThou art gone to-day,\\nWhere no flowers wither,\\nNo roses fade away.\\nNo. 147.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William H. Hadley, died\\nNancy S., his wife, died June 26, 1875, aged 56\\nyears.\\nHadley\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Father and Mother.\\nNo. 148. Jonathan Houghton, died April 8, 1849,\\naged 72.\\nFather.\\nNo. 149. Nabby, wife of Jonathan Houghton,\\ndied Aug. 4, 1861, aged 81.\\nMother.\\nNo. 150.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abijah Houghton, died Dec! 22, 1831,\\naged 84.\\nNo. 151. Alice M., wife of Henry D. Houghton,\\ndied July 28, 1874, aged 23 years and 9 months.\\nFree from all life s ills and troubles,\\nPassed beyond the billow s foam,\\nAnchored on the rock eternal.\\nShe .at last is safe at home.\\nNo. 152.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Martha Harvey, died Aug. 2, 1837,\\naged 74 years.\\nMother.\\nHenry, adopted son of Henry and B. H. Mason,\\ndied Sept. 18, 1837, aged 4 years and 7 months.\\nNo. 153.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Francis S. Wilson, wife of Geo. W. Ham,\\ndied Sept. 15, 1867, aged 32. Sammie, son of George\\nW. and Francis S. Ham, died Feb. 24, 1864, aged 4\\nyears and 13 days.\\nNo. 154. Nancy S., wife of F. Holman, Esq., died\\nOct. 26, 1845, aged 25.\\nTis finished, the conflict is past,\\nThe Heaven-born spirit is fled\\nHer wish is accomplished at last.\\nAnd now she s entombed with the dead.\\nNo. 155.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Holbrook, died Jime 10, 1831,\\naged 67.\\nMy friends, come drop a mournful tear\\nUpon the dust that slumbers here\\nAnd when you read this state of me.\\nThink of the glass that runs for thee.\\nNo. 156. Joanna, wife of Daniel Holbrook, died\\nDec. 29, 1820, iu the 54th year of her age.\\nStoop down my thoughts that used to rise,\\nConverse awhile mth death\\nThink how a gasping mortal lies,\\nAnd pants away his breath.\\nNo. 157.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Emily N., daughter of A. and M. H.\\nKingsbury, died Aug. 13, 1855, aged 3 months.\\nNo. 158.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary L., daughter of A. and M. H.\\nKingsbury, died May 3, 1864, aged 4 mos.\\nNo. 159. Arathusa Smith, wife of Isaac Lingsey,\\ndied Jan. 25, 1858, aged 58.\\nNo. 160.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charlie F., son of Luther and Abby\\nMoon, died April 26, 1856, aged 2 years.\\nNo. 161. Eliza J., wife of Frank JI. Mcssinger,\\nonly daughter of John and Sarah L. Smith, died\\nMarch 11, 1877, aged 19 years 8 months and 9 days.\\nEliza, asleep iu Jesus.\\nNo. 162. Emma C.Mason, died Sept. 4, 1875, aged\\n18 years and 7 months. Solon S. Mason, died April\\n9, 1871, aged 9 years.\\nSister and Brother.\\nNo. 163. Henry Mason, died Jan. 25, 1870, aged\\n83.\\nHusband, Father.\\nNo. 164. Angeline G., wife of Simeon Mason, died\\nMay 5, 1862, aged 38.\\nNo. 165.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hepsibah, relict of Capt. Thaddeus Met-\\ncalf, died May 1, 1851, aged 87.\\nMy flesh shall rest in hope.\\nNo. 166.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. Thaddeus Metcalf, died April 11,\\n1823, aged 64.\\nThere is rest in Heaven.\\nNo. 167.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William H. Metcalf, M.D., died at\\nAmoskeag, N. H., Sept. 3, 1842, aged 35.\\nTime flies and eternity is thine.\\nNo. 168.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Norton, died April 6, 1855,\\naged 64.\\nIn your patience possess your souls.\\nNo. 169.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathan H., son of Mr. Nathan and Mrs.\\nDeba Pond, died 15 Feb., 1800, aged 10 years.\\nNo. 170. In memory of Mr. Joab Pond, who died\\nFeb. 23, 1820, aged 65.\\nNo. 171. Joanna, wife of Mr. Joab Pond, dieil 19\\nOct., ISOG, in the 52d year of her age.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0103.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "74\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAJMPSHIRE.\\nGo home, my friends, and cease from tears,\\nHere I must lie till Christ appears.\\nRepent in time while time you have.\\nThere s no repentance in the grave.\\nNo. 172.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. John Plumley, died 5 Nov., ISIO,\\naged 33 years.\\nGo home, my friends, and cease from tears.\\nHere I must lie till Christ appears.\\nRepent in time while time you have.\\nThere is uo repentance in the grave.\\nNo. 173. Abigail, wife of Ebenezer Perry, died\\nJan. 5, 1875, aged 82. Ebenezer Perry, died June 7,\\n1846, aged 64.\\nEarth .s sweetest music on his dull ear folleth,\\nAVith an unheeded tone;\\nYet heareth he the still small voice that calleth,\\nCome, for thy task is done.\\n(Erectedby G.W.Perry.)\\nNo. 174. Martha Richardson, wife of Geo. W.\\nPerry, died July 2, 1857, aged 38.\\nEarth s love we know has passed away,\\nExchanged for love of Heaven more pure.\\nBut thine for us without decay,\\nDeathless, immortal, shall endure.\\nThou lt greet us when at length we come.\\nFrom sorrow, sin and death set free\\nReceive us to thy Heavenly home,\\nTo share its holy joys with thee.\\nNo. 175. Lewis S., son of C. K. and Millusa A.\\nPemberton, died March 6, 1859, aged 1 year 2 months\\nand 3 days.\\nLittle Lewis dear.\\nShort is the time that intervenes.\\nAnd we thy face shall see.\\nNo. 176.^(Marble monument.)\\nAlden S. Page, born Aug. 27, 1802, died Sept. 5,\\n1S73. Harriett A., died March 4, 1832, aged 1 year\\n7 months and 14 days. Edgar A., died April 8, 1835,\\naged 2 years and 23 days. Louisa H., died March 4,\\n1846, aged 1 year and 10 months.\\nNo. 177.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mariette E., daughter of John R. and\\nMary A. Freckle, died Aug. 11, 1847, aged 7 months.\\nThou sweet and cherished babe, adieu\\nThy stay on earth was short\\nBut thou wilt live in memory s view,\\nAnd never be forgot.\\nNo. 178. Zachary Taylor, son of John R. and Mary\\nA. Preckle, died Oct. 5, 1849, aged Id months and 22\\ndays.\\nEre sin could blight or sorrow fade.\\nDeath came with friendlj care;\\nThe opening bud to Heaven conveyed.\\nAnd bade it blossom there.\\nNo. 179. Lucretia A., wife of Amos Richardson\\n(2d), died Dec. 4, 1854, aged 35.\\nAm I prepared?\\nNo. 180. (Granite monument.)\\nBarzilla Richardson, died April 19, 1850, aged 57.\\nWife, children, oh, how dear\\nMy pains were cruel and severe\\nMy pains are past, I am at rest,\\nGod orders all things for the best.\\nThen rest in hope, ye stricken band.\\nTill Jesus welcomes you above\\nThere will you rest in spirit land,\\nThe husband Father of your love.\\nNo. 181.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen Russell, died Sept. 5, 1849, aged\\n82.\\nNo. 182. Bridget, wife of Stephen Russell, died\\nMarch 5, 1844, aged 72.\\nNo. 183. Sarah, wife of Dr. Dudley Smith, and\\ndaughter of Alex, and Abigail Grimes, died Dec. 17,\\n1875, aged 59.\\nNo. 184. To our sister, Louisa F. Smith, died Aug.\\n23, 1868, aged 48.\\nHer trust was in Christ.\\nNo. 185.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rhoda E., died Sept. 14, 1860, aged 17\\nyears; Willie T., died Jan. 1, 1853, aged 7 years;\\nWebbie D., died Jan. 17, 1853, aged 18 months chil-\\ndren of Henry W. and Eunice D. Smith.\\nNo. 18G. William, son of Charles and Martha\\nD. Slyfield, died Jan. 20, 1854, aged 1 year and 6\\nmonths.\\nNo. 187.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jeduthun Strickland, died Jan. 6, 1843,\\naged 78.\\nNo. 188.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah Sawyer, died July 5, 1876, aged\\n80 years 1 month and 16 days.\\nFather.\\nNo. 189. Jane, wife of Josiah Sawyer, died Dec.\\n26, 1863, aged 64 years 10 months and 18 days.\\nMother.\\nNo. 190.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Arvilla C, wife of William W. Sawyer,\\ndied Sept. 6, 1848, aged 29.\\nNo. 191.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .John G. Stearns, died Dec. 2, 1840, aged\\n22 years 4 months and 7 days.\\nNo. 192.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Towns, died Aug. 11, 1858, aged\\n77.\\nNo. 193. Susan, wife of Samuel Towns, died Sept.\\n2, 1850, aged 63.\\nNo. 194. Sarah E., daughter of Sam l and Susan\\nTowns, died May 6, 1855, aged 24 years.\\nNo. 195. Maria E., wife of Andrew H. Towns,\\ndied July 30, 1849, aged 27.\\nNo. 196.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Thayer, died March 19, 1833, aged\\n50.\\nNo. 197. Sally, wife of John Thayer, died June\\n14, 1857, aged 74.\\nNo. 198. In memory of Daniel, son of Caleb and\\nChloe Washburn, who died Jan. 25, 1793, aged 8\\ndays.\\nNo. 199. In memory of Betsey, daughter of Caleb\\nand Chloe Washburn, who died Nov. 17, 1800, aged 6\\nmonths.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0104.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "KBENE.\\n75\\nNo. 200.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Winchester, died 11 Aug., 1808,\\naged 42 years.\\nHere calmly rest, escaped this mcirtal strife,\\nAbove the joj s, beyond the waves of life,\\nFierce pangs no more thy faithful bosom stain.\\nAnd sternly try thee with long years of pain.\\nLife s journey o er, he closed the willing eye,\\nTis the great birthright of mankind to die\\nHere mixed with earth his ashes must remain,\\nTill death shall die and mortal rise again.\\nNo. 201. Sarah Lawrence, consort of William\\nWinchester, died Aug. 80, 1SS4, iiged 31.\\nNo. 202.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sarah Winchester, born Oct. 5, 1800,\\ndied May 24, 1850, aged 49.\\nBles.sed are the dead who die in the Lord.\\nNo. 203.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eben Warner, departed this life Jan. 19,\\n1809, aged 63.\\nNo. 204.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. Isaac Wyman, died April 8, 1835,\\naged 79. A soldier of the Revolution.\\nNo. 205 Lucretia, wife Capt. Isaac Wyman, died\\n17 May, 1811, in the 53d year of her age.\\nNo. 206.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. Asa Ware, died June (5, 1831, aged\\n80.\\nNo. 207. Mary, wife of Captain Asa Ware, died\\nAug., 1796, aged 35.\\nNo. 208.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solomon Woods, died Oct. 29, 1837, aged\\n65 years.\\nNo. 209.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Widow Elizabeth, relict of Mr. Thomas\\nWright, died 10 June, 1802, aged 89.\\nNo. 210.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Wilson, died Aug. 26, 1854, aged\\n74.\\nNo. 211. Erected in memory of Susannah, wife of\\nMr. William Wilson, who died April 24, 1804, aged\\n21.\\nGreat God, I own thy sentence just.\\nAnd nature must decay\\nI yield my body to the dust.\\nTo dwell with fellow clay.\\nNo. 212. Prudence, wife of William Wilson, died\\nMarch 21, 1832, aged 53.\\nNo. 213. Frances S., daughter of Aaron and Olive\\nWilson, died Dec. 26, 1834, aged 3 years 3 months\\nand twelve days.\\nNo. 214. Florence E., daughter of Joseph and Jo-\\nanna Wilson, died Sept. .SO, 1849, aged 3 years and 6\\nmonths.\\nNo. 215. Fidelia N., wife of Benjamin Wilson, died\\nSept. 1, 1851, aged 21 also an infant babe, died Sejit.\\n3, aged 3 months and 8 days.\\nNo. 216. Mary E., daughter of Benjamin and Fi-\\ndelia N.Wilson, died Sept. 14, 1851, aged 2 years and\\n9 months.\\nNo. 217.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Wheeler, died July 26, 1867, aged\\n72 years 7 months and 4 days.\\nThe Lord giveth, the Lord taketh.\\nNo. 218. Betsy P., wife of Joseph Wheeler, died\\nFeb. 11, 1864, aged 66.\\nBlessed are the dead which die in the Lord.\\nNo. 219.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solomon Woodward, died Dec. 9, 1838,\\naged 70.\\nNo. 220. Susannah, wife of Solomon Woodward,\\ndied June 6, 1847, aged 75.\\nNo. 221. William H., son of Solomon and Susan-\\nnah Woodward, died May 30, 1812, aged 5 years.\\nNo. 222. Susan Woodward, died June 24, 1840,\\naged 31.\\nThe Old Gkavkyard at the North\\nPart op- the Town. Away back in the past,\\nso far back that no niau now living can remem-\\nlier, lived in the town of Koene a man by the\\nname of Israel Houghton. This was one hun-\\ndred and twenty years, and more, ago. He\\nowued many acres of land in the north part of\\nthe town. For love and aifectiou, and that his\\n.son John might have lands that he could call\\nhis own, this good father deeded, in 1769, a\\nfarm, from his many acres in the nortii part, to\\nhis beloved .sou. Tliis same John Houghton\\ngave the land from this farm for the North\\nBurying-Ground, as it was called, about oue\\nimndred years ago. This fact I learned from\\nthe late Mrs. Betsey Plonghton, whose husband\\nwas a son of John Houghton. This Captain\\nJohn Houghton for many years was a promi-\\nnent man in Keene was one of the selectmen\\nin 1787, aud went from Keene and took part\\nin the battle of Bennington, 1777. The last\\ntime I saw Mrs. Betsey Houghton, less than a\\nyear ago, she told me this incident of Captain\\nJohn He left Keene for Bennington, and went\\naround by the way of Albany, N. Y. Here he\\ncalled on a notorious Tory, with whom he was\\nwell acquainted. The man being absent, he\\ndemanded of his wife only one large cheese\\n(he M as a farmer, and had plenty of them).\\nShe told him a rebel should never have one of\\nher cheeses. He then told her if she refused\\nhe would let the boys in, and they would prob-\\nably take all she had so she repented, and he\\nleft with a big cheese. He returned safely to\\nKeene from the battle-field, and here he lived\\nto the age of seventy-two. He died August\\n15, 1818, and was buried in this old burying-\\nground that he had given to his neighbors so\\nmany years before.\\nThe interments in this old burying-ground\\nare as follows", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0105.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "76\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNo. 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Boardwin Brown, died July 20, 1867, aged\\n60 years.\\nAdeline E., wife of Boardwin Brown, died Sept. 6,\\n1871, aged 67.\\nWe trust in God.\\nNo. 2. Mary C, daughter of Boardwin and Ade-\\nline E. Brown, died Aug. 26, 1871, aged 33 years.\\nGone home to rest.\\nNo. 8. Julia A., daughter of Boardwin and A. E.\\nBrown, died June 21, 1803, aged 23.\\nLeave ye the body\\nBeneath the cold sod,\\nShe hath gone homeward\\nTo dweii with her God.\\nNo. 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruth Batcheller, relict of Breed Batcheller,\\ndied June 26, 1840, aged il4.\\nNo. 5. Lucius, sou of Perley and JIary E. Baleh,\\ndied Feb. 15, 1865.\\nOne sweet flower has bloomed and faded.\\nOne dear infant voice is fled.\\nOne sweet lost bud the grave has shaded.\\nOur loved Lucius now is dead.\\nNo. 6. Erected to the memory of Mr. Caleb\\nChase, who died April 7, 1814, in the 26thyear of his\\nage.\\nAdieu, my friends, a long adieu,\\nTo earthly comforts and to you;\\nMy Jesus calls me for to go\\nAnd leave all earthly things below.\\nAdieu, my young companions all.\\nFrom death s arrest no age is free,\\nTake warning from my sudden call.\\nAnd be prei)ared to follow me.\\nNo. 7. Sacred to the memory of Capt. Stephen\\nChase, who died April 6, 1830, aged 07.\\nNo. 8. In memory of Betsey, relict of Stephen\\nChase, died Aug. 12, 1850, aged 83.\\nNo. 9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sarah Louisa, daughter of Stephen and\\nLouisa Chase, died Feb. 7, 1840, aged 5 years and 5\\nnu)nths.\\nNo. 10. Juliette Selden, daughter of Stephen and\\nLouisa Chase, died Sept. 20, 184 J, aged 4 years and 6\\nmonths.\\nWeep not, to mourn it is not meet.\\nFor all that s earthly sure will fade\\nLook thou above, and hope to greet\\nThy loved one, now an angel made.\\nNo. 11. Ella Augusta, daughter of Stephen and\\nLouisa Chase, died Sept. 26, 1849, aged 1 year and 8\\nmonths.\\nDear parents do not weep for me.\\nMy aching heart is now at rest;\\nFrom sin and sorrow I am free,\\nAnd with my Saviour I am blest.\\nNo. 12. Frank Henry, son of Stephen and Louisa\\nChase, died Sept. 23, 1856, aged 2 years, 5 months and\\ni (lavs.\\nNo. 13. Edward S., son of Stephen and Louisa\\nChase, born Feb. 16, 1851, died June 2, 1800.\\nNo. 14. Mary Jane, daughter of Stephen and Lou-\\ni.sa Chase, born Sept. 15, 1838, died Oct. 30, 1860.\\nNo. 15. Emily A., daughter of Stephen and Lou-\\nisa Chase, died Dec. 15, 1867, aged 37.\\nAsleep in Jesus.\\nNo. 16.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alba Chase, born July 13, 1812, died Nov.\\n18, 1874.\\nWith us thy name shall live\\nThrough succeeding years.\\nEmbalmed with all our hearts can give,\\nOur praises and our tears.\\nNo. 17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Chase, born July 17, 1803, died\\nAug. 4, 1860.\\nHe liath gojie home.\\nNo. 18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles D. Chase, born Sept. 24, 1840, died\\nat Jackson, Miss., July 20, 1863 member of 9th Eeg.\\nN. H. V.\\nNo. 19. Lucia M., daughter of Charles and Han-\\nnah Chase, died Oct. 3, 1859, aged 15 years, 2 months\\nand 17 days.\\nWe miss our dear Lucia.\\nNo. 20. Charles E., son of Charles and Hannah\\nChase, died Sept. 15, 1839, aged 1 year, 11 months and\\n28 days.\\nNo. 21. George M., son of Charles and Hannah\\nChase, died Dec. 20, 1842, aged 5 mouths.\\nNo. 22.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ziba Chase, died July 7, 1850, aged 50.\\nNo. 23. In memory of Stephen, son of Lt. Stephen\\nChase and Mrs. Betsey, his wife. He died June 8,\\n1797, in the 7th year of his age whose death was oc-\\ncasioned by the fall of a tree.\\nHow short the span,\\nShort from the cradle to the grave\\nNo. 24.- Hosea B., son of Hosea and Hannah D.\\nChase, died Sept. 26, 1839, aged 5 weeks.\\nNo. 25. William H., son of Hosea and Hannah D.\\nChase, died Sept. 23, 1860, aged 16 years, 11 months\\nand 23 days.\\nOne less to love on earth.\\nOne more to meet in Heaven.\\nNo. 26.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bela Chase, born Dec. 2, 1795, died Jan.\\n31, 1868, aged 72.\\nNo. 27.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charlotte J., daughter of Albert and El-\\nlen M. Church, died Sept. 9, 1850, aged 2 years and 9\\nmonths.\\nNo. 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William D., son of Albert and Ellen M.\\nChurch, died Aug. 6, 1850, aged 3 years and 10\\nmonths.\\nNo. 29. Nancy, widow of Elihu Dort, wife of\\nGeorge Allen, died July 13, 1875, aged 76.\\nNo. 30.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David B. Dort, died Jan. 29, 1859, aged\\n44.\\nNo. 31.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles F., died March 24, 1855, age l 2\\nyears, 7 months and 2.S days an infant son, died Oct.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0106.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n77\\n10, 1849, aged 6 days children of David B. and\\nFrances A. Dort.\\nBnd for time,\\nBloonung in eternity.\\nNo. 32. Edward C, son of David B. an l Frances\\nA. Dort, died Feb. 10, IStU, aged 5 years and 5\\nmonths.\\nToo beautiful for earth,\\nHe soared to Heaven.\\nNo. 83. Annie Durkee, wife of Ahuon Dnrkee,\\ndied July 20, 187r), aged 06.\\nNo. 34.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Betsey, wife of Jolin Day, died May, 1805,\\naged 52.\\nNo. 35. In memory of Mr. Ebenezer Day, who\\ndied Jan. 12, 177(1, in the 60th year of his age.\\nDeath conquers all.\\nNo. 36. In memory of Mrs, Bathsheba Day, relict\\nof Mr. Ebenezer Day, died Sept. the 5th, 1798, in the\\n73d year of her age.\\nDeath is a debt to nature due,\\n^Vhich I have paid and so must you.\\nNo. 37.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sabra Day, died Sept. 2, 1840, aged 74.\\nNo. 38.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Dwiuell, died July 29, 1805,\\naged 76.\\nNo. 39. Mary, wife of Benjamin Dwinell, died\\nMarch 5, 1820, aged 92.\\nNo. 40.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Ellis, died Aug. 3, 1838, aged 90\\nyears.\\nHis mind was tranquil and serene.\\nNo terrors in his looks were seen,\\nHis Saviour s smile dispelled the gloom,\\nAnd smoothed his passage to the tomb.\\nNo. 41. Jlillitiah, relict of Henry Ellis, died April\\n30, 1850, aged 98.\\nShe s traveled her appointed years,\\nAnd her Deliverer s come,\\nAnd wiped away his servant s tears.\\nAnd took his exile home.\\nNo. 42.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Ellis, died Dec. 26, 1861, aged\\n81.\\nNo. 43.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sally, wife of Samuel Ellis, died Nov. 14,\\n1865, aged 79.\\nNo. 44.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Milla Ellis, died Nov. 22, 1870, .aged 87.\\nNo. 45.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Farrar, died Oct. 23, 185G, aged 69.\\nNo. 46.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Martha E. Farrar, died March 30, 1852\\naged 22 years.\\nNo. 47. Sarah C, wife of Warren Foster, died\\nMarch 15, 1841, aged 25.\\nNo. 48. George Goodnow, died Sept. 4, 1800, aged\\n67.\\nNo. 49. Marinda, wife of George Goodnow, died\\nJan. 28, 1865, aged GG.\\nNo. 50. Hannah, daughter of George and Marinda\\nGoodnow, died Aug. 23, 1858, aged 20.\\nHenry Ellis belonged to the foot company of Keene in\\n1773.\\nNo. 51. Emina 8., daughter of George and Marin-\\nda Goodnow, died Aug. 6, 1S66, aged 26.\\nNo. 52.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary F.,daughter of George and Marinda\\nGoodnow, died Oct. 17, 1872, aged 30.\\nNo. 53.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Goodnow, died Feb. 4, 1867, aged\\n78.\\nNo. 54. Sarah B., wife of William Goodnow, died\\nJuly 12, 1843, aged 45.\\nFriends and physicians could not save\\nMy mortal body from the grave,\\nNor can the grave confine me here\\nWlien Christ my Saviour shall appear.\\nNo. 55. William K., son of William and Sarah B.\\nGoodnow, died May 15, 1849, aged 22.\\nNo. 56. Charles E., son of ^Villiam and Sarah B.\\nGoodnow, died March 14, 1855, aged 26.\\nNo. 57. Emily Baker, daughter of Mr. William\\nand Mrs. Sarah Goodnow, died Sept. 22, 1832, aged 5\\nmonths.\\nNo. 58. Daniel, son of Mr. William and Jlrs. Sa-\\nrah Goodnow, died March 16, 1832, aged 9 years.\\nNo. 69. Jlrs. I\\\\Iary,wife of Mr. William Goodnow,\\ndied Dec. 10, 1831, aged 69.\\nNo. 60. Henry Goodnow, died Jan. 25, 1844, aged\\n60.\\nHe s gone and left this world of sin,\\nThe dark and dismal shore\\nWe only part to meet again.\\nAnd meet to part no more.\\nNo. 61.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 AVilliani Goodnow, died Jlarch 22, 1809,\\naged 58.\\nNo. (i2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charlotte Goodnow, died July 3, 1823,\\naged 21.\\nNo. 63. Nancy Goodnow, died May 4, 1823, aged\\n27.\\nNo. 64. Mary Goodnow, died April 26, 1818, aged\\n31.\\nNo. 65.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sally Goodnow, died Jan. 28, 1872, aged\\n79.\\nNo. 66.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hepsibah fJooiInow, died Jan. 18, 1858,\\naged 73.\\nNo. 67.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary B. Goodnow, died Oct. 3, 1846, aged\\n28.\\nNo. 68.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frances R., wife of Willard Gay, died\\nMarch 30, 1842, aged 24.\\nNo. 69. Nancy Graves, died Sept. 7, 1846, aged\\n80.\\nNo. 70.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. John Houghton, died Aug. 15, 1818,\\naged 72.\\nNo. 71.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Relief Houghton, died June 14, 1841,\\naged 90.\\nNo. 72.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 My husband. Whcclock Houghton died\\nJuly 14, 1864, aged 86.\\nNo. 73.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adin Holbrook, died Aug., 1843, aged 91.\\nNo. 74.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr.s. Mary, wife of Adin Holbrook, died\\nJuly 29, 1824, aged 66.\\nNo. 75. Enos Holbrook, born Sept. 17, 1789, died\\nAug. 8, 1876.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0107.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "78\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE\\nNo. 76. JIary K., wife of Enos Holbrook, born\\nSept. 19, 1790, died May 24, 1867.\\nNo. 77. Sarah E. Holbrook, daughter of Eiiosand\\nMary K. Holbrook, born June 13, 1823, died Nov. 6,\\n1870.\\nNo. 78.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Clarinda A., daughter of Eiios and Mary\\nK. Holbrook, born Aug. 15, 1831, died Oct. 5, 1853.\\nNo. 79. Nathaniel Kingsbury, died Jan. 26, 1803,\\nin the 64th year of his age.\\nNo. 80.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In memory of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Mr.\\nNathaniel Kingsbury, who died Sept. 25, 1785, in her\\n47th year.\\nNo. 81. Rebecca, wife of Nathaniel Kingsbury, died\\nMarch 16, 1824, in the 64th year of her age.\\nNo. 82.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. Samuel Kingsbury, died Oct. 10, 1863,\\naged 69.\\nNo. 83. Sarah, wife of Capt. Samuel Kingsbury,\\ndied Oct. 18, 1863, aged 71.\\nNo. 84. Delilah H., wife of Josiah Kingsbury, died\\nDec. 11, 1870, aged 49.\\nNo. 85. In memory of Mrs. Zilpah Kilburn, wife\\nof Mr. Jehiel Kilburn, who died Dec. 27, 1804, in the\\n22d year of her age.\\n(!\\\\Iade by Moses Wright, of Rockingham, price,\\nsix dollars.)\\nNo. 86.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Mansfield, died Feb. 25, 1873, aged\\n62 years and 8 months.\\nNo. 87. Su.sannah T., wife of George Mansfield,\\ndied March 1 8, 1864, aged 41.\\nNot lost, but gone before.\\nNo. 88.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moses Moody, died Dec. 13, 1845, aged\\n42.\\nMan of the world, as you pass by.\\nLook here beneath this clod I lie.\\nAnd born of frail mortality,\\nWhat your lot must surely be.\\nAnd when ambition fills your breast.\\nThink of my lonely place of rest.\\nNo. 89.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frederic Metcalf, died Sept. 16, 1849,aged\\n81.\\nNo. 90.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Esther D., wife of Frederick Metcalf, died\\nFeb. 27, 1847, aged 74.\\nNo. 91.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Betsey G. Metcalf, died July, 1741, aged\\n44.\\nNo. 92. William F., .son of William and Amanda\\nMetcalf, born Dec. 9, 1839, died April 25, 1872.\\nNo. 93.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Our dear little Eddie. Died April 17,\\n1860, aged 5 years 1 month and 26 days.\\nNot lost but gone before.\\nNo. 94. Infant son, aged 2 weeks.\\nNo. 95. Harriet Mary, daughter of William and\\nAmanda Metcalf, died Aug. 12, 1839, aged 1 year and\\n6 months.\\nNo. 96. Harriet Mary, daughter of William and\\nAmanda Metcalf, died Dec. 13, 1837, aged 2 years and\\n2 months.\\nNo. 97. Edward G., son ol William and Amanda\\nMetcalf, died April 25, 1853, aged 9 years and 10\\nmonths.\\nAffectionate in life, lovely in death.\\nNo. 98.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi Pond, died Oct. 8, 1870, aged 77.\\nWe have kissed the pale lips forever closed.\\nAnd laid him gently to rest.\\nNo. 99.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Our Mabel. Mabel E., daughter of A. and\\nE. Pond, died March 24, 1868, aged 8 years and 7\\nmonths.\\nMabel dear, how we miss\\nHer gentle footsteps now.\\nThe low soft tones the pleasant smile,\\nThe sweet and sunny brow.\\nNo. 100. In memory of Jonathan Pond, who died\\nMarch 5, 1817, aged 77.\\nNo. 101. In memory of Mrs. Thankful Pond, who\\ndiedSept. 16, 1821, aged 77.\\nNo. 102.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Phinehas Pond, died June 12, 1837, aged\\n70.\\nNo. 103.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Louis Pond, died Oct. 12, 1842, aged 71.\\nNo. 104.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 FilisterPoud, died Nov. 16, 1842, aged 61\\nyears.\\nNo. 105.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Philinda Pond, died Oct. 22, 1862, aged\\n59.\\nMy glass is run.\\nNo. 106. Edmund J. Perham, member of the 9th\\nReg. N. H. v., died at Knoxville, Md., Oct. 20, 1862,\\naged 37.\\nBlessed are they that mourn, for they shall be\\ncomforted.\\nNo. 107. Martha S., wife of E. J. Perham, born\\nNov. 10, 1836, died Feb. 13, 1860.\\nBlessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see\\nGod.\\nAn infent of E. J. and M. S. Perham, born Feb. 7,\\ndied Feb. 9, 1860.\\nNo. 108.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Silas Perry, born April 14, 17(53, died\\nJune 3, 1852, aged 89 years 1 month and 20 days.\\nNo. 109. -Catherine, wife of Silas Perry, died Jan.\\n4, 1830, aged 66.\\nNo. 110. (Marble monument). Perry.\\nJoseph Perry, born March .30, 1788, died June 17,\\n1865. Lydia Perry, his wife.born Feb. 23, 1787, died\\n.luly 25, 1871.\\nNo. 111. Aaron Reed, born A|)ril 30, 1791, died\\nJuly 21, 1859.\\nJonatlian Pond s name is on the uuister-roll as belong-\\ning to the foot company in Keene in 1773.\\nSilas Perry came to Keene about tlie year 1792, having\\nenlisted in the war from Westminster, Mass. He was one\\nof the guard at the execution of Major Audrfe.\\nJoseph Perry was a great mathematician liesides a life-\\nlong Democrat. A sliort time before he ibeii I asked liim\\nto explain to me the diti erence between a Republican and\\na Democrat. His reply was the ins and the outs.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0108.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n79\\nNo. 112.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Diantha P., born Feb. 10,1824, died Aug.\\n7, 1852; Henry W., born April 25, 1827, died March\\n19, 1832; Charles J., born April 15, 1832, died March\\n31, 1833, children of Aaron and Mary Reed.\\nNo. 113.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paschal R., died Dec. 3, 1812, aged 15\\nyears; George L., died Aug. 12, 1833, aged 8 years;\\nLydia Ann, died May 26, 1833, aged 9 months, chil-\\ndren of Obadiah and iVIary Reed.\\nNo. 114.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cornelius Sturtevaut, died March 8, 1820,\\naged 01.\\nNo. 115. Sarah, wife of Cornelius Sturtevant, died\\nApril 25, 1826, aged 88.\\nNo. 116. In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of\\nMr. Cornelius Sturtevant, of Plymplon, Mass., died\\nMay 16, 1790, in the 89th year of her age.\\nNo. 117. This monument is erected to the memory\\nof Mr. Luke Sturtevant, who was instantly killed by\\nthe f\\\\ill of a tree June 22, 1811, aged 43.\\nReader, behold as you pass by,\\nAs you are now so once was I\\nAs I am now so you must be.\\nPrepare for death and Ibllowmc.\\nNo. 118. Abigail, wife of Luke Sturtevant, died\\nSept. 19, 1839, aged 64.\\nNo. 119.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John A. Sturtevant, died July 11, 1832,\\naged 27.\\nNo. 120. Abigail F., wife of Warner C. Sturtevant,\\ndied June 13, 1843, aged 32.\\nNo. 121.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Luther Sturtevant, died Dec. 31, 1863,\\naged 89.\\nNo. 122. Azul)ah, wife of Luther Sturtevant, died\\nDec. 15, 1849, aged 76.\\nNo. 123. In memory of Maj. Isaac Sturtevant, who\\ndied July 5, 1816, aged 39 years.\\nBeneath the sacred honors of the tomb.\\nIn awful silence and majestic gloom\\nThe man of mercy conceals his head\\nAmidst the silent mansions of the dead.\\nNo more his liberal hand shall help the poor.\\nRelieve distress and soften joy no more.\\nThe Sturtevant family have been identified with the\\ntown of Keene almost from its first settlement to the pres-\\nent day. Cornelius Sturtevant was born in 1735, only\\nthree years after the first settlement of the town (1732).\\nComing from Massachusetts to Keene when it was but a\\nwilderne.ss, he first settled just across the line in Gilsum,\\nand lived in a log house his descendants are still living\\nhere, even to the fifth generation. Cornelius was school-\\nteacher as well as a farmer. He raised a large family.\\nWe of the present generation remember many of his\\ngrandchildren. George AV., Isaac, Charles, Fanny, Luther,\\nLinda, Warner and many more of them, all good, substan-\\ntial citizen. Genl. John W. Sturtevant, a great-great-grand-\\nson of Cornelius, is one of our leading citizens, a member of\\nthe firm of G. H. Tihlen Co. He is a member of the\\npresent Board of Education, and is also a representative\\nfrom Keene in the Legislature.\\nNo. 124. In memory of Jemima Tifl any, who de-\\nparted this life Feb. 7, 1789, in the 78th year of her\\nage.\\nNo. 125. Erected to the memory of Mr. Joseph\\nTurner, who died April 5, 1818, in the 75th year of his\\nage.\\nMy glass is run.\\nStop, traveller, don t heedless pass me by.\\nBut stop and shed a tear and heave a sigh,\\nHere lies a man whose heart was kind and free,\\nWho was ever loved with godlike charity.\\nNo. 126. Isaiah Wilder, died in Gilsum Oct. 11,\\n1867, aged 85 years and 7 months.\\nNo. 127. Saloma, wife of Isaiah Wilder, died Jan.\\n28, 1849, aged 60.\\nNo. 128. Juliette Augusta, daughter of David and\\nBetsey Wood, died April 6, 1863, aged 12 years and 6\\nmonths.\\nNo. 129. Ella Mariah, daughter of David and\\nBetsey Wood, died March 11, 1863, aged 10 years and\\n6 months.\\nNo. 130.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abijah Willson, died May 28, 1854, aged\\n86.\\nNo. 131. Phebe, wife of Abijah Willson, died .Tune\\n20, 1840, aged 73 years.\\nNo. 132. Rebecca, wife of Abijah Willson, died\\nOct. 22, 1852, aged 74.\\nNo. 133.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Phebe, died Aug. 27, 1803, aged 2 years\\nand 6 months. Uriah, died Sept, 8, 1803, aged 14\\nyears and 8 months. Avery, died at Mobile, Ala.,\\nMarch 12, 1837, aged 29.\\nNo. 134.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Willson, died Feb. 22, lS73,aged\\n63 years, 3 months and 3 days.\\nGone but not forgotten.\\nNo. 135. In memory of Relief, daughter of Mr.\\nJoshua Washburn and Hepsibah, his wife, who died\\nDec. 20, 1791, aged 2 years, 4 months and 20 days.\\nAs I am now so you must be,\\nTherefore prepare to follow me.\\nNo. 136. George P. Wetherbee, died July 17,\\n1836, aged 20.\\nNo. 137.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Phinehas AVright, died May 6, 1812,\\naged 60.\\nNo. 138.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Zilpah Wright, died Sept. 30, 1841,\\naged 85.\\nCornelius Sturtevant, Jr., published a newspaper in\\nKeene called the Sising Sun, before the IfctP Hampshire\\nSentinel was started by Mr. John Prentiss. He left Keene,\\nwent into the army, and died in Piketon, Ohio, August 2,\\n1821, at the age of fifty. The late George W. Sturtevant\\nwas a small boy when his Uncle Luke w.as killed by the fall\\nof a tree. He was told to get out of the way, as the tree\\nmight fall on him but, instead, his uncle was instantly\\nkilled. The present generation know but little of the\\ntrials and hardships of their ancestors their real life was,\\nmany times, stranger llian fiction.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0109.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "80\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNo. lo9. \u00e2\u0080\u0094In memory of Fanny, diiugliter of Mr.\\nPliinehas AVright and Zilpah, his wife, who died\\nAug. 5, 1803, in tlie 8th year of her age. In memory\\nof Roxana, daughter of Mr. Phinehas Wright and\\nZilpah, his wife, who died Aug. 5, 180.3, in the 12th\\nyear of her age.\\nNo. 140. In memory of Miss Rebecca Wright,\\ndaughter of Mr. Phinehas Wright and Zilpah, his\\nwife, who died March 2, 1804, in the 25th year of her\\nage.\\nNo. 141.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb Wright, died Nov. 21, 18G9, aged\\n75 years and 9 months.\\nNo. 142. Sarah, wife of Caleb Wright, died Nov.\\n16, 1888, aged 42.\\nNo. 143. Betsey P., wife of Charles Wright, died\\nDec. 20, 1858, aged 39.\\nThk Oi.i) Graveyard on West Hill.\\nThis graveyard is just off tlie road that leads to\\nWestiuoreland, near Mr. Benjamiu F. Foster s\\nfarm. Probably niiie-teiiths of the people in\\ntown are not aware that there is such a\\ngraveyard in Jvecne but those of us who have\\nalways li\\\\ed here and have seen fifty winters or\\nmore, will, as we read the inscriptions on these\\nmonuments, have many of the old faces brought\\nbefore us again. The most ancient monument\\nin this yard is dated 1798; the latest, 1868.\\nThere are thirty-eight monuments in good\\ncondition there are two others Avhose in-\\nscriptions are illegible, and quite a number\\nof graves are mai ked with a granite head-\\nstone with no inscription. On the tliirty-\\neiglit monuments I find inly five died under\\ntilt; ag(_ of five years two between twenty and\\nforty four between forty and fifty thirteen\\nbetween fifty and seventy seven between sev-\\nenty and ninety and one lived to the great age\\nof ninety-two, showing conclusively that the\\nwest side of the Ashuelot River is the healtluest\\npart of Keene. The following is a list of the\\ninscriptions upon tlie tombstones:\\nNo. 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Horatio S. Black, died Nov. 14, 1841, aged\\n3 years and 2 days. Charles H., died July G, 1841,\\naged 6 weeks. Sebrina J., died June 1,1840; chil-\\ndren of S. and M. L. Black.\\nNo. 2. Emma A., daughter of S. and JI. L. Black,\\ndied Sept. 27, 1863, aged 2 years 10 months and 10\\ndays.\\nOur little prattling Emma,\\nOur loved and cherished one.\\nWent home to dwell with Jesus\\nAt the setting of the sun.\\nNo. 3. In memory of John Balch, who died March\\n15, 1824, aged 06. A Revolutionary soldier.\\nNo. 4. Lucy, wife of John Balch, died June 5,\\n1831, aged 69.\\nNo. 5.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew Balch, died May 26, 1845, aged 58.\\nNo. 6.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Olive A. F., died July 23, 1822, aged 11\\nmonths. Philinda, died Sept. 3, 1826, aged 15 months\\ndaughters of Andrew and Louisa Balch.\\nNo. 7. In memory of Roslinda Balch, who died\\nAug. 23, 1824, aged 23.\\nThat once loved form now cold and dead,\\nEach mournful thought employ.\\nNo. 8. Balcarras Craig, died JNlay 6, 1850, aged 63.\\nNo. 9. Betsy, wife of Balcarras Craig, died Nov.\\n16, 1863, aged 80 years and 6 mouths.\\nNo. 10. Lizzianna, daughter of Thomas and Eliz-\\nabeth Craige, died July 23, 1856, aged 17 months and\\n2 days.\\nSleep on, sweet babe, and take thy rest\\nGod called thee home when He thought best.\\nNo. 11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Dickinson, died Jan. 20, 1847,\\naged 62.\\nNo. 12. Roxsalana, wife of William Dickinson,\\ndied Feb. 6, 1833, aged 44 years.\\nNo. 13. Francis, son of Abraham and Mary Dick-\\ninson, died March 28, 1847, aged 18 years and 8\\nmonths.\\nBeloved in life, lamented in death.\\nNo. 14.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Emery Dickinson, died Sept. 25, 1868,\\naged 57 years and 9 months.\\nNo. 15. In memory of widow Sarah Eaton, who\\ndied Feb. 6, 1812, in the 24th year of her age.\\nNo. 16.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Gurler, died Oct. 9, 1858, aged 83.\\nThe slumberer shall awake; the unsealed eye see\\nits Redeemer, and although the worm destroy this\\nbody, yet the dead shall rise to immortality.\\nNo. 17. Susannah, wife of Thomas Gurler, died\\nSept. 14, 1835, aged 57.\\nBlessed are they who die in the Lord.\\nNo. 18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Granite (stone), 1798.\\nNo. 19. Sarah, wife of John T. Harvy, died March\\n16, 1853, aged 48.\\nNo. 20. Nabby, wife of Isaac Miller, died Aug.\\n17, 1830, aged 46.\\nNo. 21. Joseph, son of Alonzo and Crissana May-\\nnard, died May 8, 1838, aged 3 years and 6 months.\\nNo. 22. Rufiis Henry, son of Liberty and Clarrisa\\nPage, died Dec. 26, 1856, aged 17 years 7 months and\\n11 days.\\nNo. 23.- Martha J., daughtej of Liberty and Clar-\\nrisa Page, died Oct. 12, 1852, aged 1 year and 21 days.\\nNo. 24. Simeon, son of Liberty and Clarrisa Page,\\ndied March 11, 1838, aged 6 months and 13 days.\\nNo. 25. In memory of George, son of Mr. Levi\\narid Mrs. Lucy Pattridge, who died January, 1803,\\naged 22 months.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0110.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n81\\nNo. 26. In memory of Mrs. I.ydia Pattridge, who\\ndied November, 1798, aged 51.\\nVirtue now receive a reward,\\nAnd every grace with sweet accord\\nShall now unite to praise the Lord,\\nIn hallelujahs to our God.\\nNo. 27.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Sylvester, died Feb. IG, 1824, aged\\n80 years.\\nNo. 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mahi table, wife of Joseph Sylvester, died\\nMarch 9, 1824, aged 7(1 years.\\nNo. 29.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dea. Daniel Snow, died May 15, 1806,\\naged 80 years.\\nNo. 30. Abigail, wife of Dea. Daniel Snow, died\\nJIareh 29, 1805, aged 75.\\nNo. 31. Esther, wife of Dea. John Snow, died Feb.\\n20, 1820, aged 51.\\nNo. 32.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Silas Williams, thed Oct. 21, 1829, aged\\n88 years. Erected by their daughter Elizabeth.\\nGone but not forgotten.\\nNo. 33. Charity, wife of Silas AV^illiams, died\\nMarch 26, 1859, aged 92 years.\\nAbsent but dear.\\nNo. 34. Esther P., daughter of Jason and Sally\\nWilliams, died Sept. 17, 1830, aged 4 years.\\nNo. 35.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles E., son of Jason and Sally Wil-\\nliams, died March 16, 1836, aged 4 mouths and 16\\ndays.\\nNo. 36. Cynthia Jane, daughter of Jason and\\nSally Williams, died June 24, 1852, aged 18 years 11\\nmonths and 15 days.\\nDear Cynthia, we loved thee.\\nNo. 37.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eliphalet Wilber, died June 29, 1841,\\naged 57 years.\\nMy children dear, as you draw near.\\nYour father s grave you ll see,\\nNot long ago I was with you.\\nBut soon you ll be with me.\\nNo. 38.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Wilson, died Jlay 14, 1837, aged 63\\nyears. Rebecca, wife of James Wilson, died June 26,\\n1835, aged 46 years.\\nThe Old Graveyaed at Ash Swajip.\\nAt a mot ting ut thi proprietors liekl February 2.\\n1702, it was voted that the neck of land where\\nIsaac Clark and Amos Foster were buried be\\napj)ropi iated and set a^jart for a buryiug-phice\\nfor the town. Tliis land had been used for a\\nInnying-place for some years before 1762, but\\nat this time it was set apart from the commou\\nUuid, by the original proprietors, to be forever\\nkept as a burying-plaee. Here I find a monu-\\nment erected to the memory of Amos Foster,\\nwho died in March, 1761, so I am sure this\\nneck of land is the one meant in the old records,\\n6\\nthus conclusively proving this to be tlie oldest\\nplace of burial in town. There are indica-\\ntions to show that there have been bui i xl in\\nthis old buiying-place about one hundred but\\nto-day there arc but eleven monuments to be\\nfound, and on some i)f these the inscriptions\\ncannot be made out, and in a few short years\\nno monument will be left in this, the first bury-\\ning-place of the fathers of Keene, to mark the\\nspot where their bones lie.\\nTsaac Clark was buried in this burying-plaee,\\nl)ut no monument nuu ks the spot. His home\\nstood near where ]\\\\Ir. Leonard Wright nciw\\nlives. Possibly there is not a soul now living\\nin Keene to-day that cai-es a straw whether\\nIsaac Clark ever lived or died but let us see\\nwhat the original proprietors of the town\\nthought of him, some one hundred and forty-six\\nyears ago (January 7, 1740). They voted to\\nmake such grant of land to such persons as\\nthey shall think desire the same, for hazarding\\ntheir lives and estate bv living here to bring;\\nforwai d the settling of the place. Under this\\nvote Isaac Clark was granted ten acres of up-\\nland. He was chosen at the first meeting of\\nthe proprietors, held on the first Wednesday of\\nMay, 11 to survey the lands and run the\\nbounds. (This was when the charter of the\\ntown was first adopted.) Isaac Clark died\\nabout 1761. His estate was settled by Ejihraim\\nDorman, the man that called the first legal\\ntown-meeting Keene ever held. Isaac Clark\\nonce owned four hundred acres of land in Ash\\nSwamp. The old records tell us that he was\\nbaptized in Boxford, Mass., February 1, 1713;\\nlived in Ashuelot and Keeue, N. H. His will\\nwas proved March 25, 1761. He married\\nMary Dorman, daughter of Elphraim Dorman,\\nDecember 22, 1751. She died before 1761.\\nHe letl n(^ issue.\\nIn 1746, when Isaac Clark s ^vife was a girl,\\nabout one hundred Indians appeared in the town\\nand killed a number of the inhabitants (this\\nwas the time they surrounded Nathan Blake s\\nl)arn, making him prisoner and taking him to\\nCanada). Mrs. Clark was at a barn some fifty\\nrods distant leaving it, she espied an Indian\\nnear her, who threw away his gun and advanced\\nto nuike her his prisouer, thinking it an ea.sy", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0111.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "82\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntask to catch a white squaw. She gathered up\\nlier clotlies around her waist and started for the\\nfort (near the Dr. Adams place, where Mr.\\nLenuiel Hayward now lives). Slie, animated\\nby cheers from her friends, outran licr pursuer,\\nwho skulked back f r his gun. Isaac Clark\\nand wife were buried in this old burying-place,\\nbut in what grave no man can tell, as the marble\\nthat marked the spot has entirely disappeared.\\nThe following is a list of tlie inscriptions on all\\nthe monuments now standing\\nNo. 1. Iq memory of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Mr.\\nRoyal Blake, who Dcc d Nov. ye 21st, 1779, aged 19\\nyears.\\nNo. 2. In memory of Joseph, son of Mr. Royal\\nBlake Mrs. Hannah, his wife, he Dec d Nov. ye\\n7th, aged 12 weeks.\\nNo. 3. In memory of Mrs. Zipporali Blake, wife\\nof Doct. Obadiah Blake, who Dec d Feb. 25, 1785,\\naged 57 years.^\\nRoyal Blake was a member of the foot company, 1773.\\nHe died October 9, 1827, ageJ seventy-one, and was buried\\nin the old yard pear the Sawyer place.\\n2 Clement Sumner was the first settled gospel minister\\nof the town (April 27, 1761). Dr. Obadiah Blake was one\\nof the committee to make the settlement. This committee\\nwas voted twelve pounds, lawful money of the Massachu-\\nsetts Bay, for the trouble and charge in providing for the\\ncounsel at Mr. Sumner s ordination also five pounds for\\npaying Mr. Sumner for five weeks preaching before his\\nsettlement. It was voted by the town this year that the\\nRev. Mr. Sumner s salary be stated on commodities as\\nthey be now, and so from year to year. Commodities as\\nthey be now wheat at 3s. 2Jt/. sterling per bushel pork\\nat 3 per pound beef at 2d. per pound Indian corn at\\nl.s. 8rf. per bushel rye at 2s. Gd. per bushel; labour in\\ntlie summer at 2s. per day. This was afterwards recorded\\nupon the suggestion of Mr. Sumner that the article of beef\\nwas stated above the market price. Dr. Blake was one of\\ntlic selectmen in 1702 he also belonged to the alarm-list\\nin 1773. He has one grandson still living,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Cyrus\\nBlake, now living in Newton, Mass., an old man. Justin\\nI). Blake, of Ash Swamp, Oscar and Orman Colony, of the\\nCheshire Republican, and Joshua D. Blake, of Surry, are\\nwreat- grandsons. The Blake family was noted for their\\ngreat strength. Joshua D. Colony told me that on one\\noccasion his father, with his horse and wagon loaded\\nwith one thousand brick, got stuck in the mud near where\\nDeacon Binney used to live, and was about unloading,\\nwhen Royal Blake came along and told him to hold on\\na miuiite. He crawled under the wagon and, putting his\\nshoulder under the axle-tree, told Colony when he heard\\nthe old wagon crack to put on the lick. The load was\\nlifted and he drove along. He was also known to take a\\nbarrel of cider out of his cart alone and carry it into the\\ncellar.\\nNo. 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dea. Simeon Clark, died 9 Dec., 1793, aged\\n70.\\nNo. 5. Unity Diu-ant, Consort of Mr. Joshua Du-\\nrant,- died 29 Nov., 1781, aged 20.\\nNo. 6. Here lies the Body of Mr. Naham, who\\nDec d [the rest obliterated].\\nNo. 7. Ellis Henry Jedatiah Foster [the\\nrest gone].\\nNo. 8. Here lies buried Mr. Amos Foster, who\\nDec d March the 22, 1701, in the 40th year of his age.\\nNo. 9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 My Father.\\nNo. 10. In Memory of Mrs. Hannah, Wife of Mr.\\nJohn Grundy, Jun r, who Dec d Oct. 3, 1783, in ye 31\\nyear of her age.\\nHere lies the grief of a fond mother.\\nShe was a dear and dutiful daughter,\\nA kind wife and a tender mother.\\nReader, behold as you pass by,\\nAs you are living, once was I.\\nNo. 11. In memory of Mary, Daughter of Jere-\\nniiah Stiles, Esq.,* Mrs. Mary, his wife she Dec d\\nApril ye 17, 1781, aged 1 Day.\\n1 He belonged to the foot company, 1773. In 1778 was\\npaid \u00c2\u00a32 2s. id., balance for serving in the late war.\\n2 He lived on the Baker place, Ash Swamp. Our Mr.\\nJoshua D. Colony was named after Mr. Joshua Durant,\\nand to show that it meant something in those days, the\\nboy was presented with a fine wool sheep.\\nAmos Foster left, by will, one-half of his property to\\ntlie town. The value of the legacy is not known but, in\\nAugust, 1702, the town voted that Mr. Sumner s settlement\\nand his salary for the first year should be paid from this\\nfund.\\nJeremiah Stiles was the writer s great-grandfather. He\\nwas a man whom the town of Keene delighted to honor,\\nfor he was in some office in the town from February 15,\\n1709, until his death, December 6, 1800 more than thirty\\nyears, lie lived on the corner of Cross and Washington\\nStreets, where Mr. Clark s house now stands. He be-\\nlonged to the foot company in 1773, to the Committee of\\nSafety, 1770, was a representative of the town, delegate to\\nthe Constitutional Convention held at Concord, 1778, se-\\nlectman, town clerk, assessor, petit and grand juryman,\\nmoderator in town-meeting, one of the committee to ar-\\nrange for the settlement of the Rev. A.aron Hall, and a\\nsubscriber to the fund to purchase the first town-clock\\never in Keene, in 1797. He and his good wife, Mary,\\nwere buried in the old graveyard on Washington Street.\\nNow will the present generation consent to have that neck\\nof land set apai-t by the first settlers for a place to bury\\ntheir dead be plowed up and planted, as was the case of\\nthe old yard on the Robinson farm I can t yet quite be-\\nlieve it, but time will tell.\\nThe town voted, March 3, 1789, to fence the several\\nburying-places in the town and draw a committee of four\\nfor that purpose, who are hereby authorized to call on their\\nneighbors to turn out and do said work without any cost or\\ncharge to the town. Chose Major Willard, Michael Metcalf,", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0112.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "KEENB.\\n83\\nCHAPTER YI.\\nKEESE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nBANKING INTEREST.\\nThe Cheshire National Bank The Ashuelot National Bank\\nThe Keene National Bank The Citizens National Bank\\nThe Cheshire Provident Institution for Savings The\\nKeene Five-Cent Savings-Bank Keene Guarantee Sav-\\nings-Bank.\\nThe Cheshire Bank was chartered with a\\ncapital of $100,000, by the State of New\\nHampshire, in 1803, for a period of twenty\\nyears, or till 1824; then till 1844, and again\\ntill 1864, inclusive. The original corjiorators\\nwere Judge Daniel Newconib, Noah Cooke, Esq.,\\nand Elijah Dunbar, Esq. John G. Bond,\\nJudge Newcomb s son-in-law, procured most of\\nthe stock subscriptions, among which are the\\nnames of Samuel and Nathan Applcton, Eben\\nFrancis, Stephen Salsbury, John Bellows, Josiah\\nKnapp and several others of Boston, Daniel\\nNewcomb, John G. Bond, AVilliam Lamson,\\nMoses Johnson, Alexander Ralston, Stephen\\nHarrington, Eben Stearns, Joseph Hay ward\\nand Foster and Luther Alexander, of Cheshire\\nCounty, with fifty-five others on the list.\\nThe first building for the bank was of brick,\\ntwo stories high, and was taken down in 1847\\nto make way for the Cheshire Railroad s pas-\\nsenger station. Daniel Newcomb was president\\nfrom 1804 to 1811, when he resigned, and in\\nthe war period, soon after, the banic struggled\\nagainst insolvency till November, 1813, when\\nSamuel Grant was ch(jsen president and Na-\\nthaniel Dana cashier, in place of i\\\\.rba Cady\\n(who was elected February, 1806, and whose\\npredecessor was E. Dunbar), and a revival of\\ncredit and business secured. Mr. Grant was\\npresident till July, 1829, and Salma Hale, his\\nsuccessor, till March, 1842, at which time Levi\\nChamberlain was made president, and steps\\nwere taken to reorganize the bank under its\\namended charter, available from 1844 to 1864,\\ninclusive. In this reorganization John Elliot\\nLevi Pattridge and Captain Jolin Houghton. A vote was\\npassed, August 27, 1792, to fence the several burying-\\ngrounds also, in March, 179.5, and .July 25, 179.5, the town\\nwas divided into districts for burying their dead.\\nwas chosen president was succeeded in 1 856\\nby Levi Chamberlain and in 1861 by John\\nHenry Elliot, under whom, at the expiration of\\nits charter, the bank was made national, Avith a\\nctipital of $200,000. James Henry AVilliams\\nwas cashier from 1841 to 1847, then Zebina\\nNewell till 1855, then Royal H. Porter, when\\nthe bank s State charter expired, tie continues\\nto be cashier at this writing, with John Henry\\nElliot as president. The bank s j)resent granite\\nbuilding was erected in 1847, and has all the\\nmodern defenses against invasion.\\nThe Ashtielot Bank, of Kecue, was incor-\\nporated January 2, 1833, with a charter for\\ntwenty years, and commenced business early in\\nthat year. The corporators named in the chai ter\\nwere John H. Fuller, Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr..\\nPhineas Fisk, John Elliot and Justus Perry,\\nand the first meeting was held at Stephen Har-\\nrington s hotel on February 19, 1833, when\\nf(irty-rive additional members were admitted to\\nthe corporation, making in all fifty.\\nThe j)i t sent baukiug-hou.se was built in\\n1 833, under the direction of John Elliot, at a\\ncost of $2998.24.\\nThe first board of directors were Samuel\\nDinsmoor, John H. Fuller, Thomas M. Ed-\\nwards, William Buffum, George S. Root, Phin-\\neas Handersou and Benjamin F. Adams, the\\nlast-named being the only surviving member.\\nThe first president ^\\\\\u00e2\u0080\u00a2as Samuel Dinsmoor,\\nwho served until his death, in 1835. He was\\nsucceeded by his son, Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr.,\\nwln was continued in the office until he resigned,\\nin 1853.\\nThomas !M. Edwards was chosen president in\\n1853, and held the office till elected to Congress,\\nin 1859, when he resigned, and William Dins-\\nmoor succeeded him, and was annually re-elected\\nuntil his resignation, in 1869, when Mr. Ed-\\nwards was again chosen, and held the office till\\nhis death, in 1875. George A. Wheelock was\\nappointed president upon the death of Mr.\\nEdwards, in 1875, and has been annually re-\\nelected since.\\nTwo Governors of the State and one Repre-\\nsentative in Congress are among the foregoing\\nlist of jiresidents of this bank.\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, Jr., was cashier fi-om", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0113.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "84\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMarch, 1833, to Juue, 1835; Henry Seymour,\\nfrom June, 1835, to August, 1830 Thomas H.\\nLeverett, from August, 183fi, to June, 1869;\\nand Henry O. Coolidge, from Juue, 1869, to\\nthe present time.\\nThe l)auk was rechartercd December 17,\\n1852, and was converted into a national organi-\\nzation February 17, 1865, under the name of\\nThe Asliuelot National Bank of Keene, and\\nits corjjorate e.xistence has beeu extended to\\nFebruary 17, 1905.\\nThe original capital was $100,000. In July,\\n1875, it was increased to $150,000.\\nThe present board of directors consist of\\nGeorge A. Wheelock (president), Caleb T. Buf-\\nfum, Charles J. Amidon, John M. Parker, Al-\\nfred T. Batchelder, Henry O. Coolidge and\\nChristopher Robb.\\nKeeke National Bank. The Cheshire\\nCounty Bank was organized August 11, 1855.\\nFirst Board of Directors, Zebina Newell, George\\nHuntington, AVilliam Haile, Frederick Vose,\\nAmos A. Parkei Lawson Robertson and Har-\\nvey A. Bill Presidents, Zebina Newell, Fred-\\nerick Vose, Edward Joslin Cashiers, George\\nW. Tilden and J. R. Beal.\\nMr. Newell held the office of president from\\norganization till his death, March 29, 1858.\\nSucceeded by Frederick Vose, who held the oflSce\\ntill his death, November 24, 1871. Succeeded\\nby Edwin Joslin, the present incumbent.\\nGeorge W. Tilden held the office of cashier\\nfrom first organization till his death, February\\n8, 1879. Succeeded by J. 11. Beal, the present\\nincumbent. It was organized as a national\\nbank February 7, 1865.\\nFirst board of directors: Frederick Vose,\\nJohn Bowker, Edward Joslin, Amos F. Fiske,\\nReulien Stewart and Horatio Kimball.\\nOriginal capital, $100,000 present capital,\\nthe same.\\nPresent l)oard of directors: Edward Joslin,\\nJohn Bowker, Elisha F. Lane, Josiah G. Bel-\\nlows and Alfi ed T. Batchelder.\\nThis bank occupies its own banking-house,\\nhaving purchased the building of Henry Pond\\nwhen the Cheshire County Bank was organized\\nrearranged and made substantial improvements\\nto the building during the year 1883.\\nCitizens National Bank Mas incdipirated\\nSeptember 18, 1875, and commenced business\\nOctober 1, 1875, No. 2299, with a capital of\\n$100,000.\\nThe first board of directors were William\\nHaile, Henry Cohmy, Stephen D. Osborne,\\nCaleb T. Buffum, Janaes Burnap, Samuel W.\\nHale and Daniel W. Tenney President,\\nStephen D. Osborne; Cashier, Obed G.\\nDort.\\nIn January, 1878, Obed G. Dort was elected\\npresident and Henry S. Martin cashier, and\\ncontinued in office until the present (1885).\\nPresent capital, $100,000 surplus, $25,000.\\nPresent officers Obed G. Dort, president\\nH. S. Martin, cashier Obed (t. Dort, James\\nBurnap, Joiui Synionds, Elijali Boyden, Sam-\\nuel W. Hale, Clark N. Chandler and William\\nP. Chamberlain, directors.\\nChESIIIKE PltOVIDENT InsTITITION FOR\\nSavings was ehai-tered in July, 1833, and\\norganized August 13, 1833. The incor-\\nporators were Thomas Brilows, Samuel\\nGrant, John Wood, Salma Hale, Eliphalet\\nBriggs, Justus Perry, Aaron Hall, Levi Cham-\\nberlain, Azel AVilder, Abijah AVilder, Jr., John\\nElliot, Oliver llolman, J. Colony, Amos\\nTwitchell, Charles G. Adams, Levi W. Leonard,\\nJohn H. Steele, James Walker, Azel Hatch,\\nWalter Tufts, Joseph Weeks, Larkiu Baker,\\nElijah Carpenter, Levi Blake, Abner Boyden,\\nWilliam S. Brooks and Georsje Tilden.\\nThe first officers were Amos Twitchell, presi-\\ndent Justus Perry, first vice-president Abijah\\nWilder, Jr., second vice-president George Til-\\nden, secretary and treasurer.\\nFirst trustees Salma Hale, John Wood,\\nLevi Chamberlain, Larkin Baker, John Elliot,\\nPhinehas Fisk, Azel Wilder, Walter Tufts,\\nLevi Blake, Levi W. Leonard, Timothy Hall,\\nSamuel Wood, Jr., Oliver Holman, Thomas M.\\nEdwards and Eliphalet Briggs.\\nBoard of investment Justus P((rry, John\\nElliot, Samuel Wood, Jr., Azel Wilder and\\nLevi Chamberlain.\\nThe first deposit was made September 10,\\n1833, by Ashley Spaulding amount, $100.\\nThe following is a list of the presidents from\\n1833 to 1885: Dr. Amos Twitcliell, from 1833", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0114.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n85\\nto 1(S53, deceased; Hon. Salraa Hale, from\\n1853 to 1856, resigned; Hon. Levi Chamber-\\nlain, from 1856 to 1867, deceased; Hon. Sam-\\nuel Dinsmoor, from 1867 to 1870, deceased\\nHon. William P. Wheeler, from 1870 to 1877,\\ndeceased Hon. Francis A. Faulkner, Esq., from\\n1877 to 1880, deceased George Tilden, from\\n1880 to 1883, resigned; Edward C. Thayer,\\nfrom 1883 to 1885, resigned George A.\\nWheelock, from 1885 present incumbent. The\\nsecretary and treasurers George Tilden, from\\n1833 to 1880; O.scar G. Nim.s, from 1880\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\npresent incumbent.\\nThe officers for 1 885 are Gecjrge A. ^^^heelock,\\npresident; A. T. Batclielder, William S. Briggs,\\nvice-presidents O. G. Ninis, secretary and\\ntreasurer; Trustees, John Henry Elliot, Henry\\nC. I\u00c2\u00bbipi r, E. H. Porter, Edwai-d Fari-ar, F. C.\\nFaulkner, J. R. Beal, George W. Stearns, C. J.\\nAmidon, Barrett Riphy, J. G. Bellows, George\\nH. Tilden, Silas Hardy, Reuben Stewart, F. H.\\nKingsbury and Frederick A. Faulkner; Board\\nof Investment, A. T. Batchelder, Barrett Rip-\\nley, R. H. Porter, J. H. Beal, Reuben Stewart\\nAuditors, J. R. Beal, illiam S. Briggs, George\\nH. Tilden, F. C. Faulkner and Silas Hardy.\\nThe Keexe Fivi-:-Cent,s Sa vinos-Bank\\nwas incorporated in 1868. The incorporators\\nwere as follows John H. Fuller, Allen Giffin,\\nEdwai-d Joslin, John Grimes, Caleb T. BuiFum,\\nGeorge Holmes, Dauphlin W. Buckminster,\\nSamuel O. Gates, George W. Ball and Samuel\\nWoodward.\\nThe first board of trustees were Edward Jos-\\nlin, John Bowker, George W. Ball, Caleb T.\\nBuffum, D. W. Buckminster, Clark F. Rowell,\\nJohn Humphrey, George Holmes, AVm. Haile,\\nO. Sprague, Elijah Boyden, Henry Colony, F.\\nVose, H. O. Coolidge and P. Batcheller.\\nThe first officers were John H. Fuller, presi-\\ndent Samuel ^Voodward and Farnuni F. Lane,\\nvice-presidents O. G. Dort, treasui-er.\\nThe presidents have been Jolm H. Fuller, Far-\\nnum F. Lane, Samuel A\\\\ oodward, Henry\\nColony and C. T. Buffum Treasurers, O. G.\\nDort- and G. A. Litchfield.\\nFirst deposit made by Xellie I. Rowell, Jan-\\nuary 1, 18G9 amount $10. The present deposits\\namount to $1,800,000.\\nThe officers for 1885 are C. T. Buffum,\\npresident Edward Joslin, Elijah Boyden, vice-\\npresidents G. A. Litchfield, secretary and\\ntreasurer Trustees, F. A. Perry, George W.\\nBall, H. O. Coolidge, Clark f Rowell, John\\nHumphrey, Don H. Woodward, N. O. Way-\\nward, John O. Jones, John B. Fisk, Obadiah\\nSprague, Elbridge Clarke, F. E. Keyes, Hiram\\nBlake, Joseph B. Abbott and George C.\\nHubbard; Board of Investment, C. T. Buffum,\\nEdward Joslin, F. A. Perry, J. O. Coolidge\\nand Hiram Blake.\\nKeENE GitAKANTY SAVIN(iS-BANK was\\nincorporated in 1883, Avith a guaranty fund of\\n$50,000. Farnum F. Lane, James Burnap,\\nHenry Colony, John Symonds, Obed G. Dort,\\nJohn E. Colony, John S. Collins, Charles L.\\nRussell and Asa C. Dort, incorporators.\\nThe first lioard of trustees was composed of\\nHenry Colony, Obed G. Dort, Horatio Colony,\\nSamuel W. Haile, Farnum F. Lane, George E.\\nColbrook, Clark X. Chandler, James Burnap,\\nJohn S. Collins and George G. Davis.\\nThe first jiresident was J. Burnap treasurer,\\nO. G. Dort.\\nThe officers for 1885 are Presi lent, J. Bur-\\nnap Treasurer, O. G. Dort Trustees, James\\nBurnap, John S. Collins, Horatio Colony,\\nClark N. Chandler, William P. Chamberlain,\\nCharles H. Hersey, Obed G. Dort, George G.\\nDavis, George E. Holbrook and Silas M. Dins-\\nmoor; Board of Investment, J. Burnap, O. G.\\nDort, William P. Chamberlain, C. N. Chan-\\ndler and S. M. Dinsmoor.\\nThe first deposit was made October 1, 1883,\\namount, $25. Present amount of deposits,\\n$225,000. Number of open accounts, six hun-\\ndi-ed. Deposits average $375 each.\\nThis bank was incorporated and organized\\non the new guaranty plan, the fourth of its\\nkind in the States. A capital of $50,000\\nwas subscribed and paid in, to be held as a\\nspecial guaranty, that depositors siiould\\nreceive the principal which they deposited\\nand the interest which the bank agrees to pay,\\nthe losses being cliargeable to the guaranty fund.\\nAnd as the deposits increase, the guaranty fund\\nmust be increased, and never fall below ten per\\ncent, of the general deposits.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0115.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "86\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe management of the bank is wholly in the\\nhands of the owners of the guaranty fund (sub-\\nject to tlie banking laws of the State), and every\\nofficer must be a contributor to the said fund.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nKEE S E\u00e2\u0080\u0094lContUnted).\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nFirst Vote Concerning Schools Judge Daniel Newcomb s\\nPrivate School\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The High School of 1 828\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Teachers\\nInstitute\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Catharine Fiske s Female Seminary\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nKeene Acailemy The Academy and District Troubles\\nThe High School.\\nThe first reference to educational matters\\nfound (in the old t(i\\\\vn records is under date of\\n1764, when the town voted six pounds sterling\\nto defray the charges of a school, and in 17(36\\nit is Voted that the security for the money\\ngiven to the town by Captain Natlianiel Fair-\\nbanks, deceased, the interest of which was for\\nthe use of a scliool in this town, be delivered to\\nthe care of the town treasurer and his successors\\nin office for the time being.\\nJudge Daniel Newconib is credited by Josiah\\nP. Cooke, Esq., in Hale s Annals, with having\\nfounded a private school about 1793, mainly at\\nhis own expense, and as the best friend of\\ngood learning that the town had.\\nIn 1821 the town records state that it is\\nvoted that the town will, at their annual meet-\\ning, in each year, choose five or more suitable\\npersons to constitute a committee of examina-\\ntion, M hose duty it shall be to examine those\\npersons who shall (iffer tliemselves as instructors\\nof the public schools witliiu the town; and in\\n182.3 it is voted that Zedekiah 8. Barstow,\\nAaron Appleton, Joiin Jilliot, John Prentiss\\nand Thomas M. Edwards be a committee to\\nexamine teachers, agreeably to the vote of the\\ntown.\\nIn 1828 we find, from the town records, that\\nthere was an endeavor to establish a High\\nSchool, Eev. Z. S. Barstow, Rev. Thomas Rus-\\nsell Sullivan, pastor of the Keene Congrega-\\ntional (Unitarian) Society, General Justus\\nPerry, Aaron Hall (son of the deceased minister\\nof that name) and Azel Wilder being a com-\\nmittee on that subject. It was also Voted\\nthat the instructor of this school shall not en-\\ndeavor to inculcate, in .school, doctrines peculiar\\nto any one religioas sect, nor distribute to his\\nscholars any religious publication. It was\\nagreed that the school might be kept during\\nthe first year, seven, and during the second\\nyear, eight months, which, it was urged, is\\nat least three and four months longer than a\\nschool has usually been kept by a master. It\\nappears from minutes kept by the late Dr. Bar-\\nstow, secretary, that after two or three months\\nspent in writing to the presidents of Dartmouth,\\nAmherst, Middlebury and Yale Colleges, Mr.\\nEdward E. Eels, a graduate of Middlebury\\nCollege, was engaged as High School teacher\\nfor two months, at twenty-five dollars a month,\\nindependent of board. His term expired\\nJanuary 29, 1829. Sul)se(|uently, Mr. A. H.\\nBennett was the instructor for three months,\\nat forty dollars a month, including board.\\nIn 1845, and for a short time previous, a\\nTeachers Institute was established in the\\ncounty by private subscription.\\nOn March 12, 1850, Keene voted seventy-\\nfive dollars for a Teaclicrs Institute, on condi-\\ntion of the cooperation of other towns in the\\ncounty.\\nReference to educational matters in Keene\\nwoidd be incomplete which did not cln-onicle\\nthe School for Young Ladies and Misses, in\\nwhich, under date of 1817, Miss Fiske and\\nMiss Sprague advertise that they shall pay all\\npossible attention to the improvement of the\\nmanners, morals and minds of their pupils.\\nApril 11, 1811, Miss Catharine Fiske began\\nher school in Keene, known as The Female\\nSeminary, conducting it fi^r twetity-three years,\\nwith signal success, until her death, 1837. Miss\\nFiske had been engaged in teaching for fifteen\\nyears before coming t( i Keene. Rev. Dr. Barstow,\\nin an obituary sketch, published in the Boston\\nRecorder for September 1, 1837, estimates that\\nduring the thirty-eight years of her service,\\nmore than two thousand five hundred pupils\\ncame under her care. He commends especially\\nher tact in eliciting the dormant energies of\\nsome minds, and the stimulus afforded to those", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0116.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "KEENH\\n87\\nthat wore apt to learii. Afterwards the late\\nMrs. Stewart Hastings and Miss Barnes, later\\nMrs. T. IT. Leverett, were among tlie teacliers\\nassociated with Miss Fiske in her school. Miss\\nWithington conducted it for a while after Miss\\nFiske s decease.\\nKeexe AcAPir;jiY. In the year 1835 a\\nmovement was started ft)r the founding of an\\nacademy in the town, and a committee, consisting\\nof Eliphalet Briggs, William Lamson and\\nSamuel A. Gerould were chosen to select a site\\nand draft a plan for building. A subscription\\npaper was circulated and o\\\\w hundred and one\\nsubscribers were obtained. The site, corner\\n^yinter and Middle Streets, was selected, and in\\nthe ftill of 1836 the building was completed.\\nThe academy was dedicated on Christmas eye,\\n1836, and opened early in 1837.\\nThe first board of trustees were Joel Parker,\\nAmos Mitchell, Zedekiah S. Barstow, Abial A.\\nLiyermore, James Wilson, Aaron Hall, Azal\\nWilder, William Lamson, Elijah Parker and\\nEliphalet Briggs, of Keene John Sabin, of\\nFitzwilliam Elisha Rockwood, of Swanzey\\nAlanson Rawson, of lloxbury Larkin Baker,\\nof Westmoreland and Pliny Jewell, of Win-\\nchester.\\nThe lot was deeded to the trustees by Abijah\\nWilder, May 24, 1839, and the pajiers were\\ndrawn under the direction of Joel Parker.\\nThe academy was understooil to be an ortho-\\ndox institution. Article 5th of the trust deed\\nsays, The Trustees shall neither elect nor\\nemploy any person as Principal of said Acad-\\nemy who is not a professor of religion in an\\nOrthodox Congregational or Presbyterian\\nChurch, and who does not hold in substance\\nthe faith now held and maintained by the\\nchurch of the First Congregational Society of\\nKeene. It was also further stated that The\\nbasement be used for a chapel by the First\\nCongregational Church in Keene, and for no\\nother purpose, they keeping it in repair. Also,\\nthe attic story for a singing hall for the church\\nof said society, they keeping it in repair.\\nThe first principal of the academy was Mr.\\n1 It may be well enough to state, however, that a large\\nproportion of the subscriptions to build the academy came\\nfrom the members of the Congi-egational Church.\\nBreed Batchelder, assisted by INIiss ]\\\\I:uy E.\\nParker and Miss Leverett.\\nMr. Batchelder remained until the spring of\\n1839.\\nINIr. Batehelder s successors were as fiillows\\nNoah Bishop, from the S])ring of 1839 till tiie\\nclose of 1840; Abraham Jenkins, till the spring\\nof 1841 Mrs.A. E. P. Perkins, till the autumn\\nof 1844 Seneca Cummings, from the fill of\\n1844 to the spring of 1845 Miss L. H. Kim-\\nball, from the spring of 1845 to the fall of\\n1845; N. G. Clark, from the fall of 1845 to\\nthe spring of 1847; AVm. W. Blodgett, from\\n1847 till the spring of 1848; Mr. ^^^.od\\\\vorth,\\nfrom 1848 to 1850; Wm. Torrance, from 1850\\nto 1853, being the last ])rincipal of the Keene\\nAcademy. Mr. Torrance was highly rcs]K cted.\\nHe died here February 3, 1855, aged thirty-\\nnine years.\\nThe erection (if the academy biiil liiigs en-\\ntailed a larger expense than was originally an-\\nticipated (three thousand five hundred dollars),\\nand the amount re([uired (one thousand dol-\\nlars) was borrowed on the notes of Elijah\\nParker, Aaron Hall :ind Eli]ihalet Briggs, and\\nthe amount, with interest, M-as iiid from the\\nestates of these gentlemen by their administra-\\ntors. Mr. Timothy Hall presented the academy\\na bell, antl also the V)linds of the building, and\\nMr. Elij)halet Briggs presented ;i set of globes,\\nvalued at one liuitdred dollars.\\nLi the spring of 185; a committee of the\\nassociated school districts proposed to purcliase\\nthe property for a High School. The first meet-\\ning of the trustees, to consider the proposition,\\nwas held at the academy April 28, 185;?. Pres-\\nent S. Hastings, William Lamson, Charles\\nLamson, Eliphalet Briggs, Daniel Aikens and\\nLevi Chamberlain. A t a sul)se(pient meeting,\\nheld June 13, 1853, it was voted to lease the\\nproperty to the districts for ten years, at an\\nannual rent of two hundred and fifty dollars, the\\nfirst three years rent to be expended in repairs\\non the buildings. At the expiration of the\\nlease it was renewed for three years, at three\\nhundred and fifty dollars for the first two, and\\nfour hundred and fifty dollars for the third year.\\nDecember 19, 1866, a committee, appointed\\nby the districts, was chosen to select a lot for a", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0117.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "88\\nHISTORY OF OHKSHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHigh School building, vrnd the academy lot was\\ndecided upon and eight days latiT, December\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a027tli, tiiey made application to buy the trustees,\\nho\\\\\\\\ ever, rt fused to sell, claiming they had no\\nauthority. January 10, 1867, a petition was\\npresented to the selectmen to lay out the lot,\\nwith the buildings, for the use of the High School.\\nThe trustees pi-otested against the districts tak-\\ning tiie pmpci-ty, but on the oOtli of January,\\nsame year, tlie selectmen laid out the lot, for\\nthe use of the High School, and awarded six\\nthousand one hundred dollars damages. Tlie\\nsum was not accepted, and tlie trustees ap]ilietl to\\nthe Legislature, at the June session, for the incor-\\nporation of tiie academy, and a charter was\\ngiven.\\nSeptember 22, 1868, the subject came up for\\nhearing before Judge J. E. Sargent, referee, with\\n[Ton. T. M. Edwards for plaintitls and Hon.\\nable W. P. Wheeler for defendants and the\\ntlecision was in iavor of the High Scliool.\\nThe present officers antl trustees of Keene\\nAcademy are as follows W. S. Briggs, pres-\\nident S. S. Wilkinson, vice-president; R.\\nH. Porter, secretary and treasunT W. S.\\nBriggs, R. H. Porter, Solon S. Wilkinson, Bar-\\nrett Ripley, (leorge E. Holbrook, Isaac Rand,\\nJohn Humphrey, Chas.Bridgman, S. G. Griffin,\\nS. D. Osborn, Allan Gerould, Jr., Elisha F.\\nLane, S. Hale, Azro B. Skinner and I. N.\\nSpencer, trustees.\\nAmount of the fund April 1, 1885, was,\\n\u00c2\u00a722,731.36.\\nThe High School opiMied with Mr. Tor-\\nrance as princi]ial, and tlie principals from that\\ntime to the })resent have been as follows Chas.\\nE. Bruce, L. W. Buckingham, A. J. Bur-\\nbank, S. H. Brackett, Hooper, and M. A.\\nBailey the present incumbent.\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nKEENE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (CoH(iniieii).\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nMasonic Odd-Fellows Other Societies Public Library\\nThe Press The Sentinel The Cheshire Republican The\\nNew England Observer Keene in 1831 Post-Office\\nCourt-Houae -The King s Cannon Manufacturing In-\\ntei ests Members of Congress Governors War of the\\nRebellion Soldiers Monument Physicians City of\\nKeene First Charter Election Officers Elected\\nMayors, Aldermen, Councilmen and Clerks to Present\\nTime Present Officers.\\nSocial Friends Lodge, F. and A. M.\\nwas chartered June 8th, 1825; but in 1827\\ntiie Morgan troubles began in Western New\\nYork, resulting in a strong Anti-JNIasonic party,\\nwhich spread over the whole northern jiart of\\nthe country, continuing for ten years, when it\\nceased to exist. During this time Social Friends\\nLodge, with most of the other lodges in this\\n|)art of the country, wound up its affairs and\\nceased to exist.\\nIn 1855 a few bretiiren having tlie interest of\\ntlie craft ;it heart, begtui to talk up the matter\\nof reviving Freemasonry in this town so they\\nmet for I chearsals in Deluge Engine-House,\\nonly one of them being able to answer a word\\nof the lectures. They soon aj)j)lie(l to the Grand\\nMaster for a charter he told them he could not\\ngive them a charter, because there was one\\nalready in existence. In the course of time\\nJohn Prentiss succeeded in finding the old\\ncharter of 1825, when they were allowed by the\\n(jrand Lodge to go to work. Accordingly, the\\nfirst stated coniniunicatidu was held April 9,\\n1856, in Odd-Fellows Hall, where the meetings\\ncontinued to be held until 1860, when the lodge\\nleased and occupied the apartments in the east\\nend of St. John s building.\\nIn 1868 the rooms were found to be too\\nsmall for the growing onhr of I ^reemasonry,\\nwhen the building was enlarged, and the lodge\\nmoved into a larger hall in the west end of the\\nhiiilding, using the old hall for an armory and\\nbanquet hall.\\nIn 1869, owing to the rap)id growth of the\\norder, several of the older members, thinking it\\nwould be for the good of the cnift to start an-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0118.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n89\\nother lodge, applied to the Grand L(.id,iie, and a\\nchartei- was granted for the Lodge of the Temple.\\nIn 1874 the Masonic apartments in St. John s\\nbuilding were again enlarged, by increasing the\\nsize of the lodge-room and adding a large ban-\\nquet hall in the third story of the building.\\nThe followino; is a list of I ast IMasters\\nA. S. Carpenter was elected W. Master June 11,\\n1856.\\nBarrett Ripley was elected W. Master April 26,\\n1858.\\nA. S. Carpenter was elected W. Master again April\\n11, 1859.\\nR. H. Porter was elected W. Master Ajiril 2, 1860.\\nT. .1. French was elected W. M.aster April 22, 1861.\\nDon H. Woodward w.as elected W. Master April\\n14, 1862.\\nEdward Gustine was elected \\\\V. Master April 18,\\n1864.\\nS. S. Wilkinson was elected W. Master April 10,\\n1865.\\nS. A. Carter was elected W. M.aster April 23, 1866.\\nHoratio Colony was elected W. Master April 15,\\n1867.\\nC. S. Coburn w:is elected W. Master April 6, 1868.\\nL. J. Tuttle was elected W. Master April 11, 1870.\\nO. M. Holton was elected W. Master March IS,\\n1872.\\nF. L. Howe was elected W. Master March 30, 1874.\\nF. K. Burnham was elected W. Master March 29,\\n1875.\\nH. W. Hubbard was elected W. Master March 20,\\n1876.\\nElisha Ayer was elected W. Master March 26, 1877.\\nO. M. Holton was elected W. Master again March\\n4, 1878.\\nGeorge A. Gordon was elected W. Master March\\n3, 1879.\\nS. M. Ray was elected W. Master March 7, 1881.\\nGeorge H. Fames was elected W. Master March 6,\\n1882.\\nGeorge G. Dort was elected W. Master March 2,\\n1885.\\nLodge of the Te.mple received a dispen-\\nsation April 6, 1869, from the Most Worship-\\nful Grand Master Alexander M. Winn, who\\najjpointed Bnjther A. S. Carpenter tlie first\\nMaster, Brother D. W. Buckminster as the first\\nSenior Warden, and Brother Edward Farrar a.s\\nthe first Junior M arden. This new lodge was\\nan oifshoot of Social Friends Lodge. But little\\nwork was done by tlie lodge while under dis-\\npensation. At the annual meeting of the M.\\nW. Grand Lodge, the June tbllowlng, a petition\\nwas presented asking the Grand Lodge to grant\\na charter to this new lodge.\\nThere was opposition from soiue members of\\nSocial Friends Lodge to granting this charter,\\nnot in a factious spirit, but doubting the expe-\\ndiency or necessity of anotlier lodge at Keene\\nand it was argued with considerable force, by\\nsome ISIasons, that two lodges would be an iu-\\njuiy instead of a benefit to Masonry.\\nThe weigiit of the evidence presented to tiie\\nGrand Lodge convinced them that the good of\\nMasonry would be promoted by granting a\\ncharter. Therefore a charter was granted to\\nthe new lodge, to be called The Lodge of the\\nTemple, to be numbered 88 and assigned to\\nDistrict No. 3. Soon after the formation of\\nLodge of the; Temjile business throughout the\\ncountry beciune prostrated, and the effect was\\nsuch that very few petitions were presented to\\nthe lodge under the circuiti stances, the lodge\\nbecame financially embarrassed, so much so that\\nits future life, prosperity and usefulness were\\nanything but encotu aging Init by strict econ-\\nomy during the prosperous times thtit followi d,\\nthe lodge is now placed upon a solid foundation\\nfinancially, having a membership of over\\nninety and every indication of a long and useful\\ncareer. The relations that exist between Social\\nFriends Lodge and Lodge of the Temple are\\nof the most fraternal and pleasant character,\\nand the idea that two lodges are not needed at\\nKeene has, it is hoped, long since passed away.\\nThe following is a list of the Past Masters\\nA. S. Carpenter was appointed W. Master April 6,\\n1869.\\nThomas E. Hatch was elected W. Master Decem-\\nber 25, 1869.\\nEdward Gustine was elected W. Master April 5,\\n1870.\\nE. E. Lyman was elected W. Master Ai)ril 4, 1871.\\nFrancis Brick was elected W. Master April 1, 1873.\\nDaniel McGregor was elected W. Master .June 5,\\n1875.\\nJohn G. Stone was elected W. Master April 4,\\n1876.\\nGeorge J. Appleton w:is elected W. Master April 3,\\n1878.\\nF. H. Whitcomb was elected W. Master April 6,\\n1880.\\nGeorge W. Flagg was elected W. Master Ajiril 4,\\n1882.\\nO. G. Nims was elected W. Master March 28, 1884.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0119.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "90\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCheshire Eoyal Arch Chapter. This\\nchapter was reorganized Oct. 1 2, 1 859. The High\\nPriests iiave been H. M. Streeter, 1859 Bar-\\nrett Ripley, 1861 T. E. Hatch, 18().3; J. H.\\nElliot, ]8()5; E. Gustine, 1867; S. A. Car-\\nter, 1869 E. Ayer, 1872; L. J. Tuttle, 1875;\\nO. M. Holton, 1879; Geo. W. Flagg, 1881;\\nJ. B. Fisher, 1883; M. V. B. Clark, 1885.\\nThe chapter is in a flourishing condition its\\nfinancial standing is sotnid, and its membershi])\\nis about one hundred and fifty. More than five\\nhundred members have been enrolled upon the\\nbooks of this association of Masons since May 4,\\n1816, at which time it commenced to work in\\nKeene under dispensation. The charter was\\ngranted to the Hon. John Prentiss, founder of\\nthe Neio Hdinpshire Sentinel, and Rev. Brough-\\nton White, (jf Westmoreland, the latter becom-\\ning its first High Priest. The meetings were\\ntiicTi held in Prentiss (now Whitcomb s) block,\\nin the attio of which may be found, to-day, a\\npart of tlic 1)1(1 cha])ter furniture. The par-\\naphernalia, however, was taken to Iowa, and\\nused in a chapter there by the late Genei-al\\nJames Wilson, who was High Priest of Cheshire\\nChapter for a number of years previous to its\\ndormancy, wliieii was brought about ])rior to\\n18.35, by the Morgan c^xeitement. The ciiarter\\nof Cheshire Chapter bears date of IVIay 1, 1819,\\nand was signed ])y Thomas Smith Webb, Dep-\\nuty-General Grand High Priest, whose name is\\nfamiliar to Free-Mtusons throughout the country\\nand wliose Masonic Monitor has founfl a\\nj)lace in every Masonic liljrary. One hundred\\nyears ago Thomas Smith Webb was a book-\\nliinder on Main Street, Keene. He was ini-\\ntiated as an Entt red Apjirentiec December 24,\\n1790, passed to the degree (jf Fellow Craft\\nDecember 27, 1790, and raised to the sublime\\ndegree of Master-Mason December 27, 1790,\\nin Rising Sun Lodge, No. 4, Keene. Subse-\\nquently he became very promim^ntas a Masonic\\nauthor and ritualist. He elaborated the ritual\\nof the Order of the Red Cross, and, by borrow-\\ning from the esoteric rituals of both the lodge\\nand chapiter, connected it with Masonry, and\\nthus the Illustrious Order of the Red Cross\\nbecame a part of the; so-called American York\\nRite of Free-Masoul\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^ TIic charter of Che-\\nshire Chapter was declared forfeited aud ordered\\nto be stricken from the Grand Chapter books,\\nJune 14, 1843, the chapter having failed to\\nmake retiu-n since 1835. It was restored Octo-\\nber 12, 1859. The early records are not extant,\\nbut are complete since the revival of the chap-\\nter, October 12, 1859, since which time the\\nmeetings have been continuous.\\nThere is also a council located here called St.\\nJohn s Council, No. 7, with Josiah L. Seward,\\nT. I. M.\\nHugh de Payens Commandery.^ In\\n1863 the matter of having a conunandei y of\\nKnights Templar at Keene was agitated by the\\nMasons of Keene and vicinity. At that time\\nthere were but a very few Knights Templar in\\nNew Hampshire. The Grand Commandery of\\nthe State had been formed. The Masons of\\nthis section were informeil that it would be nec-\\nessary that a certain number of Chapter Masons\\nshould take the Templar degree, then apply to\\nthe Grand Commandery for a dispensation or\\ncharter. It was found necessary to have the\\nrecommendation of some Sir Knight, who be-\\nlonged to some commandery and resided in this\\nvicinity. Only one could be found. That was\\nSir Knight Oliver G. Woodbury, of Westmore-\\nland. He was a member of Vermont Com-\\nmandery, Xo. 4, Windsor, \\\\i. By the request\\nof sonic^ ha]rt( r Masons of Keene, Sir Knight\\nWoodbuiy made ari angements with this eom-\\ntnandery to confer the Templar degrees on the\\nfollowing Masons (as the records show) Don\\nH. Woodward, H. M. Streeter, Barrett Ripley,\\nElisha F. Lane, Edward Gustine, William S.\\nBriggs, John H. Elliott, Edward Farrar, John\\nA. Chamberlain.\\nNovember 30, 1863, they started for Ver-\\nmont to receive the degrees. On arriving at\\nWindsor they were informed that the Grand\\nCommandery of Vermont considered it essential\\ntliat the council degrees should be taken before\\nreceiving the Templar degrees. By a dispen-\\nsation they received the council degrees in As-\\ncutney Council, at Windsor, Vt., November 30,\\n1863. After receiving the council degrees they\\ncontinued their journey to Hartford, Vt., where\\nBy Ilun. E. (lusline.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0120.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n91\\nthe meeting of tlie commaadeiy was held at\\ntliat time. At tliat early day of Templar Ma-\\nsonry they had no ])artieular plaee in the dis-\\ntrict for holding meetings. The officers desig-\\nnated where and when the meetings should be\\nheld. Under such circumstances they did not\\nalways find suitable accommodations. On this\\noccasion the meeting was held in the attic of\\nthe hotel. One window in the gable end, the\\nrough boards and bare raftei s were calculated\\nto impress on thi minds of the candidates the\\nrough iiabit and ccjurse fare of our ancient Sir\\nKnights. The kind and cordial greeting that\\nwas extended to them by the Sir Knights made\\nthe; surroundings appear very pleasant. After\\ntwo days of pilgrimage they returned to tiicir\\nhomes, well pleased with the Sir Knights whom\\ntiiey had met and thc^ Templar degrees.\\nIn lS()(j the Sir Knights applied lor a dis-\\npensation, which was granted by Eminent Grand\\nCommander Charles A. Tufts, August 20, ISlili,\\nto Thomas E. Hatch, Edward Gustine and\\ntheir associates. Sir Knight Hatch was ap-\\npointed by Grand Commander Tufts as his\\nproxy to organize this new commandery, whicli\\nwas done September 7, 1866. It received its\\ncharter at the annual conclave of the Grand\\nCommandery, September 25, 1866.\\nThomas E. Hatch was a]ipointed its first\\nCommander, and held the office one year. After\\nprocuring suitable jewels and regalia, on De-\\ncember 4, 1866, the officers of Hugh de Payens\\nCommandery, of Melrose, Mass., under the\\ncommand of Eminent Sir Knight L. L. Fuller,\\nvisited this new commandery (of the same\\nname) and assisted in conferring the degrees.\\nAt the annual assembly in 1867, Simon G.\\nGriffin was elected Eminent Connnander. In\\n1876, Solon A. Carter was elected Eminent\\nCommander. In 1878, Solon S. Wilkinson was\\nelected Eminent Commander. In 1880, Don\\nH. Woodward was elected Eminent Com-\\nmander. In 1883, Frank L. Howe was el( cted\\nEminent Commander, and is its jjresent Com-\\nmander. The several Commanders have been\\nvery efficient and satisflictory officers. The\\ncommandery was chartered in 1866 with nine\\ncharter members in 1884 it had a membership\\nof one hundred and fifty.\\nAccepted Scottish Rite was organized\\nAugust 7, 1884, under the authority of The\\nSupreme Grand Council, Sovereign Grand In-\\nspector-General, 33d and last degree, for the\\nUnited States of America.\\nBodies meet jointly, in St. John s Hall, third\\nThursday of each month. New Hampshire\\nConsistory: Frank H. Whitcomb, 111. Com.-\\nin-Chief Cheshire! Chapter Rose Croix\\nFrank L. Howe, M. W. P. M. Monadnock\\nCouncil, Princes of Jerusalem Brainard T.\\nOlcott, M. E. S. G. M. Ashuelot Lodge of\\nPerfection Frank H. AVhitcomb, T. P. G. M.\\nGeorge W. Flagg, Deputy for New Hampshii-e.\\nActive members of the Supremo Council for\\nNew Hampshire,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George W. Flagg, 33\u00c2\u00b0\\nDeputy Frank H. Whitcomb, 33\u00c2\u00b0; Brainard\\nT. OlJott, 33\u00c2\u00b0.\\nThe membershij) of tiiese bodies is large, and\\nthe funds rate second in amount among the\\nMasonic organizations in this city.\\nKeene Natural History Soceety was\\norganized October 23, 1871, and incorporated\\nMay 31, 1880. George A. Wheelock, presi-\\ndent Sanniel Wadsworth, vice-president D.\\nW. Gilbert, secretary and treasurer C. F.\\nRowell, I. J. Prouty, W. R. Dunham, E. J. C.\\nGilbert and H. Blake, executive committee\\nIra D. Gates, custodian.\\nKeene Humane Society was organized\\nDecember 18, 1875, and incorporated Jiuie 3,\\n1879. President, Charles H. Hersey; Vice-\\nPresidents, C. T. Buffiim, E. A. Webb, A. B.\\nHay ward, E. A. Renouf, S. G. Griffin, Hora-\\ntio Colony, Mrs. C. S. Falkner Directors,\\nHoratio Kimball, A. B. Skinner, Mrs.\\nC. T. Bufi um, Mrs. S. D. Osborne, Mrs.\\nC. Bridgman, Mrs. A. S. Carj^enter,\\nJames Marsh, Mrs. O. G. Dort, Dr. G. B.\\nTwitchell, Mrs. W. P. Wheeler; Secretary,\\nMiss. E. Henderson; Treasurer, Clark F.\\nRowell Prosecuting Attorney, John T. Abbott.\\nInvalids Home was incorporated Novem-\\nber, 1874. President, Mrs. A. S. Carpenter;\\nDirectors, Mrs. G. D. Harris, Mrs. E. C.\\nThayer, Mrs. R. H. Porter, Miss E. J. Faulk-\\nner, Mrs. K. (_ Scott, F. F. Lane Secretary,\\nMiss B. M. Dinsraoor; Treasurer, I. N. Spencer.\\nPublic Schools. The following gentlemen", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0121.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "92\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEAV HAMPSHIRE.\\ncompose the board of officers for Union School\\nDistrict Rev. Edward A. Renouf, chairman of\\nthe Board of Education Wilton H. Spalter, sec-\\nretary of the board Henry S. Martin, treasurer\\nof the district Wilton H. Spalter, agent\\nof the district; Ira D. Gates, janitor of High\\nSchool building.\\nThe Board of Education is comjjosed of the\\nfollowing George Tilden, term expires March\\n1885; George A. Wheelock, term exjjires\\nMar(;h, 1885 Henry S. Martin, term expires\\nMarch, 1885 Wilton H. Spalter, term expires\\nMarch, LSSfi; Joseph B. Abbott, tei-m expires\\n]\\\\[arch, 1881! Ira J. Prouty, term expires\\nMarch, 188() Rev. Edward A. Renouf, term\\nexpires Marcli, 1887 t harles H. Hersey, term\\nexjiires March, 1887 John AV. Sturtevant,\\nterm expires March, 1887.\\nIL f/h School, Winter Street. The High School\\nbuilding, completed in 1876, at a cost of fifty\\nthousand dollars, is a model in architectural\\ndesign, and will accommodate over three hun-\\ndred pupils. In addition to the High School\\nproper, tlirre arc four grammar schools, of the\\nfirst, second and third grades, kept in the build-\\ning.\\nThe instructors are IMiddlescx A. Bailey,\\nA.M., principal William F. Gibson, sub-\\nmaster Miss E. M. Taft, assistant Miss Alice\\nM. Whitcomb, assistant.\\nGrammar Schools. First Grade High\\nSchool building, Miss M. A. Wheeler, S. Liz-\\nzie Green (assistant).\\nSecond Grade Rooai 1 High School build-\\ning, Miss Julia D. Hatch Room 2, High School\\nbuildins, Miss Helen M. Ho\\\\Yard.\\nThird Grade: Room 1, High Schocjl building.\\nMiss Lizzie M. Nims Room 2, School Street,\\nMiss Carrie R. Hutchins.\\nFourth Grade Room 1, Centre Street, Miss\\nCarrie E. Whitcomb Room 2, School Street,\\nMiss Fannie M. Rhan Room 3, Church\\nStreet, Miss Sarah L. Bixby.\\nSecondary Seliools. I^iucoln Street, Flora E.\\nSargeant Main Street, Harriet A. Hemenway\\nPearl Street, Annie M. O Connor; School\\nStreet, Gertrude E. Stone Washington Street,\\nS. Annie Strong; Fuller School, Anna F.\\nDowner.\\nPrimary Schools. Lincoln Street, Jennie A.\\nTuttle Main Street, Anna E. Bates Pearl\\nStreet, Nan L. Hart; School Street, Nellie M.\\nTowne AA ashington Street, Hattic M. Metcalf\\nCentre Street, Jennie S. Abbott Fuller School,\\nMary A. Conroy.\\nSuburban Districts. The schools not belong-\\ning to the Union District are ten in number, and\\nare placed under charge of a superintendent.\\nThe superintendent of suburban schools is\\nGardner C. Hill.\\nIndependent Order of Odd Fellows\\nBeaver Brook Lodge, No. 36. Eugene M.\\nKeyes, N. G. D. H. Dickersou, V. G. Frank\\nM. Davis, Rec. Sec; A. W. Dickinson, Treas.\\nFrank E. Joy, Per. Sec.\\nFriendship Rebehah Degree Lodge, No. 6.\\nElsie M. Fay, N. G. Ella M. Griffith, N, G.\\nKate C. AVard, Roc. Sec. Abby J. Roby,\\nTreas. Carrie L. Geer, F. Sec.\\n3Ioiiaclnock Encumpiiient, No. 10. Clinton\\nCollins, C. P. R. AY. Ward, S. W. C. Pressler,\\nH. P. AYalter W. Glazier, Scribe Sylvester\\nSpaulding, Treasurer.\\nUnited Ordeii of the Golden Cross.\\nKeene Coinmandery, No. 90, and Ashuelot\\nCouncil, No. 833, Royal Arcanum, are situated\\nliei-e.\\nIndependent Order of Good Tejiplars.\\nRefuge Lodge, No. 59, was organized Jaim-\\nary 20, 1882.\\nKeene Light Guard. Company G.: Cap-\\ntain, Francis O. Nims First Lieutenant, Edward\\nP. Kimball Second Lieuteuaut, Charles AY.\\nStarkey Sergeants, Charles E. Joslin, D. H.\\nDickinson, A^ illiam H. Reyoum, E. O. Upham,\\nC. H. Clark.\\nCompany H. Captain, George AY. Fisher;\\nFirst Lieutcntmt, Jerry P. AYellman Second\\nLieutenant, Frank Chapman Sergeants, E. A.\\nShaw, F. E. Barrett, O. G. Nims, Sumner\\nNims.\\nBattalion. This organization was organized\\nOctober 17, 1877, and comprises Companies G\\nand H of the Second Regiment. The follow-\\ninsf are the officers of the Battalion Com-\\nmander, Lieutcnant-Colouel Fred. A. Faulkner\\nMajor, Albert AY. Metcalf; Clerk, J. C. Reed\\nTreasurer, Oscar G. Nims Executive Commit-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0122.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n93\\ntee, Frank Chapman, Jcriy P. Welliuan, E. M.\\nKeyes Committer on Arms, Eqiiipmonts and\\nand Uniforms, Captain G. W. Fislier, Cap-\\ntain F. O. Nims, Lientenant C W. Starkey;\\nArmorer, Vi\\\\ AV. Ross.\\nA Post of the Grand Army of the Re-\\nru BLTO was organized here in 18(j8 reorganized\\nJanuary, 1880. L. ^V. Foskett, Commander L.\\nH. Starkey, Senior Vice-Commander Ambrose\\nA. Stik S, Junior Vice-Commander William\\nyV. Ross, Adjutant; L. D. Darling, Quarter-\\nmaster H. W. Eastman, Officer of the Day\\n,1. S. Warner, Officer of the Guard Dr. G. B.\\nTwitcliell, Surgeon E. E. Bissell, Chaplain.\\nAxciKXT Order of Hiberxiaxs was or-\\nganized April 5, 1874.\\nFire Derartment, 1885. -The officers are\\nChief Engineer, George D. A\\\\ heelock Assist-\\nants, J. A. Batchelder, H. H. Barker, William\\nH. Reyoum, C. L. Kingsbury, H. W. Harvey\\nClerk, C. L. Kingsbury.\\nKeene Steamer and Hose Company, No. 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E.\\nS. Foster, captain H. H. Haynes, lieutenant\\nJ. P. A^ ellwan, foreman of hose G. H. Piper,\\nengineer D. E. Ladd, assistant engineer H.\\nW. Keyes, clerk M. V. B. Clark, treasurer.\\nDeluf/e Hose Company, Xo. 1. O. P. Applin,\\nforeman Charles Balch, first assistant (ieorge\\nF. Howe, second {Assistant Edward Stone, clerk;\\nCharles G. Gihnore, secretary and treasurer;\\nFred. H. Towue, steward.\\nPhcenix Hose Company, No. 4. M. L. I.,an-\\ndei-s, foreman AVm. R. iggett, first assistant\\nCharles S. Carkin, second assistant F. F.\\nStearns, clerk Frank P. Gaynor, secretary and\\ntreasurer F. N. AVoods, steward.\\nWashington Hooh-and- Ladder Company, JVo.\\n1. Joseph E. Ciriffith, foreman George Blais-\\ndell, fii-st a.ssi.stant E. A. Seaver, second a.ssistant\\nA. E. Fish, secretary and treasurer; Fred R.\\nSmith, steward.\\nPublic Library. In the old Annals of\\nKeene, under date of 1815, we find this para-\\ngraph,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWe do not now stand apart from the rest of the\\nworld neither our position, nor the circumstances\\nthat surround us, present any features, grand,\\nremarkable or romantic. The deeds of our an-\\nI By Mrs. M. R. Osborne.\\ncestors are interesting to us, not merely because they\\nwere the deeds of our ancestors, nor because they are\\nviewed through the long vista of past time, but prin-\\ncipally because they were performed by a few meu of\\nstout hearts and strong wills, amid perilous and re-\\nmarkable circumstances and are appreciated by the\\nvast importance of their consequences. Individuals\\nare lost in the multitude, and a multitude excites no\\ninterest.\\nAnd ^A\u00e2\u0080\u00a2hat is true of individuals is also true\\nof institutions, they have a history interesting\\nto none, perhaps, outside of their own immediate\\nvicinity, and yet the annals of a town or coimty\\nwould be incomplete without this record.\\nHence, tin s sketch of the Keene Public Libraiy.\\nThe Keene Pulilie Library had its beginning\\nin 1859 in a joint stock-company, represented\\nand sustained by an association of stockholders,\\neach holding one or more shares at five dollars\\nper share, subject to assessment annually. An-\\nnual subscribers, by the payment of two dollars,\\nwere entitled to all the privileges of the library.\\nIn 1859 by-laws and a constitution were\\ndrawn up and subscribed to, as follows\\nWe, the undersigned, hereby associate ourselves\\ntogether for the establishment of a library in Keene,\\nunder the corporate name of the Keene Public Li-\\nbrary, agreeably to the preceding Constitution and\\nBy-Laws, for the objects and upon the conditions there-\\nin expressed; and we hereby adopt said Constitution\\nand By-Laws as a part of our articles of agreement.\\n.Vnd we further agree that our first meeting be held\\non the 3d day of May, 1850, at the Town Hall in\\nKeene, at 7J o clock P.M., and be organized as the\\nmajority shall decide.\\nWm. P. Wheeler. Geo. Cook.\\nFaruum F. Lane. I). H. Sawyer.\\nLeonard Bisco. Edward A. Webb.\\nGeo. B. Twitchell. Oilman Josliu.\\nJohn Henry Elliot. Wm. Henry Thayer.\\nWilliam S. Briggs.\\nAt the first annual meeting of the stockhold-\\ners a board of twelve trustees was elected, con-\\nsisting of the same persons, with the aildition\\nof John Bowker. George B. Twitchell was\\nchosen chairman, and William H. Thayer sec-\\nretary (whose duty it should be to prepare a\\ncatalogue), and Leonard Bisco librarian, the\\nTrustees agreeing to pay him the sum of fifty\\ndollars for the use of the room and the care\\nand delivery of books, including all the duties\\nof I^ilirarian for one year.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0123.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "94\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOn the opeuing of the Library, Sept. 3tl,\\nthe Secretary reaJ a brief address, which tlie\\nBoard agreed to publish in the Newspapers,\\nwith soiiMi alteratious. The first sum voted\\nfor books was oue hundred dollars. At the\\nfirst annual meeting, in May, the treasurer s re-\\nport represented the sum of two hundred dol-\\nlars. Of tlie twelve gentlemen elected trustees,\\nonly four have leparted this life. Those who\\nremain hale and hearty t(j-day are F. F. Lane,\\nRev. William White, William H. Thayer,\\nM.D., John Henry Elliot, George Cook, John\\nBowkcr, William S. Briggs and George A.\\nWheelork.\\nIn LS62 the following vote appears on the\\nrecords: utcd to appropriate two hundred\\nand five dollars for the expenses of the ensuing-\\nyear, Ninety dollai-s for the purchase of\\nbooks. Ninety dollars for the .salary of Jyibra-\\nrian and Twenty-five for rent, gas and inciden-\\ntal expenses.\\nValuable gifts of books and public docu-\\nments were received from time to time. One\\nhundred and fifteen dollars was the largest sum\\nexpended in any one year before the vote to\\ntransfer the library to the city, in 1875. A\\nmeeting was called September 19, 1874, to hear\\nthe I eport of the committee previously chosen\\nl y the stockholders (consisting of William P.\\nWheeler, George A. Mlieelock and F. S. Strat-\\nton) to confer with a committee chosen by the\\ncity, in relation to surrendering the shares of\\nthe stockholders to the city, and take any action\\ndeemed necessary to transfer .the library and\\nany other property of the association to the city.\\nThe committee chosen by the city were William\\nDinsmoor, Asa Smith (couucilmen), S. S. Wil-\\nkinson (alderman), with full authority to con-\\nsummate the transactions and on February\\n1, 1874, F. S. Stratton and George A. ^\\\\llee-\\nlock, on the jJart of the association, and William\\nDinsmoor, on the part of the city, met and for-\\nmally transferred the library to the city, under\\ntiie following conditions and regulations, viz.\\nThe city shall furnish suitable apartments, and\\nfor five years shall expend the sum of not less\\nthan three hundrtnl dollars, and after that a\\nsum of not less than five hundi cd dollars, for\\nthe purchase and i-epair of books, until such\\ntime as the Library shall receive an income of\\nnot less than one thousand dollai s per annum.\\nThe city also voted to maintain a free public\\nlibrary, \\\\^hich should be well I quipjjed with\\nstandard, historical and general works, constitu-\\nting an armory in which our young men might\\nfurnish tht mselves weapons for the intellectual\\ncontests of the day, and every care should be\\nexercised in its formation to guard its shelves\\nstrictly from worthless books. They also\\ndecreed that the joint standing committee should\\nhave charge and management of said library,\\nappoint a librarian and define his duties and\\nmake all such rules and regulations as they\\nshall deem proper. Alderman Wilkinson and\\nCouncilmen Dinsmoor and Smith constituted\\nthat committee, and leased the rooms of the\\nSocial Union, and the books i-ecommended, 433\\nin number, were purchased, which, with the\\n2G44 received from the association, made a total\\nof 3077 volumes. The first librarian was Cy-\\nrus Piper, who reported at the annual meeting\\nvaluable gifts of books, reports, public docu-\\nments, etc., and not a book lost during the\\nyear.\\nIn 1877 the city passed an ordinance com-\\nmitting the Library to a Board of Trustees\\nconsisting of six persons, three of whom may\\nbe ladies, and all to serve without compensa-\\ntion, to be appointed as follows two for one\\nyear, two for two years and two for three\\nyears, and at the expiration of the term of\\noffice of each two, their successors shall be ap\\npointed for three years. William P. Cham-\\nberlain, Mrs. H. M. Hatch, A. B. Heywood,\\nMrs. M. R. Osborne, D. W. (lilbert and Mrs.\\nE. J. C. Gilliert constituted the board of trus-\\ntees, four of whom have remained on the board\\nuntil the present time, and the librarian then.\\nMiss Brooks, who succeeded her father after his\\ndecease, is still at her post.\\nThe mayor, in his review of the library the\\nthird year after its transfer to the city, depre-\\ncated the fact that so large a per cent, of the\\nbooks read were fiction, revealing a frivolous\\ntaste prevailing in the community. In 1880\\nthe Keene Public Library became a member of\\nthe Library Association, tuid the trustees\\navailed themselves of the valuable aid afibrded", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0124.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n95\\nthereby to increase tlie efficiency of their\\nlibrary. The lack of two things liad been a\\nhindrance to its growth and prosperity, viz. a\\nproper classification of books and a catalogue\\nthat would be a more comjilete guide in the\\nfinding of books.\\nIn 18S1 a large, commodious and well-\\nlighted room was provided by the city in City\\nHall Block, and the books were renumbered\\nand classified, according to their subjects. A\\ncard-catalogue had also been completed, based\\nU2)on the same jjlan, and containing copious ref-\\nerences to the contents of books, and an exhaust-\\nive analysisof the subjects treatedin them. A new\\nmethod of keeping the record of books loaned\\nand returned, has been adopted, which, in effici-\\nency and simplicity is mucli superior to tlie old\\nledaer svstem, and lost books can be more easily\\ntraced. The book committee of three persons,\\nchosen from the board of trustees, have always\\naimed to carry out the legitimate object of a pub-\\nlic library that of furnishing the meaus of in-\\nstruction and education, instead of amusement\\nonly, and have placed on the shelves works of an\\nenduring charactc^r, such as should I ender it more\\nvalual)le as it increases in size, instead of filling\\nit with books of a sensational nature, which will\\nbecome valueless when their short day has passed.\\nMany valuable gifts have greatly enhanced the\\nvalue of the library. And before closing this\\nfragmentary sketch permit me to invite the\\ncitizens of our county, when visiting Kcene for\\nbusiness or pleasure, to step into our Public\\nLibrary, where our obliging and business-like\\nlibrarian will show the admirable working of the\\ncard-catalogue (whicii cost days and months of\\ncontinuous labor), where the anxious seeker after\\nsome missing-link, with which to complete his\\nessay or discussion, is directed straight to the\\nliiddeu truth or historical fact, and thus mucii\\nvaluable time is saved. Tiien, passing on to the\\nReference Department, i)ause and look over\\nthe table covered with the best magazines, and\\nif it chance to be out of school hours, you will\\nsee pupils seated around it, not to read the\\nstories, but to glean choice bits of kuowledge\\nfrom the excellent articles on science, biography\\nand travel, contributed by master-minds in our\\nown and foreign lands.\\nBut the grandest portion of our library is the\\nsolid books of reference and excellent maps and\\ncharts. Here you -will find the members of our\\nhigher grades of school, with pencil and note-\\nbook in hand, carefully noting facts and dates\\nto aid them in acquiring the liberal education\\nwhich is the birthright of every child in Keenc.\\nOne who has been abroad many years said,\\non returning here to his native city, I find the\\nbeauty of Keene greatly enhanced by her fine\\npublic and private buildings, her broad streets\\nbeautified and arched by the spreading branches\\nof her noble elms but the crowning gem to me\\nis her Public Library, with its almost faultless\\nappointments.\\nBut this beginning, we trust, is only the\\nearnest of the future Public Library of Keene,\\nwhen, througii the munificence of our late gen-\\nerous citizen, John Symond.s, supplemented by\\nthe aid of both of our citizen.s, a fire-proof build-\\ning, with its library hall filled with light alcoves,\\nholding their precious treasures, its well-\\nappointed reading-room, its art gallery and\\nmuseum of natural history, when the fifty-five\\nhundred volumes shall be multiplied, it may be\\nfive times, it may be ten, and who knows, but a\\nhundred-fold\\nTlie present board of trustees are AVilliam\\nP. Chamberlain, Dexter W. Gilbert, Charles\\nH. Hersey,Mrs. E. J. C. Cilbert, JVIiss Kate I.\\nTilden, Mrs. M. R. Osborne; Mrs. L. M.\\nConverse, librarian ]\\\\Iiss Z. B. Gilmore, as-\\nsistant librarian.\\nThe Press. The first newspaper in Keene\\nwas the New Hampshire Recorder and Weeldij\\nAdvertiser, established by James D. Griffith in\\n1787. This was continued until March .3,\\n1791.\\nThe Neio Hampshire Sentinel was established\\nin Alarch, 1799, by John Prentiss, who was\\nconnected with it nearly half a century. His\\nson, John W., became associated with him in\\nOctober, 1828, and the paper was conducted\\nunder the firm-name of J. J. W. Prentiss\\nuntil June 20, 1834, when John Prentiss again\\nappeai-s to be the sole proprietor. In 1838 the\\nfirm again became J. J. W. Prentiss. In\\n1847 J. W. Prentiss again assumed control, and\\nsoon after Alfred Godfrey became associated", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0125.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "96\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwith its publication, under the name of J. W.\\nPrentiss Co. July G, 1855, the Avierican\\nNeii S was uuited with the Sentinel, and the firm\\nbecame A. Godfrey and G. S. Woodward. It\\nwas subsccj^uently published by S. G. S.\\nWoodward; later by Thomas Hale, G. S.\\nWoodward, Albert Godfrey and T. C Rand.\\nIn July, 18(i5, the firm consisted of T. C.\\nRand, G. S. Woodward and Oliver L. French.\\nIn 1 8(5G it was issued by George Ticknor\\nCo. From December, 1866, to 1868, Mr.\\nFrench was the sole proprietor. ]\\\\Ir. T. C.\\nRand then purchased an interest, and the Sentinel\\nwas conducted by Rand French until Sep-\\ntember, 1872, when C.J. Woodward purchased\\nan interest, and the jiaper was then issued by\\nthe Sentinel Pul)lishing Company, which name\\nhas continued to the jiresent time. No further\\nchange appeared in the ownership of the paper\\nuntil j\\\\Iarch, 1880, when Mr. William H. Pren-\\ntiss became a member of the firm, and the )S e/i mf/\\nis now published by Messrs. Rand, Woodward\\nand Prentiss, under wliose able management\\nit has taken front rank among the leading\\njournals of the State. It is Republican in\\npolitics.\\nThe Cheshire Repuhlican, the leading Demo-\\ncratic paper of Western New Hampshire, was\\nestablished in Walpole, N. H., April 11, 1793,\\nand removed to Keene November 14, 1828. It\\nwas originally called the Farmers Museum. It\\nhas been successively published since its removal\\nhere by Nahum Stone, B. Cooke, H. A. Bill,\\nHoratio Kimball, J. N. Morse and W. B. Allen,\\nJ. N. Morse, and Joshua I). Colony Sons.\\nThe Republican came into the possession of\\nColony Sons in 1878 and atonce entered ujion\\na prosperous era. They brought to the enterprise\\nenergy and ability, which soon became manifest.\\nIt is Democratic in politics and a fearless ex-\\nponent of the principles of that party.\\nThe following are obsolete publications\\nThe Cheshire Advertiser, The Columbian In-\\nformer, The Rising Sun and the American Ncws_\\nThe latter was merged with the Sentinel in\\n1855.\\nTlie Nem England Observer was com-\\nmenced at White River Junction, Vt., January\\n1, 1878, as The Republican Observer. Thomas\\nHale, a veteran journalist, was its founder, and\\nhe continued to be its editor and publisher un-\\ntil June, 1880, when the subscription-list and\\nmaterial was purchased by a stock company\\nand removed to Keene, and the jjaper was re-\\nchristened the New England Observer. Mr.\\nHale remained as its editor until the following\\nspring, when he v, as succeeded by H. L. In-\\nman, the manager, who has since filled both jio-\\nsitious. The New England Observer is Repub-\\nlican in politics, but not in an organic sense,\\nreserving the right at all times to believe tliat the\\ngood of all is j)referable to the success of any\\nparty, when that party is clearly in the wroug.\\nKekxe in IS. il. The first Directory of\\nKeene was published in l s;31, with four\\noriginal engravings. This Directory contained\\nthe names of thirteen streets and about five\\nhundred people. The business interests, etc.,\\nat that time were represented as follows\\nApothecaries. S. H. Gcrould, A. T. Hall.\\nAttornei/s-at-Law. Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr., Elijah\\nDuubar, Thomas M. Edw.ards, Elijah Parker, Joel\\nParker, James Wilson, James Wilson, Jr.\\nBooksellers. J. J. W. Prentiss, Geo. Lincoln.\\nBaptist Church. Rev. E. Hale, pastor.\\nFirst Congregational Church. Rev. Z. S. Baretow,\\npastor Elijah Carter, Thomas Fisher, C. H. Jaquith,\\nAbijah Wilder, deacons.\\nKeene Congregational Socictg. Rev. T. R. Sullivan,\\npastor; Samuel Wood and AdolpLns Wright, deacons.\\nEngine Companies. No. 1, John V. Wood, captain\\nNo. 2, J. B. Davis, captain.\\nInsurance Agents. Elijah Parker, Thomas M. Ed-\\nwards, Justus Perry.\\nHotels. Eagle Hotel, Stephen Harrington, proprie-\\ntor; Plicenix Hotel, John Hatch, proprietor.\\nTaverns. Henry Goodenow, Abigail Metcalf, Josiah\\nSawyer, J. R. Shelly and Samuel Streeter.\\nLibraries. Cheshire Athenaeum, Cheshire Theolog-\\nical Institute, Juvenile Library, Keene Book Society,\\nCirculating Library, School Library.\\nLivery /Staife.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stillraan French, T. E. Sears.\\nMannfacturers. Perry, AVTieeler Co., bottles\\nAdams, Holman Button, A. T. Hall, potashes\\nAdams, Holman Dutton, window-glass.\\nBaker. Amos Wood.\\nBlacksmiths. Aaron Davis, J. Daniels, J. Towns,\\nN. Wilder, J. Wilson, N. Wood.\\nBook-Binder. George Tilden.\\nBrick-Maker\u00e2\u0080\u0094 T]iomas M. Edwards.\\nButchers. Barker McNiel.\\nCarpenters. Nathan Bassett, S. Crossfield, K. Cross-\\nfield, .John Fitch, E. Newcomb, Jotham Parker, G.\\nW. Sturdevant, John S. Thatcher.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0126.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n97\\nChaise- Maker. Thomas F. Ames.\\nClock-Maker. Luther Smith.\\nClothiers. Faulkner Colony.\\nCoopers. Abel Angier, A. Dodge, Elisha Fassett,\\nE. Hale, James Perry, Silas Perry.\\nGlazier. Walter Taylor.\\nGravestone- Maker. El iplialet Briggs.\\nGun-Maker John C. Masou.\\nHair-Dresser. Adolphus Wright.\\nHatter. Dexter Anderson.\\nHoe-Makers. Aaron Davis, Azel Wilder.\\nLast-Maker. C. II. Jacjuith.\\nMasons. J. B. Davis, J. F. Locke, D. Marsh, J.\\nParker, C. Wilson.\\nMillers. T. Dwinell, Jr., Faulkner Colony, E.\\nHolbrook, Geo. Page.\\nMilliners and Dress-Makers. Jerusha Brown, Misses\\nDodge, Harriet Keyes, Jane N. Leonard, Eliza R.\\nEidgway.\\n3Iillwrir/hts.- Enos Holbrook, George Page, Aaron\\nWillson, Jr.\\nMorocco- Dressers. Harington King.\\nPail-Makers. S. Perry, J. Willson.\\nPainters. Gideon Clark, Charles Ingalls, Walter\\nTaylor.\\nPrinters. J. J. W. Prentiss, N. Stone.\\nPump-Makers. Page Holman, Oliver Willson.\\nSaddlery.- T. F. Ames, David Watson.\\nShingle- Maker. George Page.\\nShoemakers. Harington King, C. H. Jaquith,\\nAbijah Kingsbury, Wilson Wade.\\nSleigh- Maker. A. Wilder, Jr.\\nStone- Cutters. A. Dickerson, J. Ellis.\\nTailors. G. C. Dean, Montague Wright, Mon-\\ntague Dinsmore.\\nTaihresses. Mrs. I aker, F^sther Page, Hannah\\nStiles, Mrs. Welden, Mary Wright.\\nTanners. Harington King, C Lamson.\\nTinner. J. P. Barber.\\nTurners. Page Holman, A. AVilder.\\nJewelers. J. Corbett, S. H. Gerould, J. H. Pond,\\nJ. Uidgeway.\\nWheel-Head Maker. A. Wilder.\\nWheelwright. C P. Perkins.\\nMusic and Musical Instruments. George Tilden.\\nNewspapers. The Farmer s Museum, Xahuni Stone,\\neditor; New Hampshire Sentinel, J. J. W. Prentiss,\\ncirculation, 1150.\\nPhysicians. Charles G. Adams, J. B. Doiisman,\\nAmos Twitchell.\\nSaw- Mills.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ThonvAn Dwinell, Jr., Faulkner Col-\\nony, Perry Angier, J. Perry, George Page, Caleb\\nWright.\\nThe selectmen for this year were Eliphalet\\nBriggs, Henry Coolidge and Thomas Thomp-\\nson Eliphalet Briggs, clerk William Dins-\\nmore, postmaster Eepresentatives, Aaron Hall\\nand James Wilson, Jr.\\nThere were fonrteen school districts, with six-\\nteen teachers and seven hundred and sixty-eight\\nscliolars. The school money raised was thir-\\nteen hundred and fifty dollars. The enterpris-\\ning business men, as evidenced l)y the adver-\\ntisements in this j)ionoer Directory, were Thomas\\nF. Ames, George Tilden, Jolin C. Mason,\\nAbijah Kingsbury, Adams, Holnuui ct Dutton,\\nLamson Dutton, A. T. Hall, Evans\\nPerkins, Montague Dinsmoor, Perry, Wheeler\\nCo., S. H. Gerould and J. J. W. Pren-\\ntiss. It contained a view of tlie Congregational\\nChurch, Unitarian Church, Phoenix and Eagle\\nHotels.\\nPost-Offioe. The late Hon. Salma Hall,\\nwhile compiling his Annals of Keene, wrote\\nto the Post-Oiiice Department at Washington\\nin relation to the first post-office in this town,\\nand received the following letter in reply:\\nOwing to the destruction of a large part of the\\nbooks and papers of the Department, by the firo of\\n1836, we have no means of giving s.atisfactory answers\\nto the inquiries contained in your letter of the 5th\\ninst. We are enabled, however, to state positively\\nthat, in the early part of 1795, Asa Bullard was the\\nPostmaster at Keene, N. H. (then spelt Keen). His\\naccount, rendered for the quarter (or part of the\\nquarter, possibly) ending 31st March, 17D5, shows\\nthat the net proceeds of the office for that quarter\\namounted to $1.36. The next quarter, it appears,\\nthey came up to $4.49. By the Auditor s records,\\nwhich go back to 1775, it does not appear that any\\naccount, prior to the above, was opened with the\\noffice at Keene. From this circumstance, and the fact\\nthat Keene is not mentioned in the list of offices\\n(about two hundred in number, and believed to be all\\nthen in ojjeration in the United States), to which a\\ncircular of the Postmaster-General was sent, under\\ndate of 18th June, 1792, it seems very probable that\\nAsa Bullard was the first Postmaster of Keene, and\\nthat he was appointed some time in the first quarter\\nof 1795, or, possibly, in the latter part of 1794.\\nIt appears, by a copy of a letter from the First\\nAssistant Postmaster-General to Jeremiah Libbey,\\nEsq., Postmaster of Portsmouth, N. H., dated 16th\\nSept., 1794, that Ozias Silsby s proposal for carrying\\nthe mail from Boston to Keen had then just been ac-\\ncepted and contracts were enclosed for execution.\\nIt is not stated when the contract was to go into oper-\\nation, nor how frequently the mail was to be conveyed.\\nIt seems that the route to Keene was by the way of\\nPortsmouth and it is not probable that the service\\nbeyond Portsmouth was oftener than once a week,\\nbecause it apjiears that, in winter, it was at that time\\nbut twice a week between Boston and Portsmouth.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0127.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "98\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHow long the mail was in passing between the two\\nplaces (Boston and Keene) we have not, from any of\\nthe existing records, been able to ascertain.\\nThe Kixu s Cannon. At the term of the\\nSuperior Court held in Keene in October, 1807,\\ncame on the trial of a prosecution instituted by\\nthe inhaljitaiits of AYalpole against certain citi-\\nzens of Keene for taking and carrying away,\\nin tlie night-time, a piece of ordnance of the\\nvalue of two hundred dollars, the property of\\nsaid town of Walpole.\\nFor the better understanding of tliis matter,\\nit is necessary to go back to a remote period of\\nour liistory. In the early settlement of the\\ncountry, on Connecticut River, four forts were\\nerected on its banks, and each was supplied by\\nHis Majesty, the King of England, with a large\\niron cannon. These forts were numbered that\\nat Chesterfield being No. 1, that at Westmore-\\nland No. 2, that at Walpole No. 3 and that at\\nCharlestown Xo. 4. These cannons remained in\\nthose several towns after tiie achievement of\\nour independence, were prized as trophies of\\nvictory, and made to speak in triumpliant tones\\non every Fourth of July and other days of\\npublic rejoicings. Their reports sounded to tlie\\ninhabitants of the adjoining towns as exulting\\nclaims to superiority, they having no sucli\\ntrophies to speak for them. That at Walpole Avas\\nleft unguarded in tlie Main Street. In the\\nspring of this year a citizen of Keene, then a\\nyouth, but since distinguished in tlie service of\\nhis country, liaving received an elegant sword\\nfor his gallant defense, in the War of 1812, of\\n1 It has been ascertained that Asa BuUard was an officer\\nin tlie Revolutionary War probably a captain, for he was\\nso styled when he first came to Keene. While here he re-\\nceived an appointment in the militia which gave him the\\nrank of major, and he was afterwards known as Major\\nBuUard. He resided and kept the post-office in the rough-\\ncast house formerly occupied by Elijah Dunbar, and now\\nby Joshua Wyman. Ue afterwards removed to AValpole\\nand kept tavern there and it was at his house that for\\nsome time the club of scholars and wits, who made them-\\nselves and the Farmers Museum famous throughout the\\ncountry, by their lucubrations, and consisted of Joseph\\nDennie, afterwards editor of Portfolio, at Philadelphia,\\nRoyal Tyler, afterwards chief justice of Vermont, Samuel\\nHunt and Roger Vose, both afterwards members of Con-\\ngress, Samuel West and others, held their periodical sym-\\nposiums.\\nFort Covington, near Baltimore, arranged a\\nparty who repaired to alpole in tlie night,\\ntook possession of the (aunou and Ijrotight it in\\ntriumph to Keene.\\nThe whole population of Walpole were in-\\ndignant at being deprived, in this way, of their\\nvalued trophy, and determined to appeal to the\\nlaws to recover it. Several attempts to tirrest\\nthe offenders proved abortive, but this only\\nadded to their zeal. A respectable citizen of\\nWalpole was sent to aid tlie sheriff. Knowing\\ntliat he whom they most wished to secure con-\\ncealed liimself whenever apprized that the oiHeer\\nwas visible, they lay in ambush for him in the\\nswamps south and west of his father s residence.\\nIt happened that Dr. Adams was at this time\\ngunning, as was his frequent habit, in the same\\ngrountls. He saw tliem, and knowing that they\\nsaw him, he walked hurriedly away. They fol-\\nlowed he hastened his walk, they theirs, until\\ntiie walk became a run, and the run a race. His\\nIviiowledge of the minute topograjjhy of the place\\nenabled him to take sucli direction as might be.st\\nsuit his purpose. Methiuks I see him now,\\nlightly springing from hassock to hassock, from\\nturf to log, now and then looking back, with\\nftice sedate and eagle eye, to see how his jjur-\\nsuers sped. By turning and winding he led\\nthem into a bog, and gained distance while they\\nwere struggling to gain firm foothold. They\\noutran him, liowever, and arrested him at his\\ndoor but were soon convinced they h:id not\\ncaught the right man, and returned, not the less\\nirritated, to alpole.\\nSeveral of the delinquents were at length\\narrested and brought to trial. The court (Chief\\nJustice Smith, afterwards Governor, presiding)\\ndecided that the said cannon was not the j)rop-\\nerty of the said town of Walpole, and the de-\\nfendants were discharged. It was immediately\\ndrawn near tlie court-house, loaded and fired.\\nMay it please your honor, said Ct)unselor\\nVose, the case is already reported.\\nThis was the year in wliich tiie sufferings\\nfrom the Embargo exasperated a large portion\\nof the people of New England. It is worthy\\nof note that the selectmen of Keene, on being\\nlegally requested so to lo, called a meeting of\\nthe qualified voters of the town to take into", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0128.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n99\\nconsideration the present alarming situation of\\nour country, to express our sentiments thereon\\nand to adojjt such measures for a redress of\\ngrievances as shall be thought expedient. It\\nwas the practice in Revolutionary times for towns\\nto resolve and even act in their corporate capa-\\ncity in relation to public ailairs but the in-\\nstances have been few in which they have so\\ndone since the adoption of the Constitution of the\\nUnited States. Tliis instance is not now men-\\ntioned to censure it. It might be attended with\\nmany good results if all the citizens of a town\\nwere to be called together occasionally to dis-\\ncuss public measures. At such meeting all\\nparties might be heard, and argument be com-\\nbated by argument. At this meeting several\\nresolutions were adojjted, l)ut no measures were\\ndetermined on.\\nThe irritation of the people of Waljmle at\\nthe loss of their valued trophy, or more, per-\\nhaps, at the manner in which they had been de-\\nprived of it, continued unabated and they de-\\ntermined to take redress into their own hands.\\nThey had been informed that the cannon was\\nconcealed in a granary, in a back store, on the\\nsouth side of West Street, near Main Street. On\\nthe evening of the 4tli of July a plot was ar-\\nranged to regain possession of it. A confederate\\n(a stage-driver) was sent immediately to Keene,\\nin a huge stage-wagon, to gain information and\\ntake measures to facilitate the execution of the\\nproject. He ascertained that it was concealed in\\nthe place mentioned, bargtiined for some grain,\\nand, at his suggestion, was allowed to take\\nthe key, that he might get the grain very\\nearly in the morning without disturbing\\nthe clerks. Returning immediately, he met on\\ntheir way a cav aleade of about thirty, mostly\\nvoiuig men, conuuanded by a military officer of\\nhigh I ank, and made his repoi-t. They left\\ntheir horses in the cross-road, then fringed with\\nbushes, leading, from Court Street to Wasliing-\\nton Street, and in a few minutes entered the\\ngranary. The first motion of the camion,\\nthe night being still, made a terrific\\nnoise. The town bell was rung and an alarm of\\nfire was raised. The men in the granary la-\\nbored for a time without success, and almost\\nwithout hope. Outside, men were seen skulk-\\ning behind buildings and flittintr from coi ner\\nto corner. At length, by a desperate effort,\\nit was lifted iuto the wagon, and the team\\nhurried towards Walpole. At break of day\\nthey were welcomed home by the ringing of the\\nbell and by the applause of a crowd awaiting in\\nanxiety the return of their fellow- townsmen.\\nIn the mean time a large number of the\\ncitizens of Keene mounted their horses and pur-\\nsued the returning party but fortunately they\\ntook the wrong road, and thus a desperate con-\\nflict was avoided. A report was current, at the\\ntime, that they took the wrong road by design\\nlint this was pronounced a base and baseless\\nslander.\\nBut the history of the King s cannon is not\\nyet complete. It was soon afterwards furtively\\ntaken by a body of men from A\\\\ estminster,\\nVt., to be used in celebrating the Declaration of\\nIndependence and was retaken, on a sudden on-\\nset, by a large body of men from Walpole, the\\nselectmen at their head, while actually in use\\nfor that purpose. It was afterwards taken by\\nijieu from Alstead, and report says that it was,\\nafter that, appropriated by an ii on founder and\\ntransmuted into implements of husbandry.\\nManufacturing Interests. The Faulk-\\nner tt Colony woolen-mill is one of the oldest es-\\ntablishments of its kind in the State. The entire\\nproduc^tion of this mill is flannel. The founders\\nof this interest have long since passed away, and\\nthe business is now conducted by their descend-\\nants.\\nThe Keene Furniture Company was estab-\\nlished in 1868. This company employs about\\none hundred hands. Its principal owner is\\nEdward Joslin F. L. Sprague and C. L.\\nKingsbury are the managers of the business.\\nThe works are located in the Hope Steam Mill\\nCompany s buildings.\\nThe Cheshire Chair Company is also located\\nin the buildings of the Hope Steam Mill Com-\\npany. It was organized January 1, 1869, and\\nat present consists of Edward and C. E. Joslin\\nand George W. McDuliee. The Keene Chair\\nCompany is also a lai ge establishment, at South\\nKeene, of which Hon. S. W. Hale is president.\\nThe celebrated Clip[)er mowing-machine is\\nmanufactured at South Keene. Among other", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0129.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "100\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmanufacturers are Nims, Whitney Co., manu-\\nfacturers of sasli, doors and blinds C. N. Tot-\\ntingham Co., manufacturers of sleighs.\\nJ. F. French, manufacture the Kcene sleigh.\\nThis business was commenced in 1839. Wil-\\nkinson McGregor manufacture the celebrated\\nKeene harness. Tlie Humphrey ^Machine Com-\\npany manufactures the I X I^ turbine water-\\nwheel. A wheel costing ten thousand dollars was\\nmade at this establishment, in 1884, for a Low-\\nell mill pottery (J. S. Taft Co.), brick,\\npaint-brushes, impervious cans, etc., are also\\nmanufactured here. The Hojie Steam Mill\\nCompany, in addition to supplying power for\\nother manufacturers, manufactures pails, tubs,\\netc. John Simons, tannery Frank E. Foster,\\ntaimery INIorse Bros., soap-^vorks Upham s\\nglue works.\\nMembers of Congress. Keene has fur-\\nnished six members of C^^ngress Peleg Sprague,\\nSamuel Dinsnioor, Sr., Joseph Buftum, Salma\\nHale, James Wilson, Jr., and Thomas McKay\\nEdwards.\\nGovernors. Samuel Dinsmoorand his son,\\nSamuel Dinsnioor, Jr., have been the only Gov-\\neiMiors elected from Keene until 1882. In that\\nyear Samuel W. Hale was elected Governor.\\nWar of the Eebellion. The first war-\\nmeeting was held in Keene April 20, 1861. The\\nmeeting was called to order by Hon. Levi\\nChamberlain, and the following officers were\\nchosen President, ex-Governor Samuel Dins-\\nmoor Vice-Presidents, ex-Governor William\\nHaile, Colonel David Buffum, Captain J. S.\\nAdams, William P. AVheeler, Colonel Benjamin\\nRead, Colonel T. A. Barker, F. A. Faulkner\\nand Hon. Jacob Taylor Secretaries, George H.\\nTilden and A. S. AVhitcoml).\\nThis meeting was an enthusiastic one, and one\\nof the resolutions adopted at its close was that\\nwe will encourage and sustain, with our approval\\nand sympathy, and also with material aid,\\nLevi Chamberlain ot tUe Cheshire bar, was at one time\\nthe opposing candidate of the latter. Mr. Chamberlain,\\nwell knowing that in Keene the men of his own political\\nstripe preponderated, playfully suggested, with his charac-\\nteristic mirth, tliat to avoid putting the State to so much\\ntrouble. Mr. Dinsmoor and he had best leave the case\\nout to the decision of the friends and neighbors by whom\\nthey were best known.\\nthose citizens of our county who shall enroll\\nthemselves as soldiers in response to the rec( nt\\ncall of the Governor. And most thoroughly\\nwas this resolution carried out. Keene respond-\\ned promptly to the call of her imperiled country.\\nKev William )rne White, in speaking of\\nthis war-meeting, in the admirable address\\ndelivered by him in Keene, July 4, 1876,\\nsays,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nIt was a memorable scene, when, in the sunlight\\nof the afternoon of May 20th, 1861, the late Ex-Gov-\\nernor Dinsmoor stood upon the platform erected for\\nthe occasion, on Central Square, and, in ])resence of\\na multitude, said, as he introduced to them Hon.\\nJames Wilson, still happily spared to us (both deco-\\nrated with the red, white and blue) Amid the gen-\\neral gloom which pervades the community there is\\nyet one cause for congratulation, that we at last see\\na united North. Representing diflerent i)olitical or-\\nganizations, these honored men served to typify the\\npatriotism, which, in that trying hour, fused so many\\nhearts in one. How the women, moved with a com-\\nmon purpose, toiled week after week, year after year,\\nin connection with the Soldiers Aid Society, or to\\nhelp the benevolent work of the United States Sani-\\ntary Commission How like romance sound some\\nof the surprises caused by the handicraft of the New\\nHampshire women.- A Dublin soldier-boy, in his\\ndistant hospital, gains strength to scan the names in-\\nscribed upon his album-quilt, and is strangely stirred\\nas the names grow mf)re and more familiar, until at\\nlast he sees the handwriting of his own mother.\\nAs we recall those memorable days, how that com-\\npany of the Second Regiment, moving forth fromour\\nrailroad station, at the signal of prayer, comes back to\\nour minds, and those tents of the New Hampshire\\nSixth, as for weeks together they whitened the plains\\nbeyond the Ashuelot How shall I speak of the cour-\\nage, the patience, the devotion of such men I aban-\\ndon the attempt. In summer and winter, week in and\\nweek out, they have their perpetual orator. There\\nhe stands in brazen panoply of armor If you have\\nnever heeded him, you will not heed me! But in\\nSo early as March 11, 1862, the town votes three thou-\\nsand dollars for the relief of wives, children or parents of\\nvolunteers.\\nAfter the subsidence of the war five hundred dollars\\na year were paid by a combination of persons in the va-\\nrious religious societies, for two or three years, to the\\nKeene Freedman s Aid Society. The Ladies Charita-\\nble Society unites, as it has for many years, the sympa-\\nthies of all the parishes. The Invalids Home was\\nfounded chiefly by the aid of the Keene Congregational\\n(or Unitarian) Society, its chief benefactor being the late\\nCharles Wilson, who left to the Home the sum of one thou-\\nsand dollars.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0130.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "KEBNE.\\n101\\nhis meditative attitude, to me he speaks, uot wholly\\nof the storm-cloud of battle, nor of freedom dawning\\nupon millions of a once enslaved race he seems to\\ndream, besides, of brighter days for his country, days\\nwhen men shall beat their swords into ploughshares,\\nand their spears into pruning-hooks, nation shall not\\nlift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn\\nwar any more. The time shall come when no living\\ntongue among their comrades shall be left to tell of\\nLane and Leverett, of Metcalf and Flint, Crossfield\\nand Rugg, and Howard and Cheney, and their asso-\\nciates, who returned, not alive, to the dear old home\\nOne by one, all who bore part in the gigantic contest\\nshall have passed onward. Yet even then, God grant\\nthat those silent lijis may speak eloquently to the fu-\\nture dwellers in this happy valley, of those sons of\\nKcene who, in behalfof their country, presented their\\nbodies a living sacrifice.\\nTlie record of Keene during the War of the\\nRebellion is one in which her citizens may justly\\nfeel a patriotic pride. Captain Henry C. Han-\\nderson recruited the first volunteers. The first\\ncompany raised became Company G of the First\\nRt giment, A. J. Sargent, cajitaiu. The follow-\\ning companies also went out from Keene Com-\\npany A, Second Regiment, T. A. Barker, cap-\\ntain Company F, Fifth Regimeut, H. T. H.\\nPierce, captain CJompany E, Sixth Regiment,\\nO. G. Dort, captain Company I, Ninth Regi-\\nment, John W. Babbitt, captain Comjjany G,\\nFourteenth Regiment, Solon A. Carter, captain.\\nA portion of Company K, Third Regiment, was\\nalso from Keene.\\nThe Sixth Regiment was organized at Keene,\\ncommanded by Colonel Nelson Converse, and\\nlater by Colonel S. G. Griffin, afterwards major-\\ngeneral. A portion also of Company K, Third\\nRegiment, was from this town.\\nThe following is the roll of honor\\nCaptain Henry N. Metcalf, killed at Gettysburg.\\nA. W. Heuton, died of wounds. May 25, 1862.\\nWilliam H. Hookins, died of wounds, July 25,\\n1862.\\nG. H. Muchmore, first lieutenant, killed at second\\nbattle of Bull Run.\\nJ. H. Jenks, sergeant-major, killed at Ced.ar Creek,\\nOctober 19, 1864.\\nEdward E. !?turdevant, major, killed at Fredericks-\\nburg.\\nHenry Holton, died March 17, 1863.\\nJohn A. Drummer, died December 9, 1861.\\nJohn G. Darling, died.\\nHenry White, died December 9, 1861.\\nC. C. Cheney, died February 26, 1862.\\nHenry Flint, died October 16, 18G2.\\nGeorge W. Marsh, drowned August 31, 1862.\\nHenry Sprague, died August 17, 1863.\\nC. D. Chase, died July 20, 1863.\\nF. J. Leverett, died October 2, 1863.\\nE. J. Perham, died October 26, 1862.\\nC. E. Towns, died February 20, 1865.\\nN. T. Dunn, died September 8, 1864.\\nL. M. Parker, died June 20, 1865.\\nEdwin Marvin, died December 15, 1862.\\nE. F. Dickinson, died of wounds, June 17, 1864.\\nH. W. WiUard, died Jlarch 3, 1865.\\nCharles J. Wilder, killed October 13, 1864.\\nSoldi EKs Moximknt. The first move-\\nment for the erection of a soldiers memorial in\\nKeene was started in 1868, when two thousand\\ndollars was voted for the purpose, and a build-\\ning committee chosen. In August, 1870, an\\nadditional sum of five thousand dollars was\\nvoted, and a committee of five chosen to erect\\nupon Central S(piare such a moiuiment as they\\nshould think best.\\nThe monunu ut stands at the extreme south\\nend of the jjark in Ceutral Scpiare, facing the\\nsouth. It was designed by Martin Milmore, of\\nBoston, and was cast by the Auies JMaiuifactur-\\ning C ompany, of Chicopee, Mass.\\nIt consists of a bronze figure of a soldier, t ight\\nfeet in height, standing at rest the butt of the\\nmusket is placed upon the ground, and, passing\\nuj) between the right arm and the body, is su])-\\nported by the right hand, which is raised to-\\nwards the shoulder and grasps the piece in a firm\\nbut pliant manner.\\nThe figure rests priueipally upon the right\\nleg, while the left is advanced to an easy posi-\\ntion, giving balance and repose to the whole.\\nThe drapery is that of a common soldier in\\nthe late war, including the overcoat, which was\\nso useful in active service, and which now serves\\nso admirably as a foil to the stiffness of the or-\\ndinary costume and gives to the figure something\\nof the grace necessary to a work of art. The\\npose of the figure is easy, at the same time firm\\nand commanding. The countenance ex-\\npresses that clear intelligence and sterliug com-\\nmon sense which distinguishes the true Ameriam\\nvolunteer, and the whole aspect of the statue is\\nthat of the cinirageous, ready, firm and patriotic\\ncitizen-soldier. The figure stands upon a pedestal", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0131.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "102\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof lloxbuiy granite, composed of the following\\n.sections\\nA lower liase, seven and one-half feet sqnare\\nand fifteen inches high second base, six feet\\ntwo inches square and eighteen inches high\\nthird base, five feet four inches square and nine\\ninches Jiigh fourth base, four feet ten inclies\\n.square and twelve inches high. On these four\\nbases rest the die, wliich is four feet S(|uare by\\nfive feet eight inches in lieight the whole .sur-\\nmounted by a cap, five feet four inches square\\nand eighteen inches thick. On tlie south of the\\ndie is a bronze tal)let, forty-eight by thirty-three\\ninches, bearing the following in.scription\\nKeene will cherish in perpetual honor the mem-\\nory of her sous who fought for liberty and the integ-\\nrity of the Republic.\\n1861-1865.\\nThe honor of the heroic dead is the inspiration of\\nposterity.\\nThe entire lieiglit of the jjedestal is twelve\\nfeet ten inches, and the total lieight of the pedes-\\ntal and statue twenty feet ten inches. Surround-\\ning the monument, and distant from it ten feet,\\nis a granite curljing.\\nThe monument was dedicated October 20, 1871,\\namid a large concourse of people. Many distin-\\nguislied guests were also present, among whom\\nwere General Kilpatrick, General Garfield, Gov-\\nernor Weston and staft Mr. ^Nlihnore, of Boston,\\nand others. The introductory address of the day\\nwas delivered by Major-General S. G. Griffin,\\nwho was president of the day. The presentation\\naddress was delivered by Dr. Geo. B. Twitehell,\\nand Mr. Geo. H. Gilbert, chairman of the Board\\nof Selectmen, responded with an addi-ess of accept-\\nance. The oration was delivered by General\\nJudson Kilpatrick. Remarks were also made\\nby Governor Weston, Senator Patterson, General\\nGarfield, Colonel C^irroll D. Wright, Martin\\nMilmore, Hon. Thomas M. Edwards, Hon. Ro-\\nsea Parker, General Natt. Head, General M. T.\\nDonahue and Hon. Peter Sanborn.\\nPhysicians. The following jihysicians have\\npracticed in this town Dr. Daniel Adams, Amos\\nTwitehell, Chas. E. Adams, (son of Dr. Daniel),\\n.Fos. Wheeler, Thaddous INIcCarty, Daniel Hough,\\n.1. B. Douseman, George B. Twitehell,\\nSmith, .J. F. Jeni.son, Tlios. B. Kitteredge, Dr.\\nCole, A. S. Carpenter, H. H. Darling, Ira\\nProuty, Wm. Geddes (deceased), Wm. R. Dur-\\nham, Geo. W. Flagg, I. J. Prouty, Dr. G. C.\\nHill, Mrs. G. C. Hill, G. H. Bridgman, S. M.\\nDinsmoor, A. B. Thurston and J. H. Leaeh.\\nCity of Keene. The first meeting of the\\nlegal voters of Keene for the choice of city and\\nward officers was held on the second Tuesday\\nin Afiril, 1(S74, when the following officers\\nwere elected and on the 5th day of May fol-\\nlowing were duly clothed with administrative\\npowers.\\n1874.\\nM.iyor: Horatio Colony.\\nAldermen: Ward 1, Horatio Kimball; Ward 2,\\nEdward Farrar Ward 3, Don H. Woodward Ward\\n4, Francis C. Faulkner Ward 5, Reuben Stewart.\\nCity Clerk: Heury S. Martin.\\nPresident Common Council Heury H. Darling.\\nCouncilmen Ward 1, Alanson S. Whitcomb, Fran-\\ncis French, Franklin J. Ware Ward 2, Henry H.\\nDarling, Miles S. Buckminster, George W. Holbrook\\nWard 3, Joseph R. Deal, James W. Dodge, Nathan\\nG. Woodbury; Ward 4, Frederick H. Kingsbury,\\nLeander W. Cummings, Charles N. ^Vildcr Ward 5,\\nWilliam Dinsmoor, Oscar J. Howard, Horace Ham-\\nblett.\\n1875.\\nMayor Horatio Colony.\\nAldermen: Ward 1, Solon S. Wilkins ni Ward 2,\\nEdward Farrar; Ward 3, Joseph R. Real Ward 4,\\nWilliam P. Abbott Ward 5, Reuben Stewart.\\nCity Clerk Frank H. Starkweather.\\nPresident Common Council Frederick H. Kings-\\nbury.\\nCouncilmen Ward 1, Francis A. Perry, Asa Fair-\\nbanks, Willi.am L. Davis Ward 2, George W. Hol-\\nbrook, Miles S. Buckminster, Asa Smith Ward 3,\\nAllen Giffin, William H. Knowlton, Daniel H. Saw-\\nyer; Ward 4, Charles N. Wilder, Frederick H.\\nKingsbury, Charles Shrigley Ward 5, William Dius-\\nmoor, Reuben Hyland, Horace Hamblett.\\n1876.\\nMayor: Edward Farrar.\\nAldermen Ward 1, Solon S. Wilkinson Ward 2,\\nThomas E. Hatch Ward 3, Joseph R. Bcal Ward\\n4, William P. Abbott; Ward 5, Henry S. Martin.\\nCity Clerk Frank H. Starkweather.\\nPresident Common Council Charles Shrigley.\\nCouncilmen: Ward 1, Francis A. Perry, Asa Fair-\\nbanks, iSamuel O. Gates; Ward 2, Asa Smith, Oren\\n5. Gleason, Warren W. Mason Ward 3, William H.\\nCity Clerk Starkweatlier liaving died in office June 1st,\\nLucius C. Doolittle was elected to fill the place August 8th\\nfollowing.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0132.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n103\\nKnowlton, Daniel H. Sawyer, William P. Chamber-\\nlain; Ward 4, Charles Shrigley, Josiah M. Wood-\\nward, Gardner C. Hill Ward 5, Horace Hamblett,\\nReuben Hyland, Edward C. Thayer.\\n1877.\\nMayor Edward Farrar.\\nAldermen: Ward 1, George W. Ball; Ward 2,\\nThomas E. Hatch Ward 3, Ira F. Prouty Ward 4,\\nGeorge H. Tilden Ward 5, Henry S. Martin.\\nCity Clerk Lucius C. Doolittle.\\nPresident Common Council Gardner C. Hill.\\nCouncilmen Ward 1, Benjamin D. Hutchins,\\nJames S. Taft, Luther Starkey Ward 2, Warren W.\\nMason, Oren S. Gleason, Orlen D. Pratt Ward 3,\\nWilliam P. Chamberlain, Jason French, Harvey\\nPhillips; Ward 4, Josiah M. Woodward, Gardner C.\\nHill, Joseph Wilson Ward 5, Edward C. Thayer,\\nFrederick E. Robinson, George F. Sanborn.\\n1878.\\nMayor Reuben Stewart.\\nAldermen Ward 1, George W. Ball Ward 2,\\nGeorge K. ^V^ight; Ward 3, Ira F. Prouty Ward 4,\\nGeorge F. Tilden Ward 5, Edward C. Thayer.\\nCity Clerk Lucius C. Doolittle.\\nPresident Common Council James S. Taft.\\nCouncilmen Ward 1, Benjamin D. Hutchins,\\nJames S. Taft, Daniel R. Cole; Ward 2, James C.\\nWhittle, Orlen D. Pratt, John W. Nye; Ward 3,\\nCharles A. Gale, Jason French, Harvey Phillips;\\nWard 4, Norris G. Gurnsey, Jehiel Harlow, Joseph\\nWilson Ward 5, George F. Sanborn, Cheever P.\\nFelch, Laton Martin.\\n1879.\\nMayor Reuben Stewart.\\nAldermen: Ward 1, Horatio Kimball; Ward 2,\\nGeorge K. Wright; Ward 3, Jason French Ward 4,\\nNorris G. Gurnsey Ward o, Luther P. Alden.\\nCity Clerk Lucius C. Doolittle.\\nPresident Common Council Charles A. Gale.\\nCouncilmen Ward 1, Charles F. Wilson, Franklin\\nJ. Ware, Fred. A. Barker Ward 2, James C. Whittle,\\nJohn W. Nye, Caleb Goodnow Ward 3, Charles A.\\nGale, Clark N. Chandler, Albert O. Fisk Ward 4,\\nJehiel Harlow, Dexter W. Gilbert, Warren O. Wil-\\nson Ward 5, Cheever P. Felch, Laton Martin, James\\nH. Smith.\\n1880.\\nMayor Horatio Kimball.\\nAldermen Ward 1, Charles F. Wilson Ward 2,\\nCyrus Piper Ward 3, Jason French Ward 4, Norris\\nG. Gurnsey Ward 5, Edward B. Tarbell.\\nCity Clerk Lucius C. Doolittle.\\nPresident Common Council Dexter W. Gilbert.\\nCouncilmen Ward 1, Hiram Blake, James\\nSpencer, Milton M. Parks Ward 2, Jerry P. Well-\\nman, James W. Russell, Charles W. Buckminster\\nWard 3, Albert 0. Fisk, George W. McDuftee, James\\nH. Fisher AVard 4, Dexter W. Gilbert, George H.\\nRichards, Charles W. Shedd Ward 5, James H.\\nSmith, Sylvanus A. Morse, Henry S. Coulliard.\\n1881.\\nMayor Ira W. Russell.\\nAldermen Ward 1, C!harles F. Wilson Wanl 2,\\nCyrus Piper; Ward 3, George W. McDuflee; VV ard\\n4, Dexter W. Gilbert; Ward 5, Luther P. Alden.\\nCity Clerk Lucius C. Doolittle.\\nPresident Common Council George H. Richards.\\nCouncilmen Ward 1, Milton M. Parks, James\\nSpencer, Rufns Freeman Ward 2, Jerry P. Well-\\nman, James W. Russell, Henry W. Nims; Ward 3,\\nJames H. Fisher, Clark N. Ch.andler, Austin E.\\nHoward Ward 4, George H. Richards, Charles W.\\nShedd, Zebina K. Graves Ward 5, Stei)hen L. Ran-\\ndall, De Los C. Ball, Henry S. Coulliard.\\n1882.\\nMayor Ira W. Russell.\\nAldermen Ward 1, Ralph J. Holt Ward 2, George\\nB. Twitchell Ward 3, George W. McDuffee; Ward\\n4, Dexter W. Gilbert Ward 5, Luther P. Alden.\\nCity Clerk Lucius C. Doolittle.\\nPresident of Common Council Stephen L. Ran-\\ndall.\\nCouncilmen Ward 1. Rufus Freeman, Albert W.\\nShelden, Edwin M. Bullard Ward 2, Henry W.\\nNims, George L. Burdett, Charles L. Johnson Ward\\n3, Clark N. Chandler, Austin E. Howard, Charles\\nBridgman Ward 4, Zebina K. Graves, Clement J.\\nWoodward, Charles H. Hersey Ward 5, Stephen L.\\nRandall, De Los C. Ball, Henry S. Coulliard.\\n1883.\\nMayor Horatio Kimball.\\nAlderman Ward 1, Silas Hardy Ward 2, George\\nL. Burdett; Ward 3, George E. Holbrook Ward 4,\\nFrederick H. Kingsbury Ward 5, Reuben Hyland.\\nCity Clerk Lucius C. Doolittle.\\nPresident of Common Council: Charles H. Hor-\\nsey.\\nCouncilmen Ward 1, James Marsh, Clark F.\\nRowell, Daniel C. Howard Ward 2, Walter W. Gla-\\nzier, Asa M. Holt, Franklin H. Fay Ward 3, Austin\\nE. Howard, Virgil A. Wright, Henry A. Stone\\nWard 4, Clement J. Woodward, Charles H. Hersey,\\nCharles Wright Ward 5, Leonard Wright, Marcus\\nEllis, Frederick A. Barker.\\n1884.\\nMayor: Horatio Kimball.\\nAldermen: Ward 1, Daniel C. Howard; Ward 2,\\n(ieorge L. Burdett Ward 3, Henry N. Stone Ward\\n4, Frederick H. Kingsbury Ward 5, Reuben Hy-\\nland.\\nCity Clerk Lucius C. Doolittle.\\nPresident of Common Council Virgil A.Wright.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0133.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "104\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCouncilmen AVard 1, M. V. B. Clark, Charles S.\\nCobuni, Harrison R. Ward Ward 2, William E. Bur-\\ndett, Franklin H. Fay, John Gould Ward 3, Henry\\nGiffin, Albert A. Woodward, Virgil A. Wright Ward\\n4, Charles Wright, Abel E. Johnson, Charles Abbott\\n(2d) Ward 5, Frederick A. Barker, William H. El-\\nliot, Parker C. Butler.\\n1885.\\nMayor Alfred T. Batchelder.\\nAldermen Ward 1, Daniel C. Howard Ward 2,\\nFranklin H. Fay; Ward 3, Solomon F. Merrill;\\nWard 4, Caleb T. Buffum Ward 5, De Los C. Ball.\\nCity Clerk Samuel Nims.\\nPresident of Common Council Charles S. Coburn.\\nCouncilmen Ward 1, Charles S. Coburn, M. V. B.\\nClark, Harrison E. Ward Ward 2, John Gould, Syl-\\nvester Spaulding, Charles R. Nims Ward 3, Albert\\nA. Woodward, Henry Giffin, Charles Wright (2d);\\nWard 4, Joshua D. Stevens, Samuel A. Gerould, Jr.,\\nHenry M. Nims Ward 5, Parker C. Butler, Henry 0.\\nSpaulding, Lester K. Styles.\\nCity Solicitor John T. Abbott.\\nCity Treasurer Henry O. Coolidge.\\nCity Marshal Edwin R. Locke.\\nConstables Edwin O. Keith and Edwin R. Locke.\\nCity Messenger Edwin O. Keith.\\nPolice Justice Edward Farrar.\\nCity Physician Gardner C. Hill.\\nSext(m Henry Purcell.\\nSuperintendentof Water- Works and Sewers: D. H.\\nSawyer.\\nSuperintendent of Highways Elmer A. Nims.\\nLibrarian Mrs. Lizzie M. Converse.\\nAssistant Miss Zeolide B. Gilmore.\\nTrustees of Public Library D. W. Gilbert, Charles\\nH. Hersey, William P. Chamberlain, Mrs. E. J. C.\\nGilbert, Miss Kate I. Tilden and Mrs. M. R. Osl)orne.\\nSuperintendent of Cemeteries Henry Purcell.\\nOverseer of the Poor William L. Davis.\\nHealth Commissioners Clark F. Rowell, George\\nH. Bridgman, M.D., and Don H. Woodward.\\nAssessors Sylvanus A. Morse, Daniel A. Brown\\nand Daniel R. Cole.\\nCollector: Luther P. Alden.\\nEngineers of Fire Department George D. Whee-\\nlock (chief), John A. Batchelder, Henry H. Barker,\\nWilliam H. Reyoum, Chester L. Kingsbury and\\nHenry W. Harvey.\\nPolice Officers William H. Reyoum, Ira D.\\nGates, Jacob Staples, Henry H. Haynes, Edwin O.\\nKeith, James R. Livermore, Walter C. Fassett,\\nFrederick L. Pitcher, Frank D. Griswold, Amasa\\nPlastridge, Frederick H. AVilson and Joseph W.\\nCummings.\\nSurveyors of Wood Charles K. Pemberton, M. A.\\nStowell, C. A. Mason, Z. K. Graves, H. C. Fairbanks,\\nJohn B. Fisher, S. L. Bartlett, G. H. Follansbee,\\nMortimer Reardon, Eugene Seaver, S. H. Holman,\\nT. H. Bolio and E. R. Gerould.\\nSurveyors of Lumber: C. K. Pemberton, M. A.\\nStowell, C. A. Mason, S. H. Holman, H. R. Ward,\\nJ. Wilson, D. C. Thompson, M. E. Buckminster,\\nO. C. Mansfield and Henry N. Stone.\\nWeighers H. P. Muchmore, H. A. Woodward,\\nF. E. Foster, L. P. Alden, William March, George\\nGiffin, L. W. Hammond and George E. Fuller.\\nSelectmen Ward 1, Charles W. Buckminster,\\nRichard W. Ward, Herbert A. Davis Ward 2, Liberty\\nW. Foskett, George C. Wood, Carlos L. Seavey;\\nWard 3, Albert W. Green, Frederick W. Chase, Al-\\nbert Wright Ward 4, Oscar H. Fay, Theodore H.\\nBolio, Myron C. Ellis; Ward 5, Calvin H. Ellis,\\nCharles H. Butler, John Driscoll.\\nModerators Ward 1, James Marsh Ward 2,\\nCharles G. Farrar Ward 3, George E. Whitney\\nWard 4, Zebina K. Graves Ward 5, Frederick L.\\nPitcher.\\nAVard Clerks Ward 1, Ainsworth M. Nims Ward\\n2, George E. Poole; Ward 3, Hosea Foster; Ward 4,\\nMichael L. Landers Ward 5, Frank E. Wheelock.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nELLIOT.\\nGenesu of a New Eiightnd Branch of the Tamihj, 1G50 to IRSO.\\nThe progenitors of the Elliot stock in Great\\nBritiiin were undoubtedly of Normaii origin,\\nand their descendants have been for many cen-\\nturies more or less conspicuous in English and\\nScottish annals. The name abroad carries for\\nthe most part a double I and a single t; but in\\nNew England it is often shortened of an l, or\\nlengthened by a t.\\n1. Lieutenant Andrew Elliot, of Bev-\\nerly, came from Somersetshire, England, M ith\\nhis family in the latter half of the seventeenth\\ncentury married (1) Grace, (2) Mary was\\nrepresentative in 1690-92, and was one of the\\njurors on the Witch Trials. His will is dated\\nFebruary 26, 1703-4, and proved April 2,\\n1704, in which he mentions: 1st, Mary, his\\nwife for forty years and more; 2d, his son\\nWilliam, his present wife, Mary, and children,\\nAndrew, William, John, Judith, Mary, Emma\\nand Elizabeth 3d, his son Andrew, deceased,\\nand his children, Andrew, Samuel, Mercy and\\nGrace 4th, his daughter, Mary Woodbury,\\nrelict of Nicholas Woodbury; 5th, his daughter.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0134.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "i\\nm\\n/^..X-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0137.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0138.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n105\\nK la l51i)W(r, and Iut son, AirIi cw Wood-\\nbury; Ctli, jiTandrliildrcn, Joanna and Andrew\\nWoodbury, chil(b-cii of his son-in-law, An(b-( -w-\\n\\\\Voodbury, decQnmd.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Essex Wllh, VIII. 95.\\nNo iTcord is found in Essex County of the\\nbirtlis of iiis cIiiUhTU, and they wore probably\\nall born in East Coker, in England, between\\nIGoO and 1660. He liail,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. Andrew, Jr., born (b owned off Cape\\nSable, September, 1688.\\nII. William,^ born his will proved\\nFebruary, 1721-22.\\nIir. Mary, married Niciiolas Woodbury.\\nIV. Emma, married (1) Andrew Woodbury,\\n(2) A. Blower.\\nAndrew Elliot, Jr., married Mercy Shattuck\\nDeeember, 1680; had Mercy, 1681; Andrew\\n1683 Samuel, 1686 and Grace, 1687. Many\\nof his posterity are recorded among the dis-\\ntinguished citizens of Boston.\\n2. William Em-ioi married Mary,\\ndaughtei of Francis Brown, of Newbury. He\\nhad sons,\\nI. Andrew,- born March 3, 1682 di. d April\\n20tli, same year.\\nII. Andrew,- born IMareh 14, 168:] had a\\nlarge family.*\\nIII. William,^ l)oi u September 14, 1685;\\nhad a large family.^\\nIV. John,- born May 16, 169:5 died Ajiril,\\n1751; and daughters: Judith, born March,\\n1688; Mary, born June, 1691; Emma, born\\nMay, 1697; and Elizabeth, born October,\\n1699.\\n3. Joiix ElJ,l()T,- married (1) April 10,\\n1715, Elizabeth, daughter of Freeborn Balch,\\nwho died May 21, 1718. Tiieir children were:\\nI. Skipper,^ born .January 1, 1715\u00e2\u0080\u009416; lived\\nin Newbury.\\nII. John,-* born March 10, 1717 died June\\n25, 1781.\\nInto the large family, either of Willi.am or Andrew,\\ngrandsons of Lieutenant Andrew, and sons of William,\\nnio.st probably may be traced Elias Elliot, born 1707;\\nmai ried, 17 2y, Ruth Lawrence, of Groton had William,\\nOliver, Jeremiah, Elias and five daughters, and died in\\n1788. His son Oliver lived to the age of one hundred and\\ntwo years. sero in coelum.\\nMarried (2),April 20, 1720, Haimali Waldron.\\nTiieir sons were\\nIII. Nathaniel, born March, 1721.\\nIV. William, born July, 17: ,1 and\\ndangiiters P^ ranees, born July, 172. 5; Eliza-\\nbeth, born June, 1725; Abigail, born June,\\n1729 and Hannah, born January, 1736.\\n4. John Em.iot, married Sarah (born\\n1720, died 1791); settled in Bradford, on the\\nMerrimac, where his children were born\\nsubsequently lived a few years in Nottinghtnn,\\nand, iu his old age, near his sons, in Mason\\nsold, in April, 1 764, land in Beverly inherited\\nfrom his father; died 1781. Essex County\\nDeeds, Lb. X. p. 240. His sons were\\nI. John, Jr., born 1 747 married Rachel\\nhad Andrew, illiam, David and two\\ndaughters died at Hudson.\\nII. William, Kev., born December, 1748\\nmarricul Dorothy Merrill, and had a son,\\nWilliam, Jr., and ibur daughters; then mar-\\nried Kebecca Hildreth, and had seven sons\\nIsrael, Joseph, Seth, Jesse, Sanniel, Aljel, Ad-\\ndison David^and foiu- daughters.\\nIII. Andrew, Deacon, born 1755; mtu ried\\nHannah Dakin had John, Andrew, George,\\nAmos, William and five daughters; died 1811.\\nIV. David,- Ensign, born 1751; died\\n1793; and daughters: Abigail, born 1750,\\nmarried (1) A. Winn, (2) W. Barnes, (3) J.\\nDakin, had twelve children, died 1844; and\\nSarah, born 1753, married John Tarbell.\\n5. David Elliot. A .soldier with his\\nbrother, John, Jr., in Captain Ttjwne s com-\\n])any, of Colonel Keed s regiment, at the battle\\nof Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. His company\\nwas discharged at the evacuation of Boston, the\\nspring following; married (1) 1778, Hannah,\\ndaughter of Deacon Benjamin Adams, of New\\nIpswich, born 1761, died 1789. Their chil-\\ndren were\\nI. Hannah, born 1781, died 1855; married\\nAmos Emory their children were David El-\\nliot, Eunice Adtims, Eliza, Elijah, Harriet, Em-\\nily, Elvira, Ilainiah, iVmos, Lucretia, Azro,\\nHenry Everett, Henrietta.\\nII. John, born 1783, died 1865.\\nMarried (2) I^ucy Campbell, n?e Emory, born\\n1756, died 1846 their children were:", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0139.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "106\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIII. David, born 1790, died 1798.\\nIV. Daniel, Dr., born 1792, Dartmouth Col-\\nlege, 1813; married Abby (Jreelce had two\\nsons and two daughters, viz. Augustus Gree-\\nlee, Henry Bond, Lucy and Caroline; died\\n1865.\\n6. JoHX Elliot.^ Business life, chiefly\\nwith his maternal relative, Aaron Appletou, at\\nKeene, manufacturing window-glass he Mas\\nfor many years President of the Cheshire Bank,\\nat Keene married Deborah Bi.\\\\l)y born 1787,\\ndied 1880, and liad two sons and two daugh-\\nters, viz.:\\nI. D. Maria, died, unmarried, in 1862, aged\\nfifty-one.\\nII. John Henry, Harvard Univei-sity, 1835,\\nA.B. and A.M.\\nIII. James Bixby, married (1) Harriet R.\\nEames, who died 1868; had four sons and two\\ndaughters, viz. James H., Hai vard Univer-\\nsity, 1864, Arthur N., George B., Andrew R.,\\nGrace and Florence.\\nMarried (2) Jane Savage.\\nIV. Frances, died an infant, 1818.\\n7. JoHX Hexuv EiJ.toT, studied law bus-\\niness life was spent as treasurer, trustee and ac-\\ntuary of the Ashuelot Railroad secretary and\\ndirector of the Cheshire Railroad president of\\nCheshire Fire Insurance Company and of the\\nCheshire Bank and president or director in\\nseveral other corporations. He was a member\\nof the Executive Council of New Hampshire\\nat the fall of the slaveholders reign and the\\nrise of the plutocratic rule of the nation. Rei-\\npuhlicce forma laudarc fncilius quam cvcnirc.\\nMarried, 1848, Emily Ann Wheelock, born\\n1821, died 1860 their children were:\\nI. William Henry, Harvard University,\\n1872, A.B. andLL.B.; married, 1882, Mary\\nFiske Edwards.\\nII. John lieelock. Harvard University,\\n1874, A.B. and M.D. married 1883, Mary\\nLee Morse.\\nIII. Emily Jane, married, 1882, Tucker\\nDaland Harvard Univer.sity, 1873, A.B. and\\nLL.B.\\nIV. Rns.sell Gray, died an infant, 1858.\\nCALEB T. BUFFUM.\\nCaleb Talbot Buffum, son of James and\\nRuth (Bliss) Bufium, was born in Royalston,\\nMass., June 4, 1820. His father, a farmer,\\nmarried Eutli, daugliter of Nathan Bliss, and\\nhad ten children, of \\\\\\\\hom six are living. (Na-\\nthan Bliss was one of the embattled farmers\\nof 1776, and attained a great age over ninety\\nyears.) James Buffum moved to Keene about\\n1830, where he now resides, aged ninety-two.\\nCaleb, in his sixteenth year, went to learn\\nthe tailor s trade with Dinsmore, White\\nLyon, a leading mercantile liouse of Keene.\\nRemaining with them four years, he worked as\\njourneyman one year, tlien, in 1841, he formed\\na co-partuersiiip with Jonas Parker, under firm-\\ntitle of Buffum Parker, and commenced\\nliis long and successful business career as a\\nclothier in Keene. For fifteen years this firm\\nwas one of the prominent mercantile houses of\\nKeene, and conducted a large and prosperous\\nbusiness. Then Mr. Buffum, aspiring for a\\nlarger field and greater o])p(irtunities, closed his\\nconnection with the firm of whicli he had been\\nso long a member and established himself in\\nBoston as a wholesale dealer in clothing and\\nfurnishing goods. This new sphere of activity\\nwas highly congenial to Mr. Buffum s business\\nnature, and had not his health failed, he to-day\\nwould doubtless be one of Boston s merchants\\nbut on account of his health he was compelled\\nto dispose of his business interests in Boston,\\nand go to Florida to recuperate. In the spring\\nhe returneil to Keene, with his health greatly\\nim})roved, and finding tlie bracing atmosphere\\nof his own home to be more beneficial to him\\nthan that of Boston, he repurchased his old\\ninterest in the clotliing business, and, with his\\nbrother formed the firm of C. T. G. B.\\nBufTum, and, with slight changes, this was con-\\ntinued until January, 1871, when Mr. Buffum\\nretired from active business. As a business man,\\nMr. Buffum has been energetic, far-seeing, saga-\\ncious, ctu eful and conservative. He never\\nstrained liis credit and believed heartily in casli\\npayments, and during his entire business life\\nnever gave but one note in commercial transac-\\ntions. His shrewd common sense and good", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0140.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jyr^^", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0143.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0144.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0145.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0146.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n107\\njiidgraent combined with liis financial ability\\nliave made liim a prominent ihctor in the\\nmoneyed institutions of Keene. He has been\\nfor several years a director of the Ashuclot\\nNational Bank. When the Keene Five-Cents\\nSavings-Bank was incorporated, in 1868, he was\\none of the incorporators, was made one of the\\ntrustees, and placed on the board of invests\\nment, to which he has given much time, and of\\nwhich he is now a valued member. January 1,\\n187(3, he w-as elected president of the savings-\\nbank and yet contiiuies in that ofSce. He is\\nactively interested in the Lombard Investment\\nCompany, of Boston, Mass., and Creston, Iowa,\\nof hicli he is a director. He has dealt somewhat\\nin real estate in Keene and quite largely in\\nWestern and Florida lands. He is interested in,\\nand officially connected with, several financial\\nand monetary institutions in the West.\\nRepublican in politics, he represented the\\ntown of Keene two years in the State Legisla-\\nture, but has not sought official distinction or\\npolitical preferment. He is an alderman of\\nKeene the present year. In religious belief he\\nis a liberal Unitarian, and a generous contribu-\\ntor to that church of which he is a member.\\nHe has been much interested in the Society\\nfor the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and\\nfor a long term of years was president of the\\nKeene Humane Society, resigning the position\\nin 1884.\\nMr. Buffum married, first, April 19, 1843,\\nSusan R., daughter of Lewis Gilmore, of\\nCharlestown, N. H. she died December 21,\\n1854. They had one child, Ellen A., who died\\nat the age of sixteen. He married, second,\\nFebruary 23, 1857, Sarah A., daughter of Asa\\nStratton, of Greenfield, Mass. The two chil-\\ndren of this marriage were Fred. Lincoln, born\\nNovember 14, 18(J0, died December 5, 1807,\\naged seven yeare, and Susie S., born April 19,\\n1865.\\nSince his retirement from active business\\nMr. Bufium has traveled extensively through-\\nout the United States, having j^assed three\\nwinters in Florida, California and on the\\nPacific slope. He is a great lover of liunting\\nand fishing, and enjoys the charms which a\\ntrue lover of nature discovers in her varied\\ncreations. It is said of him, by one who knows\\nhim well, that few men know better lu)\\\\v to\\ncrack a joke, catch a fish or make life hap[)ier\\nthan Caleb T. Buftum. He has a fine collec-\\ntion of mounted birds and animals, trophies of\\nhis skill with gun and rod. To these have\\nbeen added other specimens, the gifts of friends,\\nand various minerals, geological and antiquarian\\nobjects of interest, the whole being arranged\\nand classified with that system and order wliicli\\nis an essential part of ]\\\\Ir. Buffiim s nature,\\nand to which he attributes his success in life.\\nHe possesses a strong personality, is leal and\\nloyal in his friendships, and is a gentleman of\\nbroad and lil)cral views consequently an ex-\\ntremely agreeable social comjjanion. He is\\nkind and affectionate in his family relations, and\\na worthy citizen, whose character through life\\nhas been marked by honesty, integrity and\\nhonor he, to-day, holds no second plac\u00c2\u00ab in the\\nrco-ards of his lars;e circle of friends.\\nEX-GOVEHXOR .SAMUEL ^V. IIALE.\\nEx-Governor Samuel W. Hale has been a\\nwell-known resident of Keene for more than\\na (piarter-century. It was not his native place,\\nbut there he has spent most of his maturer years.\\nHe was born in Fitchburg, Mass., April 2,\\n182.3, and is descended from Moses Hale, of\\nNewbury, whose sou, jSIoscs Hale (2d), married\\nAbigail Smith, of West Newbury, and came t(j\\nFitchburg to live about 1786. He there\\nreared a family of children, the third of whom\\nwas Samuel Hale, who married Saloma Whit-\\nney, of Westminster, Mass. Both Moses Hale\\nand his son Samuel were f;irmers by occupation,\\nand the old homestead was situated on one of\\nthose magnificent hills which now overlook the\\nthriving city of Fitchburg. Among these\\nplea.saut surroundings the boy Samuel hitney\\nHale had his birth, and here, by vigorous out-\\ndoor labor, a strong physical constitution was\\nmoulded. As is always the case, the early\\nteachings of this home in moral and religious\\ntruths have exercised a constant influence in\\ndeveloping character.\\nThe advantages of the district school and\\ntown academv were the best to be had at home.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0149.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "108\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nbut they were iiiipruved uutil the boy graduated\\ninto the more extensive school of life s labors.\\nAt an early age he began to work on his father s\\nfarm, and continued to do so until, at the age\\nof twenty-two, he left the parental roof to en-\\ngage in business with his brother, already es-\\ntablished in Dublin, N. H. Tliere he remained\\nuntil the year 1859, when lie removed to Keene,\\nthen a busy town, awakened into life by new\\nindustries. He there began the manufacture of\\ncliairs, at first in a small way but, as the busi-\\nness prospered, enlarging it, until it Iieeame the\\nSouth Keene Chair Company, which has con-\\nducted for many years an extensive trade. Mr.\\nHale, from time to time, became interested in\\nvarious business enterprises. In 1879 he es-\\ntablished the Ashuelot Furniture Company,\\nwhich employed more than one hundred men,\\nuntil it was destroyed by tire, in February,\\n1884. In 1882 he purchased the Lebanon\\nWoolen Mills, at Lebanon, N. H.\\nHe became a director in tlie Citizens National\\nBank of Keene and the Wachusett Bank of\\nFitcliburg. The building of the Manchester\\nand Keene Railroad, now a branch of the Bos-\\nton and Lowell, was a great undertaking, and\\nrequired the most untiring energy and persever-\\nance. It was confessedly a disastrous failure\\nuntil Mr. Hale and his associates came to its\\nrescue. They succeeded in carrying it to a\\nsuccessful completion. He was at one time\\ntreasurer of the Boston, Winthrop and Point\\nShirley Railroad, and subsequently president of\\nthe Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad.\\nEver since its organization, ex-Governor Hale\\nhas been a strong su232)orter of the Republican\\nparty. His first vote wa.s cast for the Free-Soil\\ncandidate. During the struggles against sla-\\nvery, in discussion and in the War of the Rebel-\\nlion, his advocacy of the principles of freedom\\nand equality was uucomf)romising. In 186(3\\nhe was elected a member of the State Legisla-\\nture, and re-elected the next year. He was a\\nmember of the Governor s Council in 1869 and\\n1870, and a delegate to the Republican National\\nConvention in 1880. After a jjrolonged and\\nexciting canvass he was nominated, in Septem-\\nber, 1882, to be the Republican gubernatorial\\ncandidate. The campaign was one of Unusual\\ninterest, but, amid the general disaster which\\novertook the Rejjublicans throughout the coun-\\ntry, INIr. Hale was elected Governor of New\\nHampshire. He filled the executive office for\\na term of two years, from June, 1883. Dur-\\ning his administration many imjjortant measures\\nwere adopted. Ex-Governor Hale has been\\nknown as a friend of eveiy good cause. He\\nis coimected with the Second Congregational\\nChurch in Keene, and is a member of the\\nMasonic order.\\nHe married, in 1850, Emelia M. Hay, (jf\\nDublin, and has two children, a son, M illiam\\nS., of Keene, and a daughter, Mary L., the\\nwife of Rev. William De Loss Love, of Hart-\\nford, Conn.\\nFor many years ex-Governor Hale has I e-\\nsided in the house built by ex-Governor\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, on Main Street, Keene.\\nJOHN H. FUIjLER.\\nNo history of Keene would be complete\\nwithout more than a reference to John H.\\nFuller. Identified with every business de-\\nvelopment, the largest purchaser of wool in the\\ncounty, when it was a common thing for a\\nsingle farmer to raise from one to two thousand\\npounds, he was yet democratic and unconven-\\ntional in all things, with an honesty that was\\nnever questioned. His son, John Quincy Ful-\\nler, furnishes the steel engraving acconi]wmying\\nthis history as a son s tribute to the memory of\\na worthy father. The following sketch of Mr.\\nFuller was written by J. Henry Elliot, his\\nassociate and friend of years\\nJohn Houghton Fuller was of a family that\\nemigrated from Lunenburg, in Massachusetts,\\nto Walpole, in this county, some time in the\\nfinal decade of the last century.\\nHe passed his minority in Walpole, and be-\\ngan active life in a country store, first in Ches-\\nterfield, then in Winchester and lastly in Keene,\\nwhere he soon engaged in wool dealing, which\\nbecame the main business of his afiter-life.\\nWhile living in Winchester he was called to\\nact as adjutant-general of the government\\nfi)rces stationed at Portsmouth in the closing\\nseason of the War of 1812 and it was there,", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0150.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0153.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0154.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0155.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "Y/ fyAllfl V^", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0156.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\nlOSJ\\ntoo, tliat he niarriod a daughter of the Rev.\\nEzra Conant, by wlioiu he had three sons and\\nthree daughters. He was the principal pro-\\nmoter and first president of the AVinchestcr\\nIJank, of the Ashuclot Railway and the Keene\\nFive-Cents Savings-Bank.\\nHe reclaimed, at great expense, a large area\\nof waste land in Keene, lying north of Cross\\nStreet and between Court and asllington\\nStreets laid out and built streets, located a\\nschool reservation and aided many homeless\\nfamilies to secure; homes upon wise and practic-\\nable terms.\\nHe died suddenly in the winter of 1869 at\\nthe age of seventy-seven years, leaving a repu-\\ntation of the highest type of old New England\\ncharacter and a well-to-do estate, that was in\\nno way tainted or fused with false weights or\\nmeasures.\\nCORDIS D. HARRIS.\\nArthur Harris, an Englishman, emigrated to\\nAmerica in the early part of the seventeenth\\ncentury, as we find him a resident of Duxbury,\\nMass., in 1640, and he was one of the first set-\\ntlers and one of the three original proprietors\\nof Bridgewater. He died in Boston in 1693.\\nHe had four children, and of his numerous de-\\nscendants, many have become distinguished in\\nthe various professions and callings for which\\ntheir natural talents and tastes have fitted them.\\nThe line to the present generation is Arthur,\\nIsaac Abner, Abner, Abuer, John, Wilder,\\nCordis D.\\nMr. Wilder Harris was formerly a resident,\\nengaged in farming and the manufacture of\\nlumber, of Chesterfield, N. H. in 1865 he re-\\nmoved to Brattleborougli,Vt., where he now lives.\\nAlthough now, (Ai)ril, 1885) nearly eighty-eight\\nyears old, Mr. Harris airries his years with all the\\nactivity and grace of a much younger man the\\nresult of his vigorous constitution, busy life and\\ntemperate habits. He has always been warmly\\ninterested in religious matters, and is a liberal\\ncontributor to the support of the Methodist\\nChurch. His children are George Francis, born\\nMarch 7, 1818 Broughton Davis, born Au-\\ngust 16, 1822 and Cordis Day.\\nCordis Day Harris, third child of Wilder\\nand Harriet (Davis) Harris, was born in\\nChesterfield, N. H., October 29, 1824. His edu-\\ncation was received at the common schools and\\nacademy of Chesterfield, in which town he\\nlearned the trade of carpenter. Believing a\\nlarger place would give more remuneration for\\nhis labor, he removed to Fitchburg, Mass., in\\n1845, where he established a home, marrying,\\nOctober 29, 1848, Eunice B., daughter of Ziba\\nand Nancy (Babbitt) Albee, also of Chestei field,\\nand resided there for nineteen years. He first\\ncarried on carpentering and building for several\\nyears with success. He began his long and ex-\\ntensive connection with railroad contracting in\\n1851, by taking a contract to build depots and\\nturn-tables on the St. Lawrence and Atlantic\\nRailroad; and, l)y steady and rapid advances, he\\nwas soon holding contracts involving large\\namounts to build railroads. He was of strong\\nphysifiue, active, resolute and accomplished\\nmuch labor. He always has had a pleasant\\nfrankness of manner, which won many friends.\\nThis had a hapjiy influence in his business re-\\nlations, which were highly satisfactory. In May,\\n1864, accompanied by his wife, he went to Cali-\\nfornia, where he l)eeame a resident, and, with his\\naccustomed activity, was soon connected with\\nimportant business interests. He remained on\\nthe Pacific slope until October, 1872, passing\\nmost of that period east of the Sierras, pros-\\npecting and mining in the various States and\\nTerritories of California, Nevada, Idaho and\\nUtah. His energy, pluck and perseverance were\\nhandsomely rewarded. July 4, 1870, he dis-\\ncovered in the Pilot Knob range of mountains,\\nin the extreme west part of Utah, the valuable\\nTecoma mines, rich in carbonate of silver and\\nlead. These were worked from the time of\\ndiseoveiy until September, 1872, when they\\nwere sold to Messrs. Howland Aspinwall, of\\nNew York.\\nReturning to New Hampshire, Mr. Harris\\nmade his home first in Chesterfield, and since\\n1873 in Keene, in close proximity to the scenes\\nof his boyhood, where he has since resided.\\nAlthough in possession of an amjile compe-\\ntency, Mr. Harris is of too active a tem})era-\\nment to witlidnuv from business life. He is a", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0159.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "no\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmember of the firm of Harris Brothers Co.,\\ngeneral contractors for the construction of rail-\\nroads, public works and other operations of\\nmagnitude and, in companj- with his brother,\\nBrougliton D., lie is now largely engaged in\\noperating the famous Peacli Orchard coal-mines.\\nPeach Orchard, at Lowance County, Ky., which\\nthey jiurchased January 1, 1884. The daily\\noutput of the mines is at present four hundred\\ntons. This amount they are proj)i sing to soon\\nraise to eight hundred or a thousand tons per\\nday.\\nMr. Harris has been a pronounced Whig and\\nRepublican, casting his first vote for President\\nin 1848 for General Taylor. He represented\\nChesterfield in the State Legislature of 1873,\\nand Keene in that of 1881. He is a Unitarian\\nin religious belief, and a member of Lodge of the\\nTemple, F. and A. jNL, of Keene. Possessed of a\\npowerful will, untiring energy and industry,\\nand endowed with a high order of business talent,\\nhe has overcome all obstacles that confronted\\nhim. With his strong physique and resolute\\nnature, he has been a man of one purpose his\\nbusiness. Generous, kind-hearted, public spirit-\\ned, energetic and wide-awake, Mr. Harris is a\\ngood representative of the clear-headed, ambi-\\ntious, successful business men of Cheshire\\nCounty.\\nDANIEL H. HOLBROOK.\\nIt is probable that no other name is so inti-\\nmately connected with the introduction of\\nwater into Keene and the construction and care\\nof the water-works, in the mind of the public,\\nas Daniel H. Holbrook, and it seems apjjropri-\\nate to give a space in this record to his life.\\nDaniel H. Holbrook (7), son of John and\\nMercy (Hill) Holbrook, was born in Swanzey,\\nN. H., January 8, 1806, and is consequently\\nseventy-nine years old. He comes of an old\\nMassachusetts family, dating in American resi-\\ndence to the early days of the colony, and going\\nback through centuries of honorable and dis-\\ntinguished existence in England, where the\\nfamily is entitled to bear arms. The first\\nAmerican emigrants of the name, and the pro-\\ngenitors of tiie greater nnmlx r bearing the\\nname to-day, were John and Thomas, brothers,\\nwho settled in Weymouth, Mass., in 1640.\\nAccoi ding to the best autliorities attainable the\\nfollowing is the line to Daniel H. John (1),\\nwas a man of consideration, had quite a family,\\nand a son, John (2), who became a resident in\\nWeymoutii. His son, John 3), settled in Ux-\\nbridge, where he was a man of public note, and\\nentrusted witli various offices. John (4) mar-\\nried, in 1732, a native of Mendon. John Hol-\\nbrook (6) was born in Uxbridge, Mass., in 1778,\\nand was the son of John Holbrook (o), a farmer\\nin the fertile valley of the Blackstone River.\\nThis farmer, John (5), married Rhoda Thay-\\ner, of Mendon, a daughter of a promi-\\nnent, numerous and honorable family of New\\nEngland, and emigrated about the year 1800 to\\nSwanzey, N. H., where he passed the remainder\\nof his life. John (6) had a decidedly mechani-\\ncal turn of mind and learned the trades of car-\\npentei joiner and wheelwright. In 1799 he\\nenlisted as a soldier for nine months in the so-\\ncalled French and Sjjanisli War, to rej^el inva-\\nsion. He married, in Mendon, Mass., Mercy,\\ndaughter of Daniel and Mercy (Howard) Hill.\\nHe was a skilled mechanic, and, after working\\nat his trade for two years, he also removed to\\nSwanzey, settling in the south part of the town,\\nwhere, in process of time, he purchased land\\nfor a home, and erected buildings thereon. He\\nlived to be about sixty, dying May 7, 1838.\\nAlthonah a strouo; adherent to Jefiersonian De-\\nmoci acy, he was not an active politician, but\\nwas much interested in military matters, and\\nwas infiuential in forming a company of men,\\nwho, like himself, were exempt from military\\nservice. In this comj)any he held a lieutenant s\\ncommission, and was noted as a disciplinarian.\\nHis children who became adults were Rhoda,\\nmarried Nathan Cheney, resided in Boston,\\nwhere she died, leaving one child, Ellen Dan-\\niel Hill Abida, marzied Hiram BoUcs, lived\\nand died in Baraboo, Wis. Sophia, married\\nCarlostine Blake, and now lives in Keene (her\\ntwo children, John H. and Nathan C, died\\nwhen young men) Susan A., married Randall\\nBolles, lived and died in Swanzey (her chil-\\ndren were Hiram H., M. Maria (Mrs. Angell),\\nAbida A. (Mrs. Abijali Holbrook), Ellen E.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0160.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "2^,\\nt:gyrt^^", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0163.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0164.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0165.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "y-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0166.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\nIll\\n(Mrs. Frederick Farr) Cliloe, married James\\nPierce, lives in Sliarpsville, Pa. (has children,\\nJonas J., Walter and Wallace (twins), Franklin,\\nJames B.); John Mercy H., married Ebenezer\\nFlanders, of Hopkinton, Mass., and now lives\\nin Henniker (^Irs. Mercy Holbrook was born\\nJuly 1, 1800, and died in December, 1876).\\nDaniel Hill Holbrook was named from his\\nmaternal o-randfather, Daniel Hill, a worthy\\nfarmer of Mendon, Mass., a man of stront;\\nphysi(jue and of strong mental qualities. He\\nfought valiantly in the Continental army of the\\nRevolution, ami, at a hale old age, was gathered\\nto his fatiiers, honored and mourned by all.\\nDaniel Holbrook, imtil he was sixteen, was\\ngiven such educational advantiiges as were af-\\nforded by the old-time district schools, and was\\nespecially apt and ready in mathematics, ac-\\nquiring such skill in mental calculations as to\\nsurprise even now many expert accountants.\\nHe labored with his father until 1825, both as\\na carjionter and farmer, when he went to Bos-\\nton, and was a witness to the imposing ceremo-\\nnies attending the laying of the corner-stone of\\nBunker Hill monument. He remained in Bos-\\nton a year or two, then returned to Swanzey,\\nand commenced that life of hard work which,\\nunited with good judgment and skill, during\\nthe course of years, built up not only financial\\nprosperity, but also a character for integrity,\\nability and sterling common-sense. He became\\na farmer and also mauufactuied lumber, which\\nlatter business acquired, in time, large propor-\\ntions.\\nHe purchased, in 1832, the mills known\\nas Holbrook s Mills, which he rebuilt in 1845.\\nHe became, in connection with manufacturing,\\nan extensive dealer in lumber, purchasing the\\nproduct of other mills, filling many contracts\\nwith railroad corporations, sending many rafts\\ndown the Connecticut, and shipping largely to\\nKeene, Brattlcborough and other places.\\nIn 1865, his diligence and attention to business\\nhaving met a satisfactory return, he sold his\\nmill and removed to Keene, wdiere he has since\\nresided. He married, September 5, 18.37, Caro-\\nline, daughter of Josiuh and Sojihia (Lawrence)\\nPrime. She died December 5, 1880. Their\\nchildren were Ellen S. (died young), Chloe P.,\\nJohn J. (see biography) and Frances V. (^Irs.\\nD. M. Nichols).\\nSince his residence in Keene, Mr. Holbrook\\nhas been most active in his connection with the\\nwater- works. In 1868 he was one of a commis-\\nsion of five elected by the town to introduce\\nwater into the city, build necessar} dam,s,\\nreservoirs, etc. Tiie greater part of the super-\\nintendence of this work i ell upon Mr. Holbrook,\\nand from that time to the present he has been\\nprominently connected with it. He has been\\nsuperintendent and commissioner, and in 1872\\nhe successfully conducted the water under tiie\\ni^shuelot River, and introduced the water on\\nthe north side. His wise judgment, practical\\nexperience and mechanical skill have been of\\ngreat benefit to the city in this branch of public\\nservice. He consented to serve as assessor iuid\\nsupervisor of Swanzey in 1849, but could not\\nspare time from his business to acc^ept other\\nproffered offices. He was a Jeffersonian in pol-\\nitics until 1872, supporting the Democratic\\nnominations. Since then he has acted indejien-\\ndently of party.\\nWith a strong mind and \\\\\\\\ell-preser\\\\ed phy-\\nsical powers, Mr. Holbrook is passing the closing\\nyears of his life, cheered by the affection of lov-\\ning daughters, and blessed with the esteem of a\\nlarge range of acquaintance, who prize him for\\nhis sterlino; worth.\\nJOHX .TOSIAII HOLBROOK, A. jr.\\nJohn Josiah Holbrook, only son of Daniel\\nH. and Caroline (Prime) Holbrook, was born\\nill Swanzey, X. H., December 10, 1844. He\\nreceived an academic education, shoA\\\\ ing the\\ntrue qualities of a successful student, at the sem-\\ninaries of his native town and Townshend, Vt.,\\nand at the High School of Keene. He prepared\\nfor college at New London, N. H., and entered\\nBrown University, from which he was gradu-\\nated in 1872, and where, as expressed by one of\\nhis university professors, he distinguished\\nhimself above all others by his taste and aptitude\\nfor experimental science, and w as an enthusi-\\nastic and earnest worker. After graduation,\\nwith deep religious consecration, he pursued the\\nthree years course of study at Newton (Ma.ss.)", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0169.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "112\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRP] COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nTheological Seminary, eompletiug his studies\\ntherein LSTo. He had a special fitness, however,\\nas a teaciier of mathematics and natural sciences,\\nand deeming that he could do efficient service\\nin that sphere, and follow a useful path of\\nreligious duty in that direction, lie became the\\nprofessor of natural sciences and mathematics at\\nNew London Academy. He showed great\\nability as an instructor, and, after two years\\ntime, he removed to Keene, now his father s\\nhome. From 1.S79 until the time of his death,\\nwhich occurred in Keene, March 24, 18S4, he\\nfollowed the pi ofession of civil engineering and\\nsurveying.\\nMr. Holbrook was a ready writer, and did\\nmuch valuable work for the press during a pe-\\nriod of several years, and was frequently called\\nto preach. His sermons were carefully consid-\\nered and showed a deep religious spirit, which\\nwas the foundation of his character. He was\\nfavorably known in Keene and in the coranui-\\nnity as a successful business man of Christian\\nintegrity. He took an active interest in public\\naffairs, and in his business was brought into a\\npleasant relationship with many citizens of this\\ncounty, both in public and private matters. He\\nwas a devoted and beloved teacher in the Sab-\\nbath-school of the Baptist Church, of which he\\nhad been a valued member and earnest worker\\nfor eighteen years.\\nThere was never anything in Mr. Holbrook s\\nlife for his friends to regret, and there was much\\nfor them to bear in loving remembrance. He\\nwas exceptionally happy in his friends and asso-\\nciates, and signally so in the dear home circle,\\nwhere his aged father and sisters now mourn\\nhis going before.\\nThe following extract from a letter written by\\nthe Rev. J. L Seward, now a Unitarian clergy-\\nman of Lowell, voices the sentiment of a large\\ncircle of sorrowing frientls, who knew him but\\nto love him\\nI cannot forbear a word of sympathy and\\nan expression of esteem for one \\\\\\\\honi I so\\ngreatly respected. His fine presence, scholarly\\nmind and gentlemanly deportment were all cal-\\nculated to attract friends and call forth their\\nrespect and approbation. From my first ac-\\nquaintance with him our relations were cordial\\nand agreeable. I valued his friendship and\\nappreciated his worth. He was one of those\\nnoble men who.se enjoyment is in the attainment\\nof truth and knowledge whose friends, are\\nnot only their kins-people and acquaintances,\\nbut the great laws and truths which God has\\ngiven for our study and contemplation in the\\ngreat book of nature. T sympathized with his\\nlove for mathematics and natural science, and I\\nrespected his modesty, his manliness, his love of\\nstudy and his devotion to duty.\\nALOERNOX SIDNEY CARPENTER, M.D.\\nAlgernon Sidney Carpenter, M.D. afteralong\\nprofessional life, most of which was passed in\\nKeene, died March 4, 1885. He Mas son of\\nDr. E. and Judith (Greene) Carpenter, and\\nwas born in Alstead, N. H., October 16, 1814.\\nHe descended from a somewhat noted medical\\nfamily, his father having been an able and suc-\\ncuccessful physician; and several uncles and\\nother relatives were celebrated for their profes-\\nsional skill. After an academic course he read\\nmedicine with his father, and then entered the\\nmedical college at Middlebury, Vt., graduating\\nabout 1837. He practiced his profession a\\nshort time in Gardner and Northfield, Mass.,\\nand then settled in Keene. In 1859, Novem-\\nber 30th, he married Jane F., daughter of Hon.\\nHenry and Calista (Pond) Coolidge. Tliey\\nhad two daughters, Mary Algerniene and\\nCaroline Sidney.\\nA2:)art from his professional duties, Dr. Car-\\npenter felt a deep interest in all that pertained\\nto the welfare of Keene, and was a ju ominent\\nfactor in social circles. He possessed rare con-\\nversational powers, expressing his thoughts with\\nwell-balanced and discerning intellect and ready\\nwit. Few surpassed him in repartee, and his\\nsatire was keen and cutting. He took a great\\ninterest in, and gave much of his time to, Free-\\nMasonry. In 1855, the Social Friends Lodge\\nof that order having been for some time dor-\\nmant, he caused its revival, and at tiiat time was\\nthe only Free Mason in town who knew the\\nwork. He was Master of the lodge in 1850,\\n1857 and 1859. He was a charter member\\nand first Master of the Lodge of the Temple.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0170.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "^^^^^-/TM,\\nc\u00c2\u00a3Ct^c\u00c2\u00a3y^ c\\nz", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0173.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0174.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0175.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "6o y (Jcc^ (i AcX(_\\nv y", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0176.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "KEENE.\\n113\\nHo was a member of Cheshire Royal Arcli Chap-\\nter, St. John s Council of Royal and Select\\nMastere, and Hugh de Payens Comulaudery of\\nKnights Templar.\\nIn politics Dr. Carpenter was a constitu-\\ntional Democrat he held to the doctrines of\\nThomas .lefferson, and wished to preserve the\\nintegrity of those principles which he consid-\\nered the guiding stars of the republic, and be-\\nlieved in and earnestly advocated the success of\\nthe Democratic party as the only way to consum-\\nmate the perpetuity of t)ur national existence.\\nBut it is not as a citizen or politician that Dr.\\nCarpenter demands our chief attention, but as\\nthe kind-hearted, successful physician. In his\\nprofession he occupied a foremost rank. He\\nwas a scholarly man, of quick j^erceptions, who\\nmade the case of his patients his own, and his\\nsuccess was due to his firmui ss, self-reliance,\\nexcellent judgment and discretion. He gained\\nthe confidence, esteem and regard of his pa-\\ntients, and they Itelieved iuhim thoroughly and\\ncompletely. In those grave and desperate\\ncases where life and death were struggling for\\nthe mastery, he was watchful and vigilant, skill-\\nful to meet any emergency or change, with the\\nbest remedial agencies. Although habitually\\ncautious, he did not shrink from the responsi-\\nbilities of his calling, and used the most heroic\\ntreatment if he deemed the case demanded it.\\nQuackery, in all its forms, he most heartily de-\\nspised.\\nLike most men of positive nature, strong\\nwill and generous im2)ulses, he made many de-\\nvoted friends and some bitter enemies. He was,\\nfor years, a landmark in this city, kind and\\ncharitable to the poor, genial and pleasant in\\nhis home and society, courteous in his inter-\\ncourse with his medical brethren, and in many\\nways was one of the strong representative jJro-\\nfcssional men of Cheshire County.\\nEDWARD GUSTINE.\\nEdward Gustine was born in the town of\\nWinchester September 2, 1819, the past twenty\\nyears of his life having been spent in Keene,\\nwhere he now resides. His father, Edward\\nGustine, was a merchant. He received a com-\\nmon-school education, learned the business of\\na machinist and has been mainly engaged since\\nentering active life as a gas and water engineer.\\nHe has had contracts for extensive works, both\\ngas and water, at diffei ent places in this State,\\nMassachusetts, Vermont and New York, all of\\nwhich have been carried out in a thorough and\\nsatisfactory manner.\\nA decided Republican, though never an active\\npolitician, Mr. Gustine has not been largely in\\npublic life, but served as a member of the House\\nin 1865 and again in 1875 and 1876, acting as\\nchairman of the committee on State Prison the\\nlatter year, and was also a member of the Con-\\nstitntional Convention. He subsequently repre-\\nsented this district in tiic State Senate. He en-\\njoys the full confidence of his fellow-citizens re-\\ngardless of party, and whenever a candidate for\\noffice, receives many votes of those op])osed to\\nhim upon political questions. In the Senate he\\nserved ujion the committee on incorporations,\\nbanks and manufactures, lieing chairman of the\\nlatter. He frequently particii)ated in debates,\\nand, although making no pretensions to oratory,\\nhis suggestions, practical in their character, were\\nnot without influence.\\nMr. Gustine married Miss Sarah H. Worces-\\nter, of Lebanon, jNIc., by whom he has two\\nchildren, a son and daughter. The son, Ed-\\nward W. Gustine, is engaged in mercantile bus-\\niness in Keene. In religion he is a Unitarian\\nand an active member of the society in Keene.\\nHe has long been prominent in the Masonic or-\\nganizations, local and State, having been Master\\nof both lodges and High Priest of the chapter at\\nKeene, and Avas Grand High Priest for New\\nHampshire in 1870 and 1871, and has held va-\\nrious other honorable j^ositions in Masonic bodies.\\nThoroughly public-spirited and a friend of all\\nprogressive enterprises, he has contril)uted in no\\nsmall degree to the prosperity of the flourishing\\ncity in which he resides.\\nDR. TWITCHKLL.\\n(See Appendix.)", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0179.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ALSTEAD.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThis town lies in tlie uorthern part of tlie\\ncounty, and is hounded as follows North, by\\nSullivan county cast, hy Marlow south, by\\nGilsuui and Surry and west, by Walpole.\\nThe town was first granted by Governor B.\\nWeutworth to John Towle and sixty-three\\nothers, by the name of Newtoo, December 28,\\n1752; about the same time the first grant was\\nmade of Acworth, and probably for the same\\nreason, as I believe no attempt was made to\\nsettle tlie town under this grant.\\nIt was re-granted, August 6, 1763, to Samuel\\nChase and sixty-nine others, by the name of\\nAlstead, and settlements conamenced soon after.\\nIn 1771 tluu e were twenty-five or more fami-\\nlies in town but some of the provisions of the\\ncharter not having been fulfilled, it was\\nextended by (Tovcrnor Jolin Weutworth,\\nJanuary 25, 1772, in answer to a jietition from\\nthe inliabitants.\\nThe Governor s reservation of five hundred\\nacres was located in the northwest corner.\\nAmong the prominent men prior to 1800\\nwere General Amos Shepard, Nathaniel Sartell\\nPrentice, Absalom Kingsbury and Rev. Levi\\nLankton. Captain Jason Wait commanded a\\ncompany in Col. Bedell s regiment in the Rev-\\nolution.\\nPetition for a Grant of the Township, 1750.\\nTo His Excelleucy Benniug Weutworth Esq.\\nCapt\u00c2\u00b0 General Governour in Chief in and over His\\nMajestyes Province of New Hampshire.\\nThe Huml^le Petition of us the subscribers for\\nourselves and our associates being in number Fifty one\\n114\\nHumbly Bhewetli th.at your Petitioners are desireous\\nof Setleing a Townsliip in some of tlic unappropriated\\nLauds in said province.\\nWherefore your Petitioners Humbly Pray tliat\\nyour Excellency will be pleased to grant to your Pe-\\ntitioners a Township of the Contence of Six Miles\\nSquare in some of his Majestyes Land, in said Prov-\\nince of New Hampshire that are not allrcady appro-\\npriated, Subjected to such orders and restrictions as\\nYour Excellency in Your Great Wisdom Shall See\\nMeete. And as in Duty bound they will ever pray\\nc.\\nJohn Fowle\\nSeth Blogget\\nBoston Sep 10, 1750.\\nJosiah Convers Arch M Ncill\\nJohn Fullton Kobert Hill\\nDavid Whiteing Jason Winship\\nThos. Draper Joseph Newhall\\nWilliam Fild Jacob March\\nSamuel Winship Tho Bennett\\nSamuel Smith John Bishop\\n.John Botherick James Pierce\\nDavid Comee John Skinner\\nJonathan Briant Jon Bradish\\nNathan Newh;ill Benj Bellkiiap\\nFrancis Whiteniore R. Cotton\\nEbenezer Frances John Hill\\nWilliam Whitemore Isaac Kidder\\nAbiel Richardson W\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Dunlap\\nEbenezer Shattuck Caleb Brooks\\nUnite Moseley John Martin\\nWill Maxwell Noah Richardson\\nSam Servise John Douglass\\nBenj Furness Fran Shaw\\nWilliam Crombie Will Fisher\\nNath Wales Tim Winshij)\\nJoseph Scott Th\u00c2\u00b0 Lambert\\nEbenezer Field Isaac Fillebrown\\nThe grant was made December 28, 1752, to\\nthe foregoing persons and several others, but I", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0180.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "ALSTEAD.\\n115\\nthiuk no settlements were made under it, and\\nnone of these appear in tiie grant of 17()3.\\nStatement of Grievances, 1777.\\nThe Inhabitants of the Town of Alstead in Town\\nmeeting aissembled Feb. 4, 1777 to consider of matters\\nof grievance to themselves and others to hiy before\\nthe Hon Committee of the Council and House of the\\nState of New Hampshire Do mention the following\\narticles as grievous to them and needing redress.\\nThat the present assembly was not called according\\nto the direction of the Hon Continental congress by a\\nfull and free representation thro, the State ibr a\\nnumber of Delegates from a part of the Towns of the\\nState did without any previous notice, and before the\\nadvice of the Continental congress came to hand did\\nset up a plan of representation, in our opinion, partial\\nand defective, curtailing and abridging the privileges\\nof many of the Towns in this part of the state, as the\\nnatural i-iglit of one Town is equal to that of another.\\nFurther the present assembly in our opinion is\\nnot set up as the great Lawgiver and Author of Gov-\\nernment requires: His order is that Rulers be fearers\\nof IIi7ii, haters of covetousness whereas the present\\nplan requires no religious or moral, but only pecuni-\\nary qualifications for posts of office, which serves to\\ndiscourage virtue and to promote vice as conjoined\\nwith wealth: The niethodof choosing Councillors and\\nRepresentatives has a tendency this way likewise, as\\nby just implication every person paying rates man,\\nwoman or child, however immoral and wicked, may\\nvote in the choice of members of the assembly, by\\nwhich means if the majority arc evil, as like approves\\nof its like, the vile will bear rule over a state profess-\\ning true religion. The present plan of Government\\nwas set up while we were under the King of Britain,\\nbut now we are independent of him, and therefore a\\nnew form of Government ought as soon as may be to\\nbe erected, by a full and equal representation of every\\nincorporated Town thro the State, and that the plan\\nof the same be sent to each Town for their approba-\\ntion, and that which the majority agree to, be con-\\nsidered as the constitution of this State. The act\\npast Septenib 19 1776, we view as unintelligible, and\\nby uo means calculated to answer the end pretended\\nof having an equal representation. The last assembly\\ndid not act a disinterested party or for the good of the\\nState, in confining all places of trust as much as they\\ncould among themselves or in rejecting Coll Hunt\\nfrom being High Sheriff of this county, after his ap-\\njioiiitment, even before he refused to accept, which,\\nwith the putting in of Coll Hale we suspect was done\\nby the infiucnce of a certain well known member in\\nthese parts.\\nLastly the giving commissions for war, is another\\narticle of grievance, which is a thing unpreceilented\\nin any free state, and s commissions are kept from\\nthe eye of the people, and they are unacquainted with\\nthe unlimited powers given officers thei cby, we have\\nexjiressed these matters in a way to be understood,\\nand hope that they will be attended to by your\\nHonors as their im[)ortance and the Public good re-\\nquires.\\nAt y aforesaid meeting was chosen Absalom\\nKingsbury Jonathan Shepherd Jur. a committee\\nfor s* Alstead to present y\u00c2\u00b0 above to y\u00c2\u00b0 Hon Com-\\nmittee.\\nTest Absaloji Kingsbeuy Town Clerk\\nThe ibregoing is a True Copy of y voate of the\\nTown of Alstead as Matters of Grieveances to be laid\\nbefore y Hon Committee from y Hon Assembly of\\ny State of New Hampshire\\nTest Absalom Kingsbery, Town Clerk\\nThe Committees of Mario Surry Westmoreland\\nconcur with ye within matter of Agreevencis.\\nPetition of Prudence, the Wife of Simon\\nBaxter.\\nTo the Hon Counsel and assembly for the State\\nof New Hampshire the humble petition of Prudence\\nBaxter of Alstead in the County of Chesire humbly\\nshews and gives your Honours to be informed that\\nyour petitioner dos not send this prayer to your hon-\\nours for riches nor honours but for mercy and 1 may\\nsay forlited mercy might be extended to Simon Bax-\\nter the husband of your petitioner who did in .Inly\\n1777 go over to the enemy but has ever sence the\\nday he joined them been sorry for his fault and has\\nRepented his Erro with a flood of Tears I dont mean\\nto trouble your patiences with any thing but the\\nTruth, and Capt Holmns of Walpole and Capt Gil-\\nbert of Littleton Can and will if Called upon Testify\\nthat the s Baxter has for a Long Time past ben a\\nfriend to america and Capt Wait of this Town who is\\nnow in the army and has ben a prisoner with the\\nenemy Can Testify the kindness ye s Baxter shew to\\nthe prisoners of the united states and ever sence has\\nhad a Desire to Return and sware aligence to the\\nunited states and is now Detained in a flag in Boston\\nharbour and their does earnestly pray for mercy\\nand as their is none that is guilty has Less\\nthen he so none a fairer plea for pardon o spair him\\nI humbly pray I ask not for his Estate only for his\\nLife under such Limitation as you in your wisdom\\nshall see proper to alow the s Baxter did while hear\\ndo his part in the war as my familey has sense with-\\nout complaining sufl er him I humbly pray to be\\nonce more a subject of this state and have the Liberty", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0181.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "116\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof the oath of aligence to the united states I Cair not\\nhow we Live oi- how we are fed, if he can but have\\nauthoritive Liberty to Live in tliis state, tlie small\\n[property] that we did possess shall with pleasure go\\nonly spair him and as mercy is the Dealing of god\\nand the Brightest Virtue of the human mind o Let\\nBaxter be one subject of your mercy the glory of a\\nmerciful Deed is in proportion to the Crime for which\\nthe Deed of mercy was Extended.\\nThe arms of america has spread Terrow thro the\\nworld that their mercy might not be Coniiued or\\nLimeted I do, in my husbands name, Lay myself\\nand him att the foot stool of this state for mercy, and\\nif we must perish we must perish there as in duty\\nbound shall ever pray\\nAlstead, December ye 14*, 1778.\\nPrudence Baxter.\\nCapt. Lemuel Holmes, of Surry, and Capt.\\nJason Wait, of Alstead, the men referred to in\\nthe foregoing, were prisoners of war in New\\nYork when Simon Baxter and his son William\\nwere with the enemy, and, being old neighbors,\\nprobably received favors from them.\\nSimon Baxter s property was declared con-\\nfiscated to the State and Isaac Temple, Timothy\\nFletcher and Absalom Kingsbury were ap-\\npointed commissioners on the same, with the\\nlatter as trustee, who made an inventory of his\\nestate, which includes the following: Apart\\nof the S Lot in the eighth Range, about 100\\nAcres, and one half of Lot N\u00c2\u00b0 17 in tlie North\\nRange of Lots in Alstead, and two acres in the\\nCitidale Lots one Dwelling House in the\\nHighway. Mrs. Baxter petitioned, May 13,\\n1778, with the approbation of Abra Brown,\\nNath S. Prentice selectmen of Alstead, stat-\\ning that she had a large family of children,\\nsome of whom were small, and asked that the\\nforfeiture of the estate might not be exacted.\\nIt seems that Simon Baxter left the flag-\\nshij) in some way, as he and Benjamin Baxter\\nwere taken from Alstead to Exeter aliout\\nJanuary 21, 1779, and delivered to the Com-\\nmittee of Safety by Absalom Kingsbury, and\\nwas there confined in jail for some time.\\nConfession of William Baxter.\\nI left home 28 of March 1778 went to Cam-\\nbridge there 1 found my father and he was to be ex-\\nchanged and said I must go with him I told him 1\\nDid not Love to Leave my mother he said I had\\nbetter go with him 1 finally concluded to go with\\nhim to Rhode Island which I Did when I got to\\nRhode Island I worked with one seaven or\\nEight Days my father Did not Do any Business that\\nI know of then he and I went to N York and had the\\nSmall pox together and was in N. York about A\\nmonth then he told me I must go to Long Island and\\nlook out for myself and Dr. Pomroy [Doctor Josiah\\nPomeroy was an absentee from Keene] would get\\nme a place to live at and I went to Long Island with\\nDr. Pomroy and left my father at N York and I Lived\\nwith one Abraham Brinkrofl about a week and then\\nmy father come to me and told me he Intended to\\nReturn to Cambridge for they Meaning the Regulars\\nwould not exchange him unless he would go into\\ntheir servis he said he would not Do that he had\\nDrawn Rations till then and because he would not go\\ninto the Regular Servis they stopt his Rations then\\nhe worked in the same house with me till we went on\\nboard the Carteal that lay at newtown and went to\\nN York before we went from Newtown my father\\nDr Pomroy went Somewhere and then my father Gave\\nme five hundred N York Currency and told me he\\nhad it-of Dr Pomro\\\\ for which he told me he gave\\nDr Pomroy a note for twenty Pounds in hard money\\nand my father told me to ])ut it where the people of\\nthe house could not find it and said when we got back\\nto Cambridge we could live well I told him we should\\nbe found out he was very angry with me said he\\nbrought me to be a help to him but instead of that I\\nwas nothing but a plague and said he wished I was at\\nhome again then we went to Yoi k and while we\\nwere waiting for the flag to come of I went to work to\\nhelp Lode the Vesel and my father went Back to Dr.\\nPomroy at Newtown and when he came back he\\nbrought about A thousand Dollars More as near as I\\nCan Remember and told me to hide it and said he\\nwas to have some more as soon as it was struck of and\\nSigned the Next Day he went of again and brought\\nso much as with what he told me to hide the Day be-\\nfore Made up A thousand pounds that I saw but how\\nmuch more I Dont Know then he had some hard\\nmoney and with that bought Cloathing to send by me\\nto his tamely while we lay at N York one evening\\nBenj whiting Sam Tarbull Will Stark Robt L.\\nFowle Blair two Cummins Benj Trow my father\\nand myself ware togather at .In Strouts in New York\\nand I see Benj Whiting have one thousand Dollars\\nin forty Dollar bills and offered my father if he would\\ntake the Money and put it of att Cambridge or any-\\nwhere in y Country he would give him five hundred\\nDollars of it which my father took but told me he Re-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0182.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "ALSTEAD.\\n117\\nturned it Back then the said Beujamin AVhiting Said\\nif he could not get any Body to fetch it Meaning the\\nmoney he would fetch it himself for all the D* Rebels\\nwould be overcome before Next year was out the\\nnext Day we Sailed for Boston and alter we had got\\nto Boston I told my father I would not go back he\\nsaid he believed I had as good go home and told me\\nto take the Cloatliing with me and carry it home to\\nMother and he counted some money to me vis ten\\nforty Dollar Bills Seaventeen twenty D\u00c2\u00b0 and about\\nNinety five Dollars in good Money and told me to be\\ncarefull I said I was afraid it would hurt me he said\\nthe money would do him no good and if I was like to\\nbe hurt by it I might burn it and then I set of for\\nCambridge and went to Joseph Welches and he was\\ngoing to Boston and said he wanted some paper\\nmoney and Asked me if I had any that I could spare\\nI told him yes and I gave him fifty six Dollars for a\\nJoannes and he went to Boston and came and told\\nme he had got a hors for me and a boy to Carry me\\nto Littleton for twenty d(dlars and said if I would\\ngive him twenty more he would find another hors for\\nmy baggage and said he had some more hard money\\nif I would change fifty paper Dollars he would let\\nme have another Joannes which I Did and if I would\\ngive him fifty six Dollars he would let me have two\\nGuinues which I Did I saw a hessian in Cambridge\\nand changed fifty Paper Dollars for two Guinnes then\\nI left Cambridge and went to Littleton and Cap Gil-\\nbert I went to boston to Get my father out of the\\nflag but Gen Heath would not Permit him to come\\nout there I bought 3 yd of Salloon 3 yds of Lace\\nExchanged 3 twenty Dollar bills then I returned\\nto Cambridge and there I Met a Negro fellow with a\\nwatch and I gave him four twenty Dollar bills and 2\\nEight Dollar bills one four Dollar liill f ir y watch\\nthen I returned to Littleton from there to Keen\\nand got to Benj Halls and his Son Annanias asked\\nme if I had got any. Catchett meaning counterfit\\nmoney I told him yes he Looked on it and told me he\\nwould put it of for me Return me two thirds of it\\nin good money which I consented to Do after that\\nZibia Hall his Brother asked me if I had any Cat-\\nchett I told him I had not for Anna had got it he\\nsaid he was the wrong Person to give it too for he\\nwould be to Ventersome I saw Anny after that he\\ntold me that Zibia wanted it for he had put of A large\\nSome of it which if I mistake not was four Hundred\\nDollars that 30 Dollars wjs returned Back which\\nhe could not put of So I went home and was Imme-\\ndiately taken up and then I sent my Brother Joseph\\nto Anna hall for the money I left with him and he\\nbrought 7 forty Dol Bills 1 twenty Do 1 good Do\\nKeep two I had Left ten forty Dollar Bills with\\nhim one twenty My Brother Joseph I hid the\\nmoney he brought from Anna Hall in the barn\\nNamely 7 forty Dollar bills 1 twenty Do all the\\nMoney I mentioned in the foregoing Account that I\\nhave not Called good I suppose was Counterfit while\\nI was at Cambridge at Joseph Welches Welch In-\\nquired of me About the Monmouth Battle about\\ny\u00c2\u00b0 Brittish troops I told him they Suffered a Gooil\\nDeal he said the Rebels had it in there papere that\\nthey ware beat but he Did not Believe it and said he\\nwished to God that he was at New York with his\\nfamely and Enquired if there was any Houses to be\\nLet I told him yes but they ware very Dear he Re-\\npeated he Wished he was there Dear as they was\\nwhile I was in New- York I saw one Timothy Lovell\\nof Rockingham and one Hubbard of Windsor in y\\nState of Vermont two Refugees and they have both\\nstole out since and I saw Lovell in Littleton and he\\ntold me not to Mention to any Body that he was out\\nof New York for it might hurt him and would not\\nDo me any Good and he enquired where Maj Joseph\\nBlanchard Lived said he was going there to Holies\\nbut nobod) suspected that Hubbard had been to N\\nYork that I know of and he now Lives j)eaceably at\\nhome as I have heard I Likewise saw one Joseph\\nDurfey of New London in y State of Connecticut in\\nNew York He said he Did not know what the Reb-\\nells would Do to him when he came out nor Did not\\ncare a D** t d.\\nthe foregoing Relation is to the Best of my Re-\\nmembrance the truth the whole truth and Nothing\\nbut the truth which I can attest before the Almighty\\nGod.\\nJanuary 8 1779.\\nWilliam Baxtee.\\nN.B. Said Baxter confessed that his brother\\nJoseph told him that annanias Hall told him he put\\noff a 40 Dollar bill to one Hall a sadler in Keen, in\\nthe following way the Sadler gave a good 40 Dollar\\nBill to said annanias to change into small Bills and\\nann said after taking the good Bill could not\\nchange it, and then gave him a Counterfeit in Lieu.\\nWilliam Baxter was arrested by Joel Chand-\\nler, constable, on a warrant from Nathaniel S.\\nPrentice, taken before said Prentice, November\\n11, 1778, examined and st nt to the General\\nAssembly. At the examination before Squire\\nPrentice, Captain Lemuel Holmes testified as\\nfollows\\nI Lemuel Holmes of Lawful age Testi5 and say.\\nThat as 1 was Prisoner on Longisland when William\\nBaxter who Left his home in Alstead came their with", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0183.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "118\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhis father who came from Boston to Newyork s*\\nWilliam Baxter whilst he continued Their Lived with\\na farmer on Longisl.ind Laboured for him for hier\\nand did not join in the Brittish servis or Draw Either\\nMoney or Provision from them to my knowledge but\\nLived in a Peacable Retired manner with a farmer\\nthat appeared To be a friend to america I further\\nsay that Simon Baxter father to ye s William De-\\nclared te me that he ordered his son away, and as he\\nfound it more DiiEcult to support him their Than he\\nExpected he thought Best for him to Return S\\nWilliam Baxter came to Longisland some time in\\nJune Last Past according to my Best Reraemberauce\\nfurther this Deponent saith not.\\nAlstead Nov. ye 11, 1778.\\nLemuel Holmes.\\nThis was sworu before Nathaniel S. Prentice.\\nIn Honse of Representatives, November 18,\\n1778, William Baxter was ordered to be de-\\nlivered to the sheriff, in order to be sent back\\nto New York by the first conveyance. It\\nseems that he was not sent, however, but was\\nadmitted to bail, the bond requiring him not\\nto go beyond the limits of Exeter. In May\\nfollowing ho had a pass to go to Alstead and\\nreturn in twenty days. In July he was granted\\na permit to pass and repass from Portsmouth\\nto Exeter on Business for the printers and\\nin April, 1780, lie was employed by the Com-\\nmittee of Safety to carry letters to the County\\nof Cheshire to call the General Court together,\\nfor which he was paid one hundred dollars. I\\nthink some allowance should l)e made for his\\nconduct, on account of his age and his having\\nbeen influenced by his father, although I think\\nhis statement relative to Dr. Ziba Hall was not\\ntrue. Dr. Hall was a respectable physician in\\nKeene for many years.\\nState of New Hampshire, Cheshire, ss.\\nAlstead, Nov. 26, 1781.\\nWhereas tlie major part of the Selectmen of Surry\\nrefused to obey the within precept, being under oath\\nto the State of Vermont, and having sent the same to\\nthe Selectmen of Alstead, the major part of whom\\nlikewise refused to obey the same on the same account.\\nWe the subscribers Selectmen for Alstead and Surry,\\nand all the Selectmen in said Towns that acknowl-\\nedge the jurisdiction of New Hampshire, did on the\\nninth of this instant November notify all the legal\\ninhabitants of the towns of Surry, Alstead and Marlow\\nwithin mentioned to meet at the house of Mr. Timothy\\nFletcher in Alstead on Monday the 20 day of this\\ninstant Nov. at ten o clock in the forenoon for the\\npurpose within mentioned. Who being accordingly\\nmet made choice of Mr. Absalom Kingsbury to rep-\\nresent them in the General Assembly within men-\\ntioned.\\nTimothy Fletchei:, Selectman for Alstead.\\nW RtJSSELL, Selectman for Surry.\\nIn Committee on Claims 1\\nConcord June 13, 1783. J The Bounty paid by\\nAlstead to which has been deducted from David\\nAbraham s account amounts to Thirteen pounds Thir-\\nteen shillings\\nAttest JosiAH GiLMAx Treas.\\nDavid Abraham served also for Gilsum.\\nPetition about Taxes.\\nTo the Hon the council and house of Representa-\\ntives for the State of New Hampshire.\\nThe Petition of the Town of Alstead within said\\nState Humbly Sheweth That considering the great\\nScarcity of a medium of currency we feel the greatest\\nImpractibility of Discharging our Legal Taxes to the\\nState to which we belong by cash. And as there is a\\nnumber of Soldiers from amongst us that have Serv\\nin the continental Service and a great part of there\\nwages is yet due the greater part of whom are Nesces-\\netated for present Belief and the produce of our\\nHusbandry would be that that would grant them Re-\\nlief perhaps as well as the cash the former of which\\nis in our Power to Relieve them with when the Latter\\nis utterly out of our Power to Supply with at present\\nTherefore your Petitioners pray that they may be\\ndirected in a mode that your hon(nirs in your great\\nwisdom Shall point to pay our (Quotas of Taxes in\\narrears [mediately to the Soldier lor the reasons above\\nmentioned and your petitioners as in Duty bound\\nShall Ever pray.\\nAmos Shepherd] Selectmen of\\nNathan Fay Alstead\\nJohn Wood r in behalf and\\nTlM\u00c2\u00b0 Fletcher I by order of the Town\\nAlstead 20 Sep 1783.\\nGeneral Amos Shepherd was one of the lead-\\ning men of Alstead from 1777 until his death.\\nHe was noted for iudustry, economy, honesty\\nand fidelity, and ac((uired a fortune for those\\ndays frequently held positions of trust in the\\ntown; was elected State Senator in 1786, and\\nre-elected fourteen times was president of that", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0184.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "ALSTEAD.\\n119\\nbody from 1797 to 1804 was a member of the\\nCoimcil in 1785. He died January 1, 1812.\\nPetition of Nathaniel Shepherd, Deek-Eeeve.\\nTo the Hon the council and house of Kepresen-\\ntatives for the State of New Hampshire,\\nThe Petition of Nath Shepherd of Alste.ad in the\\ncounty of cliesliire state aforesaid.\\nHumbly Sheweth\\nThat whereas your petitioner was chosen by the\\nTown of Alstead Deer reife for the year of our Lord\\nOne Thousand Seven hundred Eighty .and your\\nPetitioner in Prosecuting his trust in that office under\\noath complained of one Elnathan Jeuning as a person\\nthat h.ad Broke the Law of the State in that case\\nmade and provided Unto N.ath S. Prentice\\nThomas Sparhawk Esqs Two of the Justices of s\\ncounty as Directed in said act and your petitioner at\\na Large Expense of his own pursued the steps of the\\nLaw and made it appear to the said Justices that the\\nsaid Jennings was actu.ally guilty of killing Deer\\ncontrary to Law there Judgment accordingly was\\nthat he should pay a fine as the Law Directs which\\nthe one half thereof was promised by said .act to the\\nProsecutor which relying on the faith of the State he\\nExpected, but to his great Surprise one of the said\\nJustices Received a Special order from the President\\nof sd State forbiding him in any way or manner to\\nDemand the Said fine of the said Jennings whereby\\nhe was and hath been ever since kept out of his Right\\nas promised in s act with an additional cost of his\\nown Now your Petitioner prays that the aforesaid\\norder maybe Revoked or that your Petitioner maybe\\nReleived in some other way which your Hon in your\\ngreat wisdom shall think proper which your Petiti.\\noner Supposeth he hath an undoubted Eight to Ex-\\npect. And your Petitioner .as in Duty bound will\\nEver pray.\\nNathaniel Shepherd.\\nAlstead 23 Ocf 1783.\\nThe said Jennings proved that lie was in the\\nContinental army three and one-half years, was\\ndriven from Long Island by the British on\\naccount of his loyalty, came to this State in July,\\n1779, did not know anything aliout the law,\\nand was poor and needed the meat for the sub-\\nsistence of his family. For these reasons Presi-\\ndent Weare issued a special order to stay pro-\\nceedings.\\nState of New Hampshire 1 To the Hon general\\nCheshire ss. Assembly.\\nthe petition of the inhabitants of the town of Al-\\nstead in the County of Cheshire humbly sheweth that\\nwhereas there was in the ye.ar 1780 a Large sum of\\nContinental Money Due from this Town to the state\\naforesaid but for several Reasons (which would be\\nirksome to us, as well as Disagreeable to your Honors,\\nto mention at this Time we pass them) the aforesaid\\nmoney w.as not p.aid into the Treasury in season as it\\nought to have been but not out of any ill intention\\nin us, in regard to the money, or in any manner to\\nDefraud, or keep Back, what was really due from us,\\nto the said state, the truth of which will appear, by\\nreciting one or two paragrafts in one of our Town\\nMeetings about that time.\\nthe 1 is this that this Town will make a settle-\\nment with New Hampshire respecting all Debts that\\nwe have been with them in contracting\\nthe second Voted to chuse a Committee of three\\nmen to receive accounts from soldiers (Viz) those that\\nserved the last campaign (meaning under the Author-\\nity of New Hampshire) as three months men, and six\\nmonths men, and to take the said soldiers Receipts\\nfor the same money so paid, this last, as far as the\\nmoney amounted, was to answer the first, and from\\nw^hich we humbly conceive, your honors will be Led\\nto see, th.at the people in this Town have not been so\\noppose l to the Laws and orders of the gener.al As-\\nsembly, as ha.s been represented, and that the people\\nhave been, was then, and Now .are, willing to pay\\nthere full Quotas of money to Defray the public\\ncharge for in that great hurry, and heat of the people\\nthose two votes before Recited ware obtained Your\\nHonours are as sensable of the Extreem scarcity of\\nmoney thro the state as we can be, and if the Treas-\\nurer should be directed to call upon those two men\\nin whose hands the aforesaid money now remains for\\nso large a sum of hard money your honours may\\nEasilyjudge the tatal consequences it would prove to\\nthem .and there fameleys.\\nWe your petitioners therefore in the most humble\\nmanner prostrate our selves at the feet of the gener.al\\nAssembly humbly praying that your Honours would\\nnot in your wisdome and goodness by misrepresenta-\\ntion impute too much iniquity to the good people in\\nthis Town ^but make some proper allowancies for\\nhum.an frailty by extending compjission to those two\\nmen, and receive the money they h.ad collected before\\nthe time Expired for receiving Continent al money as\\nhas been done for other Towns in this county those\\ntwo men .aforesaid (viz) Nathan Fay, and Zebulon\\nCrane are men of veracity who are at this time be-\\ntrusted with public honours from New Hampshire\\nand whose affidavits in all matters may be relied on\\nthis petition is not the prayer [of] one individual, but\\nthe voice of the people at Large in this Town who", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0185.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "120\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwith Confidence in your Clemency, and Contrishon in\\nour selves present this petition to your wise Consider-\\nation as in Duty hound shall ever pray.\\nSigned hy order and in behalf of the inhabitants\\nof the Town of Alstead.\\nAlstead September \u00e2\u0096\u00a02V 17S3.\\nAmos Shepherp^\\nJoH woop Selectmen\\nTi.M Fletcher\\nAecp votetl that the Select men Sign the Same\\nin behalf of y Town\\nAttest Nath S. Prentice Toipn Clerk\\nIn the House of Representatives, December\\n2G, 1783, it was oted, Tliat the prayer of\\nsjtiil petition l e so far gitinted iis to receive the\\nmoney whidt is now in the hands of Nathan\\nFay, one of the constables, amounting to\\n\u00c2\u00a31530.. IS 0. Continental Currency it tliat\\ntlie treasurer disctnint the stime out of tlie taxes\\ncalUxl for from the Towu of Alstead in tlie year\\n17S0.\\nTlie Council coucun-ed tlie same day.\\nCertificate of Selectmes about Taxes.\\nThese may Certify that it appears by Samuel\\nKidders Tax bill for 17So\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that Lot X^ 5 in the Eighth\\nRange was Taxetl in the war Tax two shillings and\\ntenpenee and X 4 in the Tenth Range three shillings\\nand nine pence to the same fcix and to the state tax\\nN 5 in y Eighth Range 3/10\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and N 4 in y lO\\nRange 5/ 2 and in ye County Tax N 5 in y S\\nRange 1/ all in the said Kidders Tax bills who\\nwas constable for 17SS which said Lots belong to the\\nConfiscated Estate of Simon Baxter an Absentee\\n\u00c2\u00a30 16 7.\\nAlstead January 2P 17S6.\\nIsaac Temple i\\nBF.x..MVoon SeUctmen\\noj\\nReibex Hatch Ahiead\\nJoel Chaxdler 1\\nPortsm Feby 14, 1780.\\nReceived an order for sixteen shillings and seven\\npence.\\nAmos Shephekp.\\nIn 17S9, Gideim Delano and Eli Snow killed\\na wolf each in Alsteiid, for wliich they received\\na !?tate boimty.\\nPeTITIOX for AtTTHORITY TO TaX NoX-ReSIPEXT\\nLaxps.\\nTo the Hon Senate and house of Representatives\\nof the State of New Hamjishire in general Court\\nConvened at Portsmouth on the S day of January\\nA. D. 1790.\\nThe Petition of the Selectmen of Alstead humbly\\nsheweth that said Town hes a Large Shair of roads\\nand Bridges to Support it being a Veri mountainous\\ntown and to ad to these burdon the County have\\nlately laid out a Road through the Soutlieasterly part\\nof said Town through the non-residents Land about\\nthree niilds which is no advantage to said inhabitants\\ntherefore your petitioners pray that the Selectmen\\nof said town lay a Tax of two pence per acor on all\\nthe nonresidence Land in Said town to be Laid out\\non the roads through there own Lands, or other ways\\nas you in your great wisdom Shall see meet.\\nand we as in Huty bound shall ever pray.\\nin be half of\\nOliver Shepaep V the Seleehnen\\no/Ahtead.\\nJanuary 11. 1790, the matter was before the\\nHouse of Representatives, and a he:iring oixlereil\\nfor the next session.\\nJanuary 21, 1791, a bill grauting the author-\\nity asked for was pa.ssed and concurreil in by\\nthe Senate.\\nRemoxstraxce agaixst Settixg Off a Parish.\\nTo his Excellency the Governor and Hon General\\nCourt of New Hampshire.\\nWe the subscribers inhabitants of the Town of\\nAlstead, being this day informed that a petition is\\ncirculating in the ejist part of this Town to the gene-\\nral Court praying to be set ofl as a Distinct parish\\nNow we would inform the Hon* General Court, that\\nthe situation of this Town is such that a Division\\nwould be hurtful to the whole on many reasons that\\nmight be given as the matter is suden and unex-\\npected to us till this date, and the Notice we had\\naccidental and the voices of the inhabitjmts have not\\nbeen asked, and a day of hearing on the said petition\\nmight be a Large bill of Cost to this Town ^we pray\\ntherefore that the petition aforesaid might not have a\\nhearing as in Duty bound shall ever pray.\\nAlstead may 31* 1793.\\nReuben Hatch. Nath\u00c2\u00b0 Man.\\nJob Thompson, Jr. John Worster.\\nJoel Chandler. Ebenezer Palmer.\\nAsa Hatch. Paul Robins.\\nAbsalom Kingsbery. Josiah Crosby.\\nEdward Waldo. Ephraim Kingsbery.\\nIsaac Brown. No;ih Vilas.\\nJohn Robbins. Moses Farnsworth.\\nJoshua Wood. Lemuel Barker.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0186.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "ALSTBAD.\\n121\\nJijsiali Robcns.\\nWilliam thompson.\\nJohn Burroughs.\\nBenj Baxter.\\nWilliam Hlade.\\nElisha Kiugsbery.\\nIlichard lOmerson.\\nDaniel I erin.\\nJohn Sladc, Jr.\\nDaniel Waldo.\\nElkanah Stephens.\\nNath Rust.\\nDavid Hale.\\nFrederick wardner.\\nIsaac Cady.\\nJudah Hatch.\\nPhinehas Hatch.\\nJoshua Crane.\\nAsa Grant.\\nChr Williams.\\nJonas Farke.\\nMason Hatch.\\nJohn Fletcher.\\nJonathan King.\\nMichel Grant.\\nJames Kingsbery.\\nNath Clark.\\nTho Farnsworth.\\nNath Cooper.\\nAmos Shejiard.\\nWilliam Simons.\\nAbel Hebbard.\\nJacob Cheever.\\nSam Sladc.\\nJames Brown.\\nNathaniel Right, Junr.\\nAzel Hatch.\\nJacob Wardner.\\nThomas Root.\\nJosiah Cook.\\nDan Williams.\\nJoseph Cady.\\nJosiah Cook, .Jr.\\n.ri)se[)h I eck.\\nJohn Ladd.\\nRich Beckwith.\\nLuke Harris.\\nBenj Cutter.\\nJesse Watts.\\nDavid Hodgman.\\nJosiah Brooks.\\nRoswell Waldo.\\nElias Brown. Gideon Delano.\\nKemonstranck of Selectmen.\\nTo his E.Kcellency the Governor, the Hon senate\\nand house of representatives, in General Court\\nAssembled, may it please your honors.\\nWe, the Subscribers, Selectmen of the Town of\\nAlstead, beg Leave to inform your Honors that this\\nday we ware inform that a Petition is now Circulat-\\ning in the East part of this Town praying to be set\\noff as a distinct Parish, or otherwise, as the General\\nCourt may think proper. This matter has twice been\\nbefore the inhabitants of this Town and twice Reject-\\ned by a Large majority, as a division of this Town at\\npresent would be very injurious to this Town in\\nGeneral, and they have not brought there petition\\nbefore the inhabitents to know their minds on the\\nmatter. As selectmen and Guardians of the ])ublic\\naffairs, we pray the petition aforesaid might not liave a\\nhearing.\\nAlstead, may 31* 1793.\\nIsaac Temple, Selectmen\\nOliver Shepard, J of Alstead.\\nPetition for the Incorporation of a Re-\\nligious Society.\\nTo the Honorable the Senate and House of Repre-\\nsentatives for the State of New Hampshire in\\nGeneral Court Assembled.\\nThe Petition of a number of Inhabitants of the\\nTown of Alstead, in said State\\nHumbly Sheweth, That whereas your Petition-\\ners, being a compact Society in one part of the Town,\\nand some years p.ast built them a meeting-house and\\nsettled them a Minister, when there was no other set-\\ntled minister in the Town, and have ever since paid a\\ntax towards the support of their Society by them-\\nselves, without being called upon to support the\\nministry any other way but still we find ourselves\\nunder some embarrassments, not having legal author-\\nity to call on one another for the taxes so made, and\\nhaving got the approbation of the Town by their Vote\\nin Town-meeting legally appointed therefor There-\\nfore your Petitioners humbly pray that all those now\\npaying taxes, or that may hereafter choose to pay\\ntaxes towards the support of the ministry meeting-\\nhouse, with us may be incorporated into a Society\\nsolely for that purpose. And your Petitioners, as in\\nduty bound, will pray.\\nAlstead, 26 Nov 1793.\\nNath S. Prentice. Larnard Mann.\\nIsaac Kent. John Wait.\\nAbel Phelps. Stephen Bridgham.\\nOliver Brown. Moses Blanchard.\\nWilliam Wood. Paul Gale.\\nLaban Johnson. S^-dis Miller.\\nSpencer Brown. Thomas Wood.\\nSolomon Prentice, Jr. Elijah Holbrook.\\nEli Harrington. Jon Newton.\\nSamuel Smith. Benj Wood.\\nAmaziah Wheelock. Asa Whitcomb.\\nElisha Gale. Abra Brown.\\nSylvester Partridge. John Brooks.\\nJohn Bryant. John Kent.\\nJonathan Atherton. Je-sse Fay.\\nJohn Wood. John Brimmer.\\nJohn Bridgham. Eph Barnard.\\nDaniel Newell. Sartell Prentice.\\nNathan Fay. Phineas Olds.\\nThomas Taylor. Samuel Ball.\\n.Tedidiali .Johnson. Abel Childs.\\nThoma.s Wait. Jonas Newton.\\nJames Arcli.\\nThe original was .signed also hy Abel Dut-\\nton, William Richardson, Aristides Iliiestis,\\nTimotliy Child, Eleazer Miller.\\nIn House of Representatives, December 31,\\n1793, a, hearing was ordered for the second\\nWednesday of the next session meanwhile the\\npetitioners were to post a copy of the ])etitiou\\nin .some public place in the town and deliver a", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0187.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "122\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncopy to the town clerk, which the following\\ncertificates show was complied with\\nCheshire, ss. March 11*, 1794. This petition and\\norder of Court thereon, was delivered to me this day,\\nand this day I read it in open Town-meeting, in the\\nTown of Alstead. Isaac Temple, T: Clerk.\\nAgreeable to tlie order, herein contained, this Pe-\\ntition and order of Court has ben Posted up in the\\nTown of Alstead.\\nTho Taylor,\\nSiMox Brooks, Jr.,\\nJob Thompsox, Jr.,\\nJames Kingsbury,\\nSelectmen.\\nVote of Town in Favor of the Incorporation\\nOF A Religious Society.\\nIn a warrant. Legally executed, for calling a\\nTown-Meeting in the Town of Alstead, on the nine-\\nteeth day of Nov Last past, was the following arti-\\ncle (viz.) article 3*:\\nTo see if the Town will approve of the persons\\npaying Taxes to the Rev* Levi Lankton, to be incor-\\nporated into a society by themselves, for the purpose\\nof Maintaining their minister and Meeting-house.\\nIn Town-Meeting, Nov 19 1793, article 3^ the\\nQuestion being put wheather the inhabitants of this\\nTown will approve of the persons paying Taxes to the\\nRev Levi Lankton, to be incorporated into a society\\nby themselves, for the purpose of Maintaining their\\nminister and Meeting-house, passed in the affirma-\\ntive. A true copy of Record\\nAttest Isaac Temple, T: Clerk.\\nAlstead, Dec 20 1793.\\nAt the annual Meeting of the Inhabitants of the\\ntown of Alstead, holden March 10 179-5.\\nArticle 16 To see if the inhabitants aforesaid\\nwill vote that the persons that now do or may here-\\nafter pay Taxes to the Rev Levi Lankton may be In-\\ncorporated into a Society for the purpose of Soporting\\ntheir Minister and Meeting-House.\\nPassed in the affirmative.\\nAlstead, May 13 1795.\\nMoses Hale,\\nDaniel Perin,\\nAbel Phelps,\\nJn\u00c2\u00b0 Brigham,\\nEphraim Kingsbertt,\\nThe above is a true copy of record.\\nAttest, Daniel Perin, Town Clerk.\\nSelectmen of\\nAlstead.\\nThe foregoing petitions, etc., resulted in the\\nincorporation of a society by the name of\\nthe Second Parish in Alstead, tlie act passing\\nthe House June 15, 1795, the Senate the next\\nday, and receiving the approval of Governor\\nGilman, June 18, 1795.\\nPetition of Elisha Kingsbery for Loan.\\nTo the Honorable the Senate and House of Repre-\\nsentatives of the State of New Hampshire, to be\\nConvened at Amherst in said State on Wednesday,\\nthe fourth day of June, 1794.\\nHumbly Sheweth your Petitioner.\\nThat your Petitioner did, in the year 1792, at\\ngreat Expence, build a Liuceed Oil Mill, and in the\\nyear 1793, on his own Expence, on the same Dam\\nbuild a Paper Mill, both which mills are nearly\\nfinished and do good business to the great advantage\\nand benefit of the Public in this part of the State.\\nThat your Petitioner finds a great demand for his\\nPaper, not only in this, but in the Neighbouring\\nState of Vermont, so that not only the saving of the\\nimportation of that valuable article in this part of the\\nState is made, hut is also likely to bring a considera-\\nble Quantity of money into this part of the State.\\nThat the demand for paper has increased so much that\\nhe finds himself uuable to procure Stock sufficient to\\nsupply all his customers by reason of this great ex-\\npence in Constructing his works.\\nTherefore prays that your Honors would grant\\nhim the Loan of two hundred pounds for one or two\\nyears, upon security of the Mortgage of the Mill, to\\nthe st^ite that he may be enabled to carry on his\\nworks to the better advantage of the publick and save\\nthe importation of those articles into this part of the\\nState. And your Petitioner, as in Duty bound will\\never pray.\\nAlstead, May 3P 1794.\\nElisha Kingsbeky.\\nThe foregoing was before the Legislature\\nJune 9, 1794, and a committee appointed to\\nconsider the matter but I am uuable to find any\\nrecord of their report. (Hammond.)", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0188.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CHESTERFIELD.\\nBY OEAN E. RANDALL.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGeography and Geology. -Chesterfield\\nis bounded on the north by Westmoreland and\\nKeene, on the east by Keene and Swanzey, on\\nthe south by Winchester and Hinsdale, on the\\nwest b} the Connecticut River, or, more strictly\\nspeaking, by Brattleborough and Dummerston,\\nin Vermont. The area of the town, exclusive\\nof the Connecticut, which flows along its\\nwestern border for a distance of about six\\nmiles, is probably between forty-two and forty-\\nfour square miles. The first recorded per-\\nambulation of the town lines took place in\\n1793, at which time the line between Chester-\\nfield and Westmoreland was measured by\\nJonas Robbins, of the latter town, and found\\nto have a length of seven miles and three-\\nfourths and fortv-four rods, its direction being;\\neast, 10\u00c2\u00b0 \\\\%y south.\\nThe line running from the northeast corner\\nof Chesterfield to the southwest corner of\\nKeene wiis described as having a length of\\none mile and sixteen rods, and a direction of\\nsouth, 8\u00c2\u00b0 30 east; and the line running\\nfrom the southwest corner of Keene to the\\nnorthwest corner of Swanzey as having a\\nlength of two hundred and sixty-three rods,\\nand a direction of east, 8\u00c2\u00b0 30 south. The\\nline between Chesterfield and Swanzey was\\nsurveyed the same year by John Braley, and\\nwas described as iiaving a direction (starting\\nfrom the northwest corner of Swanzey) of\\nsouth, 33i\u00c2\u00b0 west; but its length was not\\nstated. According to measurements made at\\na later date, this line has a length of nearly\\nfoiu and one-half miles.\\nThe same surveyor also surveyed, in 1793,\\nthe line that separates Chesterfield from Win-\\nchester and Hinsdale, and found it to have a\\ndirection of west, 10o-\u00c2\u00b0 north, starting from\\nthe southeast corner of Chesterfield. The\\nlength of this line was also not stated, but it\\nis about seven and seven-eighths miles.\\nThe surface of the town is, for the most part,\\nhilly, the meadows and plains being compara-\\ntively limited. At a few jjoints on the Con-\\nnecticait there are small meadows and plains,\\nsome of the latter having an elevation of two\\nhundred feet, or more, above the river. There\\nare also small meadows in other parts of the\\ntown, through which flow some of the larger\\nbrooks.\\nWautastiquet, or West River Mountain, lies\\nin the extreme southwest corner of Chesterfield\\nand northwest corner of Hinsdale. This\\nmountain rises abruptly from the Connecticut,\\nand has an altitude of about twelve hundred\\nfeet above sea-level. From its summit, iu the\\ndays of the early settlements, the Indians are\\nsaid to have watched the oj^erations of the\\nsettlers in the vicinity of Fort Dummer.\\nHence, the name of Indians Great Chair has\\nbeen applied to a particular portion of the\\nsummit of this mountain. The longer axis of\\nWantasti(juet is nearly parallel to the river,\\nand has a length of from three to four miles.\\nThere are several hills in the town worthy of\\n123", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0189.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "124\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\niiuntioii. Mount Pistarccii, near Chesterfield\\nFactory, lias an altitude, j)rol)al)ly, of about\\none thousand t oet above the level of the sea.\\nStreetei Hill, in the northwestern (|uarter of\\nthe town, is so called because it was at one\\ntime inhabited by several families of the name\\nof Strccter. Its altitude is somewhat greater\\ntlian that of Pistareen. Atherton Hill, iu the\\neastern part of Chesterfield, received its name\\nfrom the circumstance that Joseph Atherton\\nsettled on it in 1795. There are several other\\nlulls iu the town tJiat are higher than Streeter\\nHill.\\nThere arc no large streams of water flowing\\ntltrou(/h Chesterfield, but tiie Connecticut flows\\nalong its western bortler. Its height above\\nsea-level, at a point opposite Brattleboroiigh, is\\ntwo hundred and fourteen feet.\\nThe largest brook, flowing M holly within\\nthe limits of the town, is Catsbane Brook.\\nThis stream rises in the low lands south of the\\nCentre village, and in tlie vicinity of Barrett\\nIlill, and flows in a nortiiwesterly direction for\\nthe distance of about five miles, emptying into\\nthe Connecticut uear the West village. The\\nname of this brook Ciui only be accounted for\\nby the following tradition, which has been\\nhanded down from the first settlers At a very\\nearly period iu the town s history two men,\\nwhii were traveling through the forest, stopped\\non the banks of the brook to eat their lunch.\\nHaviug finished their meal, one of the men\\nsaid he wished to set out again on the journey.\\nTiic other replied that he wished to take\\nanother draught of the water of the brook\\nbefore leiiving. For your sake, said his\\ncompanion (using at the same time certain\\nemphatic words), I wish this water had\\ncatsbane iu it He probably meant rats-\\nbane. In all probability, this singular name\\nwas applied to the brook a number of years\\nbefore the settlement of the town.\\nPartridge Brook, in some respects the most\\nimportant stream that has its origin iu the\\ntown, is the outlet of Spaffbrd s Lake. It\\ntakes the water of the lake from the channel\\nuear Factory village, flows a short distance in\\na southeasterly direction, then, turuing sharply\\nto the northward, plunges down through a\\ndeep gorge, and flows on, for a distance of\\nabout two miles, to the Westmoreland line.\\nFrom the Hue it coutiuues its course iu a\\nnorthwesterly direction through Westmoreland,\\ntor a distance of four miles, or more, and\\nempties into the Connecticut near the county\\nfarm. It is certain that this brook was known\\nby its present name before Chesterfield was\\nsettled, inasnuich as it was called Partridge\\nBrook, in the proprietary records of M est-\\nmorelaud, as early as 1752. There are also\\nseveral other brooks in Chesterfield of lesser\\nimportance.\\nSpaflbrd s Lake lies nearly iu the centre of\\nthe northern half of the town. According to\\nan estimate based on the proprietors chart, or\\nplan, this beautiful sheet of water has an area\\nof about seveu hundred square acres. This\\nestimate may be somewhat too small but, from\\nall the information the writer cau obtain\\nrelating to this subject, it appears to him that\\nthe area of this lake cannot exceed one thou-\\nsand acres. The shore of the lake is, for the\\nmost part, either sanily or rocky and its water\\nis remarkably pure, being supplied, in great\\npart, by springs beneath its surface.\\nPierce s Island, iu the southwestern part of\\nthe lake, contains from four to six acres,\\nludiau relics principally stone pestles and\\narrow-heads have been found on it.\\nIt is not known with certainty how the lake\\ncame by its name of S})atford s Lake, but the\\ntradition has always been that a mau of tlie\\nname of Spaffbrd once lived uear its shore\\nheuce its name.\\nThere are good reasons for believing that the\\nlake received its name before the town was\\nactually settled, and that the Spaffbrd who is\\nsaid to have lived near its shore was a hunter,\\nwhose residence was only temjxirarv.\\nCatsbane Island, which lies about half a mile\\nbelow the mouth of Catsbane Brook, in rhe\\nConnecticut, is worthy of mention. This islaud", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0190.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "CirKSTKRFIKIil).\\n1-25\\nwiiich is in view i rom tlie lower ferry eon-\\ntains but a few ;ieres, and is principally noted\\nas being, in all probability, near tli(\\\\ place\\nwhere the Indians (M ossed (lie rivei on their\\nway to anada, after havinti; defeated Sei geant\\nTaylor s [)Mrty in .Tnly, 174.S. It is ])ossible,\\nhowever, that the place ralh^d attsbane, in\\nkSero-eant l\\\\aylor s diary, was (he mouth of\\nCatsbane I?i-ook\\nThe rocks of Chesterfield belong principally to\\nthat gronp of rocks denominated by Professor C.\\nH. Hitchcock flic Co()s (rmup, and consist of\\n|nart/ite, gneiss, mica slate, mic a schist, horn-\\ni)lende rock and c^)nglonlerat(^ In the sonth-\\neastern i|narter of the town there is foinid, in\\ngreat abnndanee, a rock calle l |)oi plivi-itic\\ngneiss. This rock is n^jt found in tlu! wcs(ci n\\n[)art (if the town. No valuable minerals have\\nbeen found in any considerable (piantities; yet,\\niron ore was discovered many years ago on\\n\\\\Vantasti(|net, and graphite, or plumbago, may\\nexist in some localities, ^fhe so-called mine\\non Wantasti(]uet is in Hinsdale. (Quartz is\\nfound in considerable quanties in ou(^ or two\\nlocalities, in a ])nl\\\\ crulcnt condition. Inferior\\nspecimens of tourmaline have also been found.\\nNumerous evidences of the action of mov-\\ning ice in the Glacial Period exist in the town.\\nIn some locations the ledges ar grooved and\\nstriated in a way p(, culiar to those regions that\\nhave been sid)jected to glacial action. Enor-\\nmous botdders, evidently brought from a great\\ndistance, in some instan -es have been deposited\\nupon the highest hills.\\nNear the mouth of the Catsbane Brook ai-e\\nexamples of river terraces. The height of the\\nterraces in Chesterfield and Westmoreland va-\\nries from three hundi-ed and fifty to foui- hun-\\ndred feet above the sea. No fossils arc known\\nto have been discovered in Chesterfield, the\\nrocks, for the most part, not being of a kind\\nknown as fossiliferons.\\nIncorporation and Skitlemknt. Pend-\\ning the King s det ision respecting the dividing\\nline t)etween Massat^husetts and New Hamp-\\nshire, the Ceni^-al Court of the former province\\ngranted upwards of thirty townships between\\nthe Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers. The\\ntown.ship that lay just north of Arlington\\n(which endn aced a portion of the territory now\\nbelonging to Ilinsihdc and Winchester) and\\neast of the Coiniei^ticut was callc(l Township\\nNo. l,au(l was nearly idc^ntical with the pres-\\nent township of Cli(!stcrlield. Townships Nos.\\n1, 1, and 4 were accepted by the Jenei al\\nCourt of Massachusetts, Novendicr 1 7. 5().\\nSauuiel Chamberlain, of Wcslfoi d, Mass., was\\nempowered, December 13, 1737, to call the first\\nmeeting of the proprietors of No. 1 for organi-\\nzation. It is not known, however, that any\\nscttlcnieiit was attenijjted iu (his township\\nunder the Massachusetts charter, in fact, the\\ninctu sions of the h^rcnch and Indians into this\\npart of the onnecticnt Valley rendered any\\nattempt to settle the new township extremely\\nhazardous lor some years snbse([uent to 1737.\\nA treaty of peace between France and Kng-\\nland was signed at Aix-Ia-(jhapelle, ()etobei 7,\\n174.S but, in this country, hostilities did not\\nwholly cease for some time f )i June 20, 1 749,\\nthe Indians assaulted No. 4, and carried off\\nEnos Stevens, son of aptain Stevens. In\\n1750, 51 and 52 there was peace in the Con-\\nnecticut Valley. Movements we^ro now ma(l(!\\nto get the towushi[)s that had been cliart( red by\\nMassachusetts, but which had been severed from\\nthat province by the final determination of the\\nsouthern boundary of New Hampshire, recliar-\\nteretl by the government of the latter |)roviucc.\\nSome time in the year 1751, .losiah Willard,\\nJohn Arms and fifty-six others petitioned Gov-\\nernor Benning Wcntworth to recharter Town-\\nship No. 1. The following is a copy of the\\npetition\\nProvince of To His Excellency Benning Went-\\nNew Hamj/. J worth, Esq., Gov in and over His\\nMaj Province of N\u00c2\u00abw Hamp the Hon His\\nM.oj Council.\\nThe Petition of the Subscribers iiumbly Shew.s\\nthat Sundry of your Petitioners some years before the\\nlast Indian War luid entered on a tract of Tiand", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0191.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "126\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nailed N Oue, on the Easterly Side Connecticut\\nRiver, and adjoining to the same next above Win-\\nchester, under the Grant of the Massachusetts Bay,\\nbut since the Dividing line Between the s Massa-\\nchusetts and the Province of New Hamp has been\\nascertained by his Majesty, Wee find that the same\\nfalls within the Province of New Hampshire, and are\\nDesirous to pursue our former Intention of making\\na Settlement there if we may be favored with a grant\\nfrom his Majesty of that township, under Such Re-\\nstrictions as other Towns Holding under his Maj-\\nesty in this Province.\\nWherefore your Petitioners pray that a Grant\\nmay be made tliem of the said Township N\u00c2\u00b0. one, in\\nSuch a way and manner as y Excellency Hon\\nSee meet, y Peti as in Duty Bound Shall ever\\npray\u00e2\u0080\u0094.\\nIll accordance with this petition, Governor\\nWentworth, with the advice and consent of the\\nCouncil, granted a charter, February 11, 1752,\\nto Josiah Wilhird and others, incorporating\\nTownship No. 1 under tlie name of Cliester-\\nfield. Why this name was bestowed upon No.\\n1, when it w;is rechart red, is not known with\\ncertainty.\\nIt is probable, however, that tiie name was\\ngiven to the town by Governor Wentwortli\\nand his Council, either in honor of the Earl of\\nChesterfield or the town of the same name in\\np]ngland. Certain circumstances lead to the\\nbelief that the name was bestowed in honor of\\nthe former. In the first pla(\u00c2\u00ab, the Earl of\\nChesterfield was a man of much note at the time\\nthe town was reehartered, having not only\\nheld important government offices, but having\\njust brought about an important reform of the\\ncalendar, that took effect the same year (1752).\\nlie was also distinguished as an orator and\\nwriter. In tlie second place, it is well known\\nthat (irovernor Benniug Wentworth was fond\\nof naming towns in New Hampshire in honor\\nof distinguished men and places in England.\\nThe names of the grantees of Chesterfield,\\nas appended to the charter, were as follows\\nJosiah Willard, Nathan Willard, Valentine But-\\nler, John Arms, John Arms, Jun r, Oliver Butler,\\nOliver Willard, Oliver Willard, Jun r, Josiah Wil-\\nlard, Jun r, Nathan Willard, Jun r, Wilder Willard,\\nJohn Moore, William Willard, Caleb Trobridge,\\nWilliam Lawrence, John Hunt, Simon Hunt, Jona-\\nthan Hubbard, Samuel Kennada, Solomon Willard,\\nBilly Willard, Simon Cooley, Joseph Willard, Wil-\\nliam Deen, Simon Stone, Peter Oliver, David Hub-\\nbard, Thomas Pain, John Wheelwright, Nathaniel\\nWheelwright, Joseph Wheelwright, Jeremiah Wheel-\\nwright, Simon Willard, Benj a Lynd, John Spaftbrd,\\nSilas Spafford, Sam l Davis, Phineas Wait, Joanna\\nWetherby, Elias Alexander, John Brooks, James\\nWhitney, Abraham Kendel, Benj a French, Josiah\\nBrown, Ebenez r Day, John French, Jun r, Sam l\\nGreeley, Will m Spalding, Moses Gould, Will m\\nDown, Robert Fletcher, David Field, Sam l Field,\\nDavid Sterns, John Kendel, Daniel Kendell, James\\nStootley, His Excellency, Benning Wentworth, Esq.,\\none tract of land to contain five hundred acres, one\\nwhole share for the Incorporated Society for the prop-\\nagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, one whole\\nshare for the first settled minister of the Gospel in\\nsaid Town, one whole share for a Glebe for the min-\\nistry of the Church of England, as by law estab-\\nlished. Samuel Wentworth, of Boston, Theodore\\nAtkinson, Richard Wibird, Samuel Smith, John\\nDowning, Sampson Sheaffe, Jno. Wentworth.\\nTheodore Atkinson was secretary of the\\nprovince. Richard AVibird, Samuel Smith,\\nSampson Sheaffe and John Downing were\\nmembers of the Council at the time the town-\\nship was regranted.\\nColonel Josiah Willard, the leading grantee,\\nwas, for many year.s, a resident of Winchester.\\nThe charter of Chesterfield is similar to those\\nof other towns granted by Governor Went-\\nworth. The township is described therein as\\nfollows\\nAll that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and\\nbeing within our said Province of New Hampshire,\\ncontaining by admeasurement twenty-three thousand and\\nforty acres, which tract is to contain sis miles square,\\nand no more out of which an allowance is to be\\nmade for highways and unimprovable lands by rocks,\\nponds, mountains and rivers, one thousand and forty\\nacres free, according to a plan and survey thereof,\\nmade by our Governour s order, and liereunto an-\\nnexed, butted and bounded as follows, viz.: begin-\\nning and adjoining to a stake and stones near the\\nbank of Connecticut river, which is the northwest-\\nerly corner bound of a place called Winchester,\\nthence running south seventy-eight degrees east upon\\nWinchester line aforesaid, till it meets with the", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0192.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n127\\nwestern line of the lower Ashuelots, so called, then\\ncarrying all the breadth of land between the river\\nof Connecticut aforesaid and the said Ashuelots, so\\nfar up northerly as will make the contents of six miles\\nsquare, bounding on this extent by a stake and stones\\nnear the bank of the river, and thence running south,\\nseventy-eight degrees east, till it meets with the Ash-\\nuelots aforesaid.\\nThe cliarter provided tliat the township\\nshould be divided iuto seventy e([ual shares,\\nand tliat a tract of laud near the eentre of the\\nsame should be reserved and marked out for\\ntown lots, containing one acre each. Every\\ngrantee was entitled to one of these lots. In\\naccordance with a provision of the charter, the\\ntown was surveyed (as were also Westmoreland\\nand Walpole at the same time) and a plan of\\nit drawn by Josiah Willard and Benjamin\\nBellows.\\nThis plan was finished March 18, 1752, and\\nis now in the office of the Secretary of State,\\nat Concord. It shows that the general out-\\nlines of Chesterfield Mere about the same when\\nthe first survey under the new charter was\\nmade as they are now. The line between\\nKeene and Chesterfield, running irom the\\nnortheast corner of the latter town to the south-\\nwest corner of the former, was stated to be about\\ntwo hundred and twenty-five rods in length.\\nThe same line, as measured by Jonas Robbins,\\nin 1793, was found to be one mile and six-\\nteen rods long, or one hundred and eleven\\nrods longer than in 1752. Fnim this circum-\\nstance it might be inferred that this line had\\nbeen lengthened before 1793, and that the line\\nbetween Swanzey and Chesterfield, which was\\ndescribed in the original plan as being five\\nmiles and one hundred and eighty rods long,\\ncorresf)ondingly shortened. No record of .any\\nsuch alterations in these lines has, however,\\nbeen found.\\nOwing to the loss of the projirietary records,\\nnothing is known concerning the meetings of\\nthe proprietors of the town, or the business\\ntransacted at such meetings, save what is to be\\ninferred from the proprietors chart, or plan\\nof the town, which, fortunately, has been pre-\\nserved, and is in tolerably good c(jndition. It\\nis not known when or by whom this plan was\\nmade but it is evident that it was made as\\nearly as 17(J0 or 1761, inasmuch as the earliest\\ndeeds sometimes refer to it.\\nGovernor Wentworth s share (five hundred\\nacres) lay in the northwest corner of the town,\\nand is known at the present day as the Gover-\\nnor s Farm. ^U cording to the plan, John\\nWeutworth also had a share of three hundred\\nacres. These two shares are indicated on the\\nplan as B. and J. Wentworth s shares, and\\nformed a tract bounded on the north by West-\\nmoreland line and n the west by Connecticut\\nRiver. It had an average length of about six\\nimndred and eighty-seven rods and a width of\\ntwo hundred rods. Aaron Smith, son of Moses\\nSmith, the first settler, settled on Governor B.\\nWentworth s share about 1767, as did after-\\nwards his brother, Benjamin Smith. John\\n^yentworth s share was located just east of the\\nGovernor s Farm, and was purchased by Wil-\\nliam Randall in 17 S0.\\nThe glebe is not marked on the plan, but\\nlay in the southeast quarter of the town. The\\nminister s share consisted of lots No. 5 in the\\nfirst, fifth and eighth ranges of lots, and the\\ntenth house-lot in the ninth range. Concerning\\nthe location of the share reserved for the In-\\ncorporated Society for the Propagation of the\\nGospel in Foreign Parts, nothing is known.\\nNor is it now known whether the town-\\nlots, mentioned in the charter, were ever laid\\nout or not but it is certain that some of the\\nhundred-acre lots, near the central part of the\\ntown, were divided into half-lots, or fifty-\\nacre lots, which are sometimes designated in\\nold deeds as house-lots.\\nA whole share consisted, nominally, of three\\nlots, of one hundred acres each; but is a^ipears\\nthat most of the jjroprietors also owned one\\nhouse-lot each.\\nAlthough circumstances were apparently fa-\\nvorable for immediately settling the new town-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0193.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "128\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nship at the time the new charter was grauted,\\nno settlement was effected till nine years after-\\nwards. The last French and Indian A\\\\ ar,\\nwhich soon lu oke out, rendered the establish-\\nment of new settlements in the Connecticut\\nValley, north of the Massachusetts line, ex-\\ntremely difficult and hazardous.\\nBut the comjilete concjuest of Canada by tlie\\nEnglish, in 1760, put an end to the incursions\\nof the French and Indians, and peace once\\nmore reigned in the valley of the Connecti-\\ncut.\\nThe grantees of Chesterfield, having been un-\\nable to carry out the provisions of the charter\\nwithin the specified time (live years), petitioned\\nthe Governor and Council for an extension of\\ntime, in order that their grants might not be\\nforfeited. In accordance with this petition, the\\ncharter was lengthened out, June 11, 1760.\\nThe term of one year was granted for the ful-\\nfillment of the conditions imposed upon the\\ngrantees, which term was to be renewed annu-\\nally till His Jlajesty s plenary instructions\\ncould Ijc received.\\nOn the 20th day of February, 1761, Moses\\nSmith, who at that time was Sivid to be of\\nHinsdale, purchased of Oliver Willard, of\\nBrattleborough, one whole right, or share, in the\\ntownship of Chesterfield, whicii right, or share,\\nbelonged to the said Willard by virtue of hisbeing\\none of the grantees. The numbers of the lots were\\nnot given in the deed, but it is known tliat two\\nof them were the lots numbered 14 and 15, in\\nthe sixteenth range the other was probably\\nlot Xo. 1 1 in the second range. Oliver Willard\\nalso owned house-lot No. 10, in the twelfth range.\\nHavins secured some of the best laud in the\\nnew township, ISIoses Smith made preparations\\nfor establishing a home upon the same for him-\\nself and family. Accordingly, in the month of\\nNovember, 1761, a.s the tradition has always\\nbeen, he and his son-in-law, William Thomas,\\ncame up the Connecticut in canoes or boats, for\\nthe purpose of making the first settlement in\\nthe town of Chesterfield.\\nThe exact date of this event is uncertain, as\\nit has been stated to be lioth the loth and the\\n25th of November. Larkin G. Mead, Esq.,\\nwho wrote a brief sketch of Chesterfield for the\\nHistoi ical Collections, in 1822, adopted the\\nlatter date. There can be no doubt, however,\\nthat it was in the month of November, 1761,\\ntliat the first settlement was effected by Smith\\nand Thomas.\\nBoth men brought their families with them\\nSmith s consisting, so far as known, of his wife\\nElizabeth, and his sons, Aaron, Moses, Amos,\\nJoseph, Benjamin and Keubeu. Of these sons,\\nAaron, the oldest, M as about twenty-one years\\nold Reuben, the youngest, was aliout three\\nyears old. Thomas family consisteil, prol)-\\nably, only of himself and wife, Mary, Smith s\\ndaughter.\\nSmith built a log cabin on lot No. 14, in\\nthe sixteenth range. The place where this\\nstood is a short distance north of the pi esent\\nresideuce of his great-grandson, George Smith,\\nand a few rods east of the highway, which, at\\nthis point, runs near the bank of the river.\\nThe site of the cabin is still indicated by a\\ndepression in the plain.\\nThomas erected his cabin near the i-iver s\\nbank, at a point about one mile and a half be-\\nlow Smith s pitch. It .stood a few rods east\\nof the lower ferry, and a few feet north of the\\npresent highway leading easterly from the\\nsame. Its site is still mai ked l)y a depression\\nin the earth, and a mound adjoining the depres-\\nsion on its eastern side. This mound consists,\\nin great part, of ashes and charcoal.\\nWhen spring came, the work of clearing a\\npatch for cultivation was probably begun, al-\\nthough the work of felling trees may have\\nbeen prosecuted throughout the winter, when\\nthe weather permitted.\\nOn the 25th day of April, 1762, Thomas\\nwife gave bii th to the first white child born in\\nthe town. This child was called Mary. She\\nmarried Lemuel Stoddard.\\nThere are reasons for believing that the first", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0194.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n129\\nmale cliild l)orn of white parents in Chester-\\nfield was Lotan Hildreth, son of Jonathan\\nHildreth, born March 29, 17G3.\\nIt is greatly to be regretted that the history\\nof the town from the date of settlement to the\\nyear 1767 is almost a complete blank. The\\ntown records begin with the latter date so\\ntliat, on account of the loss of the proprietary\\nrecords, as already stated, we have but little to\\nguide us in our study of this period, save a few\\ntraditions and what can be gleaned from a few\\nold deeds. It is certain, however, that a large\\nnumber of families had become established in\\nthe town before 1767. In the spring of 1762,\\nCaptain Simon Davis, of Greenwich, Mass.,\\nand Abel Emmons settled in the western part\\nof the town and some time the same year\\nPeter Wheeler also came to settle. A saw-mill\\nis also said to have l)een constructed this year\\nby John Snow and Moses Smith. The pro-\\nprietors granted two pieces of land to them, on\\ncondition that they should erect a mill, keep it\\nin good repair for the following five years, and\\nsaw boards at as reasonable a rate as was done\\nin other places. There is a tradition that, after\\nthe first boards were sawed, they were laid down\\nso a\u00c2\u00bb to form a kind of rude floor, upon which\\nthe settlers danced, to celebrate the event.\\nThis mill was built on Catsbane Brook, in\\nthe western part of the town, and stood near\\nthe place where Wai-ren W. Farr s house now\\nstands. A grist-mill was also erected, at an\\nearly period, near this saw-mill. Both mills\\nwere carried away by a freshet in the summer\\nof 1826.\\nThe following persons are known to have\\nsettled in Chesterfield before 1767\\nEphraim Baldwin and Jonathan Cobleigh,\\nas early as 1763 Daniel Farr, Samuel Farr,\\nand Nathan Thomas, as early as 1764 Jonathan\\nFarr, Jr., and Timothy Ladd, in 1765; Eleazer\\nCobleigh and Silas Thompson, in 1766.\\nOf course, the above-named settlers, with\\ntheir families, constituted but a small part of\\nthe whole number that were in the town in the\\n9\\nyear 1767, which year Chesterfield had three\\nhundred and sixty-five inhabitants. Among\\nthose who had become residents before the\\nlast-mentioned date were Jonas Davis, Ebenezer\\nDavison, Thomas Emmons, Jonathan and\\nSamuel Hildreth, James Robertson, James\\nWheeler and Nathaniel Bingham.\\nAs already stated, the town records begin\\nwith the year 1767; but there are reasons for\\nbelieving that town-meetings had been hold an-\\nterior to that date, the records of which have\\nbeen lost.\\nThe following is a copy of the warrant for a\\ntown-meeting held on the second Tuesday in\\nJune, 1767\\nProvince of New Hampshire.\\nTo Samuel Hildreth, cnustable in and for the town\\nof Chestertield you are, in his majeste s name, here-\\nby commanded to warn all the Inhabitans of Sd\\ntown to meet att the house of Jonas Daviss In Sd\\ntown, on the Second tuesday of June Next, att one\\no clock iu the afternoon, then and thereto act on the\\nfollowing articels\\n1. To Chuse a moderator to govarn Sd meeting.\\n2. To Se whether the Town will Raise money to\\nDefray town Charges and hire Schooling.\\n3. To See whether the town will hire preaching.\\n4. to See whether the town will Except of the\\nRoads as they are now Laid out.\\nmake Due Return of this warrant att or before\\nSd Day apinted for Sd meeting.\\nDated Chestertield may ye 14, A. D. 1767.\\nSimon Davis,\\nJohn Snow, Selectmen\\nJonathan Hildreth, of\\nEleazer Cobleigh, I Chesterfield.\\nEbenezer Davison, J\\nAt the meeting called by the above warrant\\nCaptain Simon Davis was chosen moderator.\\nThe sum of five pounds, lawful money, was\\nvoted to defray town charges, and the River\\nroad, running from Westmoreland line to Hins-\\ndale line, was accepted.\\nSeveral other new roads were also accepted\\nat the same meeting:.\\nIt appears from a brief record of a meeting\\nheld July 5, 1768, that the town voted to build\\na road fi-oin the road that goes to Keene,", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0195.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "130\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nalong by the potash [potasheiy], to the road\\nthat goes to Winchester.\\nThe record for 1769 is a complete blank. In\\n1770 the record begins anew, and from that\\ntime to the present is unbroken. On the 16th\\nday of January, 1770, Josiah Willard, the\\nleading grantee, was petitioned by thirteen of\\nthe inhabitants of Chesterfield to issue a war-\\nrant for a meeting to be held in the following\\nMarch. The petitioners stated that they had\\nlost their charter privileges of holding town-\\nmeetings. At the meeting called in accordance\\nwith this petition Mr. Willard was present,\\nand administered the oath of office to the offi-\\ncers who M ere chosen.\\nIn 1773 the population of the town num-\\nbered seven hundred and forty -seven persons,\\nviz.,\\nUnmarried men, sixteen to sixty 55\\nMarried men, sixteen to sixty 109\\nMales under sixteen 224\\nMales sixty and upwards 12\\nUnmarried females 220\\nMarried females 120\\nWidows 7\\nSlaves\\nTotal 747\\nIn 1775 the number of inhabitants was eight\\nhundred and seventy-four, viz.,\\nMales under sixteen 241\\nMales sixteen to fifty, not in the army... 155\\nMales above fifty 30\\nPersons gone in the army 36\\nFemales 412\\nSlaves\\nTotal 874\\nThe settlers who came in during the first two\\nor three yeai-s after 1761 appear to have lo-\\ncated, for the most part, in the western and\\ncentral portions of the town but by the year\\n1770 they seem to have been j)i etty evenly\\ndistributed over its territory, except in the\\neasternmost parts of the same. As nearly as\\ncan be ascertained, there were very few settlers\\nin the southeast quarter of the town previous\\nto 1780, especially in that part of it known as\\nHardscrabble. From about 17S0 to 1805,\\nhowever, numerous settlers came into that quar-\\nter, which, in spite of its ruggeduess and rocki-\\nness, has produced some of the best citizens of\\nthe town.\\nThe New Boston District, which may be\\nroughly defined as comprising the upper half\\nof the valley of Leavitt s Brook, was partially\\nsettled before 1770. It appears to have pos-\\nsessed its maximum number of inhabitants be-\\ntween 1790 and 1800.\\nA settlement was estalilished at an early\\nperiod on Streeter Hill, which had for many\\nyears a pretty numerous population. Even the\\nDish Land, which lies to the northward of\\nStreeter Hill, was once partially occujjied by\\nsettlers.\\nThe earliest settlers built, of course, log\\nhouses but, John Snow s saw-mill having been\\nerected in 1762, some of tho.se who came after-\\nwards built very small frame houses. As the\\nfamilies became larger, or as the owners became\\nmore prosperous, many of the log houses were\\nreplaced with better ones, or the small frame\\nhouses were enlarged.\\nThere is a tradition that, one or more winters\\nin the early history of the town, some of the\\nsettlers in the western f)art of it were obliged\\nto go almost to the extreme eastern part to get\\nhay for their horses and cattle, di awing it home\\non hand-sleds. The hay thus obtained had\\nbeen cut in certain swales, and consisted of wild\\ngrass.\\nWolves and bears were more or less trouble-\\nsome to the early settlers, sometimes killing\\nthen- sheep, pigs and calves. Wolves appear\\nto have been numerous at one time, and even\\nsince the year 1800 have been occasionally\\nkilled in the town, as have also bears. It is\\nsaid that John Darling, Sr., wiio first settled on\\nBarrett Hill, used to hunt these animals for the\\nbounty that was paid for their destruction, and\\nobtained considerable money in this M ay.\\nOn one occasion a party of men fi-om five\\ntowns assembled at the house of Abraham", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0196.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n131\\nStearns, in the eastern part of the town, for a\\ngrand bear-hunt. They succeeded in killing\\none bear, for which Mr. Stearns (probably in\\nhis capacity of selectman) gave them, as boun-\\nty, a barrel of rum valued at twenty dollars\\nand they remained at his house till they had\\ndrunk it all\\nThough the early settlors were, in general,\\nhardy and robust, they appear to have been as\\nmuch afflicted by contagious and epidemic dis-\\neases as the latter generations, and probably\\nmore so. Especially was this the case with the\\nchildren, who suffered much from scarlet-fever\\nand what was then called throat-ail, a dis-\\nease that appears to have been very similar to,\\nif not identical with, diphtheria. Fevers of\\nvarious kinds sometimes raged, causing many\\ndeaths among young and old. The crowding\\nof large families into veiy small houses, and\\nthe want of means for combating disease,\\nnecessarily caused great mortality in the case of\\nepidemic and contagious diseases.\\nThe records of deaths are so few and imper-\\nfect that it is impossible to ascertain how many\\npersons died in the town in any year when the\\nmortality was unusually large but the little\\ngrave-stones occasionally found standing in a\\nrow, or near together, in the old cemeteries, are\\nsad evidences of the mortality that sometimes\\nexisted among the children. How many were\\nburied to whose memory no stones were ever\\nerected no one can tell.\\nChesterfield Durixg the War of the\\nRevolution. At a town-meeting held in\\nChesterfield, January 17, 1775, it was voted to\\naccept of the result of the General Congress\\nheld at Philadelphia in the autumn of the\\npreceding year, and to pay this town s propor-\\ntion of the expense of another Congress to be\\nheld in the same city the following INIay.\\nLieutenant Brown, Lieutenant Hinds, Nathan-\\niel Bingham, Silas Thompson and Ephraim\\nBaldwin were chosen a committee to draw up\\narticles, and make return of the proceedings\\nof the meeting to the Provincial Committee.\\nIn the warrant for the annual town-meeting,\\nheld on the 1st day of March, the same year,\\nwas the following article To see if the town\\nwill choose a committee, agreeal)le to the advice\\nof the Continental Congress, whose business it\\nshall be attentively to observe the conduct of\\nall persons touching said Congress. Ensign\\nMoses Smith, Deacon Silas Thompson and\\nLieutenant Jacob Hinds were chosen a com-\\nmittee for the purpose stated in the warrant.\\nOn the 14th day of the next December\\na town-meeting was held, at which Archibald\\nRobertson was chosen to represent Chesterfield\\nand Hinsdale in the Provincial Congress,\\nto be held at Exeter on the 21st day of the\\nsame month. Cajjtain Shattuck, Aaron Cooper,\\nCaptain Hildreth, Ensign Smith and Lieuten-\\nant Fletcher were constituted a committee to give\\nMr. Robertson his instructions.\\nPrevious to September of this year (1775)\\nthirty-six Chesterfield men went into the array,\\nthe most of them enlisting in Colonel James\\nReed s regiment. The Army Rolls in the\\noffice of the adjutant-general of the St;ite show\\nthat this town paid bounties to the amount of\\n\u00c2\u00a340 6.9. 8d. to men who enlisted on account of\\nthe Lexington alarm.\\nOn the 14th of March, 1776, the General\\nCongress passed the following resolution\\nResolved, That it be recommended to the several\\nAssemblies, Conventions and Councils, or Commit-\\ntees of Safety of the United Colonies, immediately to\\ncause all persons to be disarmed, within their respec-\\ntive Colonies, who are notoriously disafl ected to the\\ncause of America, or who have not associated, and\\nrefuse to associate, to defend by Arms the United\\nColonies against the hostile attempts of the British\\nfleets and armies.\\nThis resolution having been i-cceived by the\\nCommittee of Safety for the colony, it was\\ntransmitted to the selectmen of the towns\\nthroughout the whole c(jlony, together with the\\nfollowing request\\nColony of New Hampshire.\\nIn Committee of Safety, April 12th, 177(5.\\nIn order to carrv the underwritten Resolve of", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0197.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "132\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe Honorable Continental Congress into execution,\\nyou are requested to desire all males above twenty-\\none years of age (lunatics, idiots and negroes excep-\\nted) to sign to the Declaration on this paper and\\nwhen so done to make return thereof, together with\\nthe name or names of all who shall refuse to sign the\\nsame, to the General Assembly or Committee of Safety\\nof this Colony.\\nM. Weare, Chairman.\\nTHE declaration.\\nWe, the Subscribers, do hereby Solemnly engage\\nand promise that we will, to the utmost of our Power,\\nat the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with Arms,\\noppose the Hostile proceedings of the British Fleets\\nand Armies against the United American Colonies.\\nThe selectmen of Chesterfield, having re-\\nceived the Declaration, sent the following\\nreply to the Committee of Safety. The date of\\ntheir letter is not given, but it must have been\\nwritten before the 12th of June\\nTo the Honorable Committee of Safety or General As-\\nsembly of the Colony of New Hampshire.\\nAs soon as ever we received your Directions request-\\ning us to desire all the Males in this Town to sign to a\\nDeclaration (Luuaticks, c., excepted) in obedience\\nthereto we Immediately proceded to give publick No-\\ntice of your Intentions and otherwise as we Thought\\nwould have the most effectual Tendency to have put\\ninto execution, in order that we might make a Return\\nby our Representative, but having so short a Time for\\nto accomplish the Matter in so great a Town, and be-\\ning unwilling to omit anything relating to our Duty\\nand which might be for the Benefit of the Whole, we\\ncalmly deliberated on the matter, asked ye advice of\\nour Representative and others of Sense and Steadi-\\nness, and as we were not limited to a certain Time to\\nmake a Return, we propose to make one as soon as it\\nmay be done with conveniency.\\nSo rest your Humble Servts.,\\nEphm. Baldwin, -i Selectmen\\nMichael Cresey, I of\\nSam l Hildreth, J Chesterfield.\\nJune 12, 1776, the selectmen made the\\nfollowing return\\nIn obedience to the within Declaration that we\\nRec d from your Honors, we proceeded According to\\nyour Directions and the persons Names uuderwriten\\nare those that Refuse to sign to the Declaration on\\nyour paper\\nCapt. Jona. Hildreth. Eseek Earl.\\nLieut. Ephraim Whitney. Ebenezer Harvey.\\nEphraim Whitney. Joseph Prentice.\\nElisha Walton. Sam l Davis Converse.\\nEleazer Pomeroy. Silas Bennett.\\nEbenezer Cooper. Sal. Keing [Sam l King].\\nEbenezer Fletcher, Jr.\\nEph. Baldwin, 1\\nMoses Smith, Jr., Selectmen\\nMichael Cresey, I\\nEphe m Hubbard, Chesterfield.\\nSam l Hildreth, J\\nNAMES OF those WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION.\\nAbraham Wood. John Pratt.\\nSimon Davis. Nathaniel Bingham.\\nIsaac Davis. Abel Ray.\\nJohn Snow. Samuel Farr.\\nOliver Cobleigh. Nehemiah Merrill.\\nJonathan Farwell. Samuel Farr, Jr.\\nOliver Farwell. John Haskell.\\nSilas Thompson. Ezekiel Powers.\\nWilliam Farwell. Silas Wood.\\nJonathan Davis. Obadiah Merrill.\\nWarren Snow. William Henry.\\nEbenezer Streeter. Daniel Farr.\\nWilliam Thomas. Amasa Colburn.\\nDaniel Baldwin. Thomas Harris.\\nWilliam Simonds. Douglas Robbins.\\nAmos Smith. Ullainell Merrill.\\nJosh Smith. Sherebiah Fay.\\n[prob. Jos. Smith.] Zur Evans.\\nJonathan Farr, (4th). William Farr, Jr.\\nJonathan Farr, (3d). Ithamar Chamberlain.\\nThomas Farr. Caleb Johnson.\\nBenjamin Hudson. Amos Streeter.\\nMoses Smith. Abner Johnson.\\nJosiah Streeter. Kimball Carlton.\\nMichael Woodcock. Theodore Bingham.\\nJonathan Cobleigh. John Pierce.\\nJonas Stearns. Benjamin Colburn.\\nSamuel Fairbanks. Ephraim Farr.\\nJonathan Farr, (2d). Isaac Farr.\\nJosiah Lamb. Thomas Darby.\\nSamuel Walker. Joseph Metcalf.\\nArchibald Robertson. Martin Warner.\\nAndrew Colburn. David Stooder, Jr.\\nLawrence Walton. [David Stoddard, Jr.]\\nPhineas Brown. Samuel Peacock.\\nJohn Sanderson. John Peacock.\\nWilliam Fisher. Ephraim Baldwin.\\nJonathan Hildreth, Jr. Michael Cressey.\\nJames Wheeler, Jr. Samuel Hildreth.\\nJosiah Hastings. Moses Smith, Jr.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0198.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n133\\nAuilrew Hastings.\\nNoah Emmons.\\nJonathan Cre.ssey.\\nEphraim Wheeler.\\nJohn Cobleigh.\\nJoseph Higgins.\\nJames McEhoy.\\nJoseph Wheeler.\\nJames Wheeler.\\nZenas Fairbanks.\\nNathan Bishop.\\nIsaac Hildreth.\\nIsrael Johnson.\\nJames Robertson.\\nElisha Rockwood.\\nDan Cobleigh.\\nAaron Farr.\\nPeter Wheeler.\\nMoses Ellis.\\nEphraim Hubbard.\\nAmos Davis.\\nJohn White.\\nNathan Metcalf.\\nJohn Bishop.\\nJonathan Cobleigh.\\nNathan Thomas.\\nAbel Emmons.\\nWilliam Robertson.\\nEdward Hildreth.\\nJames Davis.\\nWilliam Aires.\\nDavid Stone.\\nJohn Grandy.\\nJohn Grandy, Jr.\\nIncrease Lamb.\\nAbner Albee.\\nEbenezer Taft.\\nJohn Richardson.\\nDaniel Kinnison.\\nJoel Whitney.\\nDavid Farr.\\nJames Mansfield.\\nAmos Hubbard.\\nJonathan Farr (1st.)\\nPatrick McMichael.\\nAbijah Kingsbury.\\nEbenezer Gail.\\nSylvanus Battey.\\nEbenezer Faver.\\nAbijah Stearns.\\nMatthew Gray.\\nWilliam Hildreth.\\nJames Reed.\\nJohn Ellis.\\nOliver Hubbard.\\nMichael Metcalf.\\nCharles Johnson.\\nBenjamin Smith.\\nSamuel Fletcher.\\nAbraham Farr.\\nEnoch Streeter.\\nOne Inindred and thirty-nine persons signed\\nthe declaration, and thirteen refnsed to sign.\\nThe declaration was known as the Association\\nTest, and, according to the returns that were\\nmade, was signed by eight thousand one hun-\\ndred and ninety-nine persons in the colony of\\nNew Hampshire, while only seven hundred\\nand seventy-three persons refused to sign.\\nAt a town-meeting held December 2, 1776,\\nMichael Cressey was elected to represent the\\ntown in the Assembly that was to meet at\\nExeter the third Wednesday of the same\\nmonth. Rev. Mr. Wood, Deacon Thompson,\\nLieutenant Fairbanks, Dr. Harvey and Lieu-\\ntenant Rockwood were chosen a committee to\\ngive Mr. Cressey his instructions. In accord-\\nance with the vote passed on the 2d day of\\nDecember, the committee chosen for that piu--\\npose gave Mr. Cressey these instructions\\nTo Mr. Michael Creasy, Representative for the Town\\nof Chesterfield in the State of New Hampshire.\\nSir .-\u00e2\u0080\u0094Whereas it having pleased Almighty God\\nto humble the people of this land, by permitting the\\ntyrant of Great Britain and his minions, in the ful-\\nness of their rage, to prevail against them, by sub-\\nverting the Civil Constitution of every Province in\\nhis late American dominions, affecting thereby the\\nactivity of Law and Justice iind [promoting] the in-\\ntroduction of vice and profaneness, attended with\\ndomestick confusion and all the calamities attendant\\non the dissolution of the power of Civil Government\\nwhich in this alarming progress have made it abso-\\nlutely necessary for each state to separate itself from\\nthat land from whence their forefathers were exiled\\nby the cruel hand of tyranny, and to form for itself,\\nunder the ruler of all the earth, such plans of Civil\\nGovernment as the people thereof should think most\\nconducive to their own safety and adv.antage not-\\nwithstanding the importance of an equitable system\\nof Government, as it atfects ourselves and our poster-\\nity, we are brought to the disagreeable necessity of\\ndeclaring that it is our candid opinion that the State\\nof New Hampshire, instead of forming an equitable\\nplan of Government, conducing to the peace and\\nsafety of the State, have been influenced by the in-\\niquitous intrigues and secret designations of persons\\nunfriendly, to settle down upon the dregs of Monarch-\\nial and Aristocratical Tyranny, in imitation of their\\nlate British oppressor. We can by no means imagine\\nourselves so far lost to a sense of the natural rights\\nand immunities of ourselves and our fellow men, as\\nto imagine that the State can be either safe or happy\\nunder a constitution formed without the knowledge\\nor particular authority of a great part of its inhabi-\\ntants; a constitution which no man knows the con-\\ntents of except that the whole Legislative power of\\nthe State is to be entirely vested in the will and\\npleasure of a House of Representatives, and that\\nchosen according to the Sovereign determination of\\ntheir own will, by allowing to some towns sundry\\nvoices in the said House, others but one, and others\\nnone and in a Council of twelve men, five of which\\nare always to be residents of Rockingham County,\\nwho by the assistance of two others of said Council,\\nhave the power of a casting voice in all State affairs.\\nThus we see the important affairs of the State liable\\nto be converted to the advantage of a small part of\\nthe State, and the emolument of its officers, by reason\\nof the other part of the State not having an equal or\\nequitable share in the Government to counterbalance\\nthe designs of the other. You are therefore author-\\nized and instructed to exert yourself to the utmost to", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0199.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "134\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nprocure a redress of the aforementioned grievances\\nand in case tliey will not comply, to return home for\\nfurther instructions.\\nSolomon Harvey, per order Com.\\nChesterfield, December ye l:ith, 1770.\\nThe iiilial)itauts of Chesterfield were not\\nalone in complaining of the injustice, as they\\nregarded it, of the priuciple of representation\\nthat had been adopted. A number of towns in\\nthe western part of the State remonstrated\\nagainst the form of government that had been\\nassumed, and some of them refused to send\\nrepresentatives to the Assembly. It was\\nasserted tliat every incoi porated town, whether\\nlarge or small, should be entitled to at least\\none representative and some towns maintained\\nthat there ought to be no Council to negative\\nthe proceedings of the House.\\nAt the annual town-meeting for 1777, held on\\nthe -5^1 day of March, Lieutenant Fairbanks,\\nJonathan Farr (2d), Lieutenant Robertson, War-\\nren Snow and Lieutenant Rockwood were chos-\\nen a committee. of inspection and correspond-\\nence. In the warrant for this meeting was the\\nfollowing article To see if the town will write\\nanything to ease any reflections cast on the\\nHon ble Committee from the General Court,\\nby a letter sent to said committee from this\\ntown. The vote on this article was in the\\nnegative. The Hon ble Committee from the\\nGeneral Court, mentioned in the warrant, was\\nappointed December 30, 1776, to take under\\nconsideration the diffit ulties and Grievances Sub-\\nsisting and Complain dof by Sundry Towns\\nPeo})lc in the County of Grafton, any other\\nTowns, resjjecting the present Form of Govern-\\nment c. The letter referred to was sent to\\nthis committee by the town committee. The\\nfollowing extract from this letter is apparently\\nthe portion that was regarded as casting re-\\nflections on the General Court s com-\\nmittee We beg therefore to be excused from\\nholding any personal conference with you on\\nthe subject, as we deem it highly inconsistent\\nwith the Nattn-e of adjusting grievances of any\\nkind to oblige the aggrieved individuals to make\\nseparate and unconnected appearances to confer\\nand make answers to matters respecting the\\nwhole unless the assemlily consider us as a\\nnumber of captious individuals without con-\\nnection or cause of complaint.\\nAnother town-meeting was called for June\\n12th. The warrant was ])receded liy an intro-\\nductory address to the inhabitants of the town,\\nby Samuel Fairbanks and Elisha Rockwood.\\nThis address was as follows\\nTo the Inhabitants of Chesterfield\\nGentlemen You are not ignorant of the\\ncalamities of this present day. Enemies without the\\nstate, and within and being of late often alarmed\\nby hearing of many conspiracies of such persons as\\nwere generally esteemed friendly to the American\\nCause and Freedom and also of the great oppression\\nof some and rejoicings of others at the fall and under\\nVallument of the paper currency, and some rejecting\\nthe Regulating Acts all the above said circumstances\\nconsidered, with many others that might be offered,\\nit appears necessary that every town should be\\nfiirnished with full sets of officers, both selectmen\\nand committees of correspondence; and, as one con-\\nstable is gone, or going, out of town, there will be\\nneed of one in his room and stead, we have thought\\nfit by the advice of some and desire of others, to call\\nthe town together for the purposes hereafter men-\\ntioned.\\nThe fourth article of the warrant that fol-\\nlowed this address was, To see if the town\\ninhabitants will choose a committee of corre-\\nspondence to unite with other towns in this day\\nof distress, and use means to defend all our\\nlawful rights. The constable referred to in the\\naddress was John Pierce.\\nIn June of this year (1777) Ebenezer Har-\\nvey, Eleazer Pomeroy and Samuel King, all of\\nChesterfield, were brought before the Court\\nof Inquiry, at Keene, charged with being hos-\\ntile to the United States. They were put by\\nthe Court under bonds in five hundred pounds\\neach to remain within the limits of their respec-\\ntive farms. The following is an extract from an\\naddress sent by the Chesterfield Committee of\\nSafety to the General Court, relating to the per-\\nsons in question", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0200.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n135\\nTo fhe Honorable Court of the State of New Hamp-\\ns/i ire\\nThe Committee of Safety of Clifsterfiekl\\nhnmbly sheweth this Hon House, that whereas\\nsundry Persons, viz Ebeuezer Harvey, Elezor Poni-\\nroy and Sam l King, all of Chesterfield abovs\\nwere some time in June last, summoned to appear\\nbefore the Court of Enquiry, at Keen, as being Enem-\\nieal to the United States of America, and upon\\ntryall were, found guilty of a misdemeanor against\\nthe State on which account they were fined and\\nconfined to their farms by Bond till that or some\\nother Court or authority should set them at Ijiberty\\nupon vvhich they, or some of them, Beg d the Favour\\nof s Court, thaLJhey might have y Liberty of tak-\\ning the Oath of Fidelity to the States; on which\\naccompt Esq Giles went Immediately to Exeter, as\\nwe have been informed, and procured said oath or\\nform of it, and sent to us by Sheriff Cook,\\nof Keen, and (mr Direction was to take a justice of\\nthe Peace and tender s oath to those confined per-\\nsons, to y\u00c2\u00bb end they might take it and performe ac-\\ncordingly and be at Liberty and we followed the\\nDirections of Esq Prentice and Esq Wyman. The\\naforementioned confined persons said they were will-\\ning to take y said oath, if it came from lawful au-\\nthority but they Disputed y\u00c2\u00b0 authority and paid no\\nregard to Esq Prentice Letter, which was to take the\\nOath of fidelity and be set at Liberty and as they\\nwere fully fixed in principal or will, they apply d to\\nJustice Baldwin and he liberated them. Again they\\napply d to Esq Wyman and notwithstanding they\\nneglected to take the oath, he, said Justice, enlarged\\ntheir bonds just so far as to serve their own turns\\nall which was contrary to y* advice of the Committee,\\nexcept they would take y oath of Fidelity to the\\nStates, and their bonds are just so far enlarged as to\\nserve their own turns and when called upon to do\\nany publick service, they say that they are confined,\\nand so are excused all which gives great uneasiness\\nto many steady friends to America. We\\ndo therefore pray your Honours to take these things\\ninto your wise consideration, and Dismiss or Confine\\nthe abovementioned persons, and that they be sub-\\njects of their duty and service in y defense of our\\nmuch oppress d land.\\nSamuel Fairbank, Committee\\nElisha Rock wood, of\\nJames Eobert.son, j Safety.\\nChesterfield, December y\u00c2\u00bb 13th, 1777.\\nTo the Hon Court or Committee of Safety of this\\nNew Hampshire State, (a Copy near similar to\\nthe former petition.)\\nTest. Sam Fairbank, Chairman,\\nEsquire Criles aud Esquire Prentice, referred\\nto in this petition, were probably Benjamiu\\nGiles, of J^ewport, a proniiuent member of the\\nHouse of Representatives, and Nathaniel Sartel\\nPrentice, of Alstead. Esquire Wyman was\\nundoubtedly Colonel Isaac Wyman, of Keene.\\nApril 6, 177(S, the selectmen of Chester-\\nfield and the town Committee of Safety joined\\nin recommending the discharge of Harvey,\\nPomeroy and King, without tlieir taking the\\noath of fidelity. Accordingly, they were\\ndischarged the next day by Justices Prentice\\nand Wyman.\\nJustice Baldwin, mentioned in the above\\naddress, was Ephraim Bakhviu, of Chester-\\nfield. In a letter written by the Chesterfield\\ncommittee to President Weare, dated November\\n3, 1777, Baldwin was accused of having pro-\\ncured one of Burgoyne s proclamations, and of\\ndefending the part that the enemies of this\\nland take. The (\u00c2\u00abmmittee added Great\\ncare and Pains was Improved with s Justice\\nto Convince him, and after Certain days the s\\nJustice signed a Piece acknowledging to the\\nCom and all good People that he, s Justice, had\\ngiven the greatest Reason Imaginable to his\\nfriends and Neighbors to view him as unfriend-\\nly to his Country and signing said Piece and\\nDelivering it to the Chairman of the Committee,\\ny said Piece being on the Table before them, s*\\nJustice takes the Piece without so much as ask-\\ning the Comm or either of Them, and Betakes\\nhimselfto another room and erases out some\\nwords, and was Putting in others, and being eu-\\n(juired of why he did thus and so, he, said Justice,\\nafter some words, moved that all the matters\\nof Dispute then depending between himself and\\nCommittee might be Transmitted to the General\\nCourt, etc. Esquire Baldwin was also accused\\nof setting at liberty persons confined by the\\nCourt of lL, iuiry, of which he was a mem-\\nber.\\nIn the preceding September depositions\\nwere made by Anne Snow, Abial Johnson, John\\nSargent and Fear Sargent, his wife, relative to", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0201.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "136\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMrSHIRE.\\nthe Tory sentiments expressed by Baldwin.\\nUnder date of the 5th day of the same montii,\\nEsquire Prentice, of Alstead, wrote a letter to\\nhim, reinonstratiug with him for the course he\\nhad taken and advising him to make a public\\nand free recantation of his opinions, etc.\\nThis letter wan formally approved, also, by\\nBenjamin Bellows. September 25th, Esquire\\nBaldwin made public acknowledgment of the\\ntruth of the charges brought against him,\\nconfessed sorrow for his conduct and promised\\nto improve the utmost of his power and skill\\nin y Defense of America. He furthermore\\nstated that all that had been done by hiui that\\nseemed to be hostile to the American cause had\\nbeen done entirely through Inadvertancy and\\nNot f) om any good will to georg, the Brittish\\nKing.\\nNotwithstanding this confession (which, as\\nappears from the town committee s letter to\\nPresident Weare, dated November 3, 1777, he\\nwas accused of trying to alter after he had\\nsigned it) the Committee of Safety of Chester-\\nfield petitioned the Legislature, February 6,\\n1778, to take some action with regard to Es-\\nquire Baldwin s conduct. The 2d day of\\nthe following March the House voted that\\nEphraim Baldwin, Esq., of Chesterfield, be\\ncited to appear before the General Assembly,\\non the second Friday of their next session, to\\nanswer to a complaint exhibited to this Court\\nagainst him by the Committee of Chesterfield,\\nas speaking or actiug in some measure Enemi-\\ncal to the Liberties of the American States.\\nIf any action was taken by the Assembly\\nrespecting Baldwin s case, it was not recorded,\\nfor the journal of the House contains no\\nfurther reference to the matter.\\nAugust 1(5, 1779, the town voted not to accept\\nthe plan of government for the State that had\\nbeen drawn up by a convention assembled at\\nConcord for that purpose. The record states\\nthat it was rejected by the number of fifty-two\\nwhich were all [that were] then present.\\nAt a town-meeting held the 1st day of May,\\n1 780, it was voted to raise eight thousand pounds\\nto be expended on the highways. Each man\\nwas to be allowed twelve pounds per day for\\nhis own labor, and \u00c2\u00a37 4s. for the use of a yoke of\\noxen. Tliis nominally enormous sum was doubt-\\nless raised to make allowance for the great de-\\npreciation of the currency.\\nDuring the last two or three years of the War\\nof the Revolution Chesterfield seems to have fur-\\nnished but a very few men for the military service\\nof the United States, and several times refused\\nto bear its proportion of the burdens of the war.\\nFor this reason fines were afterwards imposed\\nupon the town. In a petition to the General\\nCourt, drawn up by the selectmen of Chesterfield,\\nJune 1, 1786, they used the following language\\nin speaking of the fine tjiat been imposed for\\ndeficiencies in the last quota of men: As to\\nthat Point, we are conscious to ourselves, if the\\nhonorable House had been Rightly Informed of\\nwhat we as a Town have done and performed\\nin the war, our Fines might have been much\\nabated But not casting ye blame on ye Honor-\\nable Court, we blame ourselves for defects in ye\\nReturns made by ye officers then improved.\\nIt is evident that Chesterfield s lukewarmness\\nin the American cause during the last two or\\nthree years of the war did not arise fr(jni the\\nprevalence of Toryism in the town, but rather\\nfrom the disturbed state of affairs within its\\nborders, caused by the memorable controversy\\nabout the New Hampshire Grants.\\nAs already stated, Chesterfield paid bounties\\nto the amount of \u00c2\u00a340 Qs. 8d. to men who en-\\nlisted on account of the Lexington alarm\\nbut the names of the men who received the\\nbounties have not as far as known been fully\\nascertained.\\nSoon after the battle of Lexington three regi-\\nments were organized in New Hampshire, the\\nThird being commanded by Colonel James Reed,\\nof Fitzwilliam. One company in this regiment\\nwas commanded by Captain Jonathan Whitcomb.\\nIn this company were the following Chesterfield\\nmen", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0202.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n137\\nJoseph Smith, fifer.\\nEleazer Jurdau.\\nJonathan Farr.\\nJoshua Farr.\\nEleazer Stoddard.\\nJoseph Metealt\\nCharles Johnson.\\nElijah Walton.\\nJosiali Hastings.\\nElisha Walton.\\nEleazer Cobleigh, drumm r.\\nEphraim Farr.\\nAsa Gale.\\nJohn Merrill.\\nBenjamin Wheeler.\\nCaptain Whitcomb s company appears to liave\\nl)een at Aledford, Mass., October 13, 1775, as at\\nthat date the men signed a receipt for money\\nI eceived in lieu of coats promised by the\\nColony of New Hampshire.\\nAnother company in Colonel Reed s regiment\\n\\\\va.s under the command of Captain Jacob\\nHinds, of Chesterfield. Tiie following men,\\nbesides Captain Hinds, belonged to this town\\nEzekiel Davis, sergeant. Jacob Davis.\\nDavid Stoddard, sergeant. Jacob Hinds, Jr.\\nWilliam Farwell, sergeant. Richard Coughlan.\\n[On one roll the last-named is put down as\\nsergeant-major.] This comj)any also appears\\nto have been at ]\\\\Iedford in October.\\nThe men in these two companies received\\nwages ranging from six pounds to \u00c2\u00a38 lis. 5d.\\nfor terms of service varying from three mouths\\nto three months, sixteen days. Captain Hinds\\nreceived \u00c2\u00a319 4s. 3tZ. for three months and eight\\ndays service. It is evitlcut, however, that both\\ncompanies served longer than the maximum\\ntime given in the pay-roll.\\nColonel Reed s regiment took part iu the\\nbattle of Bunker s Plill, as it is commonly\\ncalled.\\nxlccording to the Army Rolls, a man\\nnamed John Davis (or John Dawes, as given on\\none roll), of Chesterfield, a member of Reed s\\nregiment, was killed iu this battle, and Josiah\\nWalton, also of Chesterfield, wounded. With\\nregard to the first-named, the writer has not\\nbeen able to determine whether he really\\nbelonged to this town or not; the last-named\\nmay have been intended for Elijah Walton or\\nElisha Walton.\\nIt is not known how long tiie Chestei field\\nmen in Reed s regiment remained in the service\\nafter October, 1775; but it is evident that some\\nof them had returned home before June 12,\\n1776.\\nEarly in 1776 a regiment of New Hampshire\\nmen was raised for the defense of the western\\nfrontier of the State, aud placed under the com-\\nmand of Colonel Timothy Bedel. This regi-\\nment was at the Cedars, in Lower Canada, in\\nMay of that year, where it was soon afterwards\\nsurrendered to the enemy by INIajor Butterfield,\\nwho had command at that time. One company\\nof this regiment was commanded by Captain\\nDaniel Carlisle, of Westmoreland, and contained\\nat least four Chesterfield men, viz.,\\nAaron Smith, ensign. Thomas Gibbs, sergeant.\\nNathaniel Bacon, titer. Eleazer Jordan, corporal.\\nIt is quite proljable that there were several\\nmore men from Chesterfield in the same com-\\npany, but they cannot be identified with cer-\\ntainty.\\nThe non-commissioned officers and privates\\nreceived each, when mustered, one month s\\nwages, a bounty of forty shillings, fifteen shil-\\nlings for blanket-money, and one penny jier\\nmile for billeting. Their term of service\\nprobably did not exceed a year. The following\\nis a copy of a sworn statement made by Thomas\\nGibbs respecting his losses at the Cellars\\nI, the Subscriber, whose name is hereunder writ-\\nten, was in Coll Timothy Beddell Regiment, But\\nmore espeshaly under the Command of major But-\\nterlield, Commander at the Seaders, and was Capti-\\nvated and Stripped by the Savage of the following\\nArticles in y\u00c2\u00b0 year 177G.\\nThomas Gibbs.\\ns. d.\\nThomas Gibbs lost one gun 21\\nINewBever Hatt 12 12\\n1 Brace Ink Stand 14\\n1 Powder home 110\\n1 Comb 3 6\\n1 Coat 1(5 16\\n1 pr Shoes 2 2\\n1 Snap Sack, 1 Bag 1 18\\n1 Canteen 7\\n\u00c2\u00a356 13 6\\nIt appears from the record tliat Gibbs was\\nnot indemnified for his losses.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0203.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "138\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIn July and August of the same year, a reg-\\niment of New Hampshire meu was raised, of\\nwhich Joshua Wingate wascoloneL One com-\\npany in this regiment was commanded by Cap-\\ntain William Humphrey. This comjjany con-\\ntained the following Chesterfield men\\nGustavus Bingham.\\nAniasa Colburu.\\nJohu Peacock.\\nAmos Pattridge.\\nNathaniel Sanger.\\nWilliam Dav.\\nJoseph Metcalf, corporal.\\nJohn Pratt.\\nJames Wheeler.\\nJoseph Metcalf, Jr.\\nThomas Metcalf.\\nElijah Watson [Walton].\\nPerhaps the name of Ebenezer Porter should\\nbe added.\\nThis regiment was sent to reinforce the\\nnorthern army in New York State. ]\\\\Iost of\\nthe privates in Captain Humphrey s company\\nreceived, each, advanced wages and bounties\\namounting to \u00c2\u00a3d I8.5. The time of service has\\nnot been determined, but it is certain that some\\nof the Chesterfield men had returned home\\nbefore May and June of the following year.\\nOne of the companies of Colonel Nahum\\nBaldwin s regiment (raised in September tlie\\nsame year, and sent to reinforce the Continen-\\ntal army in the State of New York) was com-\\nmanded by Captain John Houghton. It con-\\ntained the following Chesterfield men\\nJohn Bishop. Jonathan Cressey.\\nJames Robertson. Jonathan Farwell.\\nJosiah Hastings. Isaac Farr.\\nJonathan Farr. Nathan Thomas.\\nEzekiel Powers. Jonathan Farr (3d).\\nEach man was paid six pounds in advance\\nand allowed \u00c2\u00a31 13s. 4d. for two hundred miles\\nof travel. The date of their discharge has not\\nbeen ascertained, but most of the men from\\nChesterfield were at home early in the summer\\nof the next year.\\nAnother regiment was raised in New Hamp-\\nshire in December, 1776, for the same purpose\\nas the two last mentioned. It was commanded\\nby Colonel David Gilman. In Captain Fran-\\ncis Towne s company, in this regiment, were at\\nleast two meu from Chesterfield, viz. Zenas\\nFairbanks (Jonas Fairbanks on one roll) and\\nAaron Farr.\\nThey each received wages from December 5,\\n1776, to March 12, 1777, amounting to \u00c2\u00a36\\n10s. 8d., and were allowed two pounds for four\\nhundred and eighty miles of travel, at one pen-\\nny per mile.\\nAmos Colburn, of Chesterfield, was commis-\\nsioned second lieutenant in Colonel Alexander\\nScammel s regiment, November 7, 1776, and\\nappears to have remained iu the service till 1779,\\nif not longer.\\nEbenezer Fletcher, of this town, was also\\nfirst lieutenant in the same regiment, having\\nbeen appointed January 15, 1777.\\nNovember 11, 1776, William Lee, of Ches-\\nterfield, was appointed lieutenant in Colonel\\nCilley s regiment and served till January 8,\\n1778.\\nIt appears from the following extracts from\\nthe journal of the House that, some time in\\nJune, 1770, the selectmen, or towu Committee\\nof Safety, made a requisition on the colonial\\nauthorities at Exeter for gunpowder for the use\\nof the town\\nMonday, June 17,1776. Voted to choose a com-\\nmittee of this House to confer with a committee of\\nthe Honorable Board on the expediency of furnishing\\nthe town of Chesterfield with powder to defend them-\\nselves against the attempts and assaults of all persons\\nwho appear by their conduct inimical to this Country,\\nand to make report to this House as soon as may be,\\nand that Captain Prentice, Major Bellows and Dr.\\nDearborn be the committee of this House for that\\npurpose.\\nTuesday, June IS, 1776- Voted that half a barrel\\nof gunpowder be delivered out of the powder-house\\nin Exeter, to the selectmen of Chesterfield, on their\\norder, for the use of said town of Chesterfield,\\nand that the said selectmen of Chesterfield, or some\\nperson in their stead, give a receipt therefor, and\\npromise to account with the treasurer of this\\nColony for the same.\\nThe honorable board concurred with the\\nHouse in both votes.\\nIn the company commanded by Captaiu\\nWaitstill Scott, of Westmoreland, (in Colonel\\nAshley s regiment), and which marched to\\nTiconderoga in May, 1777, were the following\\nmeu who belonged to Chesterfield", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0204.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n139\\nJames Robertson, first lieu-\\ntenant.\\nSamuel Davis, ensign.\\nWilliam Hildreth, ser-\\ngeant.\\nDaniel Colburn, corporal.\\nDaniel Farr, corporal.\\nEleazer Jordan.\\nJoseph Metcalf.\\nAmos Partridge (or Pat-\\ntridge).\\nEli Partridge (or Pat-\\ntridge).\\nSamuel Stearns.\\nEphraim Farr.\\nThomas Farr.\\nJacob Farr.\\nCharles Farr.\\n,Tohn Sanderson.\\nAVilliam Thomas.\\nNathaniel Walton.\\nTlie most of Cajitaio Scott s men served\\nabout forty clays, and were discharged June 21st.\\nThey received pay at the rate of .\u00c2\u00a34 10s. per\\nmouth, and were allowed three pence per mile\\nfor marching to Ticonderoga, and two pence per\\nmile for the return march. The distance, each\\nway, was called one hundred and ten miles.\\nThe troops that went to Ticonderoga in\\nMay had scarcely arrived home when tidings\\nwere brought of the actual approach of Bur-\\ngoyne s army toward tliat important post.\\nAgain the New Hamp.shire militia was called\\nupon to march to the rescue. One of the com-\\npanies in Colonel Ashley s regiment was com-\\nmanded by Lieutenant Oliver Cobleigh, of this\\ntown, and nearly, or quite, all the men belonged\\nalso to Chesterfield. Tlie roll of Lieutenant\\nCobleigh s company was as follows\\nJosiah Hastings, ensign. .Jonas Davis, sergeant.\\nSamuel Davis, sergeant. James Wheeler, sergeant.\\nEzekiel Powers, sergeant. Dan Cobleigh, corporal.\\nPrivates.\\nEbenezer Fletcher.\\nJosejjh Higgins.\\nElisha Walton.\\nHenry Cressey.\\nJoseph Higgins, Jr.\\nEphraim Amidon.\\nAmos Smith.\\nAaron Smith.\\nMartin Warner.\\nJonathan Starr (prob-\\nably Farr).\\nJonathan Davis.\\nAmos Davis.\\nJonathan Farr, ,Tr.\\nDaniel Baldwin.\\nThomas Whitcomb.\\nIsaac Hildreth.\\nBenjamin Smith.\\nEbenezer Farr.\\nEleazer Stoddard.\\nJonathan Cressy, Jr.\\nJoel Whitney.\\nWilliam CrafFord.\\nAmos Streeter.\\nJohn Peacock.\\nThe fortress at Ticonderoga was evacuated by\\nthe Americans on the 6th of July, so that the\\ntroops that started to its assistance were not in\\nseason to be of much use. Some of them\\nlearned of the evacuation before they had pro-\\nceeded a great way, and returned home. None\\nof Lieutenant Cobleigh s men seem to have\\nbeen absent more than thirteen days, and some\\nnot more than seven, four or three days.\\nThey all belonged to Chesterfield, with the\\npossible exception of Thomas Whitcomb, Wil-\\nliam Crafford (or Crawford) and Ephraim\\nAmidon. The last-named was either of West-\\nmoreland or this town.\\nAnother company in Colonel Asliley s regi-\\nment was conmianded b3 Lieutenant James\\nRobertson, of Chesterfield. The following Ches-\\nterfield men, under command of Lieutenant\\nRobertson, set out for Ticonderoga, June 29,\\n1777:\\nMoses Smith (who also\\nranked as lieutenant).\\nDaniel Kennison, ensign.\\n.lohn Ellis, sergeant.\\nSilas Richardson, sergeant.\\nJohn Pratt, sergeant.\\n.Tonathau Farwell.\\nJohn Davison.\\nWilliam Henry.\\nNathan Metcalf.\\nThomas Daby.\\nJoseph Metcalf.\\nEbenezer Streeter.\\nAsa Gale.\\nAmos Partridge (or Pat-\\ntridge).\\nSamuel Walker.\\nDaniel Colburn.\\nSamuel Davis Converse.\\nOliver Hobart (probably\\nHubbard).\\nZenas Fairbanks.\\nThomas Metcalf.\\nReuben Hildreth.\\nJesse Hildreth.\\nJoseph Smith.\\nSilas Thompson.\\nNathaniel Bingham.\\nAndrew Hastings.\\nElisha Eockwood.\\nJoseph Metcalf, Jr.\\nReuben Graves.\\nAsa Metcalf.\\nIt is possible that a few more of the men\\nwho marched with Lieutenant Robertson also\\nbelonged to Chesterfield but the above-named\\nare all that can be identified with certainty. The\\nmen of this company were absent, at the long-\\nest, only thirteen days some of them not more\\nthan two or three days.\\nOne of the regiments in General Stark s\\nbrigade was commanded bv Colonel Moses\\nNichols. The Eighth Company of this regiment\\nwas under command f Captain Kimball Carl-\\nton, of Chesterfield. The record says that this", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0205.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "140\\nHISTOllY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncompauy marched from Chesterfield and\\ntowns adjacent, July 22, 1777. It took part\\nin the battle of Bennington, on the 16th day of\\nAugust following. The following are the\\nnames of men in this company who have been\\nidentified with certainty as belonging to this\\ntown\\nJosiah Hastings, ensigu. Amos Partridge (or Pat-\\nDaniel Farr, sergeant. tridge).\\nNoah Emmons, corporal. Benjamin Streeter.\\nThomas Metcalf. Daniel Baldwin.\\nJoseph Metcalf. Jacob Farr, Jr.\\nCharles Farr. Jonathan Cobleigh.\\nWilliam Farr. Samuel Peacock.\\nLemuel Stoddard. xVmos Hobart (prob.ably\\nJonathan Farr. Hubbard).\\nJonathan Hildreth, Jr. Aaron Fisk.\\nTheodorus Bingham. Samuel D. Converse.\\nAccording to tradition, John Pierce and\\nothers of Chesterfield (whose names are not now\\nknown), took part in the battle of Bennington\\nas independent volunteers. Oliver Brown aud\\nThomas Farr are said to have driven cattle for\\nthe use of the American army. The British\\ncaptured the cattle, whei eupon the two young\\nmen went into the ranks and served as soldiers.\\nIt has always been claimed that the roar of the\\ncannon on that eventful day, was heard by\\nseveral differeut persons in this town. It was\\nheard, it is said, by the wife of Aaron Fisk,\\nwho lived ou the hill west of Spaflbrd s Lake.\\nGreatly agitated thereby, she walked about the\\nhouse as long as it continued.\\nThe most of Captain Carlton s men .served\\ntwo months aud two days, and received pay at\\nthe rate of \u00c2\u00a34 10s. per month, each.\\nNo Chesterfield men are known to have been\\nkilled at this battle, and the names of those\\nwho were wounded, if any, have not been as-\\ncertained.\\nIn Jnue, 1777, Gustavus Bingham and John\\nGrandy, both of Clicsterficld, enlisted but in\\nwhat regiment has not been determined with\\ncertainty. Both were discharged January 10,\\n1778. The town paid bounties this year (1777)\\nto the amount of \u00c2\u00a3100 8,s.\\nIn 1778 Chesterfield paid bounties to the\\namount of \u00c2\u00a366 13s. 9cZ. The name of only\\none of the men who enli.sted this year has been\\nascertained, viz., John Hill, aged twenty-three\\nyears. He enlisted in Captain Wait s com-\\npany, Stark s regiment, and received, in May,\\na bounty of twenty pounds.\\nIn 1779 the bounties and mileages paid by\\nthe town to soldiers amouuted to upwards of\\nfour hundred pounds. In the spring of this\\nyear the following Chesterfield men enlisted in\\nCaptain Ej)hraim Stone s comjjany. Colonel\\nMooney s regiment\\nJonathan Cressey. John Putnam.\\nMartin Hildreth.\\nEach received a Ijounty of thirty pounds,\\naud eleven pounds for one hundred and ten miles\\nof travel (to Providence). Colonel Mooney s\\nregiment was raised for the defense of Rhode\\nIsland.\\nIn July, the same year, the followiug men\\neulisted for the town of Chesterfield\\nWilliam Nichols.\\nPhineas Hemenway.\\nThomas Woolev.\\nDavid Pierce.\\nSimon Pierce.\\nTluy enlisted in the Continental service\\nf\\\\)r the terra of one yeai aud received a boimty\\nof sixty pounds each.\\nIn the summer of 1780, Francis Crane,\\nWilliaui Lee, Reuben Still, David Still, Nathan\\nDodge, all enlisted for the town of Chesterfield,\\nand served a \u00c2\u00a3e\\\\v months, at the least. Crane,\\nin a petition dated April 7, 1783, .stated that,\\nbeing at Glasgo, in the Bay State, on or about\\nthe Twentieth of sd July [i.e., July, 1780], he,\\nthe Deponent Did by misfortune and axcident\\nCut off two of his Fingers aud was thereby Dis-\\nabled to go forward to the army, and was under\\nthe care of Doc Primous, a noted aud ap-\\nproved Doctor Surgeon, near four months,\\nc.\\nThe following is the doctor s certificate\\nEast Windsor, June the 27, 1782.\\nwhereas, I was imployed to Doctr francis Grain, of\\nsaid East Windsor, for the Los of too fingers and a", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0206.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n141\\nweakness in his Breast wliicli said Grain was unfit for\\nSoldier s Duty from July, 1780, till January given\\nunder my hand.\\nPeimous Masamit, Doctor.\\nTlio following (jhesterfield men also enlisted\\nthis year (1780) in Colonel Moses Nichols\\nregiment, raised for the defense of West Point\\nJohn Pratt (who appears Daniel Baldwin.\\nto have been appoint- Noah Emnion.s.\\ned a lieutenant). Aaron Cressey.\\nEbenezer Saflbrd.\\nIn October the same year, the British and\\nIndians burned Royalton, Vt., and committed\\nother depredations in the vicinity of that town.\\nIt seems that Captain Josiah Hartwell, perha2)S\\nof Chesterfield, with a few men from his town\\n(whose names have not lieen ascertained), was\\namong those who went in pursuit of the enemy,\\naptaiu Hartwell s pay-roll, allowed by tlie\\nGeneral Court s sj)ecial Connuittee in the lump,\\namounted to \u00c2\u00a337 14s. 4cZ.\\nThe following is an extract from a petition\\nsent to the Legislature by the selectmen of\\nChesterfield, dated June 1, 1786\\nWe would humbly inform this House,\\nthat we hired one Merifield Vicary, who served in\\nColl Hazell s Regt, and we have obtained his Dis-\\ncharge we also hir d one Nath Merrild [Merrill] for\\nthree years and also one Silas Ray, who served dur-\\ning y war, and your humble Petitioners beg we\\nmight have credit for what service we have done in\\ny war, c.\\nThe Legislature allowed seventy-two pounds\\nfor Silas Ray.\\nMerrill and Ray were members of Captain\\nJohn Grigg s company, Colonel Scammel s\\nregiment as were also Levi Farwell and John\\nDaniels, both of Chesterfield.\\nAt a town-meeting held January 11, 1781, a\\nsettlement was made with Nathan Thomas and\\nothers for lead furnished for the use of the\\ntown on the occasion of a certain alarm, in\\nOctober, 1776. The cause of the alarm has\\nnot been ascertained. The following is a state-\\nment of the amount of lead furnished, together\\nwith the names of those who furnished it\\nNathan Thomas, 6 pounds, 6 ounces Noah\\nEmmons, 1 pound, 12 ounces; Abel Emmons,\\n3 pounds Jonathan Farr (2d), 9 pounds, 8\\nounces Captain Simon Davis, 9 poimds.\\nIt was voted to allow six Continental dollars\\nper pound for the lead\\nIn August, 1794, C!hesterfield Voted to\\nmake up the soldiers wages equal to forty shil-\\nlings per mouth, including the jjay which Con-\\ngress has given them, exclusive of the cloth-\\ning.\\nThe names of but few Chesterfield men who\\nwere wounded or killed, or who lost their lives\\nfrom any cause while serving their country in\\nthe struggle for independence, have been ob-\\ntained by the writer.\\nAccording to the town records, Nathan\\nBishop died in the army in 1777 David Stod-\\ndard, Sr., wont into the army, it is said, and\\nnever returned Elisha Bingham was discharged\\nfrom the service and died while on his way\\nhome Gustavus Bingham was also wounded\\nin the head some time during the war, but re-\\ncovered. As already stated, John Davis (or\\nDawes) was officially reported as killed, and Jo-\\nsiah Walton as wounded, at Bunker s Hill but\\nthe.se two cases are somewhat in doubt.\\nChesterfield s Part in the Contro-\\nversy ABOUT THE NeW HAMPSHIRE GrANTS.\\nThe year 1781 will ever be memorable in\\nthe annals of Chesterfield ou account of the ex-\\ncitement and strife that existed within its bor-\\nders, arising from what is known in the history\\nof the States that took part therein as the\\nControversy about the New Hampshire\\nGrants. The government of New York\\nclaimed jurisdiction as far eastward as the Con-\\nnecticut, by virtue of a grant from Charles the\\nSecond to the Duke of York, in 1674. In\\nspite of this claim. Governor Benning Went-\\nworth, of New Hampshire, continued to grant\\ntownships west of the Connecticut, having\\nmade, up to 1764, inclusive, about one hundred\\nand twenty-nine grants, including Brattlebor-\\nough, Bennington and many other now import-\\nant towns of Vermont.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0207.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "142\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAfter the establishment of the iudepeudeuce\\nof Vermont, a majority of the inhabitants in a\\nnumber of towns in the western part of New\\nHampshire were desirous of forming a union\\nwith the former State. Among the towns in\\nfavor of this project was Chesterfield, in which\\na bitter partisan spirit seems to have been en-\\ngendered, that came near culminating in blood-\\nshed.\\nTwo, at least, of the Board of Selectmen for\\nthe year 1781 belonged to what may be called\\nthe Vermont party. These were Samuel King,\\nJr., and Moses Smith, Jr. By them a town-\\nmeeting was called, in the name of the Gov-\\nernment and Good People of the New Hamp-\\nshire Grants, to be held on Tiun sday, March\\n29th. The second article in the warrant for\\nthis meeting was, To see if the town will\\nagree to establish or accept of the union agreed\\nupon between the Legislature of the State of\\nVermont and the Committee of the New Hamji-\\nshire Grants, held at Windsor in Februar}\\n1781. The third article was, To choose one\\nor more members to sit in the Assembly of\\nVermont on the first Wednesday of April\\nnext, in case the union takes place, or in the\\nConvention at Cornish un the aforesaid day,\\nas the circumstances may require.\\nAt this meeting it was voted to accept the\\nterms of union mentioned in the warrant, and\\nDeacon Silas Thompson and Samuel King, Jr.,\\nwere chosen to repi esent the town in the As-\\nsembly of Vermont. The number of votes in\\nfavor of union with that State was ninety\\nagainst, thirty-two.\\nOn the 2d day of May following another\\ntown-meeting was held, called, as the record\\nstates, agreeable to the order of the State of\\nVermont. At this meeting E2)hraim Baldwin\\nwas chosen town clerk. Sixty-nine men then\\ntook the oath prescribed by the law of Ver-\\nmont, and proceeded to vote for chief judge, as-\\nsistant judges, high sheriiF, judge of Probate and\\njustices of the peace, all for the County of\\nWashington, in the State of Vermont. At\\nanother meeting, held the 14th day of the same\\nmonth, several more freemen were sworn in.\\nThe town was now completely in the posses-\\nsion of the Vermont jiarty, and remained so\\nduring the rest of the year but the adherents\\nof New Hampshire were by no means inactive,\\nand stoutly opposed the proceedings of the ma-\\njority.\\nOn the 25th day of August, the same year,\\nNathaniel Bingham, Michael Cressey, William\\nLee and James Robertson drew up a memorial\\nto the Council and House of Representatives\\nof New Hampshire, in which they deplored\\nthe action of the partisans of Vermont, and\\ngave the names of eighty of the inhabitants of\\nChesterfield who declared that they still re-\\ngarded themselves as subjects of New Hamp-\\nshire. The memorialists concluded by begging\\nfor advice and protection, and subscribing them-\\nselves as loyal and affectionate subjects.\\nOn the 5th day of November following, in\\nthe evening, several of the inhabitants of Ches-\\nterfield met at the house of Nathaniel Bingham,\\na short distance north of the Centre villao-e, on\\nwhat is now sometimes called Wetherbee Plill,\\nfor the purpose of nominating one or two per-\\nsons to be commissioned as justices of the peace\\nby the New Hampshire Legislatiu-e. While\\nthey were assembled for this purpose, Samuel\\nDavis, of Chesterfield, acting as constable\\nunder the authority of Vermont, entered Mr.\\nBingham s house, with several others, and\\nattempted to serve a precept on James Rob-\\nertson. Dr. Belknap says that the precept, or\\nwrit, was in an action of del\u00c2\u00bbt. Davis, how-\\never, was not able to accomplish the object of\\nhis visit, on account of the opposition, as he al-\\nleged, of Mr. Bingliam and John G randy, Jr. On\\nthe 12th of the .same month warrants were issued\\nfor the arrest of Bingham and Grandy, in the\\nname and by the authority of the freemen of the\\nState of Vermont, and they were soon after-\\nwards committed to tiie jail in Charlestown,\\nfrom which they sent a petition to the General\\nAssembly of New Hampshire, praying for", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0208.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n143\\nrelief. Bingbam also seut a letter to the\\nSpeaker of the New Hampshire House of\\nRepresentatives, containiug a statement of\\nthe facts relating to his and Grandy s arrest\\nand imprisonment. Colonel Enoch Hale,\\nof Kindge, sheriff of Cheshire County, hav-\\ning been authorized by the Assembly to re-\\nlease all the prisoners in the Charlestown jail\\nconfined by the Vermont authorities, endeavored\\nto execute his commission without delay, but was\\nhimself arrested and committed to the same jail\\nby a leputy-sherilf acting under authority of\\nVermont. The Vermont authorities, fearing that\\nthe New Hampshire government would attempt\\nto accomplish with the aid of military force\\nwhat the Cheshire sheriff had failed to do, sent\\na re([uest to Samuel King, Jr., of this town,\\nwho was then serving Vermont as colonel of\\na regiment of militia, to hold his men in readi-\\nness to march on the shortest notice. It ap-\\npears that King immediately took measures to\\nget his men in readiness, for he was particularly\\nzealous in his support of the cause of the\\ngrants, and seems to have been ready to\\nfight, if necessary. The following letter from\\nMichael Cressey, of Chesterfield, to General\\nBellows, of Walpole, gives some insight into the\\nstate of affairs in this town at that time\\nSir, I Beg the Leave to inform your Hon r that\\nthe Perteued Coll. King has sent out, By order, as I\\nam informed from Doc. Page [sheriff of the so-called\\ncounty of Wasliington], to Raise his Rige rat to op-\\npose New Hampshire, and that he Called the militia\\nof this Town together yesterday to see who would\\ntight against New Hampshire and that, as I am\\nCredably informed, there was about sixty turned out\\nas VoUenters for that Purpose, and the sed King\\nUrged them in the strongest terras to Stand By one\\nanother, and by thire officers, for thire Rights against\\nthe State of New Hampshire, assuring them if they\\nstood firm New Hampshire would not fight. It is\\nalso reported that he sent over to Captain Sarjants,\\nat Brattilbrough, to assist, but what return unknown.\\nSir, I thought Proper to inform you of these move-\\nments, and I Pray Heaven to give both you and the\\nState of New Hampshire wisdom to conduct matters\\nwisely at such a Critical day as this. From your\\nmost obedient and Humble Sarv t.,\\nMicuAEL Cressey.\\nChesterfield, Dec ber ye 5th, 1781.\\nTo Gex al Bellows.\\nNear the end of the month in which this let-\\nter was written, Colonel Samuel King was ar-\\nrested by a New Hampshire special sheriff\\n(Robert Smith), who started with him for\\nExeter but he had got no farther than Keene\\nwith his prisoner ^vhen he was set ujjon bv a\\nparty of anti-New Hampshire men (the most of\\nwhom appear to have been from Chesterfield\\nand Westmoreland), who rescued King (Jan-\\nuary 1, 1782). King was soon afterwards re-\\narrested, but does not ajipear to have been kept\\nlong in confinement, as he was soon afterwards\\ntaking part again in town affairs.\\nOn the 1st day of January (at midnight),\\n.1782, Captain Josejjh Burt, of Westmoreland,\\nwrote a letter to President Weare, of the\\nCouncil, in which he stated that the party who\\nhad rescued King, in the morning of the same\\nday, returned to Chesterfield and arrested Lieu-\\ntenant (James) Robertson, whom they were dis-\\nposed to treat according to the custom of ^^er-\\nniont, that is, by whipping him. Captain\\nBurt s informant was Mr. Bingham s son, who\\nsaid that a number of persons had been driven\\nfrom their homes that night by the riotous\\nVermont men. The captain also added The\\ntriumphs of the Vermouts are great, and [they]\\nsa} that New Hampshire dare not come like\\nmen, in the day-time, but like a thief, and steal\\na man or two away.\\nThe next day (January 2d) General Bellows\\nalso sent a letter to President Weare, depicting\\nin very vigorous language the unhajjpy condi-\\ntion of affiiirs in Chesterfield. After corrob-\\norating, in the main, the statements in Cap-\\ntain Burt s letter, the general added I am\\ncredibly informed that there is in said Chester-\\nfield about an Hiuidred Persons who support\\nsaid King, who Damn New Hampshire and\\nall their authority to Hell, and say they (New\\nHampshire) can do nothing only in a mean, un-\\nderhanded way. In short, they Defy all the\\nauthority and force of the State, and are deter-\\nmined to support and maintain their usurped\\nauthority, maugre all attempts that have [been]", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0209.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "Ui\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIKE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nor shall be made to curb aud resti-aiu their\\nusurpatious.\\nSuch was the state of affairs in this part of\\nthe State, especially ia Chesterfield, iu the win-\\nter of 1781-82. Happily, however, through\\nthe intervention of Congress, this memorable\\ncontroversy was brought to a close, and, on the\\n2;3d of February, 1782, the Vermont Assembly\\npassed a resolution relincjuishing all claims to\\nterritory lying within the prescribed boundaries\\nof that State. Yet i)eace and harmony were by\\nno means wholly re-established in the disaf-\\nfecteil towns. Says Belknap Though cut oH\\nfrom their connection with Vermont, the re-\\nvolted towns did not at once return to a state of\\npeace but the divisions and animosities which\\nhad so long subsisted continued to produce dis-\\nagreeable effects.\\nIt having been definitely settled that Ches-\\nterfield belonged to New Hampshire, upwards\\nof thirty of the inhabitants and freeholders of\\nthe town made application to General Bellows,\\nof Walpole, and William Lee, of Chesterfield,\\njustices of the peace, to issue a warrant for the\\nannual town-meeting for the year 1782. At\\nthis meeting, held the 6th day of March, the\\nVermont party still asserted its power, by elect-\\ning at least a majority of the principal town-\\nofficers whereupon the minority submitted a\\nvigorous protest.\\nAn event that occurred in September of the\\nsame year shows how bitter the o})positiou still\\nwas to the New Hampshire government on the\\npart of some of the inhabitants of Chesterfield.\\nWhen the Inferior Court met at Keene, that\\nmonth, a party of anti-New Hampshire men,\\nled by Samuel Davis, of Chesterfield, attemjjted\\nto break it up. It appears, however, that\\nDavis and his men soon found themselves out-\\nnumbered, and desisted from their undertaking.\\nHe, together with others, was arrested and put\\nunder bonds to appear at the next term of the\\nSuperior Court but they were afterwards dis-\\ncharged without punishment. The fact that it\\nwas thought necessary to send a military force\\ninto Chesterfield at one time, to aid in the\\ncollection of taxes, is further evidence of the\\nhostility that was still manifested toward New\\nHampshire. It appears that Colonel Reuben\\nAlexander, of Winchester, received orders to\\nraise the body of his regiment, or as many of\\nhis men as might be sufficient, and march them\\ninto Chesterfield on Tuesday, the 21st day of\\nJanuar} 1783, to assist in collecting taxes;\\nbut on account of the clamor of the people,\\nhe feared to comply with the order, stating, as a\\nfurther reason, that the greater part that\\ncould be raised would turn out witli intent to\\nmutinize and confound our proceedings. Op-\\nposition to New Hampshire gradually died out,\\nhowever, and for a whole century Chesterfield\\nhas creditably performed her part in war and\\nin peace.\\nSoldiers Furnished by Chesterfield in\\nTHE Second War with Great Britain.\\nIf any men enlisted from Chesterfield in the\\nmilitary or naval service of the United States\\nin the years 1812 and 1813, their names ai e not\\nknown to the writer.\\nSeptember 9, 1814, Governor Gilman Issued\\nan order for the whole of the militia to hold\\nthemselves iu readiness to marcli at a moment s\\nwarning, completely armed and eipiipped ac-\\ncording to law, and as well provided as possible\\nwith blankets and ammunition. An order had\\nalready been issued, two days before, for de-\\ntachments from twenty-three regiments of the\\nmilitia. These orders were received by the mi-\\nlitia with great enthusiasm, and were promptly\\nobeyed. The men detached in accordance with\\nthe order of Septeniber 7th were duly organized\\ninto several regiments and battalions, which\\nformed one brigade under the command of\\nGeneral John Montgomery. The first draft\\nwas made in Chesterfield September 13th. The\\nnames of the men thus obtained were as fol-\\nlows\\nAmos Stone, sergeant. Eli Darling, corporal.\\nPrivates.\\nJoshua Wiggins. Isaac Wetherby.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0210.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n145\\nFrancis Wincli. Ezra Putney.\\nStephen Streeter, Jr. Roswell Metealf.\\nMontgomery Darling.\\nThese luen were to serve tliree montlis, unless\\nsooner rlischarged. They formed part of Cap-\\ntain Nathan (Midden s company, in the First\\nRegiment of detached militia, commanded by\\nColonel Xat. Fisk, of Westmoreland. Cap-\\ntain Gliddeu was of Unity. Eli Darling was\\ndischarged November 3d Joshua Wiggins\\nand Isaac Wetherby, November 10th. Mont-\\ngomery Darling was aci identally liit by a\\nbayonet on the gun of a fellow-soldier, anil lost\\nthe sight of one eye from the effects of the\\nwound. He was discharged November 6tli.\\nThe next drafl was made September 26th, and\\nthe followins: men were obtained\\nSamuel L. Draper.\\nDaniel Stearns.\\nElijah Lyons.\\nJohn Bass.\\nPhilip Bacon.\\nLyman Toms [Tombs].\\nThe men obtained I)y this draft formed a\\npart of the company commanded liy Ca})tain\\nReuben INIarsh, of this town, in the Second Regi-\\nment of detached militia. Ara Hamilton and\\nBradley I\\\\Iead, also both of Chesterfield, were\\nlieutenants in the same company. Ca[)tain\\nMarsh and Lieutenants Hamilton and jNIead went\\nto Portsmouth with the detachment, which was\\nfive days in marching to that place. Samuel\\nL. Draper went as a substitute but, on his ar-\\nrival at Portsmouth, Captain ilarsh j^rocured\\nfor him the position of fifer for the company.\\nJohn H. Fuller, then of Chesterfield, afterwards\\nof Keene, was adjutant of the regiment to which\\nCaptain Marsh s company belonged. The men\\nwere to serve sixty days, but they were dis-\\ncharged a few days before the expiration of their\\nterm of service. Elijah Lyons was discharged\\nNovember ;id. The British did not attack\\nPortsmouth, as was anticij^ated, and the greater\\n[)art of the troops that had assembled there were\\ndischarged before their term of service expired.\\nRecord of the Citizen.s of Chesterfield\\nI WHO Enlisted in the Military Service\\nOF the United States during the War of\\nthe Rebellion (1861-65). On the breaking\\nout of the War of the Great Rebellion the mili-\\ntary spirit that had so long lain dormant was\\nagain aroused, and men of all political beliefs\\nlaid aside their differences for a while, and joined\\nwith one another in their efforts to sustain the\\ngeneral government in the attempt to put down\\nthe most formidable rebellion recorded in the\\nannals of the world. Chesterfield furnished\\nduring the war upwards of one hundred and ten\\nmen for the Union army, of whom seventj ^-four\\nwere residents of the town the rest werg not\\ncitizens of Chesterfield, but were hired by the\\ntown to fill its quota, or by individuals as sub-\\nstitutes.\\nOnly one of the substitutes was a resident of\\nChesterfield; the rest were mainly brokers\\nmen, and belonged, in great part, to the class\\nof men so well known during the war as bounty-\\njumpers.\\nWith very few exceptions, those persons who\\nwere citizens of the town at the time of their en-\\nlistment served till they were honorably dis-\\ncharged.\\nThe following record of the soldiers furnished\\nby Chesterfield during the Civil War contains\\nonly the names of those who were actually resi-\\ndents of the town at the time of their enlistment.\\nIt has been carefully compiled from the records\\nof the town, from the reports of the Adjutant-\\nGeneral of the State, and from information de-\\nrived from private sources.\\nfNoTE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 When the cause of a soldier s discharge is not\\nstated, it is to be understood that he was discharged by\\nreason of expiration of term of service or termination of\\ntlie war].\\nNorris E. Bancroft, private, Company F, Eighth\\nMaine Infantry three years mustered in Au-\\ngust 1-1, 1861 discharged January 18, 1866\\nserved two years and twenty days as a re-enlisted\\nveteran.\\nClinton A. Bancroft, private. Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mus-\\ntered in September 23, 1862; discharged July 8,\\n1865.\\nBradford Britton, musician, Company E, Sixth New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0211.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "14G\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNovember 28, ISGl discharged June 16, 1862\\ndischarged for disability.\\nGeorge B. Britton, private, Company E, Twentieth\\nMiissachusetts Infantry three years mustered\\nin August 8, 1861 taken prisoner at the battle\\nof Ball s Blufl; Va., October 21, 1861, and con-\\nfined at Mayo s tobacco-factory, Richmond, about\\nthree weeks, at Belle Island about six weeks, at\\nSalisbury, N. C, about five months transferred\\nto Second United States Cavalry December 27,\\n1862; captured again near Winchester, Va., Au-\\ngust 16, 1864, and confined, most of the time, at\\nSalisbury, N. C, till February 22, 1865.\\nRoswell Butler, private. Company E, Sixth New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nNovember 28, 1861; discharged June 16,1862;\\ndischarged for disability.\\nJohn H. Butler, private, Company A, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mus-\\ntered in September 22, 1862 discharged July 8,\\n1865.\\nRichard T. Cobb, private. Company B, Twelfth Mass-\\nachusetts Infantry three years enlisted April\\n23, 1861 discharged July 8, 1864 wounded in\\nthe chin taken prisoner at the battla of Gettys-\\nburg July 1, 1863, and confined at Belle Island,\\nnear Richmond, Va., till March 8, 1864.\\nWarren Colburn, private, Eleventh Vermont In-\\nfantry three years enlisted October, 18()3\\ntaken prisoner and died in the Rebel prison at\\nAndersonville, Ga., October 4, 1864.\\nJulius C. Converse, private, Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mus-\\ntered in December 29, 1863 discharged July 8,\\n1865.\\nNelson S. Crouch, private, Company F, First New\\nHampshire Cavalry one year mustered in\\nFebruary 28, 1865 discharged July 15, 1865.\\nCalvin G. Darling, private, Company F, I^ourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mus-\\ntered in Sept. 23, 1862 discharged July 8, 1865.\\nMurray Davis, private. Company F, Fourteenth New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nDecember 29, 1863; discharged July 18, 1865;\\nwounded in the left leg at the battle of Win-\\nchester (or Opequau Creek), Va., September 19,\\n1864; leg amputated.\\nNoyes J. Davis, private. Company H, Second Regi-\\nment Berdan s Sharpshooters; three years; en-\\nlisted December 28, 1861 served three years\\ntransferred to Invalid Corps September 30, 1863\\nwounded in the right wrist at the battle of\\nChancellorsville, Va.\\nGeorge P. Eddy, private. Company A, Second New\\nHampshire Infantry; three years; mustered in\\nMay 31, 1861 discharged November 9, 1862.;\\ndischarged from Second New Hampshire Infantry\\nfor disability; re-enlisted in Second Massachu-\\nsetts Artillery August 7, 1863 discharged Au-\\ngust 9, 1865.\\nJohn M. Farnum, private. Company F, Sixth New\\nHampshire Infantry; three years; mustered in\\nDecember 29, 1863; discharged January 25, 1865;\\ndischarged for disability.\\nCharles M. Farr, j)rivate, Company A, Second New\\nHampshire Infantry; three years; mustered in\\nMay 31, 1861 discharged October 23, 1862\\nfirst discharge for disability re-enlisted for the\\ntown of Newport, and was mustered in Company\\nC, First New Hampshire Cavalry, April 11,\\n1864 mustered out as first sergeant July 15,\\n1865.\\nCharles R. Farr, private, Company F, First Vermont\\nCavalry three years; mustered in November 19,\\n1861; discharged November 18,1864; promoted\\nto commissary sergeant October 29, 1862.\\nRansom C. Farr, private. Company F, First Vermont\\nCavalry three years mustered in November 19,\\n1861; discharged December 19, 1862; first dis-\\ncharge for disability drafted and mustered in\\nCompany G, First New Hampshire Cavalry,\\nJuly 21, 1864 promoted to sergeant discharged\\nJuly 15, 1865.\\nBradford C. Farr, private. Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mus-\\ntered in September 23, 1862 discharged Febru-\\nary 4, 1863; discharged for disability.\\nWesley O. Farr, private, Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mus-\\ntered in September 23, 1862 discharged Janu-\\nary 20, 1865 discharged for disability promoted\\nto corporal February 1, 1864.\\nLarkin D. Farr, private, Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hamjjshire Infantry; three years; mus-\\ntered in Dec. 29, 1863 discharged July 8, 1865.\\nChancey S. Farr, private. Company F, F ourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mus-\\ntered in December 29, 1863 discharged July 26,\\n1865 captured at the battle of Cedar Creek,\\nVa., October 19, 1864, and confined in the prison\\npen at Salisbury, N. C, from November 4th\\nfollowing till February 20, 1865.\\nStephen P. Faulkner, jn-ivate. Company C, Eight-\\neenth New Hampshire Infantry; one year;\\nmustered in August 31, 1864; discharged June,\\n1865.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0212.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n147\\nJames C. Field, private, Company C, Seventeenth\\nUnited States Infantry three years enlisted\\nSeptember 16, 1861 discharged January 20,\\n1863 discharged for disability.\\nFrancis A. Field, private, Seventeenth United States\\nInfantry three years enlisted September 16,\\n1861.\\nHarrison F. Fisk, private. Company E, Sixth New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nNovember 28, 1861 discharged August 25, 1862;\\ndischarged for disability.\\nOscar T. Frink, private, Company E, Second New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nSeptember 17, 1861.\\nCalvin P. Gilsou, musician, Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mus-\\ntered in Seiitember 2.3, 1862 discharged July 8,\\n1865.\\nWalter W. Glazier, private. Company C, Eighteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry; one year; mustered\\nin August 31, 1864 discharged May 30, 1865.\\nJames H. Goodrich (2d), private, Company F, First\\nNew Hampshire Cavalry; one year; mustered\\nin March 8, l. 6- discharged July 15, 1865.\\nJohn F. Goodrich, private, Company A, Fourteenth\\nUnited States Infantry; three years; mustered\\nin September, 1864; served three years.\\nJohn H. Goodwin, first sergeant, Company F, Four-\\nteenth New Hampshire Infantry three years\\nmustered in September 23, 1862; discharged\\nJuly 8, 1865; promoted to second lieutenant\\nFebruary 17, 1865.\\nCharles L. Harvey, private, Company F, Second\\nNew Hampshire Infantry; three years; mus-\\ntered in September 2, 1861 discharged Novem-\\nber 29, 1862 discharged for disability.\\nFoster W. Hastings, private. Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mus-\\ntered in September 23, 1862 discharged July 8,\\n1865 promoted to corporal November 1, 1864.\\nHerbert R. Hastings, private, Company F, Four-\\nteenth New Hampshire Infantry three years\\nmustered in September 23, 18i: 2 discharged\\nAugust 13, 1863 discharged for disability.\\nEugene F. Hastings, corporal. Company A, Four-\\nteenth New Hampshire Infantry; three years;\\nmustered in September 22, 1862; discharged July\\n8, 1805.\\nHubbard W. Henry, private. Company F, Four-\\nteenth New Hampshire Infantry; three years;\\nmustered in September 23, 1862 died of disease\\nat Alexandria, Va., February 7, 1864.\\nDwigbt L. Herri ck, private. Company C, Eighteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry; one year; mustered\\nin August 31, 1864 discharged June 10, 1865\\npromoted to corporal.\\nSidney B. Higgins, private. Company E, Sixth New\\nHampshire Infantry; three years; mustered in\\nNovember or December, 1861 first discharge for\\ndisability re-enlisted, and was mustered as ser-\\ngeant in the same company and regiment De-\\ncember 24, 1863 promoted to first lieutenant\\nMarch 6, 1865 discharged July 17, 1865\\nwounded October 1, 1864.\\nJohn W. Hildreth, private. Company E, Sixth New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nNovember 28, 1861 discharged September 29,\\n1862 discharged for disability.\\nGeorge L. Hildreth, private. Company E, Sixth New\\nHampshire Infantry; three years; mustered in\\nDecember 7, 1861 discharged July, 1862 dis-\\ncharged for disability.\\nTaylor E. Hill, private. Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry; three years; mus-\\ntered in September 23, 1862 discharged July 8,\\n1865.\\nFrank J. Holt, private, Company A, Eighteenth\\nNew .Hampshire Infantry; one year; mustered\\nin September 13, 1864; discharged June 10,\\n1866.\\nJoseph Holt, private. Company F, Eighteenth New-\\nHampshire Infantry one year mustered in\\nOctober 28, 1864; discharged May 18, 1865.\\nGeorge Hopkins, enlisted in various organizations.\\nWay land N. Hosley, private. Company F, I ourth\\nVermont Infantry; three years; enlisted Sep-\\ntember 2, 1861 discharged September 21, 1864\\ntransferred to Veteran Reserve Ccu-ps November\\n15, 1863.\\nHenry H. Howe, sergeant. Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years; mustered\\nin September 23, 1862 discharged July 8, 1865.\\nBarton Howe, Jr., private. Company C, Eighteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry one year mustered\\nin August 31, 1864 discharged June 10, 1865.\\nRobert Jackson, private. Seventh Connecticut Infan-\\ntry; mustered in September, 1864; wounded in\\nthe mouth.\\nharles B. Lewis, private, Company C, Seventeenth\\nUnited States Infantry three years enlisted\\nSeptember 17, 1861 discharged January 21,\\n1863; first discharge for disability re-enlisted,\\nand was nuistered, for one year, as corporal in\\nCompany E, Eighteenth New Hampshire Infan-\\ntry, September 26, 1864; promoted to sergeant\\n,Iune 1, 1805; discharged June 10, 1865.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0213.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "148\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nReuben A. Lewis, private, Company A, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry one year; mustered\\nin September 20, 18(54; discharged July 8, 1865.\\nLucian 0. Lincoln, corporal, Company F, Fifth New\\nHampshire Infantry; three years; mustered in\\nOctober 23, 1861 discharged July 7, 1862 first\\ndischarge for disability re-enlisted, and was\\nmustered, for three years, in Company F, Four-\\nteenth New Hampshire Infantry, October 2,\\n1862 discharged July 8, 1865.\\nHorace S. Lincoln, private. Company F, Eleventh\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years; muster-\\ned in July 28, 1864; discharged July 17, 1865;\\ntransferred to Company F, Sixth New Hamp-\\nshire Infantry, June 1, 1865.\\nJames M. Martin, private. Company D, Second New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nSeptember 17, 1861; died of disease at Harrison s\\nLanding, Va., August 11, 1862.\\nHenry J. McClenning,private,CompanyF, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years muster-\\ned in September 23, 1862 died of disease at\\nWashington, D. C, August 7, 1863.\\nJ. Milo Richardson, Fourteenth New Hampshire\\nInfantry did notleave the State soon discharged\\nfor disability.\\nDaniel E. Robbins, private, Company F, Sixth New\\nHampshire Infantry; three years; mustered in\\nNovember 28, 1861; served three years; re-en-\\nlisted as a veteran, and was mustered in the same\\ncompany and regiment, January 4, 1864 dis-\\ncharged July 17, 1865 severely wounded in the\\nhead at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 3,\\n1864.\\nOtis Saflbrd, private, Company K, Second New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nSeptember 2, 1861 discharged July, 1864 re-\\nenlisted and was mustered for one year in Com-\\npany First New Hampshire Cavalry, February\\n28, 1865; discharged July 15, 1865; wounded in\\nthe right leg at the second battle of Bull Run,\\nVa.\\nNorman D. Satford, private, Company E, Fifth New\\nHampshire Infantry; three years; mustered in\\nNovember 28, 1861 discharged October 6, 1862\\nfirst discharge for disability re-enlisted and was\\nmustered for one year as sergeant in Company\\nE, Eighteenth New Hampshire Infantry, Sep-\\ntember 24, 1864 promoted to first sergeant\\nApril, 1865; discharged June 10, 1865.\\nLeavitt W. Safford, private, Company F, First New\\nHampshire Cavalry; one year; mustered in\\nMarch 16, 1865 discharged July 15, 1S65.\\nOtis H. Scott, private. Company F, Fifth New Hamp-\\nshire Infantry three years mustered in October\\n23, 1861; discharged December 22, 1862; dis-\\ncharged for disability.\\nGeorge D. Scott, private, Comi)any F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mustered\\nin September 23, 1862 discharged July 8, 1865.\\nHenry Herbert Snow, private. Company F, Four-\\nteenth New Hampshire Infantry; three years;\\nmustered in September 23, 1862 discharged May\\n25, 1863 discharged for disability.\\n.Tames S. Stoddard, private. Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years; mustered\\nin September 23, 1862 discharged July 8, 1865\\npromoted to corporal September 26, 1863 to\\nsergeant, February 12, 1864; at the battle ot\\nWinchester, Va., he was hit five or six times in\\ndifferent parts of his person and clothing, one\\nbullet entering his mouth and knocking out\\nseveral teeth.\\nEdwin H. Streeter, private. Company I, Ninth New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nAugust 15, 1862 discharged June 10, 1865 pro-\\nmoted to corporal March 1, 1865.\\nAlljert W. Streeter, private, Company I, Ninth New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nAugust 15, 1862; died of disease at Falmouth,\\nVa., February 6, 1863.\\nHerbert N. Streeter (brother of Albert W.), jirivate.\\nCompany I, Ninth New Ham|isbire Infantry;\\nthree years mustered in August 22, 1862 died\\nof disease at Falmouth, Va., February 7, 1863\\nwounded in the hand at the battle of South\\nMountain, Md.\\nMarshall S. Streeter, private. Company F, Fourteenth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry three years mustered\\nin September 23, 1862 wounded in the left leg\\nat the battle of Winchester, Va., September 19,\\n1864, and died from the effects of the wound at\\nBaltimore Hospital, October 9th, the same year.\\nHerbert B. Titus, Company A, Second New Hamp-\\nshire Infantry three years discharged June 10,\\n1865; commissioned second lieutenant June 4,\\n1861 first lieutenant, August, 1861, and .issigned\\nto Company F promoted to major of the Ninth\\nNew Hampshire Infantry June 14, 1862; com-\\nmissioned colonel of the same regiment Novem-\\nber 22, 1862 discharged September 27, 1864, but\\nreinstated by Special Orders No. 377, par. 18, War\\nDepartment, November 1, 1864 at the battle Of\\nAntietam, Md., September 17, 1862, he was\\nseverely wounded in the right shoulder March\\n15,1865, he was appointed brigadier-general by", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0214.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n149\\nbrevet, for gallant and meritorious services\\nduring the war.\\nDavid B. Tyrrel, private, Company A, Second New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nAugust 24, 1861 discharged August 24, 1864.\\nEverett C. Tyrrel, private, Company D, Second New\\nHampshire Infantry three years mustered in\\nSeptember, 1861; discharged May, 1863; dis-\\ncharged for disability.\\nDavid S. Walton, Jr., private. Company I, First Ber-\\ndan s United States Sharpshooters; three years;\\nenlisted September 11, 1861 discharged Decem-\\nber 10, 1862 discharged for disability.\\nLyman H. Warren, private, Seventeenth United States\\nInfantry; three years; enlisted September 16,\\n1861 appointed second lieutenant October 13,\\n1862 brevetted captain July 2, 1863 appointed\\ncaptain October 25,1865; slightly wounded in\\none of his feet at the battle of Chancellorsville,\\nVa. died at Houston, Tex., September 18, 1867.\\nAlonzo W. Wheeler, private. Company F, First New\\nHampshire Cavalry; one year; mustered in\\nMarch 8, 1865 discharged July 15, 1865.\\nOf the seventy-four men wlio.se names have\\nIjeen given above, none were killed in battle\\none died from the effects of a wound received\\nin battle eleven were wounded and survived\\nsix died of disease.\\nThe amount of the bounties paid Ijv the town\\nduring the war was twenty-four thousand six\\niiundred dollars.\\nTwelve persons were drafted and paid a com-\\nmutation of three hundred dollars each, and\\ntwenty-.seven furnished substitutes at an expense\\nof from one hundred to four hundred dollars\\neach.\\nIncrease and Decrease of Popula-\\ntion. A census taken by order of the provin-\\ncial government in the year 1767 shows that\\nChesterfield then had 365 inhabitants. In 1 77.3\\nthe number of inhabitants was 747, of whom\\n400 were males. In kSeptember, 1775, the\\nselectmen made an enumeration of the inhabit-\\nants of the town and found the number to be,\\nincluding 36 men absent in the army, 874.\\nOf this number, 462 were males. No slaves\\nwere returned in these early censuses.\\nDuring the War of the Revolution many\\nfamilies came into the t()\\\\\\\\n from Massachusetts,\\nRhode Island and Connecticut. By the year\\n1786 the number of inhabitants had reached\\n1535, notwithstanding the unsettled state of\\naffairs that existed in the town during the Revo-\\nlutionary j)eriod.\\nThe number of inhabitants of the town in\\nevery tenth year since 1790 (inclusive) has been\\nas follows\\n1790, 1905; 1800, 2161 1810, 1839; 1820,\\n2110; 1830,2046; 1840, 1765; 1850,1680;\\n1860, 1434; 1870, 1289 1880, 1173.\\nThe District Schools. The schools are\\nmentioned for the first time, in the records of\\nthe town, in the warrant for a town-meeting\\nheld the second Tuesday in June, 1767. At\\nthat time the town had not been divided into\\nschool-wards, or districts, and what few schools\\nthere were, were taught in private houses. The\\nsum of money raised for school purposes in\\n1767 (if any) was not recorded; but at the\\nannual town-meeting in 1771 it was voted to\\nraise fifteen pounds for the support of schools.\\nFrom 1771 to 1779 the amount raised annually\\nseems at no time to have exceeded fifty pounds.\\nDuring the next five years the town was in a\\nmore or less disturbed condition, and little or\\nno money appears to have been raised for the\\nsupport of .schools. In 1776 the town was\\ndivided into several school-wards, and each\\nward allowed to employ an instructor but it\\nwas not till 1787 that the town was divided\\ninto any considerable number of wards, nine-\\nteen of them having been established that year.\\nFrequent changes were made in the lines of\\nthese wards previous to 1815, about which time\\nthe term district was adopted in the place of\\nward.\\nWhen or where the first school-house was\\nbuilt in Chesterfield has not been a.scertained.\\nIt is doubtful if one was Iniilt befi)re 1785.\\nThe oldest school-houses now standing appear\\nto have been erected between 1800 and 1812.\\nThe one in District No. 7 is known to have\\nbeen built about ISIO. Before the building of\\nn", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0215.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "150\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsch(joI-houses the schools were taught, as already\\nstated, ID private houses. At cue time, near\\nthe begiuniug of the present century, the school\\nin District No. 7 (the Hardscrabble District)\\nwas kept in (iibson Willard s barn. Many of\\nthe schools were much larger in tlie first quarter\\nof this century than at present some of them,\\nit is said, had nearly one hundred scholars each.\\nIn the winter of 1816-17 the little school-house\\nin the district last mentioned is said, on good\\nauthority, to have been occupied by at least\\neighty pupils. The number of scholars in the\\ndistrict is now about fifteen. The largest dis-\\ntrict in the town, N o. 13 (which includes Ches-\\nterfield Factory), has at present aliout sixty\\nscholars the next largest, No. 1 (which in-\\ncludes West Chesterfield has about thirty-five.\\nThe average number of scholars attending\\nschool each year jirevious to 1847 has not been\\nascertained. Since that date the nuinljer for\\neach fifth year has been as follows\\n1847, 438 1852, 342 1857, 430 1862,\\n355; 1867,300; 1872,265; 1877,225. The\\nnumber of scholars enrolled in 1883 was 218.\\nThe amount of money raised yearly by tax-\\nation for the support of schools was, from 1785\\nto 1798, usually one hundred pounds; from\\nthe latter date to 1805, four hundred dollars.\\nFrom 1805 to 1847 the amount raised annually\\nappears to have varied from four hundred antl\\nforty dollars to eight hundred dollars; from\\n1847 to the present time it has been from eight\\nhundred dollars to fifteen hundred dollars.\\nSince 1829 each district has received annually\\na portion of the literary fund, this town s\\nshare of which, for a number of years, has aver-\\naged not far from one hundred dollars. The\\ngreatest number of districts in which schools\\nhave been maintained since 1817 has been,\\napparently, sixteen at present the number is\\nthirteen or fourteen.\\nChesterfield Academy. On the 12th\\nday of January, 1790, the New Hampshire\\nLegislature passed an act entitled An Act to\\nincorpoi ate an Academy in the Town of Ches-\\nterfield, by the name of the Chesterfield Acade-\\nmy. In the preamble of this act it is stated that\\nthe education of youth has ever been con-\\nsidered by the wise and good as an object of\\nthe highest consequence to the safety and happi-\\nness of a People; also, that Peter Stone, of\\nChesterfield, gentleman, and sundry other jjer-\\nsous, have voluntarily contributed certain sums\\nof money for the purpose of establishing and\\nsuj^i^orting a public school, or academy, in said\\nChesterfield.\\nThe first section of the act sets forth the\\nobject of the academy, namely, the promoting\\npiety and virtue, and the instruction of youth\\nin such branches of useful Literature as the\\ntrustees hereby appointed shall think proper to\\ndirect. The same section also empowered\\nRev. Abraham Wood, Solomon Harvey, phy-\\nsician, Moses Smith, Es(|., Silas Richai dson,\\nZur Evans, Simon Willard and Abner John-\\nson, gentlemen, all of Chesterfield, to act as\\ntrustees. The third section provided that\\nAbraham Wood and other trustees, as afore-\\nsaid, and the longest livers and survivors of\\nthem, and their successors, be the true and sole\\nvisitors, trustees and governors of the said\\nAcademy, in perpetual succession forever.\\nThe foui th section fixed the number of trustees\\nat not less than seven, nor more than eleven,\\nand provided that the major part of them should\\nbe laymen and respectable freeholders. In\\nthe sixth section provisions were made for\\nthe holding, by the trustees, of real and personal\\nestate, provided the annual income from tlie real\\nestate should not exceed five hundred pounds,\\nand that from the personal estate should not\\nexceed two thousand pounds, both sums to\\nbe valued in silver, at the rate of six shillings\\nand eight-pence by the ounce.\\nIt was enacted by the eighth, and last, section\\nthat all estate, both personal and real, held within\\nthis State for the use of the academy, should be\\nexempt from taxation and that students of the\\nacademy should also be exempt from paying\\npoll-tax.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0216.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n151\\nIt has usually been stated tliat the academy\\nwas not opened till August 14, 1794, but the\\nrecords of the institution show that this state-\\nment is, in all probability, incorrect. August\\n31, 1791, the trustees voted to hire Sheldon Lo-\\ngan to instruct in the a !ademy for the term of\\none year, and to give him eighty pounds for\\nhis services. July 4, 1792, they voted that the\\naflernoou of every Wednesday, for the rest of\\nthe year, should be a vacation. There could\\nbe no reason for passing the latter vote if the\\nschool Avas not already in operation.\\nThe date of the erection of the academy\\nbuilding cannot be ascertained, but it is certain\\nthat the petitioners for the incorporation of the\\nacadeni} in their petition to the Legislature,\\nstated that a sufficient sum of money had al-\\nready been raised to erect a house of suffi-\\ncient bigness in the town of Chesterfield, in\\nwhich a Seminary may be kept, etc. The\\ntown also voted, May (3, 1790, to allow the\\ntrustees of the academy to \\\\xi a building on\\nthe common for the use of the school. AMiether\\nthe academy building was completed before\\nAugust, 1794 (the school, iu tiie mean time,\\nbeing kept in some other house), cannot now\\nbe determined with certainty.\\nFor many years after its incfjrporation\\nthe academy had the reputation ctf being one of\\nthe best schools in the State, ranking second, it\\nis said, to Phillips Academy, at Exeter. It\\nwas attended bv students from all the neierh-\\no\\nboring towns, and some came from remoter\\nplaces, even from the Southern States. Many\\nof tiiose who sought instruction at this insti-\\ntution became, later in life, eminent iu the var-\\nious trades and professions.\\nIt was a common practice, in the earlier\\nyears of the academy, for the trustees to grant\\nthe use of the academy building, and sometimes\\nother property, to certain persons stykxl adven-\\nturers, on condition tiiat they should employ\\nan instructor and keep the school in operation.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2It seems that the property held by the trustees\\nfor the benefit of the academy never produced\\nan income sufficient for its support and some-\\ntimes this income and the tuition fees together\\namounted to less than the expenses. The prop-\\nerty held by the trustees seems to have cvinsisted\\nalmost wholly of real estate. This included,\\nabout the year 1800, a part, if not all, of the\\nglebe-land, in the southeastern quarter of the\\ntown.\\nIn 1808 the Legislature passed an act grant-\\ning to the trustees the privilege of raising\\nmoney by lottery for the benefit of the school.\\nElijah Dunbar, Benjamin Cook, John Putnam\\nand Phineas Handerson Mere chosen managers\\nof this lottery but the records of the academy\\ndo not show how much money was obtained in\\nthis way. The sum allowed by the act of the\\nLegislature to be raised was five thousand dol-\\nlars but probably only a small part of this\\nsura was ever actually obtained. Tlie act was\\nextended, howevcu-, by tiie Legislature in 1S14.\\nThe number of adventurers for the year\\nlast mentioned was odc hundred, and the defi-\\nciency to be madc^ up by them amounted to\\neighty-eight dollars and sixty-seven cents.\\nSeptember 11, 1818, the trustees voted that\\nCaj)tain Benjamin Cook sell to the highest bid-\\nder the privilege of selling liquor on the com-\\nmon on exhibition day, and that the money so\\nraised be applied to building the stage and\\npaying Mr. Hardy a balance of about nine dol-\\nlars due him for arrearages of board for the\\nlast year.\\nThe exhibitions that wi^re given by the stu-\\ndents of the academy during the pei iod of its\\ngreatest prosperity were notable incidents in\\nthe history of the school, and even of the town.\\nIt was a part of the by-laws of the institution\\nthat no student should take part in these exhi-\\nbitions until he had been a member of the\\nschool at least twelve weeks, unless he had had\\nprevious instrut tion in the art of declaiming\\nunder a competent teacher and all students to\\nwhom parts M ere assigned, in any public exhi-\\nbition, were obliged to make careful preparation\\nin order to perform their parts accurately and", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0217.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "152\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIEE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\npreserve the reputation of the Academy.\\nThe names of all the jjreceptors of the acad-\\nemy from its incorporation till 1847 have not\\nbeen obtained but some of them were as fol-\\nlows\\nSheldon Logan was, perhaps, preceptor 1791\\n-94. It is certain that he was engaged by\\nthe trustees for one year, beginning August 14,\\n1794, at a salary of one hundred pounds.\\nJohn Noyes was preceptor two years, com-\\nmencing his duties September 1, 1795. He was\\na graduate of Dartmouth C ollege and at one\\ntime represented the Southern District of Ver-\\nmont in the Congress of the United States.\\nBroughton Wright was preceptor one year\\nfrom August or September, 1797.\\nLevi Jackson, of Chesterfield, was preceptor\\n1799-1805. (See Biographical Notices.)\\nDaniel Hardy taught at least one year, begin-\\nning in the autumn of 1805.\\nIsaac Fletcher, a student of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege, was preceptor in 1808. He married, in\\n1812, Abigail, daughter of Peter Stone, Sr., of\\nthis town, and afterwards practiced law at Lyn-\\ndon, Vt.\\nJonathan Hartwell ^vas preceptor in 1809.\\nAsa Keyes was preceptor two years from\\nApril Ifi, 1810. He was a graduate of Dart-\\nmouth College and became a distinguished law-\\nyer. He died in Brattleborough, Vt., June 4,\\n1 880, at the great age of ninety-three years. His\\nwife was Sarah, daughter of Asa Britton, Esq.,\\nof Chesterfield.\\nMcConihe appears to have taught six\\nmonths in 1812.\\nOtis Hutchins, of Westmoreland, was pre-\\nceptor two years at least, commencing in the\\nautumn of 1812. He was again eno-asred in\\nthe spring of 1820 for the term of three years.\\nHis salar) was to be raised in part by subscrip-\\ntions, which could be paid in cloth, provisions,\\nwood, etc. He died in Westmoreland October\\n6, 1866.\\nElisha S. Plumb was preceptor 1815-16.\\nThomas Hardy was jjreceptor 1817-19. He\\nwas again engaged to teach in 1834 for the\\nterm of ten years, and was to receive as salary\\nall the tuition fees. He was also to have the\\nprivilege of selling books and stationery to the\\nstudents. The trustees also agreed to provide\\ntwenty-five days work each year for Mr. Har-\\ndy s farm. He was released from his engage-\\nment, at his own request, February 6, 1838.\\nMr. Hardy was one of the most efficient and\\nrespected teachers ever connected with the acad-\\nemy. He was a graduate of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege and spent many years in teaching. The\\nentire number of pei sons under his instruction\\nduring his career a.s a teacher was six thousand\\nseven hundred. He died March 3, 1864.\\nGeorge Freeman was ])receptor three months\\nin 1822; Rev. John Walker, six months or\\nmore in 1823 John Chamberlain in 1824.\\nJosiah W. Fairfield was preceirtor 1824-26.\\nHe was a native of New Boston, this State, and\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College in 1827. He\\nmarried I^aura, daughter of Asa Britton, Esq.\\nof this town, in 1829, and settled in Hudson,\\nN. Y., where he died, December 3, 1878.\\nEdward P. Harris was preceptor 1827-28\\nOliver M. Smith, 1830 James W. Eaiery,\\n1831.\\nCharles L. Strong was preceptor 1832-33,\\nand again in 1841-44. Mr. Strong was a grad-\\nuate of Amherst College and was a teacher by\\nprofession. He married, in 1843, Prusha,\\ndaughter of Ashl)el Wheeler, Sr., of Chester-\\nfield, and died in this town August 2, 1847.\\nJohn E. Butler, of Jamaica, Vt., was an as-\\nsistant teacher in 1833. He afterwards became\\na distinguished lawyer in the State of Vermont.\\nSamuel H. Price was preceptor 1838-39\\nNathan Kendall, 1845-47.\\nSince 1850 the academy has not been in a\\nflourishing condition and for several years has\\nbeen closed.\\nThe original academy building stood on the\\nsoutheastern part of the common, at the Centre\\nvillage, a few rods from the old meeting-house.\\nIt was a two-story structure surmounted by", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0218.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n153\\na belfry, iu whicli, liowever, there was no bell.\\nApril 9, 1859, it was burned to the ground. A\\nnew building was erected the same year, having\\nnearly the same location, by School Di.strict No\\n5 and the trustees of the academy, conjointly,\\non condition that the same should be used both\\nfor the district school and a High School or\\nacademy.\\nThe Churches. The First Congregational\\nChurch of Chesterfield was probably organized\\nin 1771, but it is evident that a site had been\\nselected for a meeting-house, on the common,\\nas early as 17()7 for, in tlie record of the ac-\\nceptance of a new road by the town that year,\\nmention is made of the meeting-house place.\\nApril 24, 1770, the town voted to raise one\\nhundred pounds, to cover the meeting-house\\nframe, that had already been erected. June 8,\\n1772, it was voted by the town to take .seveuty-\\ntivc pouiuls of the money appropriated for the\\nhighways and use it iu finishing the outside of\\nthe meeting-house. Thisliuilding stood on the\\ncommon, at the Centre village, about thirty-five\\nfeet south of the site of the present town-house,\\nand was about sixty feet long and forty-five\\nfeet wdde. It was two stories high, with two\\nrows of windows, and originally had a porch\\non each end.\\nThe west porch, however, was removed in\\naccordance with a vote passed by the town in\\n1815, and a projecting bell-tower built in\\nplace of it. The bell in this tower was rung\\non week-days at noon and at nine o clock iu\\nthe evening. All the town-meetings were\\nheld in this house from September, 1771, till it\\nWits bvirnetl down by an incendiary fire, March\\n1, 1851. It was also used by the students of\\nChesterfield Academy for their public exhibi-\\ntions. The present Congregational meeting-\\niiouse was occupied, for the first time, in No-\\nvember, 1834.\\nle first settled minister in Chesterfield was\\nAbraham Wood (see Biographical Notices), who\\ncame from Sudbury, Mass., at the age of about\\ntwenty-four years, and was ordained pastor of\\nthe First Congregational Church December 31,\\n1772. For half a century JNIr. Wood was the\\nsole pastor of this church. Before i\\\\Ir. Wood\\ncame to Chesterfield, John Eliot preached for\\na while on probation but, for reasons whic^h\\nhe did not see fit to make public, he declined an\\ninvitation to become the settled pastor of the\\nCongregational Churcii in this town. After\\nMr. Eliot s declination the town voted (Octo-\\nber 12, 1772) to invite Mr. Wood to I)e their\\npastor, wliich invitation was accepted by him\\nin a letter dated November 17, 1772.\\nAt a special town-meeting held the 7th day\\nof the following Decend)er, preparations were\\nmade for the ordination of Mr. Wood. It was\\nvoted,\\n1. That Thursday, the 31st day of the same\\nmonth, sliould be the day on which the ordination\\nwas to take place.\\n2. That Elisha Roekwood shoiUd liave \u00c2\u00a3S for pro-\\nviding and entertaining with victuals, drink, lodgings\\nand horse-keeping the whole of the council of minis-\\nters, delegates and other gentlemen of di.stiuctiou.\\n3. That the sum of \u00c2\u00a39 should be raised to defray\\nany expenses arising from the ordination.\\n4. That the town concur with the vote of the\\nchurch, to send invitations to other churches to assist\\nin the ordination.\\n5. That the window-caps of the meeting-house\\nshould be of straight, solid wood, with cornice on the\\nfront.\\n6. That two or three Sabbaths a year should be\\ngranted to Mr. Wood, to enable him to visit his\\nfriends, so long as he should be the pastor of the\\nchurch.\\nFor the first nineteen years of his ministry Mr.\\nWood received an annual salary of sixty-five\\npounds, which sum was raised to eighty pounds\\nin 1792. From 1800 to 1822 the average sum\\nraised yearly by taxation, for the support of\\npreaching, was about two hundred and seventy-\\nfive dollars. After the latter date no taxes were\\nassessed for the support of religious instruction.\\nIn the year 1800 the names of forty -seven tax-\\npayers were recorded in the town records as being\\npersons who were meml)ers of the Universal\\nRestoration Society, and consequently ex-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0219.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "154\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\neniptecl (by tlie Bill of Rights) from paying min-\\nister rates. lu 1802 the names of thirty-one\\ntax-payere were recorded as being members of\\nthe Republican Society, and, therefore, not\\nholden by law to pay taxes for the support of\\nCongregational ministers.\\nilr. Wood having become, a few months be-\\nfore his death, unable to attend to his pastoral\\nduties, Rev. John alker was installed as col-\\nleague pastor April 30, 182; Mr. Wood re-\\ntained his ministry, however, till he died, Octo-\\nber 18, 1823. During his pastorate three\\nhundred and twenty-four pei-sous united with\\nthe church, either by profej^sion or by letter,\\nincluding those who were members when he\\nwas ordained. The number of persons bap-\\ntized was seven hundred and sixty-five. At\\nthe date of Mr. Walker s installation as col-\\nleague pastor the church had one hundred and\\nthirteen membci-s, and eight more were admitted\\nduring the year.\\nBesides Rev. Abraham AYood, this church\\nhas had the following pastors Rev. John\\nWalker, from April 30, 1823, to April 22,\\n1829 Rev. Elihu Smith, May 23, 1832, to\\nDecember 2, 183-t; Rev. Josiah Ballard, Au-\\ngust 5, 1835, till the following spring Rev.\\nHosea Beckley, 183G-42 Rev. Benjamin E.\\nHale, August 31, 1842, to November 11, 1847\\nRev. Ebenezer Xewhall, July 23, 1852, to July\\n2, 1854; Rev. Jeffries Hall. April, 1858, to\\nApril, 1866; Rev. Albert E. Hall, November,\\n1882, to the present time.\\nThe Universal Bcstoration Society was or-\\nganized as early as 1798, and perhaps e;u-lier.\\nThe annual meetings for the election of officers\\nwere regularly held tor many years before the\\nsocietv was incorporatetl but services seem to\\nliave been held only occasionally. In June,\\n1818, fifty-five membere of the society peti-\\ntioned the Legislature for an act of incorpora-\\ntion. The petition was granted, and an act\\npassed incorporating Oliver Baker, Stephen\\nStreeter and Jonathan Cochran, with their as-\\nsociates and successors, into a society- to be i\\nknown as the Universal Restoration Societj\\nPrevious to 1830 the Universalists held tlieir\\nmeetings for worship, for the most part, in\\nschool-houses and private dwellings for the\\ntown would not vote to allow them the use of\\nthe meeting-house at the Centre village, for any\\npurpose whatever, till 1816, when they were\\npermitteil to hold a convention in it. January\\n2, 1830, it was voted by the town to grant the\\nuse of the meeting-house to the Universalists,\\nevery alternate Sunday, for one year. The\\nsame year, however, the house now occupied by\\nthem, at the West village, was built.\\nThe names of very few of the Universalist\\npreachers who preached in Chesterfield before\\n1830 are now known. January 2, 1822, it\\nwas voted by the society to hire Robert Bart-\\nlett, of Langdon, to preach on five Sundays\\nduring the year, provided he could be engaged\\nfor five dollai-s per Simday.\\nIn 1823-26 the society appears to have had\\npreaching only four Sabbaths each year.\\nIn April, 1828, arrangements were made to\\nengage Rev. TA illiam S. Balch to preach eveiy\\nfourth Sunday during the year ensuing, if he\\ncould be engaged for eighty dollars. Since\\n1830 the Uuivei-salists of Chesterfield have\\nusually held services in the meeting-house at\\nthe West village every alternate Sabbath, em-\\nploying a pastor in connection with societies in\\nWinchester, Westmoreland, and Putney, Vt.\\nThe pastoi-s of the Uuivei-salist Society have\\nbeen, since 1830, as nearly as can be ascertained,\\nas follows\\nRev. Philemon R. Russell, about two years,\\nbetween 1830 and 1835; Rev. Stephen A.\\nBarnard (Unitarian), 1835-37 Rev. Charles\\nWoodhouse, 1838-41 and ag-ain in 1843; Rev.\\nAA illiam X. Barber, for a while between 1841\\nand 1843 Rev. Josiah Marvin, 1844-45 Rev.\\nEdwin H. Lake, from about 1851-54 Rev.\\nHymen B. Butler, 1854-56 Rev. Sullivan H.\\n:M Collester, 1857-62 Rev. Oliver G. AYood-\\nbury, 1862-70 Rev. Joseph Barber, 1871-77\\nRev. Hiram B. [Morgan, 1878-81 Rev. Ed-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0220.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "CHESTEKFIELD.\\n155\\nward Smiley, 1882-84; Rev. Wiufiekl S. Wil-\\nliams, 1884-5.\\nBaptist Church. No records of the Baptist\\nChurch of Chesterfield have been fduiid, but\\nit is known that Nathan Worden, a preacher of\\nthis denomination, settled in the town as early\\nas 1787, and in 1819 a society was incorporated\\nunder tiie name of the First Baptist Church.\\nSeveral persons of the Baptist persuasion had\\nan interest in the church built by the Uuiver-\\nsalists in 1830, and for a few years held ser-\\nvices in it. This society has been extinct for\\nmany years.\\n3Iethodist Episcopal Church. The organiza-\\ntion of the present Metliodist EpiscojKil Society\\nof Chesterfield dates from June 18, 1 S42.\\nIt is said that Jesse Lee visited the town as\\nearly as 1793, and from that time to the present\\nit has been a pi eaching-place. In 179G the\\nfirst circuit in New Hampshire was formed,\\ncalled the Chesterfield Circuit, and which\\nhad only sixty-eight members.\\nThe names of but few of the early Methodist\\npreachers in this town are now known.\\nRev. Jonathan Nichols, of Thompson, Couii.,\\npreached here at an early period, and Rev.\\nMartin Rutter is said to have preached his first\\nsermon in James Robertson s house (now owned\\nand occupied by his grandson, Timothy N.\\nRobertson). One of the earliest Methodist\\npreachers at Factory village is said to have\\nbeen a Rev. Mr. House.\\nIn 1844 the Metliodists built a meeting-\\nhouse at the Centre village. Before that time\\nthey worshiped in private houses, school-\\nhouses and sometimes in the old Congregational\\nmeeting-house. Since 1839 the pastors of this\\nsociety, as far as ascertained, have been as fol-\\nlows Rev. C. L. McCurdy, 1839-40 Rev.\\nAlonzo Webster, 1842-43 Rev. C. Holman,\\n1848; Rev. D. P. Leavitt, 1852; Rev. E.\\nAdams, 1853; Rev. J. Hayes, 1854-55 Rev.\\nA. K. Howard, 1856-57 Rev. J. P. Stinch-\\nfield, 1858-59; Rev. N. Green, 1860; Rev.\\nThomas L. Fowler, 1861-67; Rev. W. H.\\nCummings, 1869 Rev. James H. Copp, 1870\\nRev. N. Fisk, 1871; Rev. Andrew L. Ken-\\ndall, 1872-75; Rev. Edward P. F. Dearborn,\\n1875-77; Rev. John A. Parker, 1877; Rev.\\nWilliam W. Le Seur, 1878-81 Rev. Julius\\nM. Buffum, 1881-82 Rev. Thomas L. Fow-\\nler, at the present time.\\nA Unitarian hurch was organized in Ches-\\nterfield about 1834, and existed a few years. It\\nwas composed, in part, of persons who had\\nwithdrawn from the Congregational Society.\\nRev. Stephen Barnard was pastor of this\\nchurch in 1835, 36 and 37, preaching every\\nalternate Sunday in the old meeting-house at\\nthe Centre village. As already stated, he also\\n[)reaclied for the Universalists at the West vil-\\nlage during the same years.\\nThe meeting-house at Factorv villaire was\\nerected in 1853. It is a union house (so-\\ncalled), the expense of building whicii was de-\\nI rayed by tlie sale of pews, which were pur-\\nchased by Congregationalists, Methodists and\\nUniversalists, on condition that each denomina-\\ntion represented should have the privilege of\\nusing the house to a certain extent. For a\\nnumber of years the Methodists have alter-\\nnately held their services in this house and in\\ntiieir church at the Centre village.\\nMaxufactuues. The manufacture of any\\nkind of goods or wares has never been carried\\non very extensively in Chesterfield yet consi-\\nderable manufacturing has Ijeen done in the\\neastern part of the town, and a less amount in\\nthe western. In December, 1805, Ebenezer\\nStearns, Closes Smith, Ebenezer Cheney and\\nseventeen others were incorporated into a ctmi-\\npany called the Chesterfield Manufactory, for\\nthe purpose of manufacturing cotton yarn,\\ncloth and woolens.\\nAt the .lune session of the Legislature in\\n1809 an additional act was passed empowering\\nthe corporation to raise the sum of fifty thou-\\nsand dollars, to be employed as should be\\nthought proi)er. It appears that the shares\\nwore fixed at one hundred dollars each, and that", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0221.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "156\\nHISTOKY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nEbenezer kStearns held, in 1809, teu thousand\\ndollars worth of the stock the rest of the\\nshareholders, of whom there were about twenty,\\nheld from five to fifty shares each.\\nIn 1810 the company erected a factory at\\nthe village, which has ever since been called\\nFactory Village, or Chesterfield Factory,\\nthe latter being the correct po,st-office name.\\nThis building, which is one hundred feet long\\nby thirty feet wide, and two stories high (ex-\\nclusive of the basement), was built by Presson\\nFarwell for seven hundred dollars.\\nFor a few years after the factory was built\\ncotton yarn is said to have been made in it\\nthen it was closed for a while. In 1821, Cap-\\ntain ^Yilliam S. Brooks, who settled in Ches-\\nterfield that year, wa.s chosen agent of the cor-\\nporation, and began the manufacture of cotton\\nshirting. Captain Brooks continued to manage\\nthe affairs of the corporation, as agent, till 1839,\\nwhen he removed to Brattleborough but he re-\\ntained his connection with the factory till\\n1850.\\nThe manufacture of shirting was afterwards\\ncontinued in this factory for some time by\\nOlney Goif and by Barton Skinner.\\nThe building was next converted into a\\nmanufactory of doors, window-sashes and blinds\\nby 11. Henry Hopkins and Horace Howe. It\\nis used for this purpose at present by George\\nL. HamiltdU, who employs ten men.\\nAbout 1820 the manufacture of patent\\naccelei ating spinning-wheel heads was begun\\nat Factory village by Ezekiel P. Pierce, with\\nwhom wore associated Asahel Porter and\\nGeorge Metcalf. The manufacture of these\\narticles has since been conducted at that village\\nby Jonathan S. Hopkins, Elliot P. and Samuel\\nF. Hopkins, Ezekiel P. Pierce, Jr., Richard\\nHopkins, Jr., Sidney S. Campbell, Benjamin\\nPierce and Frederick B. Pierce. At one time\\nduringtheCivilWar Benjamin Pierce employed\\nabout seventy-five hands in this business. Spin-\\nning-wheel heads were also made at the West\\nvillage for a while, many years ago, by John\\nPierce and his sou Alfred, and by Alanson and\\nAlfred Chamberlain.\\nIn 1834 or 1835 the manufacture of augers,\\nbits and gimlets was commenced, near the West\\nvillage, by .Joshua Richardson and Oliver B.\\nHuggins, with whom appears to have been as-\\nsociated E. P. Pierce, Sr. After a year or\\ntwo they were succeeded by E. P. Pierce, Jr.,\\nand Charles Cross. Subsequently the business\\nwas carried on for a while, at the same place,\\nby Pierce, Cross and Alonzo Farr.\\nIn 1836 or 1837 the making of bits, augers,\\netc., was begun at Factory village by Richard-\\nson Huggins. Afterwards the same business\\nwas carried on by George Goodrich alone,\\nand liy him and George Atherton for a few\\nveal s.\\nAbout 1853, Benjamin Pierce, who had pre-\\nviously been employed by Richardson Hug-\\ngins, commenced the manufacture of bits, etc.,\\nin the same shop, having jiurchased it of Barton\\nSkinner. For many years Mr. Pierce con-\\nducted the business alone, employing a consid-\\nerable number of hands, and producing yearly\\na large number of bits, augers and other wood-\\nboring tools. In 1870 his son, Frederick B.\\nPierce, began to manufacture the same kind of\\ngoods for his father (who conducted the sales\\nof the same), having previously been in com-\\npany with R. Henry Hopkins for about two years.\\nIn July, 1882, F. B. Pierce was succeeded\\nin this business by the Currier Brothers (Albert\\nE. and F. Eugene), who give employment at\\npresent to twenty-three men. Their total pro-\\nduction amounts to about one hundred and\\nfifty thousand pieces per annum.\\nF. B. Pierce is pretty extensively engaged in\\nthe manufacture of brush-handles at Factory\\nvillage, employing at present about thirty\\nhands. At the ^^^est village Olin R. Farr\\nmakes tables, and prepares stuff for boxes,\\nbrush-handles, etc. Other articles that have\\nbeen made in Chesterfield, many years ago,\\nbut not to any great extent, are gunpowder,\\nscythes, hoes, pegs, etc.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0222.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n157\\nCharles S. Kendall made pegs a few years in\\nthe building in which E. P. Pierce, Jr., for-\\nmerly manufactured spinning-wheel heads, and\\nwhich has been used since ISGGby Ira P. Bux-\\nton for the manufacture of pail-staves, shin-\\ngles, etc.\\nIn 1863, Rev. T. L. Fowler purchased the\\nbuilding at Factory village which had for-\\nmerly been used many years by Joshua Graves\\nfor a blacksmith s shop, and fitted it up for the\\nmanufacture of clothes-pins, and used it for this\\npurpose until November, 18G8, when he con-\\nverted it into a saw-mill.\\nIn 1874, Mr. Fowler sold the mill to his son,\\nHerschel J. Fowler, who engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of pail-staves. The latter afterwards\\nerected a two-story building close to the old\\none, in which he manufactured packing-boxes.\\nThis building is now used by B. F. Pierce in\\nthe manufacture of paint and varnish brush\\nhandles.\\nAbout 1815 (probably), David and William\\nArnold engaged in tanning hides at the Centre\\nvillage.\\nAbout 1817 their tannery was bought by\\nMoses Dudley, who continued the business till\\nabout 1851.\\nAbout 18. 52 Lloyd Stearns and David\\nArnold began the same business in the present\\ntanner} building at Factory village. Stearns\\nremoved to Illinois al out 18.i5, when the busi-\\nness was continued by Arnold, at first associated\\nwith Nathaniel Walton for a few years, and\\nthen alone. From 1844 to 1865 this tannery\\n\\\\vas owned by Sumner Warren, now of Keene,\\nwho carried on a pretty extensive business.\\nThe business w:is afterwards continued for a\\nwhile by Earl Warren, of Westmoreland.\\nAt present there is no tannery in operation in\\nChesterfield.\\nThere are now only three grist-mills in the\\ntown, Bradford C. Farr s, at Factory village,\\nPrusha W. Strong s and Warren W. Farr s, at\\nthe West village.\\nThe laro-est saw-mill in Chesterfield was built\\nby the Steam Mill Company, at the former vil-\\nlage, in 1872. In 1878 this mill was burned,\\nbut was rebuilt the same year by James H.\\nGeorge Goodrich. It has an engine of forty-\\nfive horse-power, and is now owned and run by\\nJames H. Goodrich. The Butlers steam saw-\\nmill is located on the upper part of Catsbane\\nBrook O. R. Farr s and W. W. F;u-r s saw-\\nmills are at the West village.\\nTaverns and Hotels. The earliest tav-\\nerns were merely private houses situated near\\nthe principal highways, and whose owners\\navailed themselves of the opportunity to add to\\nthe income derived from their farms by provid-\\ning food and lodging for hungry and weary\\ntravelers, and an abundance of sj)irituous and\\nfermented drinks for the thirsty.\\nAfter a while a law was passed compelling\\ntavern-keepers and retailers of sjiirituous liquors\\nto obtain a license from the selectmen. The\\nfirst recorded licenses for this purpose were\\ngranted in 1792, in which year four persons were\\nlicensed as taverners and one to sell spirituous\\nliquors. It is not at all probable, however, that\\none person enjoyed a monopoly of the trade in\\nstrong di-ink that year.\\nIn 1793 there were only two licensed tavern-\\ners, while five persons were licensed to retail\\nspirits; and in 1794 the number of tavern-keep-\\ners was three, the number of retailers of spirits\\nremaining the .same. In 1800 there were seven\\nlicensed tavern-keepers and only two licensed\\nretailers of liquors.\\nAmong the etirliest tavern-keepers were Oli-\\nver Cobleigh, Nathaniel Stone, Andrew Hast-\\nings, Abraham Stearns, Nathaniel Bingham and\\nEbenezer Harvey, Sr.\\nEbeuezer Harvey s tavern stood on the site\\nof the late Parker D. Cressey s residence at the\\nCentre village, and was probably one of the old-\\nest taverns in the town.\\nIn 1801, Levi Mead came to Chesterfield,\\nfrom Lexington, Mass., and lived in the house\\nnow occupied by Roswell Butler, at the Centre\\nvillage, which he kept as a tavern. In LSI 6", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0223.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "158\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhe built at the same village what was known\\nfor many years as the Mead tavern, and \\\\\\\\liicli\\nis now called the Chesterfield Hotel. Siure his\\ndeath, in 1828, this tavern has had several dif-\\nferent owners, among them his sons, Bradley\\nand Elias. From 1860 to 1868 it was owned\\nand kept by Parker D. C ressey, and since 1876\\nit has been owned by Lucius Thatcher.\\nThe jiresent hotel at Factory village, known\\nas the Sjiaffbrd House, was built in 1807 by\\nElnathan Gorham for a dwelling-house. It\\nwas first used as a tavern by Pressou Farwell.\\nAfterwards it was owned and kept many yeiirs\\nby Samuel Burt, who, in 1867, sold it to San-\\nford Guernsey. In 1880, it was purchased of\\nMr. Guernsey by ^Valtcr J. Wheeler. Its\\npresent proprietor is Alfred L. Proctor.\\nIn 1831, Ezekiel P. Pierce, Sr., built a large\\nstone house on the old Pierce homestead, near\\nthe lake, which he kept as a tavern several yeai s.\\nThe tavern which Amos Smith kept near the\\nriver, in the northwestern (piartcr of the town,\\nand which was afterwards kept by his son,\\nGeorge Smith, was frequented by boatmen and\\nraftsmen in the days when merchandise was\\ntransported up and down the river by means of\\nboats, and logs were conducted down in rafts.\\nThe same is true of the old Snow tavern, after-\\nwards the town poor-house.\\nThe Pros2:)ect House, situated on an eminence\\nnear the southern shore of Spafford s Lake, of\\nwhich it commands a fine view, was built in\\n1873 by the late John W. Herrick, of Keene.\\nSince its erection it has been enlarged aud other-\\nwise improved. This hotel is kejit open only\\nduring the summer, and is now owned by Hon.\\nCharles A. Rapallo, of New York City, one of\\nthe judges of the Court of Apj^eals for the State\\nof New York. It has been managed, since\\n1879, by A. R. Mason, of Keene.\\nPost-Offices. The post-office at the Centre\\nvillage (Chesterfield) was established ^Vugust 1 2,\\n1802.\\nThe following persons have been postmasters\\nat this village\\nEbenezer Harvey, commiasioned August 12, 1802.\\nAsa Britton, commissioned November 10, 1810.\\nDaniel Waldo, commissioned December 30, 1830.\\nWarliam R. Platts, commissioned October 4, 1833.\\nNelson W. Herrick, commissioned August 6, 1841.\\nWarham R. Platts, commissioned September 11,\\n1843.\\nCharles J. Amidon, commissioned May 29, 1849.\\nHenry 0. Coolidge, commissioned April 2, 1851.\\nWarham R. Platts, commissioned May 20, 1853.\\nHenry O. Coolidge, commissioned August 10, 1861.\\nJames M. Herrick, commissioned February 27,\\n1867.\\nRomanzo C. Cressey, commissioned April 9, 1868.\\nMurray Davis, commissioned October 24, 1873.\\nJames H. Goodrich (2d), commissioned October 0,\\n1875.\\nSevvall F. Rugg, commissioned August 5, 1881..\\nThe post-office at Factory village (Chester-\\nfield Factory) was established January 12, 1828.\\nThe postmasters at this village have been as\\nfollows\\nGeorge S. Root, commissioned January 12, 1828.\\nHoratio N. Chandler, commissioned December 14,\\n1835.\\nSamuel Burt, Jr., commissioned July 28, 1838.\\nBela Chase, commissioned August 6, 1841.\\nSamuel Burt, commissioned December 30, 1844.\\nDavid W. Beckley, commissioned April 26, 1850.\\nSamuel Burt, commissioned September 11, 1854.\\nDavid W. Beckley, commissioned July 20, 1861.\\nJames C. Farwell, commissioned January 15, 1866.\\nThe post-office at the West village (West\\nChesterfield) was established April 17, 1866, at\\nwhich time James H. Ford was commissioned\\npostmaster. He held the office till November,\\n1870. Since December 19, 1870, Emory H.\\nColburn has been postmaster at this village.\\nPhysicians. The following are the names\\nof some of the physicians who have practiced\\ntheir profession in Chesterfield for longer or\\nshorter periods: Dr. Elkanah Day, 1767 (or\\neai lier) till Dr. Moses Ellis, before 1787\\nDr. Samuel King, 1785 (or earlier) till\\nDr. Solomon Harvey, about 1775-1821 (or\\nlater) Dr. Barnard, about 1779 Dr\\nJoshua Tyler, from between 1776 aud 1781\\ntill 1807; Dr. Oliver Atherton, from about 1787\\ntill 1812; Dr. Prescott Hall, about 1806; Dr.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0224.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n159\\nJames R. Grow, about 1812 Dr. Oliver Baker,\\n1809-40; Dr. George Farrington, 1814-1(3;\\nDr. Joshua Converse, to 1833 Dr. Jason\\nFarr, several years previous to 1825 Dr. Jerry\\nLyons, 1814-25; Dr. Philip Hall, a number\\nof years previous to 1828 Dr. Harvey Car-\\npenter, 1827 or 1828 till 1852; Dr. John P.\\nWarren, 1842-44; Dr. Algernon Sidney Car-\\npenter, 1841 Dr. John French, abtmt ten\\nyears, from 1844 or 1845 Dr. John F. But-\\nler, 1854 to the present time; Dr. Daniel F.\\nRandall, 1855 to the present time Dr. Willie\\nG. Cain, August, 1884, to the ])resent time.\\nDr. George Farrington died in Chesterfield\\nJuly 29, 1816, aged forty-seven years. The fol-\\nlowing epitaph is inscribed on his gravestone\\nin the old town burying-ground at the Centre\\nvillage\\nHere lies beneath this monument\\nThe dear remains of one who spent\\nHis days and years in doing good\\nGave ease to those oppress d with pain\\nRestor d the sick to Health again,\\nAnd pnrifl d their wasting blood.\\nHe was respected while on Earth\\nBy all who knew his real worth\\nlu practice and superior skill.\\nThe means he us d were truly blest\\nHis wondrous cures do well attest.\\nWho can his vacant mansion fill\\nBorne on some shining cherub s wing\\nTo his grand master, God and King,\\nTo the grand lodge in Heaven above,\\nWhere angels smile to see him join\\nHis brethren in that lodge Divine,\\nWhere all is harmony and love.\\nDr. John F. Butler is the son of Jonathan and\\nMartha (Russell) Butler, of Marlow, and was born\\nJune 14, 1831 graduated at the Harvard Med-\\nical School March, 1854, and came to Chester-\\nfield the next April. lu the spring of 1864 he\\njoined the Thirty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts\\nVolunteers as assistant surgeon, and served till\\nthe war closed, when he returned to Chesterfield.\\nHe married, in 1857, Julia, daughter of Rev.\\nSilas Quimby, of Lebanon, and who died August\\n19, 1861. In 1863 he married Celia A., daugh-\\nter of John L. Brewster, of Lowell, Mass.\\nDr. Daniel F. Randall has resided in Ches-\\nterfield since 1855, engaged in the practice of\\nhis profession. He was born May 24, 1829,\\nand is the sou of Menzias R. Randall, M.D., a\\nveteran physician of Rehoboth, i\\\\Iass. He\\ngraduated at the medical school in Woodstock,\\nVt., in 1852, and settled in this town in 1855,\\nwhere he has ever since resided. He married\\nMiss Amelia C. French, of Berkley, Mass.\\nLawyers. Hon. Phineas Handci-son was\\nprobal)ly the first lawyer who practiced his pro-\\nfession in Chesterfield. His (iffice was at the\\nCentre village, where he resided from 1805 or\\n1806 till 1833, when he removed to Keene. (See\\nBiographical Notices.)\\nHou. Larkin G. Mead, who read law with\\nj\\\\Ir. Handersou, also practiced in this town till\\n1839, \\\\Ahen he removed to Brattleborough, Vt.\\n(See Biographical Notices.)\\nCharles C. Webster, Es(i., late of Keene,\\npracticed law in Chesterfield from July, 1839,\\nto January, 1846.\\nHon. Harvey Carlton, now AA incliester,\\nengaged in the practice of law in this town\\nfrom 1841 to 1854.\\nAllen P. Dudley, Es(p, now of San Fran-\\ncisco, Cal., practiced law in Chesterfield a while\\nprevious to 1855, about whit h time he removed\\nto California.\\nWilliam L. Dudley, Es(j., connnenced the\\npractice of law in this town in 1846, but re-\\nmoved to California in 1.S49, and resides at\\npresent in Stockton, engaged in the practice of\\nhis profession.\\nSpaffoed s Lake as a Su.m.mer Resort.\\nA In-ief descrijition of Spafford s Lake has been\\ngiven in another place. Though it had been\\nfor many years a favorite resort for local fisher-\\nmen and the students of the academy, and had\\noccasionally been visitetl by pleasure-seekers\\nfrom abroad, it was not till within the past\\ntwelve years that any measures were taken to\\nestablish a hotel, boat-house, cottages, etc., for\\nthe accommodation of persons who desire to with-\\ndraw from the noise and tumult of the mad-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0225.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "160\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nding crowd, and spend a few weeks in the\\nquietness of the country.\\nIt is true that\\nOld Captain Bulky, a sailor by trade.\\nWho round the world many voyages had made,\\nhad a sail-boat on this lal Ce many years ago as\\ndid afterwards Ezekiel P. Pierce, Sr., whose\\nl)oat, sometimes manned hy an experienced sea-\\nman, was used more or less by sailing-parties\\nfor several years. Pierce s Island, too, has been\\nfor a long time a resort for students and others\\nwho desire to enjoy camp-life for a few days at\\na time. Nevertheless, as stated above, it wai\\nnot till within the past twelve years that people\\nhave resorted to the lake in large numbers\\n(excepting, perhaps, a few instances) for recrea-\\ntion and diversion, and for the holding of\\nreligious, and even political meetings.\\nIn 1873 the Prospect House, as mentioned\\nin another place, was built by John W. Herrick,\\nof Keeue, and was designed for the accommoda-\\ntion of persons who might come to the lake\\nseeking health or pleasure.\\nThe boat-house, on the southern shore of the\\nlake, was finished in 1875. Near it are a skat-\\ning-rink, dining-hall, lodging-house, etc., now\\nmanaged by Frank H. Farr, as is also the boat-\\nhouse.\\nOn the southern and western shores are pretty\\nextensive picnic-grounds. On the one west of\\nthe lake I^ucius Thatcher has a large stable for\\nhorses, a lodging-house, restaurant and skating-\\nrink.\\nA number of individuals have also erected\\nprivate cottages near the lake, which are occu-\\npied most of the time during the hot season.\\nThe little steamer Enterpri.se, the con-\\nstruction t)f which was mainly due to the efforts\\nof John W. White, was finished in 1876.\\nHer model was drafted by D. J. Lawlor, of\\nEast Boston, Mass. Her length is 40 feet,\\nbreadth of beam 15 feet, depth of hold 4 feet.\\n1 Captain Bulky was the sobriquet of Captain\\nwho is said to have put the first sail-boat on the lake.\\ndraft 28 inches, diameter of propeller-wheel 32\\ninches. Her engine is of 8 horse-power, boiler\\nof 12 horse-power. Her carrying capacity is\\nabout 125 persons, though upon occasion as\\nmany as 150 have been on board at a single\\ntrip.\\nNo serious accident has occurred on or about\\nthe lake since it has become popidar as a resort,\\nexcept the drowning of the musicians Conly\\nand Eeitzel.\\nIn the afternoon of Friday, the 2Gth day of\\nMay, 1882, George A. Conly, basso, and Her-\\nman Reitzel, pianist, of Clara Loui.se Kellogg s\\nconcert company, were drowned in the lake\\nwhile rowing for pleasure. These gentlemen,\\nwith others, came over from Brattleborough,\\nwhere the company had an engagement to give a\\nconcert in the evening of the next day. Having\\nprocured a boat at F. H. Farr s boat-house,\\nConly and Reitzel started out, leaving the rest\\nof the party on land, and were last seen by the\\nlatter off the northern point of the island. Not\\nhaving returned at the proper tinje, fears were\\nentertained for their safety, as a strong southerly\\nwind was blowing, and the waves were running\\nj)retty high. Search as conscipiently made\\nfor them, and their boat found bottom upwards\\nbut not till the next day was unmistakable evi-\\ndence obtained that they had l)een drowned.\\nVigorous efforts were then made to recover the\\nbodies of the unfortunate men, by dredging, liy\\nfiring a cannon, by exploding dynamite car-\\ntridges in the lake anil by the employment of\\nvarious other devices.\\nThe bodies were not found, however, till they\\nrose, Reitzel s being discovered floating ^^\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0d-\\nnesday forenoon, the 7th day of the follow-\\nino- June, and Conly s Wednesday morning, the\\n14th day of the same month. The latter was\\nwithout coat or shoes, and had evidently made\\na desperate effort to save his own and, perhaps,\\nhis companion s life. The place of the disaster\\nseems to have been about sixty rods northeast\\nof the northern point of the island.\\nMr. Conly was a native of Southwark, now", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0226.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n161\\npart of Philadelpliia, and was thirty-seven\\nyears old Mr. Keitzel was a native of New\\nYork, and was only nineteen years old.\\nA(;ed Persons. The following is proba-\\nbly an incomplete list of the persons who have\\ndied in Chesterfield at an age of ninety years or\\nmore\\nMrs. Mary Hamilton, December 10, 1842, aged\\nninety.\\nMrs. Lydia Clieiiey, April 4, 1S )9, aged ninety.\\nMrs. Orpha Pre.sho, April 17, 185(j, aged ninety.\\nThomas Dunham, March 20, 1870, aged ninety.\\nMrs. Sarah Johnson, December 31, 1837, aged\\nninety.\\nMrs. Sally Hinds, August 24, 1864, aged ninety.\\nAsa Fullam, December 14, 1870, aged ninety.\\nMrs. Persis Dudley, January 13, 1885, aged ninety.\\nMrs. Judith Tyler, August 11, 1854, aged ninety-\\none.\\nElisha Rockwood, February 13, 1832, aged ninety-\\none.\\nMrs. Betsey Smith, January 26, 1863, aged ninety-\\none.\\nMrs. Sophia Day, Xovemberll, 1883, aged ninety-\\none.\\nMrs. Grata Thomas, August 5, 1884, aged ninety-\\none.\\nSamuel Hamilton, October 19, 1878, aged ninety-\\none.\\nJonathan Cressy, April 2( 1824, aged ninety-\\none.\\nMrs. Polly Spaulding, February 22, 1885, aged\\nninety-one (very nearly).\\nMrs. Mary Putnam, January 30, 1830, aged ninety-\\ntwo.\\nStephen Sireeter, Sr., March 11, 1845, aged ninety-\\ntwo.\\nWilliam Clark, Sr., February 19, 1849, aged ninety-\\ntwo.\\nAmos Crouch, August 18, 1861, aged ninety-two.\\nMrs. Submit Sanderson, June 27, 1822, aged ninety-\\nthree.\\nEbenezer Robertson, April 22, 1882, aged ninety-\\nfour.\\nNathaniel Bacon, September 10, 1828, aged ninety-\\nfive.\\nMrs. Mary Titus, May 7, 1845, aged ninety-five.\\nMrs. Clarissa Norcross, May 30, 1877, aged ninety-\\nfive.\\nMrs. Rachel Jackson, March 12, 1836, aged ninety-\\nsix.\\nTimothy Ladd, August 30, 1834, aged ninety-six.\\n11\\nJohn Butler, Septemlicr 10, 1883, aged ninety-\\nseven.\\nMrs. Esther Faulkner, November 29, 1876, aged\\none hundred and one years, one month, seven days.\\nMrs. Sarah Draper, December 19, 1863, aged one\\nhundred and one years, live months, sixteen days.\\nMrs. Hannah Bailey, November, 1822, aged one hun-\\ndred and lour years, three months.\\nThe olde. ^t per.son now living in the town is\\nMrs. Sophronia (Manu) Pierce, burn in Smith-\\nfield, R. I., June 14, 178.5.\\nCivil List.\\nTOWN CLEElvS OF CHESTERFIELD (1770-1885).\\nEphraim Baldwin, 1770 to 1784.\\nJacob .\\\\niidon, 1785 to 1799.\\nSolomon Harvey, ISOO to 1817.\\nAbraham Wood, Jr., 1818 to 1833.\\nGeorge H. Fitch, 1834 to 1835.\\nOscar Coolidge, 1836 to 1838.\\nNelson W. Herrick, 1839 to ls42.\\nWarham R. Platts, 1843 to 1844.\\nSumner Warren, 1845.\\nHarvey Carpenter, 1846 to 1848.\\nJohn 0. French, 1849 to 1852.\\nHenry O. Coolidge, 1853.\\nArza K. Clark, 1854.\\nHenry O. Coolidge, 1855 to 1867.\\nHermon C. Harvey, 1868.\\nHenry O. Coolidge, 1869.\\nHermon C. Harvey, 1870 to 1873.\\nMurray Davis, 1874 to 1875.\\nEdward P. F. Dearborn, 1876.\\nHermon C. Harvey, 1877 to 1882.\\nJames H. Goodrich (2d), 1883 to the present time.\\nSELECTMEN OF CHESTEEFIELD (1767-1885).\\n1767. Simon Davis, John Snow, Jonathan Hil-\\ndreth, Eleazer Cobleigh, Ebenezer Davison.\\n1708-69.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No record.\\n1770. Jonathan Hildreth, Silas Thompson, Elka-\\nnah Day, Thomas Emmous, Nathaniel Bingham.\\n1771. Moses Smith, David Stoddard, Timothy\\nLadd.\\n1772. Same as in 1771.\\n1773. Zerubbabel Snow, Ephraim Baldwin, Mar-\\ntin Warner.\\n1774. Same as in 1773.\\n1775. Nathaniel Bingham, Ephraim Hubbard,\\nStephen Carter, Mose.s Smith, Jr., John Davison.\\n1770. Ephraim Baldwin, Michael Cressey, Sam-\\nuel Hildreth, Moses Smith, ,Tr., Ephraim Hubbard.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0227.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "162\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1777. Samuel Fairbanks, Elisha Rockwood, James\\nRobertson, Nathaniel Bingham, Jonathan Fair (2d).\\n1778. Samuel Hildreth, Moses Smith, Abner\\nJohnson, Kimball Carlton, Jacob Hinds.\\n1779.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan Hildreth, Oliver Cobleigh, War-\\nren Snow.\\n1780. Michael Cressey, Elisha Rockwood, Andrew\\nHastings.\\n1781. Moses Smith, .Ir., Abner Johnson, Samuel\\nKing [Jr.].\\n1782. Samuel King [Jr.], .Jonas Fairbanks, Ab-\\nner Johnson, Moses Smith, Eleazer Jackson.\\n1783. Ebenezer Harvey, Eleazer Ponieroy, Elea-\\nzer Jackson, Captain Davis, Lieutenant\\nFletcher.\\n1784. Benjamin Haskell, Pelcr Stone, Amos Hub-\\nbard.\\n1785. Paul Eager, Jacob Aniidoii, Reuben Graves.\\n1786.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Martin Warner, William Hildreth, ICzra\\nDay.\\n1787. Eleazer Jackson, Michael Cressey, Benja-\\nmin Haskell.\\n1788. Eleazer Jackson, Benjamin Haskell, Silas\\nRichardson.\\n1789. Moses Smith, Abner Joluison, Solomon\\nHarvey.\\n1790.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1789.\\n1791.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1789.\\n1792. Solomon Harvey, John Braley, .Tames\\nWheeler.\\n1793.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eleazer Jackson, Peter Stone, Silas Rich-\\nardson.\\n1794. Same as in 1793.\\n1795. Eleazer Jackson, Silas Richardson, Asahel\\nShurtleff.\\n1796. Eleazer Jackson, Silas Richardson, David\\nStoddard.\\n1797. Michael Cressey, .lacob .Vniidnii, Abraham\\nStearns.\\n1798. Joseph .Vthei ton, Benjamin Haskell, Oliver\\nBrowu.\\n1799.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1798.\\n1800. Eleazer Jackson, James Wheeler, Asahel\\nShurtleft\\n1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Wheeler, Asahel Shurtleir, Joseph\\nPattridge.\\n1802. Martin Pomeroy, Jose()h Pattridge, John\\nDay.\\n1803. Joseph Pattridge, John Day, Ebenezer Har-\\nvey.\\n1804. ,lohn Day, Ebenezer Harvey, Jr., Wilkes\\nRichardson.\\n1805.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1804.\\n1806. John Kneeland, Abraham Stearns, Josiah\\nHastings, Jr.\\n1807.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1806.\\n1808. ^John Kneeland, John Putnam, Araasa\\nMakepeace.\\n1809. John Putnam, Joseph Atherton, Benjamin\\nCook.\\n1810. John Kneeland, Amasa Makepeace, Josiah\\nHastings.\\n1811. Joseph Atherton, Oliver Brown, Phineas\\nHanderson.\\n1812. John Kneeland, Oliver Brown, Levi Jack-\\nson.\\n1813.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1812.\\n1814.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1812.\\n1815. .John Kneeland, Hlijali Scott, Asa Fullam.\\n1816. John Kneeland, Joseph Pattridge, Elijah\\nScott.\\n1817. .Joseph l^attridge, Benjamin Cook, ,Tohn\\nDay.\\n1818. Benjamin Cook, John Day, Robert L. Hurd.\\n1819.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .Same as in 1818.\\n1820. John Kneeland, .lohn I ntiiiim, Robert L.\\nHurd.\\n1821. ,)olin Kneeland, .Idhn Putnam, Nathan\\nWild.\\n1822.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Kneeland, Nathan Wild, Nathaniel\\nWalton.\\n1823.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1822.\\n1824.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1822.\\n1825.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1822.\\n1826. John Kneeland, John Putnam, Orlo Rich-\\nardson.\\n1827. Orlo Richardson, Ezekiel P. Pierce, Na-\\nthaniel Walton.\\n1828. Orlo Richardson, Otis Aniidon, Xathaniel\\nWalton.\\n1829.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Wallcm, Otis Aniidon, Abishai\\nWetherbee.\\n1830. Otis Aniidon, Abishai Wetherbee, John\\nHarris.\\n1831. John Harris, Otis Amidon, Joseph Holden.\\n1832. Joseph Holden, Moses Dudley, ,lohn Har-\\nris.\\n1833.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moses Dudley, .Joseph Holden, Charles Con-\\nverse.\\n1834. Nathaniel Walton, Charles Ckmverse, Orlo\\nRichardson.\\n1835. Orlo Ridiardsoii, Charles Converse, Moses\\nDudley.\\n1836. Ezra Titus, Asa Marsh, Samuel tioodricli.\\n1837. Samuel (ioodrich. Chandler A. Cressey, Al-\\npheus Snow.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0228.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n163\\n1838.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ara Hamilton, Chandler A. Cressey, Al-\\npheus Snow.\\n1839. Alpheus iSnow, Reulien Marsh, Ara Hamil-\\nton.\\n1840. Ara Hamilton, Oscar Coolidse, Mark Cook.\\n1841.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1840.\\n1842. Sam l Goodrich, Reuben Marsh, N. Walton.\\n1843. Ara Hamilton, Reuben Marsh, Nathaniel\\nWalton.\\n1844. Nathaniel Walton, Reuben Marsh, Samuel\\nBurt, Jr.\\n1845 Ara Hamilton, Al]ihens Snow, Parker D.\\nCressey.\\n1846.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Walton, Parker D. Cressey, Jo-\\nseph C. Goodrich.\\n1847. Ezra Titus, Parker T Cressey, Richard\\nHopkins, .Tr.\\n1848. Samuel Burt, Jr., Warham R. Platts, Otis\\nWheeler.\\n184!). Alpheus Snow, Moses Dudley, A rad Fletcher.\\n1850. Chandler A. Cressey, Oscar Coolidge, Ben-\\njamin Pierce.\\n1851.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Warham R. Platts, John M. Richardson,\\nSumner Albee.\\n1852. Joseph C. Goodrich, Arza K. lark, George\\nChamberlain.\\n1853. Arza K. Clark, Alpheus Snow, .Joseph C.\\nGoodrich.\\n1854. James H. Goodrich, Reuben Porter, Asa\\nSmith.\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ebenezer P. Wetherell, OIney Goff, Ransom\\nFarr.\\n1856. ,\\\\rad Fletcher, .Fohn Heywood, John M.\\nRichardson.\\n1857. Same as in 1856.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Arad Fletcher, l^ichard H. Hopkins, Wil-\\nliam Clark.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1858.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rodney Fletcher, Henry O. Coolidge, Tru-\\nman A. Stoddard.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 18G0.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rodney Fletcher, Charles C. P. Goodrich,\\nGeorge Goodrich.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David W. Beckley, Arza K. Clark, Charles\\nC. P. Goodrich.\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1863.\\n1865. David W. Beckley, Henry O. Coolidge, Levi\\nL. Colburn.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1865.\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry O. Coolidge, Eli R. Wellington,\\nFrederick L. Stone.\\n1868. Samuel J. Pattridge, George Goodrich, John\\nW. Davis.\\n1869. George Goodrich, John W. Davis, James\\nH. Goodrich.\\n1870. James H. Goodrich, John B. Fisk, Murray\\nDavis.\\n1S71 ieorge Goodrich, .lames H. Goodrich, Mur-\\nray Davis.\\n1872. Murray Davis, James H. Goodrich, Amos\\nR. Hubbard.\\n1873. Murray Davis, .\\\\mo8 R. Hubbard. George\\nS. Fletcher.\\n1874. James H. (ioodrich (2d), George S. Fletcher,\\nJohn W. Davis.\\n1.S75. .lames H. Goodrich (2d), John L. Streeter,\\nGeorge S. Fletcher.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John L. Streeter, Amos R. Hubbard. Wil-\\nliam Atherton.\\n1877. William .\\\\therton, John L. Streeter, George\\nGoodrich.\\n1878. William Atherton, .Murray Davis, George\\nGoodrich.\\n1879. Murray Davis, George Goodrich, David\\nHolman.\\n1S80.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1879.\\n1881. Jlurray Davis, Larkin D. Farr, David Hol-\\nman.\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1881.\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as in 1881.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Larkin D. Farr, Hazelton Rice, David Hol-\\nman.\\n1885.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Larkin D. Farr, Warren H. Butler, William\\nAtherton.\\nREPRESENTATIVES OF\\nGENERAL COU\\n1775. Archb. Robertson.\\n1776. Michael Cressey.\\n1777. Michael Cressey.\\n1778. Michael Cressey.\\n1779. Nath. Bingham.\\n1780. None chosen.\\n1781. No representative\\nin the New Hampshire\\nLegislature, but Saml.\\nKing, Jr., and Silas\\nThompson represented\\nthe town in the Ver-\\nmont Assembly.\\n1782. Samuel Kingf.lr.].\\n1783. Samuel King [Jr.].\\n1784. Samuel King [Jr.].\\n1785. Ebenezer Harvey.\\n1786. Moses Smith.\\n1787. Moses Smith.\\n1788. Moses Smith.\\n1789. Benjamin Haskell.\\nCHESTERFIELD IN THE\\nRT (1775-1885).\\n1790. Moses Smith.\\n1791. Moses Smith.\\n1792. Eleazer Jackson.\\n1793. Eleazer .Jackson.\\n1794. Simon Willard.\\n1795. Simon Willard.\\n1796. Simon Willard.\\n1797. Eleazer Jackson.\\n1798. Simon Willard.\\n1799. Benjamin Haskell.\\n1800. Benjamin Ha.skell.\\n1801. Simon Willard.\\n1802. Simon Willard.\\n1803. Simon Willard.\\n1804. Simon Willard.\\n1805. Simon AVillard.\\n1806. Simon Willard.\\n1807. Simon ^Villard.\\n1808. Levi Jackson.\\n1809. Levi Jackson.\\n1810. Levi Jackson.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0229.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "164\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1811. Levi Jackson.\\n1812. Phin. Handersou.\\n1813. Phin. Hauderson.\\n1814. Benjamin Cook.\\n1815. Benjamin Cook.\\nPhin. Handerson.\\n181G. Benjamin Cook.\\nJohn Putnam.\\n1817. John Putnam.\\nJoseph Atherton.\\n1818. John Putnam.\\n.Tohn Kneelaud.\\n1819. John Kneeland.\\nBenjamin Cook.\\n1820. John Kneeland.\\n1821. Levi Jackson.\\n1822. .John Kneeland.\\n1828. Ebenezer Stearns.\\n1824. Ebenezer Stearns.\\n1825. John Kneeland.\\n1826. John Putnam.\\n1827. Ezekiel P. Pierce.\\n1828. Orlo Richardson.\\n1829. Orlo Richardson.\\n1830. None chosen.\\n1831. Nathan Wild.\\n1832. Nathan Wild.\\n1833. Otis Amidon.\\n1834. Otis Amidon.\\n1835. Otis Amidon.\\n1836. Charles Converse.\\n1837. Charles Converse.\\n1838. Otis Amidon.\\n1839. Thomas Hardy.\\n1840. Oscar Coolidge.\\nAra Hamilton.\\n1841. Oscar Coolidge.\\nAra Hamilton.\\n1842. Jay Jackson.\\nEdwin Sargent.\\n1843. Ara Hamilton.\\n1844. Jay Jackson.\\nNathaniel Walton.\\n1845. Ara Hamilton.\\nJohn Pierce.\\n1846. Nathaniel Walton.\\nSaml. J. Pattridge.\\n1847. None chosen.\\n1848. Harvey Carpenter.\\n1849. Alpheus Snow,\\n.lohn Harris.\\n1850. John Harris.\\nDavid Hay.\\n1851. David Day.\\n1852. Harvey Carlton.\\nSaml. J. Pattridge.\\n1853. Jos. C. Goodrich.\\n1854. Jos. C. Goodrich.\\n1855. Ara Hamilton.\\n1856. Otis Amidon.\\n1857. Barton Skinner.\\n1858. Barton Skinner.\\n1859. Arad Fletcher.\\n1860. Arad Fletcher.\\n1861. J. M. Richardson.\\n1862. J. M. Richardson.\\n1863. C. C. P. Goodrich.\\n1864. C. C. P. Goodrich.\\n1865. Rich. H. Hopkins.\\n1866. Rich. H. Hopkins.\\n1867. Henry 0. Coolidge.\\n1868. Jas. H. Goodrich.\\n1869. Jas. H. Goodrich.\\n1870. Warren Bingham.\\n1871. George Goodrich.\\n1872. C. C. P. Goodrich.\\n1873. Gordis D. Harris.\\n1874. John F. Butler.\\n1875. John F. Butler.\\n1876. John Harris.\\n1877. John Harris.\\n1878. Oran E. Randall.\\n1879. Oran E. Randall.\\n1881. Murray Davis.\\n1883. John L. Streeter.\\n1885. W. A. Pattridge.\\nDELEGATE.? FROM CHESTERFIELD TO THE fONVEN-\\nTIONS FOE REVISING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE\\nSTATE.\\nIn 1791, Eleazer Jackson in 1850, Ara Hamilton\\nand Moses Dudley in 1876, Jay Jackson.\\nDr. Solomon Harvey was the delegate from Ches-\\nterfield to the convention that ado[)ted the Federal\\nConstitution in 1788.\\nSITI ERVISOKS OF THE CHECK-LIST.\\nEleazer Randall, James H. Goodrich, Russell H.\\nDavis, chosen November, 1878.\\nJohn L. Streeter, Richard A. Webber, William\\nAtherton, chosen November, 1880.\\nRodney Fletcher, John L. Streeter, Richard A.\\nWebber, chosen November, 1882.\\nCharles C. P. Goodrich, Amos R. Hubbard, Her-\\nschel J. Fowler, chosen November, 1884.\\nMEMBERS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE FROM\\nCHESTERFIELD.\\nLevi Jackson, 1812, 13, 14, 15.\\nPhineas Handerson, 1816, 17, 25, 31, 32.\\nNathan Wild, 1833, 34.\\nMurray Davis, 1885.\\nLevi Jackson was also a member of the Council in\\n1816, 17.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.\\nJacob Amidon, born in Mciidon, Mass., in\\nITi or 1754, was in college at the time of the\\ncomnieneement of the Revohition, bnt soon en-\\nlisted in the patriot army, and .served during the\\nmost of the war, with the exception of tvventv-\\neight mouths, during which time he was detained\\na prisoner on a British prison-ship.\\nDecember 23, 1782, he purchased in Chester-\\nfield a portion of lot No. 5, in the eighth range,\\nand probably settled in the to\\\\\\\\n soon after-\\nwards. He resided near the Centre village, on\\nthe farm afterwards owned and occupied many\\nyears by his son Otis, and built the house now\\nowned by the Methodist Society of Chesterfield,\\nand used as a parsonage. He probably engaged\\nin trade for a while after coming to Chesterfield,\\nas he was styled, in the deed of the land he had\\npurchased in this town, a trader. In 17.S5\\nhe was chosen clerk of the town, and held the\\noffice, by successive electious, till ISOO. He\\nwas also selectman in 1785 and 1797.\\nHis wife was Esther, daughter of Timothy\\nLadd. She died March 26, 1852, in her\\nninetieth year. He died Feln-uary 11, 1839,\\naged eighty-five years.\\nOtis Amidox, son of Jaci)b Amidon, born\\nApril 26, 1 794, settled in Chesterfield, after his\\nmarriage, on the old homestead, and continued\\nto reside here as long as he lived, engaging to\\nsome extent in agriculture, and, for a while, in\\ntrade at the Centre village. For many years\\nhe took a prominent part in the affairs of the", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0230.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n165\\ntown and cluircli, serving the former in the\\ncapacity of selectman in 1828, 29, and 31,\\nand representing it in tiie (xeneral Court in\\n1833, 34, 35, 38 and For a long time,\\nalso, he held the otHce of justice of tlie peace,\\nthe duties of which he was well ipialified to\\nperform, and was one of the veteran Scpiires\\nof the town.\\nHe married, in 182o, Nancy, daugiiter of\\nBenjamin (^)oi^, and had only one son that\\nlived to adult age Hon. harles J. Amidon,\\nnow of Hinsdale. He died July 22, 18()6.\\nJoseph Atherton, sonof Oliver Atherton, of\\nHarvard, Mass., and a descendant of James\\nAtherton, of Milton, INIass., was horn August\\n15, 1750. He married, in 1771, Hannah\\nFarnsworth, of Grotou, Mass. June 28, 1794,\\nhe purchased, in Chesterfield, lots Nos. 11 and\\n12, in the fourth range, and soon after settled\\non one of them. The hill on which he lived,\\nand on which he huilt a large dwelling, is now\\ncalled Atherton Hill. He was selectman in\\n179S, 1809, 11, and representative in 1817.\\nHe died .\\\\pril 4, 183!t, honored and respected\\nby his neighbors and townsmen.\\nDr. )r VEf! Baker, son of Dr. Oliver Baker,\\nborn in Plainfield August Hi, 1788, studied\\nmedicine in the Medical Department of Dart-\\nmouth C ollege, under Dr. Nathan Smith. In\\n1809 he settled in Chesterfield, where he prac-\\ntised his profession till 1840. He then removed\\nto West Hartford, Vt., where he remaineil about\\ntwo years. He afterwards practiced in Plain-\\nfield, and in Windsor, Vt. He died at his\\ndaughter s home, in Plainfield, July 4, 1865.\\nEi iiiiAiM Hai,[iwin was in Chesterfield in\\n176. in which year he bought land in this town.\\nHe was town clerk from 1770 to 1785, and\\nselectman in 1773, 74, 76. He was also, for\\n.some time, justice of the peace. His name ap-\\npears for the la.st time on the ta.\\\\-lists for 1790.\\n(For an account of his citation before the New\\nHampshire Assembly, for alleged Toryism, see\\nunder ^\\\\^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(lfth(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 licvdlutiou).\\nNath.\\\\niel Bix(;ham appears to have settled\\nin Chestei-ficld as early as 1767. In the deed\\nof the land purchased by him in this town he\\nwas styled a cooper. He lived on Wetherliee\\nHill, a short distance north of the Centre\\nvillage. He was selectman in 1770, 75 and\\n77 representative in 1779. (For an account\\nof his arrest and imprisonment by Vermont\\nofficers, etc., see under Controversy about the\\nNew Hampshire (Jrants He died April 26,\\n1802, in his seventy seventh vear.\\nAsa BmTT().\\\\,born in Kaynham, ^lass., April\\n30, 1763, settled in Chesterfield in 1790 or 1791,\\nnear Spafford s Lake. From tiiis fiirm ^fr.\\nBritton removed to Ciiesterfield villa ie about\\nthe year 18(_)5, where for manv vears he was an\\nactive, energetic iiusiness man, merchant, sheriff,\\nfarmer, postmaster and justice of the peace.\\nHis business career was a successful one, and\\nhe acquired what in the country, in those earlv\\ndays, was considered a large property, which he\\nenjoyed, and bestowed freely ujion others, until\\npast middle age. Soon after the year 1815 he\\nmet with l)usiness reverses, caused bv the ab-\\nsconding of two successive partners. Old Mrs.\\nBritton, in after-days, used to tell with much\\ngusto a story connected with this iiict. Mr.\\nBritton, or Esquire Britton, as he was called,\\nwas a tall, large man, weighing, perhaps, two\\nhundred pounds, and his success, of course,\\nmade him enemies as well as friends. On the\\noccasion of the decamj)ing of the second of his\\npartners, while the village was ringing with the\\nnews of the gutted store and money-box, a\\nparty of gamins, instigated by the enemy, .set\\nthe cluircli-bell ;dso ringing, and above the noise\\nand confusion of the crowd, which the sound of\\nthe bell at that unusual hour had collected, was\\nheard the cry, ever louder and louder, Great\\nBritton has fallen Great Britton has fidleu\\nMr. Britton died in Chesterfield, June 30, 1849.\\nCapt. Wii,li.\\\\.m S. Brooks, born in Med-\\nford, Mass., March 5, 1781, went on a voyage\\nat sea with his uncle at the age of nine years.\\nlie was in France dtu ing the French Kevoln-\\ntion, and also at the time Napoleon the First", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0231.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "166\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwas at the heigiit of his power. Once, when\\nin tlie Cove of Cork, lie was pressed into\\nthe English navy, and served six months in the\\nroval frigate Diamond. At another time,\\nwhile cruising in tlie English Channel, he was\\neaj)tured twice in one day first by the Eng-\\nlish and then l)y the French. By the latter he\\nwas retained in prison six months, a part of\\nwhich time was occupied in making sails for\\nFrench ships. On his return from France,\\nPresident John Adams appointed him a lieuten-\\nant in the navy, which oflice he declined. He\\nwas engaged for some time in commerce, as com-\\nmiuiler of a merciiant-ves.sels at a jieriod when\\nthe American flag did not always command of\\nforeign nations the respect that it now does, and\\nmany were tiie adventures and hair-breadth\\nscapes that he nsed to relate in tlie later\\nyears of his life.\\nOn retiring from the sea, he settled at Cam-\\nbridge, Mass., where he was po.stmaster four\\nyears. In August, 1821, he came to Chester-\\nfield, and engaged in the manufacture of cotton\\ngoods at Factory village, in which business he\\ncontinued till 1 S. In LS. U), however, he\\nremoved to Brattleborough, but still retained his\\nconnection with the factory. He married, in\\n1807, Eleanor Forman, of Middletown, N. J.\\nHe died in Brattleborough, Vt., April, 1865.\\nCharles C^)NVERSE, sou of Joseph Converse,\\nand a descendant of Deacon Edward Con-\\nverse, of Charlestown, Mass., was born Decem-\\nber 30, 1788. He spent the most of his life in\\nChesterfield, engaged in farming. For many\\nyears he was a justice of the peace, and held\\nthe office of selectman in 1 833-35. He was\\nalso representative in the (n ueral Court in\\n1836-:57. He did September 18, 1858.\\nOsc.\\\\R Cooi.iiMfE, son of Abraham Ccjolidge,\\nof Marlborough, b.)rn July 22, 1798, settled\\nin Chesterfield aljout 1824. He married, in\\n1824, liovina Rockwood, of Fitzwilliam. For\\na period of about eleven years (till 1835) he\\nwas engaged in trade at the West village.\\nHe then removed to the Centre village, where\\nhe continued in the same business till his death,\\nwith the exce])tion of one year, when he was in\\ntrade at Factory village. He also took an\\nactive part in the atlliirs of the town, and was\\nselectman in 1840, 1841 and 1850 town clerk,\\n1836-38; representative, 1840 and 1841. He\\ndied ISIarch 4, 1862, having survived his wife\\nbut a few hours.\\nHis son, Henry O. Coolidge, resided many\\nyears in Chesterfield, but removed to Keene in\\n1869. He is cashier of the Ashuelot National\\nBank, of that city, and register of Probate for\\nCJheshire County.\\nAjios Crot ch, l orn in 1769, son of John\\nCrouch, of Boxborough, Mass., afterwards of\\nChesterfield, settled in this town in 1802 or\\n1803. In his youth lie had no opportunity to\\nattend school nevcrtiielcss, he learned to read\\nand to write his name. In his early manhood\\nhe had to contend with poverty and adversity,\\nbut by liai d lalior and extemc prudence suc-\\nceeded in gaining some property. lie was\\nnoted for his promptness in paying his debts, and\\nwith him the first of the month was always\\nthe first day. A strict observer of the Sab-\\nbath himself, he l)rought up his children to\\nattend chiu-ch, and would not allow them to\\nplay or visit on that day. He was married\\nthree times. He died August 18, 1861.\\nJohn Dahlixc;, from Winchcndon, Mass.,\\nappears to have settled in Chesterfield in 1778,\\nin which year he bought land here.\\nHe was one of the ])arty that made the\\nfamous march to (Quebec in 1775, under com-\\nmand of Benedict Arnold, through the wilder-\\nness of Maine. On this march the men suflPered\\nextremely from cold and iituiger. flohn used to\\nrelate that, having; one dav found the les of a\\ndog that had been killed for food, he scorched\\noff the hair and ate every morsel of flesh and\\nskin that he coulil get from it. He declared\\nthat he never ate anything in his life that tasted\\nbetter! At one time, while in the army, he\\ncame near dying of small-pox. He probably\\nsettled in Chesterfield soon after buvinur his land", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0232.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n167\\nhe and his wife (according to a tradition iu the\\nfamily) coming from AVinchciidon on foot. His\\nfirst wife (Sarah Blood, of Jroton, Mass.) died\\nin 1804. He afterwards married twice. He\\nwas au active, enterprising man, and at one time\\nowned an extensive tract of timber-land in the\\nWinchester woods, from which he cut large\\nquantities of lumber, sawing it in a mill erected\\nfor that purpose, then drawing it to the Con-\\nnecticut and rafting it down to Hartford. He\\ndied Marcii 28, 1824, in his seventy-third year.\\nSa.miel Davis settled in Chesteriield as\\nearly as 1766. There are reasons for believing\\nthat he was the son of Samuel Davis, of Lunen-\\nburgh, Mass., who was pmbably one of the\\ngrantees of Chesteriield. He owne l much laud\\nin Chesterfield at different times, having pos-\\nsession, at one time, of a part of the Governor s\\nfarm. (For the part that he took in the con-\\ntroversy about the New Hampshire Grants,\\nand for au account of his attempt to break u|)\\ntlie Inferior (Jourt at Keene, see under Con-\\ntroversy about the New Hampshire Grants\\nHe appears to have removed from this town\\nabout 1790.\\nSamuel Fairbanks was in Chesterfield in\\n1776, which year he signed the Association\\nTest.\\nHe was one of the town Cotnmittee of Safety,\\nand appears to have been one of the most zealous\\npatriots in the town. He was also selectman in\\n1777. In his will, made August 9, 1787, and\\nproved June 16, 1790, he bequeathed all his\\nproperty to his wife, for the support of his\\nchildren, and named his son Zenas sole executor.\\nHe died April 14, 1790, in his seventy-first\\nyear.\\nMarsiiai,e H. Fare, son of Ora Farr, born\\nin Chesterfield January 16, 1817, was a car-\\npenter by trade, and resided in Chesterfield till\\n1854, when he removed to Canada West\\n(Ontario), where he engaged extensively in the\\nconstruction of railway and other buildinos.\\nMarch 12, 1857, the train on which he was\\nriding was precipitated into the Des Jardins\\nCanal by the breaking of a bridge, near\\nHamilton, P. and he received injuries that\\ncaused his death in a few hours.\\nDenxie \\\\V. Fakk, son of Worcester and\\nAbial (Kueeland) Farr, born in Chesterfield\\nJanuary 7, 1840, was scrying as a clerk in a\\nstore in Brattleborough, Vt., when the Civil War\\nbroke out. He st)on enlisted in the Fourth\\nRegiment of Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and\\nwas commissioned second lieutenant. August\\n13, 1862, he was commissioned laptain of\\nCompany C, in the same regiment, in which\\ncapacity he served with honor. At the battle\\nof the Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, he was\\nkilled by a shot that struck him in the head.\\nThomas FisK, born 1774, son of John Fisk,\\nof Framingham, Mass., and a descendant of\\nNathaniel Fisk, who came from England, came\\nto Chesterfield in 1807, and settled on the farm\\nnow owned and occupied by his son, John B.\\nFisk, Esq., building the large house in which\\nthe latter now lives. When about two years\\nold he had an attack of scarlet fever, which\\ncaused him to be deaf and, consequently, duml\\nHe learned, nevertheless, to read, and to cipher\\nin the four fundamental rules of ai ithmetic. At\\nthe age of fifty years he was admitted to the\\nschool for deaf-mutes, at Hartford, Conn., for\\nthe term of one year. He made rapid progress,\\nand acquired knowledge that was of great use\\nto him during the remaining years of his life.\\nHis wife was Lucinda Trowbridge, of Pomfrct,\\nConn. He died July 25, 1861.\\nSamuel Goodrich, born in Fitchburg, Mass.,\\nSeptember 6, 1788, .settled in Chesterfield\\nin IS 1.3, on the farm now owned and oc-\\ncupied by Willard Henry, and where he con-\\ntinued to reside till his death. He was a man\\nof great industry and perseverance, and his life\\nwas one of ceaseless activity. Though not an\\nextensive farmer, in comparison with some, he\\nwas nevertheless a successful one and his suc-\\ncess in this respect is a fine illustration of what\\nintelligent and well-directed effort can accom-\\nplish in overcoming natural obstacles.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0233.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "168\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHis wife was Hannah Cain, of Weymouth,\\nMass. lu 183G, ;j7 and 42 he held the ollice\\nof selectman. He died Jaunary 1, 1877.\\nDavid W. G( )oi )urcH, from Gill, Mass., settled\\nin Chesterfield alxiut ISlO. He was a cloth-\\ndresser by trade, and had n mill on Catsbane\\nBrook, at the West village. After following\\nhis trade for some years, he engaged in farming.\\nHis wife was Salome, danghter of Benjamin\\nWheeler. He died at the Kneeland place\\n(now owned and occupied by his son, Charles\\nC. P. Goodrich, Esq.), March 22, 1 857.\\nWilliam Haile, son of John and Eunice\\n(Henry) Haile, was born in I utney, Vt., ATay,\\n1807. At the age of alxiut fourteen years he\\ncame to this town witli his parents, but was\\nsoon afterwards taken into the family of Ezekiel\\nP. Pierce, Sr., with whom he lived till he was\\nabout twenty-one years old. Having attended\\nschool about two years, he entered, in 1823, Mr.\\nPierce s store as a clerk. In 1827 or 1828 he\\nborrowed a small sum of money and opened a\\nstore on his own account at the Centre village.\\nWith characteristic sagacity, he soon foresaw,\\nhowever, that Hinsdale was destined to become\\na busy and thriving town on account of the\\nabundance of power furnished by the Ashuelot\\nRiver. He therefore, in 1S. {4 or 1835, re-\\nmoved to that town where he continued to en-\\ngage in mercantile pursuits until 1846, when he\\nbecame interested in the lumber business. In\\n1849 he began, as a member of the firm of\\nHaile Todd, the manufacture of cashmercttes.\\nAfterwards the name of tlie firm was changed to\\nthat of Haile, Frost fV)., by which name\\nit is known at present.\\nTiiough extensively engaged in business, Mr.\\nHaile took a prominent part in political affairs.\\nWith the exception of two years, he represented\\nHinsdale in the General Court from 184G to\\n1854; was elected to the New Hampshire Sen-\\nate in 1854 and 1855, of which body he was\\nalso president the latter year, and was again\\nelected representative in 1850. The next year\\nhe was elected Governor, to which office he was\\nre-elected in 1858. In 1873 he removed from\\nHinsdale to Keene, where he had built a fine\\nresidence. He did not cease, however, t( take\\nan active part in business till his death, which\\noccurred July 22, 1876. Mr. Haile married, in\\n182s, Sabrana S., daughter of Arza Walker, of\\nChesterfield.\\nPhineas Handerhox, son of Gideon and Abi-\\ngail (Church) Handerson, was born in Amherst,\\nMass., December 13, 1778. He was born in\\nhis grandfather s house, whicli was torn down,\\nwhen it was more than a hundred years old, to\\nmake room for the Agricultural College. While\\nhe was yet an infant his parents removed to\\nClaremont, this State, his mother making the\\njourney on horseback and carrying him in her\\narms. Having obtained what education the\\ncommon .schools of tiiat town afforded, he began\\nthe study of law in the office of Hon. George B.\\nUpham. In 1805 or 1806 he settled in this\\ntown, in which he pracliced his profession till\\n1833. While a resident of Chesterfield he fre-\\nquently held town and State offices. In 1811\\nhe was selectman in 1X12, 181. and 1.S15 he\\nrepresented the town in the General Court in\\n1816 he was elected State Senator, an office to\\nwhich he was re-elected in 1817, 1825, 1831\\nand 1832. He married, 1818, Hannah W.,\\ndaughter of Rev. Samuel Mead, of alpole.\\nShe died December 30, 1863. In 1833 he re-\\nmoved to Keene, where he continued the prac-\\ntice of law. At the time of his death, in March,\\n1854, he was president of the Cheshire bar.\\nThe Harris Familv. The founder of the\\nHarris family in Chesterfield was Abner Harris,\\na probable descendant of Arthur Harris, who\\nemigrated from England to America at an early\\nperiod, and was living in Dnxbury, Mass., in\\n1640. Abner Harris came from Woodstock,\\nConn., and appears to have settled in Chester-\\nfield in 1777. His will was proved August 23,\\n1798.\\nOne of his sons was Jolui Harris, who lived\\nand died in Chesterfield. John married, in\\n1783, Hannah Colburn, of this town, and had a", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0234.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n169\\nfamily of eleven chiklreu, three of whom are\\nnow living, the youngest being more than eighty\\nyears old. The clilest of the three, Wilder Har-\\nris, l)orn ]\\\\Iay 11, 17!)7, now resides in Brattle-\\nborough, Vt., but was a resilient of this town\\ntill l,Sfj.5.\\nAnother son of John Harris and brother of\\nWilder Harris was John Harris, Jr. He was a\\nfarmer in Chestertield, and married, in 1808,\\nLuna, daughter of Abel Fletcher, of this town.\\nHe was selectman in lS.3()-. ?2, and represented\\nthe town in the Legislature in 1849-50. He\\ndied Febi uary 27, l.S5(!, aged seventy-one\\nyears.\\nA third son of John Harris, Sr., was Norman\\nHarris. He was engaffcd a number of vears in\\nmercantile business and in packing in Cali-\\nfornia. He died at Bellows Falls, Vt., July 22,\\n1875, aged seventv-oue vears.\\nTwo other sons of John Harris, Sr., Ezekiel\\nand P]rastus, were farmers in Chesterfield dur-\\ning the greater part of their lives. Both died\\nin Brattleliorough in 185i).\\nCai T. Ebkxkzek Hakvky wasof Northfield,\\nMass., in 1758, having come to that town from\\nSunderland. He appears to have removed from\\nNorthtield to Winchester, and from that town\\nto Chesterfield. September 17, 1772, he pur-\\nchased of Elkanah Day, of this town, a part of\\nhouse-lots Nos. 5 and 5, in the tenth and\\neleventh ranges. This land was near the com-\\nmon at the Centre village, which was mentioned\\nin the deed as having been conveyed to the\\ntown. In June, 1777, he was sentenced by the\\nCourt of inquiry at Kcene to be confined to\\nthe limits of his farm and to pay a fine for al-\\nleged hostility to the American cause. Pie\\nappears also to have been a zealous partisan of\\nVermont in the controversy about the New\\nHampshire Grants. He was selectman in\\n1783 and 1803; representative in 1785. He\\nwas the first jiostmaster in Chesterfield com-\\nmissioned by the United States, holding the\\noffice from 1802 to 1810. He died in 1810.\\nOne of his sons, Rufus Harvey, Sr., lived and\\ndied in Che.sterfield. For many years he (Rufus)\\nwas a deputy sheriff for the county of Cheshire.\\nDi!. Solomon Hakvey was in Dummerston,\\nVt., in 1778, of which town he was clerk sev-\\neral years. He appears to have settled in Ches-\\nterfield in 1775 or 1776, and to have taken an\\nactive part in the affiiirs of the town during the\\nWar of the Revolution. In 1788 he repre-\\nsented Chesterfield in the convention that\\nadopted the Federal Constitution. He was se-\\nlectman in 1789-92; town clerk, 1800-17.\\nHe probalJy died in Chesterfield after 1820.\\nBen.f. H.AsKELLwasin Chesterfield in 1784.\\nHe appears to have settled on lot No. 12 or 13,\\nin the thirteenth range. Justice of the j)eace\\nselectman, 1784, 1TS7, 1788, 1798, 1799; rep-\\nresentative, 1789, 1799, 1800. Some of his de-\\nscendants now live at Ascott, Lower (Canada\\nbut whether he himself removed to that town\\nhas not Ix en ascertained. He removed from\\nChesterfield, however, between 1815 and 1819.\\nEleazek Jackson, supposed to have been\\na descendant of Edward Jackson, who came\\nfrom London, ICiigland, and settled in what is\\nnow Newton, Mass, as early as 1643, was born\\nMay 12, 1736 In 1767 he was in Walpole,\\nMass., but afterwards removed to Wrentham,\\nand thence, in 1771, to Dudley. He was\\noriginally a clothier by trade. October 6,\\n1778, he took a deed of eighty-two acres of\\nland in Chesterfield, upon which he settled.\\nThis laud is a part of the farm on which his\\ngrandson, Jay Jackson, now resides, and has\\nalways been, since I77S, owned by members of\\nthe Jackson family. He was selectman in\\n1782, S3, 87, 88, 93- 9(i and 1800; repre-\\n.sentative in 92, 93, 97. In 1791 he was the\\ndelegate from Chesterfield to the convention for\\nrevising the onstitution of the State. He died\\nNoveml)er 11, 1814. His wife was ]\\\\achel\\nPond, who died March 12, 1S;J6, at the great\\nage of ninety-six years.\\nOne of his sons, Enoch Jackson, married\\nMartha, daughter of Andrew I hillips, and\\nlived on the paternal farm till 1837, when he", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0235.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "170\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nremoved to Winhall, Vt., where he died at the\\nag;e of nearly eighty-four years. He was a\\nIII it 0(1 )H di strian and seldom made use of a\\nhorse in performing long journeys. His soij,\\nJay Jackson, still resides on the ancestral farm,\\nas mentioned above, and is a well-known farmer.\\nLevi Jacksox, son of Eleazer Jackson, was\\none of the most intellectual men that Chester-\\nfield has ever produced. Of him his nephew,\\nJay Jackson, writes as follows\\nIII a history of the town of Chesterfield, justice to\\nthe memory of Hon. Levi Jackson seems to require\\nsomething more tlian the Inire mention of his name;\\nfor probably no one ha. (lone more for the honor of\\nthe town, or to elevate the moral and intellectual\\nstandard of the community in which he moved.\\nThe youthful years of Levi were principally spent\\nin company with his father and brothers in clearing\\nup and cultivating their new farm but he manifested\\na desire to obtain a better education than the common\\nschools of that day were calculated to impart, and tfjld\\nhis father that he thought he might afford to send one\\nof his numerous family of boys to college. Improving\\nhis meagre common-school privileges, and dividing\\nthe remainder of his time between his labors upon the\\nfiirm and his fireside studies, with the benefit of a few\\nmonths at the then infant institution of Chesterfield\\nAcademy, he cjualified himself for college, and entered\\nDartmouth in 1797, two years in advance. Graduat-\\ning in 1799, his services were immediately secured by\\nthe trustees of Chesterfield Academy as preceptor of\\nthat institution, which position he held for six con-\\nsecutive years. During this time the academy ac-\\nquired an enviable reputation as a literary institution.\\nP(jssessing a fine personal appearance, an una.ssumed\\ndignity and firmness, yet easy and pleasant in his\\nmanners and conversation, it was said of him that he\\ncommanded both the love and the fear of his pupils\\nand the respect of all.\\nOn retiring from the preceptorshij) of the acad-\\nemy, he engaged in trade at Chesterfield Centre, and\\ncontinued in that business during the remainder of\\nhis life. He was a member of the N. H. House of\\nRepresentatives in 1808, 09, 10 and II, and again in\\n21 a member of the State Senate in 1812, 13, 14, and\\n15, and of the Council in 181G and 17. Modest and\\nunaspiring in his deportment (unlike many of our\\nmodern politicians), the ofiices of honor and trust that\\nhe lield were unbought and unsought by him, but be-\\nstowed upon him by an appreciative constituency in\\nconsideration of his eminent qualifications for the same.\\nA man of temperate habits and strong constitu-\\ntion, in the full strength and vigor of life and useful-\\nness, and with a pros[)ect liefore him amounting to\\nnearly a certainty that, if his life was spared, he\\nwould soon be called to fill the highest ofiice in the\\ngift of the State, his unexpected death, which occurred\\nAugust 30, 1821, at the age of 49, was a severe loss to\\nthe toW U, the State and the community, and brought\\ndeep mourning upon his family and friends; but his\\nmemory will be cherished while virtue, honesty and\\nintelligence are justly appreciated.\\nS.VMi Ki. KiN(i, .son iif Dr. Samuel King, ap-\\npears to have settled in Ciie.stertield about 177.\\nHe probalily came from Petei sham, Mass. He\\n\\\\va.s lie of the most conspicuous characters in\\nthe history of the town. In 1776 he refused\\nto sign the A.ssociation Test, and in June,\\n1777, he was summoned before the court of\\ninquiry, at Keene, as being inimical to the\\nUnited Statt^K of America; was tried and\\nsentenced to pay a fine and to ])e ctmfined\\nto the limits of his farm. hen the contro-\\nversv about the Grants was at its heisj-ht,\\nlie espoused the cau.se of erlllont, and la-\\nbored strenuously to effect the tuiion of the\\ndisaffected towns with that State, and at one\\ntime held a commission as colonel in the\\nVermont militia. According to the rec-\\nords of the (Superior Court of Cheshire County,\\nhe was indicted at the .same time with Samuel\\nDavis, for attempting to break up the Inferior\\nCourt in September, 17S2 luit this indictment\\nwas (juashed. In 17S1 he was chosen, to-\\ngether with Deacon Silas Thompson, to repre-\\nsent Chesterfield in the General Assembly of\\nVermont, and was .selectman the same and the\\nfollowing year. In I 7 s2, 8.3 ami 84 he repre-\\nsented the town in the General C ourt of New\\nHamp.shire. He died September 13, 1785, in\\nhis thirty-fourth year, and was buried in the\\nold town grave-yard at the Centre village. In\\nhis will, which was made twelve days before\\nhis death, he devi.sed the use of his farm to his\\nfather and mother, and made certain provisions\\nrespecting his sisters and children. The ap-\\npraised value of his estate was \u00c2\u00a32497 9s. 4d.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0236.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "CHESTKRFIKLU.\\n171\\nJoHX KxEEi^Axn, sou of Timothy Kneeland,\\nand brother of the cclohrated Abiier Kiiee-\\nlaiiil, was born in Ganhier, Mass., in 1766\\nor 67. He was a carjyontcr by trade, and\\nhelped build, in 17!Kl, the large si(uare house,\\nnear tlie West viUane, now owned and occupied\\nby Ira D. Farr. He lived a few years after his\\nmarriage in Dmiimcrstoii, Vt., but returned\\nto C hesterfield about 17!I7. He resided many\\nyears on the farm now owned and occujiied by\\nCharles C. P. (Joodrich, Escj., and whieh has\\nlong been known as the Squire Kneeland\\nfarm. He was a justice of the peace for many\\nyears, and held the office of selectman longer\\nthan it has ever been held by any other person\\nsince the town was ini-orporated, viz.: 1806,\\nOS, 10, 12-16, 20-26, or sixteen years in\\nall. He was also representative lSlS-2(), 22\\nand 25. He died February 9, 1850.\\nBenjamix Li.oyd JNIaksh, son of Captain\\nReuben and Mary (Wetherbee) Marsh, was born\\nin t hesterfield November 8, 182; AViiile a\\nyoung man he went to Boston, and became, in\\n1851, a member of the great drv-ooods tirm of\\nJordan, Marsh A: Co., the senior partner of\\nwhich is Eben I). Jordan. Mr. Marsh re-\\ntained his connection with this firm till his\\ndeath, which occurre(l .June 1. 1865, having\\nshared in all the struggles, vicissitudes and\\ntriumphs of the house. His brother, Charles\\nMarsh, is si ill a member of the same iirm.\\nLevi Mead, son of Matthew Mead, was\\nixrn in Lexington, Mass., October 14, 1751).\\nSoon after the A\\\\ ar of the Revolution began he\\nenlisted in the American army, and served dur-\\ning the whole war. In 1 7S2 he married Betsey,\\ndaughter of Joseph Converse, who settled in\\nChesterfield about 1704.\\nIn October, 1800, he purchased of Asa Brit-\\nton, of this town, what is l n jwn as the Mead\\nfarm, having a frontage on the main street, at\\nthe Centre village, extending from the old\\nback road (leading westward, and now dis-\\nused) to the Dr. Tyler place. In the sjiring\\nof 1801 became to Chesterfield with his fam-\\nily, and occu])ied the next house south of the\\nTyler place, which he kept as a tavern. In\\n181 he built the present hotel at the Centre\\nvillage, long known as the iVfead tavern.\\nJn 1802 he was appointed leputy shcrilf Cor\\nCheshire otnity, and held this oflice many\\nyears. He died April 2! 1828.\\nLai!KIn(J. ^[^;A|), born in Lexington, Mass.,\\nOctober 2, 17!)5, was the son of Levi Mead.\\nHe was educated at the Chesterfield Academy\\nand at Dartmouth College, and then read law\\nwith Hon. Phinens Handerson. For nianv\\nyears he was a prominent member of the Cheshire\\nbar. He was a man of culture, and possessed\\nrare business qualities. He was ever foremost in\\npromoting the cause of edncatiim, and took\\ngreat interest in the public schools. Jn 18;?!\u00c2\u00bb\\nhe removed to Brattleborongh, where he resided\\nthe remainder of his life, and where he con-\\ntinued to jiracticc his profession. He procured\\nthe chai ter fiir the first savings-bank in Ver-\\nmont, now called the ermont Savings-Bank\\nof Brattleborongh, and was treasurer of the\\ninstitiitiiiM about twentv-five vears. In 1846\\nhe was a nicniln i of the A erniont Senate. He\\ndied July 6, I. Si;!).\\nHis wife was Mary Jane, daughter of Hon.\\nJohn \\\\oyes, of Putney, \\\\t. )ne of his sous\\nis the well-known sculptor, Larkin G. Mead,\\nJr., who was born in Chest( rfield January :i,\\n1835, but removed to Brattleborongh with his\\n]\u00c2\u00bbarcnts in 1830. In 1S62 he went to Florence,\\nItaly, where he has since re.sided the greater\\npart of the time. Among the most ini]iortaiit\\nof his works are the Recording An\u00c2\u00abjel, the\\ncolossal statue Vermont, Ethan Allen,\\nThe Returned Soldier, (Jolumbus Last\\nAp])eal to Isabella, America, the bronze\\nstatue of Abraham Lincoln, Venice, the Bride\\nof the Sea, etc.\\nJohn Pieuoe, came to Chesterfield from\\nGroton, j\\\\Iass., between 1770 and 1776.\\nAccording to ti adition, he .served in the last\\nFrench and Indian Wnv. On coming to Ches-\\nterfield, he a])pears to have located at what is", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0237.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "172\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nnow the Centre village, where he may have kept\\na small store. At the same time he owned a\\nlarge (juantity of land in the town, much of\\nwhich he is said to have sacrificed to the cause\\nof liberty during the War of the Revolution.\\nTogether with others of this town, he also took\\njiart in tlie battle of Bennington, probably as\\nan indcj)endent volunteer. April 19, 1782, he\\npurchased of Samuel Davis Converse the\\nwestern half (the other half lying iu iSpalfbrd s\\nLake) of lot No. 12, in the tenth range, on\\nwhich he built a house. Here he passed the\\nremaining years of his life, erecting, after a\\nwhile, a larger and more commodious house\\nnear the highway that formerly led from the\\nCentre village to Westmoreland. Me died July\\n7, IS] 2, aged sixty-nine years.\\nEzKKiEL P. PiERCT., son of Joiui and Tabi-\\ntha (Porter) Pierce, was born Ajiril 20, 1785,\\nand spent the most of his life in Ches-\\nterfield. About 1821 he opened a store at\\nthe Centre village, where he also kept a tavern\\nfor some time. He afterwards engaged in trade\\nfor a while at Factory village, and in London-\\nderry, Vt. The first patent accelerating\\nwheel-heads, for spinning wool, that were\\nmade in Chesterfield, were manufactured by\\nhim at Factory village, probably about 1820.\\nHe also engaged to some extent in the manu-\\nfacture of bits and augers. In 1827 he repre-\\nsented the town in the (icneral Court. He died\\nMay 23, 18()5.\\nWarham R. Pi.atts, son of Captain Joseph\\nPlatts, of Rindge, born July 18, 1792, married\\nSyrah Harvey iu 1821, and settled in Chester-\\nfield. For about twenty-one years he was post-\\nmaster at the Centre village. He was also, for\\nmany years, a de])uty sheriff for Cheshire\\nCounty, and for a while sheriff of the county.\\nHe was always interested in the affairs of the\\ntown and in national polities. In 1848 and\\n1S51 he held the office of selectman, and\\nwas town clerk in 184;)-41. He died February\\n21, 1872.\\nJohn Pctnam, born in Winchester May 10,\\n1761, came to Chesterfield in his boyhood, and\\nlived in the family of Ebeuezer Harvey, Sr. Iu\\n1779 he enlisted in Colonel Hercules Mooney s\\nfegin)ent,and served for a while. This regiment\\nwas ordered to march to Rhode Island. In 1801\\nhe married Mary, daughter of Joseph Con-\\nverse, and lived many years at the entre vil-\\nlage, in the large house that once stood near the\\nsouth side of the common, and which was\\nburned about 1 845. Though he commenced life\\nin very humble circumstances, he succeeded,\\nby his sagacity and perseverance, iu acquir-\\ning a considerable fortune, owning much tim-\\nber-land in the Winchester woods. For a\\nnumber of years he was one of the trustees of\\nthe academy, and served the town in the ca-\\npacity of selectman in the years 1808, 09, 20,\\n21 26. He also rejiresented the town in the\\nLegislature in 1816, 17. 18 and 26. He died\\nNovember 17, 1849, at the age of eighty-eight\\nyears.\\nEleazer Randall, son of Eleazer and\\nClarissa (Wheeler) Randall, was born in Ches-\\nterfield February 27, 1820. Having learned\\nthe carj^enter s trade when a young man, he en-\\ngaged pretty extensively, from about 1850 till\\n1860, in the construction of railway aud other\\nIniildings in Vermont, Western Canada aud\\nMichigan, being associated, most of the time,\\nwith Marshall H. Farr and his own brothers,\\nShubel H. and (teorge Randall. He married,\\nin 1846, Elvira Rumrill, of Hillsborough\\nBridge. From 1860 till the time of his death\\nhe enwaoed in farming, iu Chesterfield, on the\\nfarm that lie had owned and managed since 1850,\\nand which is now owned by his sons, Orau E.\\nand Frederick R. Randall. He died .hdy .0,\\n1882.\\nSilas Richardson, a descendant of John\\nRichardson, who came to this country from\\nEngland, appears to have settled in this town\\nabout 1776, having come from Mendon, Mass.\\nHe was one of the original trustees of Ches-\\nterfield Academy, aud was selectman in 1788,\\n1793-96. He died in 1803. His wife was", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0238.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n173\\nSilence Daniels, of Medway, Mass., and one of\\nhis sons Orlo Rifliardson, mai-ried Nancy Wild,\\nof tiiis town, and settled here. In 1826-28, 34,\\n35, he (Orlo) also held the office of selectman,\\nand represented the town in the Lcgislatnre in\\n1828-29. lie died May 27, l,S.-)2. His son,\\n.John i\\\\Iilton Richardson, Ixirn November 25,\\n1807, is a tarmei and jnstirc of flie peace in\\nChesterfield.\\nAhciiihai.I) RoBKirrsDN, burn in Edinburgh,\\nScotland, in 170S, emigrated to America in\\n1754, with his wife, Elizabeth (Wats(in), and\\nchildren, James, William, John and Anna\\nArchibald and his wife were dissenters from the\\nold-established Church of Scotland, and joined\\nwith the New Disciples. Their names ap-\\npear among tho.se of the subscribers for the\\nnew book of Confession of Faith, a eoj)y of\\nwhich is now in possession of their great-grand-\\nson, Timothy N. Robertson. They came to\\nChesterfield (having lived a few years near\\nBoston), after their son James had settled here,\\nl)Ut just how long after has not been ascei tained.\\nDecember 14, 1775, .Vrchibald was chosen to\\nrepresent Chesterfield and Hinsdale in the\\nProvincial Congress that was to assemble at\\nExeter the 21st day of the same month, being\\ntlie first person ever chosen by the town for\\nsuch purpose. After living here a number of\\nvears he removed to Brattleborongh, or Ver-\\nnon, Vt. He died in Rrattleborough in 1803.\\nJamks R()iiEr,Ts()X,son of Archibald Robert-\\nson, born in Scotland March 8, 1741, came to\\nthis country with his father in 1754. For a\\nfew years after coming to this country he\\nworked in old Dunstable and vicinity, and,\\njtrobably, also took part in the last French and\\nIndian War. In the summer of 1762 he came\\nto Chesterfield, and began to prepare a home\\nfor himself and future wife. The place where\\nhe built his cabin is about thirty rods west of\\ntiie present residence of his grandson, T. N.\\nRobertson. When the war broke out between\\nthe mother-country and the American colonies\\nhe ardently espoused the cause of the latter.\\nthough a Briton by birth. lu September, 1776,\\nhe enlisted in Captain Houghton s company of\\nColonel Nalium Baldwin s regiment. In 1777\\nhe was a lieutenant in Colonel Ashley s regi-\\nment, but the date of his commission lias not\\nbeen ascertained. He was, also, at one time a\\nmember of the town Committee of Safi^tv.\\nDuring the I ontroversy about the New Hamji-\\nshire Grants he was firm in his opposition to\\nthe Vermont party, by some of whom he ap-\\npears to have been rather roughly treatetl.\\nHe died March li\u00c2\u00bb, 1830. His first wife was\\nSarah Bancroft, of Dun.stable (now Tyngsbor-\\nough), ilass. She died .lune 28, 17!)8, in her\\nfifty -fiftli year.\\nElisha RocKwodi), born in (iroton, ]\\\\Iass.,\\nNovember 20, 1740, purcha-sed in Chesterfield,\\nin 1769, the larger part of housedots Nos. 7\\nand 8, in the tenth range. In his deed he was\\nstyled a clothier. He took a prominent j)art\\nin the aftairs of the town during the War of\\nthe Revolution, being one of the town Com-\\nmittee of Safety in 1777. He also was select-\\nman the same year and in 1780. He died Feb-\\nruary 13, 1832.\\nThe Saho knt Family. The founder of the\\nSargent family in Chesterfield was Erastus Sar-\\ngent, a great-grandson of Digory Sargent, of\\nMassachusetts, who was killed by the Indians\\nabout 1704, and whose wife and children were\\ncaptured and taken to Canada. Erastus mar-\\nried Annas, daughter of Warren Snow, of\\nChesterfield, and lived many years here, fin-\\nally removing to Stukely, P. Q., where he\\ndied August 24, 1847, aged se\\\\enty-five yeai s.\\nOne of his sons, Edwin Sargent, married Sally,\\ndaughter of David Stoddard, of this town, and\\nlived here the most of his life. He represented\\nthe town in the General Court in 1842. One\\nof his sons, Charles R. Sargent, engaged to a\\nconsiderable extent, in his earlier years, in\\nschool-teaching l nt at the time of his death,\\nwhich occurred in Hinsdale April 2, 1880, he\\nwas one of the commissioners of Cheshire\\nCounty, to which office he had been twice elected.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0239.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "174\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWm. Shiirt[J-:ff came to Chesterfield from\\nEllington, Conn., in ITS?, and died here in\\n1801. His wife was Hannah Cady, and one\\nof his nine children was lloswell ShiirtlefF,\\nhorn Augu.st 29, 1773. At the age of about\\nnineteen years Rosvvell entered (-hesterfield\\nAcademy, where he studied Latin, going\\ntiirough Ho.ss s Grammar in just two weeks.\\nOne of his mates at the academy was Tjevi\\nJackson, who was afterwards his classmate and\\nroom-mate at I)artmoutli College. After a\\nwhile he took up the study of Greek, and went\\nthrough the Westminstei (ireok Grammar\\nin one week. In 1797 he and .laelcson\\nentered Dartnniuth two years in advance, and\\ngraduated in 1799. From 1800 to 1804 he\\nwas tutor in that college; from 1804 to 1827,\\nprofessor of divinity; from 1827 to 1838,\\nprofessor of mora! jihilosiipiiy and pcilitical\\neconomy. For nearly twenty years he was\\nalso college jireacher, and pastor of the church\\non Hanover Plain. He was a man of great\\nintellectual force, an exci llent teacher and a\\ndevoted friend to all young men who were\\nstriving to obtain an education. He died at\\nHanover Fel)rnary 4, 18(il, in his eighty-\\neighth year.\\nMttsEs SiriTH, the first settler of Chesterfield,\\nwas of Iveicester, Mass., in 1738, where he\\nowned laud |)urchased of John Nobles, oi\\nNorwicli, i)nn. In 17(J1 he was of Hins-\\ndale, as was stated in the deed of the land\\nwhich he purchased in liestcrtield that year.\\nHis wife was Elizal)etii who died July 2(),\\nin hersixty-firslyear. He was selectman in 1777,\\n1771-72. The inscription on his gravestone is\\nas follows In memory of Ensio-n Moses\\nSmith, the first settler in hesterfield, who de\\nparted this life Dec. y 30th, 1780, in y 75th\\nyear of his age. He was buried in the town\\ngraveyard, situated near the river road and\\na short distance south of the residence of\\nC!harles C. P. Goodrich, Esc^.\\nMoses Smith, Jr., son of Mo.ses Smith, the\\nfirst settler, married, in 17(j8, Phebe, daughter\\nof John Snow, of Chesterfield. He M-as one of\\nthe first settlers in the eastern {)art of the town,\\nhaving purchased, December 25, 17()4, lot No.\\n12, in the sixth range. He was lientenant in\\n1777, and justice of the ])eace for many years.\\nHe was also one of the original trnstees of the\\nacademy. During the controversy about the\\nNew Hampshire (Ji-ants he espoused the\\ncause of Vermont, and at one time the New\\nHampshire government gave orders for his\\narrest. He held the office of selectman in\\n1775, 7G, 7S, 81, 89-91, and was repre-\\nsentative in 1786-88, 90, 91. About 1824\\nhe removed, \\\\vith his son Moses, Jr., to Pike,\\nAllegany County, N. Y., where he died about\\n1830, aged eighty -seven years.\\nJohn Snow appears to have settled in Ches-\\nterfield in 17()2, which year he and Moses\\nSmith built the first saw-mill erected in tlic\\ntowu. He probably lived on (ir near what\\nwas afterwards the town jtoor-tarm. He un-\\ndoubtedly came from some town in ]\\\\Iassa-\\nehusetts. He was selectman in 17(17, and died\\nMay 12, 1777, in his seventy-second year.\\nOne of liis sons, Zerubbabel Snow, married\\nMary Trowbridge, of orcester, Mass., and\\nsettled in hesterfield betVtre 177(1. He was\\none of the selectmen in 1773-74, and died\\nApril 12, 1795, in his fifty-fourth vear.\\nAnother son of John Snow, AVarren Snow,\\nmarried Amy Harvey, and settled in this town\\nin 1769 or 1770, having come from Princeton,\\nMass. In 1777 he was a member of the Com-\\nmittee of Inspection and Correspondence of\\nChesterfield, and selectman in 1779. He died\\nin 1824.\\nAli hel S Sxow, a grandson of Zerubbabel\\nSnow, was born in Chesterfield May 10, 1791.\\nHe married, in 1815, Salome, daughter of\\nPerley Harris, of this town. In his youth he\\nattended school only a few weeks nevertheless,\\nby private study, he afterwards succeeded in\\nacquiring an ordinary etlncation. He had a\\nspecial aptitude for arithmetic, and it is said\\nthat even persons who ought to have been his", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0240.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n175\\n.superiors in this brancli of mathematics some-\\ntime.s .sought his aid in tlie solution of difficult\\nproblems. When a yount;- man he learned the\\nblaeksmitli s trade, which he followed tiir many\\nyears at the West village. He also engaged in\\nfarminu livino- a loni; time on the farm now\\nowned and oeeujiied by Horace D. Snutii. He\\nwas selectman in IS; 7-39, 4o, 49, )3, and\\nrepresented the town in the (Tcneral Court in\\n1849. He died May 28, 1869.\\nEhenezer Stkaens, l)orn in 177(), son of\\nEbenezer Stearns, of Milford, Ma.ss., appears to\\nhave come to Chesterfield about 1797. About\\n1800 he opened the iirst store at Factory\\nvillage. In ISO. the Chesterfield Manu-\\nfacturing Com[)any was incorjjorated, of\\nwhich he was agent and treasurer most of the\\ntime from 1809 to 1821. He was an active,\\nenterprising man, and did much to promote the\\nwelfare and interests of the village in which he\\nlived. In l.S2?)-24 he represented tlie town in\\nthe Legislature. He died October 11, 1825.\\nDavid Stoddard may have come from Rut-\\nland, Mass. He appears to have settled in\\nChesterfield about 1767, on the farm now\\nowned and occupied by Truman A. Stoddard.\\nWhether he was married more than once is not\\nknown but the name of the wife who came\\nto Chesterfield with him was Joanna\\nHe was selectman in 1771 and 1772, and in\\nthe .spring of 177o he enlisted in Captain\\nHind s company of the Third New Hampshire\\nRegiment. According to tradition, he died\\nwhile in the army.\\nOne of his son.s, David Stoddard, Jr., mar-\\nried Sarah French, and lived on the paternal\\nfarm in this town.\\nPeter Stone, a descendant of Simon Stone,\\nwho came to this country from England in\\nJ6;j5, was l)orn in Groton, Mass., August 25,\\n1741. In 1773 he married Abigail Fassett, of\\nWestford, Mass. March 27, 1777, he pur-\\nchased, in Chesterfield, of Silas Thompson, the\\nfarm on wiiich the latter settled (cou.sisting in\\npart, at least, of k)t Xo 12, in the thirteenth\\nrange). He appears to have come to this town\\nwith his family in 1778 or 1779. He built, at\\nan early period, the house owned and occupied\\nby the late Charles N. Clark. In 1790 he\\nhelped establish the academy. In his efforts\\nto aid others he became involved in debt, and\\nwas obliged to mortgage his farm, which he\\neventually lost. Though permitted to remain\\nin the house which he formerly owned (lieing\\nold and infirm), he chose not to do so, and\\npassed his last days in the sehool-h(juse that\\nstood on the site of the present one in School-\\nDistrict No. 10. He died about 1820 (as\\nnearly as can be ascertained), having survived\\nhis wife a number of years.\\nWari{EX Stone, a grandson of Peter Stone,\\nwas born at St. Albans, A^t., in 1808, but came,\\nat an early age, to Chesterfield, whence\\nhis father and mother had removed but\\na few years Ijefore. His early years were\\nspent in manual labor, and in obtaining such\\neducation as the schools of the town afforded.\\nAs he approached manhood, however, the\\ndesire to pursue the study of medicine became\\nso strong that he resolved to quit the rural\\nscenes of his youth and devote his life to that\\ncalling for which he had an especial fitness.\\nAccordingly, he went to Keene and studied a\\nwhile with the distinguished Dr. Twitchell,\\nafterwards attending the medical school iu\\nPittsfield, ]\\\\Iass., from which he graduated\\nwith the degree of ^M.D. in 1831. The next\\nthing to be done was to find a suitable location\\nfor practicing his pi-ofession. Endowed by\\nnature with a bold and enterprising spirit, he\\nat last decided to .seek his fortune in the far-\\ndistant regions of the South. He accordingly\\nwent to Boston, where, October 10, 1832, he\\ntook j assage for New Orleans in the brig\\nAmelia. The brig was wrecked on Folly\\nIsland, near Charleston, S. C, but the\\nasseugers were rescued, Dr. Stone especialK-\\ndisplaying on this occasion the firmness and\\npresence of mind lor which he \\\\vas noted.\\nCholera also broke out among the passengers", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0241.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "176\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand crew, from which he, too, suffered with\\ntlie rest. He finally arrived, however, in New-\\nOrleans, late in Xoveniljer or early in Decem-\\nIht, in ])0()i- health and with insnffieient\\nelothing. -Vfter a \\\\vhile he sneceeded in\\ngetting employment, in a subordinate ea[)aeity,\\nin harity Hospital, of which he afterwards\\nbecame assistant surgeon. In January, 1S; )7,\\nhe was appointed professor of anatomy iu the\\nMedical Department of the University of\\nLouisiana, and soon afterwards professur of\\nsurgery a position that he held till he\\nresigned it, in the spring of 1872. In 1839 he\\nestablished, in cdunection with I^r. William E.\\nFvcnnedv, a private hospital. In 1S41 he was\\nunfortunate enough to lose one of his eyes from\\na specific inflammation contracted from a\\nchild. When the war broke out in 1861,\\nDr. Stone was aj i)ointed, l)y the Confederate\\nauthorities, surgeou-general of Louisiana, in\\nwhich capacity he rendered very efficient\\nservice. After the occupation of New Orleans\\nby the Federal forces he was imprisoned for a\\nwhile by General Benjamin F. Butler.\\nAs a surgeon, Dr. Stone possessed remarkable\\nskill, and successfully performed the most diffi-\\ncult operations. He was, in fact, the admit-\\nted head of the profession in the Southwest.\\nHe died in New Orleans December 6, 1872.\\nStephen Stkeetek, Jh., son of Stephen\\nand Sarah liaud)erlain) Streeter, was born\\nDecember 7, 1782, about which time his father\\nand mother came from Oxford, Mass., to Ches-\\nterfield. He was locally celebrated as a poet,\\nbeing noted also fur his retentive memory.\\nSome of his songs, epigrams and longer poems\\nwere very pofjular with his contemporaries, and\\nhe well merited the appellation of the Bard\\nof Streeter Hill. He died May 22, 1864,\\nhaving never marrieil.\\nSii,As Tho^ii son, of Dnnstai)le, Mass., pur-\\ncha.sed iu lie.sterficld, March 12, 176(5, lot\\nNo. 12, in the thirteenth range, and i)robably\\nsettled on the .same soon after. This lot formed\\npart, at least, of the farm which lie sold in\\n1777 to Peter Stone, Sr. After selling this\\nfiirm he lived on the one now owned by Henry\\nJ. Dunham. He took a prominent part iu the\\naffairs of the town and the church, being one\\nof the deacons of the latter. Together with\\nColonel Samuel King, he represented the town,\\nafter its union with Vci mont, iu the Asscml ly\\nof that State. In 1770 he was .selectman, and\\nin 1776 coroner for Cheshire onnty. His wife\\nwas Abigail Bancroft. He died April 25, 1S(I6,\\nin his seventy-second year.\\nE/,i!.\\\\ Tins, son of Joseph and Mary (Bige-\\nlow) Titus, was born in Chesterfield January\\n15, 178!).\\neing of a .studious turn of mind and fond\\nof mathematical studies, he is .slid to have ap-\\nplied himself so assiduously to these in his\\nearly years as to have seriously overtasked his\\nbrain a circum.stance which caused him to\\nchange his course of life. He, nevertheless, fol-\\nlowed .school-teaching to a considerable extent,\\nand acquired the reputation of being one of the\\nbest teachers of his time. After his marriage\\nhe also engaged in farming in this town, and\\nfor a while held a colonel s commission in the\\nNew Hampshire militia. He also hel l the\\noffice of .selectman in 1836 and 47. His wife\\nwas Electa, daughter of John Kneeland, Es(p\\nHe died Mdvch 25, 1869. One of his .sons,\\nHerbert B. Titus, was an officer in the Federal\\narmy during the ivil War.\\nDu. Josiir.v Tyi.kh came from Brookficld,\\nMass., and settled in Chesterfield, probably be-\\ntween 1776 and 81. He located at the Centre\\nvillage, where he built the large house in which\\nhis son, Rolston (i. Tyler, lived many years,\\nand which is now occupied by Sewall F. Hugg.\\nHe })racticed his profession in this town many\\nyears, and died June 11, 1807, aged forty-nine\\nyears. His wife, Judith Ayres, died August\\n11, 1854, aged ninety-one years.\\nN.vniANiEE Walton, a .son of Lawrence\\nWalton, one of the early settlers of Chester-\\nfield, married Mary, daughter of Eli Pattridge,\\nof this town, and settled here. He was a black-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0242.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n177\\nsinith by trade aud uoted for his extraordinary\\nplivr^ical strength. It is said of him that he\\ncould pick up his anvil by the horn and earry it\\nsome distance. He was also a celebrated wrest-\\nler, aud is said to have rarely found his match.\\nHe died April 25, 1817, in his sixty-first year.\\nOne of his sons, Xathauiel Walton, Jr., was a\\nfarmer in Chesterfield, and served the town as\\na selectman twelve yeai-s, viz.: 1822\u00e2\u0080\u009425, 1827-\\n2!\u00c2\u00bb, 1834, 1842-44, 1846. He was also a rep-\\nresentative in the General Court iu 1844 and\\n46. He died April 12, 1872. One of the\\nsons of Nathaniel, Jr., ]\\\\Iilo Walton, became a\\nprominent citizen of Amity, Me., where he en-\\ngaged extensively in fruit-culture.\\nPeter Wheeler, born probably about 1733,\\nserved seven years with Captain Patch, of Lit-\\ntleton, ilass., as an apprentice to the trade of\\ncarpenter and joiner. He married Olive Davis,\\nand lived a while in Littleton. July 23, 1762,\\nhe purchased in Chesterfield lot Xo. in the\\nfifteenth range aud January 22, 17C6, house-\\nlots Nos. 1 and 2, in the twelfth range. He\\nsettled where Russell H. Davis now lives, not\\nfar from the brook that bears his name. It is\\nsaid thiit he helped build the old meeting-\\nhouse, and that he took an active part in pro-\\nmoting the welfare of the new town. He ap-\\npears to iiavo died about 1814.\\nHis great-grandson, Hon. Hoyt H. Wheeler,\\nis judge of the LTnited States District Court for\\nthe district of Vermont.\\nASHBEL Wheei^er, SOU of Benjamin and\\nSarah (Hari-is) Wheeler, born in this town\\nXovember 26, 1785, married Diana, daughter\\nof Eleazer Randall (1st), and settled here.\\nFor many years he was a well-known ujer-\\nchant and distiller at the We.st village, being\\nalso engaged, a part of the time, in farming.\\nCommencing business with little or no capital,\\nsave his own native tact and shrewdness, he suc-\\nceeded iu acijuiriug a considerable fortune. He\\nwas also a violin-player, and iu his early aud\\nmiddle manhood was extensively employed to\\nplav at balls and kitchen-dances. The store\\nI\\n12\\nwhich he established at the West village was\\nextensively patronized, and was long one of\\nthe principal stores in the town. He died June\\n20, 1866.\\nNathax AVied, son of Benjamin Wild, born\\nin Xorton, Mass., June 14, 1787, came to Ches-\\nterfield with his father in 1801.\\nIn his youth he had a fondness for mathe-\\nmatical studies, which he pursued at home, with\\nthe assistance of his brother David. Xathan\\napplied himself assiduously to the study of sur-\\nveying and astronomy, and soon became one of the\\nmost skillful surveyors in the State, and an\\nasti onomer of considerable proficiency. After his\\nmarriao-e he settled on a farm situated near the\\npresent stage-road leading from Factory vil-\\nlage to Keene, about one mile from the former\\nplace.\\nThis farm is at present owned by Rev.\\nT. Ii. Fowler. He now eniraged not onlv in\\npractical farming and surveying, but iu the\\npublication of an almanac, known for a while\\nas The Improved New England Almanack\\nand Ejjhemeris, and afterwards as The Far-\\nmer s, Mechanic s and Gentleman s Almanack.\\nHe appeal s to have begun the publiciition of\\nhis almanacs about 1819, aud they were gener-\\nally, though not always, printed by John\\nPrentiss, at Keene.\\nNot only was Mr. Wild a practical farmer,\\nsurveyor, astronomer and almanac-maker, but\\nhe also held several important civil offices. He\\nwas selectman from 1820 to 1825, and repre-\\nsentative in the General Court in 1831 and\\n1832. In 1833 and 1834 be was a member of\\nthe New Hampshire Senate.\\nHis wife, whom he married in 1814, was\\nRachel Newcombe. She died in Greene County,\\nInd., in 1840. He died in Chesterfield March\\n5, 1838, aud his botly was interred in the vil-\\nlage cemetery at Factoiy village. His son,\\nNathan R. Wild, was also a surveyor and civil\\nengineer. He married, in 1838, Maria E.\\nWood, a granddauirhter of Rev. Abraham\\nWood, and removed to Greene County, Ind.,", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0243.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "178\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nin 1840, where he died April 7, 1851, in his\\ntliirty-sixth year.\\nCaptain Simon Wii.t^akd, probably fnnu\\nWinchester, appears to have settled in Chester-\\nfield about 1788. He married, about the same\\ntime, Molly King, the widow of Colonel Samuel\\nKing. He lived in this town till about 1813,\\nwhen he removed to Winchester, where he died\\nat a great age. He represented Chesterfield in\\nthe General Court in 1794-9G, 1801-7, or\\nten years in all.\\nEev. Abraham Wood, a descendant of Wil-\\nliam Wood, who came to this country from\\nEngland in 1G38 was the first settled minister\\nof the Cono-reg-ational Church in Chesterfield.\\nHis ancestor, William Wood, was the author of\\na book entitled New England s Prospects.\\nThe following extracts are from a sketch of the\\nlife of Rev. Abraham Wood, written by his\\ngrandson, Professor Alphonso Wood, the bot-\\nanist.\\nEev. Abraham Wood was born in Sudbury, Mass.,\\nA.D. 1748 (Sept. 26); was educated iu Harvard Uni-\\nversity and graduated witli the class of 1767. June\\n4, 1771, he was married to Sarah Loring, of Hiugham,\\nMass., granddaughter of the Rev. Israel Loring, and\\nboth were soon on their way, by a perilous journey,\\ninto the then all-pervading wilderness of New Hamp-\\nshire. Here, in the township of Chesterfield, a.d.\\n1772, he began a ministry which was to continue\\nwithout interruption unto the end of his days. His\\nannual salary was fixed at \u00c2\u00a380, and assumed as a\\ntown charge, and paid, like other municipal expenses,\\nfrom the public treasury. His parish was co-exten-\\nsive witli the township, and throughout he was rev-\\nerenced and beloved almost without exception. His\\nadvice or approbation was sought in all public affairs,\\nalike in civil, military, educational and religious. He\\nnot only ministered iu the church, but solemnized\\ntheir marriages, baptized their children, buried their\\ndead, inspected their schools, addressed their martial\\nparades, and in their family gatherings was a welcome,\\nnay, an indispensable guest.\\nHis sermons were generally written out, and ever\\ntrue to the orthodoxy of the Pilgrim Fathers, not-\\nwithstanding the tide of Arianism which began to\\n1 His salary was first fixed at \u00c2\u00a305, but was raised in\\n1792 to \u00c2\u00a380.\\nsweep the churches of New England in the latter part\\nof his ministry.\\nIn speech he was anini.ated and inspiring, with a\\nclear and ringing voice, and a style that ajipealed to\\nthe reason and conscience, rather than to the imagi-\\nnation of his hearers.\\nThe last five years of his life were subject to much\\ninfirmity, so that, at his own request, the Rev. John\\nWalker was called and installed by the church as\\ncolleague pastor. To facilitate this measure, he gen-\\nerously declined his salary in favor of his colleague,\\naccepting for himself thereafter only the voluntary\\nofferings of his people.\\nDuring this period he continued to preach only\\noccasionally. On the great occasion of the fifty-first\\nanniversary of his ministry in Chesterfield he was\\nonce more in his pulpit, and preached to a crowded\\nassembly, reviewing the events of his long and happy\\nconnection with that people as their spiritual guide.\\nThis was his last public effort.\\nIn person Mr. Wood was of medium height, with\\na full habit, smooth face, florid complexion and an\\nattractive face, as shown iu a life-size portrait painted\\nby Belknap.\\nHe died October 18, 1823. His widow sur-\\nvived him twenty years, and died in Indiana at\\nthe age of ninety-three years.\\nOne of his sons, Abraham Wood, Jr., lived\\nmany years in Chesterfield, on tlie jwternal\\nfarm, and was town clerk from 1818 to 1833.\\nIn 1839 he removed to Greene County, Ind.,\\nwhere he died September 24, 184G. His wife\\nwas Patty, daughter of Asa Button, of Dum-\\nmerston, Vt.\\nProfessor Alphonso Wood, son of Abra-\\nham Wood, Jr., was born September 17, 1810.\\nHis first fifteen years were spent at liome in\\nthe old manse, dividing his time between rural\\noccupations and study in the village school and\\nthe academy. After this his winters were\\nemployed in teaching village schools in other\\ntowns, notably in Keene, Walpole, Clare-\\nmont, Fitzwilliam, Vernon, Newburyport,\\nuntil the date of his graduation at Dartmouth\\nCollege, a.d. 1834. Immediately after this\\nevent he was called to Kimball Union Acad-\\nemy, at Meriden, as teacher of natural science\\nand Latin, where, M ith an interruption of one", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0244.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "CHESTERFIELD.\\n179\\nyear only, he remained during the next fifteen\\nyears. This one year he spent at Audover,\\nMass., in the study of theology, endeavoring\\nto fulfill the long-cherished purpose of his\\nparents. But his theological training was cut\\nshort by a peremptory summons to return to\\nMeriden. Soon after this, Mr. Wood was\\nlicensed, after examination, by the Sullivan\\nCV)unty Assoc-iation as a preacher of the gospel,\\nbut his ministry was confined to the army of\\nstudents that filled the academy (from two hun-\\ndred to three hundred) and occasional services\\nin the neighboring churches.\\nIt was during his residence in Meriden that\\nhe first conceived the purpose of preparing a\\nclass-book of botany. The purpose arose very\\nnaturally, first, from his excessive fondness\\nfor the science, and secondly, from his felt\\nnecessities as a teacher of natural history.\\nDevoting his leisure hours and vacations\\nlargely to botanical excui-sions and studies,\\nseven years passed, till 1 S45, when the Class-\\nJjook was first issued. The work was not\\nstereotyped, being with the publishers a mere\\nexperiment, and only fifteen hundred copies\\nwere printed.\\nA demand unexjiectcdly great soon ex-\\nhausted this edition.\\nIn preparing for a new issue, Mr. Wood\\npassed the spring and summer of 1846 in the\\nWestern States, whither his parents had then\\nremoved, botanizing in the prairies and barrens,\\nin order to extend the limits of his flora as far\\nwest as the ISIississippi River. He was ac-\\ncompanied by his wife, Lucy, and son, Frank\\nAlphonso, then two years old.\\nIn the spring of 1849, on account of ira-\\n]iaired health, he resigned his connection with\\nthe Kimball Union Academy, and entered the\\nmore active service of civil engineer in the\\nconstruction of a I ailway from Rutland, Vt.,\\nto Albany, N. Y.\\nFrom 1852 to 1858 he was engaged in\\nteaching in Cleveland, Ohio, and at College\\nHill, near Cincinnati. In 1858 he established,\\nin connection with Mr. Covert, the Tcrre\\nHaute (Ind.) Female College but in 1860\\nremoved to Brooklyn, N. Y. The Class\\nBook was now an important interest. To\\nextend the area of its flora. Professor Wood\\nhad made an ex})loration of the Southern\\nStates, lasting six months of the year 1857.\\nIn 1861 he opened the Brooklyn Female\\nAcademy, but was again induced by love of his\\nfavorite science to resume his investigations.\\nAccordingly, he embarked for California in\\nOctober, 1865.\\nIn the Pacific States he sojourned one year\\nin constant travel, surveying the mountains,\\nthe mines, the rocks, the peoples, and especially\\nthe plants of that glorious laud, from San\\nDiego to Puget s Sound, and returning, by the\\nway of the Isthmus, in November, 1866.\\nIn the spring of 1867, having transferred\\nhis interests in Brooklyn, he once more col-\\nlected his family into a new home in the\\nvillage of West Farms, a suburb of the city\\nof New York (and now annexed to it), on the\\nnorth. Here he sufilired affliction in the death\\nof his wife, Lucy.\\nWhile he resided at West Farms, Professor\\nWood was employed in revising and rejiublisli-\\ning his botanical works, and in performing the\\nduties connected with the chair of Ijotany in\\nthe New York College of Pharmacy. He\\nsometimes also preached, as openings in the\\nchurches occurred.\\nHe was the authw- of the following works,\\nwhich are all published at present by A. S.\\nBarnes Co.:\\nThe Class-Book of Botany, Object-\\nLessons in Botany, The Botanist and Flor-\\nist, Monograph of the Liliaceie of the\\nUnited States, The Plant Record, Flora\\nAtlantica, How to Study Plants (written\\nconjointly with Professor Steele).\\nProfessor Wood died at his home at West\\nFarms, after a short illness, January 4, 1881.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0245.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF DUBLIN.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGeograpliical Original Grant Names of Grantees Divi-\\nsion of Grant Provisions of Grant Tlie First Settlements\\nNames of Pioneers Incorporation of Town First\\nTown-Meeting Secoml Town-Meeting Voters in 1770\\nTax-List of 1771 Prices of Commodities in 1777.\\nThe town of Duhlin lies in the Eastern jxirt\\nof the county, and is bounded as follows:\\nNoith, by Harrisville East, by Hillsbor-\\nough County South, by JafFrey West, by\\nMarlborough.\\nThis town, originally known as Monadnock,\\nNo. 3, was granted November .i, 749, by the\\nMasonian proprietors, to Matthew Thornton,\\nSampson Stoddard, William Spaulding, Joseph\\nFrench, Zachariah Stearnes, Peter Powers, Rob-\\nert Fletcher, Junier, Eleaz Blanchard, Foster\\nWentworth, Josiah Swan, Isaac Riudge, John\\nRindge, Ezekiel Carpenter, Benjam Bellows,\\nJohn Combs, Stephen Powers, Henry Wallis,\\nSamuel Kenny, EbenezerGillson, Jeremiah Nor-\\ncross, Isaiah Lewis, Ezra Ctirpentcr, Enos Law-\\nrence, William Cummings, Mark Hunkin, Joseph\\nJackson, Thomas Wibird, Jeremiah Lawrence,\\nJohn Usher, Nathan Page David Page, Samuel\\nFarley, Daniel Emerson, Josejih Blancliard\\nJun Thomas Parker Jun Anthony Wibird,\\nFrancis Worster, .Jonathan Cummings, David\\nWilson and Clement March Esq\\nThe deed of grant (says ]\\\\Ir. Charles Mason,\\nin his address) was given by Colonel Joseph\\nBlanchard, of Dunstable, pursuant, as the reci-\\ntal states, to the power vested in him by the\\nproprietors, by a vote passed at a meeting lield\\n180\\nat Portsmouth, in .June preceding. This grant,\\nembracing a territory of thirty-five stpiare miles,\\nbeing seven miles in length and five in breadth,\\nwas made upon certain conditions, of which\\nthe most intportant were that\\nThe whole tract of land was to be divided\\ninto seventy-one equal shares, each share to con-\\ntain three lots, e(juital)ly coujiled together, and\\nto be drawn for, at Dunstable, on or before the\\n1st day of July, 1750.\\nThree shares were to be appropriated, free of\\nall charge, one for the first settled minister in\\nthe town, one for the support of the ministry,\\nand one for the school there^ forever and\\none lot of each of these tin-ee shares was to be\\nfirst laid out near the middle of the town, in the\\nmost convenient place, and lots coupled to them,\\nso as not to be drawn for.\\nThe lots were to be laid out at the expense of\\nthe grantees, and within four years from the\\ndate of the grant forty of the shares, or rights,\\nas they were called, were to be entered upon,\\nand three acres of land, at the least, cleared, in-\\nclosed and fitted up for mowing or tillage and,\\nwithin six months then next, there was to be,\\non each of these forty settling shares, a house\\nbuilt, the room sixteen feet square, at the least,\\nfitted and furnished for comfortable dwelling,\\nand some person resident in it, and to continue\\ninhabitancy there for three years, with the ad-\\nditional imjirovemcnt of two acres a year for\\neach settler.\\nA good, convenient meeting-house was to be\\nbuilt, as near the centre of the town as might be", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0246.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "DUBLIN.\\n181\\nwith convenieuce, within six years from the date\\nof the grant, and ten acres reserved there for\\npublic use.\\nAll white-pine trees, fit for masting His Maj-\\nesty s Royal navy, were granted to him and his\\nheirs and successors forever.\\nThere was a proviso that, in case of any In-\\ndian war happening within any (if the terms\\nand limitations for doing the duty conditioned\\nin the grant, the same time should be allowed\\nfor the respective matters after such impedi-\\nment should be removed.\\nThe township was accordingly divided into\\nlots, making ten ranges running through it from\\neast to west, with twenty-two lots iii each range,\\nor two hundred and twenty lots in all. The\\nlots varied considerably, especially in length.\\nThey were drawn for on the first Tuesday of\\nJune, 1750. The seventy-one shares, of three\\nlots each, would, of course, leave seven lots un-\\ndrawn. Some of these, thougli not all, were\\nupon the Monadnock.\\nThe terms of settlement and the like, imposed\\nby the grant, cannot have been complied with,\\nto the extent specified, till certaiidy more than\\nten years later than the times prescribed.\\nWhether the grantors dispensed with the condi-\\ntions as to time, on the score of Indian wars ap-\\nprehended, or for any other cause tacitly waived\\nthose conditions, or whetiier they granted an ex-\\ntension of the times, does not appear.\\nOf the first settlement of the town but little\\nis known with accuracy or certiiinty. The first\\nsettler was William Thornton, jirobably in the\\nyear 1852. His daughter, Molly Thornton, it\\nis said, was the first child born in the township.\\nHe remained but a few years, it is not knowu\\nhow long, when he abandoned his .settlement,\\nit is supposed through fear of the Indians, and\\nnever returned. He was a brother of ]\\\\Iatthew\\nThornton, who was the first named, as he was\\nby far the most distinguished, of the proprietors\\nof the township, and was much the largest land-\\nowner in it, having, at one time, it would ap-\\npear, twenty-eight shares, or eighty-four lots.\\nThe settlers who next came into the township\\nwere Scotch-Irish, as they were called, being\\nthe descendants of Scotch people who had settled\\nin the north of Ireland, whence they came\\nto this country, and established themselves at\\nLondonderry and elsewhere, and, at a later\\ndate, settled in Peterl)orougli and numerous\\nother towns. As early as 17G0, or thereabouts,\\nthere were in the town, of this description of\\npersons, John Alexander, William McNee,\\nAlexander Scott, and William Scott, his son;\\nJames Taggart, and his son, William Taggart\\nand perhaps others. They came mostly from\\nPeterborough. Henry Strongman came at a\\nlater day. With the exception of him, none of\\ntliis class of settlers became permanent inhabit-\\nants of the townshiji. They left probably at\\ndifferent times, but all prior to the year 1771,\\nas none of them are found upon the tax-list of\\nthat year. Most or all of them returned to\\nPeterborongli. This William Scott is the same\\nCaptain William Scott, of Peterborough, who, in\\nhis youth, served in the French W^ar, and who\\nsignalized himself by gallant achievements dur-\\ninsc the W^ar of the Revolution, and bv ho less\\nheroic deeds in scenes of danger afterwards.\\nAs early as 1762 several of the settlers from\\nSherborn, Mass., were in the township, and\\nworked upon the roads. Probably none of\\nthem established themselves here that year.\\nDuring the next two years several became per-\\nmanent inhabitants. Among the earliest settlers\\nwere Thomas INIorse, Levi Partridge, William\\nGreenwood, Samuel Twitchell, Joseph Twit-\\nchell, Jr., Ivory Perry, Benjamin Mason, Moses\\nAdams, Silas Stone and Eli Morse.\\nOf the first settlers. Captain Thomas INIorse\\nappears to have been the leading man. He was\\ndoubtless the oldest person in the settlement,\\nbeing sixty-three or sixty-four years of age\\nwhen he came to reside here. He was a man of\\nstability and force of character, and, it is said,\\nof remarkable shrewdness. Withal, he was\\nardently attached to the cause of liberty. He\\nwas the first captain of the earliest military", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0247.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "182\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncompany in the town. His commission bore\\ndate June 2, 1774.\\nFrom 1763 the population of the township\\nincreased with considerable rapidity. New\\nsettlers came in from various places, Sherborn?\\nNatick, Medfield, HoUiston, Framingham,\\nTemple, Amherst and elsewhere. Of the ear-\\nlier settlers, by far the greater number came\\nfrom Sherborn. There is no means of ascer-\\ntaining what was the population of the town at\\nany date prior to 1775, when it was three hun-\\ndred and five. A census of New Hamp-\\nshire was taken in 1767 by the selectmen of\\neach town and place but there is no return\\nfrom this township. There was probably no\\nformal organization existing at that time, and\\nconscipiently no officers to take the census.\\nA political organization of the inhabitants\\nwas effected in 1768, as appears by a record\\namong the old papers of the town, which\\nrecites that, at a meeting of the inhabitants\\nof Monadnock, No. 3, by order of the General\\nCourt, held November 16, 1768, John GoflPe,\\nEsq., moderator, the following officers were\\nchosen Moses Adams, Eli jNIorse, John Muz-\\nzey, assessors Joseph Greenwood, clerk Henry\\nStrongman, collector; Moses Adams, commis-\\nsioner of assessment. Aj)pended, of the same\\ndate, is a certificate of the justice that the above\\nofficers were legally chosen, according to an act\\nof the General Court, and were sworn to the\\nfaithful discharge of their respective offices.\\nThis John Gotfe is presumed to have been\\nColonel John Goffe, of Bedford. The organi-\\nzation thus established was preserved, and like\\nofficers were chosen aiuuially, in March, till the\\ntown was incorjiorated.\\nThe incorporation of the town took place in\\nMarch, 1771. The petition tor the purpose, to\\nthe Governor of the province, ai)2iears to have\\nbeen signed by Josiah Willard, Jr., as the\\naaent for and in behalf of the inhabitants and\\nsettlers. It sets forth, as the main ground of\\nthe application, that Dublin is rated among the\\ntowns and parishes in the province for the\\nprovince tax, and that the place is not legally\\nqualified to raise and collect said taxes, whereby\\nthey may be construed delinquents if the same\\nshould be omitted. The petitioner also begs\\nleave to suggest to His Excellency that the\\nsaid Dublin is presumed to be sufficiently in-\\nhabited and convenient for incorporation.\\nThe petition was dated March 25th, and a char-\\nter was forthwith granted, bearing date the 29th\\nof the same month.\\nFor his services in this behalf Mr. Willard\\nreceived from the town thirty-two dollars, as\\nappears by his receipt, dated Keene, October\\n10, 1771. To meet this expenditure, the town,\\nat the second town-meeting, held May 29,\\n1771, made a specific appropriation, though it\\nseems they had not got their ideas up fully to\\nthe exigency of the case, as the sum they appro-\\npriated was less by two dollars and a half than\\nthe amount of the bill. Jk sides the money\\npaid him by the town, he received, as is shown\\nby his receipt, seven shillings ami six-pence,\\nin full satisfaction for services done the pro-\\nprietors of Dublin in obtaining a charter.\\nThe charter thus granted was, doubtless, sub-\\nstantially the same as was usually granted to\\ntowns in those times. It issues in the name of\\nGeorge the Third, by the grace of God, of\\nGreat Britain, France and Ireland, King, De-\\nfender of the Faith, and so forth. It contains\\na reservation of all white-pine trees upon the\\nland fit for the use of our Eoyal Navy.\\nThis reservation of pine ship-timber was in\\n])ursuauce of acts of Parliament relating to the\\npreservation of His Majesty s woods in America.\\nWe do not, however, learn that any re(|uisition\\nfor the article was ever made upon the town-\\nship, either prior or subsequent to the act of\\nincorporation.\\nThe town was incorporated by the name of\\nDublin. In the petition for incorporation it is\\ndescribed as a tract of land commonly called\\nand known by the name of Dublin (or ]Monad-\\nnock. No. 3). When or how long it had been\\ncommonly known by the name of Dublin does", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0248.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "DUBLIN.\\n183\\nuot appear. Up to that time the name does\\nnot occur, so far as I have seen, in any of the\\npapers of the proprietors or of the township.\\nIt is commonly understood that the town was\\nnamed from Dublin, Ireland. Why it should\\nhave been is not obvious, as it is pretty mani-\\nfest that, before the incorporation of the town,\\nall the Scotch-Irish who had ever been resident\\nin it had removed, with the exception of one,\\nHenry Strongman. But he, it is said, was born\\nin Dul)lin, and that circumstance may have set-\\ntled the ])oint. At all events, it is just as hard\\nto tell why it should not have been so named,\\nsince it must necessarily have some name, and\\nit might as well be called Dublin as anything\\nelse.\\nIn the deed of grant from the proprietors\\nthe township w-as described as Xorth Monad-\\nnock, or Number Thi-ee, the names being in\\nthe alternative. In the papers of the original\\nproj)rietor s clerk, Joseph Blanchard, Jr., and\\nothers emanating from non-residents, it is styled,\\npretty uniformly, The Xorth jNIonadnock\\nTownship. By the residents it appears to\\nhave been called, commonly, ]\\\\Ionadnock, No.\\n5. Sometimes the two designations were run\\ntogether, making it North Monadnock, No. 3.\\nTo understand why either the North or\\ntlie Number should have been ajiplied, it is\\nto be borne in mind that Monadnock was a\\nname of pretty extensive use in these regions.\\nThus, Rindge, otherwise called Rowley Canada,\\nwas Monadnock, No. 1 Jaflfrey, called Middle\\nMonadnock, or sometimes Middletown, was\\nMonadnock, No. 2 Dublin, or North Monad-\\nnock, was Monadnock, No. 3 Fitzwilliam,\\nMonadnock, No. 4 ^Marlborough, called orig-\\ninally New Marlborough, was jNIonadnock, No.\\n5 Nelson, formerly Packersfield, was Monad-\\nnock, No. 6 Stoddard, which was Limerick,\\nwas, it is presumed, Monadnock, No. 7 and\\nWashington, formerly Camden, was Monad-\\nnock, No. 8.\\nThe meeting for the organization of the\\ntown, under the charter, was called, as provided\\nin the instrument, by Thomas Morse, and was\\nheld May (5, 1771. Mr. Morse was moderator.\\nThe first Board of Selectmen, then chosen, were\\nThomas Morse, Henry Strongman and ISenja-\\nmin Mason. Joseph Greenwood was chosen\\ntown clerk.\\nMr. Greenwood, for twenty years or more\\nnext after this time, was by far the most prom-\\ninent business man in the town. He was town\\nclerk in 1771, and from 1776 for seventeen\\nyears successively, during which time lie was\\nalso selectman ten years and town tre^isurer some\\npart of the time. He represented Dublin in\\nthe convention of delegates which met at Ex-\\neter, May 17, 1775. He was likewise a noted\\nschoolmaster. Furthermore, he was the first\\njustice of the j)eace in the town. For some\\nyears they had been obliged to send for a jus-\\ntice of the peace from a distani C when one was\\nre([uired. In the ti-easurer s account, settled in\\n1776, is fiMuid an item Paid Esq. Hale, for\\nswearing town officers, two years, twelve shil-\\nlings. Precisely when ]\\\\Ir. Greenwood was\\nappointed does not ap[ car but it was before\\nMay, 1777.\\nAt the second town-meeting, held I\\\\Iay 29,\\n1771, the town granted fifteen pounds for\\npreaching. The money appears to have been ex-\\npended in the course of the summer, as, in Sej)-\\ntember of the same year, they voted to have a\\nmonth s preaching that fall and granted nine\\npounds for the purpose.\\nThe whole number of voters in Dublin in\\n1770 was only twenty-three. A list of these\\nvoters, certified by Joseph Twitchell and John\\nMuzzey, two of the assessors of that year, con-\\ntains the ibllowing names Levi I artridge,\\nThomas Morse, Eli Morse, William Green-\\nwood, Joseph Greenwood, Joseph Adams, Asa\\nNorcross, Henry Strongman, Silas Stone, Ivory\\nPerry, Samuel Twitchell, Moses Mason, .ftiel\\nWight, Joseph Twitchell, Ebeuezer Twitchell,\\nReuben Morse, Daniel Morse, Benjamin Mason,\\nMoses Adams, John Muzzey, Eleazer Twitch-\\nell, Joshua Lealaud, Edward West Perry.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0249.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "184\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe (jualificatioo for a voter at that period\\nwas twenty pounds estate to one single rate,\\nbeside the poU. Following is tax -list for 1771\\ns. d.\\nLevi Partridge 2 6\\nTliomas Morse 3 10 G\\nEli Morse 3 1 6\\nJoshua Lealand 12 6\\nWilliam Greenwood 3 7\\nJoseph Adams 2 6 (3\\nAsa Norcross 1 15\\nJoseph Greenwood 2 2\\nJosiah Greenwood 14 6\\nCalebHill 11 6\\nHenry Strongman 2 6\\nSilas Stone 1 14\\nIvory Perry I 18\\nIsaac Bond 3\\nSamuel Twitchell 2 6\\nMoses Mason 19\\nSimeon Ballard 15\\nJoseph Twitchell 1 12 6\\nBenjamin Learned 110\\nSimeon Johnson 16\\nMoses Johnson 13 6\\nEbenezer Twitchell 1 15\\nJoseph Morse 14\\nEleazer Twitchell 13\\nReuben Morse 1 18 6\\nThaddeus Mason 1 14\\nJohn Eanstead 18\\nDaniel Morse 1 16\\nBenjamin Mason 2 11 6\\nDaniel Morse 1 10 6\\nMoses Adams 4 8\\nWilliam Beal 1 1\\nJohn Wight 19 6\\nJohn Muzzey 1 17\\nElias Knowlton 1 6\\nJohn Knowlton 12 6\\nRobert Muzzey 1 8\\nEzra Twitchell 1 15 6\\nJoseph Mason 10\\nDavid Johnson IS\\nDaniel Greenwood 18\\nJonathan Knowlton 18\\nSamuel Ames, jun 4\\nDaniel Wood.. IS 3\\nRufus Huntley 18\\nNathaniel Bates 18\\nGershora Twitchell 18\\nJoseph Turner 3\\nJoseph Drury 4\\nBenoni Death 1 6\\nJohn Swan 4\\nCaleb Greenwood 2 ,0\\nThomas Muzzey 18\\nJohn Morrison 16\\nSum total \u00c2\u00a372 18 6\\nOr $246.42.\\nThe following is a list of priees in 1771\\nDublin, July 10, 1777. We, the suliscribers, being\\nappointed by the town of Dublin to state the ]irices\\nof sundry commodities, transferrable from one person\\nto another, having met and considered the matter,\\nhave resolved that the prices hereafter annexed shall\\nbe the prices for all such articles within our town,\\nviz\\ns. d.\\nWheat, per bushel 6\\nRye and malt, per bushel 4\\nIndian corn, per bushel 3\\nOats, per bushel 1 8\\nPeas, per bushel 6\\nBeans, per bushel 6\\nCheese, per pound 6\\nButter, per pound 9\\nCarriage of salt, for every ten miles land\\ncarriage, per bushel 10\\nFlax, per pound 10\\nSheep s wool, per pound 2 2\\nYarn stockings, per pair 6\\nMen s all-wool cloth, well-dressed, per\\nyard 8\\nMen s farming labor, July and August, per\\nmonth 3\\nAnd by the day 3\\nMay, June and September, per month... 2 10\\nAnd by the day 2 6\\nApril and October, per month 1 15\\nAnd by the day 2 3\\nFebruary, March and November, per\\nmonth 14\\nAnd by the day 2\\nDecember and January, per month 18\\nCarpenters and house-joiners, per day 4\\nMill-wright and mason, per day 4 6\\nHay in the field, per ton 1 10\\nHay after secured, per ton 2\\nMaking men s shoes, per pair 3\\nAnd others in proportion.\\nPasturing a horse, per week 2\\nI asturing oxen, per week 2 6\\nPasturing a cow, per week 10\\nA yoke of oxen, per day s work 1 6\\nPasturing a horse, per night 8\\nKeeping a horse by hay, per night 1\\nOxen a night by grass 1\\nOxen a night by hay 1 6\\nTwo quarts of oats 3\\nA meal of victuals 10\\nIjodging, per night 3\\nBoarding a man, per week 6\\nGood flax-seed, per bushel 6\\nHenry Strongman,\\nWilliam Greenwood, i\\nCommittee.\\nReuben Morse and Moses Adaius, members\\nof the above committee, did not sign the report.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0250.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "DUBLIN.\\n185\\nCHAPTER II.\\nD\\\\J BLIN\u00e2\u0080\u0094{CoHiiiiue l).\\nMILITARY HISTORY.\\nWarof tlie Kevolntion Resolutions of the Town The Asso-\\nciation Test Names of Signers List of Soldiers AV ar\\nof the Kehellion Names of Soliliers.\\nWar op the Revolution. Tlie first refer-\\nence in the old town records to the War of the\\nRevolution is under date of Novemher 28,\\n1774, when twelve pounds was voted for town\\nstock of ammunition.\\nIn March, 1775, the town chose a Coiuinittee\\nof Inspection, who were to see that the resolves\\nof the Continental Congress were enforced.\\nDublin, July 25, 1775. Whereas the Committee\\nof Inspection in this town have this day met to con-\\nsider of the complaint made by Ebeuezer Hill against\\nWillard Hunt, wherein said Hill complains that said\\nHunt hath in an unjust manner seized his property\\nin taking possession of some hay which he had on a\\nmeadow belonging to Samuel Ames, Jr.; and it aji-\\npears to us by evidence that the hay is Hill s property,\\nand that Hunt h.ath seized on it in an unjust and vio-\\nlent manner\\nTherefore, Voted that said Hunt immediately de-\\nsist and let said Hill enjoy his property, or he shall\\nbe treated as a disorderly person and an enemy to the\\npeace and good order of society.\\nVoted that the above pass as a resolve of this com-\\nmittee.\\nBenja Mason, Chairman.\\nIn March, 1776, the Continental Congress\\npassed a resolve recommending to the several\\nassemblies, conventions and councils, or Com-\\nmittees of Safety, of the United Colonies,\\nimmediately to cause all persons to be dis-\\naraied, within their respective colonies, wlio\\nwere notoriously disaffected to the cause of\\nAmerica, or who refused to associate to defend,\\nby arms, the colonies against the hostile at-\\ntempts of Great Britain. A copy of this reso-\\nlution was transmitted to the selectmen of the\\nseveral towns by the Committee of Safety for\\nthe colony of New Hampshire, with a circular\\nfrom them bearing date April 12, 1770, of the\\nfollowing: tenor\\nIn order to carry the unwritten Resolve of the\\nhonorable Continental Congress into execution, you\\nare requested to desire all males al)Ove twenty-one\\nyears of age (lun.atics, idiots and Negroes excepted),\\nto sign the Declartition on this paper and, when so\\ndone, to make return thereof, together with the name\\nor names of all who shall reftise to sign the same, to\\nthe General Assembly, or Committee of Safety of this\\nColony.\\nM. Weare, Chairman.\\nThe declaration referred to was as follows\\nIn consequence of the above Resolution of the\\nContinental Congress, and to show our determination\\nin joining our American brethren in defending the\\nlives, liberties and properties of the inh.abitants of the\\nUnited Colonies\\nWe, the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage\\nand promise, that we will, to the utmost of our power,\\nat the risk of our lives and fortunes, with .arms, oppose\\nthe hostile proceedings of the British fleets and armies\\nagainst the united American Colonies.\\nJohn Swan. Silas Stone, juu.\\nRichard Gilchrest. Ezra Morse.\\nThomas Morse. Isaac Morse.\\nEli Morse. Isaac Bond.\\nJoseph Greenwood. Silas Stone.\\nMoses Adams. Thomas Alden.\\nDaniel Morse. Josiah Greenwood.\\nJoseph Twitchel. Moses Greenwood.\\nEbeuezer Twitchel. James Rollins.\\nSamuel Twitchel. James Chamberlain.\\nStephen Twitchel. Thomas Lewis.\\nSimeon Johnson. Samuel Williams.\\nIvory Perry. Ebeuezer Hill.\\nBenjamin Learned. Abijah Twitchel.\\nJohn Morse. Nathaniel Bate.\\nHenry Strongman. Willi.am Strongmau.\\nJoseph Adams. William Yardley.\\nBenjamin Mason. John Wight.\\nWilliam Greenwood. Thomas Muzzey.\\nLevi Partridge. Moses Pratt.\\nTimothy Adams. Gershom Twitchel.\\nEli Greenwood. Caleb Stanford.\\nJohn Knowlton. Jabez Pufler.\\nSimeon Bullard. Phinehas Stanford.\\nJohn Muzzey. Nathan Burnap.\\nMoses Johnson. Gershom Twitchel, jun.\\nReuben Morse. Gardner Town.\\nRichard Strongman. Oliver Wright.\\nIthamer Johnson.\\nDublin had four men, at least, at Bunker\\nHill, namely Jonathan Morse, Richard Gil-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0251.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "186\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nchrist, Thomas Green and John Swan. The\\nlast-named of these, it is said by Mr. Dun-\\nbar, in his History of Peterborougli, was on\\nduty but not in tlie l)attle. Mr. Gilchrist prob-\\nably stived the life of his friend Green, who was\\nseverely wounded, bearing him off upon his\\nback, in a fainting and almost expiring state,\\nfrom the field of battle to IMedford. Mr. Dun-\\nbar puts down Gilchrist, Green and Swan as\\nbelonging to Peterborough. But they were all\\nthree taxed for a poll-tax in Dublin in 1775,\\nand must, therefore, have resided here on the\\n1st of April of that year. Mr. Gilchrist, it\\nis presumed, never lived in Peterborough.\\nJolin Swan was one of the most patriotic citi-\\nzens of the town.\\nJonathan Morse must have been out duiing\\nthe greater part of the war. The author of the\\nMemorial of the Morses represents him to\\nhave been in the battles of Bunker Hill, Ben-\\nnington, Ticonderoga and Monmouth, and to\\nhave signalized himself bv deeds of dariuy; and\\nacts of magnanimity, some of which he re-\\ncounts, and concludes with saying, In short,\\nJonathan was so humane and honest, so rousrh\\nand ready, that, had he lived to this time, he\\nmight have been President of the United\\nStates.\\nThomas Hardy was in the service for some\\ntime. There is a note given to him by the se-\\nlectmen, on behalf of the town, dated April 17,\\n1778, for sixty pounds, payable within ten\\nmonths and one of like amount, date and tenor,\\nto Jonathan Morse.\\nIn April, 1777, the town voted to give one\\nhundred dollars to each man sent for to this\\ntown to join the three battalions now raisinof in\\nthis State.\\nIn August of the same year they made a con-\\ntribution of material aid to the cause, which,\\nthough not of great magnitude, was of a kind\\nto make some noise in the camp. The receipt\\nshows what it was\\nDublin, August 3, 1777. Received of the Com-\\nmittee of this town, two tin kittles, for the yuse of\\nGenral Starks Briggade, Prised 14 shillings. Re-\\nceived by me,\\nSamsox Powers.\\nAt the March meeting, in 1779, a committee\\nwas chosen to hire three soldiers for the Con-\\ntinental battalions during the war. The sol-\\ndiers were not forthcoming, it would seem. In\\nFebruary, 1781, a committee was chosen to hire\\nthe town s (|uota of men, to serve in the Con-\\ntinental army for three years, or during the\\nwar, and empowered to engage, on behalf of tlie\\ntown, for payment of their hire.\\nThe three soldiers appear to have been found,\\neventually. One was Jonathan INIorse one\\nwas John Stone. The terms on which the lat-\\nter was hired appear, in part, from a receipt\\ngiven by him to the committee. It is dated\\nMarch 19, 1781, and sets forth that whereas he\\nhad received from the committee three notes (the\\namount of them is not stated), for which he was\\nto serve three years in the Continental army,\\nunless sooner dischargal, he promises that, if he\\ndoes not serve above six months, he will have\\nthe contents of but one note if not above eigh-\\nteen months, the contents of but two notes and\\nif he is gone two years, he will have but two\\nnotes. iSIr. Stone probably died in the war or\\nsoon after its close, as in December, 1788,\\nthe toM-n passed a vote, that the selectmen\\nmake such consideration to the widow Stone as\\nthey may think reasonable, on account of the\\nadvantage the town had of the depreciation of\\nher late husband s wages, a very proper and\\nhonorable vote, certainly.\\nThe other soldier was probably Hart Balch,\\nas we find that in November, 1787, the town\\nvoted him five dollars for the damage he had\\nsustained by not having the land cleared ac-\\ncording to bargain, which the town was to clear\\nfor him for his service done in the army. There\\nis also a receipt of his, dated April 26, 1784,\\nacknowledging the receipt from the town of\\nkeeping for a cow, fire-wood and house-room\\nfor one year.\\nIt was a part of the arrangement, that the\\nsoldiers work upon their land, and the like.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0252.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "DUBLIN.\\n187\\nshould be carried on in their absence by the\\ntown. In April, 1781, a committee was chosen\\nto appraise tlie labor to be done for the soldiei-s\\nfor the year, and to divide the town into classes,\\nso that each man may know what he is to do\\nand where to do it, a very practical, common-\\nsense reason. The same course was pursued in\\nsubsequent years. In 17S3 the town voted to\\nreceive rye, at five shillings a bushel, for pay-\\ning the soldiers hire. Rye, by the way, was\\ncommon currency in those days. Not only did\\nprivate individuals make their contracts payable\\nin that article, but the town trejisurer frequently\\ngave and received, on behalf of the t(_)wn, notes\\nand obligations payable in the same way.\\nTo provide the means of supporting its sol-\\ndiers in the army, it became necessary for the\\nState to levy taxes upon the towns. Some-\\ntimes the taxation was in the nature of raising\\na stated amount of specific articles, instead\\nof money. Thus, they had a beef-tax\\nand in August, 1781, an act was passed\\nfor supplying the Continental army with ten\\nthousand gallons of West India rum, of which\\nthe share assessed upon Dublin was forty-six\\nand a half gallons. Any town neglecting sea-\\nsonably to furnish its proportion was to for-\\nfeit one Spanish milled dollar or other silver\\nor gold equivalent, for each gallon in arrears.\\nInstead of the West India, good New Eng-\\nland rum, in the proportion of six quarts of\\nthe latter to one gallon of the former, might\\nbe furnished as a substitute. It appears that\\nDublin, for some cause, failed to furnish its\\nproportion of the article, as the receipt of a\\ndeputy sheriif shows the payment, at a subse-\\nquent time, by one of the selectmen, of the\\namount of the town s rum-tax and cost,\\nupon an extent, or execution. We can hardly,\\nin view of the prevailing sentiments and\\ncustoms of the times, pay our ancestors the\\ncompliment of supposing that their omission\\nto provide the article, in specie, arose from any\\nconscientious scruples on their part, as to the\\npropriety of the use of it.\\nTlie following is a list of Revolutionary sol-\\ndiers from this town\\nJohn Swan.\\nRichard Gilchrest.\\nThomas Green.\\nThomas Morse.\\nJohn Morse.\\nHenry Strongman.\\nWilliam Greenwood.\\nEli Greenwood.\\nReuben Morse.\\nRichard Strongman.\\nIthamer Johnson.\\nEzra Morse.\\nJames Chamberlain.\\nNathaniel Bates.\\nSamuel Twitchell.\\nLieut. Robert Muzzey.\\nHart Baleh.\\nJames Mills.\\nJoshua Greenwood I).\\nJonathan Morse.\\nMicah Morse.\\nMicah Morse (1)\\nJabez Puffer.\\nThomas Hardy.\\nJohn Stone.\\nBenjamin Maaon.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nT)VBLll:f\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nKCCLBSIASTICAL HISTOKY.\\nUnitarian Church Congregational Church Physicians\\nMasonic Post-Oifice Social Library Civil History\\nTown Clerks from 1771 to 1886\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Representatives from\\n1790 to 1886.\\nThe First Congregatioxal Society\\n(Unitarian). The first meeting-house was\\nbuilt by the proprietors by taxes assessed upon\\ntheir shares. At their first meeeting held in\\nthe township, in September, 17(34, they fixed\\nthe place where the meeting-house should stand\\nby marking a tree and cutting down sevei al\\nsmall trees, near the east line of the eleventh\\nlot in the sixth range, Avliere the land is to be\\nset oif for the purpose, as also for a burying-\\nplace and training-field. The spot thus selected,\\nand on which the meeting-house was eventually\\nbuilt, is upon the high ground, across the old\\nroad, northerly from the burying-ground.\\nNotliing appears to have been done about the\\nmatter the next year, and nothing the year suc-\\nceeding, beyond choosing a committee to measiu e\\noff the ten acres and put up bounds.\\nA meeting of the projirietors in May, 1767,\\nis stated to have been warned by Reuben\\nKidder, Esq., a justice of the peace, according", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0253.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "188\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nto law. He lived in New Ipswich, and at-\\ntended and presided at the meeting, at an ex-\\npense to the proprietors of eight shillings, as\\nappears by his receipt. Probably the import-\\nance of the business to be transacted induced\\nthem to take this precaution in order to pre-\\nvent all chance for calling in question the\\nvalidity of their doings. At this meeting they\\nvoted to build a meeting-house fifty feet long,\\nthirty-eight feet wide, and proportionable as to\\nthe height, and chose Moses Adams, Henry\\nStrongman and William Greenwood a com-\\nmittee to take care to effect the work.\\nThey also voted to raise four dollars by tax\\non each right, to build the meeting-house.\\nThey were not jirecipitate in entering upon\\nthe work, however, it would seem since, at\\ntheir next meeting, which was in December,\\n1768, more than a year and a half afterwards,\\nthey tried a vote to see if the proi)rietors would\\nreconsider their former vote relating to the\\ndimensions of the meeting-house. But they re-\\nfused to reconsider, and voted to build the\\nhouse of the former dimensions, and also raised\\nthree dollars moi e on each share towards build-\\ning it.\\nIn February, 1771, they granted five dollars\\non each right to carry on the building of\\nthe meeting-house. These three assessments,\\namounting to twelve dollars on a share, or six\\nhundred dollars in the whole, are all the money\\never raised by the proprietors for the purpose.\\nThe proprietors of the township had expended\\nabout six hundred dollars upon the meeting-\\nhouse by the year 1773. In April of that year\\nthey voted not to raise any more money at pres-\\nent for that purpose. This was the last meeting\\nheld by the proprietors, until, ten years later,\\nSeptember 11, 1783, a meeting was called to\\nsee if the proprietors would finish Iniilding the\\nmeeting-house, or give it to the town and it\\nwas voted to give it to the town as their prop-\\nerty.\\nAt a town-meeting, held October 13th of the\\nsame year, it was voted to accept of the meet-\\ning-house as a donation from the proprietors.\\nAt the same time they voted to finish the house\\nand sell the pew-ground in it, except one pew on\\nthe right hand of the pulpit. Precisely how\\nmuch had been done to the meeting-house uj) to\\nthat time is not known. Doubtless it was only\\nrough-boarded upon the outside. The pew-\\nground M as planned out in 1773 but it is pre-\\nsumed that no pews Mere built, and probably\\nno pulpit till after the house came into the\\npossession of the town. It had then been used\\nfor a meeting-house some twelve years, and Mr.\\nSprague had been settled six years.\\nThe pew-ground, as it was termed, which was\\nthe space upon the floor on which the pews were\\nto be built, was sold, in separate lots, to the\\nhighest bidder, with the restrictions that no\\nman be allowed to purchase a pew-lot but an\\ninhabitant of the town that the purchasers\\nbuild the pews uniform, with handsome panel-\\nwork and a handsome banister on the top that\\npews on the walls of the house the owners\\nshould ceil up as high as the bottom of the\\nwindows; and that the floor of the pews should\\nnot be raised above eight inches from the floor\\nof the house. The purchaser was required to\\nbuild his pew when called on by the committee\\nappointed to finish the meeting-house, or he\\nforfeited his lot. There was a further provision\\nin these words Every person that owns a\\npew shall occujiy no other seat in the meeting-\\nhouse until his pew be as full seated as is com-\\nfortable for those that seat it and, if any per-\\nson owns more than one jiew, he shall not shut\\nit up and keep people from sitting in it.\\nThe amount expended at this time appears,\\nfrom a paper entitled The Account of what\\nthe Committee have laid out toward finishing\\nthe Meetiug-House, to have been about six\\nhundred dollars, about the same sum that was\\noriginally laid out upon it. But this seems no\\nto have fully satisfied everybody, since, in\\n1788, we. find, in the town-meeting warrant, an\\narticle, to see what method the town will\\ntake to finish the meeting-house. The article", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0254.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "DUBLIN.\\n189\\nwas, however, passed over to some future\\nnaeeting, and it is a grave question, if, indeed,\\ntliere be any question al)out it, wlietiier, in foot,\\nthe meeting-house was ever finished at all.\\nThe meeting-house was occupied in tlic win-\\nter of 1771.\\nIn 1808 it was voted to build a new meet-\\ning-liouse, and a committee of nine were cho-\\nsen to pitch upon a place to set the meeting-\\nhouse. This committee consisted of Samuel\\nTwitchell, Esq., Asa Fisk, Jr., Eli Greenwood,\\nPhinehas Gleason, David Townsend, Isaac Ap-\\npleton, Thaddeus Morse, Esq., John Morse and\\nAaron Appleton. They were required to make\\ntheir report in August. No report was made\\nin August, but in March, 1809, an article was\\ninserted in the warrant to see what method\\nthe town will take to agree where the new\\nmeeting-house shall be built, or act anything\\nrelating thereto. The article was dismissed.\\nIn March, 1810, the article was to see if the\\ntown will build a new meeting-house, or repair\\nthe old one. This article met the same fate as\\nthat of 1809; but in August, ISIO, the town\\nchose Esq. Griffin, of Packersfield Esq.\\nFarrar, of Marlborough; Esq. Gates, of Han-\\ncock Lieut. Buss, of Jatfrey and Mr. Oliver\\nCarter, of Peterborough, to pitch upon a spot\\nfor the meeting-house to stand upon in this\\ntown. This committee reported November\\n26th, same year, and their report was accepted\\nbut the record does not say what spot they\\npitched upon for said meeting-house but it is\\nsupposed to have been north of Jose])h Apple-\\nton s blacksmith-shop. At an adjourned meet-\\ning, November 28th, the town voted to do\\nsomething relative to building a new meeting-\\nhouse. What was meant by something in\\nthe foregoing vote is manifest from the succeed-\\ning votes Voted to choose a committee to let\\nout the putting-up of a frame for a meeting-\\nhouse. Eichard Gilchrest, Thaddeus Morse\\nand Aaron Appleton were chosen for said com-\\nmittee Voted that the frame should be raised\\none year from next June. Voted that the said\\ncommittee provide suitable underpinning stones\\nand door-steps likewise materials suitable to\\ncover the outside of the frame, and to have it\\ndone the same season that the frame is put up.\\nVoted that the committee have liberty to get\\ntimber on the town s lands. Voled that the\\nselectmen procure a deed of the meeting-house\\nspot.\\nFrom this time until 1817 the town was in\\na constant turmoil in relation to the site for the\\nnew meeting-house. It was finally located on\\nSchool-House Hill, and was completed in 1S18.\\nThis was used until 1852, when the present\\nchurch was erected.\\nThe first pastor of the churcii was Rev. Jo-\\nseph Farrar, who was ordained June 10, 1772,\\nand remained until June 7, 177(5. He was\\nsu(;ceeded by Rev. Edward Sprague, November\\n12, 1777, who remained until his death, in 1817.\\nRev. Levi Leonard was ordained September 6,\\n1820. (He was author of the History of\\nDublin, an excellent work of over four hun-\\ndred pages, published in 1855.) He was suc-\\nceeded, in 1855, by Rev. William F. Bridge,\\nwho remained until 18(J5. Rev. George M.\\nRice was pastor from 186(3 to 1881. Rev.\\nH. D. Catlin was settled in 1881 and is the\\npresent pastor.\\nCongregational Church. In conse-\\nquence of a disagreement of a number of the\\nmembers of the First Church with the doctrines\\nof Rev. Mr. Leonard, they requested, in 1827,\\nletters of dismission, which were granted, and\\nNovember 21, 1827, the present Congregational\\nChurch was organized with the following mem-\\nbers Stephen J. Woods, Abijah Richardson,\\nThomas Hay, Luke Richardson, Martha\\nWoods, Lucy Hardy, llebekah Hay and\\nElizabeth Richardson.\\nWhile the Second Congregational Society oc-\\ncupied the meeting-house their proportion of the\\nyear, the town refused to grant them the use of\\nthe town ball but, in 1829, the town Voted that\\nthe Second Congregational Society have leave\\nto occupy the Town Hall twelve Sabbaths, and", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0255.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "190\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthat the First Congregational Society have the\\nsame privilege.\\nIn March, 1830, the vote of the town was,\\nthat the Trinitarian Congregational Society in\\nDublin have leave to occupy the Town Hall\\nfor purposes of religious M orship the ensuing\\nyear, on condition that they relinquish their\\nprivilege of occupying the new meeting-house\\non Sabbath-days, and insure the Town-House\\nfrom injury by reason of their occupying the\\nsame. The society took the hall with the\\nabove condition, and occupied it till their brick\\nchurch was completed, in 1836. In the mean\\ntime diiferent preachers were employed. The\\nRev. Samuel Harris remained as the hired pas-\\ntor two years. The church was dedicated in\\n1836, and the sermon on the occasion w;is\\npreached by the Eev. Dr. Bouton, of Concord,\\nN. H. Rev. James Tisdale, who graduated at\\nBrown University, Rhode Island, was engaged\\nin the summer of 1 836, and remained three years.\\nThe pastors since that time have been as fol-\\nlows; Henry A. Kimball, 1840-50; Alonzo\\nHayes, 1851-53; E. F. Abbott, 1855-61;\\nNathan Sheldon, 1861 O.scar Bissell, 1862-\\n63; Andrew J. Fosdick, 1867-69; Amos Hol-\\nbrook, 1872-73; John Bassett, 1875; Richard\\nM. Burr, 1877-78; George B. Cutler, June 1,\\n1884, present incumbent.\\nPhysicians. The first physician in Dublin\\nwa.s Nathan Burnap, in 1776. Others have\\nbeen, Ward Eddy, A. INIaynard, Benjamin\\nHills, Samuel Hamilton, Moses Kidder, S. H.\\nSpalding, Asa Heald, Daniel Carter, J. H.\\nFoster, S. S. Stickney, Dr. Eaton, R. N. Porter,\\nJ. G. Parker.\\nMasonic. AUeviont Lodge No. 26 was char-\\ntered June 14, 1815, with the following mem-\\nbers Amos Heald, Stephen Harrington, Rich-\\nard Strong, Adam Johnson, Levi Fisk, Joseph\\nHayward, Jr., Asa Fisk, Benjamin Hills and\\nAlexander Millikin. A disjiensation from the\\nGrand Lodge of New Hampshire empowered\\nthe said Amos Heald and others to assemble at\\nDublin as a Lodge of Masons, to perfect them-\\nselves in the several duties of Masourj to make\\nchoice of officers, to make regulations and by-\\nlaws, and to admit candidates in the first degree\\nof Masonry, all according to ancient customs of\\nMasonry, and to be called Altemont Lodge.\\nThis warrant of dispensation was to continue in\\nfull force and authority till the second Wednes-\\nday of June, Anno I^ucis 5816, unless the lodge\\nwas sooner installed. The first meeting, by\\nvirtue of this dispensation, was held at Free-\\nmasons Hall in Dublin, July 3, A.L. 5815.\\nThe first officers were Amos Heald, Mas-\\nter Stephen Harrington, Senior Warden\\nRichard Strong, Junior Warden Asa Fisk,\\nTreasurer Peter Tuttle, Secretary Levi Fisk,\\nSenior Deacon; William Warren, Junior Dea-\\ncon Aaron Lawrence, Josepli Gowing, Stew-\\nards David Ames, Jr., Tiler.\\nMay 7, a.l. 5816, it was Voted to exclude\\nthe use of ardent spirit in this lodge, and substi-\\ntute therefor crackers, cheese and cider.\\nThe lodge was subsequently removed to Peter-\\nborough. The post-office in Dublin was estab-\\nlished 1810 or 1814, with Cyrus Chamberlain,\\npostmaster.\\nThe Dublin Social Lilirary was established\\nin 1793.\\nSchools were held in the town at an early\\nday, but the first school-houses were not erected\\nuntil 1778, when it was voted to build two.\\nCivil History. The following is a list of\\ntown clerks from 1771 to 1886\\nJoseph Greenwood, 1771, 72, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80,\\n81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 8G, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92.\\nEli Morse, 1773, 74, 75.\\nJames Ernes, 1793.\\nAndrew Allison, 1794, 95, 96,J97.\\nCyrus Chamberlain, 1798 to 1820 and 1834.\\nJoseph Appleton, 1826, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.\\nThomas Fiske, 1832, 33.\\nDexter Mason, 1835, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42.\\nAsa Heald, 1843, 44, 45.\\nEbenezer Greenwood, 1846 to 1859.\\nJames A. Mason, 1859.\\nWarren L. Fiske, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66,\\n67, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82,\\n83, 84, 85.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0256.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0257.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "^AsM ci^^iA/^T.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0258.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "DUBLIN.\\n191\\nThomas Fisk, 1X(58, 71, 72.\\nWalter Harris, 1S70.\\nThe following is a list of ivpresentatives\\nfrom 1790 to 1886:\\nKeuben Morse, 1790.\\nSamuel Twitchell, 1792, 98, 04, 95, 90, 97.\\nThiiddeus Mason, 1795, 9(i, 97, ISOO.\\nJohn Morse, 1798, 99, 1809.\\nIsaac Appleton, 1801, 02, 03, 04, 05, 00, 07,\\n12, 16, 17.\\nAndrew Allison, 1808, 18.\\nSamuel Hamilton, 1810, 11, 13, 14, 15.\\nMoses Marshall, 1819.\\nJohn Taggart, 1820.\\nJoseph Appleton, 1822, 23, 24, 25, 20.\\nSamuel Adams, 1827, 28.\\nRufus Piper, 1829, 30, 31, 38, 40.\\nJohn K. Smith, 1832, 33, 34, 39.\\nRichard Strong, 1835, 36, 37.\\nCalvin Mason, 1841, 42.\\nMoses Marshall, 1843, 44, 45, 46.\\nThomas Fisk, 1847, 57, 58.\\nCyrus Frost, 1848, 49.\\nJacob Gleason, 1850, 51.\\nLovell Harris, 1852.\\nThaddeus Morse, 1853, 54.\\nDexter Mason, 1855, 50.\\nAaron Smith, 1859, 00, 64, 65, 06, 69, 70.\\nCalvin Mason, 1861.\\nMilan W. Harris, 1862, 63.\\nHenry C. Piper, 1867, 68.\\nJesse R. Appleton, 1871, 72.\\nJames Allison, 1873, 74.\\nWalter J. Greenwood, 1875, 70.\\nHenry D. Learned, 1877, 78, 83, 84.\\nCharles W. Gowing, 1879, 80.\\nWarren L. Fiske, 1881, 82.\\n1885, not entitled to send a representative, pro rata\\ntown.\\nDublin as a Summer Resort. The higli\\naltitude, the invigorating atmosphere and the\\ndelighttul scenery have cau.sed Dublin to be-\\ncome quite noted as a summer resort. Many\\nliterary people find it a healthful place in which\\nto rest, and several residents of New Yoi k\\nCity and Boston have erected elegant summer\\nresidences under the shadow of Mount INIonad-\\nnock, upon the shores of the beautiful pond\\nand in the village, from which is presented a\\ncharming view of the Lyndeborough Moun-\\ntains and the intervening distance. The at-\\ntractions are appreciated l)y luuiierous visitants,\\nwhose numbers are increasing annually.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nJESSE R. AI PLETON.\\nThe Appleton family is well known in New\\nEngland and elsewhere, and many of its mem-\\nbers are successful men in law, letters and lu-\\ncre. Their names stand side by side with those\\nof Lawrence, Adams and others prominent in\\nMassachusetts.\\nJesse Ripley Appleton is a descendant in the\\nseventh generation from Samuel Appleton, who\\ncame from England in 16.3(3. Samuel (2), his\\nson, was eleven years old at the time. Isaac\\n(3), fifth child of Samuel (2), was born in 1664,\\nat Ipswich, Mass. Isaac (4), his third child,\\nwas born in 1704, at Ipswich he married Eliz-\\nabeth Sawyer. His .son, Francis (5), married,\\nhad children, among them Francis, born May\\n28, 1759, at Ipswich, and Jesse, who became\\npresident of Bowdoin College. Francis (6),\\nwhen about twelve years of age, I cmoved to\\nNew Ipswicli with his parents, but, in 1786, he\\nsettled in Dublin, N. H,, and after three years\\nhe married, June 2, 1789, Mary Ripley, a de-\\nscendant (if William Ripley, the English emi-\\ngrant, who came to America and settled in\\nHingham, Mass., in 1635, and died in 1656.\\nHe had children, .lolin and Abraham. The\\nline to Mrs. Appleton is William (1), John (2),\\nPeter (3), Peter (4), Noah (5), who married\\nLydia Kent. (She had nineteen children, of\\nwhom seventeen lived to maturity. Mi-s. I.,y-\\ndia Ripley died in 1816, aged ninety-one,\\nleaving thirteen children, one hundred and five\\ngrandchildren and ninety-six great-grandchil-\\ndren). Mary was the fifteenth child she was born\\nSeptember 3, ]76(), and died Augu.st 2, 1840.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0261.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "192\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nFrancis Appleton made a home for himself\\nand his wife on a lot of land worth about sev-\\nenty dollars, given him by his father. He\\nfelled the trees and cleared the land by pei-sist-\\neut and laborious exertions, and brought good,\\ncultivated fields out of the tangled wilderues.s,\\nand became a farmer, as agriculture was the\\nprincipal occupation of the people of the last\\ncentury, steady, industrious, solid citizens. Jlr.\\nAppleton and his wife, soon after their marriage,\\nbecame members of the Fii-st Congregational\\nChurch, and, in 1795, Mr. Appleton was chosen\\ndeacon, which office he held thirty-six years\\nconsecutively. The following from the church\\nrecords is worthy of place November 6,\\n1831. At a meeting of the church, after divine\\nservice. Deacon Francis Appleton tendered his\\nresignation, upon which the following re.solu-\\ntiou, offered by J. K. Smith, was passed unani-\\nmously h esolred, That in consideration of the\\nlong and faithful services rendered this church\\nby Francis Appleton, in the office of deacon,\\nhis request to tender his resignation be accepted,\\nand that, wliile we express to him our regret for\\nhis determination, we also express our gratitude\\nand tliankfulness for the fidelity with whicli he\\nhas discharged the duties pertaining to his office.\\nDeacon Appleton was a quiet, unostentatious\\nman, temperate, posses-sed of good common\\nsense and eminent for his piety. His death\\noccurred July l(i, 1849. The children of Fran-\\ncis and ^lary (Ripley) Api)leton were Mary,\\nborn September 22, 1792, marrietl, February 16,\\n1813, Jonathan arren Betsey, born Febru-\\nary 12, 179.5, dial September 11, 1798; Ash-\\nley, born Deceuiber 23, 179(3, married, January\\n27, 1823, Nancy, daughter of Captain Tliad-\\ndeus Metcalf, of Kecne Francis Gilrnan, born\\nFebruary 24, 1799, marrie l, September 29,\\n182.5, Mary Hay ward Eliza, born May 28,\\n1801, married John Gould, of New Ipswich\\n(tiiey both died in 1840) Serena, born June 1,\\n1804, married, June 28, 1 823, Thaddeus Morse,\\nJr.; Sophia, born November 15, 1806, mar-\\nried, April 13, 1841, Thomas Fi.sk Jesse Rip-\\nley Appleton, youngest child, wa.* born April\\n25, 1809, in Dublin, and married, April 13,\\n1841, Louisa, daughter of Thaddeus and Ia-\\ndia (Perry) Mason. She died November 3,\\n1844. He married, second, March 11, 1852,\\nAbbie Sophia, daughter of Calvin and Rebecca\\n(Kendall) Ma.son. (The Mason family is an\\nold and highly respected one in New England.)\\nTheir children were Ellen R., born November\\n30, 1853, died September 14, 1859, and Charles\\nF., born April 6, 1856, married Lillian G.,\\ndaughter of Corvdon and Abbie G. (Piper)\\nJones. They have two surviving children,\\nEllen E. and Arthur T.\\nJesse Appleton was an apt and diligent schol-\\nar, and was making good progress in his studies\\nwhen they were interrupted by a temporary\\nloss of his voice, and out-of-door work seemed\\nthe best remedy. He left school, became a\\nfarmer, and succeeded to his father s estate in\\n1834, and has occupied the old homestead since,\\nmaking many changes and improvements. Mr.\\nAppleton became a member of the church be-\\nfore he was twenty-five years old, and has been\\nclosely identified with it for many years and is\\nknown as an earnest and efficient Sunday-school\\nworker. He was chosen deacon in 1852, which\\noffice he still holds. He contributes liberally to\\nreligious and benevolent objects. He h;ts been\\na life member of the Unitarian Association, of Bos-\\nton, for many years, and is one of its generous\\ncontributors. He was a delegate to the Associa-\\ntion at New York, where was organized the\\nNational Unitarian Conference his col!e;igues\\nwere Rev. Mr. Bridge and Colouel Jonathan\\nK. Smith. From the inception of the Abolition\\nmovement !Mr. Appleton was in close accoi d\\nwith it, as he believed the holding of human\\nbeings in bondage a grievous national sin, and\\nconsequently he has been a devoted Republican\\nfrom the advent of that party into power, and\\nas such was representative for the town of\\nDublin in the State Legislature for the term of\\n1871-72.\\nMr. Appleton is a quiet, retiring man, of un-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0262.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "WlE", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0264.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "DUBLIN.\\n193\\nassumiug; manners, in accord with the better\\nclass of the CDmniunitv in all matters tending\\nto advance or improve the interests of liis\\nnative town. Intelligent, thoughtful, fond of\\ninvestigation, he keeps himself informed on all\\nmatters of public moment, and ever gives his\\nsupport and assistance to those movements his\\ncareful proving shows to be for the public weal.\\nIt is from such and through such men that the\\nperpetuity of republican institutions is assured\\nin this country. No idea of personal advance-\\nment or striving for notoriety swerves them\\nfrom following the right, and it is a satisfaction\\nto record that the class of which he is a good\\ntype is not a small one, but embraces the truly\\npatriotic and thinking men all over our land.\\nMr. Appleton is especially happy in his domes-\\ntic relations, with an amiable and Christian\\nwife as his co-worker and assistant in all sood\\nworks.\\nLEVI W. LEONARD, D.D.*\\nOf all those born in Dublin, the man of the\\nmost original and largely endowed mind was\\nAmos Twitchell. His native faculties, his deep\\nintuitions, his keen and quick perceptions and\\nhis wonderful fertility of resources would have\\ngiven him anywhere in the world a foremost\\nplace among the most distinguished men of his\\nprofession. But down to the present period, the\\nmost valuable citizen of Dublin, the man of the\\nmost varied and important practical attainments,\\nthe man of the widest and truest culture, the man\\nwho has done more than any other for the intel-\\nlectual, moral and religious advancement and\\nelevation of the people, was Levi W. Leonard.\\nHe M as born in Bridgewater (South Parish),\\nMass., June 1, 1790, and died in Exeter, X. H.,\\nthe 12th day of December, 1864. His eai-ly\\nyears were spent on his father s farm, but an\\naccident unfitting him for the severe labors of\\nthe farm, he engaged iu the, to him, more con-\\nMVith an introduction by Rev. John H. Moiison, D.D.\\n13\\ngenial pursuits of a student. He was graduated\\nat Harvard University in 1815, having held a\\nhigh position in a class greatly distinguished\\nfor intellectual ability and scholarship. He was\\ngraduated at the Cambridge Divinity School in\\n1818, and was two years the preceptor of Bridge-\\nwater Academy. Early in the spring of 1820\\nhe was asked to supply the pulpit in Dublin a\\nfew weeks. Considering the position he already\\nheld as a young man of uncommon ability and\\npromise, it was said to him, You will not wish\\nto stay long, much less to settle. His reply indi-\\ncated the deeper and more sterling qualities of\\nhis nature, in the leading idea of service, by\\nwhich his life was governed.\\nI will go, he said. Moreover, if I can\\n.serve them, if I can do good, .should they give\\nme a call, I will settle. The call was given,\\nand on the 6th day of September, 1820, he be-\\ncame the minister of the First Congregational\\nChurch and Society in Dublin, and continued\\nin the office more than a third of a century.\\nIn the pulpit, in the homes of his people, in\\nthe fields and by the waysides, as well as in his\\nhome, he pursued his manifold studies, and dis-\\npensed his rich and varied instructions. He\\nwrote iu a clear, compact style, using no super-\\nfluous words, and never wearying his people by\\nthe undue length of his services. His appear-\\nance in the pulpit was that of one too deeply\\nimpressed by the responsibility of his position,\\nand too much absorbed in his sulyect, to care or\\nthink about anything else. There was evidently\\nno thought of himself, the sweet token of hu-\\nmility, or if any such thought did occur, his\\nmanner would indicate an almost painful sense\\nof his own inefficiency. Yet there was evidence\\nof a thorough knowledge of his subject, and a\\ndecided conviction of the truth and importance\\nof what he was saying. His intellectual and\\nmoral faculties and attainments were of them-\\nselves such that he could not speak otherwise\\nthan with authority, though without the least\\ntincture of dogtnatism.\\nHis devotion to his people, his all-absorbing", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0267.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "194\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nintei esfc in them and whatever related to their\\nwell-being, and his constant efforts to do them\\ngood ill every walk of life, especially his intelli-\\ngent and loving interconrse with the young, and\\nhis labors for them and with them, gave him\\nan iutlnencc and made him a power working\\nfor righteousness, such as it is tlic privilege of\\nvery few men to attain to. The only instance\\ncorresponding to this of Dr. Leonard, that I\\nhave ever known, is that of Dr. Joseph Allen,\\nof Northborough, Mass. From 1822 to 1853\\nthirty-one years Dr. Leonard s name appears\\nin the town records at the head of the school\\ncommittee. And it is not too much to say that\\nduring the whole pi riod he was the guiding\\nmind and ruling spirit in whatever was done to\\njiroduce the extraordinary advancement then\\nmade by the common schools of Dublin. In the\\nreport of 1850-51 he says, The reading of this\\nre[)ort closes the thirtieth year in wliich the\\ncliairnian of your committee has been engaged\\nin superintending the schools in this town. He\\niins made to them more than a thousand visits.\\nIt has been a labor which he loved, and it will\\never remain a source of gratifying recollection.\\nHe has not labored alone and unaided.\\nLet tlie same liarnKinious action and the same\\nspirit of improvement continue for another thirty\\nyears, and your schools will be so perfected that\\nthe period just closed will seem like a day of\\nsmall things.\\nIIow he labored among his people, doing for\\nthem tile work wiiich he loved to do, endearing\\nhimself to them, and inducing them to join him\\nin his work of moral and intellectual improve-\\nment, till it had become to them also a labor of\\nlove, we may best learn from one who was\\nborn under his ministry, and who preached his\\nfuneral sermon. That sermon, by the Rev. J.\\nC. Learned, then of Exeter, now of St. Louis,\\nMo., lets one into the secret of his influence,\\nshowing us the man and his work. Indeed, the\\nman and his worlv Mere one. What he taught,\\nthat he did and that he was. I prefer to\\nspeak of the man, less as the preacher of sermons.\\nor as the author of educational works, or of\\ncontributions to natural science, or as the mover\\nof benevolent associations, more as he appeared\\nin his daily life.\\nThe good man as lie lived and still lives in\\nthe hearts of his people the Christian man\\nwhose irraces made iiim honored by all who\\nknew him, whose very presence seemed a regen-\\nerating atmosphere, whose example was so spot-\\nless that he seemed conformed to the image of\\nthe Master.\\nIn this town Dr. Leonard has been pre-emi-\\nnently one of the people. He was interested in\\ntheir pursuits. Not neglecting his own profes-\\nsion, he knew something of all others. The\\nlawyer thought he must have studied jurispru-\\ndence. He knew more of teaching than the\\nteachers. He knew more of mechanism than the\\nmechanics. And it was not long before the farm-\\ners found out that he knew more of agriculture\\nand horticulture tiian they. So they were glad\\nto seek his counsel. And no one came away\\nwithout valuable suggestions; for, aside from\\nhis own accurate observations, the best periodi-\\ncals and the latest books on science found their\\nway into his library. There was no austerity in\\nhis manner to repel the humblest from approach-\\ning him there was no obtrusiveness to make\\nany one feel that his advice must be acted upon,\\nhowever freely given. ]\\\\Ien ^vere not slow to\\nlearn the value of his caution and sagacity.\\nMeasures concerning the public interests of\\nthe town, if he did not originate them, were\\nbrouarht to him for his indorsement. Before\\nthey were set on foot they were talked over and\\nmodified in his study. And when there arose\\ncauses of dispute between neighbors, or of\\nalienation in families, to whom could they more\\nconfidentially appeal than to him Each felt him\\nso much a personal friend that there was no fear\\nof favoritism. All believed in his kindness and\\nuprightness and impartiality. He seemed a\\nphysician for their private griefs, and many\\ntimes, more times than any of us can ever know,\\ndid this faith make them whole.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0268.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "DUBLIN.\\n195\\nHe was a most ardent and true lover of chil-\\ndren. You may infer from this what power he\\nwould obtain over the young in so long a miuLs-\\ntrv. It was a natural instinct with him. His\\nheart could not help reaching out after the little\\nones; and when once he had known them he\\nnever forgot them. Last summer he told me\\nand no one who knew him here, where he labor-\\ned so long, will doubt me that wiien he went\\naway from you tiiere was no child of fiiur years\\nold in all the town whom he could not have\\ncailwl l)v name. And well do you know how\\ngreatly he won both their love and their respect.\\nNever have I heard a young person who was\\na native of this town sjieak of him but with\\nreverence. How could it Ik^ otherwise where his\\nname had been a household word for more than\\na generation For more than thirty years, alike\\nin summer s heat and winter s cold, he saw these\\nchildren in their several schools. He knew\\nwhat they studied he watched their progress\\nhe cared for them with a parental solicitude, as\\ntiiough in some sense they were a household eu-\\nti usted to his influence. Every child knew him\\nand was glad to see him, for he never went away\\nwithout leaving some word of encouragement.\\nI^iatterl} as I have seen him often and talked\\nwith him, I have thought there were no children\\nto him like Dublin children. Enfeebled in body\\nas he had been foi some time, his mind corre-\\nspondingly lessened in its activity, he seemed to\\ndwell much with the past. And the young men\\nand the young women of this town where they\\nwere and what they were doing furnished a\\ntheme which never failed to arouse his interest\\nand call forth his emotion. As I said before,\\nhe never forgot them. Often and oflen, have I\\nl)een surprised to find how fiu out into the world\\nhe had traced them. Not unfrequently has he\\nbeen able to tell me the fortunes or the fate of my\\nown school-mates whom I had almost forgotten.\\nAnd when a boy or a girl had done well, or\\ntheir characters blossomed out with promise, it\\nmade the eye of the feeble old man grow bright,\\nthere came an honest pride to his heart it was\\nas though he shared the honor. And, my\\nfriends, it does not seem to me too much to say,\\nthat if any youth who has gone out from this\\ncommunity has won /or himself a noble name\\nor a lof^y character, he is a debtor in no mean\\ndegree to the influence of that spirit which has\\nso recently freed itself from the bondage of this\\nmortal clay.\\nAbout a year and a half ago, after an absence\\nof considerable time from these scenes of his life-\\nwork, he I l visited them, you remember, for the\\nlast time. Almost worn out with exjiaustion\\nfrom the long stage-ride over the hills, unable\\nto descend the coach-steps without help, he spied a\\nlittle l)oy standing upontiie thresliold of the house\\nnear by wliei e we stopped, when, forgetful of\\nhis weakness, away he tottered, his face all i a-\\ndiant with his accustomed smile, to take him by\\nthe hand and ask him who he was, for the mo-\\nment less mindful of older persons standing by.\\nAnd in the room where he lived for several\\nmonths, and where he died, I have seen, for\\nweeks and weeks together, an open miniature\\nlying upon his table; and many times I have\\nfound him bending over it. It was the minia-\\nture of a little girl, now a woman grown. And\\nwhen I have spoken to him of her It looks\\nas she (lid once, he said. We thought it a\\ngood picture, and tears ran down his cheeks\\nand they were tears of warmest affection.\\nAgain, as showing the resthetic side of his\\nnature, he had more than an ordinary love for\\nand appreciation of the beautiful. Fond as he\\nwas of the exact sciences, and little imagination\\nas his sermons ever exhibited, he had an exqui-\\nsite taste for poetiy. I^et any one look over\\nthe files of the Exeter News-Letter, for the eight\\nyears he was editor, and the selections will be\\nample proof of that. Then the collection of\\nChristian Hymns, which not long ago was\\nused in more churches of our denomination than\\nany other, of whose committee of compilation he\\nwas chairman, was in no small measure a testi-\\nmony to the excellence of his taste in lyric verse.\\nMoreover, I ha\\\\ e been told that several hymns", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0269.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "196\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nin the collection are from his own pen, butcliar-\\nacteri.stic of his modesty, his name never appears\\nwith tiicm they are only Anonymous.\\nHe was a great lover of flowers, and culti-\\nvated them with rare success. His garden was\\ntastefully laid out and kept, and contained the\\nmost cherished varieties. Hon. John Prentiss,\\nof Keene, writes me that he well remembers\\nDr. Leonard s display of dahlias when first\\nintroduced in the town hall at our county agri-\\ncultural fair, and adds, he doubtless obtained\\na premium. Well do I remember what a\\nmarvel of beauty we school children thought\\nthat flower garden was, and lingered by the\\nwhite railings that inclosed it with no indefinite\\nlongings. Our eyes had seen nothing like the\\nminister s garden in splendor, and we thought\\nits supplies must be inexhaustible. True, there\\nwere hundreds of flowers for which we knew\\nno name, but the most unskilled of all could ask\\nfor and knew the value of roses and popjiies\\nand pinks and lark-spurs and no one who\\nasked was turned away empty-handed. But\\nthere was another means of obtaining a nose-\\ngay more delicate than asking outright.\\nThere is a country town, says the author\\nof The District School as it AVas, in a late\\nwork, one of the roughest in New England,\\nxN iiich was favored with a clergyman M-ho well\\nunderstood the true methods of education.\\nFor convenience a list of Dr. Leonard s published works\\nis subjoined,\\n1826, Literary and Scientific Class-Book 1829,\\nSequel to Easy Lessons; 1835, North American\\nSpelling-Book 1844, Remarks on Modes of Instruc-\\ntion 1844-53, Reports of Schools in Dublin; 1845,\\none of the compilers of the Hymn-13ook entitled Christian\\nHymns 1845, Sermon on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary\\nof his Ordination 1848, The Natural and the Spiritual\\nMan (being No. 247 of the Unitarian Association Tracts);\\n1848, Analysis of the Elementary Sounds of the English\\nLanguage, with a Chan, Etc.; 1851, A Lecture delivered\\nbefore the American Institute of Instruction at Keene, N.\\nH. (in a volume with other lectures delivered on the same\\noccasion); 1853, Sermon at the Dedication of the New\\nMeetiug-House in Dublin 1855, Editor of the History\\nof Dublin.\\nAmong other investigations, he devoted some of\\nhis leisure to entomology. Somehow, he in-\\nspired the people of the whole town, more or\\nless, with his spirit, and esi^ecially the young.\\nAll eyes were opened and sharpened to discover\\nsome new bug, or worm, or butterfly and hap-\\npy was the boy or girl that could run with some\\npi ize of the kind to the minister, receive his\\nthanks and get a peep through the microscope\\nat the wonders. Besides the rewards named\\nby this writer, he who brought a perfect\\nbeetle or butterfly received also a bouquet of\\nflowers, and we always thought the floxvers\\nthat came from that garden a badge of honor.\\nWith them came a kind word and a benignant\\nsmile, that lived many days in the child s\\nheart.\\nDr. Leonard was a thorough proficient in the\\nnatural history of insects. Most of you remem-\\nber tiers of glass cases or cabinets, disposed\\nabout his study, filled with flies, queer and com-\\nmon, with bright beetles and enormous butter-\\nflies. The late Chancellor Hoyt, of Washing-\\nton University, St. Louis, speaks of him as\\nhaving contributed to the late Dr. Harris, his\\nclass-mate, not a few of the most important facts\\nin his published works, and as being undoubt-\\nedly at this time (1859) the best entomologist\\nin the State. So, in like manner, mineral,\\nbird and sttir, as well as insect and blo.ssom,\\ntaught him Divine lessons, and served his pur-\\npose of doing good.\\nLast summer I called upon him one morn-\\ning, and he showed me a beautiful pond lily,\\none of the first of the season, which some one,\\nthoughtful of his love of flowers, had given him.\\nNothing could have pletiscd him more, and as\\nhe spoke of it and perceived its perfume, he\\ncontemplated it with all the delighted interest of\\na child. He was not well that day, and I called\\nagaiir toward evening. He had lain down for\\nthe night, but he still held that same white lily\\nHelps to Education. by Warren Burton, p. 177.\\nAddresses, Lectures and Reviews, p. 140.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0270.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "DUBLIN.\\n197\\nin his hand, wilted, indeed, but its fragrance\\nwas not yet spent. To me, my friends, that\\nflower seemed no unfit emblem of his life.\\nDr. Leonard was a lover of goodness, and,\\ntherefore, a Christian. He gave himself to\\nChristian work. And, if reports be true, few\\ntowns stood more in need of moral regeneration\\nthan Dublin at the commencement of his min-\\nistry. It has grown into a proverb that minis-\\nters have little or no knowledge of human\\nnature. Those wlio knew Dr. Leonard will\\nneed no further proof that the rule has had its\\nexception. In that matter few had clearer\\nvision than he. His acute observation was not\\nlimited to inanimate nature. He knew his man,\\nand, therefore, when a work that required co-\\noperation was to be accomplished, his confidence\\nwas not mis^^laced. When he came here, in-\\ntemperance, with its kindred evils, alarmingly\\nprevailed. But gradually there came a change.\\nA new power was felt among the people. It was\\nan influence very quiet, liut very j)ersistent.\\nSoon it became known that the study of the\\npastor was the centre from whic h it radiated.\\nAfterwards he lectured upon iempcrance in all\\nthe school districts. Some men, in consequence,\\nwithdrew from the society. For about ten years\\nhe reduced his salary in proportion to the amount\\nthese paid him, that others might not be embar-\\nrassed l)y a heavier assessment, and urged the\\ncause more industriously than ever. In these\\nlatter days, my friends, you have a just pride\\nin the result. I am not old, yet I have seen\\nsomething of many towns, both small and great,\\nand, comparing any that I have known or heard\\nof with this, I have never had occasion to be\\nashamed of the moral character of the town in\\nwhich I was born.\\nIn the published correspondence of Theodore\\nParker occur tliese words of tribute, in a letter\\nto Dr. Francis, in 1855: Here I am, says\\nMr. Parker, rusticating in one of the nicest lit-\\ntle towns in New Hampshire or New England.\\nGood Dr. Leonard has written his natural piety\\nall over the town and in all the people. How\\nmuch a noble minister may do for mankind in\\nsuch a town as this There are twenty-three\\ncopies of the New York Tribune, and nearlv as\\nmany of the National Era, taken here. No rum\\nin town, excellent schools, not eleven hundred\\ninhabitants and twelve hundred dollars devoted\\nevery year to schools. I often mention Lincoln,\\nDr. Stearns old parish for so many years, to\\nshow what a minister may do. Concord is also\\na good example; but Dublin, I think, will bear\\nthe palm from all the rest. But why is it that\\nsuch cases are so rare There is not a town in\\nNew England but would rejoice to have such a\\nminister as Dr. L. Why is it that we don t\\n7-aise that sort of minister\\nIt matters little, perhaps, what the the-\\nology of such a man may be; for his life passes\\nall theologies. No denomination can monopo-\\nlize its benefits; so we may be sure he was no\\nsectarian or dogmatist. Yet his theological\\nviews were well-defined. He was educated in\\nand l)elonged to the older school of Unitarians.\\nBut he believed with Robinson, the teacher of\\nthe pilgrims, that God had more trutli to break\\nforth from His holy word. He was the friend\\nof a liberal and progressive faith, for he was the\\nfriend of independent thought. His words ded-\\nicated this edifice in which we are assembled to\\nreligious uses. Many of you will remember\\nwhen he said Preaching, in order to be effec-\\ntive or profitable, must be free. That which\\ngives it life and energy, and without which it is\\nbut a vain parade, is this: that preachers be al-\\nlowed to form principles of their own, and that\\nwhat tliey say be the fruit of their own thought.\\nCommand a man to utter the thoughts and\\nviews of others, as they have been contained in\\nconfessions of faith, and threaten him at the\\nsame time with some temporal deprivation or\\nspiritual denunciation if he ventures to follow\\nhis own conclusions and to proclaim his senti-\\nments, and you pass upon all he says a sentence\\nWeiss Life and Correspondence of Tlieodore Parker,\\nvol. i., p. o62.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0271.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "198\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof death. You come to the sanctuary for in-\\nstruction, not merely to hear your own opinions\\ndeclared and confirmed.\\nHis theology excluded no sincere and de-\\nvout and striving soul from Christian fellow\\nship. Ah, my friends, his faith was a good one\\nto live l)y, if it jjroduce so beautiful a life; sure-\\nIv a good one to die hy, if a well-spent life can\\nmake death pleasant. Whatever value he\\nplaced upon any articles of belief, he did not\\nforget to dedicate this house of God, with\\nspecial words, to the kive of charity, to the\\nspirit of progress and liberty. He said, All\\nmankind are brethren. When one is oppressed,\\nall are implicated in danger. If one human\\nbeing may suffer wrong with impunity to the\\nwrong-doer, then all are exposed to the like\\nfate. Every church, therefore, every house\\nconsecrated to God and to Christ, should be\\nopen to the defen.se of human freedom and\\nhuman rights. What another has written of\\nhim is indeed eminently true: He was the\\nfriend of his race yea, the friend of every\\nrace made in the image of God.\\nDr. Leonard was a benevolent man. Yon\\nwould know that from his very face. Without\\nwealth, with only a competency, no one in need,\\nno needy enterprise, made calls upon him in\\nvain.\\nWhen first he came here there were few\\njuvenile books published. But he saw what a\\npower for good they might be made to be. He\\nobtained what he could from time to time, and\\nwhen he made pastoral visits was seldom with-\\nout some in ids pockets for the children. There\\ngrew such an interest in the minister s collec-\\ntion, and constantly, that a regular system of\\nborrowing and lending was adopted, so that ail\\nmight share alike. In three or four vears there\\nwere as many as a hundred volumes in the min-\\nister s collection, and constantly visited by the\\nchildren at the minister s house. Tims was\\nformed iclud is supposed to have been (he first\\nDiscourse Delivered Mnrcli 2, 1853, p. 7.\\nSunday-school library in New Englandr It is\\ntrue, however, that any children in the town\\nwho wished to enjoy its privileges were free to\\ndo so. There was no spirit of exclusiveness in\\nthe pastor s heart every child was alike wel-\\ncome.\\nHe tried each art, reproved each dull delay,\\nAllured to brighter worlds, and led the way.\\nFor many years he furnislied all the text-\\nbooks for the Sunday-school and gave each\\nchild a story-book when it closed for tlie winter.\\nHe gave hymn-books for the choir and in tlie\\ncommon schools, for the sake of securing uni-\\nformity of text-books, if any poor family was\\nto suffer by the change, the required school-\\nbooks were often sujiplied by him. Since he\\nleft Dublin, instance after instance of his private\\ncharities have come to light, unknown before.\\nSaid a famih which had suffered great adver-\\nsity, not of his own parish, There has been\\nno such friend to us we do not see what we\\nshall do when he goes from us.\\nSeldom wasa man more richly endowed with\\n2 In a private letter to the son of Dr. Leonard, the Hon.Thos.\\nFisk, of Dublin, who was a co-laborer with the latter in the\\ncause of education and other good works in that town, and,\\nalthough in his eighty-third ye.ir, still retains his mental\\nvigor in a remarkable degi-ee, after stating in substance\\nthat he thinks Rev. Mr. Learned has fallen into an error in\\ncalling this library the tnrst Snndai/se/wol lihrari/ in New\\nJSnifland, snys that the historian of Peterboro is mis-\\ntaken when he states in his work that, giving all due\\ncredilfor previous attempts to establish free publiclibraries,\\nwe think the claim of Peterboro to be the first to have suc-\\nceeded in it is indisputable. Mr. Fisk goes on to say\\nthat the first meeting held in Peterboro in relation to it,\\nwas .-Vpril 9, 1833. Your father (Dr. Leonard) instituted\\nin Dublin the Juvenile Library, in 1822, eleven years before\\nthe Peterboro library was organized, and it was, to all in-\\ntents and purposes, a free public library throughout the\\ntown, and has been in successful operation ever since. To\\nyour father is due the honor of instituting the ftmtfree,\\npublic circuliiiintj library within my knoivledge, and he ex-\\npended some three hundred dollars of his private means\\nfor books before others contributed to the expense. The\\nDublin Juvenile Librarj- was founded in 182-5, and since\\nthat time has been replenished annually by the voluntary\\ncontributions of its members.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0272.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "DUBLIN.\\n199\\npatieuce and Christian resignation. With health\\nnever firm, seldom would those about liim have\\ndiscovered it from any word of his. Latterly, the\\npremature infirmities of age bowed and par-\\nalyzed him. In general, I do not think there\\nwas that acuteuess of suffering which is often\\nwitnessed. But there was a greater or less de-\\ngree of consciousness to the very last. For\\nmany months, from slight paralysis, it had been\\ndifficult for him to converse. He could not\\nlonger mingle in company, as he was wont, and\\nit had inclined him to sit much by himself in\\nhis chamber. Yet no murmur was ever known\\nto escape his lips. Yea, even when, towards\\nthe last, soreness and racking pains came upon\\nhim, those who stood by were astonished at his\\nfortitude. There was not even a complaining-\\nlook hile, for the slightest efforts for his re-\\nlief, his face lighted up with gratitude and af-\\nfection.\\nThere is a heroism that unflinchingly fronts\\nthe cannon s mouth and the deadly charge of\\nbattle. But to me that is a grander heroism\\nthat, with a sweet religious faith, utters no mur-\\nmur in the face of lingering death.\\nThe degree of Doctor of Divinity was con-\\nferred upon Dr. Leonard by the corpciration of\\nHarvard University in 1849, and President\\nJared Sparks, in his letter announcing the\\nhonor, says I am happy to be the medium of\\ncommunicating this testimony of the high esteem\\nin which we hold your distinguished services in\\nthe cause of religion and education.\\nIt remains only to add that Dr. Leonard was\\ntwice married. His first wife was Elizabeth\\nMorison Smith, daughter of Hon. Samuel\\nSmith, the founder of Peterborough village.\\nShe died September 1.3, 1848. Two children\\nwere the fruit of this marriage, William Smith,\\nborn October 13, 1832, a graduate at Dart-\\nmouth College in the class of 185G, :\u00c2\u00bbnd for the\\nlast twenty-five years a practicing physician in\\nHinsdale, N. H.; also Ellen Elizabeth, born\\nJune 25, 1846, who married Joseph H. Hough-\\nton, and has resided for many years in New\\nTacoma, Washington Territor}\\nHe married for his second wife ]\\\\Irs. Eliza-\\nbeth Dow Smith, of Exeter, N. H., widow of\\nSamuel G. Smith, and soon after removed to\\nExeter, where he passed the declining years of\\nhis life, assuming, for a time, the editorship of\\nthe Exeter News-Letter, and interesting himself\\nin the schools and all other things pertaining to\\nthe public welfare. Yet Exeter was never a\\ncongenial abiding-place to him like a tree\\ntransplanted ;ifter it had reached maturity, he\\ncould not take root and thrive in a new soil,\\nand as the evening shadows gathered around\\nhim, he yearned more and more for his old\\nhome, and so at last he was laid at rest in the\\nancient graveyard at Dublin, by the side of the\\nwife of his best years and the mother of his\\nchildren all around him tiie graves of his\\nparishioners, for whom he had so many years\\nbroken the bread of life. In the shadow of the\\ngrand Monadnock, by the shore of the crystal\\nlake he loved so well, a plain granite monument\\nemblematical of his character, marks the last\\nresting-place of this pure, noble and devoted\\nminister of God.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0273.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe township was granted by the Masonian\\nproprietors, January 15, 1752, to Rohind Cot-\\nton and forty-one others, and was Icnown by the\\nname of Monadnoek, No. 4. The conditions of\\nthe grant not being complied with, a re-grant\\nwas made to Colonel Sampson Stoddard and\\ntwenty-two associates, and it was sometimes\\ncalled Stoddard s town until May 19, 1773,\\nwhen it was incorporated by the Governor and\\nCouncil by the name of Fitz William, in honor\\nof an English earl. In 1760 settlements were\\ncommenced by James Reed (who afterwards\\ncommanded one of the New Hampshire regi-\\nments in Bunker Hill), John Fassett and Ben-\\njamin Bigelow.\\nWhen the town of Troy was formed, June 23,\\n1815, about four thousand acres of Fitzwilliam\\nterritory was taken from the north part of the\\ntown and now constitutes a part of Troy. The\\nline between this town and Riudge was estab-\\nlished by an act approved June 17, 1847.\\nPetition of Colonel Stoddard Relative\\nTO Incorporation.\\nTo His Excellency John Wentworth Esqe\\nCaptain General Governor Commander in\\nChief in Over his Majestys Province of\\nNew Hamp\u00c2\u00b0, the Hon his iNIajestys Council\\nfor Said Province\\nThe Memorial of Sampson Stoddard of\\nChelmsford in the County of Middlesex in\\n200\\nthe Province of the Massachusetts Bay Shews\\nThat there is a Tract of Land in the Prov-\\nince of New Hamp\u00c2\u00b0 of the Contents of about six\\nMiles Square Granted by the Purchasors of the\\nRight of John Tufton Mason Esq to your\\nMemorialists Others Called the Township of\\nMonadnoek N 4 That the Greater part there-\\nof is finally Vested in him, that he has at a\\nGreat Expeuce Settled a Very Considerable\\nNumber of Inhabitants thereon\\nWherefore your Memorialist humbly prays\\nthat the Lands afores** may not be Incorporated\\ninto a Town the Inhabitants there Infran-\\nchised with all Town priviledges without their\\nfirst Giving Notice to him of their Design of\\napplying to y Excell honors and your\\nMemorialist Shall (as in duty bound) Ever\\npray\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSampson Stoddard\\nPortsm July 11, 1768\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nIncorporation of Town. The following\\nis a copy of the petition for incorporation\\nTo Hia Excellency John Wentworth Esquire\\nCaptain General, Governor and Commander\\nin Chief in and over his Majestys Province of\\nNew Hampshire and Vice Admiral of the\\nSame in Council.\\nThe Petition of James Reed of jNIonadnock\\nN\u00c2\u00b0 4 in the County of Cheshire in the Province\\naforesaid Esq and Clerk of the Proprietry of\\nsaid Monadnoek N\u00c2\u00b0 4 unto your Excellency\\nHonors humbly Shews", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0274.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "FITZWILLIAM.\\n201\\nThat your Petitioner togetlier with Joseph\\nHemmenway and John Millins at a legal Meet-\\ning of s Proprietors held in s IMonadnock N\u00c2\u00b0\\n4 on the 31^ of ]\\\\Iarch last were chosen a Com-\\nmittee to petition this Honorable Court to in-\\ncorporate the said Monad uock N\u00c2\u00b0 4 into a Town-\\nship with the usual Priviledges and Franchises\\nof other corporate Towns in the said Province\\nfor the following Reasons Viz\\nThat the Inhabitants of said Monadnock\\nhave settled a Minister built a Meeting House\\nand have a large Number residing there, besides\\nothers daily coming to settle there That they\\nhumbly conceive their Number intitles them to\\nthe Indulgence of this Hon Court as in the\\npresent Mode of Provincial Taxation, they are\\nsubject to the controul of the Selectmen of\\nNeighbouring Towns, and they would humbly\\nwish to have the Priviley-e of chusine; Selectmen\\nand otiier Town Officers of their own which\\nwould quiet the INIinds of the Inhabitants and\\npromote the Interests good Government of s\\nMonadnock N 4 That being destitute of Town\\nPrivileges the Petitioners cannot legally warn\\nout any vagrants that may come there, and\\nmany other Inconveniences Wherefore Your\\nPetitioner in behalf of s Proprietors humblv\\njiray that this Hon* Court would grant their\\nPetition as in Duty bound he they shall\\ne% er jjray\\nJames Reed\\nCommittee man and Proprietors Clark\\nThe town was incorporated May 19, 1773.\\nDocumentary History. The following is\\na copy of the petition of Mrs. Clayes\\nThe Hon\u00c2\u00b0 Counsel aud House of Representa-\\ntives of the State of New Hampshire in\\nGeneral Court assembled\\nThe Humble petition of Abigail Clayes\\nwidow to the late Captain Elijah Clayes deceased\\nof the 2d regiment of the New Hampshire Line\\nUrged by her distressed situation begs your\\nattention as she is left with a famley of small\\nChildren without any other means of subsistance\\nbut her own Industry for there support. Im-\\npelled by these Circumstances and the Horrid\\nIdea of want, being fully impressed that the\\nHonorable Body before this her petition will be\\nlaid, supported by there natural feelings as well\\nas Justice aud Humanity towards those in dis-\\ntress will exert every nerve for so desirable an\\nend as to soften as far as in their power the\\ndistress incident to the widows and Fatherless\\nand Consequently extend their generosity to-\\nwards her by a grant of half pay agreeable to\\nan act of Congress of the 15 of May 1778 in\\nsuch Cases made and provided and renewed and\\nextended the 24 August 1780 which will enable\\nher to bring up her Children in some degree of\\ndecency and live above contempt, resting assured\\nof your strict attention to this her Petition\\nYour Petitioner as in duty bound shall forever\\npray\\nAbigal Clayes\\nElijah Clayes was captain of the Seventh\\nCompany of the Second Regiment in 1777\\nJoseph Potter, of Fitzwilliam, was second lieu-\\ntenant of the same company.\\nGENERAL JAMES REED s PETITION.\\nKeene Decem 18 1780\\nTo The Hon Council House of Repre-\\nsentatives Convened att Exeter this twentieth\\nDay of Decern for the State of New Hamp-\\nshire\\nThe Petition of James Reed of Keene in\\nthe County of Cheshire Esq^ Humbly Sheweth\\nyour Petitioner ingaged in the Sarvis of the\\nunited states in the year 1775 Tho Exposed\\nto many Dangers hardships did continue in\\nan intiar state of helth till after the Retreat\\nfrom Canady at the head of Lake George\\nwas voielently seazed with the Narves feavor\\nthat intiarly Deprived him of his Eye sight\\nallmost of his hearing exceeding weeke\\nwhich continued for a Number of munths aitho\\nno Pains nor cost was spaired for Recovery of\\nsight or helth tho to no avail as to the sight\\ntho yom- Petitioner was Hon with a Commi-\\ntion of Rank under Sarting Limetations of", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0275.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "202\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nEstablished Pay fiiuliug the Depreciation of\\nthe Currency so greate his Expences so high\\nthat he very erly in the year 1778 Laid his\\ncase before the Hon^ Continental! Congress\\nhaving no Returne depreciation of the currency\\nstill increasing his helples Surcumstances by\\nReson of total blindness, tho in sum meashure\\nRecovered, as to helth and hearing his Ex-\\npencive Surcumstances obliged him to Parte\\nwith a considerable Parte of his Real Estate\\n(Viz) Half of the towushijj of Errol in this\\nState six wrights in the township of Cam-\\nbridge Purchased of RP Nath Rogers which\\nmoney was laid in his chest which by an act of\\nthis state he was obliged to give in to the\\nassers to be Rated s* Rats Runing so high\\nthe Depreciation so grate almost consumed the\\nwhole sum whereupon your Humble Peti-\\ntioner Petitionetl this Hon* Corte for sum\\nRelief l)y way of the avacuated Farms for\\nwhich he had hazarded His Life fur the\\nconvenens of Exercise and sum oather Reasons\\nmentioned to this Hon^ Corte Docf Josiah\\nPomroyes of Keene as he was an absentee the\\nHon Corte was gratiously Pleased to make\\nhim a grantc of a Parte of s Farme in No-\\nvember (1779) under sarting Limetations but\\nas your Petitioner could not enter by vartue (if\\ns grante he was obliged to pay 350 h M\\n[lawful money] for the use of s Farme untill\\nthe first Day of may (1781) s** Farme being\\nnow the Property of this State is to be inven-\\ntoreyed sold att vandue your Petitioner\\nhath made inquiarey finds that the s Docf\\nPomroyes Purches was sum moar than Seven\\nhundred Pounds that the s Estate owes\\nSum moar than Five hundred Pounds the\\nProseser of one not of moar than Four hun-\\ndred Pounds against s Estate will not give up\\nthe obligation shorte of the value in Silver\\nmoney or att the common Exchange altho\\nyour Pettitioner has never Rec any alowence\\nfrom the Continent for the Depreciation in his\\nestablished Pay altho he was obliged to pay the\\nabove 350 for the use of s Farme one year\\nout of the nomenal sura of Established Wages\\nyour Humble Pettitioner Prays this hon Corte\\nto take all the above surcumstances under your\\nwise consideration grante your Pettitioner\\nthe Priviledge of Purchasing the whole of s^\\nFarme without its being Exposed to Public\\nvandue or oatherwayes Relive as in Dute\\nbound Shall Ever Pray,\\nJames Reed B. G.\\nAttest Hinds Reed\\nGeneral James Read was one of the early\\nsettlers of Fitzwilliam, and proprietors clerk\\nfor some years. When news reached him of\\nthe battle of Lexington, he raised a company\\nof volunteers and marched them to Medford\\nwas commissioned as colonel by the govern-\\nment of INLassachusetts, and raised four com-\\npanies of troops but, failing to obtain enough\\nfor a regiment, he went to Exeter, was com-\\nmissioned by the government of New Hamp-\\nshire, had two companies of Stark s men\\nturned over to him, and bravely commanded\\nhis regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill. He\\nbecame totally blind, resulting from a fever\\ncontracted in the campaign of the following\\nyear in Canada, and thus the American cause\\nlost the .services of an ardent patriot, and a\\nbrave and determined officer. It will be\\nunderstood that the foregoing petition is not\\nhis production, as he was blind at the time\\ndocuments in his handwriting of an earlier\\ndate show that he was a man of good education\\nfor his time. After becoming blind, he occu-\\npied for a while the confiscated estate of Dr.\\nPomeroy of Keene, which was leased to him\\nby the State. In March, 1782, Daniel Kings-\\nbury and Thomas Baker M ere ajipointeil to\\nappraise the rental, and the following is their\\nreport (Hammond)\\nKeene April 18 1782.\\nWe the subscribers being under oath to\\nappraise the value of the Rent of the within\\nmentioned Premises for the Term of one year\\nhave appraised the same at the sum of fourteen\\npounds, and it is our opinion that General", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0276.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "FITZWILLIAM.\\n203\\nRead had expended the sum of six pounds in\\nrepairing the said Premises since he hath had\\nthe use Improvemeut thereof wliieh sum of\\nsix pounds ought to be deducted out of the\\nabove mentioned fourteen pounds.\\nTho Baker\\nDan Kiisgsbi^ry\\nSworn to before Calvin Fkink [of\\nSwanzey].\\nSoldiers Orders.\\nTo the Honoural)le .John Taylor Gibiian Esq\\nTreasurer Receiver General of the State of\\nNew Hampshire\\nSir Please to pay to the Bearer what\\nmoney is due to me as Wages Clothing for\\ntwelve months service Done in the Continental\\narmy beginning June A. D. 1779 Col George\\nReids Regiment Capt Rowels Company this\\nShall be your Discharge for the same\\nJoseph Muzzey.\\nTest Anna Wilder\\nAbel Wilder\\n[Acknowledged before Abel Wilder. Ed.]\\nStephen Richardson was in First Regiment\\nfrom February 23, 1781, to September 1, 1781,\\nand in 1782 as corporal. Stephen White was\\nin the same from February, 1781, to December,\\n1781, and again in 1782.\\nRelative to General Read.\\nThis may certify all whome it may con-\\nsearn that I was called to visit Brigadier Gen-\\neral Reed of Fitzwilliam in Felnniary A. D.\\n1777 and found him Intirely Blind and\\nLabouring under many other Bodyly Infirm-\\naties at the same time wich Rendered him\\nIncapable of taking care of himeselfe and he\\nremaines Blind and in my opinion ever will.\\nRoyalston January 19 1786.\\nStephen Batcheller, Physition\\nSylvanus Read s Petition.\\nTo the General Assembly of the State of\\nNew Hampshire now sitting at Ports-\\nmouth\\nHumbly Shews Sylvanus Read of Fitz-\\nwilliam in the s State That he served as\\nadiutaut of a Battallion of Troops raised in\\nthis state for the defense of the New England\\nstates c and Commanded by Lieut Col\\nStephen Peabody Esq. as appears by the\\nCommission herewith presented That your\\nPetitioner is informed some allowance had\\nbeen mad those officers on acc t of the De-\\npreciating of the money they were paid in\\nYour Petitioner therefore humbly prays\\nthat your Honors will oi der such Depreciation\\nto be paid to your Petitioner as is Customary\\nin Such Cases and as in duty Bound shall\\never pray c\\nDated Fely y 2 1786\\nSam Kendall\\nin behalf of the Petitioner\\nThe foregoing petition was granted Feb. 21,\\n1786.\\nInstructions to their Representative,\\n1783.\\nAt a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of\\nthe Town of Fitz William, held upon adjourn-\\nment august 14 1783 Voted, To give their\\nRepresentative for the ensuing Year, the fol-\\nlowing Instructions\\nTo Major Efisha Whitcomh\\nS You being Chosen to Represent the\\nTowns of Swansey and Fitz William for the\\npresent Year, in the general assembly of the\\nState of New Hampshire The Town of Fitz\\nWilliam, a jjart of your Constituents, in Com-\\nplyance with the request of said assembly, and\\nfrom a Sense of Duty at this Critictal period, do\\nnow openly, candidly Sincerely Speak,\\ninstruct you, not only with respect to the\\narticle Recomended, but other things mc con-\\nceive necessary to the well being of the Com-\\nmunity\\nWe shall begin with the Recommendation\\nof the Honorable Congress, relative to an\\nalteration proposed in the Eighth Article of\\nthe Confederation perpetual union between\\nthe thirteen united States of America", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0277.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "204\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCongress, we find, View it Exjiedient,\\neven Necessary that such an alteration, as they\\nhave Eecomniended, be made and the general\\nassembly of this state appear to be of the same\\nmind for they say, they are fully convinced\\nof the Expediency utility of the Measure\\nwith all Due Defference to the collected\\nWisdom of the Continent, of this State as\\nwe are called upon to shew our minds, we\\nwould say, that we have taken this matter into\\ndeliberate mature consideration and are of\\nopinion that the jJroposed alteration is neither\\nExpedient or necessary\\nWe conceive that it cannot be so just\\nequitable a mode of Proportioning Taxes, by\\nthe Number of Inhabitants of every age, Sex\\ncondition, as by the Value of Land c,\\nwhich each State is possessed of, which\\nenables each State to pay the proportion we\\naj)prehend, that, according to the present pro-\\nposed method of Proportioning Taxes, there is\\na Door opened for some States to be eased\\nothers burdened but Reason Justice and\\nRevelation Demand an Equality, that each State\\npay in proportion to what it is worth, and no\\nmore\\nAnd as the Number of inhabitants accord-\\ning to the proposed alteration, is to be taken\\ntriennially and as it is found necessy for i)ro-\\nportiouing taxes within each State to take the\\nValuation of all Lands c, we conceive that\\nby the proposed alteration much needless Cost\\nmust arise to the good people of these States,\\nalready Loaded with Taxes; and know not\\nwhich way to discharge them nor can we\\nthink that the Numbering of Souls is a Justi-\\nfiable method witness the couduct of David,\\ndismal consequences thereof left no doubt\\niqxm Sacre^l Record for national admonition\\nWe think it advisable, that one mode of\\nValuation, both as to poles possession,\\nshould be adopted throughout the united\\nStates as this appears to us the most Rational\\nequitable plan that can be devised altho we\\nare Sensible there can be no mode fixed upon,\\nbut that Some objections may be raised against\\nit\\nWe do therefore recommend it to you, Sir\\nto use your influence to prevent any alteration\\nbeing made in the above mentioned Eighth\\narticle of the Confederatiou\\nWe Shall now take the Liberty to address\\nyou upon some other subjects, which wo con-\\nceive important necessary in our present\\nSituation of affairs\\nBy a Resolution of Congress of the 21 of\\nOctober 1780, we find they have promised the\\nofficers of the american army, half pay during\\nlife by a Resolve of said congress, bearing\\ndate INIarch the 22 1783, they have engaged\\nthem five years full pay instead of the half pay\\npromised before upon which we would ob-\\nserve, that we have ever been, and still are\\nready to Exert ourselves in Supporting our\\narmy; and to Reward those who have jeoparded\\ntheir lives for us in the high Places of the field,\\nfought our Battles, Bled in our Cause, antl\\nunder God Iiave been our defence we are will-\\ning, we say, amply to reward them none de-\\nserve more highly than our Brave army; none\\nshall have our Money more freely, So far as is\\nJustly Due and if there has been any failure\\non the part of government in fulfilling their\\ncontracts, let the injury and all their Just De-\\nmands be made uj) to them as soon as may be\\nyea So cheerful ready are we, to have them\\nfully compensated for their services, y we are\\nwilling if it cannot be otherwise effected, To\\nallow Both officers Soldiers, over and aliove\\ntheir Stipulated wages, one years full pay -far\\nbe it from us to wrong our soldiers we are\\ndesirous to settle honorably with them sea-\\nsonal^ly fully to discharge all our jjublic\\nforeign Debts\\nBut we cannot see the reasonableness Jus-\\ntice of giving the officers of our army half pay\\nduring life, or full pay for the term of five\\nyears, after they are Discharged from the ser-\\nvice we think the soldiers who have born the\\nBurden and heat of the day as well as the offi-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0278.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "FITZWILLIAM.\\n205\\ncers, have an equal Right to claim a share, iu\\nproportion to their pay\\nWe doubt not, but that Both officers and sol-\\ndiei s have suffered mucli in tluir Countries Cause\\nand the temporal Interests of many have herby\\nbeen diminished an has not this been the\\ncase with thousands that have generally\\nl)een at Home they liave many a time\\nlieen called oif fi-om their employments,\\nl)een obliged to gird on the harness take\\nthe field, for a time, in the common defence\\nwhy ought they not to be rewarded over\\n.t above their Stipulated ])ay, in proportion\\nto the time they were gone Services which\\nthey Performed it api)ears to be as reasonable\\nas that the officers of our army should thus he\\nre\\\\\\\\ arded\\nBesides do not the officers of our army hope\\nexpect, to share in the Blessings of Peace\\nindependence? we are willing they should; why\\nthen are they not to Suffer with us, lend a\\nhelping hand to support us under our Burdens?\\nwe think they ought to be not make gov-\\nernment, instead of Being a Blessing, an un-\\nsupportable Burden to the people\\nWe cannot see, if they have a reasonable\\nrecompence for their services, why they do not\\nstand upon an equal footing with their Brethren\\nwe therefore request you, Sir, to use your in-\\nfluence to prevent this pay being given to the\\nofficers of our army, as we cannot consent to it,\\nor any thing that is so subversive of the Prin-\\nciples of american Revolution\\nFurther, we must Depend upon your Ex-\\nertions, and if need be that you Strain every\\nnerve, to prevent the return of those persons\\ncalled Tories, or absentees, who have withdrawn\\nthemselves from us, gone over to the Enemy\\neither virtually or actually taken up arms\\nagainst us many of them shed the Blood of\\ntheir Brethren in the judgment of charity we\\ncan t but View them in an odious light they\\ndeserve censure yea many of them have long\\nsince, forfeited their heads as well as their es-\\ntates to their countries Justice we doubt not\\nbut their situation is disagreeable, that things\\nhave turned out (juite con trary to their wish\\nExpectation but are we to B lame for that\\nhad they chose it, they might have continued\\ntwith us, enjfiyed their estates, which we view\\nhey have now forfeited, all the priveledges\\nimmunities of free citizens; Shared in the\\nBlessings of independence but they have chosen\\ntheir side, we desire that they would abide\\ntheir choice, not Presume to trouble us any\\nmore Friendship to them, Safety to our-\\nselves dear Country, forljid them to be any\\nmore incorporated with us we have sufficiently\\nProved them, understand their temper dis-\\nposition, by their inhuman savage conduct\\ntowards us we are convinced that we cannot\\nput any confidence in them they have proved\\nthemselves traitors to their country can we\\nthen receive you into our Bosoms again by no\\nmeans let them therefore Depart, repair to\\nthe frozen Regions of acadia, the Place Destined\\nfor them by their Royal Master, and Spend the\\nrest of their days in deep Repentance for their\\nPast follies\\nAnd as Religion is much Decayed in our\\nLand, the Lords Day shamefully profaned, the\\nholy name of God abused, and all manner of\\nVice prevalent Barefaced, we Expect that\\nyou will use your Best endeavors, to liave such\\nLaws enacted put in Execution, as shall tend\\nto suppress Vice, secure the honor of Gods holy\\nname, the Sanctificatiou of the Sabbath, and\\nto Promote Religion A useful Literature among\\nus\\nand that you give your constant season-\\nable attendance at Court, iu the time of its Ses-\\nsions, that neither your Constitutents, nor the\\nPublic may be come Sufferers by your neglect\\nbut a word to the wise is sufficient\\nAt a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of\\nthe Town of Fitzwilliam on the 14 Day of this\\nInstant, August Voted that These Instructions\\nShould be Deliver to you Sir by the Hand of\\nEns Samuel Kendall at your hous in Swansey\\nFitzwilliam August 16 1783\\nAtest Samuel Patrick Town Clerk", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0279.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "206\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nPetition of General James Read.\\nTo the Hon the Senate and house of Rep-\\nresentatives convened at Concord\\nThe petitition of James Read most humbly\\nsheweth\\nThat your petitioner, during the late pros-\\n2)erous and glorious contest for liberty, in whieh\\nhe was conscientiously engaged, was unfortu-\\nnately and totally deprived of the use of his\\neyes, a greater loss than which no mortal can\\nsustain That by painful circumstance he is al-\\ntogether deprived of his usefulness to his Coun-\\ntry, and of every opportunity of procuring sus-\\ntenance for himself and family, and the only\\nconsolation he receives, is, that America is be-\\ncome free, in part, through his struggles That\\nin this most deplorable situation of himself and\\nfamily, your petitioner has heretofore frequently\\napplied to the General Court, whom he con-\\nceives to be the guardians, the fathers of\\nthe iieople for assistance but has hitherto\\nmost unfortunately failetl in his just applica-\\ntions That he has in this unutterable distress,\\nand frightful indigence, been constrained to put\\nliis dependence on the Constables for several\\nyears past, for succour and support, both for\\nhimself and family still looking forward with\\nfull hope and expectations that you, who are\\nrightly stiled the redressers of grievances, would\\nhave concerted some efiectual means for his\\nlivelihood, agreeable to resolves of Congress for\\nthat benevolent purpose Wherefore your sup-\\npliant j)etitioner most humbly prays, that this\\nHon Court wou d give him orders on said\\nConstables which may fully answer for the Con-\\ntinental tax due from said Constables and that\\nthe same be charged to the Continent agreeable\\nto said Resolves or otherwise relieve your pe-\\ntitioner s pitiful situation, as in your great wis-\\ndom you may think best\\nAnd your petitioner as in duty bound will\\never pray\\nJames Read\\nPetition for Incorporation of Library.\\nTo the General Court of the State of New\\nHampshire now Conven d at Portsmouth hum-\\nbly Sheweth Nahum Parker that he with a\\nnumber of others Inhabitants of Fitzwilliam\\npurchased a Collection of Books for a Social\\nLibrary but find it necessary to be incorporated\\nin order to realize the advantages Contemjilated\\nTherefore pray that they may be incorporated\\nwith such privileges as are usually Granted in\\nsuch Cases, and as in duty bound will pray\\nNov ^27 1797\\nNahum Parker, /or the jmrchasers\\nThe petition was granted November 29,\\n1797.\\nThe Congregational Church in this\\ntown was organized March 27, 1771, with the\\nfollowing members Benjamin Brigham, Ben-\\njamin Bigelow, John Fassitt, Nathaniel Wilder,\\nCaleb Minch and James Reed.\\nThe first pastor was Rev. Benjamin Brigham.\\nThe present pastor is Rev. John Colby.\\nThe Unitarians have a society in the vil-\\nlage, but no house of worship nor regular p;is-\\ntor.\\nThe First Baptist Church was organ-\\nized in 1815. The first pastor was Rev. Arnot\\nAllen. Rev. Andrew Dunn is the present pas-\\ntor.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church was\\norganized in 1867 by Rev. W. Morrill, the\\npresent pastor. There are two churches on this\\ncharge one located at Howeville and the other\\nat the Depot.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0280.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF GILSUM.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe town of Gilsum lies north of the cen-\\ntre of the county, and is bounded as follows\\nnorth by jMarlow and Alstead, east by Stod-\\ndard and Sullivan, south by Keene, and west\\nby Surry.\\nThis town was originally granted to Joseph\\nOsgood and seventy-one others, under the name\\nof Boyle. None of these grantees, however,\\nsettled in the town and the grant was forfeited.\\nThe following is a copy of the petition for in-\\ncorporation\\nTo His Excellency Banning Wentwortli, Esq.,\\nGov of the Province of New Hanip.shire c.\\nHumbly Shews\\nThe Petition of William Lawrence of Groton\\nThomas Read of Westford in the Province of the\\nMassa That they together With fifty Six more of\\ntheir Neighbours Are desireous of Selling a township\\nin the Province of New Hampshire many of them\\nnot Having a Sufficiency of Lands in the Massachu-\\nsetts to Employ them Selves in Husbandry And have-\\ning Account of a tract of Land Yet ungranted by\\nYour Excellency, that we Apprehend is Capable of\\nSetlement (which Lyes Northerly of the Upper Ash-\\nuelot and Westmoreland and Easterly from Walepool\\nAdjoyning to those towns, and Extends Eastward to\\nmake the Contents of Six miles Square) and in case\\nwe may Obtain the favour of your Excellency in\\nmaking us a grant on y Conditions, Other of his\\nMajestys Lands thereare Granted, Shall make a Spedy\\nEflectuall Setlement there.\\nWherefore we pray that y Excellency would See\\nmeet to favour us with Liberty to Survey the Same\\nUnder your directions. And that we may Obtain a\\nGrant Accordingly And as in Duty bound Shall pray\\nc.\\nWilliam Lawrence.\\nThomas Read.\\nGroton March 1(5 1752.\\nRecharter of the Town. The town was\\nrechartered July 13, 1763, under the name of\\nGilsum. The petition was as follows\\nTo His Excellency Benning Wentwortli Esq\\nGov Commander in Chief in and Over his\\nMajesty s Province of New Hamp\u00c2\u00b0 and to the\\nhou his Majesty s Council for Said Province.\\nThe memorial of Thomas Sumner in Behalf of\\nhimself Others Prop in the Town of Boyle in Said\\nProvince, Shews.\\nThat in the Year 1752 Your ExcelK Honors\\nGranted the Township of Boyle upon the Conditions\\nunder the restrictions as Per Charter Declar d\\nThat by the Intervention of the Late War your\\nMemorialist Constituents have been (till Very Lately\\nPrevented from Doing the Duty, but Notwithstanding\\nthey have Sever d Drawn by Lotts the Said Tract\\nof Land to among all the Prop that Many of\\nYour Memorialists Constituents are now Actually\\nLiving with their familys on S Tract of Land\\nMany More Going Early in the Spring there are\\nNow Many Acres of Wheat Sowd there In all\\nProbability the Township Will be Intirely Settled\\nAccording to the True Intent Meaning of the\\nGrant by Next Summer But as the Time Prefix d in\\nthe Grant Was Elaps d that Before it Was Possible\\n(for the reason afores for em To Enter Improve,\\nthey Conceive it Absolutely Necessary that Your Ex-\\ncell Honors (if you think fit) Sho Granta suspen-\\nsion of the forfeiture further indulge em with Such\\na Term of time as they may be Enabled to fulfill the\\nDuty aforesaid are Encouraged to Ask the fav Be-\\ncause your Exc honors are Wonted To Endulge\\nProp in the Like Circumstances Your Memorial-\\nist Shall Ever pray\\nJan^ 24 1763.\\nTho\u00c2\u00bb Sumner.\\nThe name originated as follows: Samuel Gilbert and\\nThomas Sumner were prominent in procuring tlie grant.\\nTheir families were connected by marriage, and the town\\nwas named by taking the first syllable of each name and\\ncoining the word Gilsum (7. IC Hammond).\\n207", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0281.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "208\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThis grant was made to Samuel Gilbert,\\nThomas Sumuer and others.\\nAt the first meeting of the proprietors\\nThomas Pitken, Jr., was chosen moderator;\\nClement Sumner, proprietors clerk and Sam-\\nuel Gilbert, treasurer.\\nThe first settlers of the town were Jonathan\\nBliss and Josiah Kilburn, in 1762.\\nMarch 9, 1769, the west part of the town\\nwas set off, and, with a portion of Westmore-\\nland, incorporated into the town of Surry.\\nSeptember 27, 1787, the southeast part of\\nthe town was set off, joined with portions of\\nKeene, Stoddard and Packersfield (Nelson), and\\nincorporated into the town of Sullivan.\\nA dispute relative to the boundary line be-\\ntween this town and Stoddard was settled by\\nan act passed June 27, 1797, by which the\\ncurve line of Mason s Patent was made the\\ndividing line of the two towns, and Gilsum lost\\nanother tract of land.\\nIn 1873 a few acres of land was taken from\\nSullivan and annexed to this town.\\nWar of the Revolution. Gilsum did\\nits full share in the War of the Revolution.\\nIn 1775 the town had a population of forty-\\nnine males above sixteen years of age, and\\nduring the war furnished twenty men, as fol-\\nlows\\nIsaac Griswold.\\nBrooks Hudson.\\nZadoc Hurd.\\nEbenezer Kilburn.\\nCaptain Elisha Mack.\\nThomas Morse.\\nJesse Smith.\\nAnanias Tubbs.\\nFrederick Tubbs.\\nSamuel White.\\nDavid Abraham.\\nDavid Adams.\\nPeter Beebe.\\nDavid Bill.\\nStephen Bond.\\nIddo Church.\\nThomas Church.\\nJosiah Comstock,\\nSamuel Crame.\\nJoseph French.\\nWar of 1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the War of 1812 seven\\nmen from Gilsum were in the service\\nEoswell Borden.\\nIddo Kilburn.\\nJohn Raynioud.\\nDavid Bill.\\nJonas Brown.\\nDavid Dort.\\nIra Ellis.\\n26, 1776, with Joseph Spencer, moderator, and\\nObadiah Willcox, clerk. Prior to 1789 the\\nrecords of the town are missing. Timothy De-\\nwey was clerk in 1787.\\nThe following is a list of clerks from 1789\\nto 1885\\nZadok Hurd, 1789.\\nRobert Lane Hurd, 1790, 91, 1801, 02, 03, 04, 05,\\n11, 12.\\nDavid Blish, 1792, 93, 94, 95, 90, 97, 98, 99,\\n1800.\\nJosiah Hammond, 1806, 07, 08, 09, 10, 15, 10, 24,\\n25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.\\nElisha Fisk, 1813.\\nObadiah Pease, 1814, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,\\n22 23.\\nLuther Abbott, 1832, 33.\\nDavid Brigham, 1834, 35.\\nIsrael B. Loveland, 1836, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,\\n43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56,\\n57, 58.\\nAllen Buster, 1845.\\nM. L. Goddard, elected in 1856, but removed.\\nHenry E. Rawson, 1859, 65, 66.\\nEzra Webster, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64; died in\\noffice.\\nCalvin Chandler, 1864.\\nGeorge Henry McCoy, 1867, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73,\\n74, 75, 70, 77.\\nJohn Gould, 1871.\\nJohn A. Smith, 1878.\\nBenjamin H. Horton, 1879.\\nL. W. F. Mark, 1880, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85.\\nRepresentives. From 1789 to 1793 Gilsum\\nSurry and Sullivan formed a representative dis-\\ntrict. Previous to this Gilsum had been classed\\nwith Various towns. From 1795 to 1827 it was\\nclassed with Surry. Since 1825 the town lias\\nbeen entitled to one representative the list is as\\nfollows\\nCivil History. The first town-meeting of\\nwhich we have any account was held August\\nLuther Whitney, 1827.\\nAaron Day, 1828, 29, 31.\\nJosiah Hammond, 1830.\\nJehiel Day, 1832, 34.\\nAllen Butler, 1833, 35.\\nJohn Horton, 1836, 37.\\nDavid Bell, 1838, 39, 41.\\nDavid M. Smith, 1840.\\nWilliam Kingsbury, 1842.\\nE. K. Webster, 1843, 44.\\nF. W. Day, 1845, 46.\\nJohn Hammond, 1847,\\n48.\\nSamuel Isham, Jr., 1819,\\n50, 56, 57.\\nAmasa May, 1851, 52.\\nDavid Ware, 1853.\\nJohn Livermore, 1854.\\nEbenezer Jones, 1855.\\nF. A. Howard, 1858.\\nEzra Webster, 1859, 60.\\nD. W. Bill, 1861, 62, 74,\\n76.\\nJ. M. Chapin, 1863, 64,\\n67.\\nH. E. Rawson, 1865, 66.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0282.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "GILSUM.\\n209\\nA. D. Hammond, 1868,\\n69.\\nAllen Hayward, 1870, 71.\\nJ. S. Collins, 1872, 73.\\nWilliam L. Isham, 1875,\\n77.\\nJ. J. Isham, 1878.\\nlu November, 1878, Gil.sum was classed with\\nSullivan, and Francis C. ]Minor was representa-\\ntive. In 1880 Gilsum was classed with Sul-\\nlivan, and the representative was from the\\nlatter town. L. R. Guillow, 1882-83 George\\nJ5. Rawsou, 1884-85.\\nEcclesiastical.- T/ie Congregational Church\\nwas organized October 27, 1772; the first\\nchurch building was erected and dedicated in\\n1794, and the first pastor was Rev. Elisha\\nrisk, installed May 29, 1794. Other pastors\\nhave been Revs. E. Chase, S. S. Arnold, Wil-\\nliam Hutchinson, Henry White, George Lang-\\ndon, J. Tisdale, Ezra Adams, E. E. Ba.ssett,\\nHorace Wood, Silvanus Hayward and George\\nW. Rogers, present pastor.\\nThe Methodist Church. A Methodist Church\\nwas organized here, in 1843, by Rev. Samuel\\nS. Dudley, and in 1848 a house of worship\\nwas erected at a cost of fourteen hundred\\nand fifty dollars. The church was disbanded\\nin about 1874, and the house sold to the town.\\nRev. John Gove was probably the first preacher\\nof this faith here in 1801. The late Bishop\\nElijah Hedding preached here in about 1806.\\nThe Baptists also held services here for some\\ntime, but the church is now extinct. A Chris-\\ntian Church also once existed in Gilsum, and\\nalso a branch of the Mormon Church, or Lat-\\nter-Day Saints, both extinct.\\nPhysicians. The first physician in Gilsum\\nwas Abner Bliss. Among other physicians\\nwere Benjamin Hosmer, Henry Kendrick,\\n1-1\\nObadiah Wilcox, J. E. Davis, B. Palmer, Isaac\\nHatch, Dudley Smith, T. S. Lane, G. W.\\nHammond (he was one of the prominent men\\nof the town and an eminent physician he\\nwas a member of the Constitutional Convention\\nof 1850, member of the State Senate in 1855-56,\\nand died January 30, 1872, at the age of\\nseventy years), K. D. Webster, C. C. Bingham,\\nC. F. Kingsbury, A. H. Livermore, M. E.\\nLoveland, A. R. Gleason and I. A. Loveland.\\nMilitary Record, 1861-65. The follow-\\ning were in the service from this town\\nThomas W. Bingall.\\nJoseph Collins.\\nS. H. Howard.\\nH. H. Nash.\\nJohn A. Blake.\\nS. W. Bridge.\\nJ. L. Davis.\\nJ. W. Everdon.\\nA. R. Gleason.\\nG. J. Guillow.\\nIsaac W. Hammond.\\nC. H. Harris.\\nFranklin Nash.\\nS. D. Nash.\\nDrafted.\\nTemple Baker.\\nG. W. Bancroft.\\nL. White.\\nC. H. Wilcox.\\nG. C. H. Deets.\\nA. E. Howe.\\nJohn Howard.\\nM. J. Howard.\\nE. G. McCoy.\\nA. A. Morse.\\nH. H. Nash.\\nO. Nash.\\nE. E. Roundy.\\nF. W. Roundy.\\nH. E. Wilcox.\\nLucius Davis.\\nJotham Bates.\\nC. W. Spooner.\\nA. H. Waldrou.\\nThe fii-st three secured substitutes the fourth\\npaid commutation of three hundred dollars.\\nThe followino; were also drafted\\nH. L. Bates.\\nJoel Cowee.\\nJ. Guillow.\\nG. H. McCoy.\\nC. E. Crouch.\\nAll but the last-named secured substitutes.\\nThere were also, in addition to the above twenty-\\none substitutes furnished.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0283.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "HISTORT OF HARRTSVILLE.\\nBY S. 11. BEMIS.\\nCHAPITER I.\\nTiiK town of Harrisville was formerly a part\\nof the towns of Dublin anil Xtlson, and inuor-\\npoi-atwl by an act of the Legislature in the year\\n1870. The followiug- i.s that portion of the\\nact defining its territorial limits\\nAn act to constitute tlie town of Harrisville from\\na part of the towns of Dublin and Nelson.\\nSection 1. That all that part of Dublin and all that\\npart of Nelson lying within the following lines and\\nboundaries to wit Beginning at a stake marked D.\\nM., standing in the line of Marlborough and Dub-\\nlin at the southwest corner of lot No. 22, in the\\neiglith range in said Dublin thence north the length\\nof three degrees in the lines of Marlborough and\\nRoxbury, to the northwest corner of Dublin at a\\nstake marked D. K.; thence south, seventy-nine\\ndegrees and forty-five minutes east, seven rods to the\\nsouthwest corner of the town of Nelson at a stake i\\nmarked D. N., 1S64; thence north, eleven degrees i\\neast, the length of one lot to a stake marked N. R.,\\n18t)4 thence south, seventy-nine degrees and forty-\\nfive minutes east, to a stake standing on the east shore\\nof Breed Pond, so called thence northerly on the\\neast shore of said pond the length of one lot to a\\nstake and stones thence south, seventy-nine degrees\\nand forty-five minutes east, on the northerly line of\\nlots in the third range in said town of Nelson from\\nthe north line of Dublin to a stake and stones stand-\\ning in the westerly line of the town of Hancock marked\\nN. H. thence south, twelve degrees and thirty\\nminutes west, to the southwest corner of Hancock\\nand the southeast corner of Nelson to a stake stand-\\ning in the wall thence south, seventy-nine degrees\\neast in the line of said Hancock and Dublin eight\\nhundred and seventy-nine rods to a stake and stones\\nthence south on the line of Hancock and Dublin and\\nPeterborough and Dublin to the southeast corner of\\nNo. 1, in the eighth range of lots in said Dublin, at a\\nstake and stones thence westerly on the south range-\\n210\\nline of range eight in said Dublin to the place of\\nbeginning: be and the same is hereby severed from\\nthe towns of Dublin and Nelson and juade a body\\npolitic and corporate by the name of Harrisville.\\nSection 7 of said act authonized Milan Harris.\\nDarius Farwell, Milan W. Harris, or any two of them\\nto call the first meeting of the town. Agreeably to\\nthe authority here given them they proceeded to\\ncall the first meeting of the town by posting the fol-\\nlowing warrant\\n(L. S.) The State of New Hampshire to the in-\\nhabitants of the town of Harrisville, as constituted\\nby an act of the Legislature passed July 2, 1870,\\nqualified to vote in town atlairs You are hereby\\nnotified to meet at Eagle Hall, in said town, on Satur-\\nday, the thirteenth day of August next, at one of the\\nclock in the afternoon, to act upon the following sub-\\njects\\n1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meet-\\ning.\\n2. To choose all necessary officers and agents for\\nthe present year.\\n3. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen\\nto borrow such sums of money as may be necessary\\nto defray the expense-* of the town.\\nGiven under our hands and seals this twenty-ninth\\nday of July. 1S70.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mii^AX Hakris, Authorized\\nDarius Fakwell, I to call\\nMii.AX AV. Harris, j said meeting.\\nOu tiic 13th day of August, 1870,\\nagreeably to the above call, was holdeu the first\\ntown-meeting ever held in Harrisville. It was\\na bright, snuny day of the latter pait of the\\nsummer, wheu nearly every voter in this new\\ntown assembled to take part in this, their first\\ntown-meeting. S;imuel T Bemis was chosen\\nmoderator Stephen L. Randall, clerk and Par-\\ntus Farwell, Samuel D. Bemis and (teorge\\nWooil were chosen selectmen and Hon. Milan", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0284.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "HARRISVILLE.\\n211\\nHarris was I hosen agent of the town to act with\\ntiie selectmen in the settlement of affairs with\\nthe towns of Dnl)lin and Nelson.\\nAt the auiiual town-meeting in 1871 the\\nfollowing were tlie town officers\\nSamuel D. Bemis, moderator Stephen L. Randall,\\nclerk Darius Farwell, Samuel D. Bemis, selectmen\\nHon. Milan Harris, representative to Legislature.\\n1872. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator Frank P.\\nWard, clerk Samuel D. Bemis, George AVood,\\nGeorge F. Tufts, selectmen; Samuel D. Bemis, rep-\\nresentative to Legislature.\\n1873. Darius Farwell, moderator; Stephen L.\\nRandall, clerk Darius Farwell, Zophar Willard,\\nLuther P. Eaton, selectmen Hon. Milan Harris,\\nrepresentative to Legislature.\\n1874. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator Stephen\\nL. Randall, clerk Samuel D. Bemis, Zophar Wil-\\nlard, Luther P. Eaton, selectmen Aber S. Hutch-\\ninson, representative to Legislature.\\n1875. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator; Charles C.\\nP. Harris, clerk Samuel D. Bemis, Orlando Fogg,\\nJoel F. Mason, selectmen Abner S. Hutchinson,\\nrepresentative to Legislature.\\n1876. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator; Charles C.\\nP. Harris, clerk Samuel D. Bemis, Francis Strat-\\nton, Daniel W. Barker, selectmen Luke Tarbox,\\nrepresentative to Legislature.\\n1877. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator; Fred. Colony,\\nclerk Samuel D. Bemis, George T. Tufts, Winslow\\nRoyce, selectmen Sylvester T. Symonds, represen-\\ntative to Legislature.\\n1878. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator Fred. Colony,\\nclerk Samuel D. Bemis, George F. Tufts, Winslow\\nRoyce, selectmen Sylvester T. Symonds, representa-\\ntive to Legislature.\\n1879. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator Fred. Col-\\nony, clerk Darius I arwell, George Davis, George\\nWood, selectmen.\\n1880. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator; George F.\\nTufts, clerk George Davis, Joel F. Mason, Aaron\\nSmith, selectmen.\\n1881. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator; George\\nDavis, clerk Samuel D. Bemis, Charles C. Farwell,\\nEverard C. Willard, selectmen George F. Tufts,\\nrepresentative to Legislature.\\n1882. Francis Stratton, moderator George Davis,\\nclerk Samuel D. Bemis, Charles C. Farwell, Ever-\\nai d C. Willard, selectmen.\\n1883. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator George\\nDavis, clerk Samuel D. Bemis, Charles C. Farwell,\\nEverard C. Willard, selectmen George F. Tufts,\\nrepresentative to Legislature.\\n1884. Francis Stratton, moderator; George Davis,\\nclerk Charles C. Farwell, Everard C. Willard, se-\\nlectmen.\\n1885. Samuel D. Bemis, moderator George Da-\\nvis, clerk Aaron Smith, Francis Stratton, Jacob G.\\nLakin, selectmen.\\nIn 1876, Samuel D. Bemis was chosen dele-\\ngote to the convention to revise the Constitution.\\nThe number of votes cast for I residcut have\\nbeen as follows\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Horace Greeley, 6G U. S. Grant, 95.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .Samuel J. Tilden, 101 R. B. Hayes, 93.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Winfield S. Hancock, 89 James A. Gar-\\nfield, 82.\\n1884. Grover Cleveland, 73 James G. Blaine,\\n68 scattering, 4.\\nManufacturing of Wooden-warE .vnd\\nLumber.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The mannficture of wooden-ware was\\nfirst commenced in what is now Harrisville by\\nGeorge Handy and Nathaniel Greely, in 1838.\\nMr. Greely soon sold out to IMr. Handy, who\\ncontinued the business many years. Handv did\\na business of about ten thousand dollars a year.\\nAbout 18o0 these mills were sold to Asa Fair-\\nbanks, who run them five years. Samuel W.\\nHale, now ex-Governor Hale, came in posses-\\nsion of them. In 1860 he sold them to El-\\nbridge G. Bemis, by whom they were rebuilt and\\nmuch enlarged and improved. He owned them\\nabout five years. They are now owned by\\nCharles C. Henry J. Farwell, by whom\\nthey have been further improved and the busi-\\nness greatly enlarged. Just below the factories,\\nand near the Centre village, A. E. M. K.\\nPerry, in 1845, built a saw-mill and box-shop,\\nand for a number of years did an extensive bus-\\niness in the manufacture of shoe-boxes. In 18 )5\\nthis mill was destroyed by fire and rebuilt.\\nIt is now owned by Zophar Willard, who does\\na large business in the manufacture of clothes-\\npins, cloth-cases and dimension lumber. At\\nthis mill, when owmed by the Messrs. Perry, a\\nterrible accident occurred. Charles K. Mason,\\nEsq., now one of the leading citizens of Marl-\\nborough, while attempting to adjust a belt upon", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0285.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "212\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\na grindstone, had his left arm torn from his\\nshoulder. In 1849, EibridgeG. Bemis, George\\nW. Bemis and kSylvester T. Symonds erected a\\nlarge wooden-ware shop just below the Great\\nMeadows, on the stream that takes its rise\\nin Breed Pond, now called Silver Lake. The\\nyear following they built a saw-mill upon the\\nopposite side of the stream. Quite an exten-\\nsive business was carried on here in the manu-\\nfacture of wooden- ware and lumber for a good\\nmany years, but the business is now so depressed\\nthat but little is done. These mills are now\\nowned by S. T. Symonds, one of the original\\nowners, and his son, Dana T. Symonds. In\\n1 8(59 a new dam was built just above these mills,\\nby the Breed Pond Company, which converts\\nthe Great Meadows into a reservoir. The\\nfirst saw-mill in the west part of the town\\nwas built by Moses Adams, on lot eighteen,\\nranse ten. The second was erected bv Eli Green-\\nwood, and stood where the grist and saw-mill\\nbuilt by Lambert L. Howe, now stands. This\\nmill was destroyed by fire in 1878. It has\\nbeen rebuilt several times. In August, 1826,\\nit was carried oif by a cloud burst upon Monad-\\nnock Mountain. This was the same night as\\nthe slide upon the White Mountains, which\\ncaused the destruction of the Willey family\\nthe mill was carried to the meadows below,\\nalmost intact, and from there Mp the stream\\nfrom Breed Pond, which here intersects with it,\\nopposite where the railroad depot now stands.\\nThere was no perceptible rise of water in the lat-\\nter stream except from the water which ran\\nup from the overflow of the stream below. In\\n1834 a saw-mill was Ijuilt by Robert Worsly\\nand Lyman Russell, on land of A\\\\ orsly, about\\none-fourth of a mile above the mill just de-\\nscribed. It afterwards passed into the hands of\\nNathan Heath, who added a clothes-pin shop.\\nThis mill has been demolished a number of\\nyears.\\nRailroad. For a great many years the\\nproject of a railroad from some point on the\\nline of railroad running through the eastern and\\ncentral part of the State, through tliis town to\\nKeene, thereby connecting the eastern and\\nwestern parts by rail, was from time to time\\nconsiderably agitated. Several surveys previous\\nto the year 1870 had been made, and the pro-\\nject was found to be entirely feasible. A com-\\npany was soon formed which offered to build\\nthe road, provided a gratuity of two hundred\\nthousand dollars could be raised to assist them\\nin its construction. With the exception of the\\ntown of Dul)lin, all the towns and the city of\\nKeene upon the line of the road voted gratui-\\nties varying from two and one- half to five per\\ncent, on their valuations. In Dublin several\\ntown-meetings were held, and while a majority\\nof the voters voted for the gratuity, the rccpii-\\nsite two-thirds required by law could not be ob-\\ntained. The people of the manufacturing por-\\ntion of the town, which is now Harrisville,\\nwere unanimously in favor of the proposed\\ngratuity, while those in the exclusively farming\\nportion of Dublin, thinking that they might\\nnot receive quite as much benefit from a rail-\\nroad as their neighbors in the manufacturing\\npart of the town, a rather narrow view to take\\nas a general rule steadfastly refused to vote the\\ngratuity. In consequence of this refusal, a peti-\\ntion was presented to the Legislature of 1870\\nto sever that part of Dublin and Nelson de-\\nscribed in this chapter, and have the same con-\\nstitute a new town, to be called Harrisville, in\\ncompliment to the Alessrs. Harris, who had\\nbeen so largely instrumental in building up the\\nmanufacturing at the village this petition was\\nfavorably considered and a charter granted in\\naccordance, which was received by great demon-\\nstrations of joy l)v almost every person within\\nthe limits of the new town On the 10th day\\nof August, 1872, a town-meeting was held and\\na gratuity of five per cent, was voted almost\\nunanimously. Owing to the great business de-\\npression which followed soon after, the matter\\nWHS allowed to rest until 1876, when a perma-\\nnent survey was completed and the work of\\ng-radino commenced in August of the same", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0286.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "HAKRISVILLE.\\n213\\nyear; before its completion, however, the lunds\\nof the company became exhausted, and the en-\\nterprise remained at a standstill until 1878,\\nwhen the road was completed, and trains com-\\nmenced to run. There are now four passenger-\\ntrains daily over the road, and a heavy business\\nis done in the carrying of freight, with tlie bus-\\niness constantly increasing. There are three\\ndepots in town, one at the east part, one at the\\nCenti c villay-e and one at West Harrisville.\\nThe old towns run mail stages to Harrisville,\\nand the benefit to this and the adjoining towns\\ncan best be estimated after we consider that we\\nwere formerly twelve miles from any railroad\\nfacilities. Harrisville would not part witii her\\nrailroad for ten times five per cent.\\nBusiXES.s Statistics. Bethuel Harris, son\\nof Erastus Harris, of Medway, Mass., came to\\nthis place a.d. 178G, destitute of pecuniary\\nability. He having bought his time of his\\nfather when eighteen years old, having learned\\nIhe carpenter s trade, worked at that business\\nabout five years, when he purchased two hundred\\nand eighty acres of land lying partly in the\\ntown of Nelson and partly in Dublin, mostly\\nwoodland, which, in addition to his trade, he\\nimproved for five years. His wife was daugh-\\nter of Al)el Twitchell, of Dublin, who was the\\nfirst inhabitant of tiiis place. Bethuel Harris\\nhad ten children, six sons and four daughter.?.\\nHe continued his carpentering and agricultural\\nbusiness until 1813, when his health failed,\\nbeing much troubled witii sciatica. At this\\ntime he purchased water-power and a small\\nbuilding, and commenced, in a very limited de-\\ngree, the business of mamifacturing wooleu\\ngoods, which, to a con.siderable extent, was done\\nby hand, as power-looms and spinning were not\\nknown at that time but, in 1817, he increased\\nthe building and added machinery, putting his\\nsons, as fast as old enough, at work in that l)usi-\\nness. In 1821 he built a large, three-story\\nbrick house, and moved from his farm down\\nnear his mill. This was the second dwelling\\nBj Charles C. V. Harris, Esq.\\nbuilt near this water-power. In 1825, Bethuel,\\nin company with his oldest son, Cyrus, built a\\ncommodious brick mill and filled it with im-\\nproved machinery, increasing the business of\\nmanufacturing four-fold. They continued the\\nbusiness for six years, when his son Cyrus\\nretired from the company Bethuel contin-\\nued alone for two years when his .sou\\nCyrus returned and purchased a lialf-interest\\nand continued the business for five years;\\nCyrus then retired and built a large brick\\nstore building, also a large stone mill on\\nthe water-power next below that of Bethuel\\nHarris in 1840-47, when, on the completion\\nof the building, his health failed. Accordingly,\\nhe did not fill the buihling with machinery.\\nOn the 14th of April, 1848, said Cyrus Harris\\ndeceased. The mill which he built went into\\nthe possession of Colony Sons. It has been\\nsuccessfully operated by them imtil the present\\ntime, they having improved and greatly in-\\ncreased the property. The present corporate\\nname of the company is Cheshire Mills Com-\\npany.\\nBethuel Harris was born at Medway, Ma.ss.,\\nAugust 14, 1769; he came to this place when\\nbut seventeen years old. After working with\\nhis father for some years, he commenced busi-\\nness on his own account at his trade. He was\\na man of much energy and decision of charac-\\nter, a just man and much respected among all\\nhis acquaintance. He persevered in whatever\\nhe engaged in, and, for the most part, was\\nmoderately successful. Although striving under\\nmany discouragements, yet he overcame many\\nobstacles. He not only succeeded in carpen-\\ntering and agricultural business, but he was the\\nchief in.strument in establishing the manufac-\\nturing business, which has proved to be the\\nbusiness of the place, and has been continued\\nby him, his sons and the Messrs. Colony up to\\nthe present time, in a great degree very success-\\nfully. Bethuel Harris was not only a just, up-\\nright and straightforward man, but, for a man\\nof his pecuniary ability, which was very limited", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0287.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "214\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nat the first, he was very charitable and liberal,\\nalways showing his Christian faith by his\\nworks of generosity and liberality in every good\\ncause, having in view the good of his fellow-\\nbeings both in this present and the future\\nworld, believing that faith without works is\\ndead, being alone. He not only con-\\ntributed about three thousand dollars for the\\nerection of church buildings, but live years be-\\nfore his decease gave the church, for a perma-\\nnent fund, twelve hundred dollars; he also pre-\\nsented each of his children (ten in number) with\\na valuable slip, or pew, in the church also, he\\nprovided a family cemetery on what is called\\nthe Harrisvillc Island, presenting each of his\\nchildren a nice and beautiful lot for their use\\nand for their families amounting, for slips and\\ncemetery grounds, to nearly twelve hundred\\ndollars. Therefore, we have a living evidence\\nof the fruits of a devoted and just life of a hum-\\nble man. Very much more could be said of\\nhis private character and life, both pul)lic and\\nprivate, but the writer, being a direct descendant\\nfrom the said Bethuel Harris, refrains from\\nsaying anything further, hoping and trusting\\nthat his memory may long be revered by gen-\\nerations yet to come in his lineage and descent.\\nMilan Harris, second son of Bethuel Harris,\\nat the age of thirty years, in the year 1829, pur-\\nchased the old Twitchell water-power, at the\\nTwitchell Pond (so called), on which was a\\nsaw and grist-mill, which he ran for one year,\\nwhen he, in connection with Henry Melville,\\nof Nelson, built a commodious brick mill, three\\nstories high, in 1833 but, before the building\\nwas filled with machinery, his partner, Henry\\nMelville, deceased. Said Harris continued in\\nthe completion of the mill, and put in one set of\\nmachinery f jr manufacturing woolen goods, and\\ncommenced manufacturing, and carried on the\\nbusiness for some three or four years, after\\nwhich Almon Harris, the third son of Bethuel\\nHarris, connected himself with Milan Harris in\\nsaid business, when the com]xiuy was known\\nby the name of M. A. Harris, who contin-\\nued the business successfully until 1846, when\\nAlmon Harris retired from the company and\\nwent to Fishersville, N. H., and built a large\\nmill at that place and carried on the manufac-\\nturing business very successfully during his\\nlife, some thirty years. After Almon Harris\\nretired from the company of M. A. Harris,\\nMilan Harris continued the manufacturing\\nbusiness until 1858, when his oldest sou,\\nMilan W. Harris, became associated with him.\\nThe company was then known by name of I\\\\I.\\nHarris Co. until alwut 1872, when it was\\nincorporated under the name of M. Harris\\nWoolen Manufacturing Company, and contin-\\nued until the corporation was dissolved, about\\n1882.\\nBaptist Church. So fiir as it can be as-\\ncertained, several families of the Baptist faith\\nand order lived in the northwest part of the\\ntown, and in neighboring towns, at an early\\nperiod. The first mention of the Baptist Society\\nin the town records is found in the following\\narticle for a town-meeting, to be held April 29,\\n1784: To hear the plea of those who call\\nthemselves the Baptist Society, for being ex-\\ncused from paying Mr. Sprague s salary, and\\nto act anything relating thereto, as the town\\nmay see proper. Rev. Edward Sprague\\nwas the Congregational minister in the town at\\nthat time. In the petition presented to the\\ntown it was stated that the selectmen had rated\\nthem to Mr. Sprague for the year 1784, and\\nthey beg leave to tell them that they look upon\\nit as an unjust and real grievance. At the\\ntown-meeting it was voted to excuse all those\\nfrom paying Mr. Sprague s salary for the last\\nyear who had made a profession of the Baptist\\npersuasion in this town, provided they bring a\\ncertificate from the clerk of their society that\\nthey were in comnmniou with them before Mr.\\nSprague s salary was assessed, and they were\\nexcused for the present year. The Baptists in\\ntown at this time were a branch of the Baptist\\nPrepared by Rev. J. P. Chapin, of Pottersville, N. H.\\nt", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0288.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "HAllRISVILLE.\\n215\\nChurch in Richmoud, under the pastoral care of\\nElder Maturin Ballon (tlic 2:randfather of the\\nlate President J. A. Garfield), the first Baptist\\nminister who preached in town. He preached\\nhis first sermon in the house of John Muzzy.\\nHe preached in town occasionally till the close\\nof the year 17 S5.\\nDecember 7, 1785, the Baptists in this town\\nwere set off from the church in Richmond, and\\nl\u00c2\u00bb)rmed into an independent church, composed\\nof thirty members. The churcli, (U cvious to\\n1797, held tiieir meetings during summer in a\\nbarn in the winter around in private houses.\\nAfter the formation of the church Rev. Isaiah\\nStone was emjiloyed as a minister for a season.\\nRev. Moses Kinney came next, August 23,\\n1787, and remained till 1794. He was highly\\nesteemed by the jieople, and ten were added to\\nthe church. The next minister was Rev. Elijah\\nWillard, who came into this region from Fitch-\\nburg, Mass., to keep school, and also preached\\nfor the Baptists. They invited him to become\\ntheir pastor, and he was ordained May 11, 1794,\\nl)eing forty-three years of age, and he re-\\nmained their pastor till 1829, thirty-five years.\\nHis was the longest and most successful jias-\\ntorate the church ever enjoyed. He was iiighly\\nesteemed and dearly beloved by tlie church anil\\nby the people generally till the day of his\\ndeath, which occurred August 19, 1839, in the\\neighty-ninth year of his age. During his pas-\\ntorate ninety-eight were added to the church.\\nIn the third year of his pastorate the church\\nbuilt their first house of worship after the usual\\nstyle of those days, 1797.\\nAfter the close of Elder Willard s pastorate\\nRev. Eiias McGregory was sent to labor with\\nthe church by the State Convention, the church\\nbeing in a very low state. Being well fitted\\nfor the work by his faithful and well-directed\\nefforts, with the blessing of God, the cliurch\\nwas revived. A Sabbath-school was started for\\nthe first time in the place, and has continued\\nto the present time, and eighteen were added to\\nthe church.\\nRev. Mr. McGregory was succeeded by Rev.\\nClark Sibley, who was ordained June 2, 1831,\\nand he remained about two years, adding\\nfifteen to the churcli. He was succeeded by\\nRev. Harrison W. Strong, of whom there is no\\nrecord.\\nIn 1837 fifteen members were dismissed to\\nform a Baptist Churcli in Marlborough, which\\nhas since become extinct. Daring the period\\nextending from 1833 to 1839 forty joined the\\nchurch. February 23, 1839, James P.Apple-\\nton was ordained pastor, and he took nine into\\nthe church, and left May 1, 184(). D. P.\\nFrench then supplied the church for a siiort\\ntime. On February 27, 1842, Rev. Henry\\nTonkin l)ecame the pastor of the ciiurcii, and\\nresigned March 29, 1843, twenty-six uniting\\nwith the church while he was pastor. In 1844\\nthe old lu)usc of worship was talcen down and\\nerected on the corner opposite District No. 2\\nschool-house. Rev. E. D. Farr and Milton W.\\nBall supplied the church during this year and\\nthe following year, seven imiting with the\\nchurcli. Rev. Warren Cooper settled as pastor\\nin August, 1845, and resigned in 1848, receiv-\\ning sixteen into the church. He was followed\\nby Rev. Charles Cummings, who labored with\\nranch efficiency to build up the church. The\\nchurch voted, December 15, 1849, to reorganize\\nfor the sake of a closer walk with each other\\nand Mith their Ijord, but the initiatory steps for\\nthis measure were scarcely taken before their\\nbeloved pastor was suddenly taken from them\\nby death. This sudden bereavement seemed to\\nthe smitten flock like a personal affliction, and\\nprobably quickened their movements in reor-\\nganizing the church on a plan he suggested as\\nmore efficient in promoting their spiritual en-\\njoyment and growth in grace. Sixty members\\nrenewed their covenant obligations at this time,\\nFebruary 2, 1850.\\nHenry Archibald commenced his labors with\\nthe church August 4, 1850, and remained\\nabout two years, taking two into the cliureh.\\nThen Lyman Culver was settled as pastor,", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0289.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "216\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJuly, 1852, and cdiitinued with them until the\\nspriug of 185(3, receiving ten into the church.\\nIn the fall of 1855, Brother T. P. Briggs,\\na licentiate from the Baptist Church in Hins-\\ndale, supplied the church for about six months.\\nAlthough but twenty years of age, yet he was\\nan earnest and faithful servant of Christ, and\\nten were added to the church.\\nIn May, 1856, Rev. W. W. Lovejoy began\\nto supply the church one-ludf of the time for\\nthat year as pastor, and the next year he\\npreached for them all the time, and remained\\nwith them till he died, in March, 1862. During\\nhis pastorate a parsonage was built (in 1857)\\nand eighteen joined the church.\\nIn September, 1862, Rev. John Hunt became\\npastor of the church. In May, 1866, the\\nchurch held a protracted meeting, and the pas-\\ntor was assisted by Rev. W. W. Clark, of\\nKeene. Nine united with the church while\\nBrother Hunt was pastor.\\nAt the annual meeting of the society in\\nMarch, 1867, they voted to remove their house\\nof worship to its present locality and remodel\\nit, and also to disjx use with the services of the\\npastor while repairing the house therefore\\nRev. J. Hunt left, having been with them four\\nyears and a half. The house was removed and\\nthe alterations completed at the close of the\\nyear 18()8, at the cost of nearly three thousand\\ndollars.\\nIn March, 1869, Rev. G. 8. Smith settled as\\npastor of the church, and remained until Feb-\\nruary 23, 1873, and nine were added to the\\nohui ch.\\nIn May, 1873, Rev. Charles Xewhall became\\npastor of the church, and resigned in Septem-\\nber, 1877, but, by the request of the church, he\\ncontinued to supply them till the close of the\\nyear. During the winter of 1874 the church\\nenjoyed a gracious I evival of religion, in which\\nthe pastor was assisted by Rev. E. A. Whittier,\\nan evangelist from Lawrence, Mass. Thirty\\nwere added to the church while Brother New-\\nhall was with them. From August 1, 1878, to\\nFebruary 15, 1880, J. W. Merrill supplied the\\npulpit.\\nIn December, 1880, the church invited Rev.\\nJ. T. Chapin, of Sutton, Mass., to become their\\npastor. He was in poor health during his\\nterm of service, and in May, 1884, he was\\noljliged to resign, having received six into the\\nchurch. September 7, 1884, Rev. J. R. Has-\\nkins, the Baptist State Missionary, supplied\\nthe church for several Sabbaths, baptizing two.\\nOn December 7, 1885, this church was one\\nhundred years old. During that time it has\\nbeen served by twenty-thi-ee ministers, fifteen\\npastors and eight stated supplies.\\nThe names of the deacons are John Knowl-\\nton, Elias Hemmenway, Charles Cummings,\\nJohn Sprague, Joel Hart, Amos Sargeant and\\nMicah Howe. Since the death of the two last,\\nwhich occurred in 1871 and 1883, the church\\nhas not chosen any regular deacons.\\nThe whole number who have united with the\\nchurch (including the thirty who formed the\\nchurch) from December 7, 1785, to March 1,\\n1885, is four hundred and ninety-four; present\\nnumber, seventy.\\nLibrary. By a vote of the town at its an-\\nnual meeting, in March, 1877, a public library\\nwas established and the sum of two hundred\\nand fifty dollars was appropriated for the pur-\\nchase of books; this, with two hundred dollars\\ndonated by individuals, was taken by the com-\\nmittee chosen by the town, consisting of Aaron\\nSmith, Cyrus H. Hay ward and Edwin P. Hunt,\\nand four hundred and forty-five volumes were\\npurchased since this about one hundred dol-\\nlars annually has been voted by the town, which,\\nwith the sums given by individuals, has enabled\\nthe committee to purchase new books until the\\nwhole number of volumes in libraiy now num-\\nbers ten hundred and fifty-six. For the first\\nthree years a room in the house of John T.\\nFai-well was occupied for a library, and Mrs.\\nM. J. Farwell appointed librarian. In 1880,\\nHenry Colony, Esq., of Keene, a former resi-\\ndent of the town, gave a piece of land in the", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0290.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "HAERISVILLE.\\n217\\nmost central part of the village for a site upon\\nwhich to erect a building; soon after a building\\nowned by the town in a remote part of the vil-\\nlage was moved to this spot and fitted up. The\\npresent librarian is Miss Bell Hutchinson. The\\nlibrary is open to all citizens of the town on\\nevery Satuixlay afternoon and evening, and is\\npatronized by nearly eveiy individual in it, es-\\npecially by the young, to whom it is of inesti-\\nmable benefit.\\nrOTTERSVILI.E, OR WEST HARRISVII-LE.\\nThis village is situated in the northwest cor-\\nner of the town of Harrisville, and takes its\\nname from the manufactory of brown earthen-\\nware, of which a large Imsiness was formerly\\ndone. Some five or six shops, employing a\\nlarge number of hands, were at one time en-\\ngaged in this industry. No business of this\\nkind now exists. Thecheapuess of English white-\\nware and the low price of tin-ware has driven\\nit almost entirely from the market. Sixty years\\nago brown earthen-ware was a kind of currency.\\nFarmers in the vicinity of the potteries wei e\\nglad to exchange their surplus products for\\nit. They carried the ware to various parts\\nof this and adjoining States and exchanged it\\nfor cash or such articles as were needed in their\\nfamilies. The first person to engage in the\\nbusiness was one by the name of Felton, from\\nDanvers, Mass., and the last was John Clark,\\nof East Cambridge, Mass. This village is now\\nbetter known as AYest Harrisville, since the\\nbuilding of the !Manch ester and Keene Rail-\\nroad through the town, in 1S78, and the naming\\nof the station by the latter name.\\nThere are two saw-mills at this village and\\nalso two shops where wooden-ware has been\\nmanufactured to a considerable extent-.\\nHai:risville Congregational Church.\\nIn 1838 the population became more numer-\\nous, and Bethuel Harris proposed to his children\\nthat, as he was the first and mo.st prominent\\ncause of increase of citizenship, he did not feel it\\n1 By Charles C. P. Harris, Esq.\\nto be right for us to bring so many young peo-\\nple together without making an effort to give\\nthem some moral advantages and privileges,\\nthere being no church services within four\\nmiles therefore, the subject of furnishing a\\nsuitable place to accommodate occasional reli-\\ngious services was proposed, and arrangements\\nwere made for building a house to accommo-\\ndate private schools and religious meetings.\\nThe building was completed in 1840, said\\nBethuel Harris contributing over two-thirds of\\nthe total expense, which was about one thousand\\ndollars. At the time this vestry was built no\\none had supposed that a church would be organ-\\nized in this place for years. Bethuel Harris\\nand his family belonged to tlie church at Nel-\\nson. August 28, 1840, on account of existing\\ncircumstances, it was th(jught expedient and\\nnecessary by this community that, for the good\\nand advancement of the cause of our Lord and\\nSaviour Jesus Ciirist, a new church should be\\norganized. Therefore, Bethuel Harris and cer-\\ntain individuals, members of the church at\\nNelson, nineteen males and twelve females, pe-\\ntitioned .said church for a distnission for the ob-\\nject of being organized into a new church at\\nthis 2 liice also for the churcli at Nelson to\\nunite with them in calling an ecclesiastical coun-\\ncil for the purpose of organizing them into a\\nSecond Orthodox Congregational Church said\\nchui ch voted to grant said petitionei s request\\nSeptember 1, 1840, and chose a committee to\\nunite with them (said petitioners) in calling said\\ncouncil. Said committees voted to invite the\\nfollowing churches to act by their pastors and\\ndelegates on said council, viz. Church at Swan-\\nzey, N. H. church at Troy, N. H. church at\\nAntrim, N H. church at Warwick, Mass.\\nand church at New Ipswich, N. H.\\nSaid council convened at Harrisville (so-\\ncalled) September 22, 1840. Organized by\\nchosing Rev. Elisha Rockwood moderator and\\nRev. Samuel Lee scribe. After hearing re-\\nmarks and statements from all interested, the\\ncouncil voted to hold a private session. In", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0291.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "218\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nprivate session the said council voted unani-\\nmously that it is expedient to organize said pe-\\ntitioners as a distinct church, and that tlie coun-\\ncil is now ready to proceed to the jiublic services\\nof organization, which services were held at\\nthis date, September 22, 1840. The church\\nchose Cyrus Harris moderator. September 27,\\n1840, Eev. R. C. Hatch, of Norwicli, Mass.,\\nacted as pastor, when tliirteen were added, four\\nmales and nine females, making in all forty-\\nfour members. The desk was supplied by dif-\\nferent neighboring pastors from September 27 th\\nuntil December 11, 1840, when the Rev. Jo-\\nsiah Ballard was employed as pastor for an in-\\ndefinite time lie continued his pastoral services\\nuntil February 4, 1841, when he resigned.\\nRev. Mr. Tisdale supplied until April 15, 1841.\\nApril 18, 1841, Rev. O. C. Whiton commenced\\nhis labors as pastor for an indefinite time. At\\nthis time the subject of building a church edi-\\nfice was proposed to the church by Bethuel\\nHarris, with certain propositions, viz. The\\nchurch was to raise what they could to defray\\nthe expenses, and he, said Bethuel, would sup-\\nply what might be lacking. The church edifice\\nwas erected, a brick structure of good size, and\\nfinished by August 11, 1842, and it was dedi-\\ncated at that date. The expense of said liouse\\nwas about thirty-five hundred dollars, Bethuel\\nHarris paying about three-fifths of it. At the\\ndedication of the church edifice the Rev. O. C.\\nWhiton was installed over the church, to the\\ngreat satisfaction of all interested, both church\\nand people.\\nWhen the church gave him a call to settle with\\nthis church and people as pastor, his definite an-\\nswer was, after niucii consideration and prayer for\\ndivine direction I have decided to live and\\nlabor with you, die with you and lay my bones\\nwith yours. October 17, 1845, Rev. O. C.\\nM hitou died, greatly beloved by all who knew\\nhim liis remains lay buried in the Island\\nCemetery, at Harrisville. His pastorate was\\nabout four and a half years thirty-one new\\nmembers were added to the church under his\\npastorate. November 1, 1845, Rev. Jeremiah\\nPomeroy commenced his labors as acting pastor\\nfor an indefinite time; continued as such, giving\\ngood satisfaction to church and jjeople for about\\nthree years and nine months, when he resigned.\\nTwenty-three new members were added to the\\nchurch under his ministration.\\nRev. Daniel Babcock commenced his pastor-\\nate January 6, 1850, under contract for one\\nyear he closed his pastoral labors January 5,\\n1851 one uew member was added durius his\\npastorate. Rev. William G. Tuttle commenced\\npreaching under license February 20, 1851\\nwas ordained as pastor over church and society\\nApril IG, 1851, which position he filled to the\\nentire satisfaction of all classes until August\\n22, 1860, about nine years, when, on account of\\nfailing health, he resigned his pastorate, and\\nwas, by council, dismissed, August 22, 1860.\\nThere were twenty-five new members added to\\nthe church under Mr. Tuttle s pastoral labors.\\nRev. A. Rawson, of Thompson, Conn., supj)lied\\nthe desk mostly to May 1, 1861.\\nRev. J. K. Bragg commenced as acting pas-\\ntor for one year from June 1st, and closed his\\nlabors June 1, 1862. One was admitted under\\nhis pastorate. Rev. Mr. Marshall supplied the\\nde.sk as acting pastor from August, 1862, to\\nAugust, 1863, according to contract. Rev. Mr.\\nCochrane supplied the desk from Sejitember,\\n1863, to September, 1864. Rev. Mr. Dexter\\n(Methodist clergyman), of Marlborough, N. H.,\\nsupplied the desk from September, 1864, to Jan-\\nuary, 1865, to the satisfaction of all interested.\\nRev. Charles M. Palmer commenced jireach-\\ning January 1, 1865, and continued preaching\\nunder license from Andover Seminaiy until\\nDecember 8, 1868, when he was ordained pas-\\ntor over the church and society he continued\\nhis pastorate until May 7, 1871, when, by his\\nrequest, he was dismissed by council. There\\nwere twenty-three new members added to the\\nchurch under his pastorate. Rev. Mr. Palmer\\nwas much beloved by the church and people of\\nhis charge.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0292.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "HARRISVILLE.\\n219\\nRev. Amos Holbrook commenced as perma-\\nnent pastor November 19, 1871 he was elected\\nmoderator January 1, 1872.\\nRev. Mr. Holbrook s pastorate was very ae-\\neej)tal)le to churcli and soeiety he continued\\nliis hibors as pastor in a most faithful manner\\nuntil July 2, 1876, four years and ten nKmths,\\nwhen, on account of the circumstances of his\\nfamily, he resigned July 26, 1876. There were\\nadded to the church under his pastorate fifty-\\neight new members. The desk was supplied\\nfrom July 7, 1870, mostly, to March 20th by\\nRev. Mr. Coolidge, of Hancot k, X. 11., to the\\nentire satisfaction of the church and people.\\nRev. William Thurston commenced his services\\nas acting pastor April 1, 1877, and con-\\ntinue l until June 29, 1879, at which date\\nhe resigneil his ]iastorate. There were six new\\nmembers added to the church during his pastor-\\nate. Rev. George Beckwith commenced his\\nservices as acting jjastor October 31 1879, and\\ncontinued his services until April 1, 1881, when\\nhe resigned. There were five new members\\nadded to the church under Mr. Beckwith s pas-\\ntorate. Rev. George H. Dunlap, formerly of\\nCharlestown, N. H., commenced his pastoral\\nlabors with this church May 1, 1881. There be-\\ning a union formed between this church and the\\nCongregational Gliurch at Nelson, Mr. Dunlap\\nbecame acting pastor over the church at Nelson,\\nthe same as this church, performing all the pas-\\ntoral duties in both churches to the full satis-\\nfaction of both churches and peoples. Tavo new\\nmembers have been added to the church at\\nFTarrisville since Mr. Dunlap became pastor.\\nTotal membership since organization is 220, of\\nwhom 10; have been dismissed by letter to\\nother churches, 55 have died, and 11 have been\\nexcommunicated, leaving, at this date, (Ajjril 1,\\n1885) 61 members in regular standing, of which\\n20 are non-resident members, leavins 41 resi-\\ndent members. Virtually, this church has been\\na missionary church, many having come here\\nto labor in the mills, and, after being here for a\\ntime, united with the church afterwards, mak-\\ning their residences at other places, they asked\\nand received letters of dismission and recom-\\nmendation to other sister-churches.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0293.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF JAFFREY\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGeographical Original Grant Early Settlements Names\\nof Pioneers Incorporation of Town First Town-Meet-\\ning Officers Elected Town Clerks Representatives\\nEcclesiastical History Congregational Church Con\\ngregational Church, East Jaffrey Baptist Church Uni\\nversalist Church Schools Lawyers Physicians War\\nof the Revolution War of 1812\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of the Rebellion\\nPost Offices Banks Population Railroads.\\nThe town of JafFrey lies in the southeastern\\npart of the county, aud is bounded as follows\\nNorth, by Marll)orough and Dublin east, by\\nPeterborough aud Sharon south, by Rindge\\nand rit2rwilliam west, by Fitzwilliam, Troy\\nand Marlborough. It is fifteen miles from\\nKeene, the shire-town of the county forty-five\\nfrom Concord, the capital of the State and\\nsixty-two from Boston, seventy-eight by rail-\\nroad.\\nThe area is about twenty-two thousand acres\\nabout one thousand is covered with water, and\\nthe uninhabitable area of the mountain in Jaf-\\nfrey is about three thousand two huudred acres.\\nThe surface of the town is hilly and moun-\\ntainous.\\nThe Grand Monadnock is situated in the\\nnorthwest part of the town aud south part of\\nDublin. Its highest peak is a little south of\\nthe line of Dublin, and has an altitude of 3186\\nfeet above the level of the sea and 2029 feet\\nabove the centre of the town. The motuitaiu is\\ncelebrated as a summer resort.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Condensed mainly from History of Jaffrey, a work\\nof six hundred and fifty pages, by Daniel B. Cutter, pub-\\nlished in 1880.\\n220\\nThe town was granted by the IMasonian pro-\\nprietors, under the name of Middle Monad-\\nnock, No. 2, November 30, 1749, to Jona-\\nthan Hubbard and thirty- nine others, resi-\\ndents of Hollis, Lunenbiu g and Dunstable.\\nThe Masouian prof)rietors were residents of\\nPortsmouth and vicinity, twelve iu uutuber,\\nwho j^urchased of John Tufton Mason, great-\\ngrandson of Captain John Mtisou, for fifteen\\nhundred pounds, his right and title to a tract of\\nland lying iu New Hampshire, granted to said\\nCaptain John Mason by the Coiuicil of Plym-\\nouth in 1629. The purchase was divided into\\nfifteen shares, of which Theodore Atkinson had\\nthree shares, Mark H. Wentworth two shares,\\nand Richard Wibbard, John Wentworth, John\\nMoifat, Samuel Moore, Jotiiam Odiorue, George\\nJafFrey, Joshua Pierce, Nathaniel Meserve,\\nThomas Wallingford and Thomas Packer, one\\nshare each. Nine additional members were af-\\nterwards admitted, aud the shares increased\\nto eighteen. The new members were John\\nRindge, Joseph Blanchard, Daniel Pierce, John\\nTufton Mason, John Thomliusou, Mathew Liv-\\nermore, AVilliam Parker, Samuel Solly and\\nClement March. The territory is described as\\nextending from the middle of the Piscataqua\\nriver, up the same to the fartherest head thereof,\\naud from thence northwestward uutil sixty\\nmiles from the mouth of the harbor were fin-\\nished also, through Merrimack river to the\\nfartherest head thereof, and so forward up into\\nthe laud westward until sixty miles were fin-\\nished, aud from thence overland to the end of", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0294.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "JAPPREY.\\n221\\nsixty miles accounted from the Piscataqua river,\\ntogether witli all lands within five leagues of\\nthe coast.\\nImmediately after the purchase the above-\\ndescribed tract of land was divided by the pro-\\nprietors into townships. Those around the\\nMouadnock Hills, as the mouutaiu was then\\ncalled, were named Monaduocks, designated\\nby numbers.\\nAfter the survey of the townshij) and the\\ndivision of it among the proprietors, to en-\\ncourage settlement a bounty of one hundred\\nand forty-two pounds was offered to the\\nfirst five men who, with their families, should\\nsettle within one year from this date (June,\\n1750) and remain one year, and in the same\\nprojJortion to one or more fiimilies complying\\n\\\\\\\\ith the above condition. Whether any\\nsettlement was made does not appear from\\nany known i-ecord. A traditionary report\\nmakes it appear that a family by the\\nname of Russell (Joel Russell) did attempt a\\nsettlement in the south part of the town,\\nand while there had a son l)orn, who was the\\nfirst white child born in the township. AVhe-\\nther he settled soon enough and remained long\\nenough to receive the bounty does not appear.\\nlu 1752 we have a reliable account of a settle-\\nment by Moses Stickney, Richard Peabody and\\nseven othei-s, and that while there Simon Stick-\\nney, sou of jSIoses, was born December i), 1753,\\nmaking- him the first white child born in\\nJaffrey, aside from the Russell tradition. This\\nsettlement of Stickney and others proved a fail-\\nure, through fear of Indians, and they all left\\nexcept a man known as Captain Platts, probably\\nthe pioneer of Rindge.\\nThe first permanent settlement was made\\nabout 1758 by John Grout and John Davidson.\\nGrout settled on lot 20, range 10, and David-\\nson on lot 21, range 3. Grout was a prominent\\nman. He made, with Gilmore, an early report\\nof the settlement of the town to the proprietors.\\nHe died in 1771. There is a tradition that he\\nwas buried where the meeting-house was after-\\nwards built. John DavitL ^on remained a per-\\nmanent settler, and died in ISH. It is also re-\\n[jorted as true that his eldest daughter, Betsey,\\nwas the first wliite child born in Jaffrey.\\nList of the pioneers of Jaffrey, per report of\\nGilmore, Grout and Hale\\nJohn Borland.\\nJosejA Caldwell.\\nJames Caldwell.\\nJames Caldwell, Jr.\\nThomas Caldwell.\\nChrysty.\\nDaniel Davis.\\nJoseph Dun lap.\\nJohn Davidson.\\nThomas Davidson.\\nThomas Emery.\\nFiteh.\\nKoger Gilmore.\\nJohn Gilmore.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Tohn Gront.\\nGlover-\\nEnoch Hale.\\nHale.\\nJohn Harper.\\nWid. Henderson.\\nJoseph Hogg.\\nWilliam Hogg.\\nRobert Holmes.\\nJona. Hopkinson.\\nDavid Hunter.\\nEphraini Hunt.\\nJohn Little.\\nAndrew McAlister.\\nAlex. McNeil.\\nWilliam Mitchel.\\nMunroe.\\nJames Nichols.\\nOrgan.\\nJona. Parker.\\nKussel.\\n.John Swan.\\nWilliam Smiley.\\nJoseph Turner.\\nWilliam Turner.\\nThomas Turner.\\nSolomon Turner.\\nTaggot.\\nGeorge Wallace.\\nThomas Walker.\\nRobert Weir.\\nMathew Wright.\\nLeranus Wright.\\nThe settlement of many of the first inhabitants\\nwas of short duration. They seemed to be a\\nlog cabin population, fond of living in a forest.\\nMost of them were Scotch-Irish from London-\\nderry. Of those who became permanent set-\\ntlers of that race, were John and Roger (xil-\\nmore, William Smiley, Joseph Turner, Joseph\\nHodtje, William Turner and William Hodge.\\nAfter the incorporation of the town a large emi-\\ngration from Massachusetts purchased their\\nlands, with all of the improvements, and became\\nthe permanent settlers of the town.\\nOf the history of the settlers reported b)-\\nGrout, Gilmore and Hale, but little is known.\\nAlphabetically arranged, we find the first on the\\nlist to be John Borland. He was the first set-\\nPermanent settlers.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0295.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "222\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIR,E.\\ntier in what is now East Jaffrey, and liuilt the\\nfirst mills in that place. In 1778 he sold his\\nplace to Deacon Eleazer Spofford, of Dauvers,\\nand left town.\\nFour taniilies hy the name of Caldwell\\nJames, James, Jr., Joseph and Thomas were\\namong the first settlei-s. When the town was\\nincorporated, the name of James Caldwell ap-\\npears on a committee chosen to procure preach-\\ning, and Thomas Caldwell is represented in\\nHale s report as the owner of a saw-mill on lot\\nNo. 22, range 5. Nothing more is known\\nof the family of Caldwell.\\nThe name of Thomas Emery is found in\\nHale s report as the owner of the right of\\nNathaniel Pierce, which included the lot on\\nwhich was built the Millikeu tavern, afterwards\\nthe farm of John Felt, and now (1873) of\\nLevi Briffham, and also the farm of Clarence\\nS. Bailey.\\nSolomon Grout settled on lot 13, range 0,\\nthe Isaac Bailey farm, and was road surveyor\\nin 1774 and selectman in 1776.\\nA Widow Henderson, by Grout and Gil-\\nmore s report, settled on lot 17, range 3, now\\nthe farm of S. Garfield.\\nJonathan Hopkinsou s place of settlement is\\nunknown.\\nRobert Holmes was from Londonderry his\\nbrother Abram settled in Peterborough. He\\nsettled on lot 12, range 3, afterwards the farm\\nof Joseph Thorudike, John Conant and Frank\\nH. Cutter. The first frame house in Jafli-ey is\\nreported to have been built on that farm, per\\nreport of Grout and Gilmore.\\nDavid Hunter settled on lot -5, i-ange 6, after-\\nwards the farm of David Gilmore, Esq., now\\n(187G) the fiirm of Mai-shal C. Adams. When\\nthe first militai-y company was organized he was\\nchosen ensign.\\nJohn Little settled on lot 15, range 4, now\\nthe farm of John Quin. He was highway\\nsurveyor in 1774. His successor appears to\\nhave been Simpson Stuart.\\nAlexander McNeil settled on lot 12, range 5,\\nand was, by tradition, the first inn-keeper in\\nJatfrey. From the town records, he appears to\\nhave been quite a prominent man. In 1774 he\\nwas chosen one of a committee to i rocurc preach-\\ning, one of a committee to examine the accounts\\nof the selectman and constable, and one of the\\ncommittee to build the meeting-house. In 1775\\nhe was one of tlie Board of Selectmen, and\\nmoderator of the annual town-meeting in 1776.\\nIn 1779, at the annual town-meeting, the town\\nvoted that Alexander McNeil should not keep\\ntavern. He prol)ably left town soon after.\\nWilliam Mitchel settled on lot 12, rano;e 4,\\nafterwards the farm of James Gage and his son,\\nJonathan Gage. Present owner, Michael D.\\nFitzgerald. In 1774 he was chosen auditor of\\naccotmts and deer-reeve; in 1775, surveyor of\\nroads and sealer of leather; 1776, surveyor of\\nroads. He probably left town in 1777 or 1778.\\nAndrew McAlister settled on lot 14, range 4,\\nafterwards tlie farm of John Briaut, now owned\\nby Samuel D. Jewell.\\nJames Nichols settled on lot 17, range 1,\\nafterwards owne :l by Benjamin Cutter, Benjamin\\nFrost, John Frost and John Frost, Jr. now\\nuninhabited.\\nJohn Swan was owner of lot 6, range 4 lot\\n5, range 5 and lot 21, range 6. On which lots\\nhe settled is not known.\\nThomas Walker was owner of lot 16, range 2\\nlot 7, range 6 lot 11, range 1. On which he\\nsettled is not known.\\nGeorge Wallace, settlement unknown.\\nRobert Weir settled on lot 6, range 5. In\\n1 773, when the to\\\\Am was incorporated, he was\\nchosen one of the auditors of accounts and high-\\nway surveyor; in 1776 he was chosen town\\nclerk and first selectman.\\nLeranus Wright settled on lot 14, range 8.\\nHis successor was Francis Wright, inn-keeper.\\nWhen the town was incorporated, in 1773, the\\ntown-meeting was held at his place. The fai-m\\nis now owned by Dana S. Jaquith.\\nMost of the early settlers were born in the\\nState of Massachusetts, some in Londonderry,", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0296.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "JAFFEEY.\\n223\\nN. H., some in England and some in Ireland.\\nDavid Bailey was born in England Jolin\\nDavidson and William Smiley in Ireland.\\nThey were a race of hardy adventnrers, inured\\nto toil and hardship, fit inhabitants for a new\\ntownshi|i. They were mostly young men, un-\\nmarried, in r^eareli of a future home. They made\\na purchase of land, cleared a few acres, Imilt\\nthereon a cabin or log house, returned ti) theii\\noriginal home, aud there married and took with\\nthem their wives, with their household furniture,\\nto the home in the forest, a bridal tdur full of\\nhope and expectation of a rich future reward\\nnot only a reward of gold and silver, but one of\\na large progeny. In that they were not often\\ndisappointed, as the emigration from Jatfi ey, iu\\nafter-years, to the States of Vermont, New York,\\nOhio and most of the Western States, will\\nabundantly verify. The sons and daughters of\\nJaiFrey and their descendants may l e found not\\nonly in town, but in most of the cities East aud\\nWest, holding positions of wealth, honor and\\ntrust.\\nIncoepoi;ation of Towx. The to\\\\\\\\n was\\nknown by the names of Monadnock, No. 2,\\nMiddle Monadnock and Middletown, until it\\nwas incorporated by the Governor and Council,\\nAugust 17, 1773, and named in honor of Hon.\\nGeorge Jaffrey, a member of the Council. The\\nfirst meeting of the projH ietors was held in the\\nhouse of Joseph French, of Dunstable, January\\n16, 1750.\\nThe first town-meeting was held September\\n11, 1773, as follows\\nJaffrey Sept. 14, 1773.\\nThen the Freeholders and Inhabitance ofs town\\nbeing meet agreeable to the foregoing Warrant,\\nI Choose Capt. Jonathan Stanley moderator to\\nGovern s meeting.\\n2 y Choose mr W Smiley Town Clerk.\\nChoose Capt. Jonathan Stanley, First Selectman.\\nmr. W Smiley Sec Selectman.\\nmr. Phineas Spaulding third Selectman.\\nChoose Mr. Roger Gilmore, Tythingman.\\nChoose Hugh Dunlap and John Harper, Field-\\nDrivers.\\nChoose John Davidson, Constable.\\nChoose Koger Gilmore, Robert Wire and Samuel\\nSherwin a Committee to Count with the Selectmen\\nand Constable.\\nChoose David Allen, W McAlister, Robert Wire,\\nEphraim Hunt, W Turner and John Gilmore, Soy-\\nvors.\\nChoose i\\\\Ir. W\u00c2\u00b0 Hogg and Mr Joseph Wright\\nFence Vewers.\\nJafirey Sep 28. Then the Freeholders and In-\\nhabitance of s town being mett agreeable to the Fore-\\ngoing Warrant,\\nChoose Capt. Jonathan Stanley moderator to\\ngovern s meeting.\\n2 Voted Eighty Pounds L M to be worked out\\non the Rods.\\n3 J Voted that Capt. Jona. Stanley, Alexander\\nMc-Neill and Jeames Caldwell be a Committee to\\nProvide supplies of Preaching for s town.\\n4 Voted six Pounds Lawful Money to support\\nthe Gospel in said town.\\nThe second Town Meeting held in s Town Sept.\\n28, 1773.\\nThe f illowing persons appear to have been\\nvoters at the time of the organization of the\\ntown\\nDavid Allen.\\nJohn T. Anderson.\\nStephen Adams.\\nThomas Adams.\\nJethro Bailey.\\nIsaac Baldwin.\\nJohn Borland.\\nJohn ]?riant.\\nKendall Briant.\\nAlpheas Brigham.\\nJona. Blodgett.\\nGeorge Clark.\\nJeames Caldwell.\\nHenry Coffren.\\nJoseph Cutter.\\nDaniel Davis.\\nJohn Davidson.\\nRobert Dunlap.\\nHugh Dunlap.\\nThomas Emory.\\nWm. Fisher.\\nJohn Gilmore.\\nRoger Oiilmore.\\nRobert Gilmore.\\nHiram Greene.\\nOliver Hale.\\nJohn Harper.\\nEbn Ingals.\\nJona. Jewett.\\nJohn Little.\\nAlex Mc-Neal.\\nW Mc-Alistcr.\\nPeter Mc-Alister.\\nW Mitchell.\\nSamuel Milliken.\\nW Miliken.\\nDennis Orgon.\\nSamuel Pierce.\\nJacob Pierce.\\nOliver Proctor.\\nJona. Priest.\\nDaniel Priest.\\nDaniel Priest (2\\nW Smiley.\\nJona. Stanley.\\nDavid Stanley.\\nPhineas Spaulding.\\nSam Sherwin.\\nJoseph Thorndike.\\nJoshua Thorndike.\\nW Turner.\\nJoseph Turner.\\nNathaniel Turner.\\nSimon Warren.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0297.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "224\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJohn Hanley.\\nElias Hathorn.\\nEben Hathorn.\\nElred Hetrech.\\n.Jason Hemingway.\\nW Hogg.\\nJoseph Hogg.\\nDavid Hunter.\\nEphraim Hunt.\\nPeter Warren.\\nIsaac Wesson.\\nEph Whitcomb.\\nRobert Wier.\\nMatthew Wallace.\\nSam Woodbury.\\nMathevv AVright.\\nFrancis Wright.\\nJoseph Wright.\\nTOWN C I.EIiKS.\\nWm. Smiley, 1773, 74, 75, 77, 83.\\nRobert Weir, 1776.\\nRoger Gilmore, 1778, 79, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 1800,\\n01.\\nAdonijah Howe, 1780, 81, 82, 91, 92, 93, 94,\\n1802, 04, 06, 07, 08.\\nJedediah Sanger, 1785.\\nAbel Parker, 1789.\\nAlex. Milliken, 1790.\\nDavid Smiley, 1803, 04.\\nDavid Page, 1805.\\nSamuel Dakin, 1806, 07, OS, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13,\\n14, 15.\\nOliver Prescott, 1816.\\nWm. Ainsworth, 1817, 18, 19, 20, 21.\\nHenry Payson, 1822, 23, 24.\\nThomas Adams, 1825, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32.\\nBenj. Cutter, 1823, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 42, 43,\\n44, 45, 46, 47.\\nJonas M. Mellville, 1840, 41.\\nJohn Fox, 1848, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 66,\\n57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63.\\nJoseph P. Frost, 1864, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71,\\n72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84,\\n85.\\nEEPRESENTATIVES.\\nThose marked were born in JaftVey.\\nHenry Coffeen, May 11, 1775, to third Provincial\\nCongress at Exeter.\\nWilliam Smiley, 1784.\\nJohn Gilmore, .1785, 86.\\nAbel Parker, 1787, 91, 92, 93, 97, 99.\\nBenjamin Prescott, 1790, 96, 1809, 10, 11, 12, 13,\\n14, 15, 16, 17.\\nJoseph Thorndike, 1794, 95, 98, 1800, 01, 02, 03.\\nAdonijah Howe, 1804, 05, 18, 19, 20, 21.\\nDavid Page, 1806, 07.\\nLabau Ainsworth, 1808.\\nOliver Prescott,* 1822, 23, 24, 25, 26.\\nWilliam Ainsworth,* 1828, 29, 30.\\nLevi Fisk, 1831,* 32, 33.\\nJohn Conant, 1834, 35, 36.\\nEdward Spaulding,* 1837, 38, 39.\\nSamuel Patrick,* 1840.\\nJohn Felt, 1841, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47.\\nLaban Rice, 1846.\\nPeter Upton, 1848, 49, 50.\\nJohn Fox,* 1851, 62, 63, 64.\\nDavid C. Chamberlin,* 1856, 57.\\nJohn A. Prescott,* 1858, 59.\\nCharles H. Powers, 1860, 61, 78.\\nSamuel Ryan, 1862, 63.\\nFrederick W. Bailey,* 1864, 65, 68, 69.\\nAddison Prescott,* 1866, 67.\\nBenjamin Pierce,* 1870, 71.\\nFrank H. Cutter,* 1872, 73.\\nAlfred Sawyer,* 1874, 75.\\nJoseph W. Fassett, 1876, 77.\\nThomas Annett, 1879, 80.\\nJohn H. Fox, present representative.\\nSTATE SENATORS, NATIVES OF JAFFREY.\\nAsa Parker, 1826, 27. Levi Fisk, 1835, 36.\\nEcCLESiASTiCAi. Congregational Cli urcli\\nThe provisions of the Ma.souian grant required\\ntliat a ffoofl, convenient meeting;-hoiise be built\\nwithin six years from the date of the charter,\\nand made provision for that purpose by a gift\\nof three hundred acres of land. No meeting-\\nhouse appears to have been built \u00c2\u00abhen the town\\nwas organized. The ne.xt year after, on the\\n26th day of April, the matter of Ijuilding a\\nmeeting-house was brought before the town.\\nThe town votwd to build one on the common,\\nnear the senter this and the ensuing year.\\nVoted, s house is to be forty feet wide, Fifty-five\\nin Lenth. Posts twenty seven feet in Lenth. Roger\\nGilmore, William Turner Alex Mc-Neill a Commit-\\ntee to see the same affected, the above Committee to\\nVendue s house to the last bider.\\nAt a meeting in July following, the town\\nVoted, to Reconsider their vote in Building a\\nmeeting-house also their vote in Chose of Committee,\\nthen Voted s** meeting-house Sixty feet in Lenth,\\nForty five wide, the Posts twenty seven leet in Lenth\\nalso Voted to have a Porch at each end of s hous.\\nVoted Mr. Roger Gilmore, Mr. Will-^ Turner, Mr.\\nMathew Wallace be a Committee to see the work af-\\nfected in Building s** house.\\nVoted that the Com shall Expose s house to sail\\nat Public Vendue by the first Wednesday of Sept next,\\nalso Voted that the Great timber of s house be hewed\\nby the first day of Decem next, also Voted Fifteen", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0298.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "JAFFREY.\\n225\\nPounds L. M. towards building s house, to be Paid\\nby the first day of December Next, also Voted that s\\nhouse shall be Raised by the Middle of June Next at\\nthe towns Cost. Vokd sixty Pounds to be Paid by\\nthe middle of June next towards building s house.\\nAlso Voted that the whole cost shall be Paid by the\\nfirst of June in the year 1776 as the afors d house shall\\nbe Finished. That the Fraim be well under Pined\\nwith good stone and lime, and the outside all well\\nCorapleated, and Collored like Rindge meting-house,\\nand lower floor lead Duble, and Pulpit like that in\\nRindge meting-house all the above work compleated\\nby the middle of June 1776.\\nThe house was completed in 1799, and in the\\nfollowing year the warrant for town-meeting had\\nfollowing article\\nTo see if the town will make any allowance to\\nCapt. Henry Cofleen for the Barrel of Rum that he\\npaid for, which was expended at the Raising of the\\nnieeling-house.\\nVoted that the Selectmen settle with Capt. Cof-\\nfeen in behalf of the town.\\nThe church was organized May 18, 1780,\\nwith the following members:\\nKendal Briant and wife Mary, (Martin).\\nJohn Briant.\\nDaniel Emery and wife, Jane.\\nEleazer Spofford and wife, Mary (Flint).\\nJohn Combs and wife, Bathsheba.\\nJames Gage and wife, Sarah (Lamson).\\nOliver Proctor and wife, Elizabeth.\\nIsaac Bailey and wife, Susanna.\\nIsaac Baldwin and wife.\\nJohn Wood and wife.\\nNehemiah Greene and wife.\\nJames Haywood and wife, Keziah Haywood.\\nJonathan Priest and wife.\\nEphraim Whitcomb and wife, Elizabeth.\\nJerome Underwood and wife, Lucy (Wheat).\\nJohn Eaton.\\nWilliam Slack.\\nThe first regular pastor of the church was\\nRev. Laban Ainsworth, who continued in service\\nnearly fifty years.\\nIn 1831, Rev. Giles Lyman was ordained as\\na colleague, and preached in town till 1837,\\nwhen, on account of ill health, he received his\\ndismission. He married, December 14, 1835,\\nLouisa Whitney, of Winchendon.\\n15\\nJosiah D. Crosby was settled in 1838, and\\ndismissed in 1850.\\nLeonard Tenney, settled 1845 dismissed\\n1857.\\nJohn S. Batchelder, settled 1858; dismissed\\n1865.\\nRufus Case, settled 1868 removed 1875.\\nThe church has had no settled pastor since\\nMr. Case. The desk is at present supplied by\\nRev. W. W. Livingstone.\\nTlie Congregational Church at Ead Jaffrey\\nwas organized in 1850 with twenty-three\\nmembers. The pastors have been as follows\\nRev. J. E. B. Jewett, George A. Adams, F. D.\\nAustin, Silas W. Allen, D. N. Goodrich, Wil-\\nliam H. Dowden, J. C. Staples and E. J. Riggs.\\nBaptist Church. The Baptist Society in\\nJafirey was formed in April, 1820, and on\\nApril 6, 1829, the following notice was pub-\\nlished in the Keene Sentinel, viz.\\nWe, Benjamin Prescott, Alpheas Crosby, Paul\\nHunt and others, have formed ourselves into a Reli-\\ngious Society, by the name of the First Baptist\\nChurch and Society in Jaffrey, and are hereby known\\nby that name.\\nJoseph Joslin, Clerk.\\nThe church was formed May 28, 1814.\\npastors.\\nJohn Parkhurst, 1818.\\nElder Cummings, 1825.\\nCalvin Greenleaf, 1831-35.\\nAppleton Belknap, 183.5-46.\\nE. H. Bailey, 1846-61 died January 4, 1868.\\nFranklin Merriam, 1862-65.\\nA. E. Reynolds, 1866-69.\\nE. J. Emery, 1869-71 settled in Swanzey.\\nJ. S. Haradon, 1873 died August 4, 1875.\\nLeonard J. Dean, 1875 a graduate of Newton\\nTheological Seminary.\\nT. C. Gleason, present pastor.\\nThe meetings of the Baptist Cliurch and\\nSociety were held, as voted, in the .school-house\\nin District No. 1 till 1822. In 1819 the Baj^-\\ntists were no longer taxed for the support of\\nthe minister settled by the town, but had the\\nprivilege of using the same for the support of\\nthe one of their choice. The use of the meet-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0299.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "226\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ning-house for public preaching was, in 1822,\\nalso divided by the town among the diiFerent\\ndenominations of Christians according to the\\nvaluation of their projierty. From this time\\nthe Baptists occupied the house their propor-\\ntion as assigned till 1839.\\nOn the 5th of February, 1829, the church\\nvoted to build a meeting-house near the house\\nof Mr. Mellville, and chose Benjamin Prescott,\\nJoseph Joslin and David Chadwick a commit-\\ntee for that purpose. The house was completed\\nand ready for use June 12, 1830, and dedicated\\nJune 30th.\\nIn 1873 the house was repaired, with the\\naddition of a vestry, and such other improve-\\nments as were deemed necessary.\\nUniversalid Church. The First Universalist\\nSociety, Jaffrey, N. H., was organized Novem-\\nber 16, 1822. Captain John Stone was chosen\\nmoderator Caleb Searle, clerk John Cutter,\\ntreasurer Mr. John Cutter and Colonel Oliver\\nPrescott, committee.\\nPASTORS.\\nN. R. AVright and Andrew\\nO. Warren.\\nE. W. Coffin.\\nJ. P. McCleur.\\nW. J. Crosby.\\nJames H. Little.\\nF. W. Bailey, present pas-\\ntor.\\nDelphus Skinner.\\nWarren Skiuner.\\nJ. D. Williamson.\\nRobert Bartlet.\\nJ. V. Wilson.\\nStillman Clark.\\nS. W. Squires.\\nC. C. Clark.\\nA church was formed in 1858.\\nThe present meeting-house was built in 1844.\\nSchools. In 1775, two years after the in-\\ncorporation of the town, eight pounds were\\nraised for a school, to be divided into five parts.\\nIn December of that year the town voted to\\nsell one of the school lots and to use the inter-\\nest on tlie proceeds of the sale for the support\\nof a school. In 1777 the town voted to pay\\nthe interest of \u00c2\u00a3100 for two years for the use of\\na school in 1778, \u00c2\u00a312 in 1779, \u00c2\u00a3200 (depre-\\nciated currency); in 1781, \u00c2\u00a31000; in 1783,\\n\u00c2\u00a350 in 1785, \u00c2\u00a350; in 1786, \u00c2\u00a330; in 1787,\\n\u00c2\u00a340; in 1788, \u00c2\u00a340; in 1789, \u00c2\u00a350 in 1790,\\n\u00c2\u00a340; in 1791, \u00c2\u00a360; in 1792, \u00c2\u00a365; in 1793,\\n\u00c2\u00a380; in 1794, \u00c2\u00a380; in 1795, |200 Federal\\nmoney afterwards the town raised what the\\nlaw required.\\nA school was taught here by Josiah Forsaith\\nfrom 1807 to 1809, inclusive.\\nIn 1832 Mellville Academy was incorpora-\\nted. The grantees were Asa Parker, Luke\\nHowe and John Fox. It was named in honor of\\nJonas M. Mellville, who made a very liberal do-\\nnation in aid of the enterprise. In 1 833 a suit-\\nable building was erected, which is now used for\\na school-house.\\nThe school was opened in the fall of 1833\\nunder the instruction of Horace Herrick, prin-\\ncipal, and Miss Aurelia Townsend, assistant.\\nHe remained till 1836.\\nThe following individuals were afterwards\\nemployed as teachers Roswell D. Hitchcock,\\nWilliam Eaton, Harry Brickett, Charles Cut-\\nter, David C. Chamberlain, Sarah French.\\nThe academy continued in operation till the es-\\ntablishment of the Conant High School.\\nIn 1868, John Conant, Esq., of Jaffrey, gave\\nthe town the sum of seven thousand dollars,\\nthe interest of which is to be used for the sup-\\nport of a High School in said town. The town-\\nhouse in the centre of the town was altered and\\nrepaired to meet the wants of the town. The\\nlower story is used for the school and the upper\\none for a town hall. In 1872 the school was\\nopened for instruction. The present principal\\nis A. S. Annis.\\nLawyers. David Smiley, Samuel Dakin,\\nWilliam Ainsworth, Albert S. Scott, Clarence\\nA. Parks and J. B. Twiss.\\nPhysicians. Adonijah Howe, Willis John-\\nson, Abner Howe, M.D., Adonijah Howe, Jr.,\\nLuke Howe, D. C. Perry, Amasa Kennie,\\nS. L. Richardson, R. R. Perkins, A. J. Gibson,\\nG. A. Phelps and O. H. Bradley.\\nWae of the Revolution. The follow-\\ning is a list of soldiers from Jaffrey in the\\nRevolution\\nEphraim Adams.\\nSamuel Adams.\\nSamuel Ober.\\nWilliam Osgood.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0300.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "JAFFREY.\\n227\\nThomas Adams.\\nGeorge Atridge.\\nDaniel Avery.\\nJoseph Bates.\\nJonathan Blodgett.\\nJohn Brian t.\\nAlpheas Brigham.\\nAsaph Brigham.\\nJoseph Brooks.\\nSimeon Burt.\\nJoseph Cutter.\\nMoses Cutter.\\nNathan Cutter.\\nJames Cutter.\\nJohn Davidson.\\nMatliew Davis.\\nJonatlian Dean.\\nBenjamin Dole.\\nJolin Dole.\\nHugh Dunlap.\\nDaniel Emery.\\nDaniel Emery, Jr.\\nJames French, Jr.\\nRobert Gilmore.\\nJohn Gilmore.\\nDudley Griffin.\\nJacob Gould, Jr.\\nJohn Hale.\\nLieutenant John Harper.\\nDaniel Harper.\\nEbenezer Hathorn.\\nJames Haywood.\\nEbenezer Ingals.\\nBenjamin Jacquith.\\nJohn Mathews.\\nWilliam McAlister.\\nBenjamin Prescott.\\nMoses Peabody.\\nJoseph Perkins.\\nJacob Pierce.\\nKendall Pierson.\\nWilliam Pope.\\nJonathan Priest.\\nAsa Priest.\\nOliver Proctor.\\nJames Reed.\\nAbraham Ross.\\nBezaleel Sawyer.\\nJesse Snow.\\nMifchael Silk.\\nWilliam Smiley, Jr., died\\nin service, at Ticondero-\\nga, 1776.\\nPhineas Spaulding.\\nBenjamin Spaulding.\\nJonathan Stanley.\\nSamuel Stanley.\\nJames Stevens.\\nJohn Stone.\\nBenjamin Stone.\\nJohn Taggart.\\nJonathan Taylor.\\nPeter Tower.\\nLieutenant William Tur-\\nner.\\nSamuel Wier.\\nJoseph Wilder.\\nEzra Wilder.\\nEphraim Whitcomb.\\nElias Whitney.\\nCotton Whiton.\\nFrancis Wright.\\nThe following is a list of soldiers of the\\nRevolution, not included in the above list, who\\nsettled in town during or after the war\\nStephen Adams. Francis Mason.\\nLieutenant Oliver Bacon. Lieutenant Abel Parker.\\nIsaac Bailey. Whitcomb Powers.\\nIsaac Bailey, Jr. William Redfield.\\nHart Balch. Joseph Robbins.\\nJacob Baldwin. Moses Stickney.\\nLieutenant Samuel Buss. Moses Stickney (2d).\\nJohn Cox. David Stratton.\\nThomas Dutton. James Turner.\\nWilliam Emery. Henry Thompson.\\nSamuel Emery. Lieutenant Jerome Under-\\nNathan Fish. wood.\\nJonas Gerry. Isaac Wesson.\\nThomas Goff.\\nNathan Hunt.\\nJohn Lake.\\nLieutenant Benj. Law-\\nrence.\\nWar of 1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSilas Wilder.\\nAbel Winship.\\nIthamer Wheelock.\\nThomas Wheelock.\\nJoseph Wright.\\nThe following soldiers from\\nthe town served in the War of 1812\\nOliver Warren, captain\\nDaniel Adams, received $11.20\\nThomas Chadwick, received 10.69\\nDavid Chaplin, received 11.20\\nEthan Cutter, received 4.50\\nIsaac Cutter, received 20.78\\nSamuel Dutton, received 11.00\\nJames Eaton, received 11.20\\nWalter Eaton, received 11.20\\nAustin George, received lO.-ll\\nRobert GofF, received 9.33\\nHenry Hapgood, received 16.12\\nStacy Hodskins, received 16.12\\nMoses Hunt, received 16.12\\nAbel Nutting, received 16.12\\nPhilip Peak, received 11.29\\nMoses Pierce, received 11.20\\nDavid Sawtell, received 11.20\\nSamuel Stratton, received 13.43\\nWar with Mexico, 1846.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Cutter\\nand George F. Cutter from this town served in\\nthe Mexican War.\\nWar of the Rebellion.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Number of men\\nwho enlisted and were in service was 151\\nnumber killed in battle, 5 number who died\\nin the service, 23.\\nCharles W. Webster, quartermaster. Fourteenth Regi-\\nment.\\nC. Frederick Webster, first lieutenant. Fourteenth\\nRegiment promoted to quartermaster.\\nCharles W. Adams, Second Regiment, Company A\\nLysander A. Adams, Sixth Regiment, Company F.\\nJohn Q. Adams, a marine died at Portsmouth.\\nBenj. Abanton, Ninth Regiment, Company I.\\nWarren F. Allen, Sixth Regiment, Comjiany F.\\nHenry A. Atherton, Sixth Regiment, Company E.\\nCalvin Bailey, Sixth Regiment, Company F.\\nSpencer L. Bailey, second lieutenant. Fourteenth\\nRegiment.\\nAlraon W. Bailey, Sixteenth Regiment; died.\\nHarvey N. Bailey, Troop D.\\nCharles Baker.\\nJohn F. Berry.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0301.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "228\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nChristopher Bartenbach, Fourteenth Eegiment, Com-\\npany (,T.\\nHiram Bennet, Troop B.\\nJohn F. Briant, Second Eegiment, Company A.\\nEdmund Brady, Ninth Regiment, Company B.\\nJames T. Brown, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nSamuel L. Bolles, Troop C.\\nAlonzo Butteriield.\\nHenry Buekwoukl, Sixteenth Eegiment, Company F.\\nJacob Buckwould, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nCliiirles A. Carter, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nOscar Eugene Carter, died.\\nJohn Caldwell, Eighth Eegiment; died.\\nDaniel M. Colburn, Ninth Eegiment, Company I.\\nLysander J. Coudray, Sixteenth Eegiment, Company\\nF.\\nEdwin E. Cutter, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nEdward E. Cutter, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nGustavus A. Cutter, Fourteenth Eegiment.\\nJohn C. Cummings, Sixteenth Regiment; died.\\nJohn W. Darling, died.\\nFrank DeWier.\\nFrederick Donaldson, Troop C.\\nCharles W. Diamond, Second Eegiment, Company C.\\nJames Dadwell, Sixth Eegiment, Company E.\\nMorty Downs, Tenth Regiment, Company K.\\nJames E. Douglass, Troop D.\\nCharles D. Emery, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nCharles Farouch, Eleventh Regiment, Company C.\\nLuther W. Fassett, Sixteenth Regiment, Company E.\\nDanvers C. Fassett, Heavy Artillery.\\nJoel E. Fassett, Fourteenth Regiment, Company E.\\nJohn Flynn, Eleventh Regiment, Company C.\\nJohn Frost, Fourteenth Regiment, Company G.\\nGeorge Gilmore, Ninth Regiment.\\nWilliam T. Gleason, Sixth Regiment, Company I.\\nWilliam H. Goodrich, Fifth Regiment, Comjiany H.\\nTheodore Hanscomb, Sixth Regiment, Company H\\npromoted to captain.\\nJohn S. Hartwell, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nJohn H. Hartwell, Second Regiment, Company A.\\nJohn Hecker.\\nHorace J. Hill, Third Regiment, Company I.\\nPeter Hogan.\\nWilliam Hoyt, Eleventh Regiment, Company I.\\nAndrew Johnson, Ninth Regiment, Company K.\\nRobert Jones, Troop.\\nJoshua R. Joslin, Second Regiment, Company H.\\nHenry H. Joslin, Second Regiment, Company H.\\nJoseph H. Joslin, Second Regiment, Company A.\\nAlbert N. Joslin, Fifth Regiment, Company F.\\nJohn F. Kidder, Sixth Regiment, Company E.\\nCharles D. Kimball, Sixteenth Regiment, Company F.\\nElisha A. Kingsbury, Sixth Regiment, Company E.\\nDexter B. Knowlton, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nJoseph S. Lucy, Sixth Regiment, Company F died.\\nDavid W. Lacy, Sixteenth Regiment, Company I.\\nCharles D. Law, Fourteenth Regiment, Company G.\\nJohn Leathers, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nGeorge L. Lowe, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nAndrew Lindsay, Sixteenth Eegiment, Company F.\\nGeorge H. Long, Troop D.\\nJerome W. Leighton, Fift.h Eegiment, Company F.\\nAlvin H. Martin, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nChas. B. Merrifield, Fourteenth Eegiment, CompanyG.\\nJohn McCuun, Troop B.\\nLawrence Montgomery Troop H.\\nHenry F. Morse, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nNahum W. Mower, Fourteenth Eegiment, CompanyG.\\nThomasS. Mower, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nBarnard Mulligan, Troop A.\\nCharles H. Nutting, Fourteenth Eegiment.\\nEdward N. Nutting, Sixteenth Eegiment, Company F.\\nJacob Newell, Jr., Sixteenth Eegiment Company F.\\nHenry C. Osburn, Fourteenth Eegiment, CompanyG.\\nJames E. Petts, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nSamuel Paine, Eleventh Eegiment, Company C.\\nAlbert S. Pierce, Fourteenth Eegiment.\\nHenry Pierce.\\nGurley A. Phelps, Fourteenth Eegiment.\\nJoel H. Poole, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nJohn W. Poole, Fourteenth Eegiment.\\nIvers E. Pollard, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nLevi Pollard, Second Eegiment, Company A.\\nOren D. Prescott, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nGeorge P. Preston, Sixth Regiment, Company K.\\nLeonard Rand, Fourteenth Regiment, Company C.\\nJonas C. Rice, Fourteenth Regiment, Company G.\\nHerbert C. Richardson, Fourteenth Regiment, Com-\\npany G.\\nGeorge W. Richardson, Fourteenth Regiment, Com-\\npany G.\\nDarius P. Richardson, Fourteenth Regiment, Com-\\npany G.\\nEdnumd F. Ritchie, Second Eegiment, Company A\\ndied.\\nHenry Eitchie, Sixth Eegiment, Company E; died.\\nDarius Eitchie, Sixteenth Eegiment, Company I.\\nGeorge C. Eitchie, Sixteenth Eegiment, Company I.\\nAbram Eobins.\\nWilliam B. Eobbins, Ninth Eegiment, Company G.\\nAlfred Eobbins, Fourteenth Eegiment, Company G.\\nWilliam H. Wolf, Fourteenth Regiment, Company G.\\nBenjamin Sanford, Sixth Regiment, Company D.\\nCharles A. Sargent, Eleventh Regiment, Company C.\\nGrenville Shedd, Fourteenth Regiment, Company G.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0302.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "JAFFREY.\\n229\\nLeonard E. Spaulding, Fourteenth Regiment, Com-\\npany G.\\nAustin A. Spaulding, Fourteenth Regiment, Com-\\npany G.\\nLeander Spaulding.\\nAlfred Spaulding.\\nDaniel W. Stevens, Sixth Regiment, Company F.\\nHenry A. Smith, Fourteenth Regiment, Company G\\ndied.\\nCharles M. Smith, Fourteenth Regiment, Company G.\\nSamuel A. Stratton, Sixth Regiment, Company F.\\nIra Smith, Sixteenth Regiment, Company I.\\nAaron Smith, Eighth Regiment.\\nHenry Steven.s, Sixth Regiment, Company C.\\nJosiali Stebbins, Sixteenth Regiment, Company F.\\nGeorge Steele, Sixth Regiment, Company F.\\nPhilip Stedman, Sixth Regiment, Company D.\\nLevi E. Stedman, Eleventh Regiment, Company D.\\nElbridge G. Tarbox, Fourth Regiment, Company I.\\nJackson Taggart, died in prison.\\nMartin Tehu, Troop C.\\nHenry A. Thompson, wounded.\\nJoseph S. Thompson, Fifth Regiment, Company K.\\nFrancis Thompson, Sixth Regiment, Company F.\\nHenry A. Turner, Fourteenth Regiment, Company G.\\nAlbert S. Verder, Sixth Regiment, Company E.\\nCharles W. Verder, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nSylvanus W. Waters, Sixth Regiment, Comjiany K.\\nCharles Wilson, Seventh Regiment, Company D.\\nJohn Wilson, Eleventh Regiment, Company C.\\nFrank Wetherbee, sharpshooters.\\n(xeorge F. Wilbur, Troop B.\\nEdwin F. Wheeler, Sixteenth Regiment, Company F.\\nJohn F. Wheeler, Sixteenth Regiment, Company F.\\nSOLDIERS IX SERVICE FOE OTHER STATES.\\nClarence S. Bailey, captain Massachusetts Cavalry.\\nHenry H. Cragin, Ohio Volunteers.\\nAVilliam L. Cutter, Iowa Cavalry.\\nBenjamin F. Lawrence, Massachusetts Battery.\\nLucius Upton, Massachusetts Battery died.\\nJohn R. Verder, Connecticut Volunteers.\\nWhole number of soldiers iu service, one\\nhundred and fifty-one.\\nSOLDIERS KILLED IX BATTLE.\\nLuther W. Fassett, Second Regiment, at Evansport,\\nVa., April 2, 18G2.\\nSylvanus C. Waters, Sixth Regiment, at Antietam,\\nSeptember 17, 1864.\\nFrank Weatherbee, sharpshooters, at Antietam, Sep-\\ntember 17, 1864.\\nHenry Ritchie, Second Regiment, at Pegram House,\\nVa., September 30, 1864.\\nCharles Carter, Fourteenth Regiment, at Cedar Creek,\\nOctober 19, 1864.\\nWhole number killed in battle, five.\\nSOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE .SERVICE.\\nJoseph Caldwell, Eighth Regiment, at Thibodeaux,\\nLa., 1862.\\nJoel E. Fassett, Second Regiment, at Jaftrey.\\nEdmund Ritchie, Second Regiment, at Philadelphia,\\nOctober 2, 1862.\\nCharles D. Emery, Fourteenth Regiment, at Wash-\\nington, November 14, 1863.\\nHenry A. Smith, Fourteenth Regiment, at Poolsville,\\nMd., January 7, 1863.\\nCharles M. Smith, Fourteenth Regiment, at Pools-\\nville, Md., January 12, 1863.\\nAlmond W. Bailey, Sixteenth Regiment, at New Or-\\nleans, June 7, 1863.\\nJohn C. Cummings, Sixteenth Regiment, at Mound\\nCity, October 23, 1863.\\nJohn W. Darling, Sixteenth Regiment, at Butte la\\nRose, La., May 17, 1863.\\nJacob Newell, Jr.. Sixteenth Regiment, at Baton\\nRouge, La., April 15. 1863.\\nHiram Benuet, cavalry, at Point Lookout, Md., Sep-\\ntember 11, 1864.\\nDaniel M. Colburn, Ninth Regiment, Virginia, No-\\nvember 29, 1864.\\nCharles A. Sargent, Ninth Regiment, at Salisbury,\\nN. C, October 23, 1864.\\nLeonard Rand, Fourteenth Regiment, at Camp Para-\\npet, May 28, 1864.\\nHenry H. Cragin, 1864; an Ohio volunteer.\\nJackson Taggart, cavalry, at Andersonville, Ga., Sep-\\ntember 21, 1864; grave No. 9460.\\nJohn Q. Adams, at the Marine Hospital, 186-.\\nLucius Upton, August 7, 1864 Massachusetts Bat-\\ntery.\\nAlbert N. Joslin, Fifth Regiment.\\nJohn F. Kidder, Sixth Regiment, at Alexandria, Va.,\\nNovember 11, 1862 grave No. 425.\\nHarvey N. Bailey, cavalry, at Westford, Mass., March\\n8, 1865.\\nJoseph S. Lacy, Fifth Regiment, at Yorktown, Va.,\\nMay 11, 1862.\\nOscar Eugene Carter, died.\\nWhole number died of disease, twenty-three.\\nPo.st-Office. Peter Lawrence was the first\\npostmaster. The office was probably established\\nduring the winter of 1801.\\nApril 1, 1846, the name of the office was", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0303.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "230\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nchanged to Factory village, and located in that\\nplace.\\nOn the 8th of December, Factory village was\\nchanged to East Jaffrey.\\nThe office at Jaffrey was re-established No-\\nvember 6, 1846.\\nBanks. The Monadnock State Bank was in-\\ncorporated in 1850; capital, $50,000. John\\nConant was chosen president and Peter Upton\\ncashier. Directors, John Conant, Benjamin\\nCntter, Jonas M. Mellville, James Scott, Rnfus\\nHaywood, Samuel Ryan, Jr., Solomon Allen.\\nIn 1855, John Fox was chesen president, and in\\n1857, James Scott, of Peterborough. In 1865\\nthe Monadnock National Bank wa.s incorpo-\\nrated capital, $100,000. James Scott was\\nchosen president Peter Upton, cashier. Beu-\\njaniin Cutter was chosen president in 1870;\\ncashier, Peter Upton. Peter Upton is the\\npresent president, and H. D. Upton, cashier.\\nThe present directors are Peter Upton,\\nA. S. Coffin, B. D. Whitney, O. H. Bradley,\\nBenjamin Pierce, Julius Cutter and John H.\\nCutter.\\nMonadnock Savings-Bank was incorpo-\\nrated in 1869. President, Oscar H. Bradley\\ntreasurer, Peter Upton the present trustees are\\nO. H. Bradley (president), Benjamin Pierce,\\nJames S. Long, George A. Underwood, J. B.\\nStedd, J. T. Bigelow, Dexter Derby, C. B.\\nPerry, John H. Fox, A. Sawyer, D. P. Emory,\\nJulius Cutter and R. H. Kitredge.\\nPopulation. In 1775, at the beginning of\\nthe war, the number of inhabitants was 351.\\nIn 1783, 1033; in 1790,1235; 1800, 1341;\\n1810, 1336; 1820, 1339; 1830, 1354; 1840,\\n1411; 1850, 1497; 1830,1452; 1870,1256;\\n1873, 1288 1880, 1267.\\nThe Monadnock Railroad was completed\\nand opened in June, 1871. The first trip, from\\nWiuchendon to Jaffrey, was made November\\n22, 1870.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0304.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH.\\nBY REV. S. H. MCCOLLESTER.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe early liistoiy of Marlborough, like that\\nof the surrounding towns, is somewhat obscure\\nand traditional. However, it is known that in\\nthe reign of Xing James I. Europeans came\\nto this country and explored along the Merri-\\nmack River, and that, as early as 1623, a settle-\\nment was made at Strawberry Bank (now\\nPortsmouth). The settlers were few and mostly\\nfishermen. Though the waters and lands in\\nthis region were inviting, immigration was slow\\nbecause of the wildness of the country and the\\nopposition of the Indians. In 1635 the Plym-\\nouth Company, in order to promote settlements,\\ndivided up their property in New England\\namong themselves before they surrendered their\\ncharter to the King, and the whole of what\\nnow constitutes New Hampshire fell to the lot\\nof Captain John Mason, who was one of their\\nnumber. He at once took steps to forward\\nsettlements and opened the way for them into\\ndifferent parts of the State. At his death, No-\\nvember 16, 1635, his grandson, Robert Tufton,\\nassuming the name Mason, carried on the work\\nand was permitted to witness many new settle-\\nments along the streams and on the hills. At\\nhis departure he left his estate to his two sons,\\nJohn and Thomas, who became of age about\\n1738. The entire State had now been surveyed\\nand divided into townships. They at length ef-\\nfected a sale of the unsettled parts to a company\\nin the eastern division of the State, who be-\\ncame known as the Masonian Proprietors.\\nThey soou directed their attention to lauds about\\nthe Monadnock Mountain. No doubt, the\\nease with which these could be cleared, on ac-\\ncount of their elevation and the richness of the\\nsoil, attracted their attention, and so the way was\\nopened for the settlement of eight townships\\naround this grand old mountain. They were\\nknown as Monadnock No. 1, No. 2, etc. Marl-\\nborough was Monadnock No. 5, and afterwards\\nits name was changed to Marlborough by set-\\ntlers who came from Marlborough, Mass.\\nThis brings us to the first settlement in\\ntown, which was by William Barker, a native\\nof Westborough, Mass. He was one of the\\noriginal proprietors, and had drawn several\\nlots in this division. Perhaps because of his\\nfinancial interest, he was first led to explore the\\nregion in 1761, and select a lot on West Hill,\\non what is now a part of Troy. The next year\\nhe returned to the same place, with tools and\\nprovisions, to make a clearing for a future home.\\nIt is supposed he felled the first trees and con-\\nstructed the first camp in this then wild land.\\nThis must have been a lonely experience, by\\nday and night. Still, he was ready to endure\\nand persevere because of hope and promise. As\\nhis supply of provision was consumed, he\\nturned his steps homeward, having made the\\nbeginning of a permanent settlement. In tiie\\nspring of 1764 he returned and resumed his\\nwork of clearing, and built a log house, and so\\nprepared the way for the removal of his family.\\nEarly in the ensuing fall, with his wife and\\nthree small children, they bid adieu to many\\nkind friends and neighbors, and started on the\\nlong and trying journey to their new home.\\nTheir means of conveyance was an ox-team.\\nThis was a first-class mode of traveling at that\\n231", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0305.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "232\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntime. They found a passable road from West-\\nborough to Winchendon, Mass., but from the\\nlatter place they were obliged to select their\\nown way and get on as best they could througli\\nthe extended forests. Just how long it took\\nthem to make this distance of less than twenty\\nmiles, without any beaten track, no record\\nshows. We can but surmise they must have\\nbeen thankful when their destiny was i-eached,\\n17th of September, with no disposition to re-\\ntrace their steps for the present. Now, see\\nthem in their rude home, really the first home\\nin Marlborough. Their neighbors now are the\\nbear and the bison, the wolf and the panther,\\nthe hawk and the partridge. Still it was home.\\nFancy could have but pictured to them better\\ndays and fairer scenes. They could have but\\nfelt they were sowing for others to reap. Noble\\nadventurers they were, building better than\\nthey knew\\nIsaac McAllister, not long after this first set-\\ntlement, came hither to seek a spot for another\\nhome. His wife was a sister of Mrs. Barker,\\nand so there were kindred attractions to draw\\nthese families near together. Mr. McAlli.ster\\nchose the lot which is known as the Deacon\\nFarrar place. Here he made a log house, and\\nbefore the winter set in it was occupied by his\\nfamily, consisting of a wife and four children.\\nThis was the first settlement within the present\\nlimits of the town, and some four miles distant\\nfrom Mr. Barker s. So, no doubt, during the\\nwinter of 1764\u00e2\u0080\u009465 these two families comprised\\nall the inhabitants of Monadnock No. 5. How\\nlittle we can know of the hardships and strange\\nexperiences of these early pioneers! There\\nmust have been some other motives than those\\nof the mere adventurer prompting them in their\\nrisks and severe undertakings. It would seem\\nthey desired to do so that others might enter\\ninto their labors and become greatly blest. It\\nwas even thus. From that feeble beginning\\nwhat an outcome Generations have come and\\ngone, but that simple, sweet home-life in the\\nwild forest has been preserved and multiplied.\\nThe two homes have been supplanted by the\\nmany. Thus it is, ^the log hut first, the\\ncottage afterwards the rude first, the cultured\\nlast.\\nThe first-born in town was Dolly, tlie daugh-\\nter of Isaac and Hannah (Goddard) McAllister,\\nduring the first winter they passed in INIarlbor-\\nougli. Their family continued to increase till\\nit numbered five girls and six boys. We can\\nlittle guess how and where these children\\nplayed, when and how much they went to\\nschool, or how they spent their Sundays. But\\nthis we know that, in spite of wilderness and\\nunfavoring fortune, they blossomed out into\\nnoble manhood and womanhood. How true it\\nis, that necessity is the mother of invention\\nand character as well\\n1765. If no Horace Greeley, as yet, had\\nsaid, Young man, go West, still it was\\nwestward, ho! with the young men even at\\nthis early date of our country s history. So\\none Silas Fife, a young man, in this year hav-\\ning heard of Monadnock No. 5, with gun in\\nhand and a well-filled knapsack on his back,\\nbade adieu to his old home in Bolton, ]\\\\Iass.,\\nand alone set out for what seemed an Eldorado\\nto hiiti. No doubt, he had experienced fairest\\nvisions in sleep and wakefulness of an enchanted\\nland, whither his adventurous spirit was bound\\nto lead him. At length he pitched his camp at\\nthe foot of the Monadnock Mountain, on what\\nwas afterwards known as the Deacon Baker\\nplace. Here he began at once to make for him-\\nself a future home, having obtained a title of\\ntliis section of land. The fish of the brooks\\nand the game of the woods furnished him\\nmostly with food. In the course of a few sum-\\nmers he had converted a portion of the wilder-\\nness into a farm, where he was raising corn and\\npotatoes; and, more than this, he had built a\\ngood log house, which was too large for himself\\nto occupy alone. The cage and the food were\\nready for some fairy bird. Accordingly, he re-\\nturned to his native town, probably to his first\\nlove, whose wooing had captured his heart long", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0306.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n233\\nago, and took for his bride Abigail Houghton.\\nThey were married in Boston, and then made\\ntheir wedding tour to tlieir new home under the\\nshadows of the Old IMouaduock. Just how\\ntliey traveled and how long it took them to\\nreach their destiuatiou no record states. It is\\ncertain they were not drawn by any iron steed\\nwith lungs of fire and breath of steam, uor\\nwhirled over a macadamized road in a coach-\\nand-f(iur at the rate of two-forty. But where\\nthere is a will, tliere is a way, and so in due\\ntime they found themselves settlers in the new\\ntown, united in hand and heart, to serve the\\nrace and forward civilization.\\nIn 1765, Benjamin Tucker and wife, with\\nfive sons and two daughters, came from Leices-\\nter, Mass., and settled not far soutli of tlie spot\\nwhere the old meeting-house stood. They were\\nwell suited to pioneering service. They seemed\\nto be abundantly supplied with good common\\nsense. Tliough deprived of school advantages,\\nthey made the most possible out of present op-\\nportunities. It is impossible to decide whether\\nfate or fortune led Mr. Tucker to select the spot\\nfor his liome however, it turned out to be very\\nfortuitous, for the great highway from Boston\\nto Keene passed directly by it so the log house\\nof small ([uarters w;is supplanted at length by a\\nmore imjjosing structure, which was used as a\\ntavern. lis proprietor, by tact, integrity and\\ncongeniality, became popular as a public enter-\\ntainer. This house was the place where the\\nProprietors delighted to meet for the trans-\\naction of their business. No doubt, they were\\nwont to have jolly experiences in their gather-\\nings, as well as discouraging adventures and\\nalmost insurmountable obstacles. It is fortunate\\nthey could laugh and weep, hope and fear, trust-\\ning all the while in an overruling Providence\\nand willing for the right. Mr. Tucker acted\\nan important part in the early public meetings,\\nbeing often chosen as clerk, assessor or treasurer.\\nThis same year Daniel Goodnow, of noble\\nstock, came from Marlborough, Mass., and took\\nup his abode iiere. Just where he first resided\\nis not known, but probably in that part of the\\ntown which was afterwards set off to Troy.\\nHe brought with him a wife and several eliil-\\ndren. If their history is somewhat deficient,\\nwe know they bequeathed good blood to after\\ngenerations.\\nDuring this year Abel Woodward and his\\nfamily settled in town on what has been known\\nas the Joslin place in later times. For some\\nreason he thus early sought the valley for his\\nhome, while other settlers had pitched their\\ncamps or built their log huts on high grounds.\\nIt is difficult for us to guess the motives that\\nprompted these early adventurers. Great dis-\\nparit} of tastes and desires have always existed\\namong men. Our forefiithers could have been\\nno exception to this law accordingly, they\\nsought the hill and the vale; they loved the\\nmountain and the valley; they delighted in\\nhaving homes on highland and lowland they\\nwere fond of the novel, the picturesque and the\\nsublime so they were ready to dare and do for\\nrising generations. We now can dimly sur-\\nmise the trials they experienced and the hard-\\nships they endured for the s;ike of those who\\nshould come after them. But they nobly\\nwrought, and their names should l)e forever\\nblessed.\\nIn 17(36 the first town-meeting was held by\\nthe proprietors now settled in Monadnock No.\\n5. It convened at the house of Isaac IMcAllis-\\nter. The object was to take steps towards lay-\\ning out roads through the township from Keene\\nto Dublin, from Keene to Rindge and from\\nSwanzey to Fitzwilliam. They eyideptly were\\nconscious of the fact that jjublic roads are a\\nnecessity for civilization and progress. Indian\\ntrails and spotted trees may answer the turn of\\nwild men, but they can never satisfy the wants\\nof advanced humanity. Roads must be built\\nbefore the school- house or the church can exist.\\nAs soon as highways were made to the feudal\\ncastles, or to pass near them, they gave place to\\nGothic cathedrals. The Orients built pyramids\\nfor the dead the Occidents built roads for the", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0307.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "234\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nliving. As our forefathers opened up the first\\nliighways the straggling wigwams disappeared,\\naud smiling cottages soon fringed the roads,\\nthereby giving free coui-se to commerce and the\\ntrains of wisdom and spiritual activity. How\\nclieering it is that God works with men aud\\ncrowds into their hearts \\\\aster jnirposes and\\nbroader truths than, in their childish thoughts,\\nthey are wont to undei stand or appreciate\\nIn 1767 the first saw-mill was erected. AA e\\ncan hardly tell by whom or just when, but tra-\\ndition says it was built at the confluence of the\\nbrooks near the school-house in District Xo. 4,\\nand that Daniel Harrington controUetl it. Dur-\\ning tliis year, it is said, Jedediah Maynard put\\nup a frame house on what is kno^^^^ as the\\nArtis Collins place, and which, in fact, con-\\nstitutes a part of the house ownetl by his de-\\nscendants at the present time. Another was\\nbuilt on the site of the Congregational Church\\nby Abijah Tucker. These houses must have\\nbeen quite a wonder in those days of log cabins,\\nwith their rude chimneys, thatched roofs and\\nslassless wiuchiws. During this vear the immi-\\ngrations to tliis town were much larger than they\\nhad been heretofore in the same period. Near\\nthe close of this year the Provincial Legislature\\nrequired a census to be taken of the town, and\\nthe returns show that the population consisted of\\nUnmarried men from 16 to 60 years of age 9\\nMarried men from 16 to 60 years of age.... 16\\nBoys of 16 years and under 25\\nMen 60 years and above 1\\nFemales unmarried 26\\nFemales married 16\\nTotal 93\\nThis, we see, is quite a settlement to have\\nbeen made in some three years in the wilds and\\nwoods of Xew England. During this or the\\nfollowing year a grist-mill and another s;iw-mill\\nwere built in the noitli part of the township, on\\nwhat was afterwards known as the Richardson\\nBrook. This was the fii-st grain-mill in this\\nresrion. Previously, the settlers had been\\nobliged to go six and more miles to get their\\ngrain ground, following trails and roughest\\ntracks. They must have learned what it was\\nto earn their bread by the sweat of the brow.\\nStone relics of this old mill are to be seen at the\\npresent day. Its rudeness would bear a strik-\\ning contrast to the little machine which thumps\\naway day and night in pumping and throwing\\nwater from the brook near where the old mill\\nmust have stood to buildings high on the hill.\\nThe last is better than the first the new than\\nthe old the cultivated garden than the Avild\\nmorass.\\nIn 1769 the proprietors felt the time had\\ncome to direct their hands and hearts towards\\nbuilding a meeting-house. They made it bind-\\ning on every owner of land to bear his share of\\nthe expense in accomplishing this noble work.\\nIt apjiears that there was general interest felt in\\nthis enterprise. Their experience and self-sac-\\nrifices tendetl to excite their religious natures,\\nand make them feel dependent on God and de-\\nsirous to obey his commandments. We imag-\\nine when they came together for worship, it was\\nin sincerity and truth. So their united hearts\\nmust have stimulatetl each individual soul in\\nthose trying times, causing them to feel how\\ngood and how pleasiint it is for brethren to\\ndwell together in unity.\\nThe In-corpor.\\\\tiox of the Town.\\nFrom 1770 to 1774 there was a large in-\\ncrease to the population so much so, that it was\\nfelt an application should be made to the Pro-\\nvincial Congress for the right of incorporating\\nthe township into a town. A committee\\naccordingly was chosen to this end, and in 1775\\na charter, or grant, was obtained. Henceforth\\nthey chose town offices and raised means ac-\\ncording to the laws of the State to meet the de-\\nmands of the town. Now they were soon en-\\nabled to complete their meeting-house, provide\\nfor preaching and support one or more schools.\\nIn naming the town, some desired it to be\\ncalled Oxford, others Salisbury, others Worces-\\nter and still others Marlborough. But, no\\ndoubt, the last name was decided upon because", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0308.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n235\\nso many liad emigrated to it from Marlborough,\\nMass and that old town was dear to their\\nliearts, and for this reason they delighted to\\nhonor and commemorate it.\\nThe records show the new town was presided\\nover from its inception with a good show\\nof dignity and honesty. The majority seemed\\nbound to have things about right. They were\\nforced to have some ofBcers for their protection\\nwliicii have become obsolete, and we nowadays\\ncannot see why there was ever a demand for\\nthem, such as tithingmen, deer-reeves and hog-\\nreeves. The office of tithingmen was brought\\nfrom England here. Even in parts of Great\\nBritain the office is still kept up. Its design\\nis to preserve the Lord s day holy. So the duty\\nof the tithingmen was to keep order in the\\nhouse of worship, to prevent all unnecessary\\nlabor and travel on Sunday. They were\\nhonored with a badge of the office, and occupied\\na conspicuous place in the church, that they\\nmiglit discover any improprieties during the\\nservice. It was their privilege to speak out in\\nmeeting if they saw any laughing, swearing or\\nroguery. They frequently thought they had\\nsufficient cause to exercise their authority, or,\\nat least, it was no uncommon thing for them to\\nrebuke and chastise right in sermon-time. Only\\nthink of men, women and children sitting on\\nhard boards for two or three hours during the\\nforenoon service, and as long in the afternoon,\\nlistening oftentimes to prosy preaching and\\nharsh singing Who could blame the old folks\\nfor nodding and the children for playing? If\\nsuch were the order of Sunday service at the\\npresent day, we judge tithingmen would still be\\na necessity. Possibly, we are going to the\\nother extreme, often preferring fifteen-minute\\nessays for sermons which hit nowhere, and\\noperatic music which pleases the head, but\\ntouches not the heart. Perhaps, in our haste,\\nwe give the French, even, a chance to say of us,\\nHow the Americans rush out of their churches\\nand their cars\\nThe duty of the deer-reeves was to protect\\nthe deer so that they should not be destroyed at\\nunseasonable periods, or be cruelly treated at\\nany time. Would it not be well if we could\\nhave officers appointed in this age to protect the\\nharmless birds and quadrupeds Certainly,\\nthere is a demand for leagues to be formed to\\nguard laml and water, preventing cruelty to\\nanimals.\\nThe hog-reeves were of special importance\\nwhen our town was new, for the swine were\\nallowed to run at large, and wex c as much given\\nto rooting then as now. However, the law\\nwas that they should be yoked and their noses\\nwrung. This was frequently neglected so much\\ndamage would be done by their roving and root-\\ning. The duty of the hog-reeve was to see that\\nthese creatures were properly equipped for their\\nliberty. For some reason it becmne the custom\\nto elect the recently married to this office. If\\nit were not esteemed very honorable, at times\\nit was very onerous. This office was regarded\\nas most essential for many years, and still stands\\non our statute books. But jjublic opinion, if it\\ndoes not always create the laws, does execute\\nthem, if they are executed at all. For this rea-\\nson we want pul)lic sentiment right, and then\\nwe will have good laws that can be put in force.\\nThe more we study and learn the facts of the\\nfirst inhabitants of our town, the more we must\\nIje convinced that they wei c men of heroism\\nand moral strength. They laid a good founda-\\ntion they wrought grandly their example is\\nworthy of imitation. As they felled the forest\\nand dug up the soil, they sowed good seed,\\nwhich is still yielding manifold. Their lives,\\nas from some pure spring bursting from Mo-\\nnadnock s lofty brow, have floated down to us\\non the currents of time, like the little boats,\\nadorned with flowers and lighted with starry\\nflames, which the South Sea Islanders set afloat\\non the seas to be borne to their descendants\\ndwelling in fairer realms. So the flowers and\\nlights of our ancestral past have filled our gar-\\ndens with countless charms, and gilded our\\nways with brightest hopes.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0309.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "236\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nMARLBOROUGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Co\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abJ\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abe(J).\\nTHE BEVCLUTIONAKY PEKIOD.\\nAt the )ircaking cat of the Revolutionaiy\\nWar Marlhorongh was but sparsely settled.\\nThe census that was taken in 1775 gave three\\nhundred and twenty-four inhabitants of this\\nnumber, one luindred and forty-eight were fe-\\nmales and one hundred and four were boys\\nunder sixteen years of age so there could not\\nhave been more than sixty men qualified for\\nmilitary service. As British invasion was made\\non the 19th of April, 1775, the red-coats\\nmarched upon Lexington and Concord, and con-\\nsternation and terrible anxiety spread through\\nthe whole land. Then we had no independent\\ngovernment at best, were only under colonial\\ninstructions. The total population of the coun-\\ntry then did not exceed three millions. But the\\nfirst crack of British muskets and roar of\\nBritish cannon, within our borders, startled our\\nbrave yeomanry throughout the land. Axes\\nwere dropped in the forests, plows were left in\\nthe fields, drums were beaten, bells were rung,\\nmuskets were snatched from over mantel-pieces,\\npowder-horns and ball-pouches were slung over\\nthe shoulders, blankets were tied to the backs,\\nmen with determined minds and patriotic hearts\\nwere rushing to the fields of strife. Devoted\\nwives and tender mothers could but weep bit-\\nterest tears; still, they bid their noble husbands\\nand brave sons go forth doing valiantly for\\nGod and country. Yes, a Stark quickly fled\\nfrom his saw-mill at Londonderry, Putnam\\nquit his farm at Pomfret without stopping to\\nchange his dress. All were bound to drive the\\nenemy from our soil they were ready to tear\\ndown King George s statue and melt it into\\nbullets to shoot down British invaders. If\\nfrom earliest time tiiere had been a tendency to\\nreverence the King, and trace one s pedigree\\nto a kingly source if the heroes of Homer de-\\nlighted to call Olympus father if the historic\\nfamilies of Sparti and Macedon clung to the\\nall-seeing Zeus as their progenitor if the great\\nJulius Cfesar fancied that he was the son of the\\nbeautiful Aphrodite if the old Teutonic tribes\\nbelieved that there was a sacredness in being the\\nsubjects of kingly rule, Americans were not to\\nsubmit to any such delusion. They had suffered\\nwrongs under the King as long as they could.\\nSomehow they felt they must and would be free.\\nAt this sudden burst of martial flames the\\nthirteen colonies were remarkably free from\\nToryism. The Pilgrims and the Virginian\\nadventurers had been here long enough to real-\\nize that America was bound to have a govern-\\nment of her own. Her lands, her waters, her\\nclimates and her skies were truly American, and\\nwhy should not this be true of her political\\nadministration? It was soon made evident, as\\nher l)rave men sprung to arms and marched\\nwith quick step to fields of carnage and death,\\nthat it was to be a reality.\\nMarlborough, with other towns of the Granite\\nState, was not slack\u00c2\u00bbin assuming its share of hard-\\nships in the pending Revolution. If our town\\ndid not have any soldiers in the battles of Lex-\\nington and Concord, on account of being so re-\\nmote from the seat of war, it did send forth Moses\\nTucker, Timothy Rodgers, Robert Worseley,\\nDaniel Collins, Lieutenant James Brown and\\nPearson Newell, who were in the memorable\\nbattle of Bunker Hill, the 17th of June, 1775.\\nAt the close of this year, it is said, there were\\nin the array in the vicinity of Boston from our\\ntown, sixteen men.\\nAfter the evacuation of Boston by the Brit-\\nish a thousand soldiers left this post, under the\\nleadership of Benedict Arnold, pressing their\\nway towards Quebec through the dense woods\\nof Maine. They advanced to the Kennebec\\nRiver and then embarked in boats, forcing their\\nway with the greatest difficulty up the current to\\nits head-waters thence they bore their boats,\\nheavily burdened, across to the river Chaudiere\\nand passed down to the St. Lawrence, six miles\\nabove Quebec. In this perilous experience\\nthe sufferings must have been beyond descrip-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0310.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n237\\ntion. Several of our soldiers were among the\\nnumber. Robert Worseley was one of them,\\nwho says they were terribly harassed by the\\nIndians, and became so reduced in rations that\\nthey were forced to eat the leather of their\\nshoes and cartridge-boxes. At one time, as they\\nemerged from the woods a dog saluted them\\nand they shot it. Mr. Worseley relates that it\\nfell to his lot to dress it, and as he was taking\\nout the entrails, the famishing men snatched\\naway the flesh, having for himself only what\\nhe could clutch in his hands. Although they\\nate the flesh raw, Mr. Worseley asserts that it\\nwas the sweetest meat he ever tasted. In\\nanother company of this expedition, Mr.\\nA\\\\ orseley says, some of the men came across\\nthe carcass of a hog, which was eaten quicker\\nthan he could tell a lie. Truly, those were\\ntimes tliat tried men s bodies as well as souls.\\nIn July, 1776, a regiment of New Hamp-\\nshire militia was raised to increase our army in\\nCanada but a change was made, so that it was\\nsent to Ticonderoga to aid in defending that\\npart of our country. On the roll of this regi-\\nment we find the names of Benjamin Goodenow,\\nAbel W^oodward and Peter Tozer, who enlisted\\nfrom Marlborough. In September of the same\\nyear another force was called for from New\\nHampshire to reinforce the army in New York,\\nand in the following December it came under\\nthe immediate command of General Washing-\\nton. Among the names from our State we find\\nthose of Daniel Goodnow and Jonah Har-\\nrington.\\nIn the spring of 1777 England decided to in-\\nvade the States from the north with seven\\nthousand troops besides a large artillery train\\nand several tribes of Indians, all under the\\ncommand of General Burgoyne. Accordingly,\\nsteps were at once taken by the colonists to en-\\nlist men for three years, or during the war.\\nOur State was called upon to furnish one hundred\\nand nineteen men the quota for JNIarlborough\\nwas six. Colvin Goodenow, Frederick Free-\\nman and Reuben McAlisterenlisted immediately\\nand the town offered a county which soon in-\\nduced Adino Goodenow, Timothy Rogers and\\nJabez McBride to give in their names, thus\\nmeeting the demand made upon our town at\\nthis call. Peter Tozer joined the army not long\\nafter. These men were mustered into service\\nand put into Colonel Scaramel s regiment, in\\nwhich Andrew Colburn, of this town, was lieu-\\ntenant-colonel. This force was engaged in the\\nbattle of Stillwater and the men proved them-\\nselves daring and loyal. Though they were in\\nthe thickest of the battle, they faltered not, but\\nseemed bound to live or die for their coimtry.\\nLieutenant-Colonel Colburn and Frederick\\nFreeman were killed in this battle.\\nAll this while the British had been making\\nready to invade our land from the north and\\nin the spring of this year, unexpectedly, they\\nadvanced towards Lake Champlain. As this\\nbecame known it created groat alarm and excite-\\nment and soon from all juarters of our land\\nbrave men were marching to confront and over-\\npower the enemy. Twenty-three enlisted from\\nMarlborough. As our forces advanced the enemy\\nwere induced to withdraw from Fort Ticon-\\nderoga and along the shores of Lake Champlain,\\nand so our soldiers were relieved for a time.\\nBut it was soon ascertained that General Bur-\\ngoyne had changed his plans somewhat and had\\nresolved to march into Vermont, and on into\\nNew Hampshire, subduing New England, if\\npossible. This startled and aroused the people\\nagain. The Legislature of our State was at once\\ncalled together, and divided its militia into bri-\\ngades, to be under the command of General John\\nStark and Colonel William Whipple to march\\nforthwith into Vermont to co-operate with the\\nforces from other States in driving the enemy\\nbeyond our borders. At this call Marlborough\\nsent Isaac McAlister as sergeant, William Ten-\\nney as corporal, and John Tozer. These men\\nparticipated in the battle at Bennington and in\\nthe surrender of Burgoyne.\\nIn September more soldiers were called for\\nand our town supplied six more, who joined the", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0311.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "238\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\narmy at Saratoga, and were also preseut at the\\ncapitulation and the relinquishment of Bur-\\ngoyne s army. A fter this the base of action was\\nchanged on the part of our troops to that of\\nRhode Island, which was in the possession of the\\nBritish. Arrangements had been made for a\\nFrench fleet to allure and attract the attention\\nof the English troops there towards the coast,\\nwhile at the same time General Sullivan, in the\\nsummer of 1778, was to attack them on the\\nland side. New Hampshire supplied a brigade\\nto assist in this undertaking and our town fur-\\nnished eleven of that number of soldiers. The\\nnext year the State ciilled for five hundred men\\nto fill up the three Continental battalions from\\nthe State. Captain James Lewis and Russell\\nOliver are the only names mentioned as going\\nfrom Marlborough. The succeeding year no\\nenlistments were called for, but in 1781 special\\nefforts were put forth by the town to fill the quota\\nassigned it. After overcoming some special\\ndifficulties, arising from the depreciation of the\\ncurrency and the scarcity of hard money, the\\ntown was successful in complying with the State\\nrequirements, furnishing their full number\\nof soldiers all through the Revolution. After\\nthe close of the war there were thirty-nine new\\nsettlers to the town, all of whom had served their\\ncountry more or less, at different points and in\\ndifferent engagements, during the struggle with\\nEngland. So, when this martial strife was\\nover, Marlborough could count nearly a hundred\\nnames of Ijrave citizens who had fought and\\nbled for the freedom of our land. In camj) and\\nfield, for the most part, they had proved them-\\nselves patriotic and loyal soldiers All the way\\nfrom Lexington and Concord, through the seven\\nlong, bloody, weary years, to tlie surrender of\\nLord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, our State and\\ntown did their full share to hasten peace and es-\\ntablish one form of government. It was some-\\nthing new under the sun. It is true there had\\nbeen republics before. Athens was so re-\\ngarded when Phidias chiseled and Pericles\\ndeclaimed, but she was really sustained by slaves.\\nRome was once proclaimed a republic, but\\nserfdom reduced it to an empire. Florence and\\nGenoa were pronounced rejtublics, but aristoc-\\nracy made them tyrants over adjacent cities\\nand at length wrought their downfall. There\\nwere republics in Holland, whence came our\\nfree schools, but they crumbled away because\\nfounded on classes. It was reserved for our\\nfathers to establish a republic on the basis of the\\nequal rights of all men, and so construct a\\ngovernment as broad as humanity itself. This\\nis what was really achieved by the hardships\\nand triumphs of the Revolutionary War. We\\ngladly acknowledge our Revolutionary heroes\\nhad inherited good blood and noble princijjles.\\nBefore Washington and Fi^auklin were Moses,\\nSocrates, Tell, Luther and Milton. Before\\nBoston and Philadelphia were Jerusalem, Sparta,\\nVenice, Genoa and Leyden. But it is right\\nwe should recognize the fact and rejoice that our\\nfathers improved upon their patrimony, and ex-\\npressed for the first time faith in the right\\nof self-government, in the government of the\\nwhole people. This was worth fighting for and\\ndying for Bl ssed bestowments have we re-\\nceived from our pristine townsmen All honor\\nto the Revolutionary heroes of Marlborough\\nCHAPTER IIL\\nMARLBOROUGH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Con\u00c2\u00abt\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aberf.)\\nTHE STATE ADOPTING ITS CONSTITUTION.\\nIn the infancy of the colonies the fear of\\nthe Indians and the trouble with Great Britain\\noften called the people together in convention.\\nFrom these small gatherings at length arose the\\nContinental Congress, and from this last body\\nsprung the Articles of Confederation, and out\\nof these articles came our present Constitution\\nof the United States. So this is an instrument\\nof no hasty growth, but the outcome of neces-\\nsity and trying experience.\\nThe Articles of Confederation were", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0312.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "MARLBOllOUGH.\\n239\\nnot binding till they were approved and adopted\\nby each of the States separately. This work\\nwas not completed and the new government put\\ninto operation till the 2. }d of March, 1781.\\nThis course of the States, together with many\\ndefeats, led England to become weary of the\\nwar, and, accordingly, Parliament decided upon\\nclosing it, and commissioners were chosen by\\nboth governments to make the terms of peace.\\nThe provisional articles were signed on the last\\nday of November, 1782, and the final treaty\\nwas signed September 3, 1 783. The last of the\\nBritish forces were withdrawn from our borders\\non the 25th of November, 1783 and on the\\n23d of December, Washington appeared in the\\nHall of Congress, at Annapolis, and resigned\\nhis commission as commander-in-chief of our\\narmy.\\nAs apparent })eace had now come to our peo-\\nple, the diflTerent States began to examine with\\ncare the Articles of Confederation, with the\\nview of forming State Constitutions that would\\nl)e in harmony with the same and equal to the\\ndemands of the different States. These Consti-\\ntutions were to be brought before the citizens\\nin the various towns of a State and cautiously\\nconsidered before their adoption. We see plain-\\nly the intention was to have the people make\\nthe laws by which they were to be governed.\\nThe few were not to rule the many any longer.\\nNew Hampshire took necessary steps to have\\nthese Articles of Confederation brought before\\nits people as soon as practicable, and in June,\\n1784, its new plan of government was accepted\\nand its Constitution publicly declared. So our\\nState was still sovereign as to all its local in-\\nterests.\\nAlthough greater power was granted to the\\nConfederation by the co-operation of these\\nState-movements, still its power was too lim-\\nited to meet all the demands of a national gov-\\nernment. Its bonds of union were not suffi-\\nciently strong and close. For this reason the\\nStates found it essential to improve upon the\\nConfederation by creating and adopting a Uni-\\nted States Constitution. This was not com-\\npleted and accepted by all the States\\ntill the 4th of March, 1789, on which\\nday Geoi ge Washington was elected the first\\nPresident.\\nThe Constitution is truly one of the most\\nremarkable papers ever produced. It is enough\\nto immortalize the names of Jefferson, Frank-\\nlin, Adams, Washington and others that were\\nchief in bringing it forth. It is the outcome\\nof the profoundest thought and the devoutest\\nendeavors.\\nThough it was felt and hoped that our coun-\\ntry would now be permitted to enjoy jieace and\\nprosperity, still our people soon learned to the\\ncontrary and found their rights were being tres-\\npassed upon by foreign nations. They were\\nparticularly harassed along their borders and\\non the seas. Then, too, internal troubles\\nsprang up because of diffl^rences of opinion\\nin reference to State and national affairs. They\\nwere harassed in quarters by the Indians. But\\nin spite of trials and struggles, the States, un-\\nder the administration of Washington, exper-\\nienced striking growth. As he completed his\\nsecond term as chief ruler the masses were glad\\nto declare him first in war, first in peace and\\nfirst in the hearts of his countrymen. During\\nthe Presidency of Adams and Madison internal\\nand external storms of war threatened them,\\nand in June, 1812, our country declared war the\\nsecond time against Great Britian. Now meas-\\nures were at once taken to increase the army.\\nEach State was called upon to furnish a certain\\nnumber of men. New Hampshire s quota was\\nthree thousand five hundred.\\nThe forces of the States were divided into\\nthree divisions The Army of the West, col-\\nlected near Lake Erie the Army of the Cen-\\ntre, brought together on the Niagara frontier\\nand the Army of the North, centred on the\\nshores of Lake Champlain.\\nMarlborough was called upon to furnish eight\\nsoldiers. These atonce enlisted without any draft\\nbeing made, but they were so fortunate as not", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0313.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "240\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nto be called into the field. But in 1814 our\\nGovernor asked for troops to gai risou the forts\\nat Portsmouth, as British war-vessels were\\nthreatening our coasts. Accordingly, a draft\\nwas made and it fell to the lot of Etheel Par-\\nraenter, Benjamin Fife, Henry H. Cutler, Na-\\ntlian D. Parker and Abner Fairbanks to ful-\\nfill the demand, and they immediately complied\\nand went to Portsmouth, serving three months.\\nSoon after this another call was made, and the\\ntown, ofifering a bounty, raised the following as\\nvolunteers Moses Perkins, Stephen White,\\nEzekiel White, Darius Williams, Aaron Hodg-\\nkms and Levi Gates, Jr. These men served\\nsix months and were honorably discharged.\\nDuring this time thickening gloom seemed to\\nbe settling down upon our land, and active meas-\\nures were taken to have strong forces ready for\\nmarching orders at any moment. For this rea-\\nson, all through the States, old and young, who\\nwere fitted to do military service, were being\\ndrilled and trained for the army. Marlborough\\nwas not behind in this work. Her sons were\\npatriotic and daring. They laid in store pow-\\nder and l)alls in large quantities, that they might\\nbe prepared for an emergency. During this\\nyear the battles of Chippewa, Lundy s Lane,\\nPlattsburg, Lake Champlain, Fort McHenry\\nand New Orleans were fought. The signal\\nvictory gained at the last place closed the sec-\\nond war with Great Britain. New Hampshire\\nhad performed well its part, and Marlborough\\nhad fulfilled her duty in defending and preser-\\nving our republic. The spirit of liberty, some-\\nhow, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2was sure to blow aside the weeds of dis-\\ncord in their pathway, and thereby open u]\u00c2\u00bb to\\nthem the violets of peace. It was as water\\nthrown upon Mosaic pavements, develojjing\\nbrilliant colors, gilding their track with the ra-\\ndiance of heaven. It was the mystic lyre that\\nplayed sweetest music by their rustic hearths in\\nsjjite of the din of war or the howl of wild\\nbeasts. Their course was difficulty, struggle,\\nprogress.\\nThe Rebellion. Who of us that remember\\nthe spring of 1861 can refrain from expressing\\nheai tfelt gratitude to the braves dead and the\\nbraves living? As the echoes of Fort Sumter\\nreached our ears, how men sprang to their arms\\nReared in peace, we coveted peace. But our\\ncountry was threatened, our flag insulted and\\nour Union likely to become dissevered. It\\nseemed but a day before countless flags were\\nfloating from our house-tops, and almost every\\nvillage and city in our State and northern land\\nhad become a rendezvous for the enlistment of\\nvolunteers. How soon camp-fires were seen\\nblazing upon our hillsides and our fields were\\nspotted with army tents Men went forth in\\nearnest to drill on campus and make ready in\\nhaste for the war. Some could not stop to prac-\\ntice with the sword and gun, but rushed to the\\nfield of strife with rusty bayonet and unbur\\nnished blade. They were bound to stand by\\nthe old flag in its first and last tribulation. As\\nsoon as the sense of duty bid the braves go\\nforth in defen.se of our country, what scenes\\nfollowed Do we not witness the pallid face of\\nthe weeping wife? Do we not still witness the\\nmother s arms about the neck of her son and\\nthe shake of the father s hand, as they bid their\\nbeloved away to your country s call? No-\\nble men, have you forgotten the wail of cliil-\\ndren as you kissed them, you knew not but for\\nthe last time, and hurried off to tlie perils of\\nwar and the din of the battle-field Young\\nmen, do you not recall the plighted vows made,\\nor renewed, to some fair lover, or dear friend\\nwhom you were leaving, perchance, never to\\nmeet again this side of the dark river? Quick-\\nly the first call of our now sainted Lincoln was\\nfilled. With no small degree of jiride, it is our\\nprivilege to record the fact that Marlborough was\\nthe first town of Cheshire County to respond to\\nthis call. One of her sons, Thomas L. White,\\nled the roll of enlistments to the First New\\nHampshire Regiment from our county. Two\\nothers soon followed, doing likewise, James\\nand John Totten.\\nIn the course of a few weeks a company was", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0314.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n241\\ni-aised at Keeue for the Second New Hamp-\\nshire Regiment. The Darae\u00c2\u00ab below show wlio\\nwere iu this regiment from our town a part or\\nthe whole of tlie time during the war\\nLevi N. Converse. Rhodoliilnis L White.\\nDaniel B. Woorhvard. Lucins F. Hunt.\\nWilliam H. Tcnny. Amos L. (Jorey.\\nJames Newell. Mark Tens Greenwood.\\nMerrick H. Ross. Cyrus E. Hardy.\\nAmaziali Sawtelle. Augustus C. White.\\nJohn Totten. Milton G. Razey.\\nAsa U. AVhite.\\nThis regiment was engaged in more than\\ntwenty battles and lost in action more than eight\\nliundred men. Most of the men from our\\ntown proved themselves valiant soldiers. Among\\notlicrs should be specially mentioned Levi N.\\nConverse. He enlisted as a ^Ji ivate, but was\\nsoon promoted, because of merit, to the rank of\\nserp-eant and then to that of lieutenant-colonel.\\nIn the ordeal at Gettvsbui g he lost his right\\narm, and at the battle of Chapin s Farm n\\nminie-ball went through the roof of his mouth,\\nbadly disfiguring his face. But from these\\nwounds he remained in the liospital no longer\\nthan he was obliged to, before he was in the active\\nservice again, and continued with his regiment\\nuntil it was mustered out of service in Concord\\nat the close of the war.\\nWhen the Sixtli Regiment was raised, in th\\nautumn of 1861, eighteen men from our town\\njoined it, consisting of\\nNelson Converse. Oscar W. Farnuiu.\\nCalvin Stone. Charles A. Field.\\nF. H. Castone. John H. Priest.\\nEdward F. Adams. Henry H. Atherton.\\nWilliam A. Russell. George H. Smith.\\nThomas L. White. Charles W. Pike.\\nGeorge V. R. F^arnum. Francis M. Farrar.\\nArculus Vicar. Everett F. Gates.\\nCharles L. Clarke. George Tildeu.\\nNelson Converse, the father of Levi Con-\\nverse, .served as colonel of this regiment till he\\nwas forced to resign from ill health. Edward\\nF. Adams was promoted from the ranks to\\ncaptain. Tin s regiment experienced much\\nhard service in cam[) and on field. It per-\\nIG\\nformed its part well in helping crush the Rebel-\\nlion. When its complete history shall be writ-\\nten out, it will portray not a few heroic charac-\\nters and patriotic deeds.\\nIn 1862, at the i-aising of the Fourteenth\\nRegiment of three years men, the citizens of\\nMarlborough supplied eighteen more soldiers,\\nwhose names are as follows\\nJames Totten.\\nChristopher Totten.\\nWilliam Collins.\\nEnoch Foster.\\nGeorge H. Stone.\\nGeorge H. Stockwell.\\nAlplionso A. Adams.\\nPerley E. Collins.\\nDelevanC. Richardson.\\nNathaniel P. Rust.\\nTheodore Pope.\\nSumner L. McCollester.\\nWilliam H. Pierce.\\nLuke Knowlton, Jr.\\nCharles A. Mason.\\nEdwin B. jMatthews.\\nEbenezer T. Greenwood.\\nCharles Knowlton.\\nThis ^vas a marlsod regiment all through the\\nwai and the boys in it from Marlborough\\nw^on lasting honors by their heroism and faith-\\nful service. Some of them were killed on the\\nfield of battle, most of tlicm were wonn ]ed,\\nseveral died in hosjiitals and others were mus-\\ntered out of service at the end of the war and\\nare still living.\\nMarlborough sujjplied in all for the war\\nninety-eight men. Of course, some of these\\nwere substitutes. But she was loyal to the calls\\nmade upon her and shed freely her share of\\nblood to wipe out the stains of slavery from our\\nsoil and give fullest freedom to all dwelling\\nwitliin our borders. Can we not now rejoice in\\nthis Would we have it otherwise It is not\\na small thing that our devoted townsmen heljjcd\\nsettle the (juestion we trust, for all time ^that\\na republican government has permanency. Ah\\ndid our brave soldiers know for whom and ibr\\nwhat they were making their great sacrifices as\\nthey were marching upon fields of carnage\\nNay, verily, not any more than Moses could\\nhave calculated the outcome of his leading the\\nIsraelites tiirough the wilderness for so many\\nyears or the three hundred Spartans aaild\\nhave foreseen for what they climbed in the pass\\nof Tiiermopylfe to perish or why the brave\\nsix hundred rushed into tlie jaws of deatj] at", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0315.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "242\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBalaklava. Our noble heroes did infinitely\\nmore and better in living and dying for the pre-\\nservation of our republic than they could have\\nanticipated. Our country is now free from\\nhuman slavery and what is this fact not\\nworth It is worth all your hard-fought bat-\\ntles, O American republic It is worth all\\nyour prayers and anxieties, O sainted Lin-\\ncoln It is worth all your graves, O Gettys-\\nburg O Arlington Heights O Chattanooga\\nO Northern cities of the dead for it enables\\nevery citizen of our Union to cast his own\\nvote, nurture a free school in his brain and\\ncherish the Declaration uf Independence in\\nhis heart.\\nCHAPTEE IV.\\nMARI,IiOROU(!H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ((7on(i,Mifrf).\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.\\nNo one can question but that physical environ-\\nments have much to do in the formation of\\ncharacter but still more have mental and re-\\nligious forces. Accordingly, as our early an-\\ncestors came from the Highlands of Scotland\\nand the cultivated lands of England, having\\nbeen long trained to religious thought and feel-\\ning, they were naturally disposed to worship\\nGod. As plants depend on light, air, heat,\\nmoisture and soil for growth, so they seemed\\nto feel these were essential to their outward de-\\nvelopment, but the consciousness of a superin-\\ntending Providence was still more demanded\\nby their .spiritual natures. This explains why,\\nas the Pilgrims stejjped upon Plymouth Rock,\\nthey bowed in sincerest worship why, as our\\nState was first settled, provisions were made for\\nthe M orship of God why, as towns were char-\\ntered, I cquirenients were laid upon the people\\nto build churches and provide for the sujjport\\nof the ministry.\\nIn our town measures were taken before its\\nincorporation towards l)uilding a meeting-house.\\nThe people felt the necessity of having a Sab-\\nbath home where they could assemble to wor-\\nship Go l unitedly. Scattered settlers in a\\nwilderness, as well as voyagers far out upon\\nthe ocean, can but feel dependent and desirous\\nof expressing their religious emotions at proper\\ntimes and in suitable places to Him who holds\\nthem in His loving embrace. So, as early as\\n1770, a spot was selected as near the centre of\\nthe town as possible, and the first church edifice\\nin Marlborough was raised. It was fifty by\\nforty feet on the grountl, and high posted. At\\nthat raising there must have been a jolly time,\\nfor more than a barrel of the over-joyful was\\ndrunk. Then it was thought men could not\\nbuild nor preach well without their toddy.\\nAbout this period a grant of land was set apart\\nfor the suj^port of the ministry, and another\\ngrant for the fii st settled minister but these\\nwere in an unimproved state, and situated nearthe\\nmeetiug-house. This house was simply raised\\nthe first year, and roofed the next and before\\nanything further was done to it, a I cligious ser-\\nvice was held in it. The outside was not\\nboarded till 1774, and it was not furnished with\\nglass windows and hinged doors till 1790, when\\nit was regarded complete, though at this time\\nit had no chimney nor .steeple. To accomplish\\nthis work many severe struggles and much self-\\nsacrifice had been retpiired. They evidently,\\nhowever, felt richly compensated as they assem-\\nbled in that sacred place, offering up prayer and\\npraise to God. It was not sujjplied with stoves\\ntill 1823. Its belfry was added in 1834,\\nand the first bell of the town pealed out from\\nits lofty tower its strong; clear tones, for many\\nyears marking thehour of noon, callingthe people\\nto the seasons of worshijj, tolling the departure\\nof those having crossed the river and the\\nmarch tt the tomb.\\nThe old meeting-house, if it has di.sappeared,\\nstill lives in the memories of many. It was\\ntruly the first meeting-hou.se of our native town.\\nDo you not .see it in imagination, on the hill,\\nwith its broad, open common, its long row of", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0316.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n243\\nhorse-sheds and its thickly-crowded city of the\\ndead? It was well li.tthted within. How the\\npulpit, standing- on the north side, towered\\nabove flooi- and even gallery The old sound-\\nins-lward hung; from the oeiline above it, and\\nclose underneath was the deacon s pew, with the\\ncommuniontable. Those box-jxnvs, with their\\nmovable seats and high nartitions, furnished\\nwith open work at the top toward the aisles,\\nwere quaint indeed, and would be curiosities\\nto-day. Theu those long front-gallery seats on\\nthree sides, backed by those elevated pews,\\nwould look strange to the young of the present\\nage. But that church used to be crowded with\\nworshippers. The staid people occupied the\\nseats below, the large choir those in front above\\nthe single men those on the west, and the un-\\nmarried women on the east and the boys and\\ngirls took possession of the highest pews when\\nthey could, for in tjiose they were mostly out\\nof sight of minister aud all the worshippers\\nbelow. What loug and forcible sermons were\\nwont to be preached from the pulpit and what\\ntremendous singing came down and went up\\nfrom that gallery How the young folks often\\nsported in those pews, and the hard-working\\nand aged nodded as the minister reached au\\nhour or an hour and ;r iialf long I The people\\ndemanded tliese protracted services morning\\nand afternoon and for years they endui-ecl\\ntiiem, even in the winter, without any artificial\\nheat save what might come from a few foot-\\nstoves. During the time between the services\\nthe men would converse in squads by the horse-\\nsheds, and the women would assemble in parties\\namong the pews, and then politics, religion and\\nbusiness matters would be discussed But the\\nmemories of that old church are sacred, and\\nshould always I emain so. No doubt the pros-\\njjerity of our town is largely indebted to the\\nearly worship in that sacred place.\\nHowever, so long as the people of the town\\nwei-e taxed for the support of preaching, the\\nI eligious progress was disturbed every now and\\nthen. They wanted liberty of conscience in\\nspiritual as well as in civil affairs. They nat-\\nurally differed as to doctriues. Some were\\nCalvinists, some Armiuiaus and others Arians\\nand the ministers strongly felt, at times, it\\nwould be no more than right that their views\\nshould be preached -occasioually, at least in\\nthe old church.\\nNow in 1819 a State law was enacted which\\nmet the demands, giving to the legal voters the\\nprivilege to decide how and when their ministe-\\nrial tax should be paid. This encouraged the\\ndifferent sects in town to assert their rights, aud\\nfor each to claim the old meeting-house a por-\\ntion of the Sabbaths for religious worship.\\nAccordingly, a division was made, in keeping\\nwith the wishes of the people, aud, in 1835,\\nthe proportion stood as follows for the year\\nUnitarians, one and two-third days Baptists,\\nsix and two-third days Methodists, ten and\\noue-third Cougregationalists, thirteen Uni-\\nversalists, twenty aud one-half. This method\\ndid not work well, for it tended to defeat tiie\\npermanent settlement of a minister, and oc-\\ncasionally resulted in having no service in the\\nchurch on Sunday.\\nIn 1778 the first minister. Rev. Joseph Cum-\\nmings, of Topsfield, Mass., was settled in town.\\nHe was a graduate from Harvard University,\\nand came well recommended. Still, at his iu-\\nstallment, some of the brethren chose to conse-\\ncrate him to the Gospel work here, hesitated\\naud questioned the propriety of so doing from\\ncertain discoveries brought out during his ex-\\namination. Still, he was settled on a salary of\\nS133..33 annually. But before the end of the\\nfirst year some disturbances arose however, a\\nfew members were added to the church, and\\nsaveral children were baptized. But people and\\npastor were dissatisfied with each other, and\\nDecember 1, 1780, Mr. Cummings was for-\\nmallv dismissed. But after this he brought an\\naction against the town for certain damages,\\nand recovered some two hundred dollars. This\\ncontroversy proved a great injury to religious\\ngrowth in town, and for a few years the people", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0317.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "244\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ndid not seem disposed to settle another minister.\\nHowever, during this period, supplies were fur-\\nnished by Revs. J. Dammon, John Ramming-\\nton, Elijah Leonard, Caleb Blake, Ebeuezer\\nHill and Solomon Adams. Either of the last\\ntwo the town and church would have been glad\\nto settle.\\nIn 1792 Rev. Holloway Fish, of Upton,\\nMass., preached on trial, was called, and .settled\\nthe same year as a Calvinist-Congregational\\nminister. Mr. Fish was a native of Upton, a\\ngraduate from Dartmouth College iu 1790. He\\nwas a fair scholar, of a serious turn of mind,\\nand exemplary in his daily walk. He was\\nplain and positive in his preaching. He enjoyed\\nthe confidence of his people generally. Dur-\\ning his pastorate of some thirty years, one hun-\\ndred and seventy-eight were added to the\\nchurch, and three hundred and three children\\nwere baptized. Mr. Fish died in town Septem-\\nber 1, 1824, aged sixty-two years, and was\\nburied in the cemetery by the old meeting-\\nhouse.\\nAt his deatli a separation took place between\\nthe town and church, and a new organization\\nwas made and denominated The First Evan-\\ngelical Congregational Society of JIarlborough.\\nAt its inception thirty-.seven men affixed their\\nnames to the con.- titution.\\nIn 182.3 this new church gave a call to Rev.\\nSalmon Bennett to settle with them, which was\\naccepted on a .salary of three hundred dollars a\\nye;ir. He was soon installed, and continued\\na^ their pastor for five yeai-s, and increased the\\nchurch by twenty-five new members.\\nAfter the dismi.ssion of Mr. Bennett, Rev.\\nEra.-^tus Curtis mini.stered to this church for\\none year, and it was without any pastor\\ntill 1835. But during this interim their organi-\\nzation was changed, and, dispensing with the\\nprevious name, they assumed that of the Trini-\\ntarian Congregational Society of Marlborough.\\nIn 1833 this organization voted to build a\\nmeetina;-house exclusivelv for their own u.se.\\nThe money was raised by subscription. It was\\nwith some difficulty that a site for the building\\nwas decided upon but the one was selected\\nwhere it now stands, and the new church edifice\\n\\\\vas completed and dedicated October 29, 1834.\\nAt this time there were but few houses in the\\nvillage, and the members of the church in the\\nsouth part of the town found it hard to become\\nreconciled to its present location. Nevertheless,\\nthis prejudice gradually wore away, and all at\\nlength were led to Icel it w;is pleasantly and for-\\ntunately situated.\\nIn 1835, Rev. Moses G. Grovenor was set-\\ntled over this church. He was a man of ability\\nand o-reat will-force. He was a grailuate from\\nDartmouth College and Andover Theological\\nSeminaiy. His sermons exhibited study and\\noriginality. In delivery he wa.s animated and\\nat times elo([uent. His pastorate lasted five\\nyears during this time thirty-two members\\nwere added to the church. He was a good-\\nlooking and appearing minister. His very\\npresence implied that he was master of the sit-\\nuation, whether in or out of the pulpit. He\\nmarried, for his .second wife, Miss Hannah D.\\nJones, a native of this town, and a graduate\\nfrom Mount Holyoke Seminary. He died in\\nBoston in 1879.\\nIn 1840, Rev. Giles Lyman was installed as\\npastor over this church. He was graduated\\nfrom Amherst College in 1827, and from An-\\ndover Theological Seminary in 1831. He\\nranked high in his academic and professional\\nstudies. By nature he was reserved and diffi-\\ndent; not robust physically, but regular and\\nabstemious in his habits, so that he enjoyed\\nsuch a degree of health as to enable him to ful-\\nfill his duties. As a sermonizer, he was system-\\natic and careful in his thouglits and expression.\\nHis rhetoric was superior to his oratory. As a\\npa.stor, he was true and faithful, doing all in his\\npower to bless his people. As a citizen, he was\\nmuch respected and deeply interested in the\\nschools and the general welfare of the town. For\\nyears he served on the School Board. He con-\\ntinued his ministry here for tweuty-eiglit years,", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0318.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n245\\niiiKlduring this time liisdmroli washiest with an\\nincrease of one hundred and thirty-eigiit mem-\\nIjers. Of course, many in his church and in\\ntile town passed away during his h)ng pastorate.\\nBut he was a true friend to the sick and the\\nafflicted. He was loyal to his church and\\ncreed, doing his best to render the world wiser\\nand better. His chief concern was, as he ex-\\nj ressed it, to save souls. He was remarkably\\nfavored in his married relations, haviuo- a oifted\\nand devoted helpmate in his Christian work.\\nMrs. Lyman was really a brilliant MM:)nian, in-\\nfusing good cheer into the hearts of all with\\nwhom she wrought. The memory of INIr. and\\nMrs. Lyman will always remain sacred in the\\ntown of Marlborough. He departed this life in\\n\\\\S7-2.\\nHis immediate successor here was Rev.\\nHenry H. Underwood, but he ministered to\\nthis people only some seven months.\\nIn 1869, Rev. Silas P. Cook preached on\\ntrial for a short period, and then was settled\\nwith a tfreat unanimitv of feeling on the i)artof\\nthe society, but at his own request he was dis-\\nmissed the following year. He was regarded\\nas a young man of ability and promise.\\nIn 1870, Rev. John L. ^Merrill was called to\\nthis church and installed as its pastor the fol-\\nlowing year. He is a native of Haverhill, this\\nState. He was graduated from Dartmouth Col-\\nlege in 1856, at the age of twenty-three, and\\nafterwards went through a divinity course in\\nPrinceton Theological Seminary. He made a\\ngood record in both of these institutions. Soon\\nafter leaving the seminary he was settled in\\nChauceford, Pa., where he continued his labors\\nsuccessfully for five years. Then for a year he\\nwas principal of the combined High Schools of\\nLancaster City, Pa. In 1866 he accepted a call\\nto settle over the Congregational Church of Ac-\\nworth, N. H., where he labored for four years with\\ngreat success, till he was settled in Marlborough,\\nwhere he is still endeavoring to do faithful ser-\\nvice to his church. He believes in progress;\\nhowever, he would not be classed with the new\\nschool of theology. He is strictly evangelical\\nand thoroughly Presbyterian in his views. He\\nso writes, preaches and lives as to be highly re-\\nspected by his followers.\\n]Mr. Merrill has shown himself a real friend to\\nthe cause of education, having given consider-\\nable time to the schools in town, and been a\\nprominent factor in making improvements in\\nmethods and management.\\nHe has been an earnest advocate of temper-\\nance and other reforms. He has largely iden-\\ntified himself with the interests of the town for\\nthe past fifteen years. During his ministry\\nhere extensive improvements have been made in\\nhis own church edifice, and a chapel vestry has\\nbeen secured. His church has seemed to pros-\\nper under his leadership.\\nThe Congnwational is the strongest church\\nin town, representing the largest membership\\nand the most w^ealth. They liave a good brick\\nchurch edifice, and a convenient and jile^ ^ant\\n})arsonage.\\nThe Methodist Church. The first\\nIMethodist preaching in town was at the house\\nof Daniel Emerson, in 1793, by the Rev. John\\nHill. Mr. Emerson was a ISIethodist by nature,\\nand could not be satisfied with any other doc-\\ntrine or mode of worship. So he was ready to\\nmake self-sacrifices and do all iu his power to\\nintroduce what to him seemed the best expres-\\nsi(m of Christianity. History implies that the\\nfirst Methodist preaching in the State was in\\nthis town. It is said that after that first meet-\\ning it was not long before there were several of\\nthe most respectable familes in Marlborough and\\nadjoining towns formed them.selves into a class\\nand quite a number soon became members of\\nthis church, constituting the First jNIethodist\\nEpiscopal Church of Marlborough. At this\\ntime the Emersons, the Herricks, theRussells,\\nthe Richardsons, the Wakefields, Metcalfs and\\nWhites were among the most active workers.\\nThe meetings were held in private houses for\\nsome time. They had frequent revivals, and\\ntheir numbers were greatly increased. As they", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0319.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "240\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRK COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIEE.\\nInul not a luinUter settlevi among them, they\\nap|x inteil one of their own raembt^rs for a given\\ntime 10 leai.1 them. Alfivil Meti-alf, Ebenezer\\nHorriek. EK^uezer Walliugtonl. Abner Kus?ell\\nand others sorveii in this capsicifr.\\nIn 1S42 a meeting-hous^ \\\\ras bnilt at Pot-\\ntersville i^now West Harrisvilleli, Wing eonsid-\\nen-il the most central place, as the Methodists\\nthen were situated. This was a decidetl\\naolue\\\\-ement, tor hitheno thev had been obligeil\\nto hold their Qnanerly Meetings in kirns and\\ngr\u00c2\u00ab: ves. Regular Sunday services were now\\nheld in this churvh. and the Methodist cause\\nad\\\\-;mceil rapidly. Meerings coniinuevl to\\nbe held her* till 1 859, when Rev. Thomas L.\\nFowler wsis supplying this j eople with preach-\\ning; it w;v? decideil to hold the meetings on the\\nSjibbath half of the time in the Baptist\\nChurch at the village, which was then nnoccu-\\npitil. This prvned to be a fonunate movement,\\nfor the population had concentnitetl largely nt\\nthe village, diminishing the number of\\ntants in the vicinity of Potters\\\\-ille, and crta;ii;g\\na demand for Methoilist meetings where m .n~t of\\nthe jieople retsided. Accorviiugly, steps were\\nso\u00c2\u00ab. n taken to purchase the Baptist Churdi, and\\nwith success s\u00c2\u00ab^\u00c2\u00bb that the meetings were held\\nall the time in the village. The meeting-house\\nat P .\u00c2\u00bbtteisville was sold and a parsonage ^vas built\\nhe village, gi ving this dmreh superior ad van-\\ntages to what it had heretofore enjoyed. Thence-\\nforth it experienced a gradual grv wTh. It\\nhas siistaint\\\\l regular services on the Sabbath,\\nainl become a power among the other ehurdies\\nfor good. Its preachers, ftnr the moist part, have\\nbe\u00c2\u00aba effic rs, doing excellent work\\ntlur the the people geaaerally.\\nAmong s\u00c2\u00ab.une of its earlier itinerant preacher?\\nwere the famous Lorenzo Dow, Bishop Hed-\\ni:..^ Manin Renter, who became a college\\nand among those assigned to this\\ni-harge, laboring for a year or more, whcee\\nnamesare esj\u00c2\u00bbecially cherished.are Revs. Samoel\\nS. Dudley. Ira Carter, Thomas L. Fowler,\\nCole anil IWkeiell. With searcelv an ex-\\nception, the many pastors over this chun^h have\\nlx!en loyal to tlie tempenmce \u00c2\u00abiuse. and truly\\ninterested in the public schools and the common\\ninterests of the town.\\nEvery Christian Church seems to have a di-\\nvine apjwintment and a special mission to ful-\\nfill. Thus it is with the Metliodists. By its\\nze:tl, devotion and perseverance, it has taken\\nmarvelons strides, and accomplisheil in a given\\ntime what no other church has ever achieved.\\nIn little more than a century it has come tosur-\\njwss any other Protestant sect in its number of\\ncommunicants and Sunday-school scholars It\\nconsecrates some two new chnrch edilices every\\nday in the year. AMiile all Christians cannot\\nhe Methodists, any more than all the stars\\ncan beci rae planets, or all the flowers dahlias,\\nstill ~t rejoice at the grand Christian\\nwork liitv are achieving and wish them a hearty\\nCto.1 speed!\\nThe Baptist Chtrch. Among the earliest\\nsettlers of the town there were those who were\\nof the Bjiprist persu:ision, and previous to its\\nincorporation Btiptist meetings were occasionally\\nheld at private houses. It was not popular\\nthen to be a Baptist, and only thoge who were\\nstrv ng in the taith could endure the contumely\\nthat WTiis oftesi b Txin them. But the\\nsincere aini thou_ heart and mind are\\nquite certain to succeed in the end. Thus it\\nwas with these Christians. Their early leader\\nwas Elder Joseph Ciimmings, who was a man\\nof moral fortitude and mental strength. like\\nMckses leading the \u00c2\u00abAildr\u00c2\u00abi of laaeL he bid\\nhis tollowers gt* forward. and they were\\nobedient to the command. They ware zealous\\nin trying to have the town release them nom\\nhelping support that form of wvs^p whi\u00c2\u00abji\\nwas not most cor ;irts. They\\npe. si^ed in this, uiey gained\\ntheir olgect. After the meeting-house was\\nbuilt then they felt it vonld be no more than\\nright that they should have the privilege of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2xvupying it a portioo of the time. They were\\naiu. Ufir the first to move in this direction, and", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0320.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n247\\n(lid not desist from their piirjwse until succl SS\\ncrowned tiieir efforts. But after this, perhaps\\non account of location, several of the leading\\nfamlies went to Pottersville to worship, because\\na strong Baptist society for those times had\\nbeen established there. For years Elder Charles\\nCumniings and the venerated Elder Willard\\nproclaimed the (ilospel to the ho.- ts that used to\\nassemble from Sabbath to Sabbath in the old\\nvellow m(-e(ing -house, which .stood on the hill\\nin Pottersville. These nnnisters preached as\\nthey were moved by the Spirit. Certainly it\\nwas with power and demonstration. They\\nseldom failed to pound their Bibles sufficiently\\nto keep their hcarci-s wide-awake. In this old\\nchurch was started one of the first Sunday-\\n.schools in Xcw Hampshire. The text-book\\nused in all the classes was the Bible. Then\\nwhat an occasion it was to go forth to tlic river,\\nnot far off, to witness and experience a bap-\\ntismal scene It was usually made solemn and\\nexpressive of joy. They thoroughly believed\\nthat in thus doing they wci c being baptiztnl as\\nwas their Lord and Master.\\nBut after the Old Harbor had become quite\\na village, and the number of this faith had\\nlargely increased in town, in 184; a Baptist\\nedifice was built in the village. At this period\\nand afterwards this church was very prosperous.\\nT^hongh its members did not represent great\\nwealth, still they were earnest in their religions\\nwork. They preached and they sang with the\\nSpirit. Among their ministers we forget not\\nthe Elder Charles Cummings, who was ad-\\n\\\\auced iu years at that time. How venerable\\nhe looketl as he stood in the pulpit His voice\\nwas expressive of a good heart, and his thoughts\\nof a strong mind. He preached because he had\\nsomething to say. The old and young loved\\nElder Cumming-s beaiuse he loved them. He\\nwent home rich to heaven, having laid up great\\ntreasures while on the earth. Another gifted\\nl)reacher ^\\\\\u00e2\u0080\u00a2as Rev. A. L. Danforth. He was\\n.settled in the town some four years. As a\\nwritei he was free and ea.sy, strdiig and original\\nin thought, forcil)le and |)leasiug in deliverv.\\nHe was graduated from Jliddleburg College\\nand Newton Theological Seminary. He de-\\nparted tills life a few years after leaving Marl-\\nbiirongh. Still another minister wlm won the\\nhearts of his people was Ivev. Charles Clarke.\\nHe was a close student and more than an\\naverage preacher. He was thoroughly inter-\\nested in every good cause and lent hi.-^ inllnencc\\nfor the right, fearless of con.se(|uences. His\\nexample is worthy to be followed and his\\nname to be always cherished. Other al)li and\\nefficient ministers .served this people. .\\\\t\\nlength reverses came to them through deaths an l\\nremovals, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^o that they were unable to sn|)[)ort\\nstated preaching and finally were reduced to\\nsuch a degree that their church-doors were per-\\nmanently closed. Possibly this chnrch had\\nfulfilled its mission. At least, it had accom-\\njdished a good work. JTany of its w ir.-;hippers\\nhad been among the best pc()])le. If some of\\nthe earliest Separatists, or -Baptists, iu town,\\nwere opposed and persecuted, the latest ha\\\\-e\\nbeen respected and honored.\\nThe UxiVKiisAi.isr Church. Among the\\nearly settlers of Marlborough there were a few\\nwho believed in the final restitution of all souls\\nand near the beginning of the present century\\nthere was occasional preaching of this faith, but\\na record of the society reaches no farther back\\nthan l SOo, at which time a constitution was\\nframed. Previous to this period the laws of\\nthe State had not recognized Univer.salists as\\nChristians, or allowed them the privileges of\\nother religious bodies. To be a Universalist\\nin those days reijuired not a little moral forti-\\ntude. But those true to conviction never go\\nback on themselves. They feel to be on the\\nLord s side and are steadfast, if men do cen-\\nsure and ridicule, following the call bidding\\nthem come up higher. Of course there were\\nand arc .-;ome in this communion, as well as in\\nall others, who profess to believe the faith, but\\nfail to live it, thereby proving that they are not\\nits disciples and should never be regarded as", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0321.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "248\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nits representatives. There is no other Chris-\\ntian test than the one that the Master gav^e,\\nBy their fruits ye sliall know them.\\nIn 1816 tiie first constitution was revised.\\nThe meetings previous to tliis had been lield in\\nprivate buildings, and mostly in the house of\\nLieutenant Oliver Wright, near the old meet-\\ning-house. Among the earliest preachers of\\nthis faith in town were Revs. E. Paine, Elhanan\\nWinchester, Zebulon and Adam Streeter. When\\nthis society came to share with others in oc-\\ncupying the meeting-house, it had more\\nfre([ucnt and stated services. Among the\\nnoted men who preached here about this time\\nwere Hosea Ballon, Sr., Thomas ^A hitteniore,\\nD.D., I D. Williamson, D.D., Kevs. Sebastian\\nand Russell Streeter.\\nIn 183-5, Rev. J. V. Wilson reorganized the\\nsociety, and it numbered forty members, and\\nthis was but a small proportion of those who\\nwere wont to worship with this people. Their\\nfirst Sunday-school was started at this time,\\nand thev also secured a library of some seventy\\nvolumes, treating of moral, historical and re-\\nligious themes.\\nThe tendency of the town now was towards\\nthe village. This was true of religious as well\\nas secular affairs. .Vccordingly, this society\\nbegan to hold meetings in the school-house in\\nthe village. This continued for some years,\\nbut the members so increased that more room was\\ndemanded, and in 1851 a wooden church was\\nbuilt by Asa Greenwood and others. Mr.\\nGreenwood was a leading factor in this enter-\\nprise. The house was dedicated the succeeding\\nyear. Rev. Lemuel Willis preaching the sermon\\nof consecration. Most of the pews were at once\\nsold to individuals, and the rest were given at\\nlength to the Ladies Society, connected with\\nthe church. Thus the Univei salists possessed a\\nconvenient and pleasant Sunday home, most\\nfavorably situated. From this time on they\\ngrew as never before. They were now able to\\nhold services every Sal i)atli. Their Sunday-\\nschool was revived. When there should chance\\nto be a minister wanting, a lay-service would\\nbe held on the Sabbath.\\nRev. Edwin Davis, a native of Marlborough,\\nwas the first settled minister in the new church.\\nHe so worked that it could never be said of\\nhim, A man is not without honor save in his\\nown country. After him came Rev. Wan-en\\nA. Bassett, a young man of sterling ((ualities as\\nto head and heart. He was suffered to minis-\\nter to this people only about a year before a\\nfatal disease caused his departure to the higher\\nlife, leaving the sweetest memories to all who\\nhad known him. Rev. Judson Fisher was his\\nsuccessor, who proved himself an able and\\nworthy Christian teacher. After him. Rev.\\nTruman Jackson supplied the pulpit for\\none year, who afterwards gave his life in behalf\\nof his country. Then Rev. H. P. Osgood\\nserved this church as their leader for six years.\\nHe gave them good sermons and identified\\nliimself with the general interests of the town.\\nAfter he left for another field of labor his\\nplace was filled by Rev. L. L. Ricord, A.M.,\\na devout Christian man and scholar but he\\nwas not physically strong, and before two years\\nhad passed he was obliged to give up his fav-\\norite calling and submit to the fatal disease that\\nhad been preying upon his system for years.\\nIn the midst of a sympathizing jieoplc the good\\nman was translated, becpieathing to his family\\nand the church a true Christian character and\\nlife.\\nAfter the departure of Mr. Ricord, Rev.\\nE. I. Swift ministered to this people for one\\nyear; and after this Rev. R. T. Sawyer, B.D.,\\nserved them for another twelve montlis. His\\nsuccessor was Rev. H. W. Hand, B.D., remain-\\ning with theni for three years. Under his\\nministry the seeds f^ ited by otliers, and\\nespecially by Mr. Ricord, were so ripened\\nthat a church was formed, consisting of twenty-\\nnine members. Mr. Hand continued in this\\ncharge for three years, and on his leaving, Rev.\\nE. B. Burgess took his place and ministered\\nfaithfullv to the welfare of the church till he", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0322.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n249\\nfelt it his duty to resign, and he was followed\\nby Rev. R. T. Polk, who coutiuued iu charge of\\nthis church for nearly five years. He gave his\\npeople excellent sermons and was a zealous\\nworker in behalf of temperance and education.\\nAt the resignation of Mr. Polk, in the autumn of\\n1864, this church numbered some sixty members.\\nIn 1878, by subscriptions, a parsonage was built\\nnear the church edifice. In 1883, Rev. Edwin\\nDavis, in honor of his father and mother, who\\nwere very strong Universalists and who, so long\\nas they lived, did all they could in word or deed\\nfor their faith, presented this church with a fine-\\ntoned bell, a most generous and appropriate\\ngift. Again the society raised quite a sum of\\nmoney and put a new and comely tower and\\nsteeple upon the church, suitable for the new\\nbell. A town-clock is now attached to the bell.\\nAll enjoy the sweet tones as they peal out the\\nhours of the day and the night and the calls\\nfor worship.\\nThus this society, from a small beginning\\nand in spite of difficulties, has attained to an\\nlionorable position in town, and is represented\\nIjy a respectable number of good Christian men\\nand women.\\nThe Catholics. At the present time there\\nai-e some twenty Catholic families in town, aud\\nthe initiatory steps have been taken towards\\nbuilding a church edifice for them. At least, a\\nsite has been secured for such a purpose. It\\ncan but be hojjed that this may be consummated\\nsoon, if the Catholics are to remain in town\\nfor it would be much better for them to have a\\nplace where they could worship on the Sabbath,\\nand so be more under the influence of the\\npriest than they now are. This would make it\\nbetter for the people generally, relieving them\\noftentimes of much anxiety. It is unfortunate\\nfor any not to have a place of worship, because\\nsuch are likely to become lawless and immoral\\nespecially is this true of the Catholics, since\\nthey are so dependent on their religious leaders\\nfor direction and instruction.\\nCHAPTER V.\\nMARLBOROUGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (C(\u00c2\u00bbi\u00c2\u00abt\u00c2\u00abw\u00c2\u00abZ).\\nEDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.\\nThe early settlers of New England felt a\\ndeep interest in the cause of education. Their\\nreligion taught them that it is a duty to culti-\\nvate mind and heart. They had realized the\\neffects of ignorance and slavery of conscience\\nin the mother-country. It would seem that\\nthey aimed to take advantage of the successes\\nand failures of the past. Certainly, they would\\nshun all (jbstacles possible. They did not be-\\nlieve in aristocracy, but commonalty therefore\\nthey were not iij favor of educating the few to\\nthe neglect of the many. They soon found\\nthere was somethino; here in the new land, in\\nthe very air, light, soil and climate, congenial\\nto their purpose. So they early built, not only\\nthe church, but the school-house they not only\\nsecured the minister, but the teacher. Here\\nthey opened the first public school of the world.\\nIt is true, classic Greece had produced eminent\\npoets and philosophers sunny Italy had boasted\\nof her arts and culture Spain had been noted\\nfor her institutions and libraries France had\\ngloried in her arms and military exploits; Eng-\\nland had established her Oxford and Cambridge\\nUniversities but it had been left for America\\nto surpass them all in founding the common\\nschool. This means, educate the whole people.\\nAccordingly, laws were made in the first legis-\\nlatures of our laud that every well child, after\\nsuch an age, must be in school for so many\\nmonths of each year, until he should become\\nsixteen or eighteen yeai-s old. As our State was\\nincorporated, this was one of its leading regu-\\nlations, being extended to each town aud re-\\nquiring the same, as it should become settled,\\nto allot a portion of land to school purposes.\\nThis was true of Marlborough. However, it is\\nnot supposed there was any public school in town\\nfor the first few years of its settlement. The\\ninhabitants were then too scattered for the chil-\\ndren to assemble in one place for instruction", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0323.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "250\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nbut tradition assures us that they were taught\\nprivately in their homes.\\nIn 1770 the record shows that William\\nBarker, Isaac McAllister and Riciiard Rob-\\nberts were ciioseu a committee to expend the\\nmoney accruing from the school land and\\nit would seem several schools wer e in operation\\nthe following winter in different parts of the\\ntown. These must have been kept in private\\nhouses, as no school-houses had then been built.\\nIn 1777 the town was divided into four dis-\\ntricts, and the succeeding year it raised five\\nhundred dollars for the support of schools\\nand the same year, because of the increase of\\npopulation, another division was made as to\\ndistricts, and measures were taken for building\\na school-house iu each squadron, as it was\\ncalled. Provision was made in case that any\\ndistrict should neglect its duty in this regard,\\nthe selectmen were to see that the work was\\ndone.\\nIn 1 794 tlie conditions of the town had so\\nchanged that it was found necessary to redis-\\ntrict the town again, making eight in all.\\nThree of these afterwards were set off to Troy\\nwhen it was incorporated. Some of these\\nschools were now large. The northeast district\\nnumbered sixty and more scholars, whose\\nbrick school-house stood close by the Cofran\\nplace. It would be a curiosity now to look\\nupon school-houses like those first ones in town.\\nAs our fathers described them, with the great,\\nbig fire-places, the long, flat benches, the awk-\\nward desks, when they had any, were they not\\nquaint, indeed Their only ornamentations\\nwere those gashes and grotesque figures, the\\ncarvings of tiie boys, made when the master s\\nback was towards them. What a striking con-\\ntrast these would make placed beside some of\\nthe elegant school buildings of the present day\\nThen, those teachers, too, men for the most\\npart and they were men in avoirdupois\\nsurely, with their ponderous rulers, moving\\nabout the school-rooms or going round the\\ndistricts to board. There were as many classes\\nas there were different students. How the\\nboys would rush out of doors at recess and\\nloiter back as the call was given by thumping\\nou the window But we may criticise those\\nschools as much as we please; still, the scholars,\\nfor the most part, did learn to think, and did\\nbecome noble men and women.\\nFrom time to time the districts have been\\nchanged from necessity. After a portion of\\nthe town was set off to Troy and Roxbury\\nthere was a demand for eight districts, and for\\nmany years they were well supplied with chil-\\ndren, and some of the rooms would be crowiled\\nin tiie winter. But several of them now are\\nleft almost destitute of scholars. It would\\nseem the district system has had its day, and\\nthat some new method is demanded to meet\\nthe wants of our people. As the money raised\\nfor the support of the schools is being expended,\\nit is not accomplishing the good it should.\\nThe districts must be abandoned and the\\nsciiools supported in the centres where tiie\\nscholars are and those liviug at a distance\\nmust be provided with means by the town, so\\nthat such scholars can enjoy the same educa-\\ntional advantages that others do. It is not so\\nnow. In the small districts, where there are\\nonlv from four to ten children, thev cannot\\nhave good schools. In such there caunot be\\nlife enough to stimulate teacher and scholars.\\nIn the village the schools have been full,\\nand often crowded, so that the seating capacity\\nhas frequently been increased. The old red\\nschool-house that stood near the Abner Boyden\\nstore used to be filled to overflowing some\\nterms and when it was left for the new house,\\nwith its two rooms, which has been converted\\ninto the Congregational chapel, many felt that\\nit was larger than what was demanded. But,\\nat length, its rooms were crowded, and in 1874\\nthis house was left for a new and commodious\\none, which was built the same year costing, with\\nthe modern improvements, some eight thou-\\nsand dollars. This school has aimed tti keep\\nabreast of the times. Its present conveniences", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0324.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n251\\naffonl the means for classifying and grading\\nfrom the primary to the high grammar school.\\nAs the district system shall be given up in town,\\nthe demand for a High School, which is some-\\nwliat jjressing now, will be increased, and will\\nbe established, it is hoped, and right speedily,\\ntoo.\\nThe town has received three legacies for the\\nsupport of the schools, one in 1828 from\\nAbijah Tucker, of eighty dollars; another from\\nLydia AV. Wyman, in 1863, of five hundred\\ndollars and another from Asahel Collins, in\\n1883, of ten thousand dollars.\\nSelect schools have been taught in the village\\nin the fall, until recently, for many years.\\nThese have been of a high order for the most\\nj)art. They have been under the direction of ex-\\nperienced teachers. \\\\yho of his old scholars does\\nnot recall with pleasure the name of Luther\\nNorris, who was so tall and so scholarly, and\\nwho departed this life so unexpectedly Who\\nthat was so fortunate as to be under the tuition\\nof Samuel Blanchard, A.B., does not think of\\nhim with grateful feelings? Then there were\\nJames B. Lane, A.B., Ransom N. Porter, M.D.,\\nS. H. McCollester, A.M., Charles F. Kings-\\nbury, A.M., Rev. C. E. Houghton, B.D., and\\nothers, who excelled as teachers. These schools\\nwere well attended. They numbered all the\\nway from forty to a hundred scholars, many of\\nwhom have since become eminent in profes-\\nsional life. Perhaps the most noted is Professor\\nA. E. Dolbeare, of Tufts College, who ranks\\namong the first scientists of Ameri(a. Then\\nthere are Andrew C. Stone, B.L., a successful\\nlawyer Joseph C. Shattuck, a superintendent\\nof schools in Colorado Daniel Woodward,\\nM.D., and J. Q. A. McCollester, A.M., M.D.,\\nprosperous physicians. Ellen and Eliza Stone,\\nMaria and Julia N. Wakefield, Harriet Hol-\\nman and others, became famous teachers.\\nThe teachers who were natives of IVIarl-\\nborough are many. Could they all be mar-\\nshaled together, they would form quite an\\narmy not to move onward with the pride and\\npomp of war, banners flying, martial strains\\nresounding, guns cracking, cannon roaring, the\\nvictors shouting aloud and the conquered cry-\\ning for mercy. Not thus with this force. Their\\nprogress could not be compared to the march\\nof warriors, but to an advance far more bril-\\nliant in its triumphs, and to laurels more im-\\nperishable. They would struggle mostly to\\ndevelop thought, inspire joy and grow love for\\norder and improvement. The ancient Persians,\\nin educating the young, aimed at a fondness for\\nvalor the Athenians, at a love for the fine\\narts; the Spartans, at physical endurance; but\\nthese would aim at an education vastlv more\\ncomprehensive the development of the whole\\nbeing. Their calling would be one of con-\\ntinuous sacrifice. They would not be moved\\nby a love of ease, nor of wealth, for their\\nchosen calling proffers no such rewards. The\\nbest teachers have never been remunerated as\\nare the cashiers in our banks, or the leadinar\\nclerks in our mercantile establishments. Now,\\nnone can feel for a moment that a higher order\\nof talent and culture is required to manage\\ntrade and stocks than is demanded to educate\\nthe young. The true teacher s vocation is high\\nand holy. His fame is worthy to go down\\nthrough the ages. His \\\\vork will be beautiful\\nwhen the statues of Phidias and the pictures of\\nRaphael shall have passed into dust.\\nIt would be pleasant to hold up to view\\neach one of all this host, were it possible. But\\nfor want of space and time we can at most\\nscan but a few. One of the vetei-ans is Colonel\\nCyrus Frost, who is still living, but has passed\\nsomewhat beyond four-score years. In his\\nday he was classed among the best teachers.\\nHe taught a portion of the time for twenty\\nyears. Though he lived in the age of the\\nbirch and the ferule, still he was not wont to\\nuse them yet, he was successful in teaching\\nthe most difficult schools. The secret is, he\\nwas master of himself and loved teaching, and\\nthe unruly boys soon discovered this, and there-\\nfore feared to cut up, but became inspired", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0325.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "252\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwith his spirit. Such a teacher works for im-\\nmortality.\\nJairus Collins, Esq., ranked among the best.\\nHe began to teach in 1835, and taught nearly\\nfifty terms. He was a stirring teacher, that\\nfound no time to sit in the school-room. He\\nwas apt to teach and to govern. He kept his\\nscIkwIs too busy in study and thinking to have\\nmuch time for play. It is a question if his\\nscholars ever doubted for a moment, while un-\\nder his charge that he was master, or even\\ndreamed of carrying him out of doors, as was\\nfrequently the custom to do with some teachers.\\nHe was verily the master of the situation when\\nin the school, and bound to fulfill his duty.\\nHenry Clay Tenney, Esq., made himself\\nprominent as a teacher. He was winning in\\nhis manners and gifted in imparting his thought,\\nand natural to control. He was no repeater or\\nmachine in the school-room, but was truly a\\nconveyer of luiowledge. He taught, not only\\nin our common but higher schools, with great\\n.success.\\nJohn Q. A. McCollester, M.D., taught school\\nfor several years in i)ublic schools and in\\nacademies, proving that he was a teacher of\\nthe manor born. His schools, like freighted\\ncars, run still. He did not practice rushing the\\nprecocious and neglecting the dull scholars.\\nHe seemed to be aware that Bristol dia-\\nmonds are bright and pointed by nature, and\\nyet are liable to be soft and worthless while\\nthose of India are naturally rough and hard,\\nbut become brilliants by abrading and polish-\\ning. Somewhat so he appeared to look upon\\nhis scholars, and treated them impartially.\\nJoseph C. Mason, Esq., has devoted himself\\nmostly to the work of education. The West\\nhas been his field of labor, where he has won\\nbright laurels as a teacher. He has served as\\nsuperintendent of public schools in Missouri\\nfor several terms.\\nProfessor Joseph C. Shattuck has won his\\nway to eminence as a pedagogue in C ulorado.\\nFrom the school-room he has advanced to a\\npopular and efficient superintendent of public\\nschools in his adopted State. He evidently\\nhas come to understand teaching and teachers,\\njudging from his addresses before institutes\\nand from his annual reports.\\nHannah Jones, a graduate from Mount Hol-\\nyoke Seminary, followed teaching in this town\\nand afterwards in Ohio for years. She strove\\nto fit herself thoroughly for her work, and so\\nlong as she taught, it is said, she did not allow\\nherself to go before her classes without special\\npreparation. She reminds us of the gifted\\nArnold, who was asked why he always looked\\nover those branches that he had taught for\\nyears before going into recitation. He replied\\nthat he wanted his pupils to draw from a\\nrunning stream and not from a stagnant pool.\\nMiss Ellen Herrick taught for years in dif-\\nferent parts of the West, developing tact and\\nfitness for instructing the young. She was\\nquiet in her work, but her teaching told. It\\ncannot be explained just how the sunlight\\ncolors the rose and paints the star, but it is\\ndone, and quietly too; thus it is with some\\nteachers: they are still in their operations, but\\nthey accomplish great results. Miss Herrick\\ncomes under this class.\\n]\\\\Iiss Maria Wakefield has honored the\\nteacher s profession with years of faithful ser-\\nvice in the school-room. She believed in ren-\\ndering her school sunny and pleasant so\\nshe, like Speusippus of old, adorned it with\\nthe pictures of joy and hope, niakir.g it attrac-\\ntive and beautiful. To her, education embraced\\na sreat deal so she wanted to do all she could\\nto allure the young onward and upward in the\\npaths of knowledge She would have the\\nschool-room, if she could have her way, the\\npleasantest place possible.\\nMiss Harriet C. Holman was truly successful\\nas a teacher of primary scholars. Somehow\\nshe was drawn to children and they to her. It\\nwas interesting: to witness her in the midst of\\nfifty or sixty bright-eyed boys and girls. If in\\nschool-hours, they would be busy on their seats", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0326.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n253\\nor active on the floor or if at recess, or wlien\\nthe school was not keeping, tliey were sure to\\nbe about her, having a happy time. The chil-\\ndren were certain to love their school and make\\ngood progress in tlieir studies.\\nMiss Ellen R. Stone has been devoting her\\nwhole time to teaching for a quarter of a cen-\\ntury in different parts of New England. She\\nlias taught fourteen years in one school in\\nBoston, where she is now teaching She is a\\nborn teacher. As the sculptor can see his beau-\\nideal in the rough block of marble, so she be-\\nholds in every child an immortal mind to be\\ndeveloped, and is skilled in bringing it out\\non the part of all who come under her\\ncharge. She is acquainted with the elementary\\nand higher branches of learning so she has\\nresources for illustrating and making plain\\nher instruction. She has not sought schools,\\nbut they have sought her. She does not\\nbecome rusty because she studies to keep up\\nwith the times; yea, ahead of them. Such\\nteachers do not grow old, at least in feel-\\ning. She never uses the scholars minds as\\nmere mills in which to grind out so many books\\neach term, but is sure to teach her pupils to\\nthink. She can never be accused of sticking to\\nthe text-book in recitation, or of asking leading-\\nquestions. She may be now classed as a model\\nteacher.\\nMiss Eliza A. Stone wrought in the teacher s\\nvocation for several years with striking success.\\nShe became an adept in the school-room. She\\nstrove to follow nature, realizing that while she\\nhas supplied the world with but a bushel of\\ndiamonds, she has furnished whole mountains\\nof iron so she would give most abundantly of\\nthose things which the young need and can use.\\nReally, there is no higher calling than that of\\nthe teacher. All honor to all who have served\\nour town in this capacity May their names be\\nso enshrined in hearts as to live when the\\ngranite of our hills shall have passed away\\nNow, if we would have our town prosper, we\\nmust cherish our schools. If we would show\\nourselves Christians and patriots, we must sus-\\ntain and bless them. If they are not what we\\nwould have them, we must not find fault with\\nthem and then remain inactive, but we should\\nset ourselves to work to remove the evils. The\\nprosperity of our schools depends upon indi-\\nvidual and united efforts. If we would sup-\\nplant the failures with successes if we would\\nhave moral, mental and physical culture char-\\nacteristic of every school-room, and the dis-\\ntinguishing features of every scholar in our\\nschools, we nuist foster and improve them.\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nMARLBOROUGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (C jn tHHfd.)\\nPHYSICIAKS.\\nThe first physician to settle within the limits\\nof Marlborough was Dr. Justus Perry. Of\\nthe early life of Dr. Perry but little is\\nknown beyond the fact that he was a native of\\nBarre, Mass., and studied medicine with Dr.\\nStephen Batchcller, Sr., of Royalston. He\\nsettled in Marlborough in 1786 and, possess-\\ning rare natural and acquired ability, he soon\\ngained the reputation of a skillful physician,\\nand for a few years did an extensive business.\\nUnfortunately, however, he acquired the habit\\nof using ardent spirits, which so increased as to\\ndisqualify him for the practice of his profes-\\nsion. In 1796 he removed to the south part of\\nthe town and located in what is now the village\\nof Troy. That his usefulness might not be\\nlost to his fellow-men, an effort was made to re-\\nclaim him. He was induced to sign a temper-\\nance pledge and obligated himself to abstain\\nfrom the use of all intoxicating drinks for one\\nyear. This pledge he faithfully kept but, at\\nthe expiration of that time, he relapsed into his\\nformer dissipated habits, and, losing his prac-\\ntice, returned the following jearto the centre of\\nthe town, where he died in 1800.\\nDr. Kendall Bruce was a native of\\nMarlborough, Mass. He was in this town as", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0327.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "254\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\na practicing physician as early as 1793. He\\nremained liere hut a few years, and then re-\\nmoved to Washington, tliis State, where lie con-\\ntinued his profession for several years; then went\\nto Peterborough, and from thence to Calais, Vt.,\\nwhere he died January 12, 1832.\\nDr. David Caijter was the next physician.\\nHe was a pupil of the celebrated Dr. Carter, of\\nLancaster, and came to Marlborough soon after\\nthe completion of his studies, in 17*J5. He was\\ncontemporary with the late Dr. Amos Twitchell,\\nof Keene, and always remained on intimate\\nterms with him. It was in this town, and in\\ncompany witii Dr. Carter, that Dr. Twitchell\\nfirst commenced the practice of medicine. In\\nhis rofession Dr. Carter reached no inconsid-\\nerable eminence his practice extended much\\ninto adjacent towns and somewhat into places\\nmore remote. He removed to Peterborough in\\n1812, and from there to Dublin in 1820, where\\nhe died January 9, 1828.\\nDr. Carter was succeeded by Dr. Epln-aim\\nK. Frost, who commenced practice here soon\\nafter the removal of Carter from the town, in\\n1812. Dr. Frost was a native of Jaffrey. His\\nearly education was obtained in a school of\\nthree months each year later, from a cour.se in\\nDartmouth C-ollege. He studied medicine with\\nDr. Carter, paying his way by teaching school.\\nHe remained in practice here some six years and\\nthen removed to Swanzey. He afterwards em-\\nigrated to Lincoln, Neb., where he died in\\n1871.\\nDr. James Batcheller was born in Roy-\\nalston, Mass., June 5, 1791. He was the son\\nof Dr. Stephen Batcheller, the first physician of\\nthat town, who established himself there in\\n1768, and continued in practice until his death,\\nin 1829, at the age of eighty-three. Dr. James\\nBatcheller spent his youthful days in his native\\ntown attended schools and academies then\\ntaught school two years in Pennsylvania. On\\nhis return he studied his profession with an elder\\nbrother. Dr. Stephen Batcheller, Jr., and after-\\nward attended medical lectures at Dartmouth, and\\ntook his degree of M.D. In May, 1818, he\\ncame to Marlborough by invitation from Rev.\\nHalloway Fish, and established himself as a\\npracticing physician. He was very social and\\nwas generally liked by the people as a man and\\nphysician was possessed of moi-e than ordinary\\nability and was frequently called out of town\\nfor consultation. So extensive was his prac-\\ntice that it required the services of three horses\\nto enable him to visit his numerous patients.\\nAs a physician he ranked high, as is evident\\nfi-om tlie fact that he was honored for some\\ntime with the presidency of the New Hampshire\\nMedical Society.\\nDr. Batcheller was widely known as a poli-\\ntician. He was chosen Representative and\\nSenator to the General Court of New Hamp-\\nshire was also elected counselor, and performed\\nthe duties of each with honor to himself and\\nbenefit to his constituents. He was also a dele-\\ngate to the convention to revise the Constitution\\nof New Hampshire in 1850-51. He was no\\ntimid advocate of the cause of emancipation of\\nthe slave, and this, too, when it required strong\\nnerves to stem the large majorities against him.\\nAt a meeting in Concord, for the purpose of\\ndiscussing the anti-slavery- question. Dr. Batch-\\neller and Genei al Franklin Pierce (afterwards\\nPresident of the United States) were pitted\\nagain.st each other. So well did the doctor ar-\\ngue his side of the question, that he convinced\\nhis opponent, and, as they came out of the\\nmeeting. Pierce slapped him on the shoulder\\nand said, Doctor, you are right; but the time\\nhas not come yet.\\nHe was also a zealous advocate of the cause\\nof temjjcrance, and was one of the first to pro-\\nclaim the doctrine of total abstinence.\\nAfter a residence of some thirty -seven years\\nin Marlborough he removed to Fitzwilliam, to\\nbe near his sons, who had previously established\\nthemselves in business there. He obeyed some\\ncalls for about a year, when, his health suddenly\\nfailing, he gave up practice altogether. From\\nthat time he continued to become more and", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0328.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n255\\nmore feeble in body aud mind, and at length,\\nhelpless as an infant, gave up life without a\\nstruggle. Although he was not a college gradu-\\nate, he was well educated. He was quick in\\nmotion, rapid in speech and of untiring energy.\\nHe read much, thought much and continued\\nto gain as well as impart knowledge. He\\nwas a man in the noblest sense of the term, a\\npleasant companion, true friend, good neigh-\\nbor and it may be truly said of him that the\\nworld was better for his having lived in it.\\nSamuel A. Richardson was born in Dub-\\nlin December 2. 5, 1830. He was the youngest\\nof four children, and the only son of Abijah\\nand j\\\\Iary (Hay) Richardson. His parents\\nwere of the old Dublin stock,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a little austere\\nin manner, perhaps, as was the fashion of the\\ntime, but good types of those sturdy virtues,\\nsuch as honesty, piety, industry and thrift,\\nwhich characterized a former generation in that\\nmountain-town. His early life was spent on\\nhis father s farm, assisting in its duties and la-\\nbor, as was usual with farmers boys of the\\nperiod. The common schools of Dublin at that\\ntime were equal, if not superior, to any in\\nCheshire County, and the early education and\\ntraining of the son were mostly gained in the\\nsomewhat famous School District No. 2, which\\nh;is produced many young men who have made\\ntheir mark in the various walks of life. The\\nRev. Dr. Leonard, who was singularly uner-\\nring in his estimates of young men, early\\nmarked him as a boy of promise, and one who\\nwould some day be heard from in the battle of\\nlife. The good doctor was wont, in his old\\nage, to enumerate the scores of Dublin young\\nmen who had fulfilled the promise of their\\nyouth and his own prophecy of success, and\\nDr. Sam was always mentioned among the\\nnumber.\\nAs young Richardson approadhed manhood\\nhe supplemented his common-school education\\nwith such higher advantages as could be ob-\\ntained at the Hancock Literary and Scientific\\nInstitute, an institution quite flourishing in\\nthose days, and the Normal Institute, at\\nReed s Ferry. Beyond this, we are not aware\\nthat he enjoyed the benefit of any special school\\ntraining before commencing the study of that\\nprofession to which he has devoted his life. He\\nearly conceived the idea of a medical education,\\nand in the intervals of fiirm-work bent his mind\\nand studies in this direction. He was obliged\\nto rely almost entirely upon his own resources\\nand earnings and we find him making the first\\ndecided move in this direction by attending a\\ncourse of medical lectures at Philadelphia, in\\n]852. The following spring (1853) ho entered\\nhis name as a student in the office of Albert\\nSmith, M.D., LL.D., of Peterborough, at that\\ntime among the most eminent professors and\\nmedical teachers in the State. He attended a\\ncourse of medical lectures at the Woodstock\\n(Vt.) Medical College in 1855. In July, 1855,\\nhe located as a physician in Marlborough,\\ntaking the place of Dr. James Batcheller. He\\nquickly gained the esteem and confidence of the\\npeople and a fair share of the business. Not\\ncontent, however, with his medical acquire-\\nments, in the spring of 1856, Dr. Richardson\\nsecured another physician to till his place tem-\\nporarily, and attended still another course of\\nlectures at Aliiany, N. Y., receiving from that\\ncollege the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He\\nalso spent some time as resident physician at the\\nAlbany County Almshouse Hospital. The six\\nfollowing years were busy ones to him. Having\\nreturned to Marlborough, he entered upon the\\nfull tide of a very extensive and successful prac-\\ntice. His skill and good judgment were early\\nrecognized, and he was soon called to [)ractice\\nmore or less in all the adjoining towns. In ad-\\ndition to the arduous duties of his profession,\\nhe identified himself to a considerable extent\\nwith the manufacturing interests of the town.\\nIn 1862, when the cloud of civil war dark-\\nened our horizon. Dr. Richardson offered his\\nservices to his country, and, in September of\\nthat year, was appointed assistant surgeon of the\\nThirteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volun-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0329.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "256\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nteers, of which Aaron F. Stevens (afterwards\\ngeneral) was colonel, and George B. Twitchell,\\nM.D., of Keene, was surgeon. Under date of\\nSeptember 9, 1878, General Stevens says: I\\ndesire to reaffirm now whatever you may find\\nin my army reports favorable to Dr. Richard-\\nson, or in appreciation of his talents, industry\\nand professional accomplishments, his kindness\\nof heart, and ever prompt discharge of his du-\\nties in camp, field or hospital. He was a man\\nof superior talent and extraordinary resources,\\nadmirably adapted to public professional ser-\\nvice, as well by his force of character and\\npower of organization as from his professional\\nknowledge and accomplishments.\\nSamuel J. Martin, son of Jefferson and\\nRhoda (Davis) Martin, was born in Weston,\\nWindham County, Vt., September 9, 1830.\\nWhen three years of age his parents removed to\\nMount Holly, Rutland County, Vt., where he\\nreceived his early education, dividing his time\\nbetween his studies and farm-work. Previous\\nto his seventeenth year his help was much need-\\ned at home, and he consequently had limited ad-\\nvantages for study. At this time, however, he\\nentered Black River Academy, at Ludlow, Vt.,\\nand spent two terms each year during two years,\\nand for the next four years studied at the same\\nplace during one term of each. His studies\\nduring this time were confined to the English\\nbninches but he afterwards spent two terms\\nat Chester Academy, and there pursued the\\nstudy of Latin with other higher branches,\\nearning money to defray his expenses by teach-\\ning penmanship and day-school. After leaving\\nschool he eno-aged in teachino;, and continued it\\nwith the exception of one year when he was\\nin poor health until his twenty-eighth year.\\nHe early developed a taste for the medical\\nprofession, but in his desire to enter it was op-\\nposed by his father, who jJreferred that he\\nshould become a farmer. Accordingly, at the\\nage of twenty-eight, he yielded to his father s\\nwishes and purchased a farm with money a part\\nof which he had earned by teaching. At the\\nend of one year, becoming dissatisfied with farm-\\ning, he began the study of medicine at home\\nunder the direction of A. E. Horton, M.D., of\\nMount Holly. One year later he sold his farm\\nand gave his entire attention to his studies, and,\\nafter three years study and taking two full\\ncourses of lectures, graduated from the Eclectic\\nMedical College of Philadelphia. He began\\nhis practice in February, 18(33, at Marlborough,\\nand remained there until April, 1866, doing a\\nsuccessful practice, and at that time removed to\\nWalpole, N. H., and there, in addition to his\\npractice, opened a drug-store with another gen-\\ntleman, who managed the latter business, while\\nhe devoted himself chiefly to his profession.\\nAt the end of eighteen months, having lost\\neverything, he closed out his interest in the\\ndrug-store and gave himself unremittingly to\\nhis studies and practice.\\nThe force of circumstances induced him to\\ninvestigate the suljject of homoeopathy, and, at\\nthe end of one year s observation and careful\\nthought, he embraced the principles of that\\nschool. Not having recovered from his failure\\nin the drug business, and desiring a larger field\\nof action, he removed to the West in 1869.\\nAfter spending four months looking for a place\\nto settle, he established himself nt Racine. Wis.,\\nwhere he has since resided, building up an ex-\\ntensive practice and making for himself a most\\nworthy reputation as a skillful practitioner.\\nDuring iiis residence in Marlborough he was\\nelected superintendent of public schools. He\\nhas filled the office two terms as vice-president\\nand one term as president of the Homoeopathic\\nMedical Society of the State of Wisconsin.\\nHe is also a member of the American Institute\\nof Homoeopathy and the Illinois Homoeopathic\\nMedical Association.\\nDr. Martin has given much attention to self-\\nculture and by extensive reading and observa-\\ntioH has acquired that knowledge of men and\\nthings which, with his excellent conversational\\npowers, renders him a most agreeable and so-\\ncial companion. This is but a brief outline of", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0330.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n257\\nthe life aud history of one who, though having\\nmany experiences In common witli others, has\\nyet given an example of continued effort and\\nwill-power that entitles him to an honorable\\nmention in these pages.\\nDr. GEoRfiE L. Haerixgtox, son of Leon-\\nard B. and Eunice G. Harrington, wa.s born in\\nWinchcndon, Mass., November 11, 1844. In\\nhis childhood and youth he was quiet and un-\\nassuming, yet always thoughtful, fond of his\\nbooks and anxious to gain knowledge. Hav-\\ning made the most possible out of his public-\\nschool and academic privileges, he became a\\nmedical student in the ofBce of Professor AVal-\\nter Carpenter, of Burlington, Vt. Here he\\nenjoyed peculiar advantages under the instruc-\\ntion of a wise and experienced teacher. Indue\\ntime he entered the Medical Department of the\\nVermont University and graduated iu course\\nM.D.\\nIn the winter of 1872 he settled in Marl-\\nborough as a physician. Naturally enough, for\\nthe first two years he did not have a great run\\nof practice. However, it became evident to\\nthose who early employed him that he was no\\nquack, but one determined to establish himself\\nin the confidence of the people by his works;\\nand so gi-adually he grew into public favor, all\\nthe while extending his professional work.\\nLong since it became extensively known that,\\nif he is not a mau of many words, he is a man\\nof second thought, keen discernment and sound\\njudgment. He never has been known to praise\\nhimself or tell of wonderful cures and almost\\nmiraculous deeds wrought by his skill. Per-\\nhaps he has been too reserved and reticent at\\ntimes for his own good and highest success.\\nIn the long run, no doubt, he will lose nothing\\nfrom such a constitutional habit. The wise Soc-\\nrates said he never had regretted keeping si-\\nlence, but had often sorrowed for much speak-\\ning. From the fact he is an M.D., it is plain\\nhe does not think he knows it all, for he spends\\nmuch time among his books and finds it a neces-\\nsity to acquaint himself with the latest journals\\nand modern works of his profession. In the\\nsick-room he is affable and naturally adapts\\nhimself at once to the situation of things. He\\nseems to possess a ready faculty of reading dis-\\nease, and a willingness, in case he fails of its\\ndiagnosis in any particular instance, to acknowl-\\nedge his lack of comprehending it. Such frank-\\nness is a virtue, and most commendable, espe-\\ncially in a physician. So the sick under his\\ncharge can scarcely fail of trusting and confid-\\ning iu him as a medical adviser. In not a few\\ncases he has proved himself a skillful and cul-\\ntured physician. Already he has won a good\\nfield of practice, and certainly his future is\\nmore promising than the present or the past.\\nHe has proved himself a useful citizen and a\\nChristian gentleman. With truth it may be\\nsaid of him that he is a true friend to the sick\\nand a well-wisher to all in health.\\nDr. Nathaniel H. Merriam was born in\\nChelsea, Mass., October 24, 1854, but his\\nfather s family soou removed to Lexington,\\nMass., whore they now reside. He graduated\\nat Philips Academy, Andover, in 1874, and\\nentered Amherst College in the class of 1878.\\nHis college course was interrupted by sickness,\\nwhich became so persistent that he was obliged\\nto abandon his graduation and remain at home\\nfor a considerable period. At the famous cele-\\nbration of the centennial of the battle of Lex-\\nington, in 1875, he was on the staff of Colonel\\nW. A. Tower, chief marshal of escort for Pres-\\nident U. S. Grant. At an early age he chose\\nthe profession of his late uncle. Dr. Nathaniel\\nW. INIcrriam, of IMaryland, and began his studies\\nwith the late Dr. Currier, a physician of note\\nin Lexington. In 187(5 he traveled in Great\\nBritain and the Continent, returning with im-\\nproved health attended lectures at Massachu-\\nsetts General Hospital, Harvard University.\\nIn 1878 he entered Dartmouth ]\\\\Iedieal Col-\\nlege, where his abilities attracted attention, and\\nhe was appointed assistant to the chair of sur-\\ngery, then occupied by Professor P. S. Conner,\\nof Cincinnati, graduating in 1880. He married", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0331.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "258\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMiss E. L. Cottrell, daughter of Asa Cottrell,\\nEsq., of Ijexington, and entered into active\\npractice in Marlborough, N. H., in 1880. He\\nis a member of tlie New Hampshire State Medi-\\ncal Association, and served as delegate from\\nthat society to the American Medical Associa-\\ntion, at Washington, in 1884, and is a member\\nof that l)()dy. He enjoys a large and successful\\npractice in Marlborough, especially in surgery,\\nto which he is enthusiastically devoted.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nM AELnOROUG H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CotHiuued).\\nINDUSTRIES OF THE TOWN.\\nFor many years after the settlement of the\\ntowuship the excellent water-power afforded\\nby the numerous streams running through the\\ntown was considered of little value, beyijnd\\nwhat was used for the sawing of lumber and\\nthe grinding of grain. In Chapter II. allusion\\nM as made to the first saw-mill, built by Daniel\\nHarrington, and the first two grist-mills, built\\nby Joseph Collins and Abijah Tucker. Both\\nof these had a saw-mill connected with them,\\nthus rendering it comparatively ea.sy for the\\nsettlers to obtain lumber for building purposes.\\nThe one built by Joseph Collins was sold by\\nhim, in 1771, to his brother-in-law, James\\nLewis, after which we hear no more of this\\nmill, and it probably remained in existence\\nonly a few years. Mr. Tucker continued to\\ncarry on his mill until the infirmities of age\\ncompelled him to give up labor, after wdiich\\nhe let the mill for several years to different\\nparties. His mill-dam was the first obstruction\\nplaced across the river and at that time it was\\nno unusual sight, in the spring of the year, to\\nsee shad below the dam, which had run up\\nfrom the Connecticut River.\\nAbout 1826 this mill came into the posses-\\nsion of Charles Holman, who for many years\\ncarried on an extensive lumber business. In\\n1837, Mr. Holman erected the stone mill,\\nwhich he continued to occupy until old age\\nrendered him unfit for labor, and the mill then\\ncame into the possession of his sons-in-law,\\nMessrs. Thurston AVilkinson. In 18 they\\nbuilt an addition to the mill, and put in ma-\\nchinery for the manufacture of nailed and dove-\\ntailed boxes and trunk-cleats.\\nThere was also a saw-mill built at an early\\ndate by Benjamin Tucker and his sons, a little\\nbelow the outlet of Meeting-House Pond, on\\nthe site of the Whitney Tarbell Mill, so\\ncalled. A native poet of that day, whose rhym-\\ning gives evidence of considerable inventive\\ngenius, notices this mill in the following verse\\nTucker s boys built a mill,\\nHalf the time it did stand still\\nWhen it went it made a noise\\nBecause it was built by Tucker s boys.\\nThe present mill was erected by William C.\\nMason and Nathaniel Tottenham in 1840, who\\nintended to saw out chaiixstock; but, failing in\\ntheir design, the mill was left in an unfinished\\nstate till 1845, when it was purchased by Amos\\nA. Mason and Charles R. Bemis, who finished\\nthe mill and commenced the manufacture of\\ncane-seat chair-frames. In 184(3, Mr. Bemis\\nsold his interest in the business to Mr. ISIason,\\nwho carried it on for several years. He was\\nsucceeded by diilerent parties, each of whom\\nremained but a short time, and about the year\\n1850 it came into the possession of Charles D.\\nTarbell and Jared I. Whitney, who for several\\nyears carried on an extensive lumber business\\nin connection with the manufacture of chair-seat\\nframes. In 1866, Mr. Tarbell sold his intere.st\\nin the mill to Mr. Whitney, who continued the\\nbusiness some two or three years, and then sold\\nto Mortimer M. Stowe. The mill is now in\\nthe possession of Amos A. Mason, and occupied\\nby Miles Cudworth as a stave-mill.\\nWilliam Tenney, Sr., built a saw-mill, prob-\\nably about 1780, on the Baker Brook, about\\nhalf-way between the bridge and the saw-mill\\nsince owned by Miles Cudworth. The latter", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0332.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n259\\nmill was Ijiiilt hy Riifus Brooks some twenty\\nyears since. In 1867 he sold to Francis L.\\nMason, who nsed it as a saw-mill and also for\\ntlie manufacture of clothes-pins. After the\\ndeath of Mr. Mason, Miles Cud worth purchased\\nthe mill, and used it for the purpose of getting\\nout pail-staves until it was hurned, December\\n3, 1877.\\nThere was a saw-mill on the Roaring Brook,\\nin Roxhury, which is supposed to have been\\nbuilt by Bart Grimes. We have no account of\\nthe building of this mill but it must have been\\nprevious to 1800. This was afterwards owned\\nby Esq. Holman.\\nA saw-mill was erected by Jesse Hunting at\\nthe outlet of Cummings Pond about 1800. It\\nis said, when Mr. Hunting was building this\\nmill, that old Mr. Tayntor (father of Jedediah),\\npassing near the spot on his way through the\\nwoods, remarked to Mr. Hunting, This is an\\nexcellent plase to build a mill, but where is\\nyour water? This meaning will be readily\\nunderstood by all who are acquainted with the\\nsurroundings.\\nAbout 1805, John Wiswall, Sr., built a saw-\\nmill on the river, near what is now called the\\nDay Bridge. This, however, was washed\\naway in a few years, and never rebuilt.\\nAbout this time a mill was erected on the\\nMarlborough Brook, upon the site of the old\\nHarrington mill. This was owned by Jonathan\\nWhipple, who probably sold it to Joseph Wel-\\nlington. When the latter left town it came into\\nthe j)ossession of Captain John Lane, who con-\\ntinued to own and occupy it until the great\\nfreshet of 182G, when it was carried away.\\nSamuel Collins built a mill (probably a saw\\nand grist-mill) at an early date on the site of\\nthe lower mill of the Marlborough Manufactur-\\ning Company. In 1803 this was owned by\\nDaniel Fisk, who converted a part of it into a\\nfulling-mill. In 1807 it was purchased by\\nEbenezer Hill, who did considerable business\\nat dressing cloth. He remained here eight\\nyears, and then sold to John B. Farrar, who\\ncontinued the business for several years, and\\nthen sold to Gilmau Nelson Converse, who\\nused it as a lumber-mill. They also engaged\\nin the manufacture of powder-kegs. In 1834\\nthe building was destroyed by fire, and some\\ntime after the privilege passed into the hands of\\nAsa Greenwood, who erected the main building,\\nnow standing, and engaged in the lumber busi-\\nness.\\nOf the mills erected in the south part of the\\ntown, now within the limits of Troy, we can say\\nbut little beyond the fact that there was a grist-\\nmill built by Phinehas Farrar, in 1784, a few\\nrods above the Forestall mill. This was after-\\nwards owned by Daniel Gould. Alexander\\nParkman also built a fulling-mill iu that part\\nof the town about 1778.\\nJacob Osborne is believed to have been the\\nfirst to erect a saw-mill on the privilege now oc-\\ncupied by Levi A. Fuller. As this was a part\\nof the tavern property, it was bought and sold\\nin rajiid succession for many years. Mr. Fuller,\\nthe present owner, purchased it of his father in\\nNovember, 1863. In the spring of 1872 thig\\nmill was destroyed by fire. Mr. Fuller imme\\ndiatcly erected a neat and substantial liuilding,\\nand is at present engaged in the manufacture of\\nbail-boxes, pail-staves and coarse lumber.\\nSome years since a mill was erecteil on the\\nstream, a few rods below the above-mentioneil\\nFuller mill, by Isaac Fuller, and was used for\\nthe manufacture of various kinds of wooden-\\nware. Osgood J. Bemis succeeded Mr. Fuller,\\nand for several years manufactured pail-handles\\nto some extent. In the fall of 1871 he lost the\\nmill by fire, and built the present structure,\\nwhich is now occupied by Levi A. Fuller, in\\nconnection with his other mill.\\nIn 1837, James Hobart built a saw and stave-\\nmill on the Baker Brook, which was the one\\nsince owned by Aaron Mason. Hobart car-\\nried on the business for a short time but, not\\nmaking it profitable, it passed into the hands of\\nMr. Masou, who retained possession of it until\\nthe destruction of the dam by the freshet of", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0333.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "260\\nHISTOEY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1869. The dam was never rebuilt, and the\\nproperty soon passed into other hands. A part\\nof the mill was taken down and the remainder\\nconverted into a barn.\\nSome time previous to 1800, Samuel Collins\\nbuilt a grist-mill at what is now called Marl-\\nborough Glen. This was in use by Mr. Col-\\nlins and his sons until 1830, at which time,\\nbeing somewhat out of repair, it M as deserted,\\nand the same year Joseph Collins built the mill\\nnow owned by Osgood R. Wiswall, which he\\nused as a grist-mill for a few years, and then,\\nselling to George Harvey, removed farther\\ndown the river, and about the year 1840 com-\\nmenced to erect the one now owned by the late\\nBarton Blodgett. Before it was completed Mr.\\nCollins died, and the mill soon after came into\\nthe possession of Still man Buss, under whose\\nskillful management it soon won the name of\\nbeing the best flouring-mill in Cheshire County,\\nand was extensively patronized, not only by the\\npeople of the adjoining towns, but by those\\nfrom a distance of more than twenty miles\\naround, and so famous did this mill become\\nthat Mr. Buss was obliged, during a part of the\\ntime, to run it night and day. In 1861, Jede-\\ndiah T. Collins purchased an interest in the\\nmill, which was carried on under the firm-name\\nof Buss Collins. After the death of Mr.\\nBuss, Barton Blodgett bought one-half of the\\nmill, and continued in company with Mr. Col-\\nlins for several years, when he purchased of\\nMr. Collins his share, and continued to run it\\nuntil his death. It is now owned by D. R.\\nF. A. Cole.\\nEliphalet Stone erected a fulling-mill at the\\noutlet of Stone Pond, on the site of the present\\nsaw-mill, at an early date. This was jJi obably\\nthe first mill for dressing cloth within the limits\\nof this town. Mr. Stone divided his time be-\\ntween the farm and mill for many years,\\nuntil, meeting with some reverses, he tlivided\\nhis property between his sons, Calvin\\nand Shubael and Calvin, taking the mill,\\nresumed the business of dressing cloth. He\\nremoved the old fulling-mill to the oppo-\\nsite side of the road and converted it into a\\ndwelling-house for his father Ijuilt a saw-mill\\nin place of it, and also a new fulling-mill a few\\nrods below. Calvin Stone, Jr., with his brother\\nSolon, succeeded their father in the business,\\nand during their occupancy the fulling-mill was\\nburned, and the present building erected. Sev-\\neral different kinds of wooden-ware have been\\nmanufactured here by different parties, such as\\nclothes-pins, pail-handles, staves, etc., but at\\npresent little business is done.\\nJosiah Fish Iniilt the mill now owned by\\nJames Townsend in 1813. This was used by\\nhim for a fulling-mill. He was succeeded by\\nCalvin Page, who carried on the business suc-\\ncessfully for several years. He also had a ma-\\nchine for carding wool into rolls for the accom-\\nmodation of those who could spin. In 1837,\\nJames Townsend purchased the mill and com-\\nmenced the manufacture of woolen yarn, which\\nbusiness he has prosecuted with success to the\\npresent time. He also makes hose, knit-jackets,\\nsheep s-gray cloth, etc., and his goods are some\\nof the best found in market.\\nPails. Pails were first made in this town\\nby Robert Carpenter, who commenced the busi-\\nness in the mill now owned bv Osgood R. Wis-\\nwall. The pail-lathe used by Mr. Carpenter\\nwas but a rude affair, compared with those in\\nuse at present. It would now be considered a\\nslow and tedious job to match the staves by\\nhand and drive the hoops with a hand-driver\\nbut, thanks to the inventive genius of the\\nYankee, these obstacles have been overcome\\nand the facilities for manufacturing pails greatly\\nincreased. Mr. Car^jenter remained here but a\\nshort time, and then, in company with Charles\\nCooledge, commenced pail-making where N.\\nWinche s pail-shop now stands a building hav-\\ning been erected for that purpose by Calvin\\nPage, who then owned the privilege. Jedediah\\nT. Collins and others continued the pail busi-\\nness at the Collins mill till 1836, when it came\\ninto the possession of George Harvey, who car-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0334.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n261\\nrit il oil the business for seven years. During\\ntliis time he built the house now owned by the\\nlieirs of Luther Smitii. In 1843 he traded the\\nhouse and mill to his brother James, taking in\\nexchange the farm on whioii he now resides.\\nThe business was continued by James Harvey\\nsome two years but uot being successful, and\\nbecoming somewhat involved in debt, the prop-\\nerty passed into other hands. Car]3enter\\nC ooledge carried on tlie business at the Page\\nmill until 18.32, when the firm was dissolved,\\nMr. Carpenter going to Orange, Mass., where\\nhe again entered into the pail business on a\\nmore extensive scale. Mr. Cooledge returned\\nto Troy and set up the same business, which he\\ncarried on for several years. Joseph Cum-\\nniings now hired the Page mill and manufac-\\ntured ]iails until April, 1834, when it was\\nburned. The shop now owned by Nathan Wiuch\\nwas erected by Charles Gilbert and Cyrus\\nFrost, who manufactured chairs there for sev-\\neral years. In 1837, Frost sold his share of\\nthe mill to George Holman. About this time\\nthey commenced the manufacture of pails.\\nSilas Collester and Simeon Whitcomb soon\\nafter purchased an interest in the business, and\\nMr. Gilbert retired. Mr. Holman soon sold to\\nhis partners, who continued the business until\\n1852, when they sold to Nathan Winch, who\\nis still the proprietor. In 1837, Asa Bemis\\nbuilt a saw-mill on the South Branch, in con-\\nnection with which the following year he com-\\nmenced to make pails. He continued in this busi-\\nness until the infirmities of age rendered him\\nunfit for labor, when he sold his business to\\nAmasa Fuller, Jr., who is the present owner.\\nPails were quite extensively manufactured at\\nthe brick mill now owned by the Marlborough\\nManufacturing Company. This was built in\\n1835, by G. N. Converse, for a pail-factory.\\nIt soon passed into the hands of Asa Green-\\nwood. He, in a short time, sold to Robert\\nCarpenter, who, in a few years, was succeeded\\nby Nelson Howe and the business was success-\\nfully conducted by him until 1859, when it was\\npurchased by George Thacher, who continued the\\nmanufacture of pails till 1806, when he sold to\\nCroodhue Tenney and Chai-les O. Whitney, who,\\nin a short time, in connection with others, organ-\\nized as the IMarlborough Manufaeturino; Com-\\npany. William Tenney commenced the pail and\\ntub business in this town in 1 853, at the lower mill\\nof the Alarlltorough Manufacturing Companv.\\nHe had previously had considerable experience\\nin this branch of business, having prosecuted\\nit with success in Swanzey, also in Winchen-\\ndon, Westminster and Ashburnham, Mass. In\\n1864, having acquired a competency, he retired\\nfrom the business, and was succeeded by D. W.\\nW. ]M. Tenney, who enlarged the factory,\\nand by putting in more machinery increased\\ntheir facilities for manufacturing both tubs and\\npails. They also did considerable at the lum-\\nber business. At the time of the decline in\\nM ooden-ware, in 1870, the Messrs. Tenney sold\\nthe mill to the Manufacturing Company, who\\nconverted it into a woolen-mill. In 1868, J.\\nL. Knowlton commenced pail-making in con-\\nnection with their clothes-pin business, at first\\nputting in only one lathe. Afterwards, giving\\nup the manufacture of pins, they from time to\\ntime added more pail machinery, until they\\nnow have facilities for making from one hun-\\ndred to one hundred and fifty thousand pails\\nannually. In 1870 they erected a saw-mill on\\nthe opposite side of the river, which is used\\nmainly for getting out their stock.\\nBlanket-Mills. The most important\\nbranch of industry, and that which has added\\nmost to the prosperity and growth of the town,\\nis the manufacture of horse-blankets.\\nThe Monadnock Blanket Company was in-\\ncorporated in 1868, at which time they\\npurchased the Holman Mill, and commenced\\nthe manufacture of horse-blankets. They have\\na capital stock of thirty thousand dollars, em-\\nploy forty or fifty hands aud produce from\\nseventy-five to eighty thousand blankets yearly.\\nThe amount of their pay-roll is from thirteen\\nto fifteen hundred dollars per month.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0335.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "262\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCharles O. Whitney and Warren H. Clark\\ncommenced business in 1873, and formed what\\nis now known as the Cheshire Blanket Com-\\npany. Their place of business is the mill which\\nwas erected by Mr. Whitney in 1869, and used\\nby him as a chair-shop until, in company with\\nMr. Clark, it was fitted up for the manufacture\\nof blankets. These enterprising men have\\nadded to their business from time to time, until\\nthey now have an investment of not less than\\ntwenty thousand dollars, and facilities for pro-\\nducing fifty thousand blankets annually. They\\nhave fifty employes, and their pay-roll amounts\\nto eleven hundred and fifty dollars per month.\\nThus it will be seen that in this little village\\nthere are annually manufactured no less than\\none Inuidred and seventy-five thousand horse-\\nblankets, giving employment to one hundred\\nand fifty hands.\\nBreed Poxd Company. The facilities for\\nmanufacturing in the village have been greatly\\nincreased by the Breed Pond Company, which\\nwas incorporated in 1851. The object was to flow\\nthe Breed Pond, so called, in Nelson, in order\\nto form a reservoir. This company consisted of\\nCharles Holman, Stillman Buss, Nelson Howe,\\nWhitcomb Collester, James Townsend, F. R.\\nThurston, George Handy and Fay Joslin.\\nThese enterprising gentlemen immediately went\\nforward and constructed a dam at an expense of\\nabout four hundred and fifty dollars, making a\\n])ond which covers about six hundred acres.\\nIn the fall of 1861, Stillman Buss and Jede-\\ndiah T. Collins constructed, attheir own expense,\\nwhat is now called the Little Reservoir,\\nnear the Marlborough and Harrisville line.\\nThis was intended to save what water would\\notherwise be wasted at night. This came into the\\npossession of the Breed Pond Company in 1 864.\\nAs manufacturing increased, it was found that\\nthese two ponds were not sufiicieut to supply\\nthe demand for water, and another reservoir was\\nbuiltatBemisville, in the autumn of 1868, which\\nflows about one hundre l and fifty acres. The\\nconstruction of these ponds improved to a great\\ndegree the water power, and was the prime\\ncause of the rapid growth of the village for the\\nlast ten years.\\nIn the autumn of 1877 the water-power was\\nstill further improved by building the reservoir\\nat Marlborough Glen. James Knowlton super-\\nintended the building of the dam, which is one\\nof the largest and best constructed in this\\nsection. The whole length of this dam is two\\nhundred and fifty-five feet length of roll-way,\\nninety-four feet extreme height, thirty-five\\nfeet; height of roll-way, thirty-two feet. The\\nmaterial used in building was some thirty-\\nfive hundred tons of granite and other stone,\\nand fifty-seven thousand feet of lumber, with\\nthree thousand pounds of iron the whole\\ncosting about three thousand dollars. The\\ngate being closed at night, this reservoir\\nreceives all the water which would otherwise\\nrun to waste, and, being opened in the morning,\\nenables the water to reach the mills at an earlier\\nhour than formerly.\\nThe rapid descent of the stream at this point\\nrenders it one of the best water privileges in\\nCheshire County, and it is a surprise to many\\nthat this has remained so long unimproved\\nbut it is fondly hoped that the time is not far\\ndistant when some one will be enterprising\\nenough to make the necessary improvements.\\nMachinists. Charles Buss commenced the\\nmachinist business in this town in 1847. The\\nbuilding he at first erected was but a small\\naffair, and poorly adapted to the purpose. lu\\nthe spring of 1852 his business had so in-\\nci cased tiiat he was compelled to enlarge his\\nshop but, before this was completed, it sud-\\ndenly took fire, and was entirely destroyed.\\nNot disheartened, he immediately rebuilt, and\\nenlarged his business, subsequently adding a\\nfoundry, thus enabling him to make his own\\ncastings, and turn off more work, and to better\\nadvantage than previously. But soon shop and\\nfoundry became too small for his rapidly-in-\\ncreasing business. A new foundry was set up\\nand later he ei ected a neat and substantial", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0336.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n263\\nl)rick building in front of tiie old shop, which\\nhe filled with niachiueiy, and commenced doing\\nbusiness on a larger scale. Here he manufac-\\ntured nearly all kinds of wood-working ma-\\nchinery, which merited the highest commenda-\\ntion, and more than once won for the proprietor\\nthe proudest distinctions from various exhi-\\nbitions. His rotary-bed planer, and Daniel s\\nplaning-raachines, clothes-pin, tub and pail\\nmachinery, gauge and stretcher lathes, were all\\nmarvels of perfection, and always combined the\\nlatest improvements. These machines were\\nshipped to all parts of the United States, and\\nto several countries of the Old World. Not-\\nwithstanding his hard work and extensive\\ntrade, he was not altogether successful in busi-\\nness, and, when the hard times came on, he\\nwas unable to stem the current that set in\\nagainst him, and, leaving his property in the\\nhands of his creditors, he removed his machin-\\nery and tools to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he\\nis now doing an extensive business.\\nChristopher Hodgkins commenced the ma-\\nchinist business in this town in 1854, in\\nthe second story of Franklin R. Thurston s\\nblacksmith-sliop. After continuing here a short\\ntime he removed to Keene, where, in company\\nwith John Knowlton, he manufactured the\\ncircular vent water-wheel, which was one of\\nhis own inventions. In 1857 he returned to\\nMarlborough, and soon commenced the manu-\\nfacture of sewing-machines. Mr. Hodgkins is a\\nman of more than ordinary mechanical ingenuity,\\nand was soon able to make many improvements\\nin sewing-machines, taking out no less than five\\ndifferent patents. After a few years he gave\\nup tliat business, and turned his attention to\\nmanufacturing various kinds of wood-working\\nmachinery, some of which he has greatly im-\\njjroved. Several years since, he obtained a\\npatent on improvements on \\\\vater-ranis a large\\nnumberof these he has built, and has them in suc-\\ncessful operation. In the fall of 1878 he pur-\\nchased the shops formerly owned by Charles\\nBuss, where he is now doing a good business.\\nHis last invention is that of a mowing-ma-\\nchine.\\nKnob Screws. The patent knob screw is\\nthe invention of Mr. Charles H. Thurston, who\\nis a natural mechanic. His tastes from a child\\nhave always run in this direction he could\\nnever see anything new in the mechanical line\\nwithout trying to imitate it and his grand-\\nfather, Charles Holman, and his father, did\\neverything in their power to encourage him, the\\nformer by furnisiiing him with lumber and the\\nlatter providing him with tools. The water-\\nwheels and saw-mills which he and his constant\\ncompanion, Asa C. Dort, constructed were not\\na few, as many can testify who knew them.\\nWhen twelve years old, his father purchased\\nfor him a nice turning-lathe, allowing him to\\nrun it as he ])leasecl, and on this he used to earn\\nhis own spending-money. He afterward learned\\nthe blacksmith s trade of his father in the Old\\nStone Shop. For some time during the war\\nhe worked at the United States Armory at\\nSpringfield, Mass. From that place he re-\\nturned to Marlborough, and, in company with\\nSolon S. Wilkinson, engaged in the manufac-\\nture of boxes, trunk-cleats, etc., at the old\\nHolman mill. It was while engaged in this\\nbusiness that he, in 1868, took out his first\\npatent for a double gimlet pointed screw,\\nwith a slot in one end for a key, by which the\\nslotted end could be firmly keyed in whatever\\narticle it was placed.\\nThe business of Messrs. Thurston Wil-\\nkinson not proving what they desired, the mill\\nwas sold by them to the Monadnock Blanket\\nCompany, in 1868. Mr. Thurston remained\\nwith the Blanket Companj for some time but\\nnot liking the business, nor the confinement, he\\nleft, with the intention of developing the screw\\nbusiness. But about this time he made the\\nacquaintance of James H. Fowler, then the suc-\\ncessful manager of the Weed Sewing-Machine\\nCompany s business in Boston, who hired him\\nfor three and one-half years as a traveling\\nsalesman. He therefore had no opportunity to", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0337.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "264\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ndo anything personally, more than to furnish\\nplans for others with which to build a machine\\nfor making his patent screws but all attempts\\nat constructing such a machine proved a failure,\\nand every one who tried it said the screws\\ncould not be made that way. jNIr. Thurston,\\nfeeling certain they could, obtained leave of\\nabsence for two weeks, and, with but one man\\nto help him (Mr. C. W. Healy), soon had the\\nsatisfaction of seeing his machine turn out\\nperfect screws, and in a way he had been re-\\npeatedly told it could not be done. The ma-\\nchine is self-acting, and only requires to have\\nthe cutters kept in order, and a forty-foot piece\\nof wire placed in it from time to time, which it\\nrapidly converts into perfect screws.\\nMr. Fowler and Mr. Thurston became much\\nattached to each other, and the former, seeing\\nthe screws, machines and other inventions\\ngrowing out of the original patent, desired to\\ntake an interest in them, to which Mr. Thurs-\\nton finally consented. In the fall of 1873\\nthey bought the building now occupied by Mr.\\nThurston, and commenced to manufacture the\\nscrews and also various articles in which they\\nare inserted, such as hat and closet-pins, drawer\\nand picture-knobs, door-stops, etc. They carried\\non the business xmtil October 12, 1877, when\\nMr. Fowler suddenly died. Since that time,\\nMr. Thurston has continued it alone.\\nHe is now engjaofed also in manufacturing; the\\nComjianion Sewing-Machine, which is one of\\nhis own invention, and is not only one of the\\nbest, but is the simplest in the market.\\nSaddle and Harness-Makers. David\\nWilkinson, Sr., was the earliest workman at this\\ntrade in town. He was a success at the bus-\\niness. At length his son, David, being brought\\nup to it, took his father s place, and carried it\\non. He removed the shop from the north part\\nof the town to the village, where he worked for\\nmany years, educating his three sons to the bus-\\niness. They all excelled in workmanship.\\nTheir harness and saddles became known far\\nand near. The two sons now living are still\\ninterested in the business, and deserve to be\\nclassed among the foremost. Walter H. Bruce\\nis the harness-maker now, working in the Odd-\\nFellows Block.\\nCarpenters and Builders. Marlborough\\nhas always had its share of hewers of timber,\\nframers and finishers of buildings. Perhaps\\nChas. Gilbert stood in the front rank in former\\ndays. At least he was an expert with the saw\\nand plane. John Buss bore the name of a fin-\\nished carpenter Ziba Nason could turn out a\\nlarge amount of work in a day, and it was not\\nslighted. Silas Collin could construct most\\nanything he was asked to make. George Hol-\\nman was skilled in remodeling, moving build-\\nings or completing them. Among the active\\ncarpenters of to-day is Alphouso A. Adams. For\\nyears he has led the van as a contractor. He\\nsustains a high reputation of turning off work\\nrapidly and in good style. Albert D. Sawyer\\nhas tact and quickness in his work. Andrew\\nJ. Emerson is excellent in using the smoothing-\\nplane and putting on the finishing touches.\\nMowry A. Thompson is true to his word in all\\nhe promises, and intends to give as much as he\\nreceives. Curtis W. C apron does good work.\\nAlvin K. Martin is bound to understand all\\nabout the work he is to do. There are others\\nwho are skilled as builders in wood. Because\\nof such carpenters, we can account for tlie many\\ngood, substantial and inviting buildings in\\nMarlborough.\\nBlacksmiths. The first blacksmith in town\\nwas probably Jonatlian Capron. His sons,\\nJonathan and Walter, learned the trade of their\\nfather, and follo\\\\\\\\ ed it. Others who followed\\nit were Levi Whitcomb, Captain Luther He-\\nmenway, Ezekiel Cudworth, George Stanley,\\nAaron Lembard, Ebenezer B. Wallingford, Jo-\\nseph Cummings, Elijah Fitch, Williard Con-\\nverse, Ambrose White. But the one who did\\nthe most business was Franklin R. Thurston.\\nHe built the stone shop now occupied by the\\nMonaduock Blanket Company, which was well\\nfiu nished foi- doing all kinds of blacksmithing.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0338.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n265\\nMr. Tlitirston made liis business pay, and be-\\ncame well off in the course of some twenty years.\\nHe was a good smith and is a reliable man. A\\nfew years since J. Clemens came to the village,\\nand opened a shop, where he is doing successful\\nbusiness. MeRoy Jones Lave another shop\\nin active operation.\\nShoemakers. Jonah Davis, among the\\nearly shoemakers, deserves to be classed among\\nthe best. He owned and worked in what\\nhas long been known as the Little Red Shop,\\nclose by the Abner Boyden store. Early and\\nlate he used to drive the pegs and draw the wax-\\nends. He was one that used to attend strictly to\\nhis own business. He was well-informed and\\nsocial still, no loiterer was allowed to hang\\nabout his shop. The young that came in were\\nwont to receive the best of advice and encourag:ed\\nto be faithful in school and dutiful at home.\\nChristopher Tilden, Charles McCollester,\\nGilbert Russell, Asahel Collins were devoted to\\nthis business for years. Charles Stay is the\\nleading shoemaker now. In connection with\\nhis shop he has a store, in which he keeps a\\ngood assortment of various kinds of leather goods\\nThe Granite Quarry. A little west of\\nthe centre of the town is a ledge of fine and\\nbeautifnl granite, which, for building purposes,\\nis unequaled by any in the State. This was\\nworked quite extensively for several years by\\nAsa Greenwood, who erected all the granite\\nbuildings in the village, except the library,\\nwhich was built of granite by Jonathan Jones,\\ntaken from the same place. Mr. Jones purchased\\nthe quarry in 1850, and, in company with J. T.\\nCollins, worked it more or less for eighteen\\nyears. Mr. A. G. Mann, of Worcester, Mass.,\\nthe present owner, purchased it in May, 1868,\\nand that year shipped to Worcester from three\\nto four thousand tons, besides what was sent to\\nother places. In 1873 he shipped to ^Vorces-\\nter six thousand and five tons to Lowell, one\\nhundred and thirty-five tons; to Boston, three\\nhundred and sixty tons, besides small lots to\\nother places. Add to the above figures the\\namount of wall-stone from the quarry, and it\\nwould amount to nearly ten thousand tons dur-\\ning that year.\\nThe most prominent buildings constructed of\\nthis granite are the Union Passenger Depot of\\nWorcester, and the Plymouth Congregational\\nCnurc^h of Worcester, which is one of the most\\nsubstantial buildings in the city. The beauty of\\nthis granite is that it retains itscohir the best of\\nany light-colnred granite known, and is well\\nadapted for either fine or rough work, and also\\npeculiarly so for block paving and wide flagging\\nor flat stones.\\nMr. Mann has recently sold his quarry to\\nWebb Baeheller, who are doing more upon it\\nthan has been done before.\\nAnother quarry has been opened within the\\nlast year, not far from the high railroad bridge,\\nwhere paving-stones are being got out in large\\nquantities.\\nStores. Marlborough has had its share of\\nstores and trade. The supply has been equal to\\nthe demand. Formerly, in the north part of\\nthe town James Nason had a store within a\\nmile of the old meeting-house, at different times,\\nthere were several. In one of these Joseph\\nSweetser commenced to trade as early as 1792.\\nIn the southern part of the town Samuel and\\nSilas Fife carried on mercantile business for a\\ntime. But of all the early traders, Abner\\nBoyden takes the lead. He was a superior man,\\nto begin with, and went into business with the\\nview of getting an honest living. He would\\ndeal as justly with children as with adults. By\\nhis life he made himself known as a I eliable\\nand useful man. He was regarded as one ac-\\ncurate in thought and sound in judgment.\\nFrom a small beginning he advanced gradually\\nto an extensive trade in dry-goods and groceries,\\nand became a wealthy man for his time. At his\\ndeath, in 1837, AVilliam and Elijah Boyden,\\nhis brothers, succeeded him in the then famous\\nBoyden store. They did honor to their ]iro-\\nfession, and were very popular as merchants.\\nThey were both called to accept various offices in", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0339.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "266\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe town, because of their capability, aud of tiie\\nfaith tlie people had in them. In 1840 they\\nbuilt the stoue store, where they continued in\\ntrade till 1852, when they sold out to G. D.\\nRichardson, having been truly successful finan-\\ncially, aud especially in being universally re-\\nspected as strictly honest and efficient business\\nmen.\\nAt present D. O. Woodward and W. M.\\nNason are carrying on the trade in the same\\nstore. They have done, aud are doing, a good\\nbusiness in the way of dry-goods.\\nGeorge G. Davis has a well-filled grocery-\\nstore in the Town Hall building. Fred. Adams\\nhas recently opened another grocery-store where\\nClinton Collins formerly did a large business in\\nthe same line. B. F. Merriam is a dealer in\\nstoves, tinware, furnaces, etc., manufactur-\\ning many of his goods and doing plumbing-\\nwork. Charles Stay has a shoe-store. Miss\\nEllen A. Kuowlton deals in millinery and\\nfancy goods. T. H. Mahon keeps a variety-\\nstore in the Odd- Fellows Block.\\nFarms and Farmers. Agriculture in this\\ntown ranks, on an average, with that al out the\\nold Monadnock. Perhaps a third of the peo-\\nple are devoted to cultivating the soil. Many\\nof these are good livers and some of them have\\nbecome forehanded. It is true, the land is not\\nwanting of stones, nor of a great diversity of\\nsurface nevertheless, it can mostly be appro-\\npriated to cultivation and pasturage. It is sad\\nthat some farms which were among the best,\\nshould have become neglected, buildings rotted\\ndown or removed, and the fields allowed to\\ngrow up to brush and woods. As an excuse\\nfor this, it has been said the land is worn out,\\nbut science and modern developments are\\nclearly showing this to be a mistake. Really,\\nthe resources of our land have scarcely begun\\nto be developed to their fullest extent. Tlie\\nplea that our climate and .soil rannot be used so\\nas to make it pay is false. It is wrong to talk\\nthus, especially to our young men, saying You\\nmust go West, if you are to get a good living\\nby tilling the land. Now, there is something\\nabout our light, air, water and soil favorable to\\nproducing the best men and women. Just com-\\npare those who remain here and are industrious\\nand faithful with those who emigrate to the\\nWest, and we are confident that in the end the\\nformer will be better oif than the latter. This\\nis the rule of course there are exceptions.\\nWe ought to realize that there are physical\\nblessings among these hills and valleys which\\nare uot to be found in Ohio, Illinois or Califor-\\nnia. Then, when we add to these the mental and\\nmoral advantages, we should cling to our native\\nState and town, resolved that we will make the\\nmost possible out of these natural bestowments.\\nIn this way our lands would be utilized to a\\ngreater extent than they are, and made to pro-\\nduce two blades where but one grows now.\\nThe wasted fields would be redeemed, the hills\\nand back farms would no longer be deserted,\\nmen would not be standing idle at the corners\\nof the streets in our villages and cities because\\nspindles and looms had been stopped from over-\\nproduction. Let our lands be improved as\\nthey should be, and this would do nuich to ward\\nofl hard times and level up society, so that capi-\\ntal and labor would be more evenly balanced.\\nNo other investments in this world are so sure\\nas those made in improved lands, and the more\\nowners of the soil, the better for the country.\\nSo, really, the highest hope for the prosperity of\\nour town, as well as others, is based in no small\\ndegree upon the improvement of our farms.\\nTherefore, let the stones be cleared fi-om our\\nmowings and built into walls, for they make\\nenduring fences; let the muck be taken from\\nour swamps aud scattered upon our fields let\\nsome of our sand-hills be spread over the low-\\nlands let the fertilizers be freely used with\\nother manures and enrichments, and what pro-\\ngress would be made in farming, and what\\nharvests would be gleaned from our fields\\nForemost among our farms is that of George\\nThatcher. The mowings, pastures aud wood-\\nlaud are well proportioned. The soil is uatur-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0340.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n267\\nally rieh and is under a good state of cultiva-\\ntion. In favorable seasons he lias taken there\\ncrops of jjrass from the same land. All the\\nj;;rains, roots and fruit common to this climate\\ntlourisli on this soil.\\nMr. Thatcher is a born fixrmer, though he\\nhas been successfully engaged in various kinds\\nof business at different times. Ho is a native\\nof Keene, born in 1815, but has long been an\\ninhabitant of Marlborough and has come to be\\nregarded as one of its old settlers. He is a man\\nof good judgment and keen perception. Let\\nhim examine a farm, a wood-lot, a horse or an\\nox, and he can tell you all about it. It is safe\\nfor him to deal in lauds or stock. No doubt\\nat times he often wonders why others do not\\nsee as he sees but he sees because he cannot\\nhelp it. By industry and economy he has be-\\ncome one of the wealthiest men in town. He has\\ndone much towards its improvements, and par-\\nticularly its highways. In fact, he is the in-\\nventor of one of the best road-scrapers now in\\nuse. He is a man that tends to his own busi-\\nness, and so plans that his work is all the while\\nadvancing. Besides his pet farm, he is the\\nowner of much real estate. He is the laud-\\nking in Marlborough, and a good one. Under\\nhis ruling the town will be greatly benetited\\nand advanced.\\nThe Richardson farm is known as oue of the\\nbest. Its acres are many and favorably situated.\\nThe cultivated portion occupies a handsome\\nridge sloping to the south. This is just suited\\nto growing corn, grass and fruit. Then\\nthere is a fine intervale, or meadow, with good\\npasturage. Besides these, it has a large ap] le\\norchard in an excellent state, and an extensive\\nsugar-lot.\\nThis farm is now owned by Stilraan Rich-\\nardson, who was born on it December 25, 1820.\\nHowever, he left it after he became of age, and\\nfor a long while resided in Maine, but some\\nyears since he returned to the place of his birth,\\npurchasing the old home, that he might im-\\nprove it and spend the rest of his days upon it.\\nAnd what a change he has jiroduced The old\\nl)uildings of his father have lieen supplied with\\nnew ones throughout. The wasted fields have\\nbeen vastly more than redeemed. AVhile Mr.\\nThatcher s is situated in the extreme southern,\\nMr. Richardson s is in the northern part of the\\ntown. The latter has illustrated that our soil\\nmay be made to produce thirty and sixty-fold.\\nThe intervale on the Connecticut River and the\\nprairies of the West do not do any better than\\nthis, on an average. Mr. Richardson is a lover\\nof good stock, and has his farm well supplied\\nwith it. He makes farming pay.\\nAnother attractive farm is that of Almon C.\\nMason. Though considerably elevated, still,\\nit inclines for the most part to the south, and is\\nwarm land. It is a farm consistins: of one\\nhunilred and sixty acres, well wooded, and the\\ncultivated portions are free from stone, and\\nsmooth, so that the mower will run over the\\nwhole of it. Mr. Mason has been on it lint a\\nfew years, and, though he came out of the store\\nupon it, still, he is .showing that it is natural\\nfor him to cultivate the soil, and that the true\\nfarmer can be as much of a man as the mer-\\nchant. In short, who is so independent as the\\nwell-to-do farmer? Mr. Mason is a young man,\\nborn in Sullivan, N. H., February 27, 1849.\\nHe appears, really, to enjoy his calling. Why\\nshould he uot? It is one of the noblest aniontr\\nmen.\\nJ. Kilburn Southwick also has a good farm,\\none of the warmest in town, and has long been\\nnoted for its fruits. Who has not heard of the\\npears, raw-ripes and grapes of Uncle Enoch\\nWhite, who long lived on this place? ]\\\\Ir.\\nSouthwick and his father have made great\\nchanges for the better since it came into their\\npossession, and are still improving it. It is\\nnow stocked with milch cows, which furnish a\\nlarge portion of the village with milk.\\nMr. Southwick is interested in farming more\\nfrom the fact, than any other, that he discovers\\nso much in his work to illustrate geology, chem-\\nistry, zoology, etc. Were it not that he could", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0341.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "268\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfiud, while farming, some time for reading and\\nstudy, he would not be likely to continue it\\nvery long but he so manages as to keep him-\\nself posted in the affairs of the day, and to have\\nthe opportunity of pursuing, more or less, some\\ncourse of history or branch of science. Thus,\\nwhile the hands are at work, the mind has some-\\nthing to do. This renders the employment\\npleasant, for there is consciousness of mental\\ngrowth. By saving the odd moments, Mr.\\nSouthwick has become one of the best-informed\\nmen. He has had considerable to do in town\\nmatters. He is showing how the farmer can\\nbecome a scholar while tilling the soil. He\\nwas born November 8, 1847 so he -is in the\\nprime of life, religious, intelligent, honest, do-\\ning honor to his vocation.\\nAmong the many other good farms which\\ndeserve special mention, and would receive it if\\nspace would permit, are those of Charles Ryan,\\nWilbur F. Wallace, Cyrus F. Greeley, Daniel\\nTown, Rufus S. Frost, George A. Robinson\\nand George L. Fairbanks.\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nMARLBOROUGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (CyH(i \u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bbc\\nSHORT BIOGRAPHIES.\\nRev. Charles Cummings, son of Rev.\\nJoseph and Anna Cummings, was born in Sea-\\nbrook, N. H., September 23, 1777. At the age\\nof two years his parents removed to Marlbor-\\nough, where he passed his childhood. He was\\nmarried in 1798, and settled in Sullivan, and\\nbecame the father of several children, who were\\nan honor to their parents, -among whom is\\nMrs. Elijah Boyden, one of the most amiable,\\ntalented and highly-esteemed women in Marl-\\nborough.\\nIt wais about this time, or a little later, that\\nhe felt impressed that it was his duty to preach\\nthe gospel, as he understood it. He struggled\\nwith his convictions for several years, feeling\\ndeeply his incompetency for the work, having\\nbut a limited education, such as was furnished\\nby the common schools of those early days but\\nfinding no rest for the body or peace for the\\nmind, his strong convictions of duty prevailed.\\nIn 1805 he was licensed to preach by the Bap-\\ntist board of ministers, and received ordination\\nin 1810, in Sullivan, where he formed a church\\nand labored for many years, all or a part of the\\ntime. He was also instrumental in organizing\\nchurches in Keene, Swanzey, Marlborough,\\nPeterborough, Hillsborough, Lyndeborough and\\nAnti im, and preached more or less in other\\ntowns in Sullivan, Hillsborough and Merrimack\\nCounties.\\nIn 1820 he was called to the domestic mis-\\nsionary work. He was truly one of the pio-\\nneers in the ministry. A man of great energy\\nand earnestness, not shrinking from any per-\\nsonal sacrifice for the good of the cause he\\nloved so well and labored so faithfully to sus-\\ntain, nothing but utter inability could deter\\nhim from meeting his appointments, many\\ntimes traveling until late in the night, and\\nthroucrh the scorchins heats and drenchins:\\nrains of summer. He had a strong physic^xl\\nconstitution, which enabled him to endure the\\narduous labors through which he passed.\\nThe following was copied from the Chn stian\\nWatchman and Reflector some time after liis\\ndecease. It is from the pen of Rev. G. Rob-\\nbins, who officiated at his funeral, being at that\\ntime pastor of the Baptist Church in Keene.\\nSpeaking of his succesful labors in the ministry,\\nhe says He was a man of a kind, concilia-\\ntory spirit, humble, prayerful and zealous in\\nevery good work, and he belonged to a class of\\nmen that ought never to be forgotten, that\\nclass which performed the labors and endured\\nthe privations of the pioneers of our cause in\\nthis State After his decease, which occurred\\nin 1849, the Dublin Association, as an expres-\\nsion of regard to his memory, passed the fol-\\nlowing\\nResolved, That his faithful and arduous labors in", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0342.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n269\\nplanting new churches in fields before unoccupied,\\nand breasting the force of opposition commonly inci-\\ndent to such a work, claims from us not only a\\ntribute of high respect, but of affectionate and Chris-\\ntian remembrance and, as life is still spared to us,\\nmay a sense of our increased obligations stimulate\\nus to renewed devotion in the service of our di-\\nvine Master.\\nHe never wrote his sermons but, in the\\nearly years of iiis ministry, he would select a\\ntext of Scripture before going to the field (for at\\nthat time he tilled the soil), and while laboring\\nwith his hands he mentally studied and wrought\\nout his sermons. He had a strong, sympathetic\\nnature, and possessed the power to move and\\nsway his audience to a remarkable degree. It\\nwas no unusual thing to see the congregation\\nbathed in tears. The last few years of his life\\nhe labored in Pottersville, and preached up to\\nthe last Sabbath but one before his death,\\nwhich occurred in Roxbury, N. H., December\\n27, 849, aged seventy-two years.\\nRev. Osgood Herrick, son of Ebenezer\\nand Ivydia (Eaton) Herrick, was born in Marl-\\nItorough, November 19, 1799. He worked upon\\nhis father s farm until the age offifteen, when\\nhe was placed in a store iu Keene, where he\\nremained until he was twenty-one, giving entire\\nsatisfaction to his employers.\\nIn the year 1818, at a time of great religious\\ndeclension, Mr. Herrick and two others became\\nsubjects of the renewing influences of the Holy\\nSpirit, and in the month of July of the same\\nyear united with the Congregational Church iu\\nKeene, under the pastoral care of Rev. L.\\nS. Bastow.\\nSoon after, he felt an ardent desire to become\\nmore extensively useful than he could iu the\\nbusiness in which he was engaged. Accordingly,\\nhe resolved, as soon as t^ircumstanees would al-\\nlow, to prepare himself for the ministry. In\\nthe spring of 1821 he commenced the study ot\\nLatin, and in the fall of 1822 was admitted\\na member of Dartmouth College. As he al-\\nlowed himself but little time for preparation, he\\nentered college under many disadvantages, and\\nconseqently severe study became necessary during\\nhis first collegiate j-ear. It was during this\\nyear that his constitution was impaired and the\\nfoundation of that disease laid which resulted in\\nhis death.\\nIn the autumn of 182() he graduated at\\nDartmouth College, being regarded as one of\\nthe most distinguished of his class. The fol-\\nlowing year he was engaged in teaching in the\\nState of Virginia. In 1827 he became a mem-\\nber of Andover Theological Seminary, where he\\nremained the usual term of three years.\\nOn leaving the seminary he received a unan-\\nimous call to become the pastor of the Congre-\\ngational Church in Milbury, and on the 9th of\\nDecember, 1830, was ordained and installed\\nover that church and society.\\nTen days subsequent he was united in mar-\\nriage to Miss Emily Wilder, of Keene.\\nMr. Herrick was a self-made man. By\\nhis own perseverance he overcame difficulties\\nfrom which most young men would have\\nshrunk. By his industry and economy, he de-\\nfrayed nearly the whole expense of his educa-\\ntion. Diligence and perseverance were among\\nthe most distinguishing traits in his character.\\nHe was never idle. He felt the work of the\\nministry was too great and too important to\\nadmit indolence, and he felt too great an inter-\\nest iu the salvation of men and the honor of his\\nDi\\\\ ine Master to be discouraged by any diffi-\\nculties that were surmotintable.\\nMr. Herrick s talents were more useful than\\nsplendid. He excelled rather in a clearness of\\nmind than brilliancy of imagination. His\\nviews were .seldom confused or his conceptions\\nfeeble on any subject to which he directed his\\natteution. He was a man of sound, practicable\\nwisdom. He formed his opinions on subjects\\nafter taking a comprehensive view of their va-\\nrious bearings, and generally with such preci-\\nsion as not to have occasion to change. He was\\nalso a man of firmness of purpose, did not\\nform any plan of action without careful exami-\\nnation and a conviction of dutv but, when his", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0343.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "270\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nconclusions were formed, he was not waver-\\ning, aQtl only on the presentation of weighty\\nreasons did he desire to change. Cautious to\\nresolve, convinced he was right, he firmly, and\\nwith all the energies of his soul, executed his res-\\nolutions.\\nHis mind was well balanced and his facul-\\nties were not only well proportioned, but culti-\\nvated in due symmetry. As a preacher of\\nDivine truth, Mr, Merrick was clear, instruc-\\ntive, energetic and expressive. He never aimed,\\nin the solemn work of preaching the gospel,\\nmerely to amuse the fancy or gratify a fastidi-\\nous taste, but to enlighten the mind, arouse the\\nconscience, affect the heart and save the soul.\\nHis manner of delivery was earnest and impres-\\nsive; his eloquence, that of clear thought, .sound\\nargument and ardent feeling. As a pastor, he\\nwas devoted and laborious, ever ready to coun-\\nsel the afflicted, to instruct the inquirer, to en-\\ncourage and edify the saints as a fi-iend, frank,\\naffectionate and obliging.\\nHe died at Milbury, Mass., March 16, 1837.\\nAsa Geeexwood. Should it be asked to\\nwhom is Marlborough most indebted for its\\nimj)ortaut internal improvements, without hesi-\\ntatancy the reply must be, Asa Greenwood.\\nThough not a native of the town, still, as soon\\nas he took up his abode here, which was in\\n1836, he began to put up stone structures.\\nNearly all the granite buildings and bridges in\\nthis vicinity were erected by him. He was a\\ngenius, and greatly given to mechanical inven-\\ntion. He was remarkable for planning, and\\nexecuting as well. He became skilletl in work-\\ning on wood and stone. He aimed at thor-\\noughness no work of his was slighted.\\nReally, he builded for the ages. For centuries\\nthe generations to come will have the oppor-\\ntunity of looking upon what he conceived and\\nwhat he builded. In 1853 he removed to Illi-\\nnois, where he resided till 1877, when he came\\nto Dummcrstou, Vt., to visit his son, Colonel\\n\\\\V. H. Greenwood, and so, with him. he was\\npermitted to visit Marlborough once more and\\nDublin, his native town and, on his return to\\nhis son s, he sickened and passed away at the\\nripe age of four-score years. His remains were\\nbrought to Marlborough, and his funeral service\\nwas held in the church he built, and he was in-\\nterred in the cemetery which originated with\\nhim. So his ashes rest as he longed to have\\nthem, in Graniteville Cemetery, in the lot he\\nselected and marked with a granite monument,\\nbearing the name Greenwood but his epitaph\\nis written in the hearts of all who knew him\\nin lasting characters, telling of a generous and\\nhonest man, who thought for himself and lived\\nfor others, building better than he knew, by\\nloving God and man.\\nCyrus Wakefield, son of James and\\nHannah (Hemenway) Wakefield, was born in\\nMarlborough February 14, 1811. His father s\\nftirm was included in that territory which, the\\nfollowing year, was set oft to make the town of\\nRoxbury hence the report that he was a\\nnative of Roxbury. The following condensed\\nsketch of his life and character is taken from\\nEaton s History of Wakefield and Reading,\\nMass.\\nHis father s occupation was that of a\\nfarmer, and thus his early associations were\\nconnected with the rugged discipline of a New\\nEngland farm.\\nThe executive and administrative qualities\\nof his mind began to develop very early in\\nlife. There were numberless projects in his\\nbusy child-brain, to the accomplishment of\\nwhich he bent, not only his own, but also the\\nabilities of his brothers.\\nAt an early age he grew restive. Some of\\nhis relatives had gone to othef States, and, at\\ntimes, would return to tell what they had seen\\nand done in the great cities. His father s farm\\nwould seem now too small for his growing\\nambition. The successes of his friends kindled\\nin his own bosom a generous emulation. He,\\ntoo, would try his fortune in the great world\\noutside. He had heard of the fame of Mr.\\nAppleton, of Dublin, who bad emerged from", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0344.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n271\\nobscurity like his own, Init who was then\\nwidely known as a successful and an honorable\\nmerchant. What others had done he could do\\nand he incessantly urged his views upon his\\nfather, who as constantly presented the other\\nand darker side, showing how many who went\\nto the city lost health, time and even chai acter\\nin their pursuit of wealth, and were ultimately\\nol)liged to return in disgrace to their native\\ntowns. But at the age of fifteen years, with\\nhis parents consent, he went to Boston, declar-\\ning that he would achieve success and make a\\nname of which his friends would be proud.\\nArriving in Boston, he at first entered a\\nsmall retail grocery-store of Messrs. Wheeler\\nBassett, on Washington Street, but soon after\\nsecured a clerkship with Messrs. Stearns, Cobb\\nct Winslow, on India Street. While in their\\nemploy he conceived the jjlan of doing busi-\\nness on his own account, since he had some\\ntime at his command not required by his em-\\nployers. His employers gave him the liberty\\nto buy and sell empty barrels and casks. He\\nattended evening schools, both of an academic\\nand mercantile nature; visited the various de-\\nbating societies and churches; observed care-\\nfully the habits of the people listened, so far\\nas his time would allow, to the various courses\\nof scientific lectures, for which his mind had a\\nkeen relish, and thus laid the foundation of\\nwhat general knowledge he possessed.\\nIn 1 8.38 he formed a copartnership with\\nhis younger brother, Enoch H. Wakefield,\\nwhicii lasted until 1844. In the latter part of\\nthis partnership the fortunate sale of some rat-\\ntan, thrown out as refuse from a ship, led to\\nthe foundation of the business which has since\\nmade his name famous all over the world.\\nIn the year 1 8 5\u00c2\u00ab, ]\\\\Ir. Wakefield resolved\\nto begin the manufacture of cane in this coun-\\ntry, and to utilize, so far as possible, the whole\\nof the material.\\nCommencing with a few machines, the in-\\ncrease of business soon compelled his removal\\nto Wakefield, where his manufactories and\\nstore-houses now contain flooring of fifteen\\nacres.\\nAmong the many gifts to the town bearing\\nhis name, the Memorial Hall, costing one hun-\\ndred thousand dollars, stands pre-eminent.\\nMr. Wakefield was a man of iron will and\\nresolute purpose, combined with great physical\\nendurance. Energy, perseverance and an in-\\ndomitable courage in the face of almost in-\\nsu])ei able obstacles were his prominent charac-\\nteristics. He had a keen perception, and re-\\nsults that other men reached by hard thought\\nseemed to intuitively come to him. He knew\\nhuman nature thoroughly, and could read a\\nman at a glance. To those who knew him\\nbest he revealed at times a warm, genial and\\ntender nature, though to a stranger he might\\nseem distant. He \\\\vas charital)le, giving not\\nonly in large sums to public enterprises, but\\ncheering the hearts of the poor with his gener-\\nous gifts. Many students struggling for an\\neducation remember with gratitude his timely\\naid. As a merchant, he was shrewd, industri-\\nous, persistent and careful in the details of his\\nbusiness. His character and deeds are thus\\nepitomized in the resolutions adojrted by his\\nfellow-citizens on the evening after his death:\\nThe valuable citizen, the prosperous merchant,\\nthe progressive leader in ornamental and architectural\\nimprovements, the friend and helper of education,\\nthe chief promoter of our local industrial pursuits,\\nour munificent namesake, whose numerous and gen-\\nerous benefactions will remain his enduring mem-\\norials.\\nMr. Wakefield died very suddenly on Sab-\\nbath morning, October 26, 1873, at the age of\\nsixty-two years and eight months.\\nRev. Cyrus Stone, son of Shubael and\\nPolly (Rogers) Stone, was born in Marlborough\\nJune 9, 1793. Became a professing Christian\\nat nineteen years of age, and remained a far-\\nmer up to the age of tw^enty four years. His\\nattention being then turned to the condition of\\nthe pagan world, he determined, after mature\\ndeliberation, to devote himself to the preaching\\nof the gospel among the heathen.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0345.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "272\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHe speut a year and a half at the Kimball\\nUnion Academy, Meriden, after wliicli he en-\\ntered Dartmouth in 1818, graduating in the\\nclass of 1822.\\nI*ossessed tif little means and receiving but\\nslight help from othei s, he mainly supported\\nhimself, botli in his preparatory and through\\nhis collegiate course, by his own exertions,\\nlaboring on the farm in summer, and in winter\\nteaching in Fitzwilliam, Westminster, Vt.,\\nand other places.\\nHis influence in college and in all these places\\nof temporary labor was decidedly felt as a\\nChristian M orker. After graduating at Dart-\\nmouth he at once entered Andover Theolog-ical\\nSeminary, graduating thence in the class of 1825.\\nIt being deemed l)y the American Board\\ndesirable that their male missionaries to India\\nat that time should be possessed of some med-\\nical knowledge, he spent the autumn of the\\nsame year at Hanover, N. H., in attendance on\\nmedical lectures. Early in 1826 he continued his\\nmedical studies at the Harvard Medical School,\\nspending the year in their prosecution as well\\nas in the performance of a large amount of re-\\nligious work in Boston and vicinity. During\\nthis year he was united in marriage to Miss\\nAtossa Frost, daughter of Col. Joseph and\\nZilpha (Roberts) Frost, of his native town, and\\nwith her sailed from Boston for Bombay in the\\nship Emerald Captain Heard on the 7th\\nof May, 1827, arriving safely in India in Sep-\\ntember of the same year. In 1841, after four-\\nteen years service, he was compelled, by the\\nstate of his own as well as his wife s health, to\\nreturn to America. He preached at various\\ntimes in Bingham, Me., Harwich, Saugus, and\\nEast Bridgewater, Mass., and then located\\nfor several years in Melrose, Mass., seven miles\\nfrom Boston, and engaged in the publication of\\nthe Iloihcr s Assistant and Happy Home,\\nmonthly magazines of a religious character,\\nand of books of a similar kind for families.\\nHis final work, however, was in the ministry.\\nHe was instrumental in founding and provid-\\ning with a permanent house a church in\\nBeechwood, a portion of Cohasset, Mass.; and\\nhe was called to be the pastor of the flock he had\\ngathered.\\nHere he died on the 19th of July, 1867.\\nJairus B. Collins, M.D., son of Samuel\\nand Lydia (Mathews) Collins, was born in\\nMarlborough April 21, 1794. He studied\\nmedicine with Dr. Ephraim K. Frost, of this\\ntown, and at the completion of his studies, in\\n1822, he removed to Londonderry, Vt., where\\nhe was a successful physician up to the time of\\nhis death, which occurred February 3, 1851.\\nJeremiah Stone, ]\\\\I.D., son of Shubel and\\nPolly (Rogers) Stone, was born in Marlborough\\nNovember 2, 1798. He graduated at t)art-\\nmouth Medical College December, 1825. He\\ncommenced the practice of medicine in Tops-\\nfield, Mass., January 6, 1826, and remained\\nthere eleven years. Finding a country prac-\\ntice, with its long and tiresome rides, was im-\\npairing his health, he removed to New Bedford,\\nand thence to Provincetown, Mass., in 1864,\\nwhere he remained until his death, with the ex-\\nception of two years spent in Chatham.\\nIn town affairs he ever took an active inter-\\nest, endeavoring to build up the place and ren-\\nder it truly prosperous. Foremost in all good\\nmovements, he cordially espoused the cause of\\nanti-slavery in its earliest days, when it was\\nunpopular to be an Abolitionist. He was an ar-\\ndent supporter of temperance, and an earnest\\nworker in the Congregational Church, of which\\nhe had been a member since 1814. He was an\\nhonorary member of the Massachusetts Medi-\\ncal Society. He was intolerant of quackery in\\nevery form and strict in his views of profes-\\nsional etiquette. Prompt in decision, self-reli-\\nant in the emergencies of his profession, he in-\\nspired and retained confidence in his skill.\\nThough often abrupt in his manners, yet be-\\nneath was a warm heart that beat in sympathy\\nwith the needy and oppressed. Earnest in his\\nconvictions, decided in his opinions and cheer-\\nful in his disposition, he carried the elasticity of", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0346.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n273\\nyouth into the last years of his advanced life.\\nTall and erect, of powerful presence, he in-\\nspired with hope the sick who sought his aid.\\nTo a naturally buoyant spirit was added the\\nsustaining power of a strong and earnest religious\\nfaith, that made belief to him a bright and clear\\nreality. He died April 23, 1875.\\nTimothy L. Laxe, M.D., son of John and\\nMary (Livingstone) Lane, was born in Marl-\\nborough September 1, 1800. He studied med-\\nicine with Dr. Batcheller. Attended school\\nfirst at Groton, Mass., afterwards at Hanover,\\nN. H., where he graduated in medicine in 1824.\\nHe located first at Sullivan, in 1825; removed\\nto Lunenberg, Vt., in 1832 remained there\\nuntil 1834, when he went to Gilsum, N. H.,\\nwhere he lived until 1838 from thence to\\nDaysville, 111. practiced medicine there till\\n1841, and then removed to Fillmore, 111., and\\ncontinued the practice of his profession until\\nhis death, September 4, 1849.\\nRev. William C. Whitcomb, son of Dea-\\ncon Simeon and Sally (Lincoln) Whitcomb, was\\nl)orn in Marlborough February 9, 1820. He\\nwas in his childhood singularly dutiful to his\\nparents, nev^er requiring discipline to enforce\\ntheir commands and in mature years was\\never anxious, according to his means, to pro-\\nmote their welfare. He received from them a\\nreligious training, and in 1837 united with the\\nCongregational Church in this town.\\nHe pursued his literary and classical course\\nat the academies in Jaffrey, Troy and Ashby.\\nHe earned his money to attend them by teach-\\ning, always living in the most economical\\nway.\\nHe studied theology at Gilmauton Theo-\\nlogical Seminary, completing his course in\\n1847, at which time he was licensed to preach.\\nHe received several calls to settle in New\\nHampshire, but declined, as he wished to ob-\\ntain further help for his work by attending the\\nlectures of Professor Park, in Andover Theo-\\nlogical Seminary. He remained at Andover\\ntwo years as a licentiate student.\\n18\\nMay 1, 1851, he was ordained pastor of the\\nchurch in Stoneham, Mass. May 1, 1852, he\\nwas married to Miss Harriet L. Wheeler, of\\nConcord, Mass. In August, 1855, he was dis-\\nmissed from the church in Stoneham, after\\nwhich he labored with the churches in Globe\\nvillage (South bridge), in North Carver and in\\nLynnfield Centre, all in Massachusetts.\\nHe received a commission as chaplain of the\\nUnited States Hospital at Newbern, N. C,\\nwhich bears the signature of Abraham Lincoln\\nand Edward M. Stanton, dated July 5, .1862,\\nwhich he held to the time of his death. His\\nlabors in Newbern, Portsmouth and Morehead\\nCity, N. C, were very abundant and interest-\\ning, and continued two and one-fourtli years.\\nIn the summer of 1864 he came home on a\\nfurlough of some length. In September he\\nreturned to meet the sad effects of the yellow\\nfever, brought treacherously by the enemy to\\nour soldiers. Soon after his return he was\\nattacked with malarial fever, and, before he\\nhad fully recovered, was taken with acute\\nbronchitis, from the efifects of which he died at\\nthe hospital in Morehead City, October 29,\\n1864.\\nMr. Whitcomb s character was strong-lv\\nmarked, and he possessed many excellencies.\\nHe had an untiring activity, always doing with\\nhis might what Km hands found to do. He\\nwas in a remarkable degree frank and out-\\nspoken, being incapable of disguise and know-\\ning little of concealment. But for nothing was\\nhe more distinguished than for a warm, lovins:\\nCD c\\nheart. He set a value on friends, and was true\\nin his friendships. That he had a devoted\\nattachment to his family is seen in the fact\\nthat, when absent on his chaplaincy, his general\\npractice was to write to tliem daily. He was a\\ndecided Congregationalist, but loved all Christ s\\ndisciples of every name union among Chris-\\ntians being a favorite theme. He cherished an\\naffectionate remembrance of his native town, in\\nevidence of which may be mentioned the gift\\nof a bell for the school-house in the village a", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0347.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "274\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nshort time before his death. He loved the\\nslave and the colored race, and from an early\\nage was ever ready, according to his ability, to\\naid the cause of emancipation.\\nFrom the outbreak of the slaveholders re-\\nbellion he took a lively interest in the struggle\\nand that he was able with so much cheerfulness\\nto sejjarate himself from a family he loved so\\nwell may be taken as evidence of true patri-\\notism\\nMr. Whitcomb had qualities of mind and\\nheart which could not fail to render him popu-\\nlar and useful as a pastor. Much good, we are\\nassured, was accomplished by his labors in\\nconnection with the churches to which he min-\\nistered. But his active temperament and\\nhabits, his self-forgetfulness in his zeal to do\\ngood, his sympathy with the suifering, his\\ncheerfulness, and readiness with thoughts and\\nwords for every occasion, seemed to fit him\\nespecially for the labors to which he was devoted,\\nas hospital chaplain; and much was he loved\\nby those who were the objects of his beneficent\\nlabors.\\nMr. Whitcomb was a pleasant newspaper\\ncorrespondent. As an author, he published two\\nvolumes of original and selected matter in prose\\nand poetry to comfort the bereaved. Although\\nhe fell in his prime, still he has left a full and\\nuseful life.\\nDuNX AN Abel Baker was born April 8,\\n1797. Like most lads in this town at that\\nearly day, he was brought up on a farm. He\\npossessed a good constitution, was athletic and\\nenergetic and seldom failed to accomplish the\\nobject of his desire. His educational advan-\\ntages were mainly limited to the district school,\\nwhich at that period was much less efficient\\nthan now. These advantages, however, were\\nwell improved, and he became one of the best\\nand most advanced scholars in his district.\\nHaving mastered the branches taught in the\\ndistrict school, he was sent to an academy in\\nNew Salem, Mass., where he studied one term\\nand then commenced teaching. For several\\nyears he taught school in the winter, and as-\\nsisted his father on the farm in the summer.\\nAs a teacher, he was very successful, and his\\nservice.= were sought by the best and most de-\\nsirable school districts.\\nHe married April 18, 1821, and located upon\\na farm in the adjoining town of Troy, and de-\\nvoted his attention to agriculture. His admir-\\nable qualities of head and heart were soon recog-\\nnized by his fellow-citizens, and he became one\\nof the leading men of the town. His sound\\njudgment, practical wisdom and general intelli-\\ngence fitted him for any position in the com-\\nmunity, and he was consequently elected at dif-\\nferent times to almost all the civil offices in the\\ntown. He served the town some fifteen years\\nas selectman, the most of the time as chairman\\nof the board, and represented it in the Legis-\\nlature of the State in the years 1840-42.\\nIn all the public positions he was called to\\nfill he was faithful and honest, and none of his\\nconstituents ever had reason to feel that they\\nhad misplaced their confidence.\\nHe did a large amount of business in the set-\\ntlement of estates. His ability and familiarity\\nwith the law fitted him for civil practice. After\\na long and useful life he died, September 26,\\n1878, calmly, and in the full assurance of a\\nglorious immortality.\\nOsgood Collester opened his eyes upon\\nlife in this town February 12, 1815. He was\\nborn a singer and musician. He was the\\nyoungest of twelve children of Samuel and Si-\\nlence Collester. He spent his boyhood on his\\nfather s farm and his youth in his brother\\nCharles shoe-shop. Becoming of age, he still\\nworked at the shoe-bench, having become a\\nskilled craftsman. It should be stated that he\\nenjoyed fair advantages at the common schools,\\nbut, from his childhood, he exhibited remark-\\nable musical talent. It was as natural for him\\nto sing as for the lark. His voice was as melo-\\ndious as the nishtino-ale s his ear was correct\\nas to time, pitch and harmony. He began\\nearly to play the violin. At about the age of", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0348.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n275\\ntwenty-five he commenced to give instruction\\nin vocal music in his native town, and to lead\\nthe choir in the old church on the hill. Step\\nl)v step lie continued to advance, till demands\\nwere made upon him to teach singing-schools\\nin and out of town. He was gifted with re-\\nmarkable aptness and ability to instruct. As\\nsoon as he was financially able, he put himself\\nunder the tuition of Lowell Mason and other\\ndistinguished teachers and composers of music.\\nAfter this he devoted himself entirely to teach-\\ning and the study of music. He became an\\nefficient pianist as well as violinist. He sung\\nfor a series of years, on the Sabbath, in churches\\nat Winchendon, Worcester and Fitchburg,\\nMass. He composed many popular pieces of\\nmusic and compiled several singing-books. He,\\nby his own efforts, deservedly won the title\\nProfessor of Music. He was truly popular\\nas an instructor in Teachers Institutes in\\nMassachusetts and New Hampshire. He died\\nin 1873, with the high reputation of being\\nMarlborough s foremost son in the divine art of\\nmusic.\\nRev. Luther Wiswall was born in Marl-\\nborough, January 9,1801. He early developefl\\na thirst for knowledge, but had only limited\\neducational privileges, having simply the ad-\\nvantages of common schools till he was seven-\\nteen years of age, after which time he attended\\ntwo terms at an academy, and pursued his\\nstudies at home as he had opportunity.\\nIn 1822, Mr. Wiswall united with the\\nCongregational Church. His activity in the\\nchurch led to his election as deacon, and he\\nalso superintended the Sabbath-school for\\nseveral years. In studying the Scriptures, to\\nqualify himself for the duties of his office,\\nhe liecame interested in study for its own sake,\\nand the thought often arose that he would like\\nto preach the gospel.\\nIn 1829 he purchased a small farm, and the\\nfollowing year married and settled down in life\\nas a farmer. But his mind was not at ease,\\nand four vears later he sold his farm and\\nstock, removed to Maine and entered the serai-\\nnary at Bangor, where he was graduated in\\n1836.\\nThe following year he was settled as pastor\\nof the churches in Brooks and Jackson, Me.\\nHere he labored very acceptably for four years,\\nwhen he removed to Windham, in the same\\nStiite, where he spent the remainder of liLs days.\\nMr. Wiswall s intellectual structure was of a\\nmarked character. He had great mental\\nacuteness, was profoundly logical and of\\nsound judgment. He was also a sound theolo-\\ngian, and an able defender of the faith once\\ndelivered to the saints. Nor did he belong to\\nthat class of preachers who think it unprofit-\\nable to preach the doctrines, the great vital\\ntruths of the gospel. He regarded them as\\nthe teachings of Infinite wisdom, fitted to the\\nspiritual wants of men of all ages, countries\\nand climes, and as the power of God unto\\nsalvation to all who conlially receive them.\\nSocially, Mr. Wiswall was one of the most\\ngenial and companionable of men. A quiet\\nwit, guided by strong common sense, added\\nmuch to the pleasure of social intercourse with\\nhim.\\nOn the first Sabbath in March, 1885, he\\npreached his last sermon and administerefl the\\nsacrament of the Lord s Supper, and during\\nthat service informed the people that he felt\\nthat it was the last time he should ever be with\\nthem on such an occasion, as he was growing\\nmore weak and feeble every day. And in this\\nhe was not mistaken, for only two weeks from\\nthat day he entered into that rest which re-\\nmains for the people of God. Though late in\\nentering the ministry, he lived to preach the\\ngospel forty-seven years.\\nJairi s Collins. New Hampshire would\\nnot be the Switzerland of America were it not\\nfor her granite hills, lofty heights, deep dells\\nand hard soil. If she has not been remarkable\\nfor growing corn, she has been for producing\\nmen. There is something favorable in her\\nclimate and atmosphere to yielding full harvests", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0349.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "276\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof rugged human characters. If they arc\\nlikc lv to be somewhat liard and rough, it is in\\na good sense, showing power of endurance and\\nof overcoming tlic greatest difficulties. The\\nsubject before us is a good illustration of the\\ngranite stock. He was of hardy origin and\\ngood blood. He was brought np to push for\\nhimself and he did push, whether sawing\\nwood, or laying stone wall, or studying\\nColburn s arithmetic, or mastering Murray s\\ngrammar. He had a mind of his own and was\\nbound to use it. He made the most he could\\nout of his early school advantages, which were\\nderived from the district school and from a\\nshort time in the academy. He seemed resolved\\nupon becoming a teacher in the public schools\\nand before he was of age he made his first trial,\\nand with success, which was the beginning of a\\nlong series of terms in town and out of town.\\nHe soon earned the reputation of being a\\nthorough teacher. It appeai-s as though\\nmore than half of the active men and women\\nin town now were once his scholars.\\nHe has been and is still a thorough Marl-\\nboroughite. He has been connectetl, more or less,\\nwitli jiulilic affairs for the la.st forty yeai-s; per-\\nhaps, no other man more so. He is now sixty-\\neight yeai s of age, his birth having occurred\\nApril 13, 1816. He has been called to fill all\\nthe leadinsi officers in town from tliat of mod-\\nerator to that of legislator. For many years he\\nhas served on the School Board. He has held\\nthe office of justice of the peace since 1852. He,\\nno doubt, lias written more wills, settled more\\nestates and done more probate business than any\\nother one in town.\\nHe has been a workman at almost any craft\\n80 he has been one of the most useful men in\\nthe village and town to do little and great jobs\\nwhen peculiar tact and skill were required. He\\nis noted for being accommodating. He has\\nserved as sexton for many years.\\nHe has strong religious convictions and has\\nbeen ready to make sacrifices in their behalf.\\nHe was the prime mover and donor in building\\nthe parsonage and improving the church edifice\\nof the Universalist Society. He long acted as\\nSunday-school superintendent and is still most\\nloyal to his church. He is a stanch temper-\\nance worker and tobacco hater. He is a man\\nthat wants his way, because he feels it is right\\nstill, he is kind, obliging and evidently desirous\\nto help all. It can be said of him, he is a use-\\nful man.\\nNelson Conveese, born October 10, 1810,\\nmarried Sally M. Jones, September 10, 1829.\\nHis mother dying when he was but four years\\nof age, he was placed in the family of a sister,\\nwhere he remained until grown to manhood.\\nSoon after his marriage he removed to Newport,\\nVt., and loaited on a farm. Two years later\\nhe returned to Marlborough and engaged in the\\nmill business in company with his brother Gil-\\nman. Losing their mill by fire soon after\\ncommencing business, he then turned his atten-\\ntion to book-making for a short time; but, find-\\ning the business not sufficiently remunerative,\\nhe gave it up, and became interested in the man-\\nufacture and sale of trusses and supporters,\\nwhich business he continued until the comple-\\ntion of the Cheshire Railroad, wlien he was ap-\\npointetl station-agent at the Marlborough station.\\nSubsequently he was transferred to the station\\nat Bellows Falls but, finding the position an\\nundesirable one to occupy, he gave it up and\\nreturned to Marlborough, and purchased the\\nresidence in the village which he still occupies.\\nHe then engaged in the stone-quanying busi-\\nness, which he continued on his o\\\\vn account,\\nand as agent for othere, for many years, in the\\nmean time purchasing and improving consid-\\nerable real estate.\\nHis first wife dying in 1872, in 1873 he\\nmarried, for his second, Mrs. Fannie M. Ever-\\nett, of Fitzwilliam for the last ten years he\\nh;is kept a public-house for the accommcxlation\\nof travelers, but has sold no intoxicating liq-\\nuors.\\nBeing a person of an active and sanguine\\nte.nperament in early life, he naturally took the", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0350.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n277\\nlead in all enterprises of a public character.\\nHi.s military career commenced at the age of\\nsixteen. In 1838, through liis instrumentality\\nprobably more than that of any other individ-\\nual, the Marlborough Cadet Company was or-\\nganized, uniformed and equipped. He soon\\nbecame its commander, antl from thence rose to\\nthe command of tlie Twelfth Regiment of the\\nNew Hampsiiire militia Re-entering the ranks\\nagain, he attained the position of major-general\\nof the Third Division of the New Hampshire\\nState Militia. Soon after the breaking out of\\nthe Rebellion, in the spring of 1861, he com-\\nmenced a weekly drill of all citizens of the\\ntown wlio chose to assemble for that purpose,\\nthus preparing them for the duties of actual\\nservice, in case they were called for. In the\\nautumn of that year he was appointed colonel\\nof the Sixth Regiment of New Hampshire\\nVolunteers. The regiment was organized at\\nKeene, and left there in December for Wash-\\nington, and from there was sent to Cajie Hat-\\nteras. In consequence of severe and chronic\\nindisposition, he was obliged to relinquish the\\nactive duties of the field, and, instead of asking\\nfor a furlough and continuing under pay from\\nthe government, he adopted the less selfish\\ncourse, and resigned his commission at once.\\nHe has officiated as moderator in town-meet-\\nings for many years has held the office of se-\\nlectman for three years, declining to serve again\\nwhen elected he represented the town two\\nyears in the Legislature, was county commis-\\nsioner for three years, and one of the building\\ncommittee for erecting the present court-house\\nat Keene. He has also held the office of deputy-\\nsheriff for six years, and was twice unanimously\\nnominated by the county delegation for the\\noffice of sheriff of the county, but declined ac-\\ncepting it, and has held the coiiiniission of jus-\\ntice of the peace for thirty years. In all these\\n]30sitions his rect)rd has been an honorable one\\nto himself and creditable to the town.\\nAs a citizen and neighbor, his sympathies are\\nalways with those in trouble, and, conse-\\nquently, his counsel and advice are oftcner so-\\nlicited, perhaps, than those of any other indi-\\nvidual in town.\\nEdwix Davis, son of Jonah and Sarah\\n(AVilkinson) Davis, was born May 8, 1821,\\nunder favorable circumstances. His ancestry\\nreaches back to the first settlers of New Eng-\\nland. His father was a man of mental\\nstrength, good judgment, and emulous to do\\ngood as he had opportunity. His mother wa.s\\na woman of remarkably good common sense\\nand generous feeling. They were both desir-\\nous to make the most possible of their only\\nchild. So Edwin was fortunately cared for in\\nhis early childhood, and at a suitable age was\\nsent to the district school. Being of a genial\\ndisposition and full of fun, he was very much\\nof a favorite among his school-mates. He\\nalways stood well in his classes. Having mas-\\ntered to some extent the common branches, he\\nleft home at the age of fourteen, to attend Mel-\\nville Aiademy, in Jaffrey. Now, for several\\nyears, he spent most of his time in academies,\\npursuing the sciences, mathematics, English and\\nclassical literature. At the age of seventeen\\nhe taught his first school, in Swanzey, N. H.\\nThough a mere boy, he proved himself able to\\ninstruct and govern young men and women who\\nwere his seniors. For a numl)er of successive\\nwinters he taught with commendable success.\\nAfter this he decided to study for the ministry,\\nand entered upon his theological course under the\\ndirection of Rev. William N. Barber, and after-\\nwards continued it under the tuition of Rev.\\nC. Woodhouse. He was ordained to the work\\nof the gospel ministry at the annual s ssion of\\nthe New Hampshire Convention of Univcrsal-\\nists at Winchester, June 19, 1845. His first\\nstated engagement to preach was in his native\\ntown, where his labors were crowned with suc-\\ncess. In 1845 he removed to Richmond, N. 11.,\\nwhere he remained some five ye irs, living in\\nsight of the birth-place of Hosea Ballou, and\\npreaching in the meeting-house in which that\\ngifted one had proclaimed the gospel of glad", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0351.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "278\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntidings. In 1850 he changed his location to\\nHinsdale, N. H., taking charge of the Universal-\\nist society there, and preaching some part of the\\ntime in West Brattleborough and Vernon, Vt.,\\nin Northfield, Mass., and West Swanzey, N. H.\\nDuring his settlement here he taught several\\nselect schools and devoted considerable time to\\novei-seeing the public schools. On account of\\nthe death of his father, which occurred on the\\n24th of March, 1856, he went to Marlborough\\nthat same year to reside, for the purpose of aid-\\ning his bereaved mother and settling his father s\\nestate. Being earnestly solicited, he made an en-\\ngagement with the society there for the second\\ntime to su])ply them with preaching for the year.\\nIn the spring of 1857 he settled in Paper-\\nMill village, Alstead, N. H., where he re-\\nmained four years, having a very successful\\nministry, still proving himself a most devoted\\nfriend to the cause of education.\\nIn 1861 he had a call to settle in Methuen,\\nMass., which he accepted. He had already-\\nspent some twenty years in the ministry, living\\nall the while in his native county. In this new\\nfield of labor he made many warm friends, and\\nserved well the society as a faithful, religious\\nteacher. After laboring three years in Methuen,\\nhe located in West Acton, ]\\\\Iass., where he or-\\nganized two societies, one in West and the other\\nin South Acton. He faithfully ministered to\\nthese societies for seven j ears, being instrumen-\\ntal in having a good church edifice built in the\\nWest village, and preparing the way for an-\\nother to be built in the South village.\\nDuring the centenary year of Universalism\\nin America he was employed by the New\\nHampshire State Convention to take the lead\\nin raising her quota of money for the ^Murray\\nfund. In this enterprise he accomplished all\\nthat could rightfully be expected. In Decem-\\nber of 1870 he accepted a call, and settled in\\nCanton, Mass., where he has continued for\\nnearly nine yeai s. During this charge, he has\\nbeen employed a portion of two years by the\\nMassachusetts Universalist Convention as finan-\\ncial agent of that body to raise money, and has\\nbeen successful in securing more than ten\\nthousand dollars. Few men are better adapted\\nto solicit money for a good cause than Mr.\\nDavis. The people feel at once, as he makes\\nan appeal, that he is strictly honest and believes\\nheartily in his cause.\\nAs a writer, Mr. Davis style is direct,\\nsmooth, and somewhat florid. His sermons are\\nquite methodical, and so illustrated as to render\\nthem plain and interesting. His published\\narticles have been full of good thought, clearly\\nand tastefully expressed.\\nHe seldom speaks publicly without special\\npreparation, and so he speaks because he has\\nsomething to say. In manner, he is affable,\\nwithout the least ostentation or affectation. His\\nvoice is expressive of a good head and heart.\\nAs a reformer, his trumjiet has given no un-\\ncertain sound. He has always been a bold ad-\\nvocate of freedom and temperance.\\nMr. Davis is very much devoted to his fam-\\nily, consisting of a wife, a daughter and two\\nsons, one of whom graduated in 1878 from the\\nMedical School of Boston University, is now a\\npracticing physician in Quincy, Mass., and the\\nother is a graduate from Tufts College and\\nBoston Dental College, and is now a successful\\ndentist in Boston.\\nMr. Davis never repels, but draws others to-\\nward him so he is a welcome servant of the\\nLord at the bridal altar, in tiie sick-room or in\\nthe place of deepest sorrow. Marlborough is\\nthe better for his being one of her native sons,\\nand the world is better because he is livino; in it.\\nHexry p. Tenxey was born in this town\\nDecember 26, 1830. He was next to the young-\\nest of five children one daughter and four\\nsous of Calvin and Tabitha Baker Tenney.\\nHis father was a man of ability, and his mother\\na woman of sterling character. So, with good\\nblood coursing his veins, and with an almost\\nperfect physique, he started out on life s pil-\\ngrimage under favorable auspices. His early\\nhome was close by the foot of the old Monadnock.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0352.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n279\\nSo, beauty, picturesqueness and sublimity en-\\ncompassed liim. Gifted witli a sunny tempera-\\nment and a fondness for the beautiful, he revel-\\ned in his boyhood with delight in the varied\\nscenery about him. The hills and vales and\\nstreams and lakes enchanted him. He had not\\nlived long before he knew what hard work\\nmeant, for his father was a farmer and tavern-\\nkeeper, and was not troubled to find enough ftjr\\nthe boys to do. However, he wanted to have\\nthem in school when it kept, and was willing\\nthey should have seasons of recreation. Now,\\nwith Henry, when it was work, it was work,\\nand when it was play, it was play he was not\\nwont to do things by halves. When the stint\\nwas done or the time for recreation was at hand,\\nhow he would hie away to the brooks, the ponds\\nor mountains, bound to have a good time and\\nsure to do his part in bringing it about! His\\ndark eyes would seem to scan everything, and\\nhis eager mind would take it all in. Ah how\\nhe enjoyed fun How he would joke and laugh,\\nand yet was tender of the feelings of others\\nHe developed into a noble-looking youtli, with\\na prominent forehead, a large, dark eye, and\\nrosy cheeks. He was full of vigor and good\\ncheer. Whether acting the soldier, hoeing corn,\\nfishing for pickerel or spelling in school, he was\\nambitious to excel. He early exhibited a fond-\\nness for learning, making the most of his oppor-\\ntunities. As Henry advanced into his teens his\\nparents plainly saw that he was not to be kept\\non the farm for a life employment. By the\\ntime he had seen a decade and a half of years he\\nhad exhausted the means of gaining instruction\\nin his own district school. Soon after this he\\nwent from home to attend academies, where he\\nbecame thoroughly fitted for college but now\\nhis eye-sight failed, and he was forced, much to\\nhis regret, to give up his college course. He\\nthen devoted himself for some years to teaching\\nin Mettowee Academy, Pawlet, Vt., then in\\nPeterborough Academy, N. H., and afterwards\\ntaught the select school in Marlborough. In\\nall these schools he was eminently successful.\\nWithdrawing from teaching, he visited the\\nfar West, and on his return he remained in town\\nfor awhile, filling various offices of trust. In\\n1862 he settled in East Jaffrey, N. H., as\\nclerk in the office of the cotton manufactory of A.\\nBaseom Co., where he continued for six years,\\nmanaging the business for the most part. In 1868\\nhe went to Orange, where he entered into mer-\\ncantile trade, and continued up to the time of\\nhis death. However, he did not confine liimsclf\\naltogether to his store for he still took a deep\\ninterest in the cause of education, and served as\\na most valuable member on the School Board\\nfor some ten vears. Besides this, he was one of\\nthe founders of Orange National Bank and of\\nthe Savings Bank, and has been a trustee of the\\nformer from its inception, and president of the\\nlatter for some years. In all these offices he\\nproved himself a careful, discerning, trusty and\\nstrictly reliable man. He was a Mason of high\\ndegree, having passed through the different\\nchairs up to the highest, with honor to himself\\nand credit to the order. It can be said of him\\nthat he loved the craft and lived its virtues.\\nAs a citizen, he ranked among the foremost,\\nbeing always desirous to improve and advance\\nthe highest interests of his adopted town. He\\nso wrought in its behalf as to leave enduring\\ntestimonials behind him.\\nIn 1858 he was married to Julia Caroline\\nStibbins, of Hinsdale, N. H., a worthy and tal-\\nented woman. Their home has been an ideal\\none, blessing and being blessed. They have\\nreared two sons, one a graduate from Brown\\nUniversity, and the other a clerk in his father s\\nstore.\\nMr. Tenney, by pneumonia, departed this life\\nApril 24,1885, fifty-four yeiu-s old, lamented\\nby all who knew him. Townsmen, school chil-\\ndren, Masonic brethren in throngs all united in\\nhis funeral obsequies, to bury respectfully the\\nmanly form of the noble one whose life proved\\nthat he loved God, home and humanity. It must\\nbe comforting to kin and friends, standing so\\nclose to his transformation, to look back upon", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0353.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "280\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe way that has been made so bright by him\\nwho now reflects only the light of immortality.\\nJohn Quincy Adams McCollester, M.D.,\\nis the son of Silas and Aehsah (Holman)\\nMcCollester. He first saw light in the easterly\\npart of Marlborough, near the Eoxbury line,\\nMay 3, 1831. In March, 1836, the family re-\\nmoved to the village. From the age of four\\nyears to that of ten he attended the district\\nschool, which was usually kept two terms a\\nyear, of eleven weeks each. Intelligent and ac-\\ntive in mind and body, at the age of ten years\\nhe commenced to work in his father s pail\\nmanufactory, and soon exhibited his capability\\nby performing the usual labor of a skilled ar-\\ntisan. His schooling was now limited to the\\nwinter term.\\nIn the autumn of 1846 he attended a select\\nschool in his own village, taught by two broth-\\ners. Ransom N. and Royal H. Porter, and sub-\\nsequently received further instruction in the\\nschools and academies in Fitzwilliam, Walpole,\\nSaxton s River and South Woodstock. He\\nAvas often associated with his brother, Rev. Sul-\\nlivan H. McCollester, as an assistant teacher,\\nand it was under his supervision, mainly, that\\nhe effected his preparation for college. In the\\nwinter of 1818-49, he taught school in the\\nFay Hill District, in Walpole, and enjoyed\\nthe New England experience of boarding\\nround. The doctor frequently alludes to this\\nportion of his life with pleasure. The intelli-\\ngence, application and interest of the scholars in\\ntheir school-work, he represents as unequaled\\nin any school with which he has been acquaint-\\ned. During the two subsequent winters he\\ntaught school in the same district. In 1851, he\\npassed an examination and was admitted to the\\nclass that graduated in 1853 from the Norwich\\nUnivei-sity, at Norwich, Vt. In 1856 he re-\\nceived the degree of A.M. from this institution.\\nAfter completing his academical course he\\nentered the office of Dr. James Batcheller, of\\nhis native town, as a student of medicine. He\\nattended one coui se of medical lectures at the\\nDartmouth Medical School, and for five months\\nin 1855 he was employed as an assistant in the\\nhospital at Deer Island, Boston Harbor. He\\nwent to Philadelphia in October, 1855, attended\\nthe course of lectures deliveretl at the Jefferson\\nMedical College during the winter of 1855\u00e2\u0080\u009456\\nand received the degree of M.D. from this in-\\nstitution in March, 1856.\\nIndustrious and apt as a student, he received\\nhigh markings in all his studies, but preferred\\nmathematics and the exact sciences to literary\\nand classical branches. He has often remarked\\nthat the great latitude, uncertainty and want\\nof precision in the meaning and use of words\\nin literature and the classics have rendered them\\nless congenial to his taste than the study of the\\nsciences.\\nIn May, 1856, he married Miss Sarah E.\\nHazen, of Shirley, Mass., and duriiig the same\\nmonth settled in South Deerfield. During his\\nshort stay in this place he gained the confidence\\nof the people but, concluding that the field was\\ntoo contracted, in November of the same year\\nhe moved to the village of Groton Junction,\\nnow known as Ayer. On the 28th of August,\\n1857, his daughter Anna was born, and on the\\n5th of May, 1858, his happy home was made\\ndesolate by the death of his wife. August 9,\\n1859, occurred his marriage to Georgianna L.\\nHunt, who has borne hira six children, three of\\nwhom now survive.\\nIn May, 1862, he volunteered his services as\\na mediail officer, and was employed as a surgeon\\nin the field and in the hospital during and sub-\\nsequent to the disastrous campaign of McClel-\\nlan on the Peninsula. In November, 1862, he\\nwas commissioned surgeon of the Fifty-third\\nRegiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and was\\non duty with the regiment during its active\\nservice in Louisiana.\\nHe was mustered out at the expiration of the\\nterm of service of the regiment, September 2,\\n1863. As a medical officer he gained the con-\\nfidence of his superiors in rank and was re-\\ngarded as able and efficient.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0354.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n281\\nAt the conclusion of his military service he\\nresumed his practice at Groton Junction. He\\nwas appointed examining surgeon for United\\nStates invalid pensioners in 1864, which office\\nhe held till 1876, when pressure of j^rofessional\\nduties obliged him to retire from his j^osi-\\ntion.\\nDr. McCollester has never been a political\\naspirant nevertheless, he has always been alive\\nto all matters of social interest. He served\\nseven years on the board of school committee\\nof Groton, and two years in the same capacity\\nin Harvard, in which town he has resided\\nsince April, 1869. He is a charter member of\\nCaleb Butler Lodge of A. F. and A. Masons,\\nand is one of its Past Masters.\\nAs a physician, giftsd with senses remarka-\\nbly acute, delicate of touch, quick and keen in\\nobservation, taking in the physiognomy of dis-\\nease, reading understandingly books, men and\\nthings, his judgment, correct and rapid, appears\\nas if produced by intuition.\\nProbably the most reliable guage of a phy-\\nsician s ability is his reputation with his profes-\\nsional brethren. Many who stand high in pub-\\nlic esteem as medical men speak very highly of\\nDr. McCollester s professional abilities and\\nwere it not for his attachment to his friends,\\nwhich has confined him to a laborious but not\\nvery remunerative practice, he might easily\\nhave found a larger field for his talents, better\\ncompensation, less jihysical and mental wear,\\nand time for scientific study.\\nAs a man, his social nature is largely de-\\nveloped and the repeated afflictions he has sus-\\ntained in the death of his children have been\\nvery heavy blows to him. He is aifable and cour-\\nteous to all, and treats the indigent sufferer with\\nthe same kind consideration which he extends\\nto the affluent. He is not wanting in ambition,\\nand desires and appreciates the good-will and\\napprobation of the public. Love of money\\nforms no part of his composition, and, were it\\nnot for the large extent of his practice, he\\nwould be constantly impecunious.\\nI cannot explain anything about it, said\\na sick old lady whom he attended. I cer-\\ntainly thought I should die but when he came\\ninto the room, it was like a flood of sunlight.\\nI could not feel discouraged if I wanted to be.\\nTo this power of awakening hope and inspiring\\ncourage, in the sick and sufiering, Dr. McCol-\\nlester owes no small part of his success.\\nLuther Fakrar, son of Phinehas and\\nLovina (Warren) Farrar, was born in Marl-\\nborough, January 11, 1778. Of his early life,\\nor where he obtained his education, we have\\nnot been informed but, having completed his\\neducation, he chose the law as his profession,\\nand settled in Maine.\\nHe was eminently possessed of all those\\namiable and useful endowments which render\\nman an ornament and a blessing to society. In\\nthe discharge of all the relative duties of life,\\nhe was governed by a fixed determination to do\\nwhat his conscience should dictate to be right.\\nIn his family, mildness, discretion and pru-\\ndence marked his deportment. As a neighbor,\\nhe was urbane and benevolent.\\nThe predominant traits of his professional\\ncharacter were honesty and capability. The\\neffects of religious principle and a correct life\\nwere exemplified by a remarkable composure\\nand patience during a tedious and distressing\\nsickness, and a perfect resignation in death.\\nEarly called off from active professional\\nduties to pine on a bed of sickness and pain, he\\nfound support for several years in the kind at-\\ntentions of his numerous friends and in the con-\\nsolations of religion, until he cheerfully re-\\nsigned his spirit to God, in humble hope of a\\nblessed immortality. He died at Norway, Me.,\\nApril 28, 1812.\\nJoseph C. Mason, son of Clark and Almi-\\nra (Towns) Mason, was born at the old home-\\nstead March 13, 1837. He received a common-\\nschool and aaideraic education, and began his\\ncareer as an educator at quite an early age.\\nLater in life he devoted considerable time to\\nthe study of languages, sciences and advanced", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0355.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "282\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmathematics. He received a legal education\\nat the Law College in Albany, N. Y., and in\\nthe office of Dearborn Scott, distinguished\\nattorneys of Peterborough, N. H. He was\\nadmitted to the bar in September, 1864, at\\nNashua, N. H., at a session of the Supreme Ju-\\ndicial Court. He practiced his profession at\\nMason village (now Greenville), N. H., nearly\\nthree years, and then removed to Missouri,\\nwhere he has for the most part since resided,\\nand devoted his time mainly to educational\\nwork, though still maintaining his connection\\nwith the bar.\\nHe held the office of superintending school\\ncommittee at Mason village, and in 1866 was\\nappointed by the Governor of New Hampshire\\nto the office of common school commissioner\\nof Hillsborough County, and was ex officio\\nmember of the State Board of Education.\\nDuring the war he was an earnest advocate\\nof the Union cause, and contributed to swell the\\nUnion army by delivering patriotic speeches in\\nvarious parts of New England.\\nAfter his removal to Missouri, he held the\\noffice of principal of the Washington Public\\nSchool, St. Louis; superintendent of public\\nschools at Boonville, Carthage and Joplin,\\nwhich last-named position he still holds. He\\nhas been a frequent (contributor to educational\\nand other journals, and has published several\\nquite extended reports growing out of his offi-\\ncial relations.\\nHis work as an educator for several years\\npast has been largely that of an organizer. It\\nmay be added that a large number of teachers\\nhave been specially prepared for this work\\nunder his supervision in the normal depart,\\nmeut of the schools above mentioned.\\nSumner A. Mason, M.D., fifth son of Clark\\nand Almira (Towns) Mason, was born at the\\nold homestead May 23, 1838, where he continued\\nto reside until twenty-one years of age, receiving\\nthe limited common-school education granted\\nto the residents of the farming districts of Marl-\\nborough. He subsequently became a student of\\nSullivan H. INIcCollester, in Westmoreland\\nValley Seminary, until the breaking out of the\\nRebellion.\\nHe says Here allow me to pay a tribute of\\nrespect to my quondam friend and preceptor\\nfor whatever I may owe to other instructors for\\ntheir efforts, or to parents for their moral and\\nreligious training, who, without doubt, laid the\\nfoundation of character, it was he who first in-\\nspired me with the hope of a professional\\nfuture, that something more than the busy\\nhumdrum of life might be evolved from it. And\\nwhatever success I may gain in my profession,\\nwhatever fresh laurels I may win from new ef-\\nforts, I shall look back upon his counsel and his\\nteachings as upon apples of gold in pictures\\nof silver.\\nHe enlisted with the first three months\\ntroops sent from New Hampshire, as a private\\nin Company A, Cheshire Liglit Guards, as\\nnamed by Captain Barker, which afterward be-\\ncame a part of the Fighting Second. He went\\nfrom Keene to Portsmouth, where the regiment\\nrendezvoused for some weeks, and encamped\\nupon the ground. The exposure, together with\\na severe attack of confluent measles, broke up\\nhis health for a long time, and confined him to\\nthe hospital. While there, suffering from the\\nsecond stage of this disease, the only thing\\nhe can recollect is that he was aroused by an\\nunusual commotion, the sounding of bugles and\\nthe rolling of drums; and when he asked,\\nWhat is that? Colonel H. B. Titus, who had\\ncalled to bid him adieu, replied, That is your\\nregiment going to Washington. Good-bye, old\\nboy. After a partial convalescence, he re-\\nturned home and his brother Charles took his\\nplace, he assuming his.\\nIt was after this that he commenced his pro-\\nfessional studies in his native town, and pur-\\nsued them under difficulties for upwards of one\\nyear, having charge at that time of the home-\\nstead and his widowed mother. The most of\\nhis time during the day was devoted to them,\\nand his nights to study. He then imagined he", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0356.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n283\\ncould rob nature with impunity, and never\\nlieeded the old clock as it rang out forever\\nmore its midnight peal upon the silent air.\\nThe winter of 18(J4-(35 he spent in Philadel-\\nphia, for the purpose of attending medical lec-\\ntures. During the two years and upwards he\\nspent in that city he studied medicine in the\\noffice of Henry T. Child, M.D., 634 Race\\nStreet, a Quaker gentleman of great worth and\\nintelligence, who.se large library was gratuitously\\nopen to him at all times, and whose uniform\\nkindness he will never forget.\\nIn the spring of 18G5 he found himself in\\nneed of rest, and resolved to seek recreation in\\nthe camp of our soldiers, where at least he could\\nhave a little relaxation from mental toil, and at\\nthe same render efficient service to the unfor-\\nnate wounded. For that purpose he visited\\nWashington and Alexandria under the auspices\\nof the Christian Commission, where he was de-\\ntailed to visit the various camps and hospitals\\nin and about those cities. He remained here\\nuntil the 3d of July, when he was ordered to\\nCity Point, Va. Here again he visited the\\nlarge government hospitals and while engaged\\ndistributing store-s, tracts, religious literature,\\netc., he had a rare opportunity of observing the\\ndiffijrent phases of disease, as manifested in a\\nlarge number of patients.\\nCity Point was one of the places designated\\nby the government for the discharge of our sol-\\ndiers, hence was one of the last abandoned by\\nthe Christian Commission. As long as there\\nwas a sufferer, its beneficient hand was stretched\\nforth to alleviate.\\nLet me not, he says, attempt to describe\\nto vou my feelings when the last footfall of the\\nbrave defenders of our Union ceased to re-echo\\nupon my ears; when I watched the last steamer,\\nuntil its form grew spectral, gently gliding\\nfrom those historic shores, bearing upon its\\nbosom the household joys of far-oif homes, leav-\\ning thousands to slumber where erst they walked\\nin all the pride of manhood s bearing. Soon\\nafter the departure of the soldiers from the\\nPoint the Commission was closed up, and its\\neffects turned over to the Freedmen s Bureau.\\nAfter this relapse from constant toil, he spent\\nsome time in visiting the battle-field of Peters-\\nburg, and the line of breastworks between it\\nand City Point. It was while residing here\\nthat he made the acquaintance of his wife, who\\nhad been a nurse in the hospitals, and who, in\\nturn, nursed him. She was the only child of\\nLurad C. Heath, a lineal descendant of General\\nHeath, of New Hampshire and as they jour-\\nneyed together on horseback, the only means of\\nlocomotion over those bloody fields, they con-\\ncluded that the journey of life would be incom-\\nplete unless they traveled together. Miss\\nHeath was seven years his junior, and a gradu-\\nate of Rockland Female Institute. This was a\\nromantic meeting of a descendant of his native\\nState in old Virginia. After a few months\\nresidence on the beautiful banks of the James\\nRiver, he returned to Philadelphia, where,\\nunder the tuition of Dr. Child, he graduated in\\n1868, an allopathic physician.\\nHe practiced only a few months in Philadel-\\nphia, when he removed to New York City,\\nwhere he achieved considerable success during\\nthe ensuing years, and where he still resides.\\nHon. Andrew C. Stone was born in INIarl-\\nborough May 16, 1839. He is a son of the\\nlate Aaron Stone. He was educated in the\\nschools of Marlborough and at Appleton\\nAcademy, at New Ipswich, and Phillips Acad-\\nemy, at Exeter. When a young man he taught\\nschool in Walpole, Keene, New Ipswich and\\nPeterborough. In 1860 he commenced reading\\nlaw at Lawrence, Mass., and continued his studies\\nuntil August, 1862, when he enlisted in the\\nThirty-third Massachusetts Volunteers, and\\nserved three years in the army.\\nIn 1865 he went to Ashtabula, O., and com-\\npleted his law studies with Judge Sherman,\\nbeing admitted to the bar in the spring of 1867.\\nHe at once commenced the practice of law in\\nLawrence, Mass., where he has continued to\\nreside and practice his profession until the", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0357.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "284\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\npresent time. lu 1869 lie married Mary F-\\nHulbert, daughter of Joseph T Hulbert, Esq.,\\nof Ashtabula, O. He has taken great interest\\nin the Grand Army of the Republic, having\\nattended as a delegate the National Encamp-\\nments at Indianapolis, Baltimore and Denver.\\nHe is Past Commander of Post 39, Department\\nof Massachusetts. He is a Knight Templar\\nand Scottish Rite Mason, and Past Master of\\nPhoenician Lodge, in Lawrence. He has been\\ntwice a member of the Common Council of\\nLawrence, and was one year president of that\\nboily. He has served as a member of the\\nMassachusetts Republican State Central Com-\\nmittee. For the years 1880 and 1882 he was\\na member of the Massachusetts Senate, serving\\nupon the committees on the judiciary and rail-\\nroads. He Mas a delegate from his district to\\nthe Republican National Convention in Chicago\\nin 1884, and favored the renomination of Presi-\\ndent Arthur at that time. He has been an\\nextensive traveler, having been largely through\\nthe United States and twice to Europe. He is\\nat present city solicitor of Lawrence, ilass.\\nDaniel B. Woodavard, M.D eldest son of\\nStilman and Eunice (Buttrick) Woodward, was\\nborn in Marlborough, N. H., October 1, 1835.\\nHe- was the eldest of six children, four sons\\nand two daughters, all of whom but one, the\\nyoungest son, are married and still living.\\nMr. Woodward was early instructed to caie\\nfor and cultivate his father s farm, and thereby\\nat an early age was inured to solid physical\\nlabor. He was emphatically a worker in his\\nboyhood. His early education was limited to\\nthe brief terms of the district and select schools\\nof his native town. He early imbibed an ener-\\ngetic inclination to think and study for himself,\\nbeing encouraged by his judicious and strong-\\nminded mother, who had had experience in\\nteaching in the district schools of her native\\ntown and vicinity. His youthful mind waxed\\nstronger and stronger, while laboring on his\\nfather s farm and in the wooden-ware shops\\nnear his home, till he arrived at his majority.\\nwhen he spent two brief terms at Westminster\\nSeminary, Vermont. He was unpretending,\\nstudious and methodical in his attainments,\\nprogressive, persevering, hopeful and bound to\\nsucceed.\\nHe commenced his professional studies under\\nthe efficient instructions of Dr. Samuel A.\\nRichardson, of Marlborough. While pursuing\\nhis studies, not being unmindful of his duty\\nwhen his country called, he enlisted in her\\nservnce, and spent three successive years in a\\ncause that lay near to his heart, his country s\\nfreedom.\\nDuring this time he suffered the hardships\\nand privations incident to the field, the camp\\nand the hospital ever efficient, faithful and\\ntrue on the field of battle, as elsewhere. He\\ncontinued his professional studies in the hos-\\npitals of the LTnited States army, and subse-\\nquently entered Harvard Medical College, of\\nBoston, Mass., where he graduated March 8,\\n1865, and receival the degree of M.D., and\\nimmediately began the practice of his profes-\\nsion in Troy, N. H., in plain view of his old\\nhomestead, where he remained actively and\\nefficiently pursuing the profession of his choice.\\nThe 17tli of May, 1865, found the doctor\\nuniting his interests with the lady of his choice,\\nMiss Ellen A. Burt, of Plymouth, Vt.\\nIn 1868, Dr. Woodward decided to leave\\nthe early field of his profession, and removed\\nto Ellenburg, Clinton Counts N. Y., where he\\ncontinues to practice his profession.\\nThe doctor s early temperate habits, invig-\\norating out-door exercises and methodical studi-\\nousness, have developed a sound mind in a\\nstrong body, enabling him to perform the suc-\\ncessive duties of each returning day almost\\nunmolested by sickness or pain. In Dr. AVood-\\nward we see that the child and youth was\\nfather of the man.\\nJohn Wilxje Conveijse, son of Nelson and\\nSallie JI. (Jones) Converse, was born in Marl-\\nborough, July 3, 1848. Though a farmer s\\nboy, and always obliged to labor at the farm-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0358.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n285\\nwork, he was regarded as being of a thoughtful\\nan l studious turn of mind, and was encouraged\\nin tliis by his parents, they allowing him the\\nfull l)enefit of such school advantages as the\\ntown then aiforded, and afterwards sending him\\nto various seminaries in Vermont, Maine and\\nNew Hampshire.\\nWhen about twenty years of age he com-\\nmenced the study of law at home, under the\\ndirection of the late law-firm of Wheeler\\nFaulkner, of Keene, N. H. and, when he\\nbecame of age, removed to Springfield, Mass.,\\nwhere he continued his studies for two years in\\nthe office of Augustus L. Soule, now judge of\\nSupreme Court of Massachusetts, and in 1872\\nwas admitted to the bar of that State.\\nThe following year he became engaged to\\nand married Miss Clara A. Wheeler, a woman\\nof uncommon merit and ability but she died\\nin May, 1875.\\nFeeling that he wante 1 a larger field of\\naction, in 1876 he traveled through the West,\\nand visited the principal cities there for this\\nreason, but finally settled in Boston, where he\\nis now practicing his profession. When in\\nSpringfield he became interested in politics, 1\\ntaking an active part in campaign work, and\\nearned quite a reputation as a political speaker.\\nHe has always been a Republican. Like all\\nothers in hLs profession, he has been obliged to\\nwork liard and earnestly for the position he\\nholds, but is now in the enjoyment of a moder-\\nate practice and the full confidence of the bar.\\nA clear thinker and close reasoner, his judg-\\nment is always to be relied on, as he never\\ngives an opinion hastily. He is fast growing\\ninto prominence, and his success seems assured.\\nEi.isHA O. WfMjDWAED. He entered upon\\nthis life August 15, 1828; so, he has just\\npassed over the summit towards the sunset\\nof his human existence. Still, hLs sky, bur-\\nnished with gold, opal and vermilion, seems to l e\\nfar to the westward yet. Nature has been, indeed,\\npropitious to him, giving but slightest hints of\\napproaching age. It is true, his locks are\\nfrosted but his step is quick and firm, and his\\ngeneral appearance implies that he is right in\\nthe vigor of lite. Mentally, he is stronger tlian\\never. It could not well be otherwise, for he\\nhas thought and felt and been truly interested\\nin the works of God and man. His mind has\\nruled the body, making it sui)missive to prin-\\nciple. He has been no radical, rushing to the\\nnorth or south in pursuit of the enchanted cave\\nof the magnet; nor a conservative, with knees\\nsmiting together like Belsha/zar s, declaring\\nthere is nothing gootl but in the past. He has\\nbeen fortunate in making a safe voyage, thus\\nfar, between Scylla and Charybdis.\\nHe is a native of Swanzey, N. H., and came\\nto Marlborough in 1851, as a clerk in the Pro-\\ntective Store but at l(?ngth he bought out the\\nstockholders and continued in trade for him-\\nself, at Lowellville, for some three years, when he\\npurchased and removed into the store now\\nowned by him and Mr. William Xason. Be-\\ncoming somewhat worn and weary of store con-\\nfinement, in 1 874 he sold out and removed to\\nGrafton, Mass., having purchased a good farm\\nthere. But his hands had been to j long skillwl\\nin handling the yard-stick and the ta[K;-meas-\\nsure to yield readily to holding the plow and\\nswinging the scythe. Accordingly, two years\\nexperience was sufficient to induce him to re-\\nturn to Marllx)rough, making it his permanent\\nhome and entering into trade again, for this ha l\\nbecome second nature to him, if it were not his\\nfirst.\\nHe is a man of good talent and culture.\\nHad he devoted himself to the study of law or\\ntheology he would have been sure of success\\nbut, as it is, he has made much out of this life, in\\nthe way of helping others and improving him-\\nself. He is looked ujx)n as a reliable and very\\nefficient basiness man he is well versed in\\ntown matters, having held the office of clerk for\\nseventeen years, and that of treasurer sixteen\\nhe has been .sent to the Legislature two years,\\nbeen postmaster fifteen years, and served on\\nthe School Board for several terms.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0359.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "286\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHe has made his home attractive, been gen-\\nerous in the support of the Christian Church,\\nand has so identified liimself with all good en-\\nterprises as to be held in highest esteem.\\nHon. George G. Davis. When the tocsin\\nsounded the alarm of the Rebellion, a youth that\\nhad been reared among the rocks and hills of\\nRoxbury, N. H., heard the call and felt he\\nmust obey and he soon hastened to the field of\\nstrife, ready to dare and do his best to save the\\nUnion, and still keep the old flag waving, from\\nthe Atlantic to tlie Pacific, from the Great\\nLakes to the heaving Gulf. In the battle of\\nWilliamsburg he was severely wounded, and,\\nbecause of this, he was obliged to be discharged\\nfrom the army. After recovering somewhat\\nfrom his physical injury he aime to Marlbor-\\nough and married Miss Maria L. Collins, and\\nsettled here. Because of his reliability and fit-\\nness he was called to serve the town in various\\noffices of trust, such as town clerk, treasurer,\\netc. As an opportunity presented itself, he\\nwent into trade. It was soon made evident\\nthat nature fashioned him for the business. He\\nseemed to have foresight in buying and selling.\\nHe has been popular with his patrons and\\nmade his mercantile experience a decided suc-\\ncess. Though an adopted son of Marlborough,\\nhe has been faithful to her highest behests.\\nMr. Davis was born August 28, 1842, and\\nso now is in the prime of life and active in\\nbusiness. He is one of the foremost men in\\ntown in speaking and working for its interests.\\nHe believes in improvements and progress, and\\nso fails not to encourage all enterprises at home\\nand abroad which tend to ennoble. In the\\nfinish of his own home he shows that he not\\nonly has a love for comfort, but for the beautiful.\\nHe has represented the town in the liegis-\\nlature, been a State Senator from his district\\nand at the present time is an officer on the\\nGovernor s staff. He has filled all the offices\\nthat he has held with credit to himself and\\nhis constituency.\\nMr. Davis is no flashing meteor nor fixed\\nstar, but a moving body that gives forth light\\nand warmth throughout his circuit. In religion\\nhe is a Congregationalist, in politics a Republi-\\ncan, in society a genial and social man.\\nWilliam M. Nason. Entering a woods,\\nwhat a diversity of trees we discover, all spring-\\ning from the same soil and growing as far into the\\nlight as possible! This, we say, is natural. Is\\nit any more so than that there should be a great\\nvariety of human life in a town or state Mo-\\nnotony is not the order of creation. Perfect\\nsimilarity is nowhere to be met with in nature,\\nand certainly not among men so, as examina-\\ntion takes place, something peculiar and original\\nis to be found in every human character. Thus\\nwith the subject under consideration. William\\nM. Nason was born August 7, 18.32, the only\\nson among four children of Ziba and Eunice Buss\\nNason. He was blest with excellent parentage.\\nHis early home was pleasant and beautifully\\nsituated. It is fortunate to be bred where the\\nair is bracing, the light is clear, the birds sing,\\nthe trees thrive, the hills are high and the valleys\\ndeep. He was brought up on a farm where he\\nhad stones to pick as well as potatoes to plant;\\nwhere the summers were warm and the winters\\nseldom wanting of snow.\\nHe enjoyed the usual privileges of the district\\nschool. He was regarded by his mates rather\\nas a sober boy, especially in the school-room but\\nout of doors at times he was sure to make a\\ndeal of fun. He always ranked well in his\\nstudies. In his later youth he attended, for\\nseveral terms, the select schools in our village,\\nso that at his majority he had a good business\\neducation. As he started for himself in life he\\ndid not feel, as many do, that it is necessary for\\na young man to go West to meet with success.\\nAccordingly he went into business for himself at\\nSwanzey Factory, manufacturing pails. But he\\nwas not pleased with the place, and, after a\\nyear s experience there, he sold out and returned\\nto Marlborough, entering a store as a clerk.\\nHere he soon proved himself well adapted to\\nthe mercantile calling, showing that he is faith-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0360.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n287\\nfill and one to be trusted. At lengtli lie went\\ninto partnei ship, and lias continued in mercan-\\ntile business up to the present time, being es\\nteemed as reliable and a man of good judgment.\\nFor twelve years and more he has been the\\nj)ostmaster of the town. He has represented\\nMarlborough in the Legislature for two terms.\\nHe was chosen a deacon of the Congregation-\\nal Church in 1870, which office he still holds.\\nHe was married in 1855 to Caroline E. Knowl-\\nton with whom he happily lived till she died,\\nin 1862, leaving a daughter, that survived her\\nbut a few months and afterwards he married\\nSarah A. Knowlton, sister of his first wife, with\\nwhom he is now living, having a pleasant home\\nwithin and without. Thus, in the prime of\\nlife, Mr. Nason stands as a successful and\\nworthy Christian man. He seems bound, in\\nhis quiet, persistent and unostentatious way, to\\ndo what he can for his native town and the\\nworld.\\nLevi A. Fuij.er is a descendant from good\\nancestry. It is natural for him to think and\\nact. From boyhood he has been all astir.\\nHis aspirations and endeavors have pointed up-\\nward. His ambition in no small degree has\\nseemed to be to help others. In thus doing\\nhe has come to be popular and influential. As\\na business man he is regarded shrewd and just;\\nas a citizen, well-informed and loyal, and as a\\nChristian, devoted and faithful to his convic-\\ntions.\\nHo was born May 4, 1836, and is in the full\\nstrength of life. He is engaged in manufactur-\\ning wooden-ware and dealing in lumber. He\\nhas served the town as selectman. Representa-\\ntive to the Legislature and been a county com-\\nmissioner, and is still a growing man. He is a\\nmember of the Congregational Church, in\\nwhich he has held the office of deacon since\\n1874.\\nJames Knowltox is one of Marlborough s\\nmost busy men. He was born in Dublin De-\\ncember 28, 1885. For years in the winter he\\ntaught in our public schools was liked by\\nhis scholars and respected by their parents. For\\nmore than a (juarter of a century he has done\\nbusiness in town, though his dwelling is on the\\nboundary between Marlborough and Keene, so\\nthat he sleeps in the latter place and votes there,\\nbut lives in the former. He is a thorough me-\\nchanic, able to turn his hand to most any busi-\\nness, doing it in the b st manner. He has by\\nhis deeds identified himself with man} import-\\nant works in town. He is now engaged in get-\\nting out lumber and manufacturing pails, giving\\nemployment to quite a number of workmen. It\\nis said he always deals with his help fairly and\\nkindly.\\nLee Suei,ivan McCoei,e.ster He is the\\nson of Rev. Dr. S. H. and Sophia F. McCollester\\nand was born in Westmoreland, N. H. June\\n5, 1859. Before he was three years old his\\nparents removed to Westbrook, Me., where\\nthey resided till he was ten years old then he\\nlived in Nashua, N. H., more than three years,\\nwhere he attended his first school, and became\\nfitted for the High-School. As his father was\\ncalled to the presidency of Buchtel College,\\nand his family removed to Akron, Ohio, Lee\\nentered the preparatory department of the\\ncollege in 1873 and became fitted for college\\nand was matriculated into the freshman class\\nin 1876, where he remained till he had com-\\npleted the sophomore year, when, accompanying\\nhis parents, he visited Europe, where he ])ass-\\ned a year in London University and in travel.\\nOn his return home he entered Tufts College,\\nas a junior, 1879, and was graduated Bachelor\\nof Arts in 1881 having taken two prizes in\\nhis course. In the fall of 1881 he began his\\ntheologiad studies at Tufts Divinity School,\\nand was graduated Bachelor of Divinity, hav-\\ning won two prizes in this course. Immedi-\\nately on leaving college, in 1884, he was settled\\nas pastor over the Universalist Church of\\nClaremont, N. H. In August of the same year\\nhe was married to Miss Lillian Adelle, daugh-\\nter of Dr. Samuel G. and Louisa B. Wright, a\\nyoung woman of rare qualities of mind and", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0361.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "288\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nheart. For a year they have been settled,\\ngreatly loved and respected by their people and\\nby all knowing them. August 26, 1885, he\\nbecame sorely afflicted through the death of his\\ndevoted and accomplished wife. All hearts\\nhaving known them felt severely this great\\nsorrow, tendering their fullest condolence to the\\nyoung minister of ability and promise.\\nCharles R. Mason. When a young man\\nMr. Mason had the misfortune to lose an arm,\\nbut it would seem this had been made up to\\nhim, from the fact that he has done so far as\\nmuch as ordinarily falls to the lot of one man\\nto do. He is a native of Dublin and was educa-\\nted in her schools. He taught with success for\\nseveral terms. Naturally gifted as to art, after\\nhis loss he devoted special attentiou to penman-\\nship and drawing, so that he excelled in both\\nand has taught writing for years. He is a fine\\naccountant and book-keeper. He has filled\\nmany important offices in town, with credit to\\nall. He is now justice of peace, and was\\nUnited States assistant assessor for six years.\\nHe was born July 27, 1830. He is one tiiat\\nthinks more tlian he says, and does as he agrees.\\nBy his life he is writing out a record that will\\nbe always pleasing for kindred and friends to\\nread.\\nCyrus SiDXEY Moors. He was born July\\n5, 1832, in Jaftrey, N. H. He was a relial)le\\nand industrious boy, making the most he could\\nout of his meagre school advantages. While\\na mere youth his father was accidentally killed\\nand so left the care and responsibility of a farm\\nupon him and his brother, Loren L. He was\\nfaithful to tliis charge and true to his noble\\nmother. They so managed that Sidney was\\nenabled to attend several select schools in the\\nvillage and so, as he became of age, he had a\\nfair education, and entered upon his life-work\\nwith good aims. He followed the carpenter\\nbusiness for a while then went into trade for a\\ntime and at length became station-agent at\\nthe Marlborough Depot, on the Chesiiire\\nR. R. Here he has done faithful service to\\nthe road -and the patrons for many years. He\\nhas so wrought, that he has the fullest confi-\\ndence of his employers and the people at large,\\nand no doubt will be retained in his present po-\\nsition so long as he shall be able to fill it.\\nHe was postmaster for the south part of the\\ntown, is an express agent, and is mail and\\npassage carrier from the Marlborough Cheshire\\nDepot to the village. Verily, he is one of the\\nuseful and substantial men in town, a preserver\\nof good order, interested in the Christian\\nChurch, a temperance reformer and a peace-lov-\\ning citizen.\\nLeonard Ellsworth Tilden, only son of\\nGeorge and Betsey L. Tilden, was born at\\nMarlborough, N. H., March 28, 1861, one of\\nthe most eventful years in the nation s history,\\nwhen a great political crisis terminated in civil\\nwar, when the telegraph wires trembled\\nthroughout the land witii the messages of re-\\nbellion, and men sought the daily news more\\neagerly than they sought their daily food.\\nThe father, a stanch Republican, was one of\\ntiie first to enroll his name as a volunteer in the\\nUnion array. Born into such circumstances,\\nhow naturally the mind of the young son was\\nstimulated to political thought and action He\\nvery early evinced a strong literai v taste and\\nmarkal ability in writing and arranging articles\\nfor the press, many of which were published by\\nthe amateur press while he was a mere child.\\nPennies which the ordinary boy spent for toys\\nand confectionery were treasured up by young\\nTilden, and invested in books and .writing-\\nmaterial.\\nHe attended the village school, making fair\\nuse of his time his quick, comprehensive miud\\ninterpreting the lesson with little study thus he\\nwas generally well up with his class. Jumping\\nat conclusions, as he often did, he made many\\nmistakes, which won for him the laugh and\\nridicule of his companions but his proud, sen-\\nsitive nature was well balanced with courage\\nand perseverance, which moved him steadily\\nforward, making stepping-stones of his errors", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0362.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n289\\nupon which to climb, thus living out the senti-\\nment of J. G. Holland We build the ladder\\nby which we rise.\\nIn 1875 he became identified with amateur\\njournalism (thought by ex-Speaker Randall to\\nbe the noblest work ever engaged in by the\\nAmerican youth), and commenced the publica-\\ntion of the Cheshire Star, which he enlarged to\\ntwice its former size in 1878, and changed the\\nname to the Granite State Courier. He was\\njionored by the members of the New England\\nfraternity by being elected official editor of their\\norgan, the New England Amateur, in 1879 at\\nthis time he was American editor of the Season,\\nan amateur magazine, published at Bradford,\\nEngland.\\nHe has written several plays, which have\\nbeen published, showing a good degree of dra-\\nmatic talent. In 1875, when fourteen years\\nof age, he was engaged as reporter for the\\nCheshire Republicau, of Keene, which place he\\nfilled very acceptably until the fall of 1882,\\nwhen he went to Boston to attend French s\\nBusiness College. While there he became a\\nmeral)er of the reportorial staff of the Boston\\nDaily Globe, and is at the present time under\\nengagement to work for the paper whenever\\npossible.\\nHe has been twice elected sergeant-at-arms\\nin the New Hampshire Senate, first in 1883,\\nfor a term of two years, and re-elected in 1885,\\nbeing the youngest man ever elected to that\\noffice, and the only one ever re-elected. He wfis\\nelected president of the Republican Senatorial\\nConvention for Cheshire District in 1884, and\\nduring the campaign of that year served accept-\\nably as clerk and stenographer of the Republi-\\ncan State Committee. He was appointed a\\ndelegate from the State of New Hampshire to\\nattend the funeral of General Gijint, at New\\nYork, August, 1885.\\nThough young in years, he has acceptably\\nfilled many places of trust and responsibility.\\nIn his home relations he has always been loyal\\ndutiful as a son, working with his father as\\n19\\nstable-keeper, though often chafing under the\\nemployment, which was always distiisteful to\\nhim confiding in the mother, who always en-\\ncouraged his literary work, making many wil-\\nling sacrifices, that he might have advantages\\nan affectionate brother, a kind and- generous-\\nhearted friend. In religious thought he is\\nChristian and liberal, seeking to bring the\\ngolden rule into practical life, thus calling\\naround him many pleasant acquaintances, yet\\never turning to home and home friends with\\nthe same fi-esh, boyish spirit that has character-\\nized his whole life.\\nCongressman Gallinger, speaking of Mr.\\nTilden, says Those who know him best,\\nprophesy that he is destined to secure a leading\\nplace among the prominent and influential men\\nof the State.\\nCharles A. Bemis. Life is full of sur-\\nprises. We read an author and we imagine\\nhim of such dimensions and appearance but\\nwhen we chance to meet him, how unlike the\\nman we sujiposed in size, mien and tempera-\\nment! Thus it is in- our experience. The\\ngreat man does not enter the gate at which we\\nare watching. The common man makes him-\\nself unexpectedly equal to some great emer-\\ngency, and we wonder how it was possible.\\nThus it is we know not what the day or hour\\nwill bring forth we must wait and be sur-\\nprised.\\nIn one of our humble homes, January 2i),\\n1848, a child made its appearance that was\\nvery weIcom e, for he was the second born and\\nfirst son. His early opportunities were not\\nflattering his school advantages were slight\\nfor after he was fourteen he went to only four\\nshort terms of school. He learned to read,\\nwrite and spell tolerably well, but he wiis a\\nstranger to grammar, as his schooling was\\nfinished. But he early become fascinated with\\nbiography and hi.story and it is said that when\\nhe was but ten years old he read the history of\\nthe town of Dublin, and from that time he felt\\nhe would write the hi-story of his native town.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0363.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "290\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHenceforth he was gathering up facts and inci-\\ndents for years unknown to others until\\nabout the time the town of Marlborougli cele-\\nbrated the hundredth anniversary of its incor-\\nporation, in 1876. Then tlie question was asked,\\nWho shair write the history of our town And\\nthose who had been apprised of what young\\nBemis had already achieved in collecting statis-\\ntics and dates answered, Charles A. Bemis\\nand so he was encouraged to go on in his\\narduous undertaking until, by some assistance,\\nhe brought out one of the best town histories.\\nWe are greatly indebted to it for many of the\\nfacts and not a few of the pages in this volume\\ndevoted to Marlborough. As his volume came\\nout, the people were, for the most part, happily\\nsurprised at the important work compiled by\\nthe young man, who had been forced to day-\\nlabor for support all the while he was collect-\\ning material for his history. The world was\\nsurprised when Napoleon scaled the Alps, M-hen\\nDr. Kane explored the Arctic Seas and brought\\nback so much coveted knowledge, and when\\nGrant captured Vicksburg and put down the\\nRebellion so our people were surprised as\\nthey read the history of our town by the\\nwooden-ware worker and box-maker. They\\nreceived more than they had bargained for.\\nThis shows what may be accomplished by sav-\\ning the spare moments. Mr. Bemis is a young\\nman now, industrious, interested in religious,\\nsocial and civil affairs. He loves his home;\\nhe loves to read he loves to talk he loves to\\nhave his own way if he feels it is right.\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nMARLBOROUGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Coniinuerl).\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nOdd-Fellowship. In the year 1868, Pa-\\nquaig Lodge, No. 50, I. O. O. F., was estab-\\nlished in Marlborough. It started with twelve\\ncharter members, and has continued to increase\\ntill it now numbers some seventy members. It\\nhas accumulated quite a property and built a\\nfine block, renting a portion for stores. It\\nhas been instrumental in doing much good in\\nbehalf of the sick and aiding the bereaved.\\nPaupers. This town has been very fortu-\\nnate in having but few poor people to be sup-\\nported. It has always, however, provided with\\ncare for its indigent. At the present time the\\nnumber is small that receive any pecuniary\\nassistance whatever.\\nCemeteries. The people of Marlborough\\nhave not been uumindiul of the dead. From\\nthe beginning of the town they have been ready\\nto make ample provision for suitable resting-\\nplaces of the departed. The yard by the old\\nmeeting-house is the oldest one in town. This\\ncontains the ashes of the first minister that\\ndied in town and the first physician. Its acre\\nis thickh sown with the dead. Two other ceme-\\nteries were early set apart one in the north\\nportion of the town and the other on the hill-\\nside, south of the village as sacred places. In\\n1852, Asa Greenwood anticipated the need of a\\nnew cemetery, and so took a section of his own\\nlaud and fenced it off with taste and caused it\\nto be solemnly dedicated and it is now known\\nas Graniteville Cemetery. It is beautifully\\nsituated on the hill overlooking the village, and\\nis becoming so thickly sown with graves. that a\\nnew one in close proximity has been secured,\\nfenced and divided into lots. As we walk\\nthese sacred places and scan the graves, we can\\nbut feel how quick man runs his mortal race.\\nIt is well that these spots should be made in-\\nviting and expressive of beauty and trust in\\nGod. Cemeteries are quite reliable indices of\\nthe condition of a people. So, if they are truly\\nChristian, they will secure pleasant grounds for\\nreceiving the ashes of their beloved, and will\\nrender them attractive with stone, flower, slirub\\nand tree. Beautiful will be written over\\ntheir gateway and epitaphs will point to heaven.\\nTemperance.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 As a town Marlborough has\\nalways stood firm on the side of temperance.", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0364.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "MARLB JKOUGH.\\n291\\nActing upon the principle that it is better to\\nturn moral streams at their sources than to at-\\ntempt to change the currents that have taken\\non a river s resistless force, thus Marlborough\\nhas always had its temperance workers, and its\\ntemperance organizations as an educating in-\\nfluence in the community.\\nFar back in the past was that great move-\\nment of moral and religious forces known\\nas Washingtonianism it did a grand and noble\\nwork in its time, but, like all reform move-\\nments, it had its rise and its decline but not\\nuntil its purpose was accomplished, a strong\\npublic sentiment was created, and lines of tem-\\nperance work were traced which other organi-\\nzations took up and carried forward. There\\nwere the License Party, the Prohibitory Party,\\nthe Sons of Temperance, the Good Templars\\nand the Reform Club, each and all doing\\ngood and effectual work in its proper time, and\\nin its own peculiar way. Beside all this, tliere\\nwas individual work done men of sterling prin-\\nciple sacrificed time and money, let their pro-\\nperty depreciate on their hands, closing the only\\nhotel in the town, and converting it into stores\\nand tenements rather than have intoxicating\\ndrinks sold in their midst. Thus, brave, patient\\nhearts labored on through the years, and by\\nconstant vigilance, kept the foe from their own\\ndoors. Yet all the while this giant evil was\\ngrowing in the world, and the call came for\\nstronger effort, for more united work. Then\\nit was that woman s heart was stirred, and one\\ncold December morning in 1873, a band of\\nwomen went forth from a little church in\\nSouthern Ohio with the call to their Christian\\nsisters throughout the land to take up this\\ntemperance M ork, in the name of God and\\nhome and native land. The cry ran along\\nthe electric wires that connect human hearts,\\nuntil many a town and village in the State was\\nengaged in the work nor did it stop here its\\nvibrations were felt in every State in the Union\\nnor have they ceased, and to-day the hearts of\\nall Christian women in this land, and over the\\nsea, beat as one in this great endeavor to crush\\nout the evil of intemperance.\\nOut of this movement grew the Woman s\\nChristian Temperance Union. When the call\\ncame to Marlborough, in July, 1882, a few\\nconscientious women were ready to meet it, and\\nsay God has placed this responsibility upon us,\\nand we have no right to cast it aside, we will\\ntake up the work and do all and the best we\\ncan. And thus for three years they have\\nlabored, having at all times the sympathy and\\nsupport of the people. Much has been\\ndone, and much remains to be done, but the\\nword of God abideth forever, and tlie declara-\\ntion is, The earth shall be filled with the\\nknowledge of the glory of the Loixl as the\\nwaters cover the sea.\\nThe officers of the Woman s Christian Tem-\\nperance Union at the present time are as fol-\\nlows Mrs. L. E. Blodgett, president; Mrs.\\nEdna Richardson, vice-president Mrs. Charles\\nMason, secretary Mrs. Mary L. Hemeuway,\\ntreasurer; Mrs. J. L. Merrell, Mrs. Whitney\\nLawrence, Mrs. Charles Mason, executive com-\\nmittee.\\nMiss Effie Chase, their first secretary, wiio\\nserved faithfully until declining health forbade\\nher doing more, a young lady of great moral\\nworth and lovely Christian character, has passed\\nover the river, but her memory, like the\\nfragrance of some sweet flower, still lingers\\nwith them. Another estimable worker has\\nbeen Mrs. Julia Polk, wife of Rev. R. T. Polk,\\nwho has now gone to reside in another State.\\nHer active, earnest spirit aud her willing hands\\nhave been greatly missed in the organization.\\nAll feel, who have knowledge of the Wom-\\nan s Christian Temperance Union, that it has\\nachieved in this town grand results. Indeed,\\nit is a beneficent, moral force that is sure to\\nbless. The president, Mrs. L. E. Blodgett, has\\nproved herself in many ways a woman of high\\norder of talent but especially in this work, she\\nhas been efficient and philanthropic, proving\\nhereself a reformer, an excellent presiding of-", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0365.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "292\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nficer, and one desirous of making the world\\nwiser and better.\\nThe Frost Free Library. Wiien Tam-\\nerlane had finished building his pyramid out of\\nseventy thousand skulls of victims tliat he had\\ndestroyed, and he stood glittering in burnished\\nsteel at the gate of Damascus, and the sun of\\nthe race seemed to be setting in goi-e, tlicn might\\nhave been seen a youth in the streets, or in an\\nobscure room, of Mentz, making experiments\\nand being resolved upon giving to the world\\nmovable types, that books might l)e greatly\\nmultijilied. The bloody foot-prints of Tamer-\\nlane have vanished, but those of John Faust\\nremain as in solid rock, and the loftiest pyramid\\nwhich has been piled up out of printed books,\\nis to stand, immortalizing his name.\\nWhen caliph Omar was causing the Alexan-\\ndrian Library to be burned, Alfreil, of Eng-\\nland, was opening a highway for the general\\ndistribution of literature so the one was cov-\\neting ignorance and the other wisdom. The\\nformer has become lost to the world the latter\\nis living in the hearts of humanity.\\nWhen Dr. Franklin moved, in 1731, in the\\nestablishment of that first public library of our\\ncountry, located at Philadelphia, started and\\nsupported by private subscriptions, he was do-\\ning a grand work for our nation, one that was\\nto improve the thought, the conversation and\\nthe character of our people. Out of that small\\nbeginning have issued the Boston Athenaeum,\\nthe Society Library of New York, and many\\nothers of a private nature.\\nBut that was another step in advance when\\nDr. Francis Way land, in 1847, founded in the\\ntown bearing his own name the first free public\\nlibrary. This was heeding the demands of the\\npoor as well as of the rich. From this slight root\\nhas sprung the Astor of New York, the Logan\\nof Philadelphia, the Public Library of Boston,\\nand hosts of minor ones throughout our land.\\nAnd among the many, with no little pride do we\\nnow make mention of the Frost Free Library\\nof our town. Through the blessed memories\\nand the great generosity of Hon. Rufus Frost,\\nit was a gift to Marlborough. He desired to\\ndo lasting service to the town of his birth. How\\ncould he in any other way have done so much for\\nthe past, the present and future welfare of our\\npeople, as by placing in our thriving village\\nsuch a valuable library, free to all our citizens\\nIt is more than the most splendid mausoleum,\\nfor it is the treasury of the best words and\\nthoughts. Books are the urns of treasured life.\\nTemples waste away pictures and statues fade\\nand crumble but good books survive. The\\nonly effect time has upon them is to sift the\\nwheat from the chaff, that the former may yield\\nabundantly and the latter die. Books introduce\\nus to the best society, making us well acquainted\\nwith the long-since departed. They cause the\\ninspired intellects and loving hearts of the past\\nto liecome our teachers and associates. They\\nbring to our side Moses, Homer, Plato, Paul,\\nShakespeare and Longfellow, that they may\\nabide with us forever. What a blessing came\\nto our town, then, through the Frost Free\\nLibrary\\nIts building is a fire-proof, handsome granite\\nstructure, pleasantly situated. It was completed\\nand dedicated in 1867, and supplied with two\\nthousand volumes of good books, which went\\ninto circulation at once. Since that time some\\ntwo thousand volumes more have been added,\\ntogether with many botanical and geological\\nspecimens from Marlborough and in] mediate\\nvicinity all of which, with a fund of five\\nthousand dollars, have been presented to the\\ntown by Mr. Frost. The library is so deeded\\nthat it must always remain free to the people,\\nand in no case increase of necessity the taxation\\nof a single individual. Its board of trustees\\nis composed of the selectmen of tiie town, the\\nsettled clergymen and three others chosen with-\\nout rea-ard to residence. This board controls\\nthe library, electing its secretary and librarian,\\nand decides as to the books which shall be put\\ninto it. During its years of existence its books\\nhave been in active circulation. It has accom-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0366.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n293\\nplished and is producing an indescribable\\namount of good. It is as a beacon set on a\\nhill to siied glory all around. It is as a halo\\nfrom heaven to make radiant the morning path-\\nway of the young, to gild the noonday track of\\nthe mature, and render the evening circuit of\\nthe aged peaceful.\\nHe who causes a free library to be established\\nin the midst of a people builds a monument to\\nhis memory that will be beautiful and enduring\\nin the eternal light.\\nSituation and Boundary. The town of\\nMarlborough, in Cheshire County, N. H., is\\nsituated in latitude 42\u00c2\u00b0 54 and longitude 4\u00c2\u00b0\\n49 It is bounded on the north by Roxbury,\\neast by Harrisville, Dublin and Jaffrey, south\\nby Troy, and west by Troy, Swanzey and\\nKeene. Its distance from Keene is five miles,\\nfrom Concord fifty miles, and from Boston\\nninety-three miles. Its population is one thous-\\nand four hundred.\\nSiTRFACE AND Geolouy. The Surface of\\nMarlborough is greatly diversified with hills and\\nvalleys. Some portions of it are truly romantic\\nand picturesque. It is almost surprising that\\nwithin an area of thirteen thousand square acres\\nthere should be such a diversity of highland\\nand lowland, woofls and clearings. With truth\\nwe cjm say that Nature has smiled propitiously\\nupon this town, filling it with her choicest\\ncharms and attractions, beauties and sublimities.\\nIts geological formation is made up mostly\\nof the primitive rock. The outcropping ledges,\\nbeing nijnierous, are comjiosed of granite. Ge-\\nology would call ours the everlasting hills,\\nhaving existed from the very beginning of the\\nworld s histoiy. The drift, or loose formation,\\nis composed largely of silicates. The deposits\\ngive evidence of glacial, aqueous and iceberg\\naction. The grooves cut into the highest ledges,\\nand holes worn into the granite, show the re-\\nsults of long-continued water-action. The\\nminerals consist mainly of granite, gneiss,\\ngranular and rose quartz, feldspar, mica, beryl,\\ngarnets and plumbago. The gneiss has been\\nquarried extensively for building purposes.\\nThe granite ledges upon the Stone Hill are of\\ngreat value.\\nThe sedimentary rocks are made up of sand,\\nclay and peat. The soil is best adapted to\\ngrazing. The farms, under good cultivation,\\nyield fair crops of Indian corn, oats, potatoes,\\nrye and barley. Those .who are tilling their\\nfarms after modern methods, guided by the\\nscience of agriculture, are proving that system-\\natic farming is no humbug, but is certain to re-\\nsult in good buildings, rich fields, fine stock\\nand independence of living.\\nClimate. The air of this town is usually\\npure, and possessed of tonic properties. The\\nelevation is such that even in the hottest days\\nin July and August it is seldom sultry. Of\\ncourse the winters are long, and the snows are\\nfrequently deep and drifted. The extensive\\ngrowth of forests, no doubt, has much to do in\\nmoderating the air during summer and winter.\\nTrees and Fruits. Some of the principal\\nforest trees are the oak, beech, birch, sugar-\\nmaple, elm, cherry, hemlock, pine, larch and\\nspruce.\\nOrchards are quite abundant in Marlborough.\\nThe apple and pear-trees are sure to yield here,\\nif they do anywhere in this vitnnity. The\\norchardists count largely on the income from\\ntheir fruit-trees.\\nThe peach, cherry and grape do well here in\\ncertain localities. This town is highly favored\\nwith wild fruits. The blueberry, huckleberry,\\nblackberry, raspberry and strawberry are\\nusually plenty in their season. Some years\\nlarge quantities are shipped to distant markets.\\nIt is seldom a season passes without a supply\\nof wild fruit sufficient to meet all home\\ndemands.\\nThe flora here is very full. The botanist\\nfinds a great variety of plants, all the way\\nfrom the delicate mo.sses and ferns in the deep\\ndells to the Alpine flowers upon the highest\\nelevations.\\nPond.*^. ^The Stone Pond, situated in the", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0367.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "294\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\neast part of Marlborough, is its largest body of\\nwater it is about three-fourths of a mile iu\\nlength and one-third of a mile in width its\\nelevation is some two thousand feet above the level\\nof the sea. Its water is clear and sparkling.\\nIts native fish were trout seventy-five years\\nago large quantities of them were caught from\\nit weighing from three to four pounds each. At\\nlength the pond was stocked with pickerel, and\\nthe trout since that have nearly disappeared.\\nThe pickerel grow to a large size. The yellow\\nperch are now its most abundant fish.\\nThe scenery just around this pond and in the\\ndistance can scarcely be surpassed. Were it\\nsituated in Italy or Switzerland, it surely\\nwould have been famous iu song and story it\\nwould have been possessed of as many charms\\nand beauties as Luzerne or Como.\\nThe Cummings Pond, in the north part of\\nthe town, is about three-fourths of a mile long\\nand one-fourth wide. No doubt it was former-\\nly much larger than at the present. Trout\\nwere once common in this pond, but now pick-\\nerel, pouts and shiners monopolize its watei-s.\\nThrough the ice hundreds of pickerel have\\nbeen caught from it in a single day.\\nThe Clapp Pond is in the northeast part of\\nthe town. It is not as large as the Cummings\\nPond, but more depressed. Its waters are not\\nso clear as those of the Stone Pond. Its fish\\nconsist mainly of pickerel and pouts.\\nThe Meeting-House Pond, near where the old\\nmeeting-house stood, occupies an area of one hun-\\ndred square acres, including the open water and\\nwhat is grown over with bog. This pond has\\nlong been a favorite resort for fishing. Its\\nwaters have been pi-olific of pickerel and cat-\\nfish.\\nStreams and Brooks. The largest stream\\nis the Minni-wawa. Its head-waters are iu\\nNelson and Dublin. Flowing through a very\\nbroken country, it is subject to sudden\\nrise and fall of water; still, by the means of\\nreservoirs and ponds, it is supplied with power\\nsufficient for extensive manufactories of woolen\\ngoods, wooden-wares and for grinding grain.\\nWith propriety it may be called the mother of\\nour present thriving village. It has been faith-\\nful in driving saws, spindles and millstones, so\\nas to supply work for many active minds and\\nbusy hands.\\nIts falls and basin, a short distance above the\\nvillage, are natural curiosities, of special inter-\\nest to lovers of the grand and beautiful.\\nAnother stream is known as the South\\nBranch, which is about the size of the Minni-\\nwawa. Its current is rapid and its bed very\\nstony. Its waters have beeu utilized to some\\nextent in propelling lathes and saws.\\nThere are several brooks iu town which are\\nsupplied with pure, cold water, furnishing count-\\nless haunts for finny tribes.\\nZoological History. Though in the\\nearly history of this town, bears, wolves, pan-\\nthei-s and deer were numerous, still these all dis-\\nappeared long ago, leaving only traditions of\\ntheir feats and cruelty. Within the remem-\\nbrance of some who are living, beavers and\\nminks were common, but now it is seldom one\\nis seen or caught. Foxes are numerous they\\nseem strongly attached to our hills and dales.\\nThey appear to lose none of their sagacity or\\ncunning as civilization presses upon them.\\nThey evidently enjoy turkeys and chickens\\nwith as good relish as they did pheasants and\\nconies. The woodchucks hold in their posses-\\nsion at present as much real estate as they did\\nfifty or a hundred years since. In spite of\\nguns, dogs and traps, they have kept tjjeir stock\\nunimpaired and undiminished. Rabbits fre-\\nquent our glades and thickets. Red, gray and\\nchippering squirrels inhabit our wotxis and\\nforests. We are all apprized now and then\\nthat skunks are around, and are free to lend\\ntheir influence to friend or foe. Rats and mice\\ncling to our houses with fondest attachment,\\nassuring us that their race is not yet run.\\nHawks whistle and crows caw as they did\\nwhen the whoop of the Indian and the bark\\nof the wolf echoed among the hills and val-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0368.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0369.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "^^^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^^^=5^^^.-^^^^^^:^:^\\n11", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0370.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n295\\nleys. During some seasons, wild pigeons flock\\nto our fields and woods in large numbers.\\nDucks swim our ponds, partridges beat our logs\\nand whir through the leafy boughs, and the\\nowls hoot as they did when the axe of the early\\nsettlers first rang from our highlands and our\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0streams. The robin, the oriole, the bluebird,\\nthe phebe, the wren, the lark, the bobolink, the\\nnightingale, the thrush, the ground-bird, the\\nhair-bird, the king-bird and the humming-i)ird\\nare with us every year to supply change and\\nenchantment.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nREV. S. H. MCCOLLESTER, D.D.\\nThe history of the town of IMarlborousrh\\nwould not be complete without a sketch\\nand representation of one of her sons, who\\nhas honored the place of his nativity, and\\namong those who have had charffc of re-\\nligious and educational interests in this\\nand in other States of the Union, there\\nhas beeu none worthier than the Rev. S.\\nH. McCollester, who is a descendant of a\\ngood old Scotch family. His ancestors were\\namong the sturdy pioneers of New Hamp-\\nshire. Isaac (1), the first of the family in Marl-\\nborough, was born in 1736. He was one\\nof the proprietors of Monadnock, and took\\nan active part in the affairs of the town,\\nand was paid in land for his services in\\nthe survey of the township. He was the\\nsecond settler in Marlborough, removing here\\nin the winter of 1764-65, and was a resi-\\ndent until his death, June 8, 1809. Sam-\\nuel (2) his son, married Silence Belknap, and\\nsettled on the homestead. Silas (3) married,\\nAchsah Holman, and resided for many years\\non the farm (now owned by Dr. McCollester)\\nwhere he died, December 26, 1873.\\nRev. Sullivan Holman McCollester, D.D.,\\nson of Silas aud Achsah (Holman) McColles-\\nter, was born in Marlborough, X. H., De-\\ncember 18, 1826. His youth was passed, like\\nthat of many New England boys, working\\non a farm or at some mechanical employ-\\nment. Durino; the winter he availed him-\\nself of the good school privileges of his na-\\ntive town. His tastes, early in life, were for\\nstudy and the pursuit of knowledge, and at\\nthe age of fifteen he attended a select school,\\nand afterwards received a thorough academi-\\ncal etlucatiou in the seminaries and acade-\\nmies at Swanzey, Dublin, Jaffrey, Winchen-\\ndon, Mass., and Brattleborough, Vt., aud was\\nwell fitted for college. He was a pleasant,\\ngenial and social companion, a scholar eager\\nto learn and concerned in all that pertained to\\nthe interests of the schools. He was a general\\nfavorite, exerted a good influence upon the\\nstudents, and by his kindness and sympathy\\naided the teachers in their arduous labors. At\\nthe age of eighteen he commenced teaching\\nat Richmond, where he receivetl nine dollars\\nper month afterwards he taught four success-\\nive winters in \\\\^alpole. In the winter of 1847\\nhe entered Norwich, (Vt.) University, and grad-\\nuated iu the summer of 1851, having completed\\nthe classical course. He was a fine scholar,\\nquick, retentive, and with a determination to\\nthoroughly master all tasks set before him.\\nHe then became a student at Cambridge\\nDivinity School, with the intention of enter-\\ning the Christian ministry. At the expiration\\nof two years, he left Cambridge, and took\\ncharge of the Walpole, (N. H.) Academy. Prior\\nto this, he had married, November 23, 1852,\\nSophia F. Knight, daughter of Joel Knight,\\nof Dummerston, Vt., of an early and notable\\nfamily. Mrs. McCollester was a good scholai\\nand sucessful teacher at jNIelrose Academy, Vt.,\\nand was of great assistance to her husband in\\nhis school-work.\\nIn 1853, Dr. McCollester began his long\\ncareer as a preacher of love to God and men in\\nSwanzey, N. H., taking charge of the Mount\\nCsesar Seminary there, and labored for five", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0373.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "296\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nyears, almost incessantly doing double duty,\\nteaching and preaching. He started a new\\nsociety and church in the middle of the town,\\nand another in the west part, where a church\\nedifice was built. These societies prospered\\nunder his care, and he left them in a hopeful\\nstate. He is held in grateful remembrance\\nthere for his successful efforts in behalf of ed-\\nucation, morality and religion. From Swanzey\\nlie removed to Westmoreland, and was pastor\\nof the Universal ist Society, and of the one in\\nWest Chesterfield, preaching part of the time\\nin each town, and taught a select school a por-\\ntion of the time. His meetings were largely\\nattended, especially l)y the young, who were\\ninflueuced to activity in the Sunday-school.\\nHe continued his work with these societies\\nfor four years, and during his pastorate the\\nnumber of Sabbath worshippers had more than\\ndoubled real religious life was expressed\\namong the people their interest in the affairs\\nof the church was awakened, and they renova-\\nted and greatly improved both of their church\\nedifices. While here he was elected to the\\nresponsible office of school commissioner for\\nCheshire County, which he lield until 1859.\\nHe was also appointed president of tiie State\\nBoard of Commissioners, and in the winter\\nvisited schools and lectured on education,\\nand in the spring held Teachers Institutes,\\nand thus made his influence felt exten-\\nsively among the teachers and the people.\\nHis reputation soon reached beyond his own\\nState. He was called to the .seiuinary at M est-\\nbrook, now Deering, Me., (a suburb of Port-\\nland), and commenced his work April, 1861.\\nHere Dr. McCollester, a faithful worker as\\never in the vineyard of the Lord, held a relig-\\nious service Sundays in the seminary chapel,\\nwhere the students and families in the\\nvicinity could worship. A society was soon\\norganized, and, in the course of four years, it\\nhad assumed such proportions, outside of the\\nschool, that the chapel (with a seating capacity\\nof over three hundred) could not accommodate\\nall desiring to worship there. Measure were\\nsoon taken towards the erection of a church\\nbuilding on the grounds, and in the course of\\ntwo years a beautiful and counnodious house of\\nworship supplanted the chapel. On its comple-\\ntion Dr. McCollester was obliged from fail-\\ning healtli, caused by overwork, to leave his\\ncares for a time.\\nIn the summer of 1866, in company with\\nhis wife, he visited Europe, and remained until\\nthe spring of 1867. In their travels they\\nvisited Ireland, Scotland, England, Belgium,\\nFrance, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. The\\nvaried and sublime scenery of the Alps, the\\npure air of the mountains in the summer, the\\nmild climate on the shores of the Swiss and\\nItalian lakes in the winter, were delightful,\\ninvigorating and recreating. Remaining in\\nLondon, Paris and Rome for some time, he\\nstudie l their history, antiquities, social insti-\\ntutions and the topography of the surrounding\\ncountry. He wrote frequent and instructive\\nletters to the Portland Transcript, New Eng-\\nland Journal of Education, Boston Transcript,\\nGospel Banner and other papers, which were\\nread with eagerness by many. He returned to\\nhis school with his mind refreshed and enlarged\\nby his studies and travels, but did not feel\\nable to preside over the seminary and also per-\\nform ministerial labor on Sunday. He con-\\ntinued for a year and a half longer iu charge\\nof the school, when lie found that the severity\\nof the climate would not permit him to remain\\non the coast without endangering his health,\\nand he resigned.\\nDr. McCollester was at the head of this insti-\\ntution nearly eight years, and raised it into a\\nflourishing condition. His first term, with\\nthirty scholars, was the hardest he ever taught.\\nHe sought to put the school upon a firm basis\\nof discipline and systematic study, and finally\\nsucceeded in infusing a healthful, moral and\\nintellectual tone among the students, and awak-\\nening a noble ambition in their hearts. The\\nschool became very popular, numbering from", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0374.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n297\\n175 to 240 members. lu 1864 he obtained\\nfrom the State Legislature a charter for a Fe-\\nmale College, the first oue of the Universalist\\ndenomiuatioii in New England. From this\\ncollege he graduated annually a class of young\\nwomen, who, by their scholai-ship and moral\\ninfluence, gave tone and vigor to the society in\\n\u00c2\u00abliich they moved, and reflected honor and\\ncredit upon their principal.\\nWhen he left Westbrook the school was the\\nlargest it ha.s ever been, and also in the best\\nfinancial condition, and the church had grown\\nto a large and respectable religious body. Dur-\\ning these yeai-s Dr. McCollester had wrought\\nwith fidelity, perseverance and faithfulness in\\nthis field, and it was with the profouudest re-\\ngrets of the trustees and friends of the semi-\\nnary that his resignation was accepted.\\nIn the summer of 18 J8 he made a second\\ntour of Europe, with his friend, Rev. John S.\\nIjee, D.D., of St. Lawrence University, Can-\\nton, N. Y. who thus writes of it: We em-\\nbarked on board one of the jNIontreal and\\nQuebec steamers at Quebec, and passed around\\nthe north of Ireland. Dr. McCollester revis-\\nited the scenes of his former tour, and extended\\nhis travels to Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and\\nGreece. It was a memorable journey. We\\nj)assed a month in the Holy Land, and it left\\na vivid and lasting impression. We went up\\nthe Nile, ascended the pyramids, landed at\\nJaffii, passed nearly two weeks in and around\\nJerusalem, stood before the tombs of the pa-\\ntriarchs, bathed in the Jordan, walked along\\nthe shores of the Sea of Galilee, supped and\\nslept in the birth-place of Jesus, rode along the\\nsandy shores of the Mediterranean, stopping\\nover-night in the old dilapidated cities of Tyre\\nand Sidon, also riding over the Lebanon\\nMountains, visiting Baal bee and the Cedars of\\nLebanon. Then, taking a steamer at Beyrout,\\nwe passed among the Greek and Turkish Isles\\nof the Archipelago, spent a Sunday at Smyrna,\\nand thence alongside the plain of Old Troy,\\nthrough the Dardanelles to Constantinople,\\nthence to Athens, whence we made excursions\\nto Pentelicus and other parts of Greece, to\\nCorinth, Corfu and Brindisi, in Italy. We\\nvisited the Lands of the Bible. Dr. McCol-\\nlester returned from this voyage in February,\\n1869, his social and professional life greatly\\nenriched by the oflerings he gathered. He\\nlectured extensively, and wrote much describ-\\ning the countries he had visited.\\nOn the day that he resigned his principalship\\nof Westbrook Seminary, he received a call to\\nthe Universalist Church in Nashua, N. H.,\\nwhich he accepted, and commenced his pastorate\\nthere in the fallof 1869, and devoted himself en-\\ntirely to the ministry. He brought new vigor to\\nthis church. The Sunday-school soon more than\\ndoubled. He had a Bible-class of some forty\\nmembei s. His church raised \u00c2\u00a7800 towards the\\nCentenary Fund in 1870. A Ballon Associa-\\ntion was started under his administration,\\nconsisting of young people in the parish, which\\nhas since been a strong working force in be-\\nhalf of the church. The parish also purchased\\na fine parsonage, paying more than $4000 to-\\nwards it, while he was with them. He started\\nconference meetings, which were largely attended.\\nUnder his charge the society in all its depart-\\nments of work was most active. He was re-\\nspected iu the pulpit and out of it. He so\\npreached in word and deed that he was beloved\\nand esteemed by all in the city. He so identi-\\nfied himself w^ith the cause of education, the\\ntemperance work, and the establishment of the\\nNatural History Society and other city cnter-\\nj)rises, that all felt to accord to him the highest\\nmeed of honor for Christian energy, ability antl\\nmoral worth. After an exceedingly happy and\\nprosperous settlement of three years in Nashua, he\\nwas induced, by the urgency of friends of his de-\\nnominational schools, to resign his charge, against\\nthe wishes of the whole church, to assume the\\npresidency of Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio.\\nHe was so regarded by his own church and\\nothers, that at an historical celebration in\\nNashua, in speaking of the clergy, it was said", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0375.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "298\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe Univerealist Church and the community\\nlost a most excellent man, and Ruchtel College\\ngained an efficient president, when Rev. Mr.\\nMcCollester left this church.\\nHe entered on his new duties in the autumn\\nof 1872. His scholarsiiip, peculiar gifts for\\norganizing, ability to teach and govern, and\\npower to incite the young with truest aims,\\nfitted him in a high degree to open and carry on\\nthis most important undertaking with eminent\\nsuccess. As the college went into operation it\\nseemed advisable and necessary that there\\nshould be a Universalist Church established in\\nthe thriving city of Akron, where the students\\nand others could attend. Accordingly, this duty\\nfell upon the president, who at once began to\\nhold religious services in the capacious chapel\\nof the college. The meetings were well at-\\ntended in the inception. Then he organized a\\nchurch, Sunday-school and weekly conference\\nmeetings, M hich prospered beyond the expecta-\\ntions of the most sanguine. His pulpit eiforts\\nwere thoroughly Christian, persuasive and elo-\\nCjuent, and he soon became known as a more\\nthan ordinary preacher. His naturally strong\\ndescriptive powers, vivid imagination and clear\\nstatements made him popular as a public\\nspeaker, and he was called upon often to plead\\nin the cause of temperance, and held a con-\\nspicuous place as a powerful advocate. After\\nhaving built up a firm society in connection with\\nthe college, he realized that his duties were too\\nonerous, and he was instrumental in having a\\npa.stor settled over the society, thus relieving\\nhim of his double charge. Having served as\\npresident of the college for six years, he re-\\nsigned his office on account of failing health,\\naud weut abroad with his family for a year. At\\nthe close of his labors in this connection. Judge\\nTibbets, in behalf of the trustees and college,\\nsaid on commencement day Six years ago,\\nwhen we had completed this structure, grand in\\nits proportions, strong in its foundations, and\\nbeautiful in its appearance as it was, we well\\nknew that Me had only begun the work of es-\\ntablishing a college. It needed to be presided\\nover by a man of learning, of experience, of\\ncharacter, and of devotion to the great cause of\\neducation not one to take charge of an old-es-\\ntablished institution, whose character and repu-\\ntation were already made and known, but to\\ncreate and make a new name and character\\namong the colleges of the land.\\nWe sought you, and, after the most earnest\\nentreaties, you accepted the position and you\\nhave not been found wanting. But, successful\\nas have been your labors in the college, and as\\nenduring as will be their results, I would\\nspeak of other fields where you are known, aud\\nwhere in your absence you will be missed. I\\nsee here to-day, and have seen elsewhere, the\\nfruits of your labors for the downfallen and the\\npoor. A\\\\ ith others, you have sought to save\\nthe victims of the wine-cup from ruin, and the\\npoor from suffering. You have extended to\\nthem the hand of fellowship. You have left\\nthe quiet of your home on week-days and on\\nthe Sabbath to bless them. These have found\\na friend in you, whose heart was warm, and\\nwhose purse was open to relieve their necessities.\\nIn all these characteristics and works you have\\nshown yourself an accomplished educator, a high-\\nminded, faithful man, a gemiine Christian.\\nIn June, 1874, St. Lawrence University gave\\nhim the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.\\nOn Dr. McCollester s return to America, he\\nwas not much improved in health, and thought\\nhe would settle on his farm in his native town,\\nwhere his honored parents had lived and died.\\nBut he was not allowed to continue there long.\\nHe was made to feel it was his duty to take\\nhold of a new movement to establish aUnivcr-\\n.salist Church in the wide-awake village of Bel-\\nlows Falls.\\nHe commenced laboring there in November,\\n1879, holding religious services on Sunday in\\na hall. AJter working \\\\\\\\-ith this people for six\\nmonths, he started a subscription to raise money\\nfor a church edifice, and, although a kvf months\\npreviously, it was not known that there were", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0376.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n299\\na dozen families in the place that sympathized\\nwith Uuivcrsalism, yet in the course of a\\nyear there was quite a strong society, which rep-\\nresented much financial ability, and money was\\nreadily raised to bnild a house of worship, and\\nin less than two years from the time Dr. Mc-\\nCollester engaged in this work, a strong and\\nunited parish ^vas worshipping in a new, com-\\nmodious and fine edifice, free from debt. He\\ncontinued his work for three years with a\\nmost successful pastorate, and served the\\ntown of Rockingham as superintendent of\\nschools for two years with great acceptance. At\\nthe close of his third yeai having accomplished\\nthe special work which called him there, he re-\\nsigned his charge against the wishes of the peo-\\nple, and returned to Marlborough. But he did\\nnot remain there long, as tliere was work for\\nliim in another field, Dover, N. H., to revive\\nUuiversalism. A uew church edifice was just\\nbeing completed, having been built by the late\\nHon. T. W. Pierce in memory of his revered\\nand sainted parents. It is a unique religious\\nedifice and bears the name of Pierce Memo-\\nrial Church. The doctor began his labors\\nhere January 11, 1883, when the church was\\ndedicated. The spiritual building now com-\\nmenced. Only a few in Dover were known as\\nUniversalists, but as the meetings were opened\\nlarge numbers were in attendance, and in a\\nshort time eighty families were identified with\\nthe society as pew-holders. New organizations\\nwere made in all the diiFerent branches of church-\\nwork, and in a few months the Pierce Memo-\\nrial Church was felt to be a working force in\\nthe city.\\nAs a man and a preacher, Dr. McCollester\\nwas poiiular and highly esteemed. He took\\nhold of this enterprise with the view of start-\\ning a strong society, so as to call another pastor\\ninto a promising field, and at the end of his\\nsecond year he desired to give up his charge,\\nbut the parish urged him to continue another\\nyear. More than a hundred families are now\\nrepresented in his society. Since he began this\\nwork a parish, church, Sunday-school, Ladies\\nDorcas Society, Young Folks Brooks Asso-\\nciation have been organized and systematized,\\nso that they are now doing excellent religions\\nlabors. He tendered his resignation of this\\npastorate October, 1885, feeling that he had by\\nhis efforts placed the church on a strong footing,\\nand that it would go on and prosper.\\nDr. McCollester in his ministerial service\\nhas enjoyed a marke l degree of success.\\nWherever he has wrought in this direction he\\nhas left rich fruits of consecrated efforts. It has\\nseemed to be his lot to start uew religious enter-\\nprises, to organize new elements and stimulate\\nthem with love to God and man. As a\\npreacher he is earnest, clear and persuasive.\\nHis hearers feel his honesty and sincerity. He\\nleaves no uncertainty as to his convictions and\\nbelief, which is in the widest Christian liberty.\\nHe is ready to give the God-speed to every\\nfollower of the Divine Master. His style of\\nrhetoric is rhythmical, fervid and illustrative.\\nHis manner of delivery is sure to quicken the\\nthought and captivate the feelings. He pos-\\nsesses a remarkable power of making others see\\nwhat he sees, and feel what he feels, and es-\\npecially is this true of his descriptions of places,\\nmen and things. Of late years he has laid\\naside his notes or maiuiscript in the pulpit, but\\nnever goes upon the platform without special\\npreparation, so that he displays discipline of\\nmind, power of language and oratorial ability.\\nHe is a student of nature, and exceedingly fond\\nof the natural sciences as well as of the classics,\\nand his discourses abound in illustrations from\\nthese sources, as also from history and his\\ntravels and experience in different countries.\\nHis temperament is poetical, his memory good,\\nhis intellect active, and his religious element\\nhighly developed. His qualities of voice are\\nsuch as to please and move the heart and head.\\nIt is baritone in ordinary discourse, running into\\norotund in prayer. As he a]ipears in the j)ul-\\npit he is free from cjint, and evidently con-\\nsecrated to the work before him. In his prayer", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0377.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "300\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthere is adoration, fear, trust, petition, confession\\nand those marks of earnest devotion which are\\nthe elements of true Christianity. In person,\\nDr. McCollester is of medium height, full-\\nchested, with a well-proportioned body. His\\nhead is large and forehead {prominent. His\\ncomplexion is light, eyes blue, and hair\\nbrown. His face expresses honesty and firm-\\nness for the right. He is young mentally, as\\nwell as physically, and one would not think\\nhim to be over fifty. We can hardly under-\\nstand how he could have worked and accom-\\nplished so much, and yet be so well preserved,\\nbut it is the result of a pure heart, pure morals\\nand a pure life. With all his other work, he is\\na writer of note, a frequent contributor to re-\\nligious and educational journals, and his vol-\\nume entitled After-Thoughts of Foreign\\nTravels has passed through several editions,\\nand received the highest encomiums from the\\npressand such prominent men as Hiram Orcutt,\\nLL.D., T. W. Bicknell, LL.D., Rev. J. G.\\nAdams, D.D., and others. He is a graphic, enter-\\ntaining, suggestive and instructive writer.\\nDr. McCollester is an able man, strong in\\nmind, strong in self control, strong in will,\\nand strong in sympathy, true to all, without de-\\nceit or hypocrisy, and is loved most by those\\nwlio kno\\\\V him best. In college and church\\nhe has jjroved himself a successful organizer\\nand builder in mental and spiritual things.\\nHe has been, and is now, a power in the Uni-\\nversalist denomination. Men may come and\\nmen may go, but the work they do lives after\\nthem, and the institutions they plant, or aid in\\nadvancing, go on after they are gathered to their\\nfathers, and generation after generation will\\nhave just reason to bless him as their bene-\\nfactor.\\nMrs. McCollester, a woman adorned with\\ngenial social qualities, quick sympathies, and\\nall the graces of the true woman, has been a\\ncompanion, helper, and comforter to her hus-\\nband through all the labors and trials of their\\nlife. Of their five children, only one survives,\\nRev. S. Lee McCollester, who is also a Univer-\\nsalist clergyman, now settled over the church\\nof that denomination in Claremont. He is\\nmuch esteemed and beloved by his people,\\nwho find in him an earnest, faithful worker in\\nthe vineyard of the Lord. He has inherited\\nqualities from his parents which promise for\\nhim success in his chosen field of labor.\\nHON. RUFUS S. FROST.\\nHon. Rufus 8. Frost, son of Joseph and\\nLucy (Wheeler) Frost, was born in Marl-\\nborough July 18, 1826. His father passed\\naway when he was but four years of age, and,\\nin 18.33, his mother, with her family, moved\\nto Boston, where he was placed in school,\\nmaking rapid progress in the different branches\\npursued. At length, that he might have better\\nadvantages, he entered the Newton Academy,\\nwhere he ranked high in scholarship for one of\\nhis years. His perception was keen, his reflec-\\ntion active, his temperament hopeful and poet-\\nical. As a boy, he was ambitious to do for\\nhimself, and, when but twelve years old, he\\nwent, as clerk, into the dry-goods store of\\nMessrs. J. H. J. Osgood, remaining with\\nthem until he was twenty-one, when he became\\na partner of J. H. Osgood, with whom he con-\\ntinued in the most pleasant relations for five\\nyears. Subsequently he enjoyed partnership\\nwith other firms, but, in 1866, he became the\\nhead of his own business-house, taking younger\\nassociates into his firm, as the exigencies of the\\ntimes demanded, and thus has continued to\\ndo to the present time, gradually increasing his\\nbusiness in manufacturing and selling woolen\\ngoods.\\nMr. Frost has depth and breadth of cliar-\\nacter sufficient to do business on an extensive\\nscale. His mind and heart are too large to do\\nthings by the halves. His conceptions and in-\\ntuitions are clear and strong, enabling him to\\ndeal with men fairly and acceptably. It has\\nalways been his good fortune to be associated in", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0378.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "MetrijpoliKnItoli5UiiJs^F,juiiimi{CiilrTOTort", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0381.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0382.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n301\\nbusiness with noble men and during nearly\\nforty years that he has been in trade for him-\\nself, thoug-li there have been strikinn; ebbs and\\nfloods in the world of traffic, still he has moved\\non successfully, without failure or compromise,\\nsustaining a high reputation for strict honesty\\nand reliability.\\nMr. Frost now resides in Chelsea, Mass.,\\nwhere he has lived since he was fourteen years\\nold, seeing a small village develop into a\\nlarge city. He has always been active in its\\nwelfare, and was twice elected, with great unan-\\nimity, as mayor, in 1867 and 186.S, and was\\nstrenuously urged to hold the office longer. In\\n1871 and 1872 he served as State Senator. In\\n1873 and 1874 he was a member of the Gov-\\nernor s Council. In the fall of 1874 he was\\nnominated and elected by the Republican party\\nin the Fourth Congressional District to the\\nForty-fourth Congress. While in Congress he\\nserved in committee on railroads and likewise\\non frecdiiien s affairs. In all these civic rela-\\ntions he did great honor to himself and his con-\\nstituency. (For twenty-two years he has been\\ndirector in one of the largest Ijanks in Boston.)\\nIn 1877 Mr. Frost was unaimously elected as\\nlircsident of the National Association of Wool\\nManufacturers, and was thus chosen for seven\\nsuccessive years.\\nSuccessful manufacturers are public benefac-\\ntors, and merit the gratitude and praise of their\\ncountrymen. The nation that produces the\\nmost in proportion to its numbers will be the\\nmost prosperous and powerful. Protectionists\\nseek to impress this truth upon the popular\\nmind, to secure its adoption, as an axiom, by\\nour national government. The United States\\npossess all the natural advantages nee led for\\nthe attainment of a result so desirable. It is\\nthe part of patriotism to turn these advantages\\nto the best account, to differentiate the indus-\\ntries of the people and to give employment to\\nall classes of mind and capacity. Unfavoraljle\\ndisparities must be relieved by corrective cus-\\ntom duties. Such views as these have actuated\\nMr. Frost and his honorable associates in their\\npraiseworthy efforts to place our country in a\\nposition among the nations in which it will be\\nsecond to none either in manufactures, arts or\\narms.\\nMr. Frost was nurtured in a Christian home,\\nand in early life became a member of the Salem\\nChurch, Boston. When the First Congrega-\\ntional C hurch of Chelsea was organized he was\\none of the original members. He at once\\nidentified himself with all the various activities\\nof this society for years he led its choir and\\nplayed the organ. He is an active worker in\\nits Sunday-school, and was its superintendent\\nso long as his health would permit of his serv-\\ning in that office. Though consecrated to his\\nchurch, yet he is not bigoted. He is always\\nclothed with a broad mantle of charity. He\\nclaims the privilege of thinking for himself,\\nand is ready to grant this right to others. He\\nis so constituted that the .spiritual and material\\nin his nature are nicely balanced, blending the\\nideal and practical in his life-work.\\nMr. Frost raay be justly classed as a Christian\\nreformer, ever ready to lift up the down-trodden\\nand preach deliverance to the enslaved. His\\nvoice has been wont to be heard on public\\noccasions in liehalf of temperance, universal\\neducation, republiam institutions and the\\nspread of the gospel to the uttermost parts of\\nthe earth. He is a pleasing speaker, being\\nfavored with a good voice and graceful mien,\\nnever being so material as to be cloddish, nor\\nso aerial as to be vapory, but speaking out\\nwords and thoughts that are solid, nutritious\\nand encouraging.\\nMr. Frost loves his native town and the\\nhome of his birth, delighting to clierish the\\nspots made sacred Ijy ancestral footstei)s. Con-\\nsequently, as soon as he could, he secural the\\nold family homestead for a summer residence.\\nIt is beautifully situated, commanding an ex-\\ntensive outlook in all directions. The old\\nMonadnock, on the one hand, and the Green\\nMountains, on the other, stand out in bold", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0383.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "302\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nrelief, while from its verandah is to be enjoyed\\nthe loveliest of rural landscajjes. Below, and\\nin the centre of all, is the neat, white vil-\\nlage of Marlborough, with the Minniwawa\\nwinding; throuirh it, remindino- one of the fair-\\nest corals in richest emerald settings. Surely\\nnature has been propitious to the Frost home\\nand the deeds of true men and women have\\nmade it forever memorable.\\nWhile Mr. Frost has a pleasant and inviting\\nhome at Chelsea, still it is apparent that he ex-\\nperiences the greatest delight whenever he visits\\nthe old family home, surrounded with its broad\\nacres and its beautiful scenery. Certainly he is\\ngladly welcomed by the citizens of Marlbor-\\nough whenever he goes there, for they realize\\nthat he loves and reveres the place of his\\nnativity. This he has proved in various ways\\nby worthy and generous deeds. He has kindly\\nremembered its Congregational Cliurch by fur-\\nnishing it with a fine organ, and iu liberally\\nassisting its society and other religious bodies\\nof the town. But his crowning work in behalf\\nof Marlborough hius been in presenting it with a\\nmost valuable library, including a fire-proof\\ngranite building, several thoasand volumes of\\ngood books and a generous fund with which to\\nreplenish it annually. What a munificent gift!\\nW^hat an educational power I It is the highest\\ncharity, for it serves to quicken minds and\\nstrengthen hearts to help themselves.\\nHe who provides a town with a good library\\nis doing a more lasting and grander work than\\nthose who builded the pyramids of the Nile or\\nthe Parthenon of Athens or the monument of\\nWashington, at our nation s capitol. Such an\\none is buildino; for the ages. His name will\\nlive and be cherished when stone and brass\\nshall have wasted into dust, for it is being in-\\nscribed on the Eternal walls,\\nHe lives iu deeds, not years in thouglits, not breatlis\\nIn feelings, not in figures on a dial.\\nELIJAH BOVDEN.\\nAmong the families which have iieeu identified\\nwith the town of Marlborough for many years\\nthat of Boyden is especially worthy of record.\\nThe Boydeus are of English origin, and\\nThomas, of Ipswich, England, came to America\\nin the Francis, in 1634, and settled in Water-\\ntown, Mass. He had just attained his majority\\nand was admitted as freeman, at Ipswich, in\\n1647, and later removed to Medfield, where he\\ndied. Of his descendants, Elijah, of Walpole,\\nMass., came to Marlborough, N. H., in the\\nspring of 1806, purchased the place known as\\nthe Aaron Stone farm. Tradition says he\\nbrought with him thirty-seven hundred dollars\\nin silver, which he paid for the place. He was\\nan inn-keeper and, in 1812, owned the first\\none-horse wagon seen in the town. He was a\\ngenial man, a good citizen and interested in\\nwhatever pertained to the welfare of the town\\nand village. His wife was Amity Fisher, also\\nof Walpole, Mass. Tiieir children were Aimer,\\nGeorge, Hannah, Oliver, Addison, William and\\nElijah. Mr. Boyden died July 22, 181-4, aged\\nfifty-two years. His wife survived him, dying\\nOctober 29, 1841, at the age of seventy-six.\\nElijah Boyden, youngest child of Elijah and\\nAmity (Fisher) Boyden, was born in Marl-\\nborough, N. H., August 15, 1814, a few weeks\\nafter his father s death. Although never hav-\\ning the guiding care of a father, he had what\\nis almost indispensable to the making of a good\\nman a good mother and Elijah s early child-\\nhood was passed in the environment of her\\nsweet iind pure influence.\\nAt the age of fourteen he entered the store\\nof his brother Abncr, and remained there as\\nclerk for about six years. During this time he\\nformed correct business habits, and the ex-\\nperience and training which he then received\\nwere of great practical use to him in after-life.\\nHis diligence and industry, combined with\\npleasant social manners, gained the confidence\\nand good-will of the citizens of the town, and\\nhe was recommended for postmaster, to which\\noffice he was appointed when he was about\\neighteen. The duties of this position he dis-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0384.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "^a# s^\\ni\\nm:rt\\n1\\n^ly j y /i. H BJi\u00c2\u00ab\\nC^^i^r**^ ^c^**^", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0387.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0388.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n303\\ncliargetl satisfactorily for nearly three years,\\nwhen he resigned, being desirous of extending\\nhis business interests, and went to Boston, and,\\nin company with Josiali L. Crosby, engaged in\\nmerchandising on Court Street. This firm car-\\nried on business successfully for two years and\\na half, when Mr. Boyden, on account of the\\ndeath of his brother Abner, sold out his inter-\\nest in Boston and returned to ]\\\\Iarlborough.\\nAfter settling his brother s estate Elijah, in\\ncompany with his brother William, took the\\nstock of goods and store of his deceased brother\\nand commenced trade under firm-name of W.\\ntt E. Boyden. In 1840 they erected and occu-\\npied their new store. In 1845, Mr. Boyden\\nwas again appointed postmaster, and held the\\noffice until 1852, when he resigned, and about\\nthe same time G. D. Richardson Co. pur-\\nchased the stock in trade of the Boyden\\nbrothers. In 1854, Mr. Boyden was appointed\\nroute mail-agent between Boston and Burlinu;-\\nton, which office he continued to hold until\\n1860, when he resigned, and has since not been\\nin active business life.\\nMr. Boyden married, April 5, 1838, Anna\\nG., daughter of Rev. Charles and Mary (Hem-\\nenway) Cummiugs. Rev. Charles Cummings\\nwas born in Seabrook in 1777 and passed his\\nchildhood in Marlborougli was married in\\n1798 and settled in Sullivan. He was licensed\\nto preach, in 1805, by the Baptist Board of\\nMinisters, and ordained, in 1810, in Sullivan.\\nHe was instrumental in organizing churches in\\nKeene, Swanzey, Marlborough, Hillsborough,\\nLyndeborough and Antrim. In 1820 he was\\ncalled to the domestic missionary work. He\\nwas a man of great energy and earnestness, not\\nshrinking from any sacrifice for the good of the\\ncause he loved so well and labored so faithfully\\nto sustain. He was a man of a kind, concilia-\\ntory spirit humble, prayerful and zealous in\\nevery good work, and he belonged to a class\\nthat ought never to be forgotten that class\\nwhich performed the labors and endured the\\nprivations of the pioneers of the c^iuse of re-\\nligion. He never wrote his sermons but, in\\nthe early work of his ministry, he would select\\na text of Scripture before going to the field\\n(for at that time he tilled the soil), and while\\nlaboring with his hands he mentally studied\\nand wrought out his sermons. The last few\\nyears of his life he labored in Pottersville, and\\npreached up to the last Sabbath but one before\\nhis death, which occurred in Roxbury, N. H.,\\nDecember 27, 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Boyden\\nhave an adopted daughter, Emelia, born No-\\nvember 6, 1849, who married, September 27,\\n1872, Clark N. Chandler, of Keene, of the\\nfirm of Dort tt Chandler, druggists. They\\nhave one child, Carl Boyden, born November\\n10, 1877.\\nMr. Boyden is a Democrat politically, and as\\nsuch, in 1865 and 1866, he received the highest\\nvote of his party for State Senator. He has\\nalways taken a deep interest in political mat-\\nters, and by extensive reading has kept himself\\nthoroughly conversant with the politics of the\\ncountry, though in no sense has he been an\\noffice-seeker and no jiolitical or other influence\\ncan move him which does not first convince his\\nsense of right. Careful and conservative, his\\nkeen foresight and delii)erate judgment make\\nhis advice and counsel of peculiar value. He\\nis one of the vice-presidents of the Five-Cents\\nSavings-Bank of Keene, and a director of the\\nCitizens National Bank of the same city.\\nIn town aifairs he has taken an active part,\\nand held many responsible offices of trust. He\\nhas held the office of justice of the peace for\\nnearly thirty years.\\nUniversalist in his religious belief, he has\\ncontributed liberally of his time and means\\ntoward the establishment of the church of his\\nchosen faith, and his wife, a lady of marked\\nsuperiority, has been an active worker in the\\nSabbath -school.\\nA ready and fluent speaker, Mr. Boyden is\\noften called upon on public occasions, and offici-\\nated as president of the day at Marlborough s\\nCentennial celebration.", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0389.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "304\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMr. and Mrs. Boyden have had the advan-\\ntages of intercourse with other countries. In\\nAugust, 1878, they started on a voyage to\\nEurope, and, after sojourning for a time in\\nEngland and France, they wintered under\\nItalia s sunny skies and completed their home-\\nward voyage in the iSIay following. Soon after\\ntheir i-eturn to Marlborough Mr. Boyden, at\\nthe urgent solicitation of his many friends and\\ntownsmen, gave an interesting account of their\\ntravels, in his social, pleasing and attractive\\nstyle, and subsequently repeated the account in\\na large number of the towns in the county.\\nPossessing an ability for the discharge of\\npublic duties, a well-balanced judgment, almost\\nuniformly correct in its results, and an integrity\\nof character that was never touched by whisper\\nor reflection, Mr. Boyden was fitted to assume\\nand administer all the duties to which he has\\nbeen called. He is a good neighbor, a warm\\nand welcome friend, a genial companion, a wise\\ncounselor and a worthv citizen.\\nCOLONEL WILLIAM HENRY GREENWOOD.\\nWilliam Henry Greenwood, the youngest sou\\nof Asa and Lucy Greenwood, was born in\\nDublin, N. H., March 27, 1832, but his parents\\nremoving to Marlborough when he was but a\\nfew years old, his childhood was passed there.\\nHe was more than an ordinary boy, quiet in his\\nmanners, kind in disposition, persevering in\\neffort and possessed of a strong will. He early\\nshowed a fondness for machinery and a skill\\nwith tools, and constructed many pieces of\\ncurious handicraft in his boyhood. He inherited\\nhis mechanical tastes from his father, who was\\nremarkable for his inventive faculties, and did\\nmuch to promote the improvement of Marl-\\nborough during his residence there, and was a\\nstrong man, mentally and morally all of which\\ncharacteristics his children largely inherited.\\nWilliam H. remained at Marlborough until he\\nwas eighteen years old, attending the public\\nschools and assisting his father in the various\\npublic works upon which the latter was en- j\\ngaged, when he entered the Norwich Univer- I\\nsity, Vermont, graduating in 1852. While at\\nthe university he easily mastered the highei\\nmathematics, and the professor in that depart-\\nment, a gifted mathematician, was surprised al\\nthe original solutions and developments which\\nMr. Greenwood would bring before the classes.\\nIn 1852 he went to Illinois, and was employed\\nin the construction of the Central Military\\nTract Railroad, now the Burlington and Quincy.\\nUpon the completion of that road he engaged\\nupon what was then known at the American\\nCentral Railroad, and was with that interest\\nwhen the great Civil War broke out. He en-\\nlisted in the fifty-first regiment Illinois Vol-\\nunteers January 17, 1862, and was commissioned\\nfirst lieutenant of company H from enlistment,\\nand captain of the same company and regiment\\nfrom May 9, 1863.\\nBut it was not as a line officer that Col. Green-\\nwood made his mark. Soon after the battle of\\nStone River, General Rosecrans made inquiry for\\ncompetent engineer officers to organize a topo-\\ngraphical service, and he was selected for this\\nduty, and, for better facilities for seeing the coun-\\ntry, he was ordered to report to General Stanley,\\nat that time chief of cavalry for the Army of\\nthe Cumberland. The relation then established\\ncontinued to the end of the war. Colonel Green-\\nwood remaining a part of this commander s\\nmilitary family until the fall of 1865. No of-\\nficer served in the Army of the Cumberland\\nwho was present at and participated in more\\nbattles, actions, aifairs, skirmishes than Colonel\\nGreenwood. The great battles in which he\\nwas an active participant embrace such names\\nas Perryville, Stone River, Hoover s Gap,\\nChickamauga, Missionary Ridge, three months\\nof Atlanta campaign (an almost continous\\nfight, including Peach-Tree Creek, the assault\\non Kenesaw) finally, in the last great service of\\nthe Fourth Corps, the action at Spring Hill, the\\nnext day the battle of Franklin, and very soon\\nthe battle of Nashville, which ended the mission", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0390.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "7 -Z^/^i^ C/^-^^", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0393.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0394.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "Marlborough:.\\n305\\noC tlie Army of the Cumberland in the destrue-\\ntiou of Hood s army.\\nIt would be impossible to describe the value of\\nsuch services as those rendered by Colonel Green-\\nwood. Tlie importance of having a staff officer\\nwho can not only carry out the orders of his\\ncommander, but, in a ease of emergency, orig-\\ninate and execute plans, can be best appreciated\\nby those having such an officer as Colonel Green-\\nwood. His education and experience made him\\na master t)f topography. His coolness and dar-\\ning fitted him to carry out orders in the face of\\ndanger. He thoroughly understood field forti-\\nfications and many times his commander retired\\nsafely to rest because he knew Colonel Greenwood\\nhad charge of the work.. In July, 1864, wlien\\nGeneral Stanley was appointed to the command of\\nthe Fourth Corps, Colonel (ireensvood was com-\\nmissioned by the President lieutenant-colonel\\nand inspector, to date from July, 1864. In this\\nposition he rendered important service in find-\\ning out the movements of the enemy, the dis-\\npositions of his lines, the positions of his bat-\\nteries. These were his constant employments,\\nand his active, enterprising nature thrived in\\niiard work, and detested ease and idleness. His\\nfaults, happily, were t ew, and were those of a\\nman fearless and careless of danger. Many a\\ntime he rode miles thi ough woods and thickets\\nto communicate between detacheil portions of the\\ntroops, sometimes alone, or only with an orderly.\\nCare for himself was the last thing to which to\\ngive thought. In July, 1S65, the Fourth Corps\\nlanded in Texas, taking post at Victoria,\\nLavacca and San Antonio. Colonel Greenwood\\nwas put in charge of the Gulf and San Antonio\\nRailroad, which had been destroyed by the rebel\\njjeneral John Magruder. With the burned\\nand bended railroad iron, and such timber as\\ncould be gathered out of the Guadaloupe bot-\\ntoms, he soon had the cars running to Victoria,\\nsaving immense expense and labor. After com-\\npleting his work in Texas he was employed\\nupon the Kansas Pacific Hailroad. He was\\nappointed chief engineer of this road, and while\\n20\\nliolding this position he made surveys on the\\nthirty-second and thirty-fifth parallels through\\nto San Fraucisco. During his service for the\\ncompany, he constructed one hundred and fii^y\\nmiles of railroad in one hundred working days,\\nand the last (kn- laid ten and a quarter miles of\\ntrack in 10 hours, a feat, perhaps, never\\nequaled in railroad construction. In 1870 lie\\nmade the first general report in favor of nar-\\nrow gauge three feet, i. e., railroads, and was\\nappointed general manager of construction of\\nthe Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Upon\\ncompletion of the first division of tliis railroad\\nhe was appointed general superintendent, and\\nremainetl until the road was finished to Canon\\nCity. He next went to ^Mexico, in company\\nwith General W. S. Rosecrans and General W. J.\\nPalmer, with a view of constructing a national\\nrailroad in that country. ^Yhile eng-aged in\\nthis service he visited England and the Con-\\ntinent in the interest of this road, but failina: to\\nget the concessions asked for from the Jlexican\\ngovernment, he returned to New York, and\\nestablished himself as a civil engineer. In\\nMay, 1878, he took charge of the construction\\nof the Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad,\\nfor the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Com-\\npany, and in March, 187!), took charge of the\\nMarion and ]McPherson Railroad.\\nDuring his numerous surveys he had several\\nencounters with the Indians, in which his war\\nexperience came well to hand. The hardships\\nfrom cold, from hunger and exposure duriun\\nthis pioneer service in the railways of the great\\nplains, were such as few men have experienced.\\nAs an engineer. Colonel Greenwood had few peers\\nin his profession. No obstacle that nature had\\ninterposed, as it were, in frolicsome mood, in the\\ncanons and mountains of the West, deterred this\\nengineer of science, of skill and daring, and\\nrailroad trains now run securely where before\\nthe wild mountain sheep feared to climb. The\\nskillful capitalists who built these wonderful\\nrailroads of Colorado well appreciated his\\nworth, and when the Sullivan and Palmer", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0395.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "306\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCompanies undertook the International and\\nInteroceanic Railroads from the City of Mexico\\nto the Pacific coast, Colonel Greenwood was\\ncalled as the most reliable man to locate the great\\nwork. It was while engaged in his work in\\nMexico that he was murdered near the public\\nhighway, at Rio Hondo, Mexico, on Sunday,\\nAugust 29, 1880.\\nThe following letter received by General\\nStanley gives the details Colonel Greenwood\\nwas on his way to the capitol from his camj) near\\nToluca, accompanied by Mr. Miller, engineer,\\nand a servant, to pass the Sabbath with his\\nfamily. About nine miles from Mexico, near\\nRio Hondo, he stopped at an inn. Here there\\nwere a number of men, who, seeing his horse,\\nlaid a plot to obtain possession of it. They rode\\nahead some distance, where they remained am-\\nbushed anil when Col. Green\\\\TOod approached\\nalone, having ridden on ahead of his compan-\\nion and servant, they rushed out upon him,\\nhoping that the frightened horse would throw\\nhis rider, and, in that way, they might obtain\\npossession of the animal. This plot failed, and\\ntheir only way to obtain the horse was to\\nmurder its master. His body was found on\\ntiie roadside by Mr. Miller, a ball having\\npierced the right hand and body, leaving the\\nimpression that he had been shot while in the\\nact of drawing his revolver. His horse, carbine\\nand revolver were taken, but his watch and\\nmoney were found upon his person. The assas-\\nsins were probably disturbed in their act of\\nplunder. His body was brought to the capitol\\nand placed in the American Cemetery. The\\nsad event was deeply deplored by every one\\nhere, where, by his many virtues, he had gained\\nmany warm friends.\\nP. H. MoRGAX, U. S. Legation.\\nMexico, November 23, 1880.\\nThus perished all that was mortal of this\\nearnest, good and brave man, who had seemed\\nto have a charmed life, escajjing the bullets of\\nhis enemies in war, passing unharmed through\\nnumerous attacks of Indians, enduring hardships\\nfrom cold and hunger from which few could\\nhave survived. In the spring of 18.S2 his\\nremains were brought from Mexico, and placetl\\nin the cemetery at Dummerston, Vermont.\\nColonel Greenwood was a member uf the\\nAmerican Society of Civil Engineers, and had\\nsurveyed and superintended the construction of\\nover 3000 miles of railroad. This was a great\\nwork for one man to do, only forty-eight years\\nand a few months old at the time of his death.\\nThis quiet man, almost bashful in his modesty,\\nhad realized the object of his youthful ambition,\\nand made himself a great engineer. His works\\nare a monument to his great worth as a soldier,\\nand as a man of practical science he was among\\nthe first.\\nBut there must be something said concerniny;\\nColonel Greenwood s domestic life, which was\\nespecially felicitous. May 19th, 1857, he\\nmarried Evaline, daughter of Joel Knight, Jr.,\\nand Fanny Duncan (daughter of Dr. Abel\\nDuncan, of Dummerston, Vermont), the fam-\\nilies of Knight and Duncan being among the\\nmost prominent and respected families in the\\ntown. Mr. and Mrs. Gi eenwood had no chil-\\ndren, but adopted a beautiful little girl, who\\ndied some years ago. Her death was a great\\ngrief to them. In 1873 he purchased the farm\\nwhich had been the property of the Knight\\nfamily for several generations, and it is now the\\nhome of Mrs. Greenwood.\\nMr. and Mrs. Greenwood found in each other\\ncongeniality, sympathy and help. In war and\\nin peace, wherever it was possible for her to\\nreach him, l)y sea or by laud, she was always\\nnear to cheer and encourage him with the love\\nand devotion of the true wife.\\nLUTHER HEMENWAY.\\nThe records of the lives of many of our New\\nEngland men may seem humble and unpretend-\\ning when compared with those more brilliant\\nand world-renowned, but they are such\\nonly relatively. The farmer, the manu-", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0396.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "M/1 :r HiWtv:\\n^^^^r^^^^^^^^-ZJ^ft^", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0399.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0400.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n307\\nfacturor and the mechanic eacli has his place\\nin the structure of society, and it re(j[uires the\\ndift erent individualities to give beauty and finish\\nto the whole. Fur more than a century the\\nname of Hemenway lias been a familiar and\\nrespected one in the towu of Marlborough, and\\namong the old and leading manufacturers, who\\ndeserve especial mention, is Luther Hemenway.\\nThe name is variously spelled on old records, as\\nHemingway, Heinmenway, Heninway, etc. The\\nfamily was among the early settlers of Framing-\\nham, Mass., and was also of those wlio served\\ntheir adopted country in her long and success-\\nful Revolutionary struggle with England.\\nEbenezer Hemenway, of Framingham, married\\nHannah Winch, ^lay 17, 1711. Samuel, born in\\nFramingham, August 3, 1724, married Hannah\\nRice. Their son, El)enezer, born in Framing-\\nham, May 2(i, 1760, married, in 1786, Ruth,\\ndaughter of Amos and Mary (Trowbridge)\\nGates. She was born February 12, 1768. In\\n1787, Ebenezer Hemenway removed with his\\nyoung wife to commence a life of activity and\\nestablish a home in Marlborough, N. H., and\\nsettled on what is now known as the Franklin\\nSmith place. He took an intelligent interest in\\nall the public movements of the town, giving of\\nhis time and means to forward the prosperity\\nand welfare of its citizens. Congregationalist in\\nhis religious belief, he .was a member of that\\nchurch for more than forty years. He was a\\nman of sound judgment, Christian integrity,\\nand was universally respected. He died Octo-\\nber 27, 1839. His widow died October 18,\\n185-1. Luther, son of Ebenezer and Ruth\\n((lates) Hemenway, was born in Framingham\\nJanuary 2, 1787, and came to Marlborough\\nwith his jiareuts when but sis months old. He\\nmarried, for his second wife, October 26, 1813,\\nEliza Cummiugs, of a family well-known and\\nhonored in New Hampshire. He was a black-\\nsmith by trade, and had a shop in Marlborough,\\nand was familiarly known as Captain Hemen-\\nway. He was a stanch man, an old-time Whig,\\ninterested in educational affairs, and was one of\\nthe number who formed the Social Library\\nAssociation. He removed to Jaffrey, where he\\ndied February 13, 1872.\\nLuther Hemenway, youngest son of Luther\\nand Eliza (Cummings) Hemenway, was born\\nin Marlborough January 15, 1827. He mar-\\nried, December 7, 1853, Mary C, daughter of\\nJoshua and Eliza (Rice) Davis, of Roxbury.\\nTheir children were INTary Lizzie, born August\\n0, 1859, died September 20, 1860; George A.,\\nborn October 28, 1861, was drowned August\\n21, 1864 Fred. D., born April 30, 1860 (he\\nreceived the educational advantages of Cushing\\nAcademy, Ashburnhani, and Commercial Col-\\nlege, Boston) and Katie M., born September\\n27, 1871, died November 5, 1872.\\nIjuther Hemenway s education \\\\vas acquired\\nat the disti ict schools, supplemented by two\\nterms at Melville Academy, Jaffrey, to which\\nplace his father had removed. He improved\\nhis time and opportunities to the best of his\\nability, and remained with his parents until he\\nwas twenty-one years old, w heu he left home\\nto engage in business pursuits, and came to\\nMarlborough March 1, 1S48, where he estab-\\nlished himself with his brother Charles, and\\ncommenced making clothes-pins, having pre-\\nviously invented a machine by which the man-\\nufacture was facilitated and cheapened. He\\nremained with Iiis brother two years and was\\nthen employed by Mr. Snow in the manufacture\\nof boxes and toys. After continuing with him\\nfor about two years Mr. Snow failed, and Mr.\\nHemenway, by his prudence, economy and fore-\\nthouglit, having laid ujJ some money, he pur-\\nchased the stock, and with a partner, E. JVC.\\nEveleth, under the firm-name of Evelcth\\nHemenway, continued the business until 1861,\\nsome nine years, when Mr. Eveleth sold his\\ninterest to Mr. Hemenway, and he carried on\\nthe manufacture alone for four years. Geo G.\\nDavis was associated w ith him for a time, the\\nfirm-title being L. Hemenway Co. Mr.\\nHemenway has also been engaged in other\\nbranches of manufacturing and is still tloing", "height": "3076", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0401.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "308\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsomething in the line. He started life with a\\ndetermination to accomplish something and to\\ndo honest work, and now he can feel that he\\nhas earned the right to rest, or at least to enjoy\\nthe success of his hard, unwearied labors of many\\nyears.\\nMr. Hemcnway is a member of the Indepen-\\ndent Order of Odd-Fellows, and has been an\\nactive worker and officer of the order, his mem-\\nbership dating back over thirty years. As to\\nhis politics, prior to our Civil War he was a\\nDemocrat, l)ut voted for James A. Grarfield, and\\nmay now be considered an Independent Repub-\\nlican voter. He is versed in the business affairs\\nof the town, having served its interests as select-\\nman for several years, and held other minor\\noffices. His religious faith is that of the Uni-\\nversalists.\\nMr. Hemenway is characterized by modest\\nand unassuming manners, strong attachments,\\ngreat love for his friends, and is a good neighbor,\\nloyal citizen and a worthy example of what\\nperseverance, diligence and fidelity can accom-\\nplish. He belongs to that class of New Eng-\\nlanders who, while unostentatious and unpretend-\\ning, are yet the true benefactors of the commu-\\nnity in which they live, in that they add to the\\nmaterial prosperity of tlieir respective localities,\\nand leave behind them tangible I esults of their\\nlife s work.\\nCHARLES WHITNEY.\\nIn the year of our Lord 1634, John Whit-\\nney embarked in the Elizabeth and Ann\\nfrom England for the shores of New England.\\nHe settled in Watertown, Mass., and his sons\\nwere John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas and\\nJonathan. Many of their descendants settled\\nin Framingham, Mass., and, about the middle\\nof the eighteenth century, several families mi-\\ngrated from Framingham, Mass., to New Hamp-\\nshire.\\nIn 1771, Joliu and Jonathan Whitney\\n(brothers), of Framingiuim stock, came from\\nDunstable and located in that part of Fitzwil-\\nliam now Troy. They lived for jiine years in\\na log house, purchased land and afterwards\\nbuilt a house which was constructed for a tav-\\nern and kept by them for eight years, during\\nwhich time they did a good business and ac-\\ncumulated considerable property. They closed\\ntheir house to the public in 1788 and turned\\ntheir attention to farming, and continued to-\\ngether for a few years, then divided their farm\\nand other business interests. Jonathan moved\\nto Hartland, Vt., in 1810. John resided on\\nthe farm until his death, in 1820. He was a\\nsoldier in the Revolution, and was in the famous\\nbattle of Bunker Hill. His wife was Mary\\nJones, of Framingham.\\nThe children of John and Mary (Jones)\\nWhitney wei-e Nathan, born in 1781, died in\\n1811 Polly, born 1783, married Luke Harris,\\ndied 1813; Sophia, born 1795, married Eseck\\nDexter, settled in the West Lucy, born\\n1785, died 1794; Sally, born 1787, married\\nGeorge Farrar John, born 1789, married\\nAugusta Fish, went West; Betsey, born 1792,\\nmarried Luke Harris, died in 1858; Luke,\\nl)orn 1798, married Lovina White, settled on\\nthe Woodward farm, where he died in 1841,\\nleaving three children, Ann E., who married,\\nNovember 27, 1862, Goodhue Tenuey, of Marl-\\nborough Charles O. and Francis L., a soldier\\nin the great Civil War, who died in Washing-\\ningtou, D. C, from effect of wounds received\\nat Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864.\\nCharles O. AVhitney was born May 4, 1838,\\nin Troy, N. H. His father dying when he was\\nbut three years old, and the f\\\\imily being in\\nliuml)le circumstances, he went to live with liis\\nuncle, Ira Godding, of Troy, N. H., where he\\nremained until he was about twelve years old,\\nwhen Mr. and ^Nlrs. Godding died and the young\\nlad was thrown u})on his own resources. Now\\ncommenced his hard straggle with the world\\nfor a living, and for the next four or five\\nyears Charles made his home in any family\\nwhere his labor would suffice for liis board and", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0402.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "S hyAH-BM-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0405.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0406.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "MARLBOROUGH.\\n309\\nclothing. Of course, witli all these adverse cir-\\ncumstances, he had but little time or opportuu-\\nitv for education, but contrivc(l to get a few\\nweeks iu the winter at the district school when\\nthere was not much out-door labor. ^lauy a\\nboy, situated in like manner, would have been\\ndisheartened and taken to evil wajs, l: ut he\\nplodded on with quiet, patient industry, and\\nwhen seventeen years of age he went to worlc\\nfor Charles Carpenter, of Troy, ho manufae\\ntured rakes and also carried on a saw and\\ngrist-mill. He remained with him about two\\nvears, and atterward went to Gardner, IMass.,\\nand worked two years for Haywood Brothers\\nin their chair manufactory. All this time Mr.\\nWhitney was working diligently and assiduously,\\nendeavoring to improve his mechauical skill. At\\nthe breaking out of the war, when tlie demand\\nfor fire-arms was largely increased, he went to\\nSpringfield, ^Nlass., aud worked for the United\\nStates government making muskets, continu-\\niug in this em[)loyraent nearly two years.\\nWhile in Springfield, November 27, 18(i2, he\\nmarried Frances F., daughter of Hyman\\nBent, of Fitzwilliam, N. H. She was born\\nOctober 27, 1838. In 186:! he returned to\\nSouth Gardner, Mass., and was for a short time\\nin the employ of INI. M^ right tt Co., manufac-\\nturers.\\nBut Mr. Whitney had conceived tlie plan of\\nfurthering his business interests, and his early\\nlife of labor had taught him prudence and\\neconomy, and ho now determined to start in\\nbusiness on his own account, aud, taking Rod-\\neric L. Bent, his l)r()ther-in-law, into partner-\\nship, under the firm-title of Whitney ct Bent,\\nlie besan chair manufacturino- and carried this\\n(in for more than tiiree years, with a fair per-\\ncentage of profit on the capital invested. In\\n18(i6, Mr. ^Miituey disposed of his interest in\\ntiie business and moved to Marlboroug-h, N. H.,\\nof which place lie has since been a resident.\\nIn company with Mr. Goodhue Teiiuey, he\\nbought the brick mill licjonging to (Jcorge\\nTiiatchcr, and they began manufacturing\\nwooden pails, but, after three months time, dis-\\nposed of their stock and machinery, and, in con-\\nnection with Dr. S. A. Richardson, D. A\\\\\\nTenney aud Charles K. Mason, they formed a\\ncopartnersiiip under name of Marlborough\\nManufacturing Company, and in the spring of\\n1867 they made the first horse-blankets manu-\\nfactured in Marlliorough. This manuiacture\\nproved a most important branch of industry\\nand added much to the prosperity and growth\\nof the town. After three years INlr. Whitney\\nwithdrew from the company, purchased land,\\nerected a building, and, creating a new water-\\npower, resumed chair manufacturing, which he\\ncarried on for a few years.\\nIn 1873, Mr. Whitney, with Warren H.\\nClark, formed what is now known as the\\nCheshire Blanket Company, and fitted up tlie\\nmill, in which Mr. Whitney formerly made\\nchairs, for the manufacture of blankets, and\\nconducted this industry. These enterprising\\nmen have added to their business from time to\\ntime, and in the spring of 1880 they greatly\\nenlarged their manufacturing facilities by the\\nerection of a new mill, ibrty by forty-five feet,\\ntwo stories high, now making seven sets of\\nmachinery. They have a cajiital stock of !|?40,(X)fJ\\nand can produce five hundred blankets a dav.\\nThis firm is also largely engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of satinets, produces as many as twenty-\\nfive thousand yards per mouth, and the annual\\nproduction, when running on full time, is three\\nthousand bales.\\nThe children of Charles O. and Frances\\n(Beut) Whitney are Frank R., born in Gard-\\nner, INIass., August 29, 1866, died August 25,\\n18.S5 Charles W., born August 4, 1877; aud\\nRobert L., born September 10, LS80, in Marl-\\nborough.\\nPolitiaiUy, Mr. Wliitney has always been a\\nRepublican has served as selectmau and in\\nvarious other offices. He is an attendant of the\\nUniversalist Churcii, and his son Frank had,\\nat the time of his death, been assistant superin-\\ntendent of the Sunday-school for two years.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0407.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "310\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMr. Whitney has been aud is a man of great\\nindustry, perseverance and pluck, aud to him\\nis due, in a large measure, the improvement of\\nthe water-power in Marlborough.\\nHe was one of twelve Odd-Fellows, mem-\\nbers of Beaver Brook Lodge, of Keene, to form\\nthe Paquoig Lodge, which was instituted Janu-\\nary 13, 1869. He was also- one of a committee\\nof five to build the present Odd-Fellows build-\\ning, which was occupied April 1, 1875, and\\ndedicated the June following.\\nMr. Whitney s early manhood was one of\\nhard toil, but, by ])ersevering efforts, from hum-\\nble beginnings, unaided, he has acquired a com-\\npetency and stands well in the esteem of his\\nfellow-townsmen, and is a good type of the self-\\nmade men of the (Jnuiite State.\\nNATHAX WIXCH.\\nThe Wincii famil}- was an old and much-\\nrespected on in the early days of tiie town of\\nFramingham, Mass., and emigrants from tSuifoIk\\nCo., England, bearing that name appear on old\\nrecords as early as 1643. In 1673, February 11,\\nSamuel (1 Winch, of Framingham, the progen-\\nitor of the branch now residing in ^Marlljorough,\\nN. H., married Hannah Gibbs. Samuel Winch\\nwas a useful and valued citizen. He was one\\nof the original memlx rs of the church in\\nFramingham, which was formed in 17Ul; he\\nserved as selectman in 1709, tithiugman in\\n1718, and died August 3, 1718, leaving a good\\nname. His son Thomas (2), born in 169-1, mar-\\nried Deborah (jleason, October 23, 1718, settled\\nin Framingham, where he died September 22,\\n1761. Thomas (3), Jr., second sou of Thomas and\\nDeborah ((jleason) Winch, was born June 2o,\\n1723; married, December 20,1743, Elizabeth\\nDrury. (Meb (4), son of Thomas, Jr., was born\\nin Framingliam, September 26, 1744, married\\nMehitable Maynard, and in 1768 settled in\\nthat part of Fitzwilliam now Troy, N. H. He\\npurchased land, on which he was obliged to fell\\nthe trees and otherwise clear the place in order\\nto bring it into a state of cultivation, built a\\nlog house, and became a good fiirmer. He\\nowned about two hundred acres at one time.\\nThe children of Caleb and Mehitable (Maynard)\\nWinch were Joseph, Xabby, Betsey, Thomas,\\nJohn, Hetty, Nathan, Caleb, Ebenezer and\\nWilliam. Caleb Winch was a man of untiring-\\nenergy and possessed great strength of character. I\\nHe was one of the first to respond to his coun-\\ntry s call, and was a brave and patriotic soldi( r\\nof the Revolution. He took part in the battle\\nof Lexington, and was one of the attendants of\\nthe British in their inglorious retreat to Boston,\\nand served his day and generation well. But\\nunfortunately the memory of most of his ser-\\nvices in defense of American liberty has per-\\nished with the generation of which he was an\\nimportant factor. The historian of his adopted\\ntown thus writes of him He was an intel-\\nligent and useful citizen, and took a deep in-\\nterest in all those enterprises which had for\\ntheir object the improvement of his fellow-men.\\nIn nearly all of the public business of the town\\nhe acted a prominent part, thus showing the\\nestimation in which he was held by those who\\nhad the best means of knowing his real merits.\\nAlthough not lilcssed with a liberal education,\\nhe possessed talents of a high order, and he has\\ncertainly left conspicuous footprints upon the\\nsands of time. He died January 12, 1826.\\nNathan (.5), born March 1, 1781, passed his early\\ndays with his parents on the fiirm, became a\\nfarmer and succeeded to tiie homestead. He\\nmarried, first, Polly Davidson; she died in 1834,\\nand he married Asenath, her sister. Some time\\nafter the death of his father he sold his tlu m\\nand purchased the situation long known in\\nTrt)y as the Winch Place. He resided there\\nuntil his death in 18-51, aged 70 years. He\\nwsis a Congregationalist in religious belief, and\\nan active, worthy citizen. His children were\\nNathan, Mary (Mrs. Josei)h I utney), Calvin,\\nand Arethusa (^Irs. (Jeo. ]:5nt klin).\\nNathan Winch, son of Nathan and Polly", "height": "3071", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0408.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "*v_-^^^^fe^ ^i^^^A.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0409.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3051", "width": "2119", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0410.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0411.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "^-^^C^\\n2^-i^ Z Z^i\\ntf^i", "height": "3051", "width": "2119", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0412.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "MARLBOllOUGrt.\\n311\\n(Davidson) Wiiidi, was born in Fitzwilliam,\\nApril 1, 1807. He improved liis limited educa-\\ntional advant;iges to the utmost, taught school\\nfour winters, and worked on the farm summers.\\nHe remained on the old homestead with his\\nparents, assisting in the farm labors, until he\\nreached his majority then he engaged in work in\\na factory for making pails, iu Troy. Then, hav-\\ning the ambition that is characteristic of our\\nNew England boys to improve his circum-\\nstances, he bought a water privilege in Swauzey,\\nfitted up a building, and carried on pail manu-\\nfacturing for six years and then sold out his\\nbusiness. At this time, by his hard lalior, unre-\\nmitting industry, and by rigid econom} he had\\naccumulated some money, and with the little lie\\nreceived from his share of the old homestead he\\nwas able to purchase a farm, which he did in\\nTroy, and for seven years was occupied in\\nfarming. He then resumed manufacturing, and\\ncame to Marlborough in 18o2, purchased a\\nfactory and continued until 1868, when he re-\\nturned to Swanzey and was in the same busi-\\nness there, when his building was burned, and\\nhe removed to Marlborough and purchased an\\ninterest in his former business there, and after-\\nwards became sole proprietor, continuing till\\nMay, 1881, when his son, George F., who is\\nnow in business, succeeded him.\\nDuring his residence in Swanzey, Mr. Winch\\nmarried, October 20, 183; Abigail Bucklin, of\\nWallingford, Vt. Their children were Franklin\\nB., died aged 15 years; Adelia, died aged 7\\nyears; Dorothea, died July 31, 1872; George\\nB., died aged 7 years; and George F., born in\\n1850, married, November 6, 1873, Laura I.,\\ndaughter of Gilman and Harriet (Atwood)\\nGriffin. (They have one child, Abbie Amelia,\\nborn June 12, 1877.) Mr. Winch s first wife\\ndied April 23, 1867, and he married, second,\\nNancy Winzell, of Ashland, Mass. she died\\nJanuary 28, 1872. His third wife was Mrs.\\nLucinda Scoville, daughter of Jesse and Lucy\\n(Emery) Stone. They were married August 6,\\n1872.\\nMr. Winch has been a man of persevering-\\nenergy. Starting from an humble beginning, he\\nentered upon manufacturing, and through it,\\nwith the labor of his hands, he has acquired a\\ncompetency. Republican in politics, he has\\nnever been a political aspirant, but has been alive\\nto matters of public interest. He served as\\nselectman in 1847, in Troy. His religious\\nbelief is that of the Orthodox Congregationalists,\\nand both his wife and himself are members of\\nthe church. He is of social disposition, a good\\nneighbor, liberal and pul)lic-spirited and a use-\\nful citizen, and, at the age of seventy-eight, iiis\\nintellect is clear, his perception keen as tliat of\\nmany nnich younger men. In his life Mr.\\nWinch illustrates what may be accomplished by\\nenergy, patience, pcrscvcranci and industry.\\nJAMES KNOWLTOX.\\nThe Knowlton family belongs to the early\\nhistory of New England for not more than\\ntwo decades subsetpient to the landing of tlu\\nMayflower at Plymouth, Mass., and the\\nsettlement of that town by the Puritans, we\\nfind, on old records of Essex County, Mass.,\\nthat John Knowlton, the progenitor of the\\nfamily bearing the name, was a freeman of\\nIpswich, in 1641. He died iu 1054, leaving\\nchildren bearing the names of John, Abraham\\nand Elizabeth. His brother Thomas was also\\nan inhabitant of Ipswich iu 1648, and married,\\nNovember 24, 1668, Hannah Grew. He was\\na man well known and respected in the com-\\nmunity, a deacon of the hurch and a prison-\\nkeeper. He died April 3, 1692. John (2), son\\nof Johu (1), was a resident of Wenham in\\n1680. Among their descendants have been\\nmany prominent men in the law, ministry and\\nother professions. Deacon John Knowlton,\\nprobably a lineal descendant of him whose\\nname he bore, was born in Holliston, Mass.,\\nJanuary 24, 1745. He married Martha Jen-\\nnings, April 20, 1769, and migrated to that\\npart of Dublin, N. H., now known as West", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0413.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "312\\nItlSl^ORY OF CHESfilUE COUNTY, NEW HAMfSttlRE.\\nHarrisville, and became a farmer, as was the\\ncustom of most of the pioneers iu that section\\nof the country. His wife died August 7, 1797,\\nand he married, February 19, 1798, Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of John Wight. Their sou, Luke,\\nwho was born August 1, 1801, married Mercy\\nBemis, December 28, 1826. He succeeded to\\npart of the old homestead, and remained in\\nDublin until 1849, when he came to Marl-\\nborough. He was a stone-mason by tiade, and\\nfor many years worked with Asa Greenwood.\\nHe was a good and worthy citizen, and a\\nmember of the Universalist Church. He died\\nDecember 6, 1882, in the eighty-second year of\\nhis age. He had sons, James and Luke.\\nLuke enlisted, in 1862, in Company A, Four-\\nt(!L nth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers,\\nand served through the war, doing his duty\\nlike a brave and patriotic citizen.\\nJames Knowlton, oldest child of Luke\\nand Mercy (Bemis) Knowlton, was born in\\nDublin, N. H., December 20, 1828. He mar-\\nried. May 2.3, 1854, Emily, daughter of Dexter\\nand Abigail (Adams) Mason, of Dublin. She\\nis a descendant of honorable New England\\nfamilies, is a lady of education and has been\\na successful school-teacher. Their daughter,\\nLilla M., was born April 16, 1857.\\nJames Knowltou had no other opportunities\\nfor obtaining an education than the common\\nschools of his native town, but such time as\\ncould be giveu to that pur2:)ose was faithfully\\nimproved. He followed the trade of his father,\\nthat (if stone-masonry, Morking for him until\\nhe had attained his majority, when he com-\\nmenced business life for himself. He was em-\\nployed on the work of the Burlington and Rut-\\nland Railroad, and for three 3 ears superin-\\ntended ditferent gangs of workmen. He had a\\nnatural taste for mechanics, an ambition to im-\\nprove his prospects and also add to his stock\\nill trade of acquirements. He became a ma-\\nchinist, and was engaged by J. A. Fa}^ Co.\\nin setting up machinery, etc., remaining in their\\nemploy seven years.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Knowlton purchast (l of (J. H.\\nS. W. Stone their manufactory of clothes-\\npins in Marlborough, and carried on this manu-\\nfacturing for six years. In 1868 he com-\\nmenced making wooden pails, which he has\\ncontinued until the present time, taking his\\nbrother Luke into partnership iu 1865, under\\nthe firm-name of J. L. Knowlton. The busi-\\nness has lai-gely increased, the number of pails\\nmanufiictured iu 1884 being one hundred and\\nninety-four thousand.\\nMr. Knowlton is also a contractor and\\nl)uilder, and has been actively engaged in the\\nerection of many of the houses in Marlborough\\nof the present time. He sujjerintended the\\nbuilding of the dam at the reservoir at Marl-\\nborough Glen, which is one of the largest and\\nbest constructed in this section antl is one of the\\nbest water privileges in Cheshire County. The\\nwhole length of the dam is 255 feet length of\\nroll-way, 94 feet; extreme height, 35_feet; height\\nof roll-way, 32 feet. Material used, 3500 tons\\nof granite and other stone, 57,000 feet of lumber,\\nwith 3000 pounds of iron; costing about \u00c2\u00a73000.\\nHe superintended the building of the reser-\\nvoir dam at Bemisville iu 1868, and in 1881\\nhe built the dam for the so-called Dublin\\nreservoir, on the Mount Monadnock Brook.\\nThis was the last reservoir constructed by the\\nBreed Pond Company. It was built on a solid\\nledge, wholly of stone, is one-half mile at its\\nwidest point and flows back a mile and a half\\nThe length of the dam is 125 feet, height, 23\\nfeet, and width on the bottom, 40 feet.\\nMr. Knowlton was a charter member of the\\nOdd-Fellows lodge in Marlborough, and has\\nheld the office of Noble Grand. Politically, his\\naffiliations are with the Republican party, but\\nhe has never sought or filled any office in its\\ngift, being entirely devoted to his business. In\\nhis religious preferences he is a Universalist,\\nand was among the principal movers and pro-\\nmoters of the church of faith and love in\\n^Marlborough, and is a liberal contributor to its\\nsupport. From childhood he has been strictly", "height": "3051", "width": "2119", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0414.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "MAKLBOROUGH.\\n313\\ntemperate, and has never bouglit a glass of liquor.\\nHe is a strong, enterprising, progressive man,\\nsuch an one as is needed in every community,\\nand whose energy and influence are potent for\\naction and advance. As a manufacturer and\\nbusiness man, he is a persistent, industrious,\\npractical worker, careful in the details of his\\nbusiness, and his efforts liave been rewarded\\nwith financial success. As a friend and neigh-\\nbor, he is kind-hearted and social as an employ-\\ner, considerate of the interests of his woi-kmeu\\nas a citizen, he enjoys universal confidence and\\nesteem, and is one of the representative men of\\nMarlborouy;h.\\nSOLON STONE WILKINSON.\\nSolon Stone \\\\Vilkin.son, was born in Marl-\\nborough, March 22, 1828. It was his good\\nfortune to come into this world in a very pleas-\\nant home. His father was kind and judicious\\nhis mother was affectionate and decidedly gifled\\nin heart and mind. His childhood was j^assed\\non a farm, where the air was invigorating and\\nthe scenery strikingly beautiful. In the dis-\\ntrict school he was quite a favorite among his\\nmates, being large-hearted and full of good\\nnature. The boys used to enjoy hearing Solon\\nlaugh. In his studies he aimed to be faithful\\nand did rank well as a scholar, excelling in\\ndeclamation. He early learned the harness\\nand .saddler s trade of his father, who was emi-\\nnently successful in this business for more than\\nthree-score years. Reaching his majority, he\\nstill continued working for his father, and\\ngoing in company with him for si veral years,\\nbeing highly esteemed as a citizen and a Chris-\\ntain. At length he left jNIaidborough and\\nsettled in Keene, that he might have a larger\\nfield in which to work a)id trade. Here, for\\ntwenty years and more, lie was at the head of\\nan extensive business in manufacturing and\\nselling harnesses, saddles, trunks, etc. Though\\nclosely confined to his calling, still he has found\\ntime to work in church, Sunday-school, the\\ntemperance cause and social ways, so as to\\nmake his influence felt for good, proving that\\nhe is living to render the world wiser and\\nbetter. He was a popular adjutant-general on\\nex-Governor Hale s staff. He is naturally very\\nsocial aud genial accordingly, he makes hosts\\nof friends.\\nNot hmg ago he found it necessary to leave\\nhis store and trade, that he might not be .so\\nclosely confined in-doors, and since the change\\nhe has been engaged with his brother, Warren\\nS. Wilkinson, of Springfield, Mas.s., who has\\nbecome a successful and wealthy gentleman, in\\nmanufacturing woolen goods in Marlborough.\\nSo he has come back to his native place to do\\nbusiness, but still resides in Keene, where he\\nhas a pleasant home within and without. His\\nwife was the daughter of Charles and Polly\\nHolman, who delights in making her home\\nmost inviting. They have one, son who has\\nadvanced into manhood and is proving himself\\na blessing to his parents and the world. Mr.\\nWilkinson is large and well-proportioned in\\nbody, mind and heart. He is a worthy son of\\nhis native town.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0415.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MARLOW.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe town of Marlow lies iu the northern\\npart of the county, and is bounded as follows\\nOn tlie nortli, by Sullivan County ou the east,\\nby Sullivan County and the town of Stoddard\\non the south, by Gilsum, and on the west, by\\nAlstead.\\nThe townshi]) was granted October 7, 1761,\\nto William Xoyes and sixty-three others,\\nat which time it received its pi esent name.\\nThe reservation of five hundred acres for\\nGovernor Wentworth was located in the south-\\nwest corner. The conditions of this grant\\nwere not wholly complied M-ith, and the in-\\nhabitants, on the 30tli of Decembei-, 1771,\\npetitioned for an extension of the charter, which\\nwas granted January 24, 1772, for a term of\\nthree years. In the petition they stated that\\ntwenty-eight families were resident in town,\\nand that five more were to settle the following\\nspring.\\nThe grantees were residents of Connecticut,\\nprincipally in the vicinity of the towns of\\nLyme and Colchester. Among the first settlers\\nwere Thomas and Samuel Gustin, Elisha and\\nSolomon Mack, Jasper and Nathan Huntley\\nand Joseph Tubbs.\\nBy an act passed June 21, 1797, all that\\nportion of the town, as originally granted,\\nlying east of the curve-line of Mason s patent,\\ncontaining some four thousand acres, was de-\\nclared to be under the jurisdiction and a part\\nof the town of Stoddard.\\nAn academy flourished here for some years,\\nwhich was largely patronized by the inhab-\\n314\\nitants of the county and did a good work in\\nthe cause of education.\\nThe first town-meeting was held ]\\\\Iarch 2,\\n1766, at the house of Samuel Gustin. Joseph\\nTubbs was chosen moderator and Sanuiel Gus-\\ntin, clerk.\\nThe first selectmen were chosen March ll!,\\n1766, viz. Joseph Tiibl)s, Samuel (iustin and\\nMartin Lord.\\nThe earliest buildings were erected uear\\nBaker s Corners, by John Gustin. Nathan\\nHuntley settletl near Marlow Hill and Josejjh\\nTubbs in the south part of the town.\\nThe first meeting-house was erected iu 1798,\\nou Marlow Hill. It was taken down in 1845\\nand removed to the village and used as a Union\\nChurch. The Methodist Church also originally\\nstood on Marlow Hill, and Rev. Peter Jacobs\\nwas the first minister.\\nThe Uuiversalist Church here was organized\\nin 1847, and the first pastor was Rev. N. R.\\nWright. There are now three cluirchcs in\\ntown, Christian, Methodist and Uuiversalist.\\nIn the early days the people of the town\\nwere generally Baptist. A Congregational\\nChurch, \\\\s ith nine members, was formed here\\nin 1823, but was long since discontinued.\\nThe first physician in the town was, proba-\\nbly, Dr. Isaac Baker. Others have been\\nThomas J. Stevens, Lyman Brooks, Reuben\\nHatch, Dr. Richardson, R. G. Matlier and\\nMarshall Perkins.\\nIn olden times, Baker s Corners was the cen-\\ntre of business in the town, containing a store,\\npotash manufactory and hotel. The first store\\nwas opened by a Mr. Lamphcre on the Hill,", "height": "3051", "width": "2119", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0416.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "MARLOW.\\n315\\nand the hotol of most not*; was Ivopt l)y ^Vliiion\\nSmitli, familarly known as Peg Smith. Thi;\\niirst hotel in the town was located at Baker s\\nC Orners, and Samuel Richardson was pro-\\nprietor.\\nThe first store in South Marlow was opened\\nbv Joel Tcnney. The first tannery in tlio town\\nwas built l y Ward Ware. The first tannery at\\nMarlow village was built by L. Iluntly in\\n1S.35. This has been succeeded by the present\\nlarge tanning establishment of Hon. James\\n]5urnap.\\nDOCUMENTARY HISTORY.\\nInventory of 1773.\\nA True Inventory of :ill the Poles and Ratable\\nKstate in the Township of Marlow Taken this twenty\\nSixth day of April 1773 by us the Subscribers Select-\\nmen of Said Marlow\\nThirty four poles twenty Eight o.\\\\en ^forty\\ntwo Cows fifteen three years old Eight two year\\ncdd thirteen year old two Horses one hundred and\\nforty four acers of Mowing IamiX Seventy Nine\\nacers of arable Land Sixty four acers of iiuster\\nLand\\nA True List attest\\nNicoDEMES Miller 1 Selecimen of\\nSam Canfield J Marlow\\ni)rovince of New Iminpshire A])ril y 26 1773\\nCounty of Cheshire ss parsonally appeared Nico-\\ndenis Miller and Samuell Cantield Selectmen of Mar-\\nlow and made Soloom oath to the above Inventory\\nby them Taken Signed by them as above Is Just\\nand True as there set down taken\\nBefore me\\nB Bellows Justice Peace\\nRelative to the Election of Representative, 1776.\\nTo the Honcrabel Counsel assembeley of the\\nColony of New hami)shire to be Conveaned as-\\nsembled at Exeter on the third wensday of De-\\ncember Instant.\\nThe Petiteion of tlic Inhabetitants of the Towns\\nof marlow Alsted and Surrey Humbeley Sheweth that\\nwhere as it is the advice Deriction of the Conte-\\nnantel Congrace Reletve to the asumeiug Civel Gov-\\nernient in this Coloney have advised and Dericted\\nI lie Provenslial Congras of this Colony Preveus to\\nIhfir asuiming a forme of Ceviel Government that\\nthey at their Convenshon Do Grant worants for a full\\nand free Election of Representetves in this Coloney\\nwhere as veeres Cuppleingof veraes Towns toGether\\nin the wesetern Parts of Coloney and allowing but\\none Representetve to a Cuppling and we being Defer-\\nantly Treted from the Mager Parts of this Coloney\\nwho are allowed a Representetivc to Each Town and\\nwhere as the Towns of marlow Alsted Surrey are\\nTowns InCorprated with all the Inverabel Privelig-\\neses Eraunities that any other Town or Towns Do\\nor may In Joy In this Coloney being thus Cupplcd\\ntogether as aforeSaid are abriged or Curtailed of the\\nPrivelig of Each EndeviDial Town Elec( ting a Rep-\\nresentetivc which we Humbely Conceve Can not be\\nConstred to be a full free Election or Representa-\\ntion of the Said Coloney agreabel to the advice of the\\nContenantal Congress above Resited we there fore\\nyour Humbel Petiteshers would be such the Honera-\\nbel Counsel House of Representetives that Preves\\nto the further Preserving the Plan of Civel Govern-\\nment that there may worants be Granted for a full\\nand free Election or Representation of Each of the\\nEndvedial Towns above menchened Presewent to the\\nadvice of the Contenantal Congrace aforesaid thus\\nShall your ITumbel Petisonors as In Deuty B iun l\\nEver Pray.\\nDated Coloney of Newhamsher Marlow Decem-\\nber IP A :D 1776\\nSam Gustin Come for\\nAksalom Kingsbery marlow\\nWooLSTON Brockway Alsted\\nJonathan Smith Surrey\\nRelative to the East Line of the Toion, \\\\ni.\\nMarlow Feb^ y 20* 1777\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAs there is a Report prevails in the Town of Mar-\\nlow that one oliver Parker a Reputed mover of sedi-\\ntion in the Town of Stoddard hath got a petition\\nSignd by a party to have some part of the lilast side\\nof the Town of marlow (l)y the general Cort) set to\\nStoddard.\\nWe the Select men of marlow in thi^ Stat(i of\\nNewhampshire. Beg Leve to Say Some thing in the\\nEars of the General Cort on this matter if y above\\nSaid petition is prefared viz that the incorporation\\nof y Town of marlow is older than y\u00c2\u00b0 incorporation\\nof any Town adjoining to the said marlow and we\\nin y Name of y inhabitants of y Town of marlow\\nhumbly Pray that the General Cort would not by any\\nincorporation infringeon the Town of marlow without\\nGiving Notice to the Inhabitants of the said marlow\\nsome time before hand\\nIf the above s petition be for paying Taxes only\\nthe General assembly did on the 12* Day of June\\n1776 pass a resolve that all those Rateable persons\\nwho live within the original east Line of marlow and\\ntheir Estates thir. pay there Taxes to marlow untill", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0417.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "316\\nHISTOllY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe Title of the Lands Disputable between the said\\nTowns of marlow and Stoddard be Decided by Law or\\nor by agreement between the said two Towns.\\nThe Cause being So plain we shall not Trouble\\nthe Cort any Longer Resting assured they will not\\nact Contrary to this petition without first Notifying\\nthe Town of marlow and giving us a Day to Defend\\nour Selves\\nDated at marlow this 4 of march AD 1777\\npr us NicoDEMUS Miller Select men\\nAbisha Tubs\\nt\\nifmarloni\\nRelative to the Settlement nf the Ead Line of the\\nTown, 1778.\\nState of Newhamshere Chesher County Marlow\\nFeberay 3 1778\\nas there is Still Remaining a Deficalty about the\\nColecting of Taxes in our town on aCount of the\\nClames of woshenton and Stoder by their Corpora-\\ntions Laping on our Town and the Charter and\\nCorporation there of and as the Easter most Line\\nof Said marlow is Desputed by Said Washenton\\nStodderd and that it may be Setteled with out Defi-\\ncalty in a Legal Methard\\nwe the Subscribers Select men of Said Marlow\\nDo Bring our Requst and Potition to the Honorabel\\nCounsel and assembely of this State that they would\\nDerict to Sum method whereby those unhapey Defi-\\ncaltys may be Removed and if your Honours Should\\nThink it Proper we Should be Glad that Sum So-\\nveyor Chainmen that are Dis Entrested and In-\\nhabtents of this County be apointed to Run the\\nLoyus of Said marlow aCording to the Charter of\\nSaid Town and Esabilish the Lines and Bounds of\\nSaid Town that Such Desputes may be Removed for\\nwhich we your Potishenors as In Deuty Bound would\\nHumbely Pray\\nEeer Lewis 1 Selectmen\\nWilliam Nud of viarlow\\nN B as marlow is the oldest Charter of any\\nTown that Joins on it we think it very improper that\\nother Towns Should InCroach on our Rights Priv-\\neliges C\\nthe within riten petetion is Excepted and by the\\ntown Voted to be Sent to the Honourable Counsil and\\nAsemby\\nJosATH RoYCE toim Clark\\nRelative to Taxes, 1784.\\nState of Newhampshire\\nThe Petition of the Town of Marlow humbly\\nSheweth That in the Proportion taken in 1777 the\\nTown of Marlow Sent in their Inventory according\\nto the best of their Knowledge Includeing all within\\nthe Original Limitts of Said Town after which the\\nGeneral Court by their Special order Resolv that a\\ncertain part of the Land aforesaid with the Inhabit-\\nants thereon so far as the Masonian grant Extended\\nShould pay their proportion another way whereby\\nyour Petitionei s where Deprived of a Considerable\\npart of their Strength which they Expected in pay-\\ning the Quotas of Taxes Laid on them in conse-\\nquence of their Proportion and also was Doom\\ntheir Supose* proportion in 1780 Including the Land\\naforesaid Therefore your Petitioner humbly Pray*\\nthat So much of their Taxes As hath been So Laid\\non them may be abated that they may only pay their\\nJust proportion of Taxes in Said State which they\\nEver Desire to do and no more and your Pctitionei S\\nas in Duty bound will Ever pray\\nNath S Pkentice in behalf of Said Touni\\nRelative to East Line of the Toirn, 1798.\\nTo the honarble Senate and hous of Representatives\\nin .Icneral cort Convened at Concord on the thurd\\nWedingsday of this Instant November\\nyour pertisherners humbley Shweth that whereas\\nan act has Ben past Giving Juresdiction of a part of\\nmarlow to Stodderd to the grate deterament of said\\nmarlow and must unavoidable Ruen said town if\\nSaid act is not Reconsedered tharefore your portish-\\nerners humbley prayeth that your honers will make\\nthare Case your Case and then Consider wheather you\\nwould Be willing to have your towns Cut to peaces\\nwithout the Concent of the inhabetents then your\\nportisheners thinks they Shall be Abel By thare\\nagent to Shew the unreasonable ness of that act\\nwhich your jiortishoners thinks neaver would Ben\\npast if the honerable Cort at that Time had farly un-\\nderstod the situation of Both towns that Stoddard is\\nBiger without that Strip than marlow is with it by\\nReason of Washington Exersising Juresdiction over a\\nConsiderable part of said marlow and your portish-\\neners humbley prayeth that they may not Be tore to\\npeases to Set up thare nabering towns thow they are\\nwilling to sutler with other Towns But not to be tore\\nto peaces to set them up tharefore your portisheners\\nhumbley Requestes that act may Be Reconsidered\\nand your portisheners as in duty Bound Shall Ever\\nPray\\nMarlow November IG* 1798\\nElisha Huntley Select\\nAbijah MArK Men of\\nWells Way J marloto", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0418.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "MARLOW.\\n317\\nRemonstrance to the Establishment of the East Line\\n(iii by the Act of 1797.\\nTo the Honourable senate house of Representa-\\ntives to be convened at Concord on the third Wed-\\nnesday of November\\nThe Petition of the Proprietors of the town of\\nJIarlow humbley shews that the General court at their\\nsessions in June 1797 sett off the southeast part of\\nMarlow containing About four thousand acres of s\\nJIarlow under tlie Jurisdiction of the town of Stod-\\ndard haveing About twenty faniylies on the same\\nwhich we concieve was obtained by A Very wrong\\nRepresentation of the Matters of fact And we your\\nPctioner not thinking it necessary at that time to send\\nin A written remonstrance against the town of Stod-\\ndard petition fully believing that the honourable\\ncourt would never take off from the lesser towns and to\\nput to the Greater where the town taken off from the\\nInhabitants to be taken off had not Requested it but\\nto their great Disappointment it was done, and we\\nyour Petioners being fully sensible that s Act being\\ncarried into effect according to the liberty the town of\\nStoddard have taken and mean to take by taxing our\\nLands under the Lay out of the Proprietors of s\\nStoddard which your Honours will be sensible lays\\na foundation for A continered multicipticity of Law-\\nsuits to the Great damage of the publick and to\\nthe total Destruction of Many of Your Petitioners\\nInterest on both sides and whereas the Proprietors of\\ns Stoddard as well as the town have taken the\\nmost unwearied paiues to Defraud us and Arrest\\nour Lands from us by every strategem that Depraved\\nhuman natnre could Invent and we are fully persuaded\\nyour honours when fully possest of the facts will not\\nuphold them nor strengthen them in their inthusiasm\\nbut will Repeal s Act and let us peaceably enjoy our\\nLand as other Citizens do which is the humble\\nprayer of your petitioners as in duty bound sliall\\npray\\nMarlow June 4 1798\\nELlJjiH Frink In Behalf of the Petitioners\\nAll that portion of Marlow lying cast of the\\ncurve-line of Ma.son s patent was decreed to\\nbelong to Stoddard by an act pa.ssed June 21\\n1797.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0419.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NELSON.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe town of Nelsou is located in tlie eastern\\npart pf the county, and is bounded as follows\\nOn the north by Stoddard east by Hillsborough\\nCounty; south by Harrisville, and west by\\nSullivan and Roxbury.\\nThe township was granted l)y the Masonian\\nproprietors, and went by the name of Monad-\\nnock No. 6 until February 22, 1774, when it\\nwas incorporated and named Packersfield, in\\nhonor of Thomas Packer, of Portsmouth, one\\nof the largest proprietors.\\nIn 1777 an attempt was made to have the\\nname changed to Sullivan, which was unsuc-\\ncessful.\\nBy an act passed September 27, 1787, a por-\\ntion of the northwest part of the town, about\\ntwo miles square, was combined with portions\\nof Keene, Gilsum and Stoddard, and incorpor-\\nated into the town of Sullivan.\\nThe formation of the town of Roxbury, De-\\ncember 9, 1812, took oif thesoutiiwest corner of\\nthis town, and a portion of Keene and Marl-\\nborough.\\nThe name of the town was changed to Nel-\\nson, October 1, 1814, in accordance with a vote\\nof the Legislature in .June previous.\\nTlie boundary line between this town and\\nRoxbury was changed June 15, 1820, a small\\ntract of land being severed from the former and\\nannexed to the latter town.\\n-Tune 25, 1835, the farm of Ebenezer Tarbox\\nwas severed from Stoddard, and annexed to\\nNelson.\\n318\\nBreed Batchelder, a Tory during the Revolu-\\ntionar} War, and Dr. Nathaniel Breed, com-\\nmenced settling the town in 1767-68.\\nPETITION FOR AN INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN,\\n1773.\\nProvince of New Hampshire.\\nTo his Excellency John wentworth Esq Captain\\nGeneral-Govoner and Commander in Chief in and\\nover Said Province and the Honourable his majes-\\ntys Council for Said Province.\\nHumbly Shewes Breed Batcheller of monadnock,\\nNumber Six in the County of Cheshire and Province\\nafore Said Gentleman, as agent for the Proprietors of\\nSaid monadnock, that the Said Proprietors the\\nPublic Labour under many Disadvantages for want\\nof the Said Proprietors being Incorperated into a\\nTown, Invested with Town Priviledges The Pro-\\nprietors of Said monadnock this year are ordered to\\npay a Certain Sum, towards the Province Tax, which\\nCannot be assessed upon the Inhabitants of Said\\nmonadnock for want of Town officers to assess the\\nSame\\nyour Petitioner Conceives that an Incorporation\\nof Said manadnock, would Greatly Encourage and\\nfaceletate the Settlement, tend to the Good order\\nthereof.\\nWhereof he in there behalf, prays your Excellency\\nHonours, would incorjiorate Said Proprietors into\\na Town by the name of Packersfield and invest them\\nwith Town Privilidges, and your Petitioner as in\\nDuty Bound will Ever pray\\nNovember 1 1773\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nBreed Batcheller agren^\\nThe town was incorporated by the Governor\\nand Council, and named Packensfield, February\\n22, 1774.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0420.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "NELSON.\\n319\\nPETITION FOR CHANGE OF THE NAME OF THE\\nTOWN, 1777.\\nState of New-Hampshire.\\nTo the Honourable Council House of Represen-\\ntitives in General Court assembled.\\nThe Petition of the Inhabitants of Packersfield\\nHumbly Sheweth Whereas your Petitioners are by\\nCharter obliged to hold their annual meeting in\\naugust which is a busy time of the year we desire\\nyour honours would order our annual meeting for the\\nfuture to be in March, also that the name of our\\ntown may be altered to the name of guLlVAN\\nLikewise as our town is Liable to be Divided at the\\nGovernours pleasure we pray that we may not be\\nDivided without the Consent of the Major part of the\\ntown.\\nand your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall\\nEver Pray\\nPackerfield December 22\u00c2\u00b0 1777\\nNath Breed in the Name and behalf\\nof the Town\\nThe Hou.se of Representatives granted leave\\nto bring in a bill, but it was finally ordered\\nto lay tor consideration.\\nGEORGE BRINTNALL S ORDER TO MARCH, 1778.\\nm george Brintnall Sir\\nyou are hei-eby ordered to march immedately to\\nthe Hon Committee of Safty or muster master genral\\nat Exeter there to Receive your Billiten and E.xpence\\nmoney as one Engage in the Continental Servise for\\nnine months according to the orders I Reciev from\\nCo Enoch Hale\\nPackerfield may-ye 5 1778.\\nJames Bancroft, Capt\\nRELATIVE to TAXES, TOWN RECORDS, ETC., 1778.\\nTo the Honorable the Counsil and assembly of the\\nEstate of Newhamshire\\nWe the Subscrib.ers Select Men of the Town of\\nPackerfield in the Countie of Cheshire Humbly Re-\\nquest Your Honours that You Would be Pleased to\\nGrant them Some farther Time for Paying in the\\nState tax for the Reasons following Viz\\nfirst because We Receiv the act for Making the\\ntax but about a Week Past the time is too Short to\\nSell the Lands Seacondly because Maj Breed Batchel-\\nlor who is Proprietors Clerk has absconded and\\nJoyned the Enemy (tho we have searched) we can-\\nnot find the Plan or Records of the Proprietors\\nRights or the Publick Lotts therefore as the Greater\\nPart of the Township is Owned by Persons Living\\nOut of Town and Unknown to us We Cannot Make\\nthe Rates according to Law Without a Plan of the\\nTown We Shall Endeavour to Git One from the\\nLord Proprietors Records\\nLikewise We Would Request Your Honours to\\nacjuaint Us Whether the Late aditiou to an Act En-\\ntitled an act to assess Real and Personal Estates Viz\\nall Other Real Estate Either Lands or Buildings Not\\nIncluded in the first act is Likewise to be Rated in all\\nOther Town and Parish Rates as Apprehend Was\\nthe Intent of the act but by a Clause in the act Seems\\nDoubtful to Some what was Intended and Your Pe-\\ntitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray\\nPackerfield Febv 9 1778.\\nAmos Skinn\\n.N y\\nNER j\\nPackerfield\\nRELATIVE to ESTATE OF THOMAS PACKER, ETC.,\\n1780.\\nTo The Honourable Council and House of Repre-\\nsentatives, of the State of New Hampshire, In gen-\\neral Court assembled. May it please your\\nHonors.\\nThe Petition of the Select Men of the Town of\\nPackerfield humbly Sheweth. Whereas the last\\ngeneral Assembly of this State was pleased to pass an\\nAct, to Suspend the payment of the Taxes of the\\nLands of mr Thomas Packer, until the Dispute with\\nrespect to the last Will and Testament of his late\\nFather, Thomas Packer Esq is determined Which\\nAct or Order of the said general Assembly involves\\nthe Town in much Difiiculty, as by this Means We\\nare prevented Settling with the Treasurer of this\\nState, And receiving the Money oi dered by Law to be\\npaid by Sd Treasurer for the Beef which this Town\\nhas provided And sent to the Army. Therefore Y ^our\\nPetitioners humbly pray That your Honours would\\nbe pleased, to pass an Act or Order, That the Sd\\nSuspended Tax, Should Answer So much with the Sd\\nTreasurer, that the Town may draw their Proportion\\nof money for the Beef which the Town has provided.\\nAnd your I etitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever\\npray\\nPackerfield Decem 30 1780.\\nWilliam Barker Select Men of the\\nJohn Brown town of Packerfield\\nreturn of ratable polls, 1783.\\nPursuant to A Vote of the General assembly of\\nthe State of New Hampshire Directed to us we Re-\\nturn Ninety Male poles paying a pole tax for them\\nSelves within the Town of Packerfield\\nPackerfield November 10 1783", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0421.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "320\\nIirSTORY OF (JIIKSHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nTo tlio (ioiicral assciiibly lor the State of New\\nHainpshiri\\nSamel Giiii fiN, Sekct-\\nCONSIDKII O.S(ii)( i), men.\\nIIIOI.A TIVH TO A DIVISION Ol THE TOWN I olt THE\\nKOUMATION OE SUI.MVAN, 178G.\\nTo llie Honourable tlic Senate and House of Repre-\\nsentatives for the State of New Hampsliire in\\nCieneral (lourt Convean At I ortsnioiilli I)eeenil er\\nA. 1). 178(1.\\nThe petition in lieliulfof the Town of Paekersfeild\\nHnnilily Sheweth tliat your petitioners luive ben\\nServ Witii a Copy of a petition and order of Court\\nthereon signed by a number of the Inhabitants of the\\nTowiLs of (lilsom Stoddard Vi-(;\\\\\\\\ Sctiiig forth in S\\npetition that tlie Situation ol a iiund)cr of tlie Inhabi-\\ntants of the Towns aforesaid Togather with Part of\\ntlie inhabitants of the Town of Packerfeild is sueh\\nthat they Cannot be aecoinedaled with Privileges\\nIvinal to the other Inhabitants of their respective\\nTowns, one Part of which Ascertion your Petitioners\\nabsolutely Deny IJecause there is not one Inhabitant\\non the Land in i)ackersfeild Praid for in Said Peti-\\ntion\\nAlthoug at a meeting of (he Inhabitants of the\\nTown of Packerlield in the month of March A. D.\\n1784 There was a Petition Sign by a Number of the\\nInhabitants of the Towns of Oilsom Stoddard and\\nKeen Prcferdin Said meeting praying that the Town\\nof Packerfeild would Vote off a Certain part of\\nPackerfeild to be Erected into a Town S part to\\nContain Two Miles East and west and Two miles and\\na half North and South which would Contain one\\nEighth Part of Said Packerfeild and from the reasons\\noffered at that Time and through the inadvertency of\\nthe People the jiraycr of Said Petition waa granted\\nupon Conditions that all the respective Towns Con-\\ncern ware mutually agreed thereto (Senee AVMiich\\nPeriod) not supposing that the petitioners referd to\\nwould obtain their request before the general Assem-\\nbly) have proceeded to agree upon a Center for\\nErecting a meeting House and have made provision\\nfor the Same therefore if the Prayer to the Inhabi-\\ntautsof the town of (iilsom and others Preferd to the\\n(leneral Court Should be (Jranted it will be a means\\nof removing the Present Center and frustrate our\\nDesign in Puilding a House for Public Worship and\\nthro the Town into the uttermost Confusion imagin-\\nable and as we look upon your Honours as Guardians\\nof the State your Petitioners flatter themselves that\\nyour honours in your known Wisdom Will not Erect\\na New Town on the ruins of older imes therefore\\nyour Petitioners pray that the prayer of the petition\\nreferd to may not be {^ranted\\nAs in Duty Hound Shall ever pray\\nSoEOMON Waedwele j Select men of\\nSoEoMON Inhales the town of\\nPeeatiaii Day I ackerfeild\\nPaekersfeild Decern 1st 178\\nTlie nortlnvest part of the town was severed,\\nand, with [)ortionsoC ({ilsum and Ivecno, incor-\\nporated info tliG town of Snllivaii.\\npetition OE liUril liATCUICEl^ER, CONCEKNINII JIEK\\nhushand s confiscated e.state, 1789.\\nState of New-Hampshire.\\nTo the Honorable Senate and House of Re|)re.senta-\\ntivesln general Court assembled.\\nMay it please your Honors. The Petition of\\nRuth IJachellor of Packeislicld, humbly sheweth.\\nThat your Petitioner is the Widow relict of Breed\\nHatchellor Esq late of S Pack^rslieM\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Deceased.\\nWho in the Time of the Controversy with Britain,\\nwas dissatisfied with the Measures the States Adopted,\\nin order to obtain their Liberties, and delivering\\nthemselves from the hands of the Britons, And there-\\nfore Left his Wife, Children Estate, and went to\\nthe British Army. Upon which the whole of his\\nEstate, real personal was Confiscated. And\\nyour Petitioner with her Children, was left in dis-\\ntressing Circumstances, her Children being then\\nSmall, And unable to earn their Living, tho your\\nPetitioner, by the Indulgence of the honorable Judge\\nof Probates, has been for some Years past, indulged\\nwith the Improvements of the Home Farm, which\\nwhen mr. Batehellor left it was new And ruff, the\\nFences made Chiefly of Timber, which now arc\\nmostly rotten And Decayed. And the Buildings are\\ngreatly decayed impaired. By which our Ilaltita-\\ntioiis are rendered uncomfortable, And the profits of\\nthe Farm are greatly lessened and rendered insuffi-\\ncient to afford the Family, with all their Labour\\nIndustry a Comfortable Suppiut. Therefore your\\nPetitioner humbly Prays that your Honors would\\ntake into your serious Consideration the Case of a\\npoor widow And a Number of Fatherless Children,\\nand grant the said Home Farm to your Petitioner\\nher Children And to their Heirs forever. That\\nthey may be encouraged to repair the Buildings\\nFences, by which the Farm may be rendered Capable\\nof alfording the Family a Support, And Your Peti-\\ntioner as iu Duty bound, shall ever pray.\\nPackersfield June 2d, 1789.\\nRuth Batcheller", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0422.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "NELSON.\\n321\\nlu lluiise of RcprcsciiUitivcs, Jiuic 2, 17(S J,\\nit was voted that Mrs. Iiat lieller have the use\\nof the estate free of rent until the matter was\\nfinally settled.\\nCERTIFICATE OF NUMBER OK RATAHLE I OI,LS, 1794.\\nThis Certifies that their is in the Town of I ack-\\nersfield one Hundred and forty two MiUc Poles of\\ntwenty one Years of ago and upwards paying a pole\\ntax for them-Selves\\nSam Griffin 1 iSelcct Men\\nAmos Child Jo/ I ackersfield\\nPackersficld June y 2 1794\\nThis Certifies that a legal Town Meeting held in\\nthe Town of Packersficld on the twenty eighth Day\\nof April Last the Inhabitants Voted unanimously that\\nthe Selectmen of Said Town Petition the .General\\nCourt at their next Session for leave to send a Repre-\\nsentative\\nSam Griffin 7 67er/t\\nPackersficld June y 2d 1794\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nrelative to REPRESENTATIVE, 1794.\\nTo His Excellency the Governer the Honorable\\nSenate and House of Representatives of the State\\nof New-Hampshire to be Convened at Amherst on\\nthe first Wednesday of June next\\n21\\nHumbly Shewcth your Potitinors Iniial)itants of\\nthe Town of Packersficld have for Some Years past\\nbeen Classed with the Town of Dublin for Represen-\\ntation that Said Dublin have now Come of age and\\nSend a Representative for them Selves by which\\nmeans your IVtitinors not having a SufBcicnt Number\\npaying a pole Tax for them Selves are left Ilnrepre-\\nsented Therefore Pray your Honors to take our\\nCase into your wise Consideration and grant us re-\\nIcafe in the Premises Either by Classing or Granting\\nus leave to Send a Representative by our Selves and\\nyour Petitinors as in Duty bound Shall ever pray\\nc\\nSam Griffin 1 Select Men\\nAmos Child of Packer^eld\\nPackersficld June y 2 1794\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe Conguegationai, Church was organ-\\nized January 31, 1781, with Jaeob Foste r as\\npastor, who remained until November 23, 1791.\\nHis successors were Revs, (iad Newell, Josiah\\nBallard, Daniel French, W. P. Gale, A. H.\\nCutter, J. Ordway, E. Dow, J. Marsh, C.\\nWilly, Mark Gould, T. W. Darling and G. H.\\nDiinlap, oiu- present minister. The present\\ncliurch clerk is V. C. Atwood.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0423.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF RICHMOND.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGeographical\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Original Grant\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Settlements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Names\\nof Pioneers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First Town-Meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Officere Elected\\nList of Voters at First Town-Meeting- AVar of the\\nRevolution\u00e2\u0080\u0094 List of Soldiers Votes of the Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War\\nof 1812\u00e2\u0080\u0094 List of Soldiers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of the Rebellion-\\nNames of Soldiers Ecclesiastical History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Post-Offices\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Physicians\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Civil History Representatives Town\\nClerks.\\nThe town of Riclimoud lies in the southern\\npart of the county, and is bounded as follows\\nNorth by Swanzey; east by Troy and Fitz-\\nwilliam; south by Massachusetts and west by\\nWinchester.\\nThe township was granted February 28,\\n1752, to Joseph Blanchard and otliers, in sev-\\nenty-one shares.\\nIn 17(jO, the grantees having represented\\ntiiat in consequence of trouble witii the Indians\\nthey had been unable to comply with the con-\\nditions of the grant, an extension was granted\\nuntil His Majesty s Plenary Instructions shall\\nbe received. This extension was granted by\\nthe Governor and Council June 11, 1760.\\nBy the grant above mentioned, Richmond\\nterritory extended as far north as the northeast\\ncorner of Swanzey, there running to a peak.\\nThis triangular tract, with a base on Swanzey\\nsouth line of three and one-half miles and forty\\nrods, was severed from Richmond and annexed\\nto Swanzey December 11, 1762.\\nAnother portion of the town was taken off\\nJune 23, 1815, combined with portions of\\nMarlborough, Fitzwilliam and Swanzey, and\\nincorporated into the town of Troy.\\n322\\nBy an act api)roved July 2, 1850, tlie north-\\nwest corner of the town was annexed to Win-\\nchester.\\nThe first permanent settlement of this town\\nwas pi obably made in 1671 or 1672. Mr. Bas-\\nset in his recently-published History of Rich-\\nmond, says\\nThere is a tradition that one Sylvester Rog-\\ners or Rocherson, from Rhode Island, in 1750,\\nmade a clearing of about an acre, on which he\\nerected a strongly-built log-house, for the dou-\\nble purpose of a shelter and a defense against\\nthe Indians that he abandoned the premises\\nafter a few months and returned to Rhode Is-\\nland, in consequence of information received\\nfrom a friendly Indian of an intended vjsit of\\nhostile savages lurking somewhere, it may be\\nsupposed, in the vicinity, and that the place\\nwhere his clearing was made was on the farm\\nafterwards settled by Jonathan Gaskill and\\nnow owned by Jesse Bolles. This story may\\nbe substantially true, with the exception of tlie\\ndate of the occurrence, which we are inclined to\\nbelieve should be some years later say 1754\\nor 1755 when hostilities were resumed be-\\ntween the French and English colonies, and\\nthis from the ftict that there was no grant or\\nsurvey of the township made prior to 1752,\\nand that no rights of pre-emption were secured\\nto squatters at that time. However this may\\nhave been, it matters little, as no permanent\\nsettlement was made the real question at issue\\nbeing. When, where, and by whom was the\\nfirst permanent settlement made Most of the", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0424.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "RICHMOND.\\n323\\nevideui-e at hand bearing on the matter of time\\nof the first comers indicate qnite strongly that\\n1762 was the year when the tide of emigration\\ncommenced in force. Now Lemuel Scott, if we\\nmay credit the inscription on his grave-stone, was\\nborn 17( 5, and Philadelphia Kempton, daugh-\\nter of Stephen Kempton, was born in 1763, and\\ntliese are reputed to be the first male and female\\nchildren, of white parents, born in the town\\nhence it is presumable that not many families,\\nprior to this date, could have been here for any\\ngreat length of time. Again, when Jacob\\nEurap came to town there were but five fam-\\nilies in town, and he came after the birth of his\\neldest son, Stephen, who was born January 30,\\n1761. This is the statement of Mr. Nathan\\nBowen, a grandson of Mr. Bump, and is prob-\\nably the most reliable testimony to be had from\\nany person now living touching the question of\\ntime. This would seem to fix the time of Mr.\\nBump s advent in 1761 or 1762, as his second\\nson, Asa, was born in Richmond, January 29,\\n1763.\\nSome deeds of the first settlers were record-\\ned in the Cheshire records, and among these the\\ndeed of Col. Josiah Willard to Thomas Wooley,\\nwho is sujiposed to be one of the very first in\\ntown, bears date of 1763, and the conveyance\\nincluded the land on which he built his\\nhouse but oral tradition says he was living on\\nhis place in 1758. He may have been the first\\npermanent settler. Henry Ingalls bought in\\n1763; in fact, no deed has been found back of\\nthat date, but from this it may not be infeiTed\\nthat no one was here before that time.\\nProbably but very few families made tlieir\\nadvent here before 1762; and that the south-\\nern and western portions of the town were first\\noccupied appears quite probable, as the towns\\nadjoining on these sides had been to some extent\\nsettled, while on the eastern border what was\\ncalled Monadnock, No. 4 and No. 5, remained\\nan unbroken wilderness. Paths leading to\\nRoyalston, Warwick and Winchester were first\\nmade, by which the first immigrants came into\\ntown, and these were afterwards laid out and\\nmade into public roads, and portions of the\\nsame have so remained to the present time. We\\nmay safely assume that those who located on\\nthe old road leading from Winchester to Royal-\\nston were among the first that came, viz.: the\\ntwo Casses, (John and Daniel), Azariah Cura-\\nstock, John Dandley, Francis Norwood, Jacob\\nBump, Silas Gaskill, and Thomas Josslin, to-\\ngether with some others that located away from\\nthis line, as John Martin, John Scott, Con-\\nstant and David Barney, Thomas Wooley,\\nReuben Parker, Oliver Capron, Edward\\nAinsworth, Jonathan Gaskill, Jonathan Sweet,\\nJonathan Thurber, Ephraim Hix, Henry In-\\ngalls, Stephen Kempton, Jedediah and Jona-\\nthan BuflFum, and many others who were here\\nbefore 1765. These came mostly from Smith-\\nfield and Cumberland, R. I., and from Reho-\\nboth and Attleborough, Mass., as did the others\\nthat followed.\\nThe first town-meeting was held March 27,\\n1765, as follows\\nAt a Legal meeting of ye free Holders and other\\nInhabitants of the town of Richmond in the Prov-\\nince of New Hampshire Being Held at the house of\\nJohn Cass Inuholder in ye Town on ye 27tli day of\\nMarch A. D. 1765 Agreeable to the Charter of ye\\ntown Appointing the Last Wednesday of March to\\nbe the day for choosing town officers for the annual\\nmeeting.\\nThen voted and chose John Cass Moderator for\\nthis meeting.\\nThen voted that all free holders in ye town should\\nhave Liberty to vote in the choice of town officers.\\nThen voted and chose Daniel Cass town Clerk.\\nThen voted and chose John Cass, Di^niel Cass,\\nJohn Martin, Selectmen and assessors for this present\\nyear.\\nThen voted and chose Timothy Thompson, Con-\\nstable.\\nThen voted and chose John Cass, Town Treasurer.\\nThen voted and chose John Dandley, Tithingman.\\nThen voted and chose Jonathan Gaskill, Survey-\\nor of highways.\\nThen voted and chose Joseph Cass Surveyor of\\nhighways.\\nThen voted to dismiss this meeting.\\nJohn Cass, Moderator.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0425.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "324\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nProvince of New Hampshire March ye 27th,\\nA. D. 1765 tlie Persons Before named was sworn to\\nthe faithful discharge of their several offices Accord-\\ning to Custom.\\nJosiAH WiLLAED, Jus. Peace.\\nLIST OF VOTERS AT THE FIRST TOWN-MEETING.\\nJonathan Atherton.\\nSolomon Atherton.\\nMoses Allen.\\nEzra Allen.\\nEdward Ainsworth.\\nAbraham Barrus.\\nJacob Bump.\\nConstant Barney.\\nDavid Barney.\\nJoseph Barney.\\nJedediah Buflum.\\nJonathan Buffura.\\nDaniel Cass.\\nDeacon John Cass.\\nJoseph Cass.\\nThomas Crane.\\nAzariah Cumstock.\\nAzariah Cumstock, Jr.\\nMoses Cumstock.\\nAaron Cumstock.\\nAbner Cumstock.\\nJohn Dandley.\\nJonathan Gaskill.\\nSilas Gaskill.\\nSylvanus Harris.\\nUriah Harris.\\nAnthony Harris.\\nEphraim Hix.\\nPeter Holbrook.\\nHenry Ingalls.\\nEdmund Ingalls.\\nWilliam Josslyn.\\nThomas Josslyn.\\nJames Kingsley.\\nStephen Kempton.\\nJohn Martin.\\nGideon Man.\\nOliver Mason.\\nElijah Meader.\\nReuben Parker.\\nIsrael Phillips.\\nDavid Russell.\\nAbraham Randall.\\nJoseph Razee.\\nJohn Robinson.\\nTimothy Robinson.\\nDaniel Read.\\nDavid Read.\\nJohn Scott.\\nJonathan Sweet.\\nJohn Sprague.\\nTimothy Thompson.\\nJeremiah Thayer.\\nAUes Thayer.\\nNehemiah Thayer.\\nNathaniel Taft.\\nSilas Taft.\\nJonathan Thurbur.\\nThomas Wooley.\\nJohn Wool e v.\\nWar of the Revolution. The first ref-\\nerence on the old town records in relation to the\\nWar of the Revolution was nnder date of\\nApril 6, 1775, Voted, To raise three pounds,\\neight shillings, which the Congress has sent for\\nto this town.\\nThe first company from this town was under\\ncommand of Capt. Oliver Capron, Juue 12,\\n1775, as follows\\nCapt. Oliver Capron.\\nLieut. David Barney.\\nSergt. Henry Ingalls.\\nSergt. Rufus Whipple.\\nSergt. David Russell.\\nCorp. H. Thurber.\\nCorp. Jas. Westcoat.\\nPrivates.\\nSolomon Aldrich.\\nWilliam Aldrich.\\nNathan Barrus.\\nJeremiah Barrus.\\nWilliam Barney.\\nSamuel Carpenter.\\nAzariali Cumstock.\\nJohn Ellis.\\nJohn Garnsey.\\nThe following were\\npany in 1776\\nI. Whipple, 2d Lieut.\\nDaniel Whipple, Corp.\\nAbiel Knap.\\nEleazer Martin.\\nEli Page.\\nDaniel Peters.\\nIsrael Peters.\\nTimothy Robinson.\\nDavid Shearman.\\nJeremiah Thayer.\\nJohn Wooley.\\nin a Winchester com-\\nB. Ellis, Sergt.\\nJ. Wcoley, Drummer.\\nZebulon Streeter.\\nHenry Ellis.\\nAmos Hicks.\\nAsa Hicks.\\nAzariah Cumstock\\nOliver Garnsey.\\nAmos Garnsey.\\nThe following\\npany, viz.\\nDaniel Shearman.\\nAllis Thayer.\\nJames Cook.\\nDavid Barney.\\nJonathan Kingsley.\\nPrivates.\\nSimpson Hammond.\\nEbenezer Peters.\\nJames Tilson.\\nJohn Garnsey, Jr.\\nJr. Moses Cumstock.\\nDaniel Freeman.\\nwere in a Swanzey com-\\nAbiel Knap.\\nBarnard Hicks.\\nJames Westcoat.\\nCaleb Ellis.\\nTimothy Martin, Jesse Martin, Joseph Al-\\nlen and Beiij. Starkey were in the service.\\nAt the town-meeting held on May 16, 1777,\\nit was\\nVoted, That eight months constitute a turn in the\\nservice, and that a bounty of twelve pounds be given\\nfor said service.\\nVoted, Also, that all who have done Turns or parts\\nof Turns in the war to have credit in the rates.\\nVoted, To allow the men their expenses, and pay\\nfor their time, that went to Cambridge on the alarm\\nat time of the Concord fight in the year 1775.\\nVoted, To raise money to hire men to go into\\nthe service for eight months, or a longer time. Chose\\nIsaac Benson, CajJt. Capron and Constant Barney a\\ncommittee to hire the men.\\nDec. 3. Voted, to increase the bounty to soldiers\\nto twenty-four pounds instead of twelve, for a Turn,\\nor eight months, to be allowed in the rates.\\nIn Captain Davis Howlett s company, of", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0426.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "KICHMOND.\\n325\\nColonel Ashley s regiment, which marched from\\nKeene May 4, 1777, to reinforce the Continen-\\ntal army at Fort Tieonderoga, were Lieutenant\\nEdmund Ingalls, Timothy Robinson, Ebenezer\\nBarrus, Sylvanus Cook, John YlWs, Jonathan\\nKingsley, Israel Peters, Peletiah Razey, John\\nWooley, Jonathan Westcoat. These were prob-\\nably all from Richmond.\\nThe following company was enlisted in June,\\n1777, for the northern frontier\\nA Muster Roll of Capt. Oliver Capron s company, in Col.\\nSamuel Ashley s regiment of militia, whichmarched to\\nthe relief of Tieonderoga, 1777.\\nCajit. Oliver Capron. Sergt. Michael Barrus.\\nLieut. Henry Ingalls. Corporal John Ellis.\\nEns. Rufus Whi|)ple. Drummer J. Woolley.\\nSergt. Sol. Atherton.\\nPrivates.\\nDavid Barney. Asel Harris.\\nDavid Hix. Abner Aldrich.\\nSamuel Hix. Samuel Carpenter.\\nSimeon Hix. James Cook.\\nSeth Ballou. Constant Barney.\\nReuben Parker. Oliver Barrus.\\nEliphalet Hix. Eli Page.\\nJeremiah Bullock. Daniel Thurber.\\nStephen Kemptou. Johp Barrus.\\nBenjamin Ingalls. Othniel Day.\\nJefirey A. Barney. William Goddard.\\nDavid Russell. James Shafter.\\nBenjamin Thrasher. Hezekiah Thurber.\\nJonathan Bosworth. Samuel Hunting.\\nPhilip Aldrich. Israel Whipple.\\nPeter Holbrook.\\nThe following were in a company in the\\nbattles of Bennington and Stillwater:\\nLieut. Henry Ingalls. Corp. Samuel Hicks.\\nSergeant John Ellis.\\nPrivates.\\nBenjamin Ingalls. Joseph Ingalls.\\nEli Page. James Westcoat.\\nEliphalet Hicks. John Wooley.\\nJames Shafter. Nathan Bullock.\\nJeremiah Bosworth. Peletiah Razey.\\nJames Cook. Peter Starkey.\\nJonathan Kingsley. Simeon Hicks.\\nJeffrey Barney. Reuben Parker.\\nJeremiah Barrus.\\nJanuary 14, 1778, it was Votedto raise men\\nfor the Continental Service for the duration of\\nthis present war with Great Britain, or three\\nyears. Chose Rufus Whii)p]e, Edmond In-\\ngalls and Mr. Nicholas Cook a committee to\\nhire said men.\\nAt the annual meeting it was Voted That\\nthe Committee of Safety stand another year, or\\nuntil another is chosen.\\nJune 15th it was Voted Not to increase the\\nbounty put on by the State. Voted To raise\\nthree men to serve until the first of January\\nnext, unless soon discharged. Chose John Bar-\\nrus, Daniel Head and James Westcoat a com-\\nmittee to hire the men, and to pay the sum or\\nsums the committee shall give for said men.\\nWalpole, February 13th, 1778.\\nThis is to Sartifle the town of Richmond that\\nRufus Whipple hath got mustered Thirteen men for\\nthe town of Richmond to Sarve two years in the Co-\\nnental Sarvis.\\nPeleg Williams, Lieut. Noah Porter.\\nJona. Willard, Esq. John Withy.\\nSamuel Royes. Lewis Clisco.\\nAsa Crasson. John Smith.\\nHenry Carter. Jeams Wier.\\nJoseph Powers. Thomas Hunt.\\nNathaniel Powers. Jeams Marrel.\\nAbner Powers. William Taggart.\\nJohn Symonds.\\nSeptember 6th it was Voted Not to allow\\nthe men credit that have done more than their\\nproportion in the war with Great Britain.\\nOctober 21st it was Voted For the General\\nCourt to hire one man for said Richmond that\\nis wanting for the Continental army for one\\nyear.\\nJune 4, 1781, it was FofecZ To raise fourteen\\nmen under the State of Vermont. Chose Ed-\\nmond Ingalls, Rufus \\\\Vhipj)le ami Noah Curtis\\na committee to hire said men, and to proceed in\\nthat method they shall think most to the advan-\\ntage of said town.\\nMay 6,1782, it was lofed to proceed to\\nraise twelve Continental men.\\nThe following is a summary of the service\\nRichmond performed in men and money", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0427.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "326\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ns.\\nIn 1777 Continental men, 15, paid. ...465\\n1778 13, ...555 12\\n1779 5, ...180\\n1781\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frontiersmen 15, ...102 10\\nWar of 1812. The town wa.s represented\\nin the War of 1812 by the following\\nDan. C. Bryant, Lieut.\\nCarlton Bryant.\\nChauncey Bryant.\\nSamuel Bryant.\\nWilliam Buffum.\\nStephen Buffum.\\nJohn Cass, Jr.\\nMoses Garnsey.\\nAmos Howe.\\nCromwell Kelton.\\nTownseud Parker.\\nDaniel Thornton.\\nJedediah Buffum (3d). Lewis Whipple.\\nJared Ballou. Henry Whipple.\\nRichard Boorn. James Whipple.\\nThomas Bryant.\\nIn other companies were:\\nNoahBisbee, Jr., Esq. Nathan Cass.\\nSeth Bisbee. Aaron Martin.\\nDaniel Jlan. Daniel Buffum.\\nStephen Man. Olney Ballou.\\nChandler Man. Benoni Ballou.\\nArnold Man. Samuel Barrus.\\nMordica Cass. Moses Tyler.\\nLaban Cass. Joseph Jessop.\\nJesse Bishop. Nathan Perry (died).\\nTownsend Parker.\\nThe following were drafted\\nJacob Whitcomb.\\nChandler Man.\\nThomas Goddard.\\nSalmon Martin.\\nSamuel Barrus.\\nMartin Cass.\\nNahum Perry.\\nLewis Aldrlch.\\nWilliam Barrus.\\nEllis Thayer.\\nEllis Thayer (2d).\\nEli Page (2d)\\nJeremiah Bolles.\\nMillens Barrus.\\nPaul Jilson, Jr.\\nBenjamin Newell.\\nWar of the Rebellion. The town re-\\nsponded nobly during the War of the Rebellion.\\nThe following is a list of the soldiers from\\nthe town\\nArlon S. Atherton, second lieutenant Company I,\\nThird Regiment.\\nAndrew S. Arnold, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nMoses Allen, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment;\\nkilled September 19, 1864.\\n1 Noah Bisbee, Jr., and Lewis Whipple were killeil, and\\nSeth Bisbee was wounJed, at the battle of Lundy s Lane,\\n.Tilly 24, 1814.\\nFrederick R. Bowen, Company A, Second Regi-\\nment.\\nEdwin N. Bowen, first lieutenant Company I, Third\\nRegiment.\\nHenry R. Bowen, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nAlfred R. Bowen, Company A, Second Regiment.\\nWilliam Brown.\\nCharles Ball, Company F. Fourteenth Regiment.\\nAbner S. Barden, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nOtis A. Barrus, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment\\nkilled at Winchester, Va., September 16, 1864.\\nAlden F. Ballou, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment\\ndied September 2, 1863.\\nE. Napoleon Buffum, Company F, Sixth Regiment;\\ndied of disease in Maryland, October 8, 1862.\\nJames H. Buffum, Company H, First Regiment.\\nAlbert Bolles, Second New Hampshire Cavalry.\\nGeorge A. Barrus, Company B, Eighteenth Regi-\\nment; died .Tune 16, 1863.\\nHenry E. Ballou, Company B, Twenty-seventh Regi-\\nment, Massachusetts.\\nBenjamin F. Barrus, Company I, Third Regiment\\ndied of wounds July 15, 1862.\\nHenry R. Bolles, Company I. Third Regiment acci-\\ndentally shot April 23, 1862.\\nAlbert E. Barrus, Company G, Eighteenth Regi-\\nment.\\nIra Marshall Barrus, Company I, Second Regiment,\\nMassachusetts.\\nJohn W. Barrus, Company I, Second Regiment Mas-\\nsachusetts.\\nJohn Bolles, Massachusetts Regiment died in Libby\\nPrison.\\nArtemas B. Colburn, Company F, Fourteenth Regi-\\nment died September 19, 1864.\\nRoland M. Combs, Company C, Fourteenth Regi-\\nment.\\nReuben H. Combs, Company C, Fourteenth Regi-\\nment.\\nJarvis Cass, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment died\\nat New Orleans June 20, 1863.\\nAnson L. Cass, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nHenry O. Curtis, Company H, First Regiment;\\nHeavy Artillery.\\nHarvey G. Cheney, Company D, Second Regiment,\\nMassachusetts.\\nJohn Dingman, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nRufus Freeman, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nJohn H. Hitchcock, second lieutenant Company I,\\nThird Regiment.\\nLorenzo Harris, Jr., Company F, Fourteenth Regi-\\nment.\\nCaleb Harris, Company H, Thirty-sixth Regiment,\\nMassachusetts died October, 1864.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0428.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "KICHMOND.\\n327\\nAlmoii L. Jillson, Company G, Fourteenth Regi-\\nment; ilietl at battle of Laurel Hill, Va.\\nAnson R. Jillson, Company A, Second Regiment,\\nMassachusetts died at battle of Laurel Hill, Va.\\nSilas F. Jillson, Company A, Twenty-fifth Regiment,\\nMassachusetts died.\\nNathan M. Jillson, Company B, Twenty-seventh\\nRegiment, Massachusetts.\\nHerman L. Lincoln, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nStephen W. Martin, Company I, Twenty-fifth Regi-\\nment, Massachusetts; died.\\nGeorge Martin, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nJohn A. Morse, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nAnsel Macomber, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nJohn E. Norwood, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nBenjamin Newell, Jr., Company F, Fourteenth Regi-\\nment died October 14, 18G4.\\nDaniel H. Pelkey, Company I, Third Regiment.\\nDexter Palmer, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment\\ndied at Concord, N. H., August, 1863.\\nNahum Putney, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment\\ndied at Algiers, La., June 12, 1803.\\nJohn A. Paine, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment\\nmustered October 23, 1862 mustered out, Au-\\ngust 20, 1863.\\nWarren S. Pickering, Company A, Eighteenth Regi-\\nment.\\nVolney Piper, sergeant-major Company E, Fourth\\nRegiment.\\nDenzil Rice, sergeant. Company E, Third Regiment.\\nAmasa W. Perry, Eleventh United States Infantry.\\nJohn Stark ey, Jr first sergeant, Company F, Sixth\\nRegiment; died August 29, 1862.\\nWalter A. Scott, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment;\\nkilled at Winchester, Va., September 21), 1864.\\nHenry E. Tolman, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nJonas I. Thompson, corporal Company C, Fourth\\nRegiment.\\nSamuel Thompson, second lieutenant. Company F,\\nSixth Regiment.\\nL. Warren Wright, adjutant Fourteenth Regiment.\\nStephen W. Williams, Company I, Sixteenth Regi-\\nment.\\nWilliam Whipple, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nVibbert Whipple, Company A, Second Regiment.\\nAlfred P. Whipple, Company F, Second Regiment,\\nMassachusetts.\\nJulius M. Whipple, Company A, Second Regiment.\\nS. Wright Wood, Company E, Sixth Regiment.\\nThe First Baptist Church was organized\\nin 1768. The present Baptist Cliiurh was or-\\nganized March 24, 1835, and the society No-\\nvember 25, 1836.\\nThe Uxitariax Church was organized in\\n1837.\\nThe Universalist Church was formed in\\nApril, 1837, and at dedication of their iinst liouse\\nof worship, November 22, 1837, the sermon\\nwas preached by Rev. Hosea Ballon.\\nINIethodist Church. The first Methodist\\nChurch in this town was organized in 1840 and\\ndissolved in 1870. A second organization was\\neffected in Jnne, 1871.\\nThe Society of Friends also held meet-\\nings in this town.\\nThe first physician was Dr. Aaron Aldrich.\\nDr. Ebenczer Swan was here in 1776; died\\n1820. He was followed by B. Harkness, Amos\\nHowe, Martin Brittan, John Parkhnrst, George\\nW. Hammond, Franklin Wallace, Lewis\\nWare, J. P. Willis, C. C. Wheaton, Alviu\\nBallon, L. Smith, S. P. French, C. J. Town,\\nE. J. Duunell, John Heard, J. R. Hardy,\\nGeo. F. Shore.\\nThe celebrated Hosea Ballou was born in\\nthis town April 30, 1771, and here was born\\nalso Elizabeth Ballou, mother of the lamented\\nPresident Garfield. The site of the birth-\\nplace of Hosea Ballou is now a most attractive\\nplace in a valley scooped out from the rough\\nhills and mountains of the Granite State, and\\nknown as Ballou s Dale, surroimded by the\\nmost romantic scenery, the beauties of which\\nhe used to dwell upon in after-years, and to\\nsing their praise in verse. The neighboring\\ncountry is of a bold and rugged character, and\\nis to this day but thinly settled.\\nPost-Office. The first post-office was es-\\ntablished July 4, 1812, with Job Bisbee post-\\nmaster. The following is the list from that\\ntime to the present\\nJob Bisbee July 4, 1812\\nOno. T.Cass July 24, 1829\\nStephen Wheeler Aprl. 24, 1832\\nJohn Parkhurst Sept. 6,1837\\nDanford Tyler Nov. 10, 1840\\nJarvis Weeks July 8, 1845\\nAmos G. Bennett May 6, 1858\\nDaniel R. Spaulding July 16, 1861", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0429.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "328\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nL. W. Wright Dec. 19, 1870\\nCharles H. Lyon May 10, 1871\\nAmos Martin Mar. 7, 1873\\nAndrew Dodge July 12, 1875\\nWarren Kenop Aprl. 6, 1877\\nJohn E. Norwood Dec. 18, 1877\\nCharles Norwood May 7, 1883\\nThe North Richmond office was established\\nSeptember 15, 1853. The postmasters have\\nbeen,\\nHarvey Martin Sept. 15, 1853\\nEdson Starkey June 16, 1856\\nHarvey Martin Oct. 30, 1856\\nDiscontinued June 17, 1879\\nEe-established July 3, 1879\\nOrlow E. Parsons July 3, 1879\\nOrlan H.Martin Aprl. 13, 1880\\nCivil History. The following is a list of\\nrepresentatives from 1776 to 1885:\\nOliver Capron, 1776 and 1783.\\nDaniel Read, 1777.\\nDavid Barney, 1778.\\nNoah Curtis, 1779 and 1782.\\nJonathan Gaskill, 1787, 1789 and 1790.\\nNathaniel Aldrich, 1810.\\nJonathan Atherton, 1814 to 1817 and 1819.\\nBenjamin Newell, 1817, 1818 and 1820.\\nJoseph Newell, 1824 and 1825.\\nJonathan Rawson, 1827 to 1830.\\nRussell Whipple, 1831.\\nNahum Aldrich, 1837 to 1840.\\nJarvis Weeks, 1840 and 1841.\\nNicholas Cook, 1842, 1845 and 1846.\\nKendall Fisher, 1843 and 1844.\\nStephen Randall, 1847 and 1848.\\nWilliam Wright, 1849 and 1850.\\nWillard Randall, 1851 and 1852.\\nD. B. Aldrich, 1853 and 1854.\\nMoses Tyler, 1793, 1796 to 1802.\\nRufus Whipple, 1794 and 1795.\\nJames Cook, 1802 to 1807.\\nJoseph Weeks, 1807 to 1810, 1811 to 1814, 1821 to\\n1824, 1826, 1830, 1832 to 1835.\\nSamuel P. French, 1855.\\nJohn Starkey, 1856 and 1857.\\nAbner Twitchell, 1858 and 1860.\\nAsahel Kelton, 1859.\\nHosea B. Aldrich, 1861 and 1863.\\nAsa H. Bullock, 1864.\\nN. G. Woodbury, 1865 and 1866.\\nEdson Starkey, 1867 and 1868.\\nAsa H. Bullock, 1869 and 1870.\\nElbridge G. Bemis, 1871 and 1872.\\nAndrew G. Willoby, 1873.\\nAlnion Twitchell, 1874.\\nEdwin N. Bowen, 1875 and 1876.\\nJoseph B. Abbott, 1877.\\nHiram P. Sprague, 1878.\\nJohn E. Norwood, 1883 and 1884.\\nThe following is a list of town clerks from\\n1765 to 1885:\\nDaniel Cass, 1766.\\nHenry Ingalls, 1766 to 1792.\\nSamuel Gaskill, 1792 to 1798, 1799 to 1802.\\nDavid Ballou, 1798.\\nJoseph Weeks, 1802 to 1822, 1823 and 1827.\\nJonathan Rawson, 1824 to 1827 and 1831.\\nBenjamin Newell, 1828 and 1829.\\nOno. T. Cass, 1830.\\nJarvis Weeks, 1832 to 1836, 1837 to 1844, 1845,\\n1853, 1854, 1856 and 1857.\\nStephen Wheeler, Jr., 1836.\\nAmos W. Newell, 1844, 1846, 1847 and 1855.\\nHenry B. Swan, 1848 and 1849.\\nWilliam Bassett, 1850 to 1853.\\nN. G. Woodbury, 1858, 1800 to 1865.\\nD. R. Spaulding, 1859.\\nJarvis Ingalls, 1865 to 1871, 1880 to 1884.\\nAmos G. Bennett, 1871 to 1875.\\nEdward F. P. Dearborn, 1875 (one month).\\nGeorge W. Newell, 1876 to 1880.\\nAlmon Twitchell, 1884 and 1885.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0430.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROXBURY.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThis town lies near tlic centre of the coniitv\\nand is bounded as follows\\nNorth by Sullivan east by Nelson and Ilar-\\nrisville south liy Marlborough and west by\\nKeeuc.\\nAn attempt was made to form this town in\\n179() from portions of Packersfield (Nelson),\\nDublin and Marlborough. A committee aj)-\\npointed to examine the premises reported favor-\\nably, but it met with opposition from the towns\\nit was to be taken from, and the scheme was\\ndefeated.\\nA petition froiu the inhabitants of the\\nsouthwest part of Packersfield, north part of\\nMarlborough, and east part of Keeue, present-\\ned to the Legislature in 1812, asking to be\\nincorporated into a town, was successful, the\\nterritory asked for being incorporated December\\n9th, of that year, as a town by the name of\\n]\\\\oxbury.\\nJune 15, 1820, Samuel Griffin and his estate\\nwere severed from Nelson, and annexed to this\\ntown.\\nBy an act passed July 1, 1868, the entire\\ntown of Roxbury was annexed to Keene\\nI riiridiiu/, said act should be adopted by a\\nmajority vote in each town. The act, how-\\never, was not adopted, and Eoxbury remains as\\nit was.\\nI ETITIOX FOR AX INCORPORATION, 1796.\\nYour Petitioners inhabiting the south west part\\nof Packersfield, the North part ot Marlboro and\\nNorth-west part of Dublin\\nHumbly Shew\\nThat they live very remote from the Center, but\\nmore so from the Meeting-Iiouses of their respective\\ntowns\\nThat the situation is such by reason of distance\\nbad Roads, that they cannot attend Public Worship\\nc. with any convenience\\nThat they are destitute of many Town preveliges.\\nThat some of their duties, as members of the several\\nTowns are very burdensom\\nThat the town of Packersfield, has voted off a\\nTract of Land at the south west corner thereof and\\nMarlboro has voted off a Tract at the North End\\ntherof for the purpose of making a Township\\nThat what has been voted off (in their opinion) is\\ninadequate to make a Township\\nThat your Petitioners have Petitioned the several\\nTowns for a small addition to said grants, Init without\\nsuccess\\nThat if the Tract of Land already voted off, with\\nthe addition of asmall piece of Packersfield, Marlboro,\\nand Dublin, might be Incorporated a distinct Town-\\nship it would be highly advantageous to your Petition-\\ners and the Public Interest.\\nThe prayer of this their humble Petition, therefore\\nis, that your Honors would appoint a Committee to\\nExamine the said Premises at the cost of your Peti-\\ntioners\\nAnd your Petitioners further pray, that the Com-\\nmittee so appointed might be directed (if after due\\nexamination they Should think it reasonable to make\\na Township as afore said) to fix the Bounderies and\\nmake their report to the Honorable General Court, to\\nbe holden in June next\\nAnd your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever\\npray\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nLoTT CooKE, in behalf of (he I etiHoiurs.\\n9th Dec, 1796\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n329", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0431.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "330\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThis petitition was referred to a committee,\\nwho reported as follows\\nREPORT OF COMMITTEE.\\nyour Committee appointed in December the 8,\\n1796 to take into Consideration vew the Situation\\nof the SQuthwest part of Peclversfield and the North\\npart of Marlborough the Norwest part of Dublin as\\nSet forth in the Petition of Lott Cooke and others.\\nReport as followeth,\\nHaving Explored the above mentioned towns the\\nSituation of the premises pray for in the aforeS Pe-\\ntition are of the opinion, that the prayer thereof be\\ngranted So far as that thay be incorperated as a town\\naccording to the Descriptions following\\nBegining at the Southesterly Corner of Sullivan\\nthen running Easterly till it Strikes the East line of\\nLot number Six in the fifth Range of Lots in the town\\nof Peckersfild then running Southerly on S line till it\\nStrikes the Norwest corner of Lot N\u00c2\u00b0 7 in the 2\\nRange of Lotts in Peckersfield, then running Easterd-\\nly on the North Line of the 2 Range till it Strikes\\nBreeds pond so called then Southerly till it Strikes\\nDublin line, then on the north line of Dublin East-\\nerdly till it comes to the northeastly corner of Lot N\u00c2\u00b0\\n19 in the 10 Rang, thence Southerly on Sd line till it\\nStrikes the Southesterly corner of Lot N 19 in the 7\\nRang in S Dublin then Running Westerly on S line\\ntill it Strikes Marlborough East line, then taking thre\\nranges of Lotts of the north End of Marlborough in-\\ncluding two gores of Land one on the north line and\\nthe other on the west line of S Marlborough against\\nSd Ranges, and from the norwest corner of Marlbor-\\nough on the west line of Peckersfield to Sullivan\\nSouth Line then Easterly on Sullivan South Line to\\nthe first menctioned bounds.\\nDublin Apreel 12, 1797.\\nall which is Submitted by your Committee\\nNath Emerson\\nBen.t Prescott.\\nThe plan met with opposition, and was de-\\nfeated in June following.\\nThe Congregatioxai. Church in this\\ntown was organized August 15, 181 with Rev.\\nC. Page pastor. He was dismissed on INIarch\\n2, 1819, and from that time until 1837 the\\nchurch was without a pastor.\\nRev. Alanson Rawson became pastor in May,\\n1837, and dismissed May 3, 1842. January 1,\\n1843, Rev. Ezra Adams assumed the pastorate\\nand continued about six years. Other ministers\\nhave been Revs. B. Smith and S. H. Tolman.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0432.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF STODDARD.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThis town lies in the uortheastcrn part of\\nthe county, and is bounded as follows On the\\nnorth by Sullivan County, on the east by Hills-\\nborough County, on the south by Nelson and\\nSullivan, and on the west by Sullivan, Gilsum\\nand Marlow.\\nThe township was granted by the Masonian\\nproprietors to Colonel Sampson Stoddard, of\\nChelnisfoi d, Mass., and others, and went by\\nthe names of Monadnock No. 7 and Limerick,\\nuntil it was incorporated, November 4, 1774,\\nand named in honor of Colonel Stoddard. Set-\\ntlements were made in 1769 by John Taggart\\nand others, who, for a time, obtained bread-\\nnieul in Peterborough and carried it to their\\nhomes on their backs. By an act passed Sep-\\ntember 27, 1787, the southwest corner of the\\ntown was combined with portions of Gilsum,\\nKeene and Nelson, and incorporated into the\\ntown of Sullivan.\\nThe lines of Gilsum and Marlow, as char-\\ntered, extending some distance cast of the curve-\\nline of Mason s patent, as surveyed by Joseph\\nBlanchard, and the west side of Stoddard, being\\n.said curve-line, caused a serious di-spute as to\\nwhich should have jurisdiction over the terri-\\ntory in question. This was settled in favor of\\nStoddard June 16, 1797.\\nJune 2-3, 1835, the farm of Ebenezer Tar-\\nbox was severed from Stoddard and annexed to\\nNelson.\\nThe following Stoddard men were in First\\nNew Hampshire Regiment\\nSamuel Morrison, enlisted January 1, 1777; dis-\\ncharged December, 1781.\\nllirhard Richardson, enli.-iteil Ajiril 3, 1777 dis-\\ncliarged April 5, 1780.\\nNathaniel Richardson, enlisted April 3, 1777; died\\n.Tune 24, 1777.\\nThe manufacture of gla.ss-ware was carried\\non to same extent at South Stoddard for many\\nyears.\\nWARRANT FOR TOWN-MEETING, 1776.\\nBy Virtue of an order from the Select men of\\nStoddard to me I Warn all the Freeholders and\\noather inhabitants of the Town of Stoddard To meet\\natt the Dwelling house of Ens John Tenneys in\\nStoddard on Wednesday the twentieth Day of June\\nnext at Eleven oOlock forenoon then and there to act\\non the following articles if they see fit\\n1 To Chuse a moderator to govern Said meeting\\n2 To See if the Town will Chuse a Select man in\\nthe room of Isaac Kenney who was Chose that of-\\nfice and refuses to Barve the Town\\nA To See if the Town will Chuse two Constables\\nin the room of Ephraim Adams and Benoni Boyn-\\nton, who was Chose and refuse to Sarve y\u00c2\u00b0 Town\\n4 To See if the Town will a gree to hire any\\npreaching this present Summer and Chuse a Com-\\nmittee for the Same\\nTo raise Such Sum or Sums of money as Shall\\nbe thot proper\\nG To See if the Town will Chuse a Commitee to\\nopen Such of the propriators roads that was Laid\\nout in this town before it was incorporated as shall\\nbe thot necessary\\n7 To See What the Town will Do in respect to\\nIsaac Kenueys Taken as alls oath\\nS To have the Town agree where the preaching\\nShall be if they hire any\\n9 y To see if the Town will Chuse a Commi tee\\nto reckon with oliver Parker and to receive his ac-\\ncompts and give him recipts and to Demand of\\nhim the Said parker the Town Book of records\\n331", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0433.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "332\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWith the incorporation and all the records that\\nare past\\nStoddard may y 22 1776\\nIsaac Temple Town CIr\\nremonstraxf e against the election of joseph\\neounseval.\\nColony op Newhamp\\nto the Hon Counciele and house of Representa-\\ntives for s** Colony\\nthe Petition and prayer of the subscribers Inhabit-\\nants of Stoddard in S Colony humbly Sheweth that\\nm Joseph Rounsivile may not have a Seat in\\nCourt for Reasons here mentioned firstly because he\\nis not worth the money Seccondly because he is not\\nleagly Chousen the Town not being warned to Chuse\\na Representitive But to Chuse a Comt to Chuse one\\nand accordingly he was Chosen by Comt\\nStoddard August 2 1776\\nJonathan Bennett Joel Gilson\\nOliver Parker William Dutton\\nJohn Dutton Isaac Kenney\\nAsa Adams Moses Kenny\\nThomas Adams\\ndisorder at a town-meeting, 1776.\\nThe Petition of a Number of the Inhabitants of\\nStoddard in the Colony afores humbly Sheweth That\\non the Last Thursday of the month of march Last\\npast at Stoddard afores was held y annual meeting,\\nso called, for the Town afores when after Chusing by\\nhand Vote The Town officers for the Ensuing Year\\n(among which Officers were Two Constables Chosen)\\nThe Town Clerk and Selectmen then chosen utterly\\nrefused to permit the s Constables to take the Oath\\nof office, declaring that y former Selectmen should\\nmake y assesment, and the former Constables col-\\nlect the same, for the Ensuing year, after the Trans-\\nacting of which it was requested of the moderator to\\nAdjourn y s meeting, upon which he called a Vote\\nto see if it was the mind of y* Inhabitants so to do\\nwho almost unanimously voted that s meeting be not\\nadjourned, but the moderator notwithstanding did\\ndeclare the same adjourned untill y Second day of\\nmay then next, at which Time a Number of your\\npetitioners protested against y proceedings of s\\nmeeting for the Reasons afores your Petitioners fur-\\nther shew that on the Twelfth day of June Instant a\\nsmall Number of the Inhabitants of y s Town did\\nmeet Together at a place never before that Time\\nused for that purpose in a Tumultuous manner to the\\nNumber of about Eight persons to vote upon Sundry\\nArticles and things in the notification herewith Ex-\\nhidited, mentioned, by means of all which proceed-\\nings the utmost disorder and Confussion is introduced\\ninto y s Town, and the most unhappy Consequences\\nare reasonably Expected to take place, wherefore\\nyour Petitioners (being a major Part of the Inhab-\\nitants freeholders and others Legally Qualified to\\nVote in Town meetings) humbly pray your Honors\\nto take this our Petition into your wise Consideration\\nand to a point some Legal method for calling a meet-\\ning of y Inhabitants of s Town as soon as may be\\nin order to transact y necessary business of y Town\\nand restore peace and Harmony amongst the Inhab-\\nitants or otherways to Grant us releif as to your Hon-\\nors shall seem fit, and your Petitioners as in duty\\nbound shall Ever pray\\nStoddard June 18, 1776.\\nJohn Dutton Daniel Kenny\\nJonathan Bennett Moses Kenny\\nOliver Parker Samuel Parks\\nReuben Walton Ebeuezer Wright\\nAsa Adams Ephraim Adams\\nJohn Joyner John N mther\\nJoel Gilson Timothy Jlather\\nMoses Bennett Richard Emerson\\nWilliam Dutton Zach Adams\\nJoseph Dodge Thomas Adams\\nBenoni Boynton Isaac Kenney\\n111 House of Representatives, September 19,\\na hearing was ordered for the next session.\\nSUMMONS TO OLIVER PARKER, 1776.\\nStoddard may y 22* 1776.\\nTo Oliver Parker you are hereby required to ap-\\npear att the Dwelling house of m John Tennys in\\nStoddrad afore S** on Wednesday the fifth Day of June\\nnext at Ten oClock fore noon then and there to make\\nanswer to a Complant Brought to us against you\\nwherein you appear inimical to america in a number\\nof alegations fail not of apperence at your peril as\\nyour neglect will be faithfully reported to the Coni-\\nmitee of Safty for the Colony of New Hampshire\\ngiven under our hands at Stoddrd afore Said\\nAlexander Scott Commitee\\nNathaniel Emerson V of safty\\nAmos Butterfield for Stoddard\\nPROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN COMMITTEE OF\\nSAFETY, 1776.\\nAtt a meeting of the Commitees of Safty for the\\nTowns of Stoddard Camden and marlow met at the\\nhouse of m John Tenneys on the fifth Day of June\\n1776 to hear and Examine into a Complaint Brought\\nto us against one oliver Parker of Stoddard setting", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0434.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "STODDAKD.\\n333\\nforth the S paiker to be inimical to america and its\\nLiberties Proceed and Chose m Sam Gustin Chair-\\nman\\nThe inclosed Complaint is the same that was\\nBrought to us, and has ben fully suported and prov\\nupon which we Came to the following resolution\\nviz\\n1* it is the opinion of the Committees that y s\\nparker is notoriously Disafl ected to the american\\nCause\\n2^ it is the opinion of the Commitees that the S\\nparker is so notoriously Disaffecf that he the S\\nparker be Emedeately Disarmed from all instruments\\nof war\\n3 that tlie S parker be Coufin to the Lot of\\nLand his house stands on on the penalty of being\\nSent to the Common goal of the County of Cheshire\\nor find good Bonds to the Sattisfactiou of the Com-\\nmitee of Safty in the Town of Stoddard\\n4 y all persons are forbid to have any Deleaings\\nwith y S parker on y penalty of being Consider\\nenimies to america\\nAnd furthermore while we ware setting a Com-\\nplaint was brought to us by m Nathaniel Emerson of\\nStoddard against the s Parker setting forth that the\\ns* Parker tilloniously brock down his y s* Emersons\\nfence and has continu to do it for some days and\\nturns his Cattle into his improvements and a Cita-\\ntion was sent to the s Parker to appear and defend y\\nsame, but he pay no regard at all to the Summons\\nbut dities all authority to bring him to Justice (mean-\\ning y Committee of Safety) John Nois mather\\nJoel Gilson Zach adams -Eli adams and william\\nButton all of Stoddard was Summon to appear as\\nEvidences in the above Cause but refused to appear\\nand seam to appear as abetters of the s Parker by\\ntheir deniing the authority of the Committee Treat-\\ning y Committee with scurulous Language\\nBy Order of the Several Committees\\nAttest Sam Gustin Chairman\\nStoddard June y*^ 5 1776\\nStoddard June y 5 1776\\nAtt a meeting of the Committees of Safety of\\nStoddard and marlow and Camden, met to try a cause\\ndepend* between oliver Parker a reputed Tore, and\\nthe Liberty of America ^y said Parker being sited\\nto appear on this Day, but defyes y\u00c2\u00b0 authority of the\\nCommittee of Safety and dos not appear\\nA part of the evidence brouglit against said\\nParker was the following, which he acknowl-\\nedged to have written to Mr. Boynton\\nA Receipt to make a Whig Take of conspiracy\\nand the root of pride three handfulls two of ambition\\nand vain glory, pound them in the mortar of faction\\nand discord, boil it in 2 quarts of dissembling tears\\nand a little New England Bum over the fire of Sedi-\\ntion till you find the scum of folly wood to rise on the\\ntop, then strain it through the cloths of Rebillion,\\nput it into the bottle of envy, stop it with the cork of\\nmalice, then make it into pills called Conspiracy of\\nwhich take nine when going to bed say over your\\nhypocritical prayer, and curse your honest neighbor\\nin your bed chamber and then go to sleep if yon can,\\nit will have so good an effect that all the next day\\nyou will be thinking how to cozzen cheat lie and get\\ndrunk abuse the ministers of the Gospel, cut the\\nthroats of all honest men and plunder the Nation.\\nParker was committed to jail in Exeter, Xov.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J, 1778, and was under bonds not to go out of\\nhesiiire County in 1 782.\\nPETITION OF OLIVER PARKER ADDRESSED TO\\nTHE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY, 1776.\\nHumbly sheweth Oliver Parker of Stoddard in\\nthe County of Cheshire in s Colooy that he was\\nupon y 5 day of .lune Current by Order of Certain\\nCommittees directed to be disarmed, and not to go\\nfrom his Lot of Land on which he Lives, upon y\\npenalty of being Committed to y County Goal, and\\nby s Committees deemed an Enemy to his Country,\\nyour petitoner avers and declares that s Committees\\nhad not y least proof of his being inimical to his\\nCountry, but that they proceeded to act as they did\\nwith regard to him merely upon malice, and that he\\nopenly Challenges any person or persons whomsoever\\nto prove the least thing against him with respect to\\nhis being in any way or manner disaffected to the\\nCause of Liberty, wherefore he prays your Houers to\\npoint out some reasonable and just method for him to\\nmake his Innocence in y premises manefest, and to\\nbe Liberated from y unjust decree of s Committees\\nJune 18 1776 Oliver Parker.\\nSUNDRY INHABITANTS RELATIVE TO FOREGOING: AD-\\nDRESSED TO THE Committee of Safety, 1776.\\nThe Petition and Remonstrance of the Subscribers\\nInhabitants of Stoddard in s Colony sheweth, that\\nWe have for a Number of years been acquainted with\\nCapt Oliver Parker of Stoddard afores and have Es-\\npecially since y Unhappy War commenced betwixt\\nGreat Britain and the Colonys been personally\\nKnowing to his Good disposition In the Cause of\\nLiberty and that he has done his part as an Individual\\ntowards y support of y War and on Every Occasion\\nas a military officer obeyed orders and done what was\\nrequired of him, notwithstanding which he was", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0435.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "334\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nLately summoned to appear before Certain Commit-\\ntees to answer a Complaint again him as an Enemy\\nto America, and without letting him Know what y\\nComplaint was or to what he was to answer to they\\nproceeded to confine him to that Lot of Land his\\nhouse stands upon, and to order that no persons deal\\nwith him on pain of being deemed Enemies to their\\nCountry, now as your petitioners are certain that\\nthere was no grounds to found this resolution upon,\\nbut that mere malice and falshood directed y whole\\nproceedings, they ])ray that your Honors would re-\\nverse y afores unjust degree or by some means let y\\nmatter be fairly and impartially determined.\\nStoddard June 18 1770\\nJohn Dutton\\nJonathan Bennett\\nReuben Walton\\nMoses Keijney\\nBenoni Boynton\\nThomas Adams\\nJoel Gilson\\nWilliam Dutton\\nJohn Joyner\\nAsa Adams\\nMoses Bennett\\n.Toseph Dodge\\nIsaac Kenney\\nDaniel Kenney\\nSamuel Parks\\nEbenezer Wright\\nJohn N Mather\\nTimothy mather\\nRichard Emerson\\nZachariah Adams\\nIsaac Barit.\\nThe following, relative to a disputed liue,\\nwas addressed to the General Assembly, 1776\\nThe Humble prayer and petition of the Select\\nmen of Marlow and Stoddard, met to agree on some\\nmethod to proceed in relating to a Contested Strip of\\nLand claimed by both Towns Came to the following\\nagreement, viz: We humbly pray the General As-\\nsembly would give us their advice in this Difficult\\nmatter and during the Dispute between Britain and\\nthe Colonies that is Wheather Stoddard shall Tax to\\ntheir Western Bound called the patent or Curve Line\\nor Wheather marlow shall Tax to their Eastern\\nBound or so far East as to in Clude all that first\\nsettled under their Charter for as we Expect to pay\\nTaxes with the rest of our Breathern so Each Town\\nclaiming a right to Tax a few famileys will soon\\ncreate Confutions and Divitions which we would by\\nall means indevour to avoide, praying att the same\\ntime that the words (every person) might be Left out\\nin their answer if they are pleased to give one^ its\\nwas incerted in their former answer for as We appre-\\nhend will give no Satisfaction for this reason one\\nman will say he is under Stoddard when he is under\\nmarlow and another will say he is under marlow\\nwhen he is under Stoddard so we pray that the ad-\\nvice may Set some Bound for to gide us in this matter\\nthat thereby we may Shun the Difficulty that hag\\nsubsisted between the said Towns for some years past\\nand as is Duty Bound Shall ever pray\\nDated att Stoddard may y 24 177(!\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nStephen Gee 1 Select men\\nNicoDEMUs Miller of\\nI\\nAbisha Tubs marlow\\nAlexander Scott i Select me\u00c2\u00bb\\nNathaniel Emersox of Stoddard.\\nThe folli)\\\\viiig is a petition of inhabitants\\nliving on the disputed land in 1776\\nTo the Honourable Counsel and House of Repre-\\nsentives for the State of New Hampshire\\nWe your Humble purticioners Beg Leave to In-\\nform your Honours that we are in Great Dificulty by\\nReason of being taxed to two Towns Viz Stoddard\\nand Marlow Altho we be Long to Stoddard and Live\\nEast of the Patten I^ine yet the Town of Marlow has\\ntaxed us a Considerable Number of years we Humbly\\nbeg your Honours to take the matter into Considera-\\ntion and order where we shall pay our taxes for we\\nare not able to pay to two Towns as we your Humble\\nPurtitioners In Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray\\nJohn N mather Dan Brockway\\nEbenezer Farley Timothy Mather\\nStephen Twitchel Isaac Barritt\\nEphraim Brockway\\nThe following, relative to the disjiuted line,\\nwas addressed to the General Assembly in\\nMarch, 1777\\nHumbly Shew\\nThe Subscribers Freeholders Inhabitants ot\\nStoddard in the County of Cheshire in said State\\nThat your petitioners with Others entered into\\nupon a Certain Tract or parcel of land bounded\\nWesterly on the Patent Line, so called, Easterly on\\nthe Society land, so called, and northerly on Monad-\\nnock Number Eight and southerly on Monadnock\\nNumber Six of the Contents of about Six Miles\\nSquare called Monadnock Number Seven\\nThat in November 1774, the said Inhabitants\\nprefer d a petition to the then Governor and Council\\nof said province, setting forth among other things,\\ntheir Situation, and praying that the said lands might\\nbe Erected into a Township, and the Inhabitants\\nthereof Incorporated into a Body Politick, to have\\nContinuance and succession forever which petition\\nwas Granted, and Letters Patent in due Form ac-\\ncordingly passed\\nThat in the Year last passed the Selectmen\\nof the Towns of Marlow and Stoddard Unknown to", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0436.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "STODDARD.\\n335\\nyour Petitioners Applied to the General Assembly for\\nAdvice and Directions Touching tlie Taxation of a\\nNumber of your petitioners who they said were\\nsettled under the Late Kings Grant of Marlow That\\nthe order made inconsequence thereof Very Sensibly\\nAffects them and is lilcely to create Great uneasiness\\nwhich is the Bane of New Settlements\\nThat as your petitioners are settled within the\\nundoubted Limits of Stoddard aforesaid they are\\numvilliiig to be taxed Else wliere and the Application\\naforesaid to the Late General Assembly was prema-\\nture; That the Right to the Soil your petitioners\\nare Willing to Contest with any person at Common\\nLaw\\nWherefore your petitioners humbly pray that\\nYour Honours would not hold them to pay taxes to\\nthe Town of Marlow where they do not belong\\n(and as they are within a Town Corporate are under\\nthe Regulations of Law). That your Honours would\\nnot Interfere in their Title nor do anything that may\\nseem to Affect the same; ynur petitioners pray\\nOliver Parker\\nJohn Button\\nJonathan Bennett\\nJoel Gilson\\nDaniel Kenney\\nMoses Bennett\\nZachriah Adams\\nTh Adams\\nReuben walton\\nMoses Kenney\\nJohn Joyner\\nSamuel Parks\\nWilliam Button\\nIsaac Kenney\\nRichard Emerson\\nAsa Adams\\nBenoni Boynton\\nAmos Taylor\\nJohn N mather\\nTimothy mather\\nSalvenus Beckwith\\nBenjamin\\nJoseph Dodge Jr\\nJoseph Dodge\\nElijah Morse\\nJoseph O Taylor\\nIsaac Barit\\nEph Adams\\nACTION OF THE LEfilSLATUKE.\\nIn the House of Representatives March 21\\n1777\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe Committee of both Houses on the petitions of\\nMarlow and Stoddard made report that it is their\\nOpinion that the Inhabitants living on the Lands in\\nlispute between the Towns of Marlow and Stoddard\\nlo abide by the Resolve made by the General Court\\njf this State on the 12 Day of June 1776, respecting\\nTaxation until the matter in dispute be settled by\\nLaw or Agreement as therein mentioned but that\\nthe said Inhabitants do Military duty in the Town (if\\nStoddard as has been usual, signed Nich\u00c2\u00b0 Gilman\\nChairman which Report lieing read and Considered,\\nVoted that the same be received and accepted and\\nthat the said inhabitants govern themselves accord-\\ning.\\nSent up for concurrence\\nJohn Dudley Speak p temp\\nIn Council the Same Day read and concurred\\nE Thompson Secy\\nThe result was in favor of Stoddard, their\\nclaim to all territory as far we.st as the curve-\\nline of Mason s patent being allowed, thus tak-\\ning portions of the towns of Marlow and Gil-\\nsum.\\nRELATIVE TO AN ALLEGED ILLEGAL TOWN-\\nMEETING.\\nWe the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of\\nStoddard Being Desirous of peace and unity att all\\nTimes. But more Especially in these Days of Trou-\\nble and rebuke When not only those who formerly\\nStiled them Selves our Parents. But our own Domes-\\ntics are Levying war against us and using all means\\nto Bring us into and keep us in Divitions which we\\nwould use all Lawfull means to put a Stop to, and to\\nCultivate good order and harmony among us and as\\nauthority is allways the only means whereby any part\\nof the Community, when Greav Can Lawfully have\\nRedress\\nWe therefore Humbly pray the Hon* General\\nassembley for the Colony of New Hampshire, Would\\nbe Graciously pleased to Condecend to give us y\\ninhabitants of poor pensive Stoddard their advice\\nin Regard to our annual march meeting held in this\\nTown the 28 Day of march Last past the people\\nbeing Legally Warned and met the Votes Ware\\nCalled for for a moderator a motion Was made\\nWheather it would not be Best and Quicker to Chuse\\nhim by nominating and Lifting up y hand the\\nQuestion was accordingly put by one of the former\\nSelect men past in the afiermitive and no objection\\nmade after y moderator was Chose a nother motion\\nwas made to have all y oather Town officers Chose\\nby nominating and Lifting up the hand ye modera-\\ntor accordingly put y Question and it passed in the\\naffermitive and no objection made in y Least and\\nif there is any Law how to Chuse Town officers We\\nLook upon this way to be y Law and if there is no\\nLaw we think the Town has a right (and it is neces-\\nsary) to Say how they will proceed for that year or\\nfor that meeting but we went on and Chose all our\\nTown officers in peace Without any objection and\\nafter y Choice of all y officers was made there\\nCame on a Despute about a publick meeting house\\nSpot now there has been a Divition about y meet-\\ning house ever Senee y\u00c2\u00b0 Town was Settled and when\\never there was any thing to be acted upon Conccri", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0437.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "336\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ning a meeting house -a Quaril insued and So it\\nwas now. nothing Done but Disputing and hard\\nwords a motion was made to have that article Dis-\\nmised or y meeting adjorned but Could not be ob-\\ntained y moderator Calling on them to proceed and\\nDo business or he would .adjorn y meeting Which\\nafter a While more Spent in Talk and Nothing Done.\\ny moderator Declair j meeting Stand adjorn to the\\nSecond Day of may next\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and no Sort of objection\\nmade all rested in peace till S 2** Day of may y\\nSelect men being Sworn and had Taken y List or\\nValuation of the Town and now there is a party risen\\nup against the meeting Saing it is invailed and on\\nthis reason that y officers ware voted in by nomina-\\nting and Denies, all y authority of Town officers\\nOliver parker a Common Tore being y ring Leeder\\nand We Supose about fourteen or fifteen have Sent to\\ny General Cort to have y Said meeting Disanul\\nand Void But we pray y Sd meeting may Stand\\ngood for many reasons as y\u00c2\u00b0 Town has proceed in\\ntheir public Business in many instances and it\\nWould put y Town into y utmost Confution to have\\nye meeting put by and as in Duty Bound Shall ever\\npray for your advice we are your Humble Cousti-\\ntuants\\nAlexander Scott Kobart Prockter\\nSilas Wright Thoms Adams\\nJohn Robbe Abel adaras\\nCaleb Wright James Willson\\nDavid Robbe John Farley\\nJohn McDonald Amos Taylor\\nIsaac Temple David Willson\\nJohn Jackson Allan Speir\\nAmosButterfild John Taggard\\nAbram raorrison Ephraim Brockway\\nDavid Scott Robert Blood\\nNathaniel Emerson Silvanus Bikwith\\nJames Scott John Tenny\\nRichard Richardson\\n.JOHN ROBBE, WOUNDED SOLDIEE, 1778.\\nPeterborough Jan 1, 1778.\\nMay it please your Honors\\nPermit me address you in behalf of Sarg John\\nRobbe of Stoddard, in the County of Cheshire, and\\nState Aforesaid, the said Robbe being in the Engage-\\nment at Benniugtown, under my Command, was there\\nmuch Wounded Disabled from Getting his Future\\nSupport beg Leave to Recommend the said Robbe to\\nthe Favour of the said state as your Honors in your\\nWisdom shall think iitt am with due Respect\\nyour Honors most Hum Ser\\nJohn Stark, B 1 G\\nTo the Hon ble Council Assembly for the Stair\\nof New Hampshire\\nJohn Robbe appealed to the inhabitants of\\nStoddard January 28, 1778, to ask the Legisla-\\ntore for assistance, which they voted to do at a\\nmeeting February 2, 1778. They al.so by vote\\nrecommended Mr. Robbe very higlily. In\\nHouse of Representatives, May 23, 1778, voted\\nthat said Robbe was entitled to half pay and\\nthirty pounds for extra expenses.\\nState of New Hampshire May 23 1778\\nTo Gilman Esq R. G. Pursuant to a Vote\\nof Council Assembly pay Joth\u00c2\u00b0 Blanchard for John\\nRobb Six pounds towards s** Robb Expences in be-\\ning cured of a wound r at Bennington\\nM. Weare Prest\\nRichard Richardson, Soldier, 1782.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In\\na petition dated Stoddard, November 5, 1782,\\nRichard Richardson slated that he was out in\\ntiie .service of his country in the first three\\nyears service in the present war. He further\\nstated that he was paid in State notes, and held\\none for \u00c2\u00a343 18.s., and one for seventy-three\\ndollars, which he wanted paid.\\nsoldier s order, 1784.\\nStoddard May 25 y 1784\\nTo the State Treasury of New Hampshire pleas\\nto Pay Mr. Jacob Copling the ballance Due to me for\\nthe year 1781 and his Receipt on the back of this or-\\nder Shall be your discharge from me you will tind my\\nname in Capt Caleb Robinsons muster roles\\nJosiAH Hardy\\nRETURN OF RATABLE POLLS, 1783.\\nStoddard December y 3 1783 then apeerd Isreal\\ntowns Ephraim Adams and James Scott Selectman of\\nSd Stoddard and made Solem oath that att present\\nthere is in y town of S* Stoddard one hundred and\\nfour Rattebel\\nBefore me J Rounsevel Just pece.\\nRELATIVE TO THE FORMATION OF SULLIVAN, 1786.\\nStoddard Dec 4 1786\\nat a legal meeting this day\\nVoted not to oppose the southwest corner of this\\nTown being set off Keen, Packertield, Gillsom c\\nAttest Eleaz Blake T Clerk\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nStoddard Novm 10 1786\\nThis may ceertify, to whom it may concern that\\nwe the Subscribers have receiv d of M Ezra Osg(jod\\na Petition Sent to the General Court by a number of\\nthe Inhabitants of the Sou west Part of Stoddard\\nWard Eddy Select men\\nGHT J of\\nPeter Wrk\\nof Stoddard", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0438.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "STODDAKD.\\n337\\nThe southwest part of the town was set off\\nSeptember 27, 1787, combined with jjortions of\\nKeone, Gilsiim and Nelson, and incorporated\\ninto the town of Sullivan.\\nPETITION^ FOR AUTHORITY TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX\\nTO BUILD A MEETING-HOUSE AND REPAIR ROADS,\\n1787.\\nThe Memorial of your Petitionees Humbly Shew-\\neth that being Chosen a Committee by The Town\\nof Stoddard, to Petition the General Court that a Tax\\nof one penny p Acre Annually to be laid on all the\\nLands in said Stoddard for three Years to be Appro-\\npriated Towards Building a Meeting House and re-\\npairing the Publick Roads Leading from Hancock\\nto Marlow likewise from John Taggards to Washing-\\nton line: Also from Israel Townses Esq to Packer-\\nfield line, the leading Road to Keen The first third\\npart of Said tax to be Asses d in the Year 1788\\nYour Humble Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall\\never Pray\\nMay 21 Anno Domini 1787\\nIsrael Towne\\nEphriam Adams I Committee\\nJacob Copland\\nTliis petition was granted September 27,\\n1787.\\nCOMMITTEE TO LOCATE A MEETING-HOUSE, 1787.\\nYour humble pertisiouers Beg leave to inform\\nYour honours that the Town has Laboured under\\nDificalty for a Number of preceeding Years In re-\\nguard to agreeing upon a Meeting house Spot, at a\\nLeagal Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabi-\\ntents of the Town of Stoddard Quallified to Vote in\\nTown meeting Leagally warned and met for the fol-\\nlowing purpose (Viz)\\nVoted to Chose a Committee finally to Determine\\nwhere the Meeting house Shall be arected in this\\nTown and for the same purpose Nominated Esq\\nPenniman of Washington and Sam Grift en Esq of\\nPackerfled. Likewise m John Muzzey of Dublin we\\nYour humble pertisiouers pray That the above said\\nCommittee may be appointed Impowered accord-\\ning To the afour Said Vote and we Your humble\\npertisioners as in Duty bound Shall Every pray\\nPeter Wright 1 Stledmen in\\nIsrael Towne behalf of the Town\\nStoddard, September 8th, 1787.\\nTHEIR REPORT.\\nWe Your Committee .Within Named haveing\\nRepaired to the Town of Stoddard, and Viewed the\\n22\\nSituation of said Town, the Inhabitants thereof beg\\nleave to report that it is our opinion that the Meeting-\\nhouse there to be erected, be placed on the fifteenth\\nLot in the Ninth Range upon a Tract of land Given\\ntoy Town of Stodard by John Tenney for a Meeting-\\nhouse Spot burying Yard c and We have Erected a\\nStake and Stones upon s Common for y Bounds of\\nSaid Meetinghouse\\np Tho Penniman, for y Committe\\nocto y 3P 1787\\nPETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO LEVY A TAX ON\\nNON-RESIDENT LANDS, TO BUILD A ROAD, 1794.\\nA Petition in behalf of the Inhabitants of the\\nTown of Stodard in said State Humbly Sheweth\\nThat your Petitioners are Situate on the Hight of\\nland Betwixt the great Rivers Connecticut and Mire-\\nmac where the land is very Mountanious and Rocky:\\nwhich Causes our Roads to be Extremely Deficualt to\\nmake Repair the Same: And whereas the Commit-\\ntee api^ointed to lay a Road from Hales Bridge in\\nWalpole to Macgregores Bridge in Gofestown: Hath\\nlaid out anew Road through the Said Town of Stod-\\nard which will be of Ctreat Utility to the Public if\\nopned and made Passable But will lay an unsup-\\nortable Burthen on the Inhabitants in Said Town as\\nit passes through a large tract of unimproved land\\nowned by Nonresidents and Remmote from the Set-\\ntlement which will Raise the Value of the land\\nthrough which it Passes and it appearing Reasona-\\nble that the owners of Said land Should assist in\\nOppening and Making passable the Same: and the\\nlike privildges Being granted to other Towns in Sem-\\nmeril Situation We your Petitioners Humbly pray\\nyour Honnours to take our Case under your wise\\nConsideration and grant that an Act may pass im-\\npowering the Said Town of Stodard to lay a tax of\\ntwo pence p acre on all the land in Said town for the\\nSole Purpose of Making Passable the Roads and\\nBridges in said Stoddard: And your petitioner as in\\nDuty Bound will Pray\\nNatha Emerson\\nJanuary 1 1794\\nGranted June 11,1 794.\\nRELATIVE to THE DISPUTED LINE BETWEEN THIS\\nTOWN AND MARLOW, 1798.\\nThe Petition of us the subscribers Humbly shews\\nthat the General Court at their session in June A D\\n1797 set off the south East Part of Marlow under the\\nJurisdiction of the Town of Stoddard, And we Your\\nPetitioners living on s Land being fully pursuaded\\nthat thair Honours would not have subjected us to so\\nunreasonable a burthen had thay known our situa-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0439.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "338\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntion the true circumstances we are under the one\\npart setling under Marlow have been at Great Ex-\\npence to defend our persons Properties from the\\nunjust demands made Extorted from us by the\\nTown of Stoddard and the other part being made to\\nbelieve by the Unrighteous persuasions of Stoddard\\nProprietors that the Lands were theirs and thereupon\\nwe purchased of thera at A Very dear rate, which\\ntook at that time of many of us all our properties\\nAnd after living many Years in this Rough wilder-\\nness have been at the expence of every thing but life,\\nAnd now we find that marlow holds their right of\\nsoil it being decided by Law And those of us that\\nPurchased of Stoddard have to Purchase our Lands\\nover again at A great price have been subjected to\\nA Large bill of cost in Disputing the title the Town\\nof Stoddard Refusing to ])ay any Part of s expence\\nand we being fully sensible that stoddard cannot have\\nany Accurate survey or knowledge of those Lands\\nLayed out under Marlow And that Stoddard and\\nMarlow both Claim the Jurisdiction to part of s*\\nLand on Account of their being two Curve Lines\\nwhich will keep the Inhabitants in Vexetion con-\\nfusion. And being fully sensible that it will be for\\nthe Good peace of us the Inhabitants to continue\\nas we Really were within the Jurisdiction of Marlow\\nAnd being fully sencible that stoddard left off two\\nRanges of their lots on their E.ast line to Extend to\\nthe west on Marlow as the Proprietors of stoddard by\\nthat Conduct thought to git about nine or ten of Mar-\\nlow setlers to count for Stoddard in order to fulfil\\ntheir Charter which we flatter ourselves will not be\\nJustified. And Stoddard will be a much larger Town\\nwithout any part of Marlow than Marlow will be they\\nholding the whole within their Charter, And there-\\nfore on every principal of right, And for ourselves\\nAnd offspring to injoy any degree of comfort we think\\nit our duty to humbly pray your Honours to Repeal\\nthe foregoing Act And let us remain in and under\\nthe Jurisdiction of Marlow As your Petitioners in\\nduty bound shall ever pray.\\nNovember 7 1798\\nAaron Matson Bani Henry\\nEbenezer Blake Nathen\\nSam Messinger Ephraim Brockway\\nJohn Henery J Ephraim Brockway Jur\\nNathaniel Gilson Joseph Brockway\\nTimothy Bailey Isaac Barritt\\nZiba Henry Jesse Farley\\nANOTHER DOCUMENT RELATIVE TO THE DISPUTED\\nLINE, 1796.\\nThe Petition of the inhabitants of the Town\\nof Stoddard states that in the year of our\\nLord seventeen hundred and fifty-Three the Town\\nof Stoddard was Granted to Sampson Stoddard\\nand others by the Masonian Proprietors and was\\nbounded westward upon the head line of Maso-\\nnian patent; that in the year Anno Domini\\n1773 they received their Charter of incorporation\\nfrom his excellency Penning Wentworth Esq which\\ngave the Town of Stoddard jurisdiction over a cer-\\ntain tract of land seven miles square lying east of said\\nPatent or head line that in the year Anno Domini\\n1762 the Town of Mario was granted and incorpora-\\nted which Grant intersected the Town of Stoddards\\nGrant nearly Two miles whereby each Town had\\nconcurrent jurisdiction over the same territory and\\nthereupon application was made to the provincial\\nassembly of New Hampshire to settle the Jurisdic-\\ntional line between said Towns And said assembly\\nin the year A D 1776 resolved that said inhabitants\\nshould pay their taxes to the Town of Mario but\\nshould do military duty in the Town of Stoddard\\nThat in the year A D 1777 application being made to\\nthe General assembly a second time to settle the\\naforesaid dispute they recommended by a special re-\\nsolve mentioning the Town of Washington and all\\nother Towns in similar circumstances (of which\\nStoddard was one) that the inhabitants living on\\nsaid strip or disputed Grant should pay their taxes\\nto the Towns lying east of the head line of Masons\\npatent untill the same should be further settled and\\nestablished by law\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That in the year A D 1784 The\\nTown of Mario petitioned the General assembly for\\nan abatement of their taxes in consequence of the re-\\nsolve of the General assembly which passed in the\\nyear 1777 upon which petition the General assembly\\nthen resolved that the Town of Mario be abated one\\nfourth part of all their taxes from the year A D 1777\\nto the year 1784 and the Town of Mario have ever\\nsince that period relinquished all jurisdiction to the\\nsame land and have ever since omitted and refused\\nto make return of the same in their valuation That\\nthe same has been uniformly since the year A D 1777\\nreturned by the Town of Stoddard and set to their\\nvaluation That large sums of money have been as-\\nsessed since that period upon the inh.abitants living\\nthereon, and many lots of land there lying have been\\nsold by the Collectors of Stoddard at publick vendue\\nfor the non-payment of taxes assessed thereon In\\nthe year A D 1792 the Original Proprietors of Mario\\nfinding that the Masonian Proprietors had extended\\ntheir bounds upwards of twenty miles farther west-\\nward than their original grant warranted and in-\\ntending to avail themselves if possible of the invalid-\\nity of the act which passed the General assembly in\\nthe year 1777\u00e2\u0080\u0094 giving jurisdiction to Stoddard", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0440.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "STODDARD\\n339\\nCommenced Two actions of ejectment to recover pos-\\nsession of those lands wliich were sold at vendue by\\nthe collectors of Stoddard and upon which lands the\\nProprietors of Mario had paid no taxes for upwards\\nof twent3 -five years In which actions the Original\\nProprietors of Mario recovered possession against the\\nvendue purchasers under Stoddard in consequence of\\na defect in the act which passed in the year 1777 giv-\\ning jurisdiction to the Town of Stoddard We there-\\nfore pray this Honorable Court to take into their wise\\nconsideration the circumstances and situation of the\\nTown of Stoddard and if legal and constitutional to\\nestablish and confirm the doings of the Selectmen of\\nStoddard and ratify the assessments which have\\nhitherto been made And also to settle the Jurisdic-\\ntional line between said Two Towns and give the Ju-\\nrisdiction of the strip so-called to the Town of Stod-\\ndard if tonsistent with the Interest and happiness of\\nboth Towns And also to settle the Jurisdictional\\nline between Gilsom and Stoddard^\\nAnd your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever\\npray\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nStoddard Dec 6 A D 1796\\nJacob Copelasd Agent for Stoddard\\nThe Hue was established in favor of Stod-\\ndard June 16, 1797.\\nCoNGEEGATtONAL Church. This church\\nwas orgauized September 4, 1787, with seven\\nmembers. The first settled pastor was Rev.\\nA. Coltou, October loth, 1793, and re-\\nmained until October 1, 1795. He was succeed-\\ned by Rev. Isaac Robinson, D.D., January 5,\\n1803. He died in 1854 and was succeeded by\\nRevs. Josiah S. Gay. S. L. Gerould, Savage,\\nRicket, Colburn, Southworth, and the present\\nacting pastor, J. H. Thyng.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0441.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SULLIVAN.\\nCHAPTER r.\\nThis town lies north of the central j)art of\\nthe county and is bounded as follows\\nNorth by Gilsum and Stoddard east by\\nStoddard and Nelson south by Roxbury and\\nKeene, and west by Gilsum and Keene.\\nThe town was incorporated September 27,\\n1787, and comprised territory severed from\\nStoddart, Gilsum, Keene and Packersfield (now\\nNelson). It was named in honor of Gen. John\\nSullivan, who was at tiiat time President of the\\nState.\\nBy an act approved January 10, 1794, the\\nwest line of the town was lengthened out and\\ncontinued south into the town of Keene 157\\nrods further than by the act of incorporation.\\nJuly 7, 1X74, a few acres of land were sev-\\nered from this town and annexed to Gilsum.\\nThe following is a copy of the petition for\\nincorporation, addressed to the General Court\\nin 1786:\\nHumbly shew your Petitioners, The Subscribers,\\nInhabitants of the Towns of Keene, Packersfield, Gil-\\nsom, and Stoddard. That they live remote from the\\ncentre of their respective Towns and by reason of dis-\\ntance and bad roads are deprived of their town privi-\\nleges That they cannot enjoy these conveniences of\\npublic worship That some of their duties as mem-\\nbers of their several towns are by their situation very\\nburdensom. That if they might be incorporated into\\na seperate and distinct township it would be highly\\nadvantageous to them, and no detriment to the towns\\nto which they now belong That they are encouraged\\nto hope that no objections will be made to their being\\nthus incorporated unless by the town of Gilaom, and\\nthat those objections may be easily obviated.\\nThe prayer of this their humble Petition therefore\\nis That the tract of land marked out upon the plan\\n340\\nherewith exhibited may be set off from the several\\nTowns aforesaid into a distinct Township by the name\\nof orringe and the Inhabitants of it incorporated as\\naforesaid and Your Petitioners as in duty Bound\\nshall ever pray.\\nAugust 22 1786.\\nInhabitants of Keene\\nRoswell Hubbard Zadock Ninis\\nJoshua Osgood Erastus Hubbard\\nInhabitants of Packerfield\\nGrindal Keith Oliver Carter\\nInhabitants of Stoddard\\nBurnam William Burnam\\nNathan Bolster Samuel Wyman\\nSaml Seward Ezra Osgood\\nJosiah Seward Elijah Carter\\nInhabitants of Gilsom\\nJames Row\\nTimothy Dimmock\\nJames Pratt\\nJoseph Ellis\\nWilliam Cory\\nSamuel Cory\\nJohn Chapman\\nBenjaman Chapman\\nBenj Ellis\\nSimeon Ellis\\nNathan Ellis\\nJohn Chapman Jun\\nTimothy Dewey\\nTho Morse\\nJesse Wheeler\\nLockhart Willard\\nJonathan Baker\\nJohn Dimick\\nJoshua Cory\\nJonathan Heaton\\nJames Locke Jun\\nJames Locke\\nEbenezer Birdit\\nJohn Row\\nThe following is the report of the committee\\non foregoing petition, 1787\\nWe the Subscribers being a Committee Appointed\\nby the General Court of this State to View the Cor-\\nners of Keene Packerfield Gilsom and Stoddard have-\\ning Viewed the primeces Beg Leave to Report, as\\ntheir Opinion that the parts of Towns Petitioned for\\nto be made into a Town lies Very Convenient for\\nthat purpose by Reason of being incorapassed all\\nRound with Mountains and Broken Land that is al-\\nmost impassable Besides their Lying Very Remote", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0442.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "SULLIVAN.\\n341\\nfrom the Towns to which they Now Belong to\u00e2\u0080\u0094 but\\nit must Consequently, if incorporated into a New\\nTown Leaves Some of the Towns from which those\\nparts of Towns were Taken Especially Gilsome in a\\nBroken and inconvenant Shape as may be made to\\nappear by the Plan of s Town if S Gilsome Could be\\nacomedated by Being anexed to any other parts of\\nTowns which Lies Joyning it is our opinion that it\\nmight be a Publick advantage and much for the ac-\\ncomedation and Benifit of the Petitioners\\nAlstead September y 24, 1787\\nLem Holmes\\nAbsalom Kingsbery\\nThe Petition of the select Men of the towns of\\nKeene and Sullivan in said State Humbly Sheweth^\\nThat whereas in the year 1789 an Act passed the\\nGeneral Court to Incorporate a town by the Name of\\nSullivan and in and by said Act the Bounds of Said\\ntown are Affixed and Determined But as they will\\nnot Close agreeable to said Act^We your Humble\\nPetitioners pray an Amendment may be made to Said\\nAct, in the following manner (Viz) the West line of\\nSaid town to be lengthened South into Keene one\\nHundred fifty seaven Rods thence East twenty Eigth\\nDegrees 30 minutes South, to the East line of said\\nKeene, thence North on said line to the Bounds from\\nWhich they set out from in said Act\\nand whereas by said Amendment the Lines will\\nrun as they ever were Expected to run by the town\\nof Keene and likewise by said Petitioners for Sulli-\\nvan It is the Humble Request of Said towns that\\nsaid Amendment take Place And your Petitioners as\\nin Duty Bound Shall ever Pray\\nKeene Decem 20 1793\\nLock Willard Select Men\\nDavid Willson j of Keene\\nErastus Hubbard I Select Men\\nEliakim Nims I of Sullivan\\nThis petition was granted January 10,\\n1794.\\nPETITION FOR THE GRANT OF A TOWNSHIP: AD-\\nDRESSED TO THE GENERAL COURT, 1798.\\nThe Petition of the subscribers, Inhabitents of\\nthe State of New Hampshire, Humbly Sheweth\\nthat your Petitioners being inform that there is\\nwithin the limits of this State lands as yet unlocated\\nand your Petitioners being desirous to lay a founda-\\ntion for the settlement of our Children within the\\nbounds of there Native State.\\nWe therefore pray that a township may be\\ngranted to your Petitioners, for actual Settlement un-\\nder such restrictions and limits as your Hon body\\nmay think propper, that we may not have the dis-\\nagreeable Sight of Seeing our Sons Emigrating to\\nother States and prehaps, Kingdoms\\nAnd as in Duty bound will ever pray.\\nSullivan, Nov 10 1798.\\nRoswell Hubbard. Thomas Powell, Jun.\\nElijah Carter. David Powell.\\nW\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Muzzy. Joseph Powell.\\nElijah Osgood. Jonathan Powell,\\nDan Wilson, Jun Samuel Seward, Junr.\\nJosiah Seward. Junr. Paul Farnsworth.\\nW Munroe. Theophilus Row.\\nOliver Carter. Joseph Seward.\\nEr.nstus Hubbard. James Row.\\nJoseph Ellis, Junr. Daniel Farnsworth.\\nRoswell Hubbard, Jun Thomas Seward.\\nWi Bridge. Ichobad Keith.\\nDaniel Willson. Elijah Rugg.\\nJohn Willson. Josiah Seward,\\ngorge Nims. James Comstick.\\nJames W. Osgood. Peter Barker.\\nCharles Carter. Abijah Seward.\\nJames Willson. Nathan Bolster.\\nCalvin Nims. Isiah Willson.\\nOlover Brown. Sam Willson.\\nPhelander Nims. Frederick Nims.\\nEzra Osgood. Samuel Seward.\\nElsworth Hubbard. Abel Carter.\\nGeorge Hubbard. Samuel Clarke.\\nThorn* Morse. Henry Carter.\\nIn 1790 the town voted \u00c2\u00a35 for preaching.\\nThe services were held in a barn until 1791,\\nwhen a small house was erected, and in the\\nsame year \u00c2\u00a36 was raised for church purposes\\nand in the following year \u00c2\u00a315. The church\\nwas organized October 17th, and consisted of\\ntwenty-two members. Among the first preach-\\ners were Lawrence, Brown, Woolly, Cotton,\\nRandall, Kendall, Stone, Clapp, Eaton, Wm.\\nMuzzy, Josiah Peabody, Josiah Wright, Al-\\nanson Alvord, Thos. S. Norton.\\nThere are now tliree churches in this town,\\ntwo Congregational and a Union Church.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0443.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SURRY.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThis town was incorporated Marcli 9, 1769,\\nand comprised territory severed from the towns\\nof Westmoreland and Gilsum, largely from the\\nlatter. That portion taken from the former\\nhad been known as Westmoreland Leg.\\nBy the act of incorporation the first meeting\\nwas to be called by Peter Hayward, the firet\\nsettler in town, and Ebenezer Kilburn had\\nliberty to poll off with his estate to Gilsum.\\nSurry was one of the towns that voted to\\nunite with Vermont, and, in 1781, the majority\\nof the selectmen refused to call a meeting for\\nthe election of a member of the Legislature, in\\nobedience to a precept from tliis State, being\\nunder oath to the State of Vermont.\\nLead and silver were discovered on Surry\\nMountain many years ago, and attempts have\\nbeen made from time to time to mine the ore.\\nA mine on the east side of the mountain, which\\nis being worked at the present time by the\\nGranite State Mining Company, produces gold,\\nsilver, copper and lead in considerable quan-\\ntities.\\nThe town derived its name from Surry, in\\nEngland. The following Surry men were in the\\nFirst New PLimpsliire Regiment in the war of\\nthe revolution\\nJoshua Church, enlisted March 18, 1777 discharged\\nApril 30, 1780.\\nAnthony Gilman, enlisted July 1, 1777; taken pris-\\noner.\\nSamuel Liscomb, enlisted May 8,1777; discharged\\nDecember, 1779.\\nJacob Bonney, enlisted May 20, 1777 died July,\\n1778.\\n342\\nPETITION OF LEMUEL HOLMES ADDRESSED TO THE\\nGENERAL COUET, FEBRUARY 10, 1780.\\nThe Memorial of Lemuel Holmes, Captain of the\\nCorps of Rangers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Humbly\\nSheweth,\\nThat your Memorialist was captivated by the\\nBritish Array on the le Day of November, A.D.\\n1776, at Fort Washington (so called) and carried into\\nNew-York, where he was detained a Prisoner untill\\nthe 20 D-iy of September, A.D. 1778 That during\\nthis Period your Memorialist had scarce any Allow-\\nances from the Continent none from this State,\\nyour Memorialist is led to suppose that the Reason\\nof his being neglected by said State was, that thro\\nMistake he was never returned as belonging to the\\nsaid State That your Memorialist was detained in\\nNew-York five Weeks after he was exchanged, for\\nWant of Money to discharge his Billet, having had\\nno Remittances for that Purpose That after your\\nMemorialist was permitted to leave New-York, {hav-\\ning previously been obliged to hire the Money to dis-\\ncharge his Billet) he was under a Necessity of taking\\na Journey to Philadelphia to procure said Money to\\nbe granted remitted by the Honorable Continental\\nCongress, which Journey cost him much time\\nnearly all the Money he had before received, which\\nwas seven hundred Dollars on Accompt. And your\\nMemorialist would also humbly represent in Behalf\\nof himself Samuel Silsby, Daniel Griswold Wil-\\nliam Haywood, Soldiers from said State in the Corps\\ncommanded by your Memorialist, that your Mem-\\norialist the aforesaid Soldiers were considerable\\nSufferers by loosing several things at the time of their\\nCaptivity by Expences afterwards arising from\\nSickness, the necessary Charges of getting Home\\nloss of time afterwards, as will more fully appear\\nfrom the Accompt herewith transmitted. Wherefore,\\nyour Memorialist, in Behalf of himself the afore-\\nsaid Samuel Silsby, Daniel Griswold and William\\nHaywood, humbly prays this honorable Court to take", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0444.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "SURKY.\\n343\\nthe foregoing Memorial Representation, together\\nwith the Accompt herewith transmitted, into their\\nwise Consideration and act thereon as they in their\\nWisdom shall see just proper and your Memor-\\nialist as in Duty bound, shall ever pray, c.\\nLemuel Holmes, Captain.\\nPETITION OF THOMAS DODGE, SOLDIER, 1783.\\nHumbly Shews,\\nThomas Dodge, in the year 1777, he inlisted into\\nthe continental service for three years, for the town\\nof Surry, in the county of Cheshire, and received\\nfrom Said Town a Bounty of one hundred Dollars\\nthat he served during the whole term and when he\\napplied to the treasury of this State for his Wages,\\nthe receipt he had given the Town of Surry for said\\nBounty was lodged against him and redacted out of\\nhis Wages Your Petitioner therefore prays, that this\\nAssembly will take his case into consideration and\\nmake an order to The Town of Surry to refund said\\nhundred Dollars, or grant such other relief in the\\npremises as to this hou Court shall seem expedient\\nand proper and your Petitioner as in Duty bound\\nshall ever pray.\\nCharlestown N\u00c2\u00b0. 4, Oct^ 24 1783\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThomas Dodge.\\npetition of lemuel holmes, soldier addressed\\nto the general assembly, 1782.\\nHumbly Sheweth,\\nThe petition and memorial of Lemuel Holmes\\nof Surry in said State that on the first day of Jan-\\nuary, seventeen hundred seventy-six your petitioner\\nengaged as Lieutenant for the term of one year in\\nthe service of this and the United States and on the\\nsixteenth day of November following, was taken\\nprisoner at Fort Washington That previous to the\\ncaptivity of your petitioner (viz) on the first of Sep-\\ntember the same Year I had an appointment by his\\nExcellency Gen Washinton to the office of Captain\\nThat by being made prisoner, your petitioner was\\nprevented receiving a commission agreable to such\\nappointment but was, however, returned and ex-\\nchanged as such after having continued prisoner in\\nKew York almost two years That when released,\\nyour petitioner immediately applied to the Congress\\nfor direction and settlement of my accounts and there\\nreceived asmall sum in Continental money on account\\nand was directed by Congress to apply to the state to\\nwhich I belonged for a settlement of the whole\\nThat your petitioner, in consequence, applied to the\\nhon. Assembly of this State about two years since\\nbut by a multiplicity of business or some other cause\\nto me unknown my said application was and has\\nbeen since neglected whereby asetlementof my ac-\\ncounts has never yet been effected, nor any sufficient\\npayment or compensation rendered for the services\\nand sufferings of your petitioner That more over,\\nyour petitioner hath been informed that Congress\\nordered some allowance to be made to those super-\\nnumerary Officers who returned home\\nYour petitioner therefore humbly prays that your\\nhonors will take tlie several matters herein liefore\\nsuggested, into serious consideration and point out\\nsome eligible method for a speedy settlement of my\\naccounts and whereby I may obtain the balance in\\nmy favor without greater cost and trouble .\\\\.nd that\\nin the mean time your honors would direct and order\\na reasonable sum for my present relief and support\\nOr, other wise grant such relief and direction in\\nthe premises as to your honors in wisdom may\\nseem best.\\nAnd your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever\\npray\\nLem Holmes\\nDated at Concord this 13 June 1782\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n111 House of Representatives, June 14,1782,\\nlie was granted an allowance of thirty pounds,\\nhard money.\\nThe following is a petition of Lemuel\\nHolmes, 1794\\nTo the Honourable General Court of the State of\\nNew Hampshire convened at Amherst on the first\\nWednesday of June 1794\\nThe petition of Lemuel Holmes for himself and\\nSamuel Silsby Niles Beckwith, William Hayward\\nDaniel Griswold all of the State afforesaid and County\\nof Cheshire who are yet Living who were taken\\nprisoners at fort Washington in the Year 1776 with\\nyour petitioners that Belonged to the State of New-\\nhampshire and who have Never had any Compensa-\\ntion for the time they were prisoners nor the Loss of\\ntheir Baggage and arms and what is infinitely wors\\nthe Loss of their health and Constitutions altho\\ntheir accompts with mine were Considered by our\\nCommittee and Sent forward to Congress but were\\nwith many other State accompts not Considered So\\nthat we your petitioners are without any Redress un-\\nless your Honours will pleas to interpose in our Be-\\nhalf and make a Grant of So much of the unlocated\\nLands in Said State as your Honours in Your Wis-\\ndom may think Reasonable under Such Restrictions\\nas to Selling as may Seem best for the State\\nand I Your humble petitioner will be under\\nSuch obligations to Survey and Settle Said Lands in\\nBehalf of them as Shall be Reasonable as Your pe-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0445.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "344\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntitioner has a Number of Sons who would Settle Said\\nLands which might be of Some Servis to the State\\nbut would Satisfy your petitioner that the State for\\nwhich he has undergon too many hardships to men-\\ntion think that his friends feel for his Misfortunes and\\nwill Compensate for his I^osses\\nand your petitioner as in Duty bound will pray\\nSurry June y 2 1794.\\nLemuel Holmes.\\nHon. Lemuel Holmes was lieutemint in a\\ncompany of rangers from January 1, 1776, un-\\ntil the 1st of September following, when he\\nwas ajipointed captain by General Washington.\\nOn the lOtli of November next following he\\nwas taken prisoner at Fort Washington and\\ncarried to New York, where he remained in\\ncaptivity until September 20, 1778. He was\\ntown clerk of Surry for some years, and repre-\\nsented Gilsum and Surry in the House of\\nRepresentatives in 1784-86, 1789-92. He\\nwas elected a member of the Governor s Coun-\\ncil in 1790 and held the office four years; was\\na judge of the Court of Common Ple;is for the\\ncounty of Cheshire until 1808, at which time\\nhe was debarred from holding the office any\\nlonger by reason of having arrived at the age\\nof seventy years. He lived for some years at\\nthe foot of Bald Hill, in Surry, and is described\\nas being an agreeable and courteous gentleman,\\nof strict integrity and a prominent man in his\\nday. Subsequently he removed to Vermont,\\nand there died.\\nThe following is relative to the collection of\\nbeef for the army, 1786\\nM Speaker Sir Whereas Co Gideon of Exeter\\nWas appointed a Collector of Beef for the year 1780\\nand under him John Mellen Esq Collector for the\\nCounty of Cheshire S Mellen did in the year 1780\\nCollect 739 lb of Beef more than he Excepted for to\\nCo Gideons and Because S* Returns do not agree\\nwith the Return on the Book the Treasurer Cant\\nCredet the Town of Surry for any Part of the Beef\\nwhich was Delivered to S Mellen therefore it is\\nMotioned that the House Give orders that the\\nTreasurer Receive Said Recepts and Credet the Town\\nof Surry for the Same which the Treasurer is Ready\\nto do upon Receiving the order\\nLemuel Holmes\\nPortsmouth F y\u00c2\u00bb 22 1786\\nSurry, Cap Giddings returned 2600 Beef\\nRETURN OF RATABLE POLLS, 1783.\\nA return of the Male inhabitants of the Town of\\nSurry of Twenty one years of age and upwards pay\\neach one for himself a Poll-Tax\\nEighty two\\nBy order of the Select men\\nLemu Holmes Town Clerk\\nThe following, relative to date of annual\\nmeeting, was addressed to the Council and\\nHouse of Representatives in 1784\\nHumbly sheweth your Petitioners Thomas Har-\\nvey Joshua Fuller and William Barran Selectmen\\nfor the Town of Surry for the year 1783 That whereas\\nthe Holding of Annuel Meetings on the Last Tues-\\ndays of March is attended by many inconveniencies,\\nin consequence of the new Constitution taking place\\nand the inconveniency of Holding it by adjournment\\nby reason of its being so late in the Month\\nTherefore, We your Petitioners pray that if your\\nHonours see fit would appoint the Annual Meeting\\nto be held earlier in the Month of March for the\\nFuture\\nAs in Duty Bound will ever pray\\nLem Holmes Town Clerk\\nby order of the Selectmen\\nSurry March 24 1784\\nBy an act passed April 13, 1784, the time\\nfor holding the annual meeting was changed\\nfrom the last Tuesday of March to the first\\nMonday in the same month.\\ndate of annual meeting changed, 1785.\\nState of New Hamp\\nIn the House of Representatives Feb 23 178.5\\nWhereas in and by an Act passed the 18 of April\\nA. D. 1784 it is Enacted that the Annual Meeting in\\nthe Town of Surry shall be held on the first Monday\\nin March annually, but as the Inhabitants have not\\nhad Notice thereof, and the said first Monday so nigh\\nthat Legal notice connot be given of the business\\nnecessary to be transacted at said Meeting There-\\nfore\\nResolved that the Meeting for the Present year be\\nheld on the fourth Tuesday of March next and that\\nthe present Select men give notice in the usual man-\\nner of the time place Design of Said Meeting and\\nthe Officers chosen at said Meeting are to give notice\\nthat the annual meeting of said Town is to be held on\\nthe first monday in March annually in future\\nSent up for Concurrence\\nGeo: Atkinson, Speaker\\nIn Senate the same day read Concurred\\nE Thompson Sec", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0446.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "SURRY.\\n345\\nThe following is a petition for authority to declare that whenever any or all of them shall have\\nmade a Publick Profession of Religion of any Denom-\\nination whatever contrary to our Denomination we\\nwill agreeably to the Constitution freely relinquish\\nall Right of Taxing such Professors to the Support of\\nour Minister\\nFourthly, We doubt in our minds whether the\\nMotive of their thus petitioning is not more to an-\\nswer sinister Views, such as forming a Center to ad-\\nvance private property and continue small Disputes\\nthan to promote Harmony and good Order\\nLemuel Holmes\\nraise money by lottery to work a silver mine,\\n178G:\\nThe Petition of the Subscribers Humbly sheweth\\nthat they have Discovered a place in Surry in the\\ncounty of Cheshire, where they Are persuaded there\\nis a Valuable Silver Mine, that they Wish to make\\nan Experiment of the worth and (Quantity of said\\nMine, that by the best computation they can make, it\\nwill cost three or four thousand Dollars, before they\\ncan reap any considerable advantage therefrom, that\\nthey conceive it would a very considerable advantage\\nto the Publick, should they succede to their Reason-\\nable expectation, in opening said Mine, that it will\\nbe extremely Difficult, if not impossible for them, to\\nadvance the necessary Expences for effecting the Same\\nExperiment, that Encouraged by your Honours known\\nWisdom and Public Spirit the Prayer of your Pe-\\ntitioners is that they or others as your Honors shall\\nsee fit may be Authorised by the help of a Publick\\nLottery for that purpose, to raise the sum of two\\nthousand Dollars, or any other Sum that your\\nHonours shall see fit, to assist them in opening the\\nsame, and they as in Duty bound shall ever jjray.\\nFebJ 1 1786\\nJed Sanger ~v Committee in\\nJoseph Blake y behalf of the Oioners\\nW Russell j of said Mine.\\nREMONSTRANCE AGAINST THE INCORPORATION OF\\nA BAPTIST SOCIETY, 1800.\\nWe a Committee being appointed by the Inhabit-\\nants of the town of Surry at a legal Meeting October\\n11, 180U, to remonstrate against the prayer of the\\nPetition of a Number of the Inhabitants living in the\\nsouthwest part of said Surry that they with others\\nmay be incorporated into a Religious Society to be\\ncalled and known by the Name of the first Baptist\\nSociety in Westmoreland, beg leave to state\\nFirst, That the Town of Surry is but a very small\\nIncorporation and have not one Inhabitant to spare\\nwithout injuring said Town, there being not more\\nthan 80 Freeholders therein\\nSecondly, Those petitioning Inhabitants are not\\nmore than three and a half and some not more than\\ntwo Miles from the Meetinghouse in said Surry\\nThirdly, In their petition they have stil d them-\\nselves professors of Religion by the Denomination of\\nBaptists, and to say the Truth, we are obliged to say,\\nthat not one of those petitioners belonging to Surry\\never made any Profession of Religion of any Denom-\\nination that we know of, especially, Baptist and we\\nJohn Stiles\\nJoNA Robinson\\nNathan Howard\\nCommittee\\nCONSENT OF SUNDRY PERSONS TO FOREGOING.\\nWe whose names are hereunto subscribed, Inhab-\\nitants of the Town of Surry hereby give our Consent\\nto the Remonstrance of a Committee appointed by\\nsaid Town against the Petition of a Number of the\\nInhabitants thereof, with others praying to be incor-\\nporated into a Baptist Society as in our minds we\\ndoubt the Sincerity of some of those Petitioners be-\\nlonging to said Surry and that they do not duly con-\\nsider the Consequence of an Incorporation\\nLemuel Holmes\\nNathan Howard\\nAbia Crane\\nPhilip Monro\\nJonathan Smith\\nIchabod Smith\\nSylvester Skinner\\nAbner Skinner\\nEldad Skinner\\nJonathan Skinner\\nObadiah Wilcox\\nMoses Field\\nAsa Wilcox\\nDaniel Smith\\nAsa Holmes\\nCalvin Hayward\\nJn\u00c2\u00b0 McCurdy\\nLevi Fuller\\nCushman Smith\\nAsahel Harvey\\nJohn Stiles\\nthos Harvey\\nCyrus Harvey\\nEli Dort\\nJona Robinson.\\nThe society mentioned in the foregoing was\\nincorporated December 10, 1800, and com-\\nprised persons from the towns of Surry, Wal-\\npole, Westmoreland and Keene.\\nThere was originally a Congregational\\nChurch in this town, formed January 12,\\n1769, with Rev. Daniel Darling as pastor.\\nOther pastors have been Rev. Perley Howe,\\nRev. G. S. Brown, Rev. Ezra Adams and vari-\\nous others.\\nThe Methodists now have a church in this\\ntown.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0447.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF TROY.\\nBY M. T. STONE, M.D.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nTroy comprises an afea of twelve square\\nmiles, four hundred and eighty-five acres and\\nthirty-five rods, and had a population in 1880\\nof seven hundred and ninety-five.\\nThe total valuation, April 1, 1885, was\\n$376,892; number of polls, 203; horses, 117;\\nvalue, $7639; oxen, 52; value, $3207; cows,\\n201 value, $6208 other neat stock, 72 value,\\n$1226; sheep, 34; value, $136; hogs, 5; value,\\n$71; stock in trade, $28,540; bank stock,\\n$1700; out of State, $700; interest money,\\n$8722; mills and machinery, |15,000; real\\nestate, $283,443.\\nOur business is represented by one blanket-\\nmill, one box-shop, one tannery, one chair-stock\\nfactory, two tub, pail and bucket manufactories,\\none wheelwright-shop and grist-mill, one livery-\\nstable, one barber-shop, one shojJ for turning\\npail-handles, two general stores, one dealer in\\nYankee notions, two hotels, two churches and\\none semi-monthly newsjjaper.\\nAt what time the first settlement was made\\nin this territory we have no authentic history.\\nDr. Caverly, in his history, published thirty\\nyears ago, says it was beyond the recollection of\\nmen then living.\\nAbout 1746, or a little later, the territory in\\nthe vicinity of Monadnock Mountain was pur-\\nchased from the proprietors of Mason s grant,\\nand were divided into townships, which were\\ngiven the common name of Monadnock, but\\ndistinguished by different numbers.\\n346\\nMonadnock No. 4 was called Marlborough,\\nand No. 5 Fitzwilliam, and from these towns\\nthe larger part of the territory of Troy was\\ntaken.\\nThe first individual known to have settled\\nwithin this territory was William Barker, a\\nnative of Wcstborough, Mass., who came here\\nin the year 1761, and selected the location for\\nliis future home, supposed to be the spot\\nnow known as the Joel Holt place, on West\\nHill.\\nHe did not move his family until nearly\\nthree years later, they arriving at their new\\nhome in September, 1764.\\nIn 1770, a road having been built by his\\nresidence, he opened a public-house, the first in\\ntown, and which he kept for many years.\\nHere, on April 2, 1776, a daughter was born,\\nthe first child born in the town.\\nDuring the next fifty years the population\\nincreased more or less rapidly, until the town\\ncontained quite a village, which commanded\\nthe trade for quite a distance around.\\nThe surface being hill}^ and uneven, it was\\ninconvenient for the inhabitants to reach the\\ncentres of their respective towns, and having\\nbecome accustomed to do. much of their private\\nbusiness here, thought it would be for their con-\\nvenience to transact their pulilic business here\\nalso, and the village, having been built up on\\nthe borders of two towns, was under a divided\\njurisdiction, which was not conducive to its\\nprosperity, and these were the reasons urged for", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0448.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "TROY.\\n347\\nan act of incorporation, which was granted by\\nthe Legislature in June, 1815, the town being\\nformed from the southerly part of Marlbor-\\nough, the northerly part of Fitzwilliam and\\neasterly parts of Richmond and Swanzcy.\\nThe subject was first agitated in 1794, and\\nfor many years was opposed by the inhabit-\\nants of the different towns, the contest at times\\nbeing exciting and interesting.\\nThe first town-meeting was held on the\\n20th of the July following when officers\\nwere chosen to hold office until the annual\\nmeeting in March.\\nChurch History. The first efforts of our\\nearly settlers, afler getting settled in their new\\nhomes, were directed to establishing and main-\\ntaining a Christian ministry.\\nMost of them had been religiously educated,\\nand placed a high estimate upon religious\\ninstitutions, and even those who made no pre-\\ntension to piety never thought of living with-\\nout some one to officiate for them in the sacred\\noffice.\\nTheir first places of worship were rude, but\\ntheir hearts were in their work, and their zeal,\\nenergy and personal sacrifices might be profita-\\nlily studied by their descendants. The first\\nmeeting-house was built about 1815, and stood\\non what is now the North Park. The next year\\nthe proprietors, in consideration of the sum of\\ntwenty dollars, relinquished to the town all\\ntheir interest in the same, excepting tlie pews\\nwliich had been sold to individuals. Some\\nyears later this building was moved to its\\npresent situation, and fitted up for a town hall.\\nSeptember 16, 1815, the Congregational\\nChurch was organized, ten men and their wives\\nsubscribing to articles of faith and covenant.\\nThe organizing coancil consisted of Rev. H.\\nFisk, of Marlborough Rev. John Sabin, of\\nFitzwilliam and Rev. Ezekiel Rich, an evan-\\ngelist, who became the first pastor. He gradu-\\nated at Brown University, 1808, and Andover\\nTheological Seminary was installed Decem-\\nber 20, 1815, and remained j)a.stor until July\\n18, 1818. He continued to reside in Troy\\nuntil 1845. He died some years after at Deep\\nRiver, Conn.\\nNovember, 1819, a new religious society was\\nformed by the name of the First Congregational\\nSociety of Troy, and was a party with the\\nchurch in supplying the pulpit until 1824,\\nwhen a new constitution was adopted, the\\nsociety taking the name of the Congregational\\nSociety of Troy.\\nRev. Seth E. Winslow was employed as a\\nstated supply three years, from 1820. After\\nhim Rev. Messrs. Peabody, Pitman and Erwin\\nwere employed for short periods.\\nRev. Stephen Morse, a graduate of Dart-\\nmouth College, 1821, was installed second pas-\\ntor, August 26, 1829, and was pastor until\\nJanuary 31, 1833.\\nDuring this year preaching was maintained\\nby supplies.\\nOn December ICth a new society was formed,\\ncalled the Trinitarian Congregational Society of\\nTroy.\\nDuring the years 1834 and 1835 the present\\nchurch was built.\\nPrevious to this time the church worshipped\\nin the town hall with the Baptist society Rev.\\nJeremiah Pomeroy was installed third pastor\\nand first of the new society, January 16,\\n1836, and was dismissed February 27, 1844.\\nHe was a graduate of Amherst College and\\nAuburn Theological Seminary.\\nRev. Luther Townsend was ordained and\\ninstalled March 5, 1845, and dismissed May\\n22, 1860. He graduated at Dartmouth Col-\\nlege, 1839, and Andover Theological Seminary,\\n1842.\\nFrom this time until September, 1865, preach-\\ning was maintained by supplies, who were the\\nRev. Messrs. Easenon, Perry, Whitcomb, Jen-\\nkins, Alexander, Miller, Brown, Spauldiug,\\nRoberts and Beckwith.\\nRev. Daniel Goodhue came in the fall of\\n1865, and remained until about April 1, 1868,\\nRev. Levi Brigham taking his place. He was", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0449.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "348\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIKE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nborn in Marlborough, Mass., October 14,\\n1806 graduated at Williams College, 1833,\\nand Andover Theological Seminary, 1836\\ncommenced preaching in Dunstable, Mass.,\\nSeptember, 1836 left Dunstable and com-\\nmenced preaching in Saugus, May, 1850 left\\nSaugus and commenced preaching here, 1868,\\nand remained pastor until September 12, 1876,\\nwhen he moved to Marlborough, Mass., where\\nhe now resides. The services of Rev. James\\nMarshall were secured in February, 1877 he\\nwas pastor until his death, which occurred in\\nApril, 1878. Eev. David W. Goodale became\\npastor September, 1878. He was born in Doug-\\nlass, Mass., December 28, 1847 graduated\\nfrom Monson Academy, 1871 Amherst College,\\n1875; Andover Theological Seminary, 1878.\\nWas ordained and installed October 1, 1878.\\nHe resigned in September, 1883, and moved to\\nSouth Sudbury, Mass., where he now resides.\\nHe was succeeded by Rev. Josiah Merrill, the\\npresent pastor.\\nThe Baptist Church was organized Novem-\\nber, 1789, with a membership of twenty-five,\\nand was called the Fitzwillium Baptist Church.\\nFrom this time until 1791 they were without\\nregular preaching, being supplied by preachers\\nof the neighboring towns. In 1791 Mr. Rufus\\nFreeman was licensed to preach and did so for\\nan indefinite time. Until 1836 they held their\\nmeetings in schools and dwelling-houses. This\\nyear they united with the First Congregational\\nSociety in meeting at the town-house under the\\nlabors of Rev. Obed Sperry, and continued to\\ndo so until 1848, when their present house of\\nworship was erected, and dedicated January 17,\\n1849. The following-named ministers have\\nserved as pastors for terms varying from one to\\nfourteen years Revs. Rufus Freeman, Aruna\\nAllen, Darius Fisher, D. S. Jackson, Obed\\nSperry, John Woodbury, P. P. Sanderson,\\nPhineas Howe, A. M. Piper, A. B. Egleston,\\nApril, 1854, to April, 1855 Joseph B. Mitchell,\\nApril, 1855, to April, 1856 Thos. Briggs, May,\\n1856, to June, 1857 John Fairman, July, 1857,\\nto February, 1859 C. D. Fuller, February,\\n1859,to March, 1860; Bille, March, 1860,\\nto July, 1861 W. H. Chamberlain, August,\\n1861, to September, 1862.\\nFrom this time until 1865 preaching was\\nmaintained by supplies, or by the individual\\nmembers reading sermons. Rev. J. S. Herrick\\nbecame p;istor in 1865, and acted as such until\\nfailing health compelled him to resign, Feb-\\nruary 23, 1879, and was succeeded by his son,\\nD. F. R. Herrick, who was ordained March 18,\\n1879. Failing health soon compelled him to\\nresign, and preaching was again maintained by\\nsupplies Rev. Mr. Shaw supplying from\\nAugust, 1880, until February, 1881 Rev. O. E.\\nBrown was pastor from September, 1881, until\\nNovember, 1884, and was succeeded by Rev.\\nW. F. Grant, the present pastor.\\nEducational History. In the grant\\ngiven these townships, one lot of one hundred\\nacres was reserved in each for the benefit of the\\nschools. These lots were disposed of at an\\nearly period, and the interest expended for\\nschools. In 1778 the interest of the Fitzwil-\\nliam lot was five pounds, two shillings.\\nThere is no record showing that any money\\nin addition to the above had been expended\\nprevious to this time, when one hundred pounds\\nwas voted to be raised by tax, and it was dealt\\nout very sparingly, for two years after only\\ntwenty-five pounds had been expended.\\nThe building of a meeting-house, the sup-\\nport of the ministry and the war, so occupied\\nthe public mind that but little attention was\\npaid to the support of schools. Twelve pounds\\nwere raised in 1782, twenty pounds in 1785\\nand fifteen pounds in 1787, and probably ex-\\npended under the direction of the selectmen.\\nIn 1789 thirty pounds were raised. This\\nyear an efibrt was made to establish a grammar-\\nschool, but the article was passed over in\\ntown-meeting.\\nIn 1777 the town (Fitzwilliam) was divided\\ninto four equal squadrons for schooling re-\\ndistricted in 1788, and, having become more", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0450.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "TROY.\\n349\\nthickly settled, again re-districted in 1794. Up\\nto this time there had been no school-houses,\\nthe schools having been kept in private rooms.\\nThe first scliool-house on land now in Troy\\nwas built by Fitzwilliam in 1790, and stood on\\ntlie east side of the road near the present resi-\\ndence of Willard Wliite.\\nAt the first meeting after the incorj)oration of\\nthe town a committee was chosen to regulate\\nthe school-districts, and they reported six.\\nDistrict No. 6 was so small that a school\\ncould be maintained but a few weeks in each\\nyear, and consequently little benefit was derived\\ntherefrom. It was united with No. 3 in\\n1831. In 1838 the town was again re-\\ndistricted. District No. 1, or the Village Dis-\\ntrict, was divided, the northern half being\\ncalled No. 1, and the southern half No. 2.\\nNo 2 was changed to No. 3 No. 3 to No. 4\\nNo. 4 to No. 5, and No. 5 to No. 6.\\nIn 1878 the selectmen and superintending\\nschool committee were instructed by the town\\nto again reorganize the districts, which they\\ndid by making four districts of the six, consti-\\ntuting a Village District and three out-districts;\\ntile Village District to consist of Nos. 1 and 2,\\ntogether with a larger part of Nos. 5 and 6,\\nadding a part of No. 5 to No. 4, and part of\\nNo. 6 to No. 3, thus making four districts, as\\nthey are at present No. 1 to contain three\\nschools one grammar and two primary the\\nschool-house in No. 1 to be used for the north\\nprimary, that in No. 2 for the south primary,\\nthe grammar school to be in the room under\\nthe town hall.\\nThe citizens have at all times used their best\\nefforts to promote the cause of popular educa-\\ntion. For several years after the incorporation\\nof the town the amount annually raised for the\\nsupport of schools was two hundred and fifty\\ndollars, in addition to the interest of the literary\\nfund. This amount has been gradually raised\\nuntil the present time, when the whole amount\\nof school money is twelve hundred dollars.\\nThe whole number of different scholars at-\\ntending school the past year wius one hundred\\nand sixty-two, sixty-four boys, and ninety-\\neight girls, with an average length of all\\nschools for the year of twenty-one and nine-\\ntenths weeks.\\nMiiJTARY History. In everything calling\\nfor an exhibition of pure patriotism, disinter-\\nested benevolence, or the characteristics of good\\ncitizens, the names of the first settlers stand\\nconspicuous. The following are the names of\\nthose from this town known to have enlisted in\\nthe American army during the War of the\\nRevolution\\nBenjamin Tolman.\\nJacob Newell, Jr.\\nEzekiel Mixer.\\nPearson Newell.\\nJames Brewer.\\nCaleb Winch.\\nJohn Farrar, Jr.\\nPeter Starkey.\\nAt the time when the bugle sound was first\\nheard upon the battle-field of Lexington there\\nwere not more than twenty-five male inhabit-\\nants over twenty-one years of age, within the\\nlimits of what is now Troy, capable of bearing\\narms. Most of them were heads of families,\\nwho had just settled upon this wild land, and,\\nhowever much inclined, they could not have\\nleft their fields for the camp, only at the expense\\nof bringing upon their ftimilies a great amount\\nof suffering.\\nNo men were more ardently attached to\\nliberty, or to the leading measures of tho.se\\ndays, than the early settlers of this town. The\\nsmall number of enlistments should not be at-\\ntributed to any want of patriotism, or indiffer-\\nence, for there can be no stronger claims upon\\nman s services than those of his family, and\\nnext to this is his country, and justice and\\nhumanity forbid that the former should be\\nsacrificed to the latter.\\nIn every instance where arrangements could\\nbe made to protect the families from extreme\\nsuffering, the opportunity was gladly accepted,\\nand laying aside the implements of husbandry,\\nthe father hurried to the assistance of his coun-\\ntrymen.\\nSome of them arrived at Lexington just in", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0451.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "350\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntime to dispute the progress of tlie British\\nforces. They were at Bunker Hill aud Ben-\\nnington, at Stillwater and Ticonderoga.\\nThey all served honorably through the war,\\nand fought nobly for the cause so dear to every\\nheart.\\nBenjamin Tolman, Ezekiel Mixer, Pearson\\nNewell and John Farrar, Jr., took part in the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill.\\nIn the battle of Bunker Hill Tolman was in\\nthe thickest of the fight where, in a hand-to-\\nhand conflict with a British soldier, his gun was\\nwrenched from him l)ut he stood his ground,\\ndefending himself as best he could with the\\nweapons nature furnished him, until his com-\\nmander, seeing his condition, brought him an-\\nother musket, with which he continued to fight\\nuntil ordered to retreat. Mixer served in the\\nsame company with Tolman, and by his side\\nfor over two yeai S, both sharing alike the same\\npleasure and suffering. At the battle of Ben-\\nnington, August 16, 1777, when the troops\\nunder General Stark made that ever memor-\\nable charge which crowned the American army\\nwith victory, Mixer was shot in the body and\\ncarried from the field to a rude shelter, linger-\\ning in great agony until morning, when he\\nexpired.\\nPearson Newell sustained the loss of his gun,\\npowder-horn and cartridge-box, for which he\\nwas afterwards allowed by the State two pounds,\\nfourteen shillings.\\nToryism became so rife in the colonies that\\nCongress, in March, 1776, took measures to dis-\\narm all persons disaffected to the cause of Ameri-\\ncan liberty, and passed a resolution upon the\\nsubject and sent it to all the colonies.\\nIn this State the Committee of Safety had the\\nresolutions printed in circular form, and sent to\\nevery town in the State it I ead as follows\\nColony of New Hampshire, c.\\nCommittee of Safety, April 12, 1776.\\nTo the sekelmen of Monadnock, No. fice\\nIn order to carry the underwritten Resolve of\\nthe Honorable Continental Congress into execution,\\nyou are requested to desire all Males above twenty-\\none years of age (lunatics, idiots, and negroes ex-\\ncepted), to sign the Declaration on this paper, and\\nwhen so done to make return thereof together with\\nthe name or names of all who shall refuse to sign the\\nsame, to the General Assembly, or Committee of\\nSafety of this Colony.\\nM. Weare, Chairman.\\nIn Congress, March 14th, 1776.\\nResolved, That it be recommended to the several\\nAssemblies, Conventions and Councils or Committees\\nof Safety of the United States immediately to cause\\nall persons to be disarmed within their respective\\nColonies, who are notoriously disaffected to the cause\\nof America or who have not associated and refuse to\\nassociate to defend by Arms the United Colonies\\nagainst the hostile attempts of the British Fleet and\\nArmies.\\nE.vtract from the minutes.\\nCharles Thompson, Secretary.\\nIn consequence of the above Resolution of the\\nContinental Congress and to show our determination\\nin joining our American brethren in defending the\\nlives, liberties, and properties of the inhabitants of\\nthe United Colonies\\nWe the subscribers do hereby solemnly engage and\\npromise, that we will, to the utmost of our power, at\\nthe risk of our lives and fortunes, with Arms, oppose\\nthe hostile proceedings of the British Fleets and\\nArmies, against the United American Colonies.\\nThis was signed bv all the inhabitants in\\nTroy except the following, and duly returned\\nby the selectmen William Barker, Jonathan\\nShaw, Icabard Shaw, Daniel Lawrence.\\nThe citizens of Troy were not behind their\\nfellow-citizens in manifesting their patriotism\\nwhen the hostile cannon boomed upon Fort\\nSumter, but, in common with the great majority\\nof the people of the North, gave their support\\nto the government.\\nThe following extracts taken from the records\\nwill show the action taken by the town\\nMay 8, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fofed, That the town guarantee to\\nthose that have or may enlist from this town, that\\ntheir wages shall be made up to them so that the\\namount will equal twenty dollars per month, and that\\nwe will pay them ten dollars in advance at time of\\nenlisting, said sum of ten dollars to be taken from\\ntheir wages.\\nOctober 21, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fo^ed, To instruct the select-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0452.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "TROY.\\n351\\nmen to use any money, not otherwise appropriateil,\\nthat may be in the treasury, or to borrow monies if\\nnecessary to carry out the provisions of the Act, in\\nchapter 2480, Pamphlet Laws, 1S61, authorizing\\ncities and towns to aid the families of volunteers and\\nfor other purposes.\\nJuly 20, 1862. Number of citizens liable to mili-\\ntary duty, as enrolled by the selectmen, eighty-two.\\nNumber who were or had been in the U. S. service,\\ntwenty-eight.\\nAugust 27, 1862. Voted, That we pay each re-\\ncruit or volunteer who is accepted and mustered into\\nthe service of the U. S. for the war, unless sooner\\ndischarged, the sura of one hundred dollars.\\nVoted, That we pay fifty dollars in addition to the\\none hundred dollars, providingthe town is called upon\\nto furnish men to fill up the old regiments.\\nVoted, To limit the bounty to the number required\\nto fill our quota and not to be paid until the men are\\nmustered into the U. S. service.\\nVoted, That no bounty be paid to any man who\\nreceives a commission before leaving the state.\\nThe selectmen were autliorizcd to borrow a\\nsum of money sufficient to meet these calls, not\\nto exceed three thousand dollars.\\nSeptember 21, 1863. Voted, That the town ]iay\\nthe drafted men, who are,br may hereafter he drafted,\\nfor three years, or their substitutes, on or after being\\nmustered into the U. S. service ten days, three hun-\\ndred dollars, and the selectmen were instructed to\\nborrow a sum not to exceed four thousand dollars for\\nthe purpose of carrying the foregoing vote into ef-\\nfect.\\nVoted, That the selectman raised, if necessary, an\\nadditional sum not to exceed five thousand dollars\\nfor the same purpose.\\nDecember 5, 186 i.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Voted, That the selectmen\\npay the citizens of the town who shall enlist for three\\nyears (until the quota is filled), the sum of three hun-\\ndred dollars, on being accepted and mustered into\\nservice.\\nToted, That the town assume the responsibility\\nof paying the United States and State bounties to citi-\\nzens of the town who shall enlist, on being mustered\\ninto service, and the selectmen were instructed to\\nborrow ten thousand dollars for the purpose.\\nVoted, That the selectman hire recruits out of\\ntown, if it can be done satisfactorily, to help make\\nup the quota of the town.\\nMay 7, 1864. Voted, To pay the men that have\\nalready enlisted into the U. S. service under the\\npresent call for two hundred thousand men, three\\nhundred dollars.\\nJuly 30, 1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fo^-rf, That we pay volunteers,\\nor enrolled men, or their substitutes, one hundred\\ndollars for one year, and a corresponding sum for the\\nnumber of years they may enlist, not exceeding\\nthree, if they are accepted and mustered into service,\\nto fill up the quota of the town under the present call\\nfor five hundred thousand men, to be paid when\\nmustered into service.\\nVoted, That we pay the drafted men or their\\nsubstitutes, two hundred dollars, to be paid as soon\\nas mustered into service.\\nVoted, That the selectmen borrow a sum not ex-\\nceeding six thousand five hundred dollars for the\\npurpose.\\nVoted, To choose an agent to procure substitutes.\\nChoie Elmund Bemis as sai l agent.\\nSeptember 5, 1864. Voted, To pay any that may\\nvolunteer from this town, to fill the quota under the\\nlate call for five hundred thousand men, the sum of\\nthree hundred d lUars in currency for one year.\\nIt is a matter of no little difficulty to obtain\\nan accurate and authentic list of those who were\\ncitizens of the town who served during the four\\nyears War of the Rebellion.\\nThe following record gives the names and\\nhistory so fur as can be obtained\\nJohn Amadon, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment;\\nenrolled at Keene, N. H., October 5, 1861 died\\nat Hatteras Inlet January 15, 1862.\\nHenry J. Amadon, Company F, Fourteenth Regi-\\nment enrolled October 7, 1861 served three\\nyears and was in twent) -three battles discharged\\nat Pegram House, Va., November 27, 1864 died\\nat Troy July 27, 1867.\\nJames 0. Amadon, enlisted in Second Regiment, but\\nwas not accepted on reaching Portsmouth served\\nall through the war in a private capacity.\\nFrank Amadon, Company I, Eighteenth Regiment.\\nOren S. Adams, Second Regiment.\\nChas. H. Barrett, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment\\nenlisted August 30, 1862; mustered out July 8,\\n1865 killed at Stoddard.\\nLemuel W. Brown, Company F, Second United\\nStates Sharpshooters was transferred to Second\\nBattalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, July 1, 1863\\ndischarged at Washington, D. C, November 26,\\n1864.\\nWilliam 0. Barns, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment;\\nenlisted September 1, 1862 mustered out August\\n18, 1865.\\nFrank Barnes, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment\\nenlisted August 25, 1862.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0453.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "352\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nGeorge I. Capron. Company C, Fourteenth Regimetit;\\nmustered in September 22, 1862; discharged at\\nSavannah, Ga., July 8, 1865 died at Troy.\\nJosepli F. Capron, Company A, Second Regiment;\\nmustered in April 14, 1861 discharged October\\n22, 1861; re-enlisted in December, 1863, into\\nFirst Regiment Connecticut Cavalry.\\nFrederick P. Cutler, Company D, Second Regiment\\nrecruit; discharged March 22, 1863.\\nAlbert Cobb, Fifth Company, Heavy Artillery mus-\\ntered in September 5, 1864. This company was\\nmustered at Concord, N. H., by Captain W. H.\\nGraham, U. S. A., for one year.\\nNathan C. Carter, Company F, First New Hamp-\\nshire Cavalry died at Troy, N. H., April 5,\\n1876.\\nRobert Cosgrove, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nGeorge W. Clark, recruit, Second Regiment dis-\\ncharged September 22, 1863 died at Troy Jan-\\nuary 1, 1864.\\nLewis Clement.\\nGeorge W. Derby, sergeant. Company F, Sixth Regi-\\nment; mustered in November 28, 1861 drowned\\nat Aquia Creek.\\nLorenzo Dexter, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nLuther W. Fassett, Company E, Second Regiment\\nrecruit; killed by a rebel guerrilla at Evansport,\\nVa., April 2, 1862. Fassett, with others, had\\nbeen engaged in digging for a gun that had been\\nabandoned and buried by the rebels. He, with a\\ncompanion, started back from where the men\\nwere engaged in digging to procure some shovels\\nwhich were stored in a building about a mile\\naway. They were met by three rebels in citizens\\nclothes, who had been skulking in the bushes,\\nand who confronted them with loaded carbines.\\nFassett immediately surrendered, but, notwith-\\nstanding this, they sent a bullet through his\\nbody, while his comrade made good his escape,\\nand the guerrillas eluded all efforts to capture\\nthem.\\nDanvers C. Fassett, Fifth Company, Heavy Artillery.\\nDaniel M. Fisk, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nAsa B. Fisk, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nJonas R. Foster, Fifth Company, Heavy Artillery.\\nEzekiel Haskell, Company F, Sixth Regiment; mus-\\ntered in November 28, 1861 was transferred to\\nCompany G, Seventh Regiment Veteran Reserve\\nCorps; discharged at Washington, D. C, Novem-\\nber 28, 1864; re-enlisted into Company I, Third\\nRegiment discharged at Goldsboro N. C, July\\n20, 1865; died at Troy, September 23, 1884.\\nNelson Haskell, Company F, Fifth Regiment en-\\nrolled September 19, 1861 discharged at Conva-\\nlescent Camp, Va., December 20, 1862.\\nEdward Harvey, Second Regiment.\\nJesse Hiscock, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nGeorge H. Kinsman, Fifth Company, Heavy Artil-\\nlery.\\nJames Kaven, Company D, Third Regiment.\\nHoughton Lawrence, Company D, Second Regiment;\\nenrolled September 6, 1861 discharged at Wash-\\nington, D. C, July 15, 1862 died at Troy April\\n10, 1884.\\nCenter H. Lawrence, sergeant Company A, Second\\nRegiment promoted to assistant adjutant-gene-\\nral.\\nAlfred Lawrence, Company C, First New Hampshire\\nCavalry died at Andersonville, Ga., August 19,\\n1864.\\nFrederick Lang, Twentieth Indiana.\\nJohn Lang, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nFrank Laraby, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment;\\nenlisted August 25, 1862.\\nPatrick McCaftrey, Company F, Second Regiment\\ndied July 8, 1862.\\nSimeon Merrifield, Company A, Fourteenth Regiment;\\nenlisted August 14, 1862 discharged May 17,\\n1865.\\nCharles W. Philbrook, Company C, Fourteenth Reg-\\nment; enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged July\\n8, 1865.\\nWilliam L. Price, First Regiment.\\nAlbert Roby, Fifth Company, Heavy Artillery.\\nSilas S. Stickney, recruit. Second Regiment died of\\nwounds received July 2, 1863.\\nCharles H. Struter, recruit, Second Regiment pro-\\nmoted to corporal re-enlisted.\\nCharles Lyman Spooner, Company C, Fourteenth\\nRegiment; enlisted December 29,1863; died at\\nSavannah, Ga., July 7, 1865.\\nRobert M. Silsby, Fifth Company, Heavy Artillery.\\nHenry T. Smith, Fifth Regiment.\\nPatrick Shehan, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment.\\nGeorge H. Stockwell, Company C, Fourteenth Regi-\\nment died at Troy July 20, 1863.\\nLorenzo B. Tolman, corporal Company F, Sixth\\nRegiment.\\n\u00c2\u00a7amuel M. Thompson, first sergeant Company F,\\nSixth Regiment died at Troy.\\nGeorge W. Tupper, Fifth Company Heavy Artil-\\nlery.\\nSidney E. Tolman, Company C, Fourteenth Regi-\\nment; enlisted August 15, 1862; discharged at\\nWashington, D. C, July 20, 1863.\\nAlonzo W. Tupper, Company A, Fourteenth Regi-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0454.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "TROY.\\n353\\nment enlisted August 14, 1862 wounded at\\nCedar Creek October 19, lSi)4; disi.harged July\\n8, 1805 died at IMiller s Fallls, Mass., June 2,\\n1874.\\nWilliam H. Tenney, Company K, Second Regi-\\nment discharged October 8, 1862.\\nRobert A. Wheeler, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nCurtis A. \\\\Miittemore, Company A, Fourteenth Reg-\\niment enlisted August 15, 1862 discharged\\nJuly 8, 1865 died at Fitchburg, Mass., Septem-\\nber 11, 1867.\\nFrank Shattuck, Comjiany C, Fourteenth Regiment;\\nenlisted August 28, 1802 discharged July 8,\\n1805.\\nPhyhiciaxs. Tlic first physician to settle\\nliere was Dr. Justice Perry, who came in 179(3\\nand practiced one year. He wa.s a man of in-\\ntemperate habits, and after he decided to locate\\nliere he was persuaded to sign a temperance\\npledge, probably the fir.st ever signed in town.\\nBy this he ol)ligated himself to abstain from the\\nuse of all intoxicating drinks for one year, in con-\\nsideration of which tlie citizens bound themselves\\ntofurnisli liim witli a horse and all his medicines\\nfree of charge during tlie year. These condi-\\ntions were faithfully fulfilled by both parties,\\nInit at the end of the year the doctor relapsed\\ninto his former hal)its, losing the confidence\\nof the peoj)le, and in the following year he\\nmoved to Marlborough, where he died in 1799.\\nHe was succeeded by Dr. Ebenezer Wright,\\nwho came from Fitzwilliam in 1811, at the\\nrequest of a few individuals of the village.\\nHe was here during the excitement attending\\nthe efforts to obtain the charter of Troy, and\\ntook an active part in those measures which\\nresulted in the organization of the new town.\\nHe resided here until 1814, when he went\\nback to Fitzwilliam, where he died in 1829.\\nDr. Charles W. Whitney, the third physi-\\ncian, was born in Rindge, November 15, 1791^\\nthe son of Dr. Isaiah Whitney. In 1811 he\\ncommenced the study of medicine under the\\ntutelage of Ids fatiier. In 1813 .spent six\\nmoutlis in study and practice at Boston, and\\nin December of same year commenced practice\\nin ilarlborough, Mass. Left ]\\\\Iarlborough in\\n23\\nthe spring of 181- and, in October, started for\\nVermont to look up a place among the Green\\nMountains; but not liking the appearance of the\\nland or the people, he retraced his steps home-\\nward on arriving at the hotel here, he was\\ninvited by the proprietor to locate, which he\\ndecided to do after a few days con ideration\\nHe boarded three years at Colonel D. W. Far-\\nrar s; built his house in 1818; married Mary,\\ndaughter of Samuel Griffin, of Fitzwilliam,\\nand continued in active practice until feeble\\nhealth and advanced years compelled him to\\nrelin juish it.\\nDr. Luke Miller succeeded Dr. Whitney,\\nlocating here in 1847, and practiced about six\\nyears. After leaving Troy he practiced in\\nWinchendon and Fitzwilliam, and afterwards\\nmoved West, where he died some few vears\\nsince.\\nDr. A. M. Caverly was the fifth physician.\\nBorn in London, November 28,1817; grad-\\nuated at Philadelphia Cullege of Medicine,\\n1845. Located here in 1853 and practiced\\nuntil 1863, when he moved to Pittsford, Vt.,\\nwhere he died a few years ago. While here he\\ncompiled and published a history of Troy, up\\nto 1855.\\nDr. Daniel Farrar, the sixth phvsician, -was\\nborn in Troy, May 29, IB. KJ. He commenced\\npractice in his native town some time in 1863.\\nNot being physically strong, he could not endure\\nthe rides over thi.s hilly country and gave up\\nthe practice some time in 1S65. He after-\\nwards practiced in Leominster, Mass., where\\nhe resided until his death.\\nHe was succeeded by Dr. Daniel B. Wood-\\nward, who practiced until about 1868, when he\\nremoved to EUenburgh, N. Y., where he now\\nresides.\\nThe eighth physician was Dr. Benjamin H.\\nHartwell. Born in Acton, Mass., February\\n27, 1845 graduated at Jefferson Medical\\nCollege, Philadelj)liia, IMarch, 18()8. Com-\\nmenced j)ractice in Troy the May following\\nand remained until March, 1869. He removed", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0455.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "354\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nto Aver, Mass., where lie lias since resided, a\\nhighly-respected aud successful physician.\\nDr. John Dodge came next from Springfield,\\nVt., but remained only a few months.\\nDr. Carl G. Metcalf was tlie tentli physician.\\nBorn in East Unity, N. H., April 21, 1846\\nstudied medicine with Dr. Butler, of Demp-\\nster, and Swett, of Newport, graduating at\\nAlbany Medical College in December, 1SG9.\\nCommenced practiced in Troy in February,\\n1870, remaining until April, 1872, when\\nhe removed to Middleton, Mass., where he\\nwas located three j ears. Failing health re-\\nquired a year s rest, aud in 1876 he located in\\nMarlborough, Mass., where he resided until his\\ndeath, November 1, 1884. He married, in\\nAugust, 1872, Abbie A., daughter of Rev.\\nLevi Brigham.\\nThe next physician to settle here was Dr. M.\\nS. Ferguson, but he remained but a short time.\\nThe twelfth physician was Dr. Benjamin E.\\nHarriman, son of ex-Governor Walter Harri-\\nman. Born in (^oncord, October 20, 1854.\\nHe studied medicine with Dr. A. H. Crosby, of\\nConcord; attended lectures at the University of\\nVermont and Bellevue Hospital College, New\\nYork, and graduated at Dartmouth ]\\\\Iedical\\nCollege in November, 1877. He ojjened an\\noffice in Manchester, in the December following.\\nBroke down in health in June, 1878, aud passed\\nthe winter in Florida. He located in Troy in\\nOctober, 1879, and once more attempted to prac-\\ntice, but the labors of a eountiy pi-actice so\\nwore upon him that he again succumbed\\nand returned home the last of the following\\nFebruary, and passed peacefully away May 23,\\n1880. In April, 1879, he married Jessie B.,\\ndaughter of Isaac W. Farmer, of Manchester.\\nDr. M. T. Stone was born in AVest Bosea-\\nwen, N. H., July 28, 1854 studied medicine\\nwith Dr. F. A. Stillings, of Concord, and\\ngraduated at Dartmouth Medical College in No-\\nvember 1879. Located in Troy in Februarj\\n1880; married, January 26, 1882, Cora M.,\\ndaughter of Charles W. Whitney.\\nManufactures. The principal manufac-\\nturing industry is the Troy Blauket-Mills.\\nIn 1836 Luke Harris built a factory for the\\nmanufacture of woolen cloth on the site of the\\npresent box-factory, and whicli lie ran until\\n1841.\\nIn 1851 Thomas Goodall, a native of York-\\nshire, England, came to Troy and engaged in\\nthe manufacture of woolen cloth in the same\\nmill, and afterwards of horse-blankets.\\nThe present company of Troy Blanket-Mills\\nwas formed in November, 1865, by J. H.\\nElliot, R. H. Porter and B. Riphy, of Keene,\\nwho bought of Goodall the old mill, now used\\nas a box-shop, and all the other real estate and\\nprivileges owned by him.\\nThe mill at that time contained two sets of\\ncards, two hand-jacks, nine looms and but one or\\ntwo sewing-machines, the blankt ts being carried\\nto the houses about town and made up\\nthere.\\nThe present brick mill was ei-ected in 1869,\\nand contained three sets of cards, jacks and\\nlooms. It was enlarged in 1877, and the ma-\\nchinery of the old mill moved to it and the old\\nmill abandoned. The mill was further enlarged\\nin 1880, and now contains ten .sets of cards,\\nseven self- operating jacks, with fourteen hundred\\nspindles aud sixty looms, besides printing\\nmachinery and sewiiiir-machines.\\nAbout one hundred aud ten hands are regu-\\nlarly employed, with a fortnightly pay-roll of\\nabout twelve hundred dollars.\\nThe present average production is ten bales,\\nor five hundred blankets daily.\\nThe manufacture of wooden-ware has beeu an\\nimportant industry for more than one hundred\\nyears, as one Thomas Clark commenced the\\nmanufacture of mortars, spools, plates, bowls\\nand trays in 1779.\\nThe business is carried on at the present time\\nby E. Buttrick Co. and C. D. Farrar.\\nIn 1845 Edwin Buttrick became a partner\\nwith S. Goddard, and built their present shop.\\nThey were in company until the death of the", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0456.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "TROY.\\n355\\nlatter, atter which ]\\\\Ir. Buttrick conducted thu\\nhusiness alonu for a number of years.\\nTlie present firm consists of E. Buttrick and\\nA. C. Dort, the latter becoming a partner in\\niSGfi.\\nThey give employment to twenty hands, and\\nmanufacture about twelve hiuidred cords of\\npine yearly into tubs and pails. Charles D.\\nFurrar gives emjdoyment to eighteen men, and\\nmanufactures ab()Ut one thousand cords of j)ine\\nyearly, makitig all kinds of pails and buckets,\\nholding from five to seventy pounds.\\nIn 1801 Aldrich Barnartl commenced\\nthe manufacture ofscytJies at the North End.\\nIn 1816 they were succeeded by Amos Sibley.\\nIn 1826 he built a new shop, the one now\\nowned by Farrar. This shop was used as a\\npeg-mill, and afterwards converted into a pail-\\nshop.\\nMr. Sibley continued in business until 1844.\\nIn 1856 he sold his scythe-factory to Whit-\\ncomb Forristall, who made it into a pail-\\nsiiop. This building was afterwards used as a\\npottery, and is now a store-house for the blanket-\\nmills. The peg-mill became the property of\\nI). W. Farrar, and for a number of years re-\\nmained vacant. Mr. C. D. Farrar commenced\\nmanufacturing hei e in 1873.\\nThe manufacture of all kinds of locked cor-\\nner packing-boxes is carried on by O. C. Whit-\\ncomb in the old building formerly occupied by\\nTroy Blanket-Mills; he has done business here\\nsince 188 giving employment to about twenty\\nhands, the value of the yearly production being\\nabout twenty thousand dollars. The tannery\\nis owned and run by K. M. Silsby.\\nIn 1782 or 1783, Jason Winch came here from\\nFramingham and built a tannery on the site\\nnow occupied, and carried on the business for a\\nfew years, but, being unfortunate in it, he closed\\nup the business and left town.\\nIn 1815 Lyman Wright purchased the tan-\\nnery. He soon built a new one, which stood\\nnearly over the stream, and a little lower down\\nthau the present one. Some years after he\\nmoved it iiirther up-stream and toward the\\nnorth, putting an addition on the east end,\\nwhich is the principal part of the tannery of\\nthe ])resent day.\\nThe business was afterwards carried on by\\nWright Foster and Francis Foster.\\nIn 1869 the tannery passed into the hands\\nof W. G. R. M. Silsby. The former re-\\ntired from the firm about two years ago.\\nThe capacity of tlie tannery is about fifteen\\nhauds, but at present only seven are employed\\nin the manufacture of wax upper leather.\\nGeorge S. Colburu, of West Gardner, iVIass.,\\nmanufactures chair-stock, hubs, etc., on East\\nHill, employing from three to six hands.\\nWebster Corey turns pail-handles at his shop\\non A\\\\ est Hill.\\nThe wheelwright business is conducted by\\nWinthroj) Knights at the North End.\\nAt :liiferent times, various enterprises have\\nbeen carried on, with varying degrees of success,\\nf()r longer or shorter periods.\\nIn 1812 Constant Weaver built a pottery,\\nthe first in town, and for many years this was\\nan imjjortant industry, and earthen-ware of\\ndifferent kinds has been made here until about\\nthree years ago, when, owing to the competition\\nof large establishments, the Inisiness was aban-\\ndoned.\\nIn 18. )1 B. F. Grosvenor commenced making\\nfur hats in the house now occupied by J. S.\\nBhss.\\nThe business was afterwards carried on by\\nE. P. Kimball, who served an apprenticeship\\nunder Grosvenor. Mr. Kimball carried on the\\nbusiness of tinsmith in tlie same house for a\\nnumber of years, and at one time had ten ped-\\nlars on the road.\\nMiscellaneous. Troy is situated ten miles\\nsoutheast of Keene, on the Cheshire Railroad.\\nThe surface is very hilly and uneven the\\nhighest point is Gap Mountain, situated in the\\neasterly part, and separated from Monadnock\\nby quite a deep ravine.\\nThe broken surface affords almost every va-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0457.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "356\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nriety of soil, and there are some well-cultivated\\nand productive farms.\\nThere are some quite extensive meadows in\\nthe eastern, and also in the western, part.\\nThe South Branch of the Ashuelot passes\\nthrough the centre of the town. This rises\\nfrom Rock wood Pond, in Fitzwilliam, flowing\\nnorth, and receives many tributaries. The\\nprincipal is the Ward Brook, which drains the\\nwesterly slopes of jMonadnock and Gap Moun-\\ntains. The greatest natural curiosity is, prob-\\nably, the falls in this brook. Within about\\none-half mile from the village the waters of\\nthis stream descend, within a few rods, from\\none hundred and fifty to two hundred feet, so\\nthat in high water this cataract presents quite\\na sublime spectacle.\\nThe air is dry and pure, and the scenery is\\nmagnificent, and is the nearest point to the grand\\nold Monadnock Mountain.\\nWe have two hotels, the Monadnock, C. Vi\\nAbbott, proprietor, and the Kimball House,\\nCharles Haskell, proprietor.\\nThe two stores are kept by E. P. Kimball\\nSon, and C. W. Whitney, and II. C. Newton\\ndeals in Yankee notions.\\nIn 1872 Mr. Newton commenced the pub-\\nlication of the Home Companion, which was\\nissued (piarterly until 187 monthly until\\nJuly, 1885, and since, semi-monthly.\\nRepresentatives. The following gentle-\\nmen have served as Representatives for the\\nyears named\\n1816-17. Dauiel W. Farrar.\\n1818. Sylvester P. Flint.\\n1819. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n1820-22. Daniel Cutting.\\n1823. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n1824. Daniel Cutting.\\n1825. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n1826. Kev. Ezelciel Rich.\\n1827-28. Dauiel Cutting.\\n1829-31. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n1832-33. Lyman Wright.\\n1834-35. Chester Lyman.\\n1830-37. Daniel Cutting.\\n1838-39. Jonathan Clark.\\n1840-12. Abel Baker.\\n1843-44. John W. Bellows.\\n1845. Jeremiah Pomeroy.\\n1846-17. Thomas Wright.\\n1848-49. John W. Bellows.\\n1850-51. Brown Nurse.\\n1852-53. Jotham H. Holt.\\n1854. Aldin Egleston.\\n1855-56. Lyman Wright.\\n1857-58. Joseph M. Forristall.\\n1859-60. Edwin Buttrick.\\n1861-62. A. M. Caverly.\\n1863-64. David W. F.arrar.\\n1865-66. Edmund Bemis.\\n1867-68. Elisha H. Tolman.\\n1869-70. Augustus Hodgkins.\\n1870-71. Charles W. Whitney.\\n1873-74. George W. Brown.\\n1875-76. William N. Watson.\\n1877-78. William G. Silsby.\\n1879-81. Asa C. Dort.\\n1883. Charles W. Brown.\\n1885. Edwin Buttrick.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0458.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HINSDALE.\\nBY HON. .1. M. STEBBINS.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGeographical The Squakheags Initial Events First Set-\\ntlements Charter of the Town First Town-Meeting\\nOfficers Elected Injian Troubles Captain Elienezer\\nHinsdale Early Ecclesiastical History Congregational\\nChurch Univei salist Church Methodist Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bap-\\ntist Church St. Joseph s (Ionian Catholic Church.\\nThe town of Hinsdale lies in the sontli western\\npart of Cheshire Connty, and is bounded as\\nfollows: On the north hy Ciiesterfield, on the\\nea.st by Winchester, on the south by Massachu-\\nsetts, and on the west by the Connecticut River,\\nwhich separates it from Vermont.\\nThe Connecticut River, about midway\\nbetween the north and south lines of Hinsdale,\\ntibruptly changes its southerly coiu-se and for a\\nmile or more runs to the northeast, passing\\naround Cooper s Point and Clai-y s Island,\\nwhen it again changes its course to the southeast,\\nand runs a half a mile in that direction to the\\nmouth of the Ashuelot, and at Poraeroy s Island\\nresumes its southerly course. The waters in\\ntil is great bend of the Connecticut and at the\\nmouth of the Ashuelot were known to the\\nIndians as Squakhcag the speariug-place, or a\\nplace for spearing salmon. The name was also\\napplied to the territory in the towns of Hinsdale\\nand Vernon, Vt. The Squakheags were a\\nnumerous and powerful tribe, whose principal\\nvillages were on the plains and bluffs near the\\ngreat bend in the river. They fortified Coojtor s\\nPoint, the bluff sometimes called Fort Hill, to\\nwhich place they resorted when pressed or\\ntlireatened by enemies, and from this hill could\\nbe seen the meadows and streams for a long\\ndistance above and below, from which they\\ngathered their supplies of corn and salmon.\\nThe remains of the fort, and of their villages and\\ngranaries still exist, and the relics of the tribe,\\nwith their tools and weapons, are often found.\\nNawellet, a chief of the tribe, in 1687, grante l\\nto the proprietors of the town of Northfield,\\nMass., a tract of land which includes the\\nterritory within the limits of Hinsdale. The\\ntitle to all land in Hinsdale is derived from\\ngrants from Nawellet and the town or pro-\\nprietors of Nortlificld.\\nAs early as 172. a highway two rods wide\\nliad been laid from Northfield to the Ashuelot,\\nand this had been extended before 1740 to\\nMerry s Meadow. The travel and transportation\\nbetween Northfield and Fort Dummer, on the\\neast side of the Connecticut, crossing the river\\nabove the mouth of Broad Brook, had made a\\npa. sable roadway which led to settlements\\nearlier on the east than on the west side of\\nthe river.\\nMerry s Meadow, at the north of Fort Hill,\\ntook its name from Cornelius Merry, to wliom\\nthe town of Northfield granted eleven acres of\\nland at the south end of the meadow. The\\nremainder of these meadow-lands was after-\\nwards granted to eleven jiersons. Among\\nthese were Daniel Shattuck, Peter Evans and\\nRobert Cooper, who afterwards built houses on\\ntheir lands. The other grantees of these\\nmeadow-lands may have improved their lots,\\nbut are not known to have settled in the town.\\nThe first organization in the town was that of\\nthese proprietors, in 173().\\nDaniel Shattuck is supposed to have built, in\\n1737, the first house in the town. This was a\\n357", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0459.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "358\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlarge log house, heavily timbered, and stood by\\na brook in Merry s Meadow, on the farm lately\\nof John Stearns. Another log house was soon\\nbuilt (in the other side of the brook and the two\\nbuildings were connected by a plank palisade\\nand surrounded by pickets. The [)lace was\\nlong known as Fort yiiattuck. The same year\\nllobert Cooper iniilt a log house just south of\\nMerry s Meadow. In 1741, John Evans, of\\nNorthfield, built a house a mile south of the\\nAshuelot, near the burial-ground on the E.\\nStebbins farm. Evans house was fortified and\\nserved as a place of refuge for the few settlers\\non the west side of the river, and in 1742,\\nColonel Ebenezer Hinsdale l)uilt a fort and\\ngrist-mill on Ash Swamp Brook, north of\\nMerry s Meadow. At this time Josiali Sartwell\\nand ()rlan Io Bridgman were living in houses\\nbuilt by them on the west side of the river\\nabove Hinsdale Fort; and Joseph Stebbins and\\nBenoui Wright, south of the great bend. In\\n1745 all these settlers, except Colonel Hinsdale,\\nhad been driven from their homes by Indians;\\nbut in 1750 they had all returned to their farms\\nand others came with them. Thomas Taylor\\nhad built a house a half a mile south of the\\nAshuelot, and Deacon Peter Evans, Jr., just\\nbelow Merry s Meadow.\\nUntil 1740 Northfield claimed all the terri-\\ntory of Hinsdale and Vernon as far north as\\nFort Hinsdale but a line between Massachusetts\\nand New Hampshire was run in 1741, by\\nwhich a tract of land four miles and one hun-\\ndred and ninty-seven rods in width was cut off\\nfrom Northfield. But this did not invalidate\\nthe title of the settlers or proprietors of the\\nlauds. Grants afterwards made by Northfield\\nof lands lying north of the Ashuelot, above\\nthe line of the Massachusetts government, were\\nheld to be good.\\nThe charter of Hinsdale, including land on\\nboth sides of the Connecticut, was granted\\nSeptembers, 1753.\\nThe first meeting was held September 25th.\\nOrlando Bridgman was appointed chairman by\\nthe charter Daniel Shattuck, John Evans and\\nBenoni Wright were chosen selectmen Colonel\\nEbenezer Hinsdale, clerk John Evans, treas-\\nurer; Caleb Howe, constable Joseph Stebbins,\\nJr., Thomas Taylor, surveyors Peter Evans,\\ntythingman Josiah Willard, Hinsdale, Bridg-\\nman, Howe and Stebbins I ommittee to lot out\\nland Aaron Cooper, field-driver. Of these,\\nBridgman, Howe, Stebbins, Wright and Wil-\\nlard lived in Vernon, then a part of Hinsdale,\\nsubject to the jurisdiction of New Hampshire.\\nThe names above given were the founders of\\nthe town. Most, if not all, were early settlers\\nof Northfield, whose ancestors had settled in\\nSouthern Massachusetts or in Connecticut a\\nhundred years before.\\nMost prominent of all the founders of the\\nchurch and town was Colonel Eiienezer Hins-\\ndale, from whom the town takes it name. In\\nFebruary, 1704, a baud of Indians and French-\\nmen fell upon the settlement at Deerfield, and\\nafter putting to death nearly fifty of the settlers,\\nthe remaining oue hundred and fifty were hur-\\nried off on a long march to Canada. Among\\nthe captives were the Rev. John Williams, the\\nredeemed captive, and INIary Hinsdale, the\\nmother of Colonel Ebenezer Hinsdale, who was\\nl)orn in 170(), on her return from captivity.\\nHe was educated at Harvard College, ordained\\nin Boston, but never settled in the ministry.\\nAt an eai ly age he was appointed chaplain at\\nFort Dummer, and in 1742 he built the fort\\nwhich bore his name, and a grist-mill on the\\neast side of the river, where he lived the greater\\npart of his life. He was the owner of large\\nestates both in Hinsdale and Deerfield. It was\\nto him the first settlers first applied for aid in\\nthe times of peril. It was through him they\\nappealed to the authorities and to distant settle-\\nments for assistance. In 1775 he applied to\\nGovernor Weutworth for aid, hostile attacks by\\nIndians having been frequent on his fort and\\nupon the settlers around him, stating that they\\nwere loath to tarry here merely to be killed,\\nand the year following he called on the Gov-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0460.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "HINSDALE.\\n359\\neriior of Massachusetts for help, as the New\\nHampshire force had been withdrawn, and\\neighteen of the small number of settlers had\\ntliat season been killed\u00e2\u0080\u0094 yet he remained at his\\npost.\\nHe was a brave and kind-hearted officer, and\\nactive in the affairs of the church and town.\\nHis wife was a daughter of Rev. Jolin Wil-\\nliams, of Deerfield, Mass., and they were both\\nmembers of the church in that town. He con-\\nfessed to that church in 1750, to the siu of\\nintemperate drinking, and the confession was\\nreceived without objection. He died .soon\\nafter the settlement of tiie first minister in\\nHinsdale, and was liuried at the old burial-\\nground above Fort Hill. The iu.scription on\\nthe tablet upon his grave is as follows\\nUnderneath Deposited is the body of Col. Eben-\\nezer Hinsdale, who, for his supernatural endowments,\\nextensive learning and usefulness, not only in private\\nlife, but in various important public offices, he sus-\\ntained, was far known and admired. After a long ill-\\nness he died Jan. 6, 1763, in the 57th year of his age.\\nHere also lies buried the body of Mrs. Mary Beals,\\nthe mother to Col. Ebenezer Hinsdale, who was born\\non her Return from captivity in Canada, with whom\\nshe lived a widow at the time of his death, which is\\nthought to have brought on hers, ye morning after,\\nwhen she died. Anno .Etatis, 83; her husbands were\\nLieut. Mahuman Hinsdale and Mr. George Beals.\\nBy the first she had two sons, Samuel and John.\\nAfter this [whose] only child, Mrs. Abigail Hinsdale,\\ndied at Hinsdale, Aug. 10, 1739, Anno J 2tatis [4],\\nwas interred at Deerfield. Her still surviving partner,\\nMrs. Abigail Hinsdale, daughter of the Rev. John Wil-\\nliams, of Deerfield, and worthy relict of Col. Ebeuezer\\nHinsdale, now mourning the absence of these dear\\ndeceased relatives, has caused their names and des-\\ntinies to be recorded together on this stone June 2,\\n1764.\\nHis widow married Colonel Benjamin Hall,\\nand Colonel Benjamin Silliman, of Fairfield,\\nConn., was her third husband. She survived\\nthem all, and was buried by the side of her first\\nhusband in 17 S7.\\nAt a town-meeting held March 12, 1704, it\\nwas voted that Daniel Shattuck s house be the\\nplace of meeting ou the Lord s day. The set^\\ntiers, or most of them, maintained their rela-\\ntions to the church of Mr. Hubbard, in North-\\nfield, but held reliy-ious meetings at Hinsdale at\\nthe place above named, and afterwards at or\\nnear the homestead of the late Mr. Idc, south\\nof Merry s Meadow, that location being conve-\\nnient for the settlers on the west side of the\\nConnecticut River.\\nIn 1754 the town voted to raise \u00c2\u00a346 4. 6(7.\\nto defray the charges for preaching and other\\ntown expenses, and to tax lands to provide for\\nthe buildino; of a meeting-house and the settle-\\nment of a minister; and a committee, of which\\nColonel Hinsdale was a memljcr, was appointed\\nto ,-;eiect a site for a meeting-house. But it was\\nyears before a minister was settled. Four years\\nlater the town voted to complete the outside\\nof a meeting-house and lay the under floor and\\nhire preaching.\\nIn 1763, Orlando Bridgman, Peter Evans and\\nThomas Taylor were dismissed from the church\\nin Northfield to lie in tiic foundations of the\\nchurch in Hinsdale. These men were fight-\\ning Christians each of them had more tiian\\nonce engao-ed in deadlv conflicts with the In-\\ndiaus. Captain Bridgman was a private in his\\nyouth in a company .^eut out from Northampton.\\nHe was afterwards a settler and soldier at Nortli-\\nfield then third officer at Fort Dummer, and\\nsubsequently built the fort which bore his name\\nin the north part of Vernon.\\nTaylor was a shoemaker and a captain. In\\n1748, in passing from Northfield to Fort Dum-\\nmer, wdien near Fort Hinsdale, he was sur-\\nprised by a large band of French and Indians.\\nAfter a desperate conflict he was captured and\\ntaken to Canada. On his release and return\\nthe General Court of Massachusetts awarded\\nhim fifty pounds for his bravery in that action.\\nThere are many legends of his daring adven-\\ntures.\\nPeter Evans wa.s also a soldier. When a\\nmere boy we find he joined a scouting-pai ty that\\nwent from Northfield in pursuit of Indians.\\nHe was chosen a tythiugman at the first town-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0461.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "360\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmeeting and was the first deacon of the church.\\nIt was probably at his log house that the first\\nchurch was organized. At his fireside it was\\ndecided to call Rev. Bunker (iay to be the first\\npastor of the church and it was at or near his\\niiouse, which stood under the bluif on which that\\npastor lived for more than fifty years afterward,\\nwhere the congregations used to meet for wor-\\nshi]) before and for years after the church was\\norganized. It was upon this Peter that the\\nlittle church at first mainly depended. These four\\nfoundation-stones, of which this Peter was by\\nno means the least, are now represented by four\\nchurch organizations aud edifices in the town.\\nIn 1763, Mr. Gay, a graduate of Harvard in\\n1760, became pastor of the church, at a salary\\nof forty-five pounds a year and a yearly increase\\nof t)ue pound a year till it amounted to fifty\\npounds a year, and one hundred pounds as a\\nsettlement and thirty cords of wood yearly.\\nThey settled a minister, but the Ijuilding of a\\nhouse of worship made little progress, partly\\nbecause the people were poor and partly because\\nthe settlei s on both sides of the river were liv-\\ning in the fear of again being driven away from\\ntheir farms by the Indians as they had been be-\\nfore.\\nA young pastor of a congregation of frontier\\nsettlers threatened by savages, and struggling in\\nperil and poverty for homes and subsistence in\\nthe wilderness, is not likely to succeed if he is\\nmerely a fine preacher or profound scholar. In\\nthat position something besides preaching is nec-\\nessary for success. E\\\\-en Jonathan Edwards\\nfailed in his ministry over a more promising\\ncongregation. The preaching of Mr. Gay is said\\nto have been acceptaljle to his people. Some of\\nhis sermons were published, but he was more\\ncelebrated for the many quaint epitaphs attrib-\\nuted to him than for his sermons. He was no-\\ntablv social and hospitable and a welcome and\\nfrequent visitor among his people, who were\\nwidely scattered. He is described as a thrifty\\nparson, passing rich on fifty pounds a year\\nbut he could not have done so on his salary.\\nLike his parishionei s, he had his house to build,\\nand that he might support himself and family\\nand keep open house for his people and friends,\\nhe was compelled to spend much time in tilling\\nhis farm and garden. After a few years his\\nparishioners, some of whom were sharp men,\\nfound it not easy to pay the parish dues. A\\nmeeting-house had been raised, but the windows\\nwere not put in nor tiie pews sold, when, in 1 770,\\nthe town raised a committee to confer with ]Mr.\\nGay and advise him to attend public worsliip\\nmore seasonably, and not employ so much of his\\ntime in secular employments, so as to hinder his\\nstudies and render him unfit and unable to per-\\nform the ministerial function. It appears that the\\ncongregation or town was dilatory as well as the\\nminister, as it was not until the November\\nfollowing that the town voted to build pews\\nin the meeting-house, laze the hou.se and sell\\nthe jjews to the highest bidder. This was\\ndone. Among others were the following bids\\nDeacon Evans bid 2 6,s. Mr. Gay, \u00c2\u00a34 2.S-.\\nMr. Jones, \u00c2\u00a37 10s. Jonathan Hunt, \u00c2\u00a36 18.v.\\nA. Hunt, \u00c2\u00a33 10s. O. Butler, \u00c2\u00a33 10s. Thomas\\nTaylor, \u00c2\u00a34 lO.s.\\nThei-e was at times some dissatisfaction with\\nthe pastor, as was shown at a meeting when\\neighteen out of twenty-nine voted that he be\\ncontinued in the ministry. In 1779 the salary\\noted was one thousand pounds in the depreci-\\nated currency of the time. Mr. Gay s connec-\\ntion with the pai ish was dissolved in 1801, but\\nhis ministry continued until about the time of\\nhis death, in 1 815, under some arrangement with\\nthe members of the church and congregation by\\nwhich he was to take what they might choose\\nto give him.\\nThe old meeting-house erected on the sum-\\nmit of what was known as Meeting-House Hill,\\non the road leading from Hinsdale village to\\nMerry s MeadoM was given to Daniel H. Rip-\\nley to be used in rebuilding his factory in the\\nvillage, which burned down in 1840. The fac-\\ntory was again destroyed by fire and was re-\\nplaced by the mills now owned by Haile, Frost", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0462.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "HINSDALE.\\n361\\nCo. Sometime before 1 840 the Congroga-\\ntionalists occupied tiieir church now standing\\niu the village.\\nGovernor Hunt and Dr. Cyrus Wa.-hbnru,\\nliving on the west side of the river, and on tlie\\neast, Daniel Jones, Scth Hooker and Uriel\\nEvans, were members of the parish at or be-\\nfore the year 1800, giving character and promi-\\nnence to the town and society.\\nIn 1801, Rev. Mr. Gay, for the sake of peace\\nand in consideration of the agreement of the\\ntown to pay him five hundred dollars, absolved\\nthe town from its covenant with him as the\\npastor, but continued to snp})ly in Hinsdale and\\nVernon, on alternate Sundays, for six years\\nand later in Hinsdale, as before stated, preach-\\ning: until 1808 in the house first erected near\\nthe bank of the Connecticut River. Vernon,\\nw iiere the majority of the parishioners resided,\\nhaving become a separate town, a second church\\nedifice was erected on the summit of the hill on\\nthe road now known as Brattleborougli Street.\\nPerched on this hill, the steeple could be seen\\nfor miles beyond the State line in Northfield,\\nand the bell, donated by Mrs. Marsh, daughter\\nof Governor Hunt, could be heard on all the\\nfarms in southern Hinsdale and Vernon. The\\nfarmers, at first, were proud of their church as\\na hmdmark visible from afar but, having felt\\nti)( i)urdeu of paying for it, were not disposed\\nto burden themselves further with the expense\\nnecessary for the support of a regular preacher.\\nIt was, in fact, twenty-five years after the Iniild-\\ning was completed before a pastor was settled.\\nThis period has been described as the dark ages\\nof the church iu Hinsdale. The early fathers\\nhad been set off to another parish, or had dis-\\nappeared. The town had ceased to be a little\\ncommunity of farmers, and became a field for\\ntlie missionary.\\nAfter the construction of a road up the\\nAshuelot Valley from the old ferry below\\nooper s Point, great quantities of lumber were\\niiauied to the landing to be rafted, giving\\nemployment to a number of raftsmen and\\nlumbermen, who took up their abode\\nin the town, and many boatmen were called here\\nto aid in taking large boats up the rapids in the\\nConnecticut, between the Ashuelot and West\\nRivers. In the first half of this century nearly\\nall heavy merchandise was carried on these boats\\nto the towns on or near the river-banks for\\nmore than a hundred miles above the State line.\\nIn seven miles above the landing in Hinsdale\\nthe river falls thirteen feet. From five to ten\\nextra men were required to be taken on at Hins-\\ndale to push one of these boats up the rajiids\\nand, at certain seasons, a number of upward-\\nbound boats arrived at the landing daily to\\nawait the arrival of the swift-water men, as they\\nwere called. These easy-going, hardy l)oatmen,\\nand many of the lumbermen, were given to\\nmerry-making, drinking and fighting. Their\\ninfluence was opposed to the church and religion,\\nand they never appeared to feel the need of\\neither and the few inhabitants who saw the\\nneed of both were not able to support a regular\\npastor.\\nAfter Mr. Gay, the pulpit was unsupplied for\\nsome years, except by some neighboring min-\\nister occasionally, when Rev. Mr. Low and Rev\\\\\\nMr. Lawsou supplied for a time, followed by\\nRev. Mr. Andrews, a Baptist clergyman, for\\nthe five years ending in 1821. In the mean\\ntime a Sunday school was organized, which\\nnumbered eighty members.\\nThe early church records having been de-\\nstroyed, and the church supplied by ministers\\nof different denominations, a coun(i] was held\\nOctober 8, 1821, to take into consideration the\\nconcerns of the Congregational Church iu Hins-\\ndale. The council found only four male and\\nfive female meaibers of the original church, and\\nthese were reorganized under a confession of\\nfaith and covenant. From 1825 to 1832 the\\nHome Missionary Society sent to the chiu ch as\\nsupplies Rev. Mr. Griswold, Rev. ^Ir. Smith\\nand Rev. Mr. Longley. Rev. Eliphalet Strong,\\na graduate of Harvard in 1824, was ordained\\nMay 17, 1832, over a church of fifteen mem-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0463.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "362\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nbers, which increased to fifty the next year.\\nHe was dismissed in 18:15, and for a time was\\nconfined in an insane asylum, but recovered, and\\nremoved to Illinois. Rev. Joseph Marsh, a\\ngraduate of Dartmouth in 1824, was installed\\nMay 2. 18;15. During his ministry the church\\noccupied its new edifice, erected in the village in\\n1835, and forty-one were added to the church.\\nHe was dismissed tiie day his successor, the Rev.\\nGardner S. Brown, a graduate of Dartmouth,\\nwas ordained.\\nMr. Brown entered on his ministry with\\nmuch enthusiasm. A young man, with a good\\nvoice, and other attractive personal c[ualities, he\\nwould have made an impression in any place.\\nHe seemed to feel sincerely what he often said\\nin his pulpit with characteristic force, Woe be\\nunto me if I preach not the gospel At the\\noutset he filled the pews with listeuers, who were\\nmoved and impressed with his teachings, and\\nmany came to the fold, while the influence of\\nthe church for the first time in many years be-\\ncame the leading influence of the town. But\\nthe change was not all due to the f)reacher.\\nThe water-powers in the Ashuelot had called\\nhere a number of new men and families, which\\nwrought a great change in the character of the\\nplace. Among these were Caleb Todd, who\\nfirst begau in this town the manufacture of\\nwoolen fabrics, and Pardon H. and Pliny Mer-\\nrill, who constructed the canal aud imjiroved\\nthe upper falls. Colonel Levi Green, Jonathan\\nBrown, William Ilaile, Dr. F. Boyden, Deacon\\nWindsor Bowker and others, all of whom were\\nbusiness men of intelligence and character,\\nyoung, or in the prime of life, desirous of bring-\\ning their homes under the influence that good\\nschools and the church ouly can give. Besides\\nthese. Deacon A. kShattuck, Henry Hooker,\\nWilliam aud Lewis Taylor and others, natives\\nof the town, were active members of this church.\\nAll those who are named above, whether natives\\nor not, took active parts in the affairs of the\\nsociety and town, speaking in the evening meet-\\nings, in which the pastor encouraged them, until\\nthey acquired the art of speaking well, and\\nthere came to be less of exhortation than debate\\nor discussion, more spirited than is usual on such\\noccasions. The pastor was in the habit of pre-\\nsiding, never hesitating to criticise a speaker, or\\nto stop him if he talked too long. At one of\\nthese meetings the Universalist minister at-\\ntempted to speak, saying, In the pejice of God\\nthere is liberty No liberty for you, sir,\\nhere, roared Pastor Brown, before another word\\ncould lie uttered.\\nThe interest in religion could not, under the\\ncircumstances, long be confined to one society.\\nGood men protested against what they called\\nthe insolence of the young pastor and the doc-\\ntrine of eternal punishment, which, they said,\\nhe made the principal part of his sermons aud\\ncreed. Talk upon religious subjects prevailed\\nin stores, shops and wherever men were in the\\nhabit of meeting, as well as in vestry meetings.\\nThe result was that the Universalist Church,\\norganized a few years before, and until then\\nlanguishing, had just lived, all at once revived.\\nIt began its new life by expelling an original\\nmemljer who was alleged to have used profane\\nand abusive language, and averred that he\\njoined the society to bother a brother member,\\nand, gathering in many converts, it completed,\\nin 1840, the edifice the church now occupies.\\nAt this time there was a class of men vil-\\nlagers and farmers of much influence in the\\ntown who were in the habit of spending their\\nevenings in the post-ofiice and stores. Some of\\nthese men were ([uite intelligent and sensible,\\nand, withal, very good talkers. They discussed,\\niu little groups, politics, religion and local topics\\nwith much pleasantry, and often with a good\\ndeal of spirit. Among these, the man listened\\nto with the most amusement was John Stearns,\\na tall, swarthy young farmer, who lived on his\\nfarm two miles out of the village, where the\\noriginal Shattuck built his fort. There was no\\nend to his sallies and stories, aud he could make\\nsport of a loco-foco or a backslider without of-\\nfending his victims. There were others like", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0464.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "HINSDALE.\\n363\\nlim who were never found inside of ii cluircb,\\net weri not scoffers, but sought to make the\\niiost of life with little thought of the hereafter.\\niVhen a church-member faltered, or did aught\\nmiss, tliey discovered and published it. This\\nirobal)ly led the churches to undue vigilance.\\nVt all events, cases of discipline were very com-\\niion, and for causes which would now not be\\nleemcd to warrant it.\\nIn the hard-cider Presidential campaign in\\n840 the vestry-meetings were nearly deserted\\nor the gatherings in the stores and other pulilic\\n)laces, where Mr. Stearns talked to little groups\\nvhich gatliered about him, laughing at his\\nwlitical jokes and comments on current events,\\nvhich were, perhaps, as good as the best in the\\nlewspapers of the pi esent time.\\nDuring this campaign a controversy arose be-\\nween Caleb Todd and the church, which ended,\\nf it has yet ended, only upon the death of Mr.\\nfodd more than thirty years afterward. The\\nJiurch record shows that Brother Todd made\\nIiarges atjainst Deacon Windsor Bowker. At\\ni hearing before the church Deacon Bowker\\nnade no defense, and the church having decided\\nigainst Brother Todd, and the latter having re-\\ncused to abide by the decision, a council of pas-\\nors and delegates was called to consider the\\ngrievances between him and the church, and be-\\n;ween him and Deacon Bowker. Before the\\nouncil assembled Deacon Bowker brought\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2harges against Brother Todd, declaring he\\nlad taken the gospel steps with him and had\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0eceived no satisfaction. This matter was also\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0eferred to the council. The record shows thatan\\necclesiastical council assembled November 3,\\n1840, but what action was taken in relation to\\niny of tlie charges does not appear. But it does\\ni|)[)car from the record that at a (luu-ch-meeting,\\nheld February- 3, 1841, charges were presented\\nIgainst Caleb Todd, on which he was excom-\\niiuuiicated. What the charges were does not\\nnjtpear from the record, which only shows that\\ncharges and grievances were made or existed.\\nIf the charges were preserved or extended\\non the record, the real nuitiuy which led to the\\nexcommunication would not probably be\\ndisclosed. It has never been believed or sug-\\ngested that the charges were for disgraceful\\nconduct, or for any cause which might not be\\nthe result of some misunderstanding. Be that\\nas it may, the excomnuiuication did not affect\\nhis standing as an upright citizeu whose char-\\nacter and integrity were such that he would\\nreadily have been admitted into any church of\\nthe same faith, except that by which he was\\nexpelled. It may be that he could not yield\\nto the pastor, whom he ha l antagonized, and the\\nbrethren who expelled him sincerely believed\\nthat there could be no harmony iu the society\\nwhile he remained. He bittei-ly complained of\\nhis excommunication as a personal disgrace,\\nand obtained much sym]iathy in and out of tlie\\nsociety. To the end of his life he begged to be\\ntaken back, but could never be brought to\\nacknowledge that he had done wrong, nor\\ncould the brethren who expelled him; and\\nboth remained steadfast in the belief that they\\nwere right, until he died, in 1871, outside the\\npale of the church.\\nThe controversy after the excommunication\\ncontinued, and it was aggravated with other\\ncauses of dissension. The will of James H.\\nDavenport, a deceased brother, M as contested\\nbv his heirs, and the case instead of being left\\nto the decision of the courts, be( ame a subject\\nof contention in the church, iu which the pastor\\nbecame involved. The latter is reported to have\\nsaid in his pulpit that even the Almighty\\ncould not make two four, or break the will of\\nman. No allusion was probably intended to\\nany particular man or case, but some persons\\ninsinuated that the will referred to was the\\nstubborn will of Caleb Todd, and others that\\nit was the last will and testament of the de-\\nceased brother, that could not be broken.\\nWhatever was intended, the effect under the\\ncircumstances, with other things, was to alienate\\nboth the friends of Mr. Todd and the heirs\\nfrom the pastor and those sustainiug him. The", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0465.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "364\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nM ill-case, after one or more trials in court, was\\ncompromised, and the will was not broken uor\\ntiie dissensions stayed.\\nIn 1843 about a score of members (but only\\na part of tlie disaffected) asked to be dismissed\\nfrom the church. A committee appointed to\\nvisit and labor with them performed their\\nduty apparently without success. Their re-\\nquest not being granted, Dr. Frederick Boy-\\nden and otiiers sent to the church a communica-\\ntion declaring tliemselves free and independ-\\nent of the church, and a dozen or more\\nmembers were thereupon suspended or expelled\\nand others soon after cut off. A class of\\njNIethodists was then formed, in which a num-\\nber of those cut off found fellowship.\\nAt the next meeting of the church, action\\nwas taken for tlie dismission of the pastor. A\\ncouncil assembled April, Ki 1844, and, accord-\\ning to the record, it was happy to find that\\nthe church and pastor, Eev. G. S. Brown,\\nhave from the betjinninji been united in affec-\\ntion and remained steadfast in maintaining,\\nagainst a heavy pressure of hostile influences,\\nthe order and faith of the gospel; but it\\nadjudged tiiat tlic relation between the pastor\\nand his people should be dissolved.\\nDuring the ministry of Mr. Brown much\\ngood work was dt)ne by the minister and con-\\ngregation. Although they were upon some\\nthings divided, the people generally did not\\nsuffer their differences to impair the good\\nfeeling which prevailed among tliem or prevent\\nthem from co-operating heartily in whatever\\nthey thought miglit improve their social or\\nreligious condition. Tlie children were greatly\\ninterested in the Sunday-school, which was well\\nattended, and three times on Sundays the pastor\\npreaciied, and preached well, to full pews. In\\nhis view, it was not the duty of a good shep-\\nherd with soft words to lull his flock into dull\\ncontentment with their present condition so\\nlong as he could see higher and better jiastures\\nto which they might be led, but to lead them\\ngently and kindly, if he could, and rouse and\\ndrive them, if need be, fighting for them or\\nagainst them, if he must despite his faults\\nand misfortunes, his influence, upon the whole,\\nwas good. He had many devoted friends in\\nthe congregation, among whom there was, under\\nhim, genuine harmony and good fellowship.\\nUpon his dismission he retired forever from\\nthe ministry. After teaching for a time in\\nNew York he devoted the remainder of his life\\nto the practice of medicine with success, and\\nwas buried in Alstead, his native town.\\nRev. Moses Geroukl was installed October\\n30, 1844. His patient and fiiitiiful work in\\ntrying to heal the dissensii)ns in the church\\nwas not wholly imsuccessful. Some of the\\nsuspended members, at their request, were\\nrestored others, having luiited with other\\nchurches, were quietly dropped. The bitter-\\nness which had existed between a few members\\nof the church subsided, and the strife at least\\ndiminished. The Universalist, Baptist and\\nMethodist Churches were organized before or\\nduring his ministry, and by reason of the\\ndifferences, each had received some recruits\\nfrom the original society. The religious inter-\\nest greatly increased under Mr. Gerould s\\nministry. There was improvement in the at-\\ntendance upon all the church services, and in\\nthe numbers uniting with the several churches.\\nWith the building of a railroad, in 1851,\\nanother element, the Catholics, came to stay.\\nTheir church is now, and is likely to be, one of\\nthe principal churches in the town. To the\\nend of his ministry Mr. Geroukl had the confi-\\ndence and respect of all parties in every church,\\nand, for his work as a pastor, a citizen and\\nfriend of education, he deserved the gratitude of\\nthe people of the town. He was dismissed Feb-\\nruary 2, 1853, and moved to Canaan, N. H.\\nFor two years following there was no\\nsettled pastor. Rev. William A. Patten sup-\\nplying for a pdrt of the time.\\nRev. Moses H. Wells was installed May 1,\\n1856. He is described as a most excellent\\nman and faithful preacher. Ninety-one were", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0466.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "HINSDALE.\\n365\\nadded to the church during his niini.stry. At\\nhis own i-equest, on account of failing health,\\nhis people, witli much reluctance, were com-\\npelled to yield to his dismission August 31, 18(!5.\\nRev. J. S. Batchelder was installed March\\n6, 1866, and continued a ministry which was\\nacceptable to his people for moi e than five\\nyears, until, at his request, he was dismissed,\\nDecember 5, 1871.\\nllev. C. C. Watson was settled December l. 5,\\n1871, and, at his request, was dismissed\\nOctober 30, 1877. Under him the interests of\\nthe church and societv were carefullv guarded,\\nand the influence he exerted over his people\\nwas salutary and elevating. He was suc-\\nceeded by the present incumbent, Rev. Henry\\nH. Hamilton, a graduate of Amherst and\\nAudover, who was installed March, 1878.\\nThe society is now in a prosperous condition.\\nThe church lumibers one hundred and fifty-\\nthree; the Sunday-school, one hundred and\\neighty-five the usual congregation, about three\\nhundred and fifty to four hundred. The\\nchurch edifice has recently been repaired and\\nenlarged. Tlie principal audience-room con-\\ntains a large organ and sittings for four hun-\\ndred and fifty the vestry, a small organ and\\nseats for two hundred and fifly.\\nThe First U^fiVEESALisx Church ok\\nH1N8DALK was organized by Ivory Soule and\\nothers. At the first meeting, held Octoljer 4\\n1833, Otis Doolittle was chosen moderator\\nPliny Smith, treasurer; Joab Davis, clei-k\\nHenry Ide, T. J. Pierce and Arad Cooper,\\ntrustees. They built their meeting-house, as\\nabove stated, in 1840. Tlie church numl^ers\\nabout fifty, the congregation about one hundred\\nand fifty. It has had many preachers, but\\nnone for a long term. The present incumbent\\nis Rev. E. A. Reed.\\nThe IMethohist Episcopal Chtrch. A\\nclass of eight members was organized in 1842,\\nand in the first year was largely increased.\\nThe church now numbers seventy members\\nthe Sunday-school, eighty-five the congrega-\\ntion, one to two hundred. The church, l)uilt\\niu 1875, has sittings for three hundred. The\\nfirst minister, appointed in 1843, was Franklin\\nThurber. He was followed by Jared Perkins,\\nSamuel McKeau, Charles Chase, H. M. Matter-\\nson, W. H. Jones, John Hillman, A. C. Har-\\ndy, Henry Dorr, Edward Bradford, A. Colt,\\nF. J. Folsom and F. J. Felt.\\nBapti.st CHmcH OF Hinsdale. A small\\nBaptist society liad long existed iu the north\\npai-t of the town. The Baptist Church of\\nHiusdale was organized, or reorganized, jNIay\\n3, 1873, by Lemuel Liscomb, W. A. Hortou,\\nIra Barrett, Thomas F. Dix, Zenophen Streeter,\\nJ. E. Randall, H. B. Streeter and others, and,\\nwith the aid of ^Mr. Esty, of Brattle-\\nborough, soon after built tiie small brick church\\nin the village.\\nSt. Joseph s Parish (Catholic), Rev.\\nJ. J. Holahan, pastor, was established in 1884.\\nIn this parish there are about ninety families.\\nThe Sunday-school numbers sixtv the usual\\ncongregation, about three huntlred. The new\\nchurch, when fiuislicd, will accommodate four\\nhundred.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nHINSDALE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Cnntimied).\\nManufacturing Interests\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Militarj Schools Newspapers.\\nManitfactures. In the meadows and up-\\nlands in Hinsdale for nearly six miles, near and\\nalong Connecticut River, tliere are some lands\\nof the best quality, which were occupied and\\nimproved by the early settlers. The town is\\none of the smallest in extent iu the State,\\nincluding less than ten thousand acres. It\\nexteuds south of the Ashuelot River about\\nthree miles. At the mouth of the Aslmelot it\\nis less than a mile wide, and less tlian a quarter\\nof a mile on the Massachusetts State line. A\\nmountain range rises along the eastern border,\\nextending into Winchester. The views from\\nthe roads on this range, with the Green Moun-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0467.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "366\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntains in the distance and the long river winding\\nthrough many miles of the nearer meadows, are\\nas beautiful and picturesque as any in the valley.\\nAbove the great bend in the Connecticut, and\\nnorth of the Ashuelot, the town is from three to\\nfour miles in width, but a sandy plain inter-\\nvenes l)etweeii Merry s Meadow and the moun-\\ntains (111 tiie east. There are few very good farms\\nin tiie town, and only a small portion of the\\nwhole territory can be called good farming land.\\nOn the hills and plains some farms have been\\ndeserted and are used only for pastures or are\\nleft to grow up to wood. There probably\\nnever were more than fifty families at one time\\nderiving their support from agriculture.\\nBy far the larger part of the population are\\nmaintained by the avails of their labor in the\\nmills and shops of the village. More than\\nsixty years ago Caleb Todd began the manufac-\\nture of woolen goods. He was succeeded by\\nDan. H. Ripley, John Todd, Governor William\\nHaile and Rufus S. Frost. The business is\\nnow continued by Rufus S. Frost and William\\nH. Haile, under the name of the Haile Frost\\nCompany, manufacturers of cashmerettes and\\nflannels, employing from two hundred and fifty\\nto three hundred persons. C. J. Amidon\\nSon, successors of Bishop Boyden, make the\\nsame kind of goods, and employ from one hun-\\ndred and twenty-five to one hundred and fifty.\\nThe Brightwood Mills, owned by George C-\\nFish, and the firm known as G. G. A.\\nRobertson, are each extensive manufacturers of\\nmanilla paper. The other principal manufac-\\nturers are Newhall Stebbins, makers of\\nmowing-machines and lawn-mowers the Jen-\\nnings Griffin Manufacturing Company, chisels,\\nknives and cutlery Holman Merriman, ma-\\nchinists D. Merriman, iron foundry Hins-\\ndale Machine and Tool Company, vises M. S.\\nLeach and John W. Battles, carriages and John\\nG. Snow and Luke Parks, boxes and wooden-\\nware.\\nSchools. The schools of this town followed\\n1 By C. P Hall.\\nthe old district system, and each was conducted\\n\\\\vithout reference to any other, with about the\\nefficacy and support found in other towns, till\\n1S77, when two of the three districts cornering\\nin the village united and built a good house.\\nIn 1878 a town High School was organized,\\nwhich proved a successful and important ele-\\nment in the school system. Its establishment\\nmade a more thorough organization in the lower\\nschools a necessity, that pupils might be better\\nfitted when they came to the High School, and\\nduring the next two years the Third District in\\nthe village was united with the other two, and\\ntiie schools were thoroughly graded into two\\nprimary, two secondary and one grammar.\\nIn 1884 the districts were abolished and the\\ntown system adopted in their place, so that now\\nthe outer schools are put on a par with those in\\nthe village, and hence the system is made more\\nefficient than it could be under tlie old arrange-\\nment. This town was the first in this county\\nto adopt this system, whicii the last Legislature\\nhas made universal throughout the State.\\nMilitary.^ -The military spirit of this\\ntown responded promptly to the attack upon\\nthe government in 1861, and on the 11th of\\nMay the people voted to raise fifteen hundred\\ndollars to fit out volunteers and care for their\\nfamilies. Already her sons were aroused, and\\nsome of them enlisted in the Second New\\nHampshire and other regiments. Other meet-\\nings followed, at whicii the people showed their\\ninterest in having the Rebellion put down by\\ntheir readiness to care for and aid those who\\nwere willing to risk their lives in doing it.\\nOn the 9th of August, 1862, immediately\\nfollowing the call for three hundred thousand\\nmen, the town voted to pay a bounty of two\\nhundred dollars to all who would enlist under\\nthat call, and to raise eight thousand dollars to\\nmeet the expense, thinking that the quota of the\\ntown was about forty. It was soon learned\\nthat the quota was only twenty. In the mean\\ntime the forty had enlisted, thirty-seven of\\n2 By C. P. Hall.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0468.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0469.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "1^ //C-^^ ^^/i^-\\n-o-U\\n^2^^u^", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0470.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "HINSDALE.\\n367\\nthem in one day. Then came the questions,\\nWho shall go? Shall the whole bounty\\nhf paid\\nMany of the soldier boys had enlisted to go\\ntogether, and said so in words not to be misun-\\nderstodd. After a somewiiat heated discussion\\nof the questions at issue for a few days, wiser\\ncounsels prevailed, and it was voted to ])ay the\\nbounty to all who had enlisted. This satisfied\\nthe boys and proved the best course tor the\\ntown in every way, for the extra men were set\\ndown to the credit of the town when it was not\\nso easy to get men. Here, as throughout the\\nNorth, the pulse of patriotism beat with a flush\\nof fever during these days of a nation s peril.\\nIn October seven thousand three hundred\\nand fifty ddllars was i-aised to aid the families\\nof soldiers, and in the ^larcli following two\\nthousand dollars and this aid continued to the\\nclose of the war. In the fall of I860 the town\\nvoted a bounty of three hundred dollars to any\\nwho \\\\\\\\ere mustered into the service of the na-\\ntion.\\nThe whole number of men enlisted from\\nthis town is eighty-nine, who served in the\\nfollowing regiments: Fourteenth New Hamp-\\nshire, 4l^ Eighteenth New Hampshire, 9\\nFirst United States Sharpshooters, 6 Fifth\\nNew Hampshire, 5 Second New Hampshire,\\n3 Sixth New Hampshire, First New Hamp-\\nshire Cavalry and Eighth Vei mont, each 2\\nThird New Hampshire, Second Vermont,\\nFourth Vermont, Ninth Vermont, Tenth Mas-\\nsachusetts, Twenty-seventh Massachusetts, Sev-\\nenty-ninth New York, Eighth Louisiana, Sev-\\ninleenth United States Infantry and the Navy,\\n1 each and in unknown resiments,\\nNewspapers. The Star-Spangled Banner\\nwas established here by Hunter Co. in 1863,\\nand was published until April, 18X.\\nThe Prof/rcss was started in 1884, and dis-\\ncontinued in 1885.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nWILLIAM ILVILE.\\nWilliam Haile, son of John and Eunice\\n(Henry) Haile, was born in Putney, Vt., in\\nMay, 1807.\\nIn 1821 the family moved to Chesterfield,\\nN. H., where the sou attended school till he\\nwas sixteen years of age, when he entered the\\nstore of Ezekiel Pierce as a clerk. At the age\\nof twenty-one, having borrowed a small sum of\\nmoney, he opened on his own account a stoi e in\\nthe Centre village of Chesterfield. Here he\\ncarried on business for the next seven years\\nwith success.\\nWhile the population and trade of the town\\nwere continually dimmishing, his own irade\\nconstantly increased. In 1 834, with the little\\ncapital he had accumulated and a credit which\\ngreatly exceeded his capital in money, he opened\\na general country store in Hinsdale, in which\\nhe remained for the next fifteen years. His\\nmercantile business in such a small village and\\ntrade centre was necessarily limited, but it is\\nsafe to say that few men in the same circum-\\nstances and conditions could have accomplished\\nmore. He possessed qualities which in a mer-\\nchant almost insure success and gave him credit\\nwhich was not dependent on his possessions.\\nWith his strong personal attractions, his train-\\ning and natural aptitude for trade, his honesty\\nand untiring devotion to business, it is not\\nstrange that he succeeded and prospered finan-\\ncially in all his undertakings. From 1847 till\\nhis death he was actively engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of cashmerettes, repellents, flannels and\\nother goods in Hinsdale, having for his part-\\nners at different times Caleb Todd, Daniel H.\\nRipley, John D. Todd and Rufus S, Frost.\\nHe was also interested in other enterprises and\\nwas an efficient ofBcer in various local institu-\\ntions. He took an active and prominent part\\nin church affairs and was a member of a number\\nof the principal benevolent societies. Though ex-\\ntensively engaged in business, he took a promi-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0473.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "3(i8\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nnent part in political affairs. With the exception\\nof two years, he represented Hinsdale in the State\\nLegislature from 1840 to 1854 was elected to\\nthe New Hampshire Senate in 1854-55, of\\nwhich liody lie was also president the latter\\nyear, and was again elected Representative in\\n1856. The next year he was elected Governor,\\nto which office he was re-elected in 1858. He\\nwas the first Governor of the State elected by\\nthe Republican party.\\nIn 187. j he removed from Hinsdale to\\nKeene, where he had built a fine residence. He\\ndid not cease, however, to talce an active part in\\nbusiness till his death, which occurred July 22,\\n1876.\\nFREDERIC BOYDEN, M.D.^\\nThe life-record of a physician, however dis-\\ntinguished, is at best imperfect and fragmentary.\\nThe best years of manhood are spent in the\\npractice of a laborious profession, among a\\nlimited circle of friends and patrons, and his\\nfame and memory are often embodied in the\\nsimple but impressive words, the beloved\\nphysician. It is only now and then that a\\nphysician like him whose virtues we commemo-\\nrate, by his long residence, by his talents and\\nintegrity, by his individuality and strong points\\nof character, comes to be regarded as a promi-\\nnent man in the community, not only within\\nbut outside (jf his profession, and his loss to\\nbe widely and dcei)]y felt.\\nFrederic Boyden was born at Deerficld,\\nMass., in the year 1810, and was therefore\\nsixty-one years of age at the time of his death,\\nwhich occurred November 11, 1871. An\\naccident in early life prevented him from eu-\\nsrascins: in asriculture or mechanic arts and\\ncaused him to turn to the more thoughtful pur-\\nsuits of the student and scholar.\\nHaving selected the profession of medicine,\\nhe studied the prescribed time, and took his\\ndiploma at the Medical School of Harvard\\n1 By W. S. Leonard, M.D.\\nUniversity, then, as now, one of the first and\\nbest New England medical colleges. He\\nlocated in Hinsdale, and commenced practice\\nabout fifty years ago. For a (piarter of a cen-\\ntury he was the only physician permanently\\nlocated in town; other doctors came and went\\naway, some of them remaining for a year or\\ntwo, but he had no competitor for any length\\nof time. The requirements and the standard of\\nmedical education have changed much in the\\nlast third of a century, yet there can be no\\nquestion but Dr. Boyden stood in the front\\nrank among physicians of the time as a sound,\\nwell-read, self-reliant and skillful ]M-actitioner.\\nIn the best and busiest 3 ears of his practice he\\nwas associated more or less intimately with such\\nmen as the elder Dr. Twitchell, at that day one\\nof the first physicians and surgeons in New\\nEngland, also with Dr. Adams, of Keene, a\\nphysician of much eminence and skill. The co-\\ntemporary of such physicians, Dr. Boyden, in\\naddition to his extensive knowledge, doubtless\\ngained something from the great stores of ex-\\nperience garnered up by these eminent men.\\nDr. Boyden was considered to have special\\nskill in what is technically called diagnosis, or\\nthe art of distinguishing one disease from an-\\nother, and in prognosis, the judging of tlie\\nprogress and termination of disease by symp-\\ntoms. In these departments his judguient was\\nparticularly good. It has been said of him that\\nit was very rare fi)r a patient to recover when\\nthe doctor had pronounced the case hoj)eless,\\nand on the other hand, a favorable opinion from\\nhim, as to the chances of recovery in a seem-\\ningly desperate case, gave encouragement and\\nhope alike to patient and friends.\\nIt was thought the doctor had unusual suc-\\ncess in the treatment of acute inflammatory\\ndiseases, in typhoid fever, as it prevails in the\\nConnecticut and ^Vshuelot Valleys in autumn,\\nin pneumonia and lung affections generally^\\nTJie tj pe and character of the same disease\\nvaries much in different sections of the country,\\nand even in different localities in the same State,", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0474.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0477.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0478.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "HINSDALE.\\n369\\nbut Dr. Boyden, by liis long expi rieuce and\\noliservatiou, understood perfectly every pha.se\\nof the acute diseases which visit the Ashuelot\\nValley, and knew how to combat them. So far\\nas the minor ills which flesh is heir to were\\nconcerned, the aches and pains which are un-\\ncomfortable but not dangerous, the doctor\\n(especially in the later years of his practice)\\nrather avoided the treatment of these. He did\\nnot want anything to do with them, but left\\nthem to be treated by younger and more en-\\nthusiastic practitioners, who needc l the ex-\\nperience more than he l)ut in severe cases,\\nwiiere life and death were balanced almost\\nequally in the scale, here he was at home. He\\nput his whole miud and energy upon the case,\\nhe selected his remedies with care, he gave his\\ndirections with precision, and he expected these\\nto be followed out to the letter. It was in such\\nemergencies that his skill and judgment were\\nmost clearly seen.\\nOf all quacks, delusions and shams, of fancy\\npractitioners who put on the livery of the\\nregular physician to serve the purposes of em-\\npiricism. Dr. Boyden had a wholesome ab-\\nhorrence. He would not fellowship with them,\\nand bv his practice and his influence he did all\\nin his power to put down ignorant pretenders,\\nvet no man was ever more free from a desire to\\nhave the reputation of making great cures than\\nhe. Like Dr. Biglow, he recognized the\\nwonderful recuj^erative power of nature in\\ndisease. He was never a great medicine-giver,\\nbut aimed in his treatment to assist nature\\nrather than to drown out the ailment by heroic\\ndoses of drugs.\\nHad the doctor given his whole attention to\\nthe profession of medicine he would undoubt-\\nedly have ranked among the first physicians of\\nthe State, and as it was, tliough gradually be-\\ncoming more and more absoi bed in otiier pur-\\nsuits, as the years went by, and reading com-\\nparatively little of modern medical literature\\nit was surprising to see how fresh he was upon\\nall points, and how he frequently wrought out\\n24\\nin his own mind new methods and plans of\\ntreatment, which he could by no possibility have\\nread in the books, and still were almost identi-\\ncal with the latest and best modern authorities.\\nWithin three or four years of his death the\\ndoctor withdrew from the active duties of the\\nprofession, retaining only his consultation\\npractice, and devoted himself more exclusively\\nto his business as a manufacturer; yet lie re-\\ntained to the last his interest in medicine as a\\nscience, and in the rational treatment of disease.\\nIt must be not very far from forty years\\nsince Dr. Boyden made his first venture in\\nbusiness, outside of his profession as a physician.\\nWe learn that he was associated for short\\nperiods with several individuals, but his career\\nas a manufacturer will perhaps date from the\\ntime when he formed a partnership with the\\nlate Sylvester Bishop, and carried on the manu-\\nfacture of cashmerett goods in a limited way, in\\na small building near the site of Amidon s\\nfactory.\\nMr. Bishop was a man of untiring industry\\nand perseverance, conjoined to a remarkable up-\\nrightness and probity of character. With-\\nout doubt, there were seasons of discouragement\\nto this firm, and the hard times pressed\\nheavily upon them occasionally, as it does upon\\nlarger corporations yet this partnership con-\\ntinued without interruption up to the date of\\nMr. Bishop s death, in LS64,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. J. Amidon\\nhaving previously been admitted as a partner\\nin the firm, so that the business continued under\\nthe name of Boyden Amidon, As a busi-\\nness man the doctor was promj)t and energetic,\\nbringing to bear upon the minutia; of business\\ntransactions the same nervous energy which\\ncharacterized his actions in everything else.\\nHe was a rigid economist, looking carefully\\nafter the details of his business personally\\nrather than trusting this to others. It is a\\ngratifying fact that he was successful pecuniarily,\\namassing a handsome fortune, and that he came\\nto be regarded as a good manufacturer as well\\nas a successful physician.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0479.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "370\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nDr. Boyden ever took a great interest in\\npolitics. He was first, last and always a Demo-\\ncrat. At a time when men were changing their\\npolitical views for the sake of office or emoln-\\nment, the doctor stood firm as a rock by his\\noriginal creed. He was not illiberal nor an\\nextremist, unless we count it illiberal and ex-\\ntreme for a man to stand up boldly and fear-\\nlessly for what he deemed the right, whether in\\nreligion or politics. He was one of the ac-\\nknowledged leaders of bis party, not only in his\\nown town, but in this part of Cheshire County\\nhe served as jwstmaster imder two or three\\nDemocratic administrations, the last time for\\nfour years under James Buchanan. He also\\nrepresented the district in the Senate of New\\nHampshire a nundjer of years ago. Irrespec-\\ntive of party, he at one time or another filled\\nalmost all the offices within the gift of the town,\\nand was ever considered a most able and effi-\\ncient town officer, and those who diffi^red most\\nfrom him politically could but admire the sin-\\ncerity of his convictions and the steadfastness\\nof his faith in his own party.\\nHe became a member of the Masonic frater-\\nnity about twenty-eight years ago, joining the\\nPhilesian Lodge, at Winchester, in company\\nwith several of his fellow-townsmen. He was\\none of the founders of the Golden Rule Lodge,\\nin Hinsdale, and signed the petitions for a\\ncharter. He ever took a deep interest in\\nMasonry, and especially in the jjrosperity of\\nthe lodge which he had helped to establish, and\\nthough declining all offices of honor and trust,\\nyet there was no post within the gift of his\\nbrethren which he might not have received if\\nhe would have consented to accept promotion.\\nDr. Boyden was thrice married. His first\\nwife was Charlotte Stearns, daughter of Walter\\nStearns. She died September 6, 1848, aged\\ntwenty-nine years. His second wife was Julia\\nK. Merrill, daughter of Pardon Merrill, an old\\nresident and much esteemed citizen. The fruit\\nof this union was one son, Freddy, who died in\\ninfancy. Juliadied April 1, 1854, aged twenty-\\nsix years. His third wife was Delia H. Taylor,\\ndaughter of William Taylor, Esq., whom he\\nmarried May 1, 1856. They had three chil-\\ndren, Ida Louise, James Everett and Alice.\\nThe two last-named died in infancy. Ida mar-\\nried, September 11, 1877, Eobert W. Day, a\\nprominent citizen of Springfield, Mass., and a\\nmember of the widely-known firm of The\\nMorgan Envelope Company. They have two\\nliving children, Pauline Boyden and Robert\\nFrederic another daughter, Alice Louise, died\\nin infancy. After the death of her husband,\\nMrs. Boyden removed to Springfield, Mass.,\\nwhere she now resides.\\nIn social life Dr. Boyden was remarkably\\ngenial and fond of mirth. He enjoyed a joke\\nand a gdod story, and knew how to tell one\\neffectively. There were those who thought him\\nreserved and austere in manner, a few people\\nwho feared him, but it was because they did\\nnot know him well, for und( rneath a manner a\\nlittle abrupt, the result of a peculiar nervous\\ntemperament, he possessed a genial disposition\\nand a kindly heart\\nFor the lives that look so cold,\\nIf their stories could be told,\\nWould seem cast in gentler mold,\\nWould seem full of love and s])ring.\\nThe doctor never seemed to grow old. He\\nwas alike the companion of old and young men,\\nadapting himself with equal facility to either,\\nbut remaining young and fresh in all his feel-\\nings and sympathies to the last. It is needless\\nto speak of his integrity of character, of his un-\\nswerving honesty, of his honorable and upright\\ndealing with his fellow-men, of his great per-\\nsonal influence for good in the comnuinily, ever\\nincreasing as the years rolled by. In the good\\nlife which he lived was embodied his religion,\\na religion en)inently vital and practical, a re-\\nligion above all creeds and dogmas\\nFor modes of faith let graceless zealots fight,\\nHis can t be wrong whose life is in the right.\\nIn the summing up of a character .so rounded", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0480.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0481.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "U^lyAJl.FlUcl-l\\nyff^e^w^c", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0482.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "HINSDALE.\\n371\\nand perfected by the virtues of an honorable\\nand useful life, we can exclaim with truth that\\nThe elements\\nSo mixed in him that Nature miglit stand up\\nAnd say to all tlie world, This was a man.\\nGEOr!( i liOnKRTSON.\\nThe Robert.son family is of Scotch descent-\\nThe fatiier, William Robertson, was born in\\nLasswade, Scotland, July 21, 179;5. Little or\\nnothing of Ids early life is known except that\\nhe served as an apprentice at tlie trade of a\\npaper-maker for seven years, accordinj; to the\\nold custom. He married Christenna Ross, of\\nEdinburgh, February 1-1, 1817, and in 1818 or\\n1819 emigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, wherehe\\nresided about two years, working at his trade\\nvery likely, and then removed to Plartford,\\nConn., living there till the autumn of 182;5,\\nwhen he removed to Putney, Vt., engaging in\\nthe manufacture of paper in that little Vermont\\ntown, and this was his home for most of the\\nyears following until, in his old age, he moved to\\nHinsdale, N. H., with his good wife, where they\\npassed their declining years near the home of\\none of their sons. They are remeud)ered by tlie\\npresent generation as most charming old people,\\nwhom age failed to render morose or querulous,\\nenjoying the society of the young, retaining\\nalways the Scotch dialect and the sturdy virtues\\nof their Scotch lineage. Mrs. Robertson par-\\nticularly was one of the most delightful old\\nladies we ever recollect to have seen, so brisk, so\\ncheery and .sympathetic, so fresh and young was\\nshe in all her feelings and impulses to the last.\\nSeven children were the fruit of this union, viz.:\\nAnn, Marion E., George, John, Jean X., Edwin\\nR. and Christenna C. It is not our purpose to\\nfollow the fortunes of each of these descendants\\nmore than to say that they have all filled bravely\\nand well their positions of duty in the world\\nand preserved the honored name of Robertson\\nBy W. S. Leonard, M. D.\\nintact from dishonor, worthy descendants of\\nan honored father and mother; but we desire to\\nput on record a brief sketch of one of the sons,\\nGeorge Robertson, whose portrait appears in this\\nhistory and who pas.sed many years of a success-\\nful and honorable business life in Hinsdale.\\nGeorge Robertson was born in Hartford,\\nConn., April 19,18-22. The family moved to\\nPutney, Vt., when he was less than two years\\nof age. His boyhood and early lile were un-\\nmarked by any uuusual events. The common\\nschools of the ])eriod were brief and the oppor-\\ntunities of ac({uiring an education were very\\nlimited, and Mr. Robertson was wont to regret\\nthat better opportunities were not afforded him\\nfor acquiring an education as a young man, he\\nwas full of life and energy, fond of athletic\\nsports, mirthful and endowed with a fair share\\nof true Scotch grit and pluck. At an early age\\nhe began to work in his father s pa])er-mill with\\nhis brothers, so that he may almost be said to\\nhave been a papei -maker from the cradle U) the\\ngrave.\\nBefore the older boys, (icorge and John, were\\nof age the father removed tempoi-arily to Co-\\nhoes, N. Y.,and leased a paper-mill there; after\\na .short time, not .satisfied with tin; outlook, he\\nproposed to the sons that they should return to\\nPutney, that he would re-buy the paper-mill\\nthere, give the young men their time, as was the\\nfashion in those days, and transfer t(^ them the\\nwhole charge of the mill, under the firm-name\\nof George John Robertson. This was ac-\\ncordingly done, and the young men, not yet hav-\\ning attained their majority, went into business\\nfor themselves, and it is proof of the foresight\\nand sagacity of their father that this firm con-\\ntinued undisturbed for many years, and to-day\\nJohn Robertson, the younger of the two sons,\\nowns the same paper-mill. George Robertson\\nmoved to Hinsdale in 1 849, but continued to be\\nin partnership with his brother John at Putney\\nuntil 1850, and his brother was in like manner\\na partner with him in the paper industry which\\nGeorge built up at Hinsdale.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0485.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "372\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOn locating in Hinsdale, Mr. Robertson\\nbought, in company with others, a paper-mill\\nwhich had been built by Thomas Cutting in\\n1845, and at once commenced the manufacture of\\npaper. This was destroyed by fire in 1851.\\nHe immediately rebuilt and resumed bu:?iness\\nagain, in 1 8(58, a desti uctive fire consumed the\\nmill and machinery. After an interval he put\\nup another mill and had it in working order in\\n1865, but in 1881 an accident almost as serious\\nas a conflagration overtook the firm by the\\nbursting of what is colled a rotary bleach the\\nmill and a large portion of the machinery were\\nlaid in ruins. Such a series of misfortunes,\\nwhich would have driven to despair many a\\nbrave man, had no effect to dishearten Mr. Rob-\\nertson. He knew no such word as fail. He\\ncommenced to rebuild at once, although it was\\nlate in the autumn, and the next spring found\\nhim ready for business again with a better mill\\nand more extensive machinery than ever before;\\nso that, whereas in the early years of his business\\nhe could manufacture only about eight hundred\\nand fifty jjounds of paper a day, he could now,\\nin 1882, turn out from four to five thous-\\nand pounds in the same length of time.\\nBut this stout-hearted man of such indomita-\\nble energy and perseverance, who had the\\niron will and steadfastness of purpose to build\\nup time and again a new business out of the\\nruins of the old, was overtaken at last by a\\nmost grave and lamentable accident, which ended\\nhis life in the midst of its best and busiest\\nyears. Two of his sons were building a new\\npaper-mill on the Ash uelot River, in the town of\\nWinchester three miles above. On the after-\\nnoon of the 24th of May, 1882, he rode up to\\nthe site of the new works in process of erection,\\nand while talking with his son, by some strange\\nmishap, a huge derrick fell, and in its down-\\nward course struck him upon the head, fractur-\\ning the skull and causing injuries from which\\ndeath ensued in a short time.\\nSo passed away, in the full maturity of his\\nlife, with strength unabated and the prospect of\\nmany years of usefulness in store for him, a man\\nwho for thirty-one years had pursued an honorable\\nand upright business career in Hinsdale and\\nwon for himself a high position in all the re-\\nlations of life. In glancing at his life record\\nand the various accidents and casualties therein\\nrecorded, one might naturally get a wrong im-\\npression of the every-day life of this good man\\nand prominent citizen. The misfortunes which\\noccasionally overtook him were, after all, mere\\nspecks in the pathway of a successful career, so\\nspeedily did he rise above them, and there came\\nto liini in the intervals many years of uninter-\\nrupted business prosperity and happiness. He\\nwas exceedingly happy in his family relations.\\nHe married, May 13, 1844, Abigail Wyman,\\nof Jamaica, Vt., and the union was blest with\\nsix children two sons died in early childhood,\\nand four arc living, viz.: Frank W., George\\nA., Edwin C. and Orren C, all of whom are\\nmarried and follow the profession of their\\nfather.\\nIn reviewing the salient points in Mr. Rob-\\nertson s character we are impressed, first of all,\\nwith his intense energy, his grit, pluck and per-\\nseverance under difficulties. His life in this re-\\nspect conveys an important lesson to all those\\nwho are disposed to give up and fold their\\nhands because fortune seems against them. Ob-\\nstacles and hindrances only made him put forth\\nthe more determined efforts to overcome them,\\nand his success should be a means of inspiration\\nto all young men who are compelled to be the\\narchitects of their own fortunes. Mr. Robert-\\nson was ever a public-spirited man anything\\nthat was for the public good always received\\nhis cordial approval and aid without seeking\\noffice, he at one time or another filled many im-\\nportant posts within the gift of the town. He\\nwas a member of the Masonic fraternity and\\nprominent in the councils of Golden Rule\\nLodge. In politics he was originally a Whig\\nbut when the ^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ave of Know-Nothingism swept\\nover New England, the sturdy Scotch instincts\\nwhich he inherited from his ancestors could ill", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0486.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "HINSDALE.\\n3Y3\\nbrook tlie dooma that a man niiist he horn in\\nany particular country in order to be of good\\nstanchng in a party, and he sundered tlie (jld tie?;\\nand united with the Democratic party, to which\\nhe adhered as long as he lived.\\nHe was a generous man, kind to tiie pnor and\\nv( r ready to give to any benevolent object; his\\nsympathies were easily enlisted and he never\\nstopped to measure the length of his purse when\\nany worthy enterprise called for aid. fSaid he to\\na gentleman who solicited a subscription for\\nsome meritorious project, Put me down for\\nsuch a sum as you think I ought to pay.\\nTwo or three instances have come to light\\nwhen Mr. Robertson assisted worthy young\\nmen who were struggling to get a start in life,\\nsimply because he saw that they were woi-thy\\nand needed aid, and in every case this assistance\\non his jjart was the means of insuring success\\nin after-life to these young men, who remembered\\nhis timely generosity with gratitude.\\nWe have alluded elsewhere to tlic liapjiy\\nfamily relations of Mr. Robertson lie was a\\ndevoted husband and a loving father.\\nThere seemed to be a community (jf interests\\none toward another, and a great unanimity in all\\nthat pertained to home happiness and domestic\\ncomfort. To his sons he was at once father,\\ncounselor, companion and friend, entering into\\nall their projects with tlie enthusiasm and interest\\nof an elder brother, tempering the impulsive-\\nness of vouth with his mature ind ::mcnt and\\ndiscretion.\\nHe was an active member of the Congrega-\\ntional Church and Society for several years be-\\nfore liis death, and his piety was of that practii^al\\nkind which found its best expression in works.\\nHis pastor. Rev. H. H. Hamilton, says of liim\\nHe was for five years superintendent of the\\nSunday-school, and under his administration it\\nwas very successful. He was greatly interested\\nin the children and had a way of gaining their\\naffections. To his pa.stor he was loyal and a\\nkind personal friend. As a Christian, he was\\npositive in his convictions and an earnest seeker\\nafter truth. Religious experience to him was a\\nreality his faith was strong and he was never\\ntroubled with doubts. He was converted late\\nin life but the change was real, the work thor-\\nough; no one justly doubted the reality of the\\nchange or questioned his sincerity. We all\\nmourn the loss of a large-hearted Christian man.\\nAnd yet another personal friend puts on record\\nthese words With him honor and probity\\nwere garments for every -day wear his religious\\nconvictions, never unduly obtrusive, were not\\nfor Sunday ministration alone, but were his\\ncompanions in the routine work and details of a\\nbusy life. His broad charity of thought was\\nproverbial. He was ever ready to cast its mantle\\nover the shortcomings of others. In practical\\nevery-day life he thus illustrated his entire sin-\\ncerity and belief in the religion he professed.\\nIt is an incident often mentioned in these\\nlater years that the be;iutiful poem entitled\\nOver the River, by Nancy A. W. Priest,\\nafterwards Mrs. Wakefield, was written by her\\nin the summer of 1S. )7, while an employe in\\nthe mill of George Robertson. This exquisite\\ngem of poesy has found its way into many hearts\\nall over the world, and given the writer, whose\\nearly death we have never ceased to deplore, an\\nenduring; fame in the annals of American litera-\\ntvire.\\nWe know not how we can more appropriately\\nclose this life-sketch than by quoting the con-\\ncluding lines of another lyric by the same\\nauthor, less famous, it is true, and not even found\\nin the published volume of her poems, but\\nnevei tlieless bearing the impress of a genuine\\npoet. These seem pertinent to the close of the\\ngood life we have attempted to portray, and are,\\nat once, a solace and a benediction,\\nAnd I thought it were pleasant and sweet to die,\\nTo pass from this world of care and strife,\\nTo close on its sorrows my glazing eyes,\\nTo open again on a better life.\\nAnd when we shall bow to the common fate.\\nMay we find that the life-paths our feet have trod,\\nLead up to the shining, pearly gates\\nOf the city whose builder and head is God.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0487.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "374\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJOHN STEARNS.\\nIn preparing a brief biographical notice of one\\nof Hinsdale s oldest and most widely known\\ncitizens, whose portrait accompanies this sketch,\\nit is proper to refer briefly to the genealogy of\\nthe Stearns family. It appears that Nathaniel\\nStearns, the grandfather, came from Hebron,\\nConn., and is supposed to have settled for a\\ntime in Northfield, Mass., and then removed to\\nwhat is now Hinsdale. The first notice of him\\nin the old town records is in 1774, where he is\\ntermed Lieutenant Stearns, and there is a record\\nof his marriage to Dorcas Sanger, January 4th\\nof that year. Walter, his eldest son, was liorn\\nin the latter part of the same year, being the\\noldest often children.\\nHe married Thena Shattuck in August, 1797.\\nAnd just here it is pertinent to trace out the re-\\nmote ancestry of the Shattuck family, in order\\nto show that the farm owned and occupied for\\nso many years by John Stearns came down in a\\ndii ect line of descent by way of the Shattuck\\nrace.\\nDaniel Shattuck located in Merrv s Meadow\\nin ITM). He built a fort on both sides of the\\nlittle brook where now stands the large barn\\nliuilt by John Stearns. This fort was assaulted\\nand partly burned by the Indians in 1746.\\nDaniel Shattuck had a son Daniel born in 1727.\\nHe was a soldier at Fort Dummer in 1756 and\\nafterwards captain of a company at the battle of\\nStillwater in 1777. He died in 1809. This\\nDaniel Shattuck had two wives, Mary, daugh-\\nter of Stejihen Smith, of Sunderland, Mass.,\\nand for his .second wife, Lucy, widow of Martin\\nSmith, of Amherst, Mass. He hod seven chil-\\ndren, among them a son named Makepeace, who\\nmarried Lydia Grandy, and the last-named\\nwere the parents of Thena Shattuck, the wife of\\nWalter Stearns.\\nWalter Stearns was a resident of Hinsdale all\\nhis life, with the exception of seven years, from\\n1801 to 1808, when he resided in Dover, Vt.\\nBy W. 8. Leonard.\\nHe reared a family of thirteen children, namely\\nFanny, Roxie, John, Emily, Rhoda, Elliot,\\nMaria, Gracia, Nathaniel, Horace, Walter,\\nMary and Charlotte.\\nOf this great family there remains now only\\nMaria, formerly wife of the late Dayid Blancli-\\nard and later wife of the late Kimball C. Wor-\\nden. She at present resides on Canal Street.\\nOnly two of the sons settled in town, Elliot,\\na farmer and for many years a prominent and\\nhighly-esteemed citizen, and John, the subject\\nof this sketch. John Stearns was born in Hins-\\ndale, August 10, 1801. Of his early life we\\ncan record little beyond the fact that he was\\nreared a farmer, with the limited educational\\nadvantages which were the lot of farmer boys\\nof that period but what he lacked in book\\nknowledge he made up in tact, keen observa-\\ntion and good judgment.\\nOn February 25, 1825, he was united in mar-\\nriage to Esther Webster, of Northfield, Ma.ss.,\\na most estimable woman and a connection of Noah\\nWebster, of dictionary fame. It is most fitting\\nthat we trace his career from the time that he\\nassumed the management and ownership of the\\nlarge and productive farm which, until his time,\\nhad been in the hands of the Shattuck family,\\nand which he bought and where he resided for\\nmore than half a century. Besides being a\\ngood farmer, he early turned his attention spe-\\ncially to dealing in horses and cattle, and became\\nwidely known all through Northern New Eng-\\nland as a shrewd and successful buyer and trader\\nHe also dealt more or less in real estate, being\\none of the owners, with John Ray, of the old\\nAmericfin House, at Brattleborough, and the\\nAshuelot Hou.se, at Hinsdale, was more than\\nonce his property. He may be said literally to\\nhave carved out his own fortune, and ere he\\nhad reached middle life he had amassed a hand-\\nsome property and was accounted one of the\\nsolid men of the to^\\\\n. In his day he wielded\\ngreat influence in town afi^airs, and though never\\naccepting any public office, yet he exercised a\\ncontrolling jjower over all important measures.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0488.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "T1-* T T XT m\\\\ XT\\nriTir TT 4 Atr\u00c2\u00bbLiTTTT T?\\ntnl buvf", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0490.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "lAHRU^t^-\\n.=J-^yp^t\\\\. J Lxiec^^", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0491.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0492.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "IIIN81.)AJiK.\\na\\nIt was a sotirc u of gnitifioatioii tn liiiii in liisoUl\\nago to c oiMjwrc tlio Hinsdale of fifty yoai s ago,\\ntlicn a small Iiaiiiiot with a few scattered houses,\\nwitli (ho iliiisdalo of to-ilay, an enterprising,\\nthriving village, with its tasteful residences,\\nprosperous manufactories and material wealth\\nand prosperity, and to feel that he had contrih-\\nuted not a little toward making the town what\\nit is l y his good judgment and far-sightetl pru-\\ndence and sagacity. In private life Mv. Stearns\\nwas a most genial c( m|ianion, hearty, mirthful\\nand given to hospilaiily. There is some subtle\\ninlluence which imliucs I hose men niio possess\\nbroad acres, large barns and luxuriant meadow\\nlands, who deal much and largely in horses and\\nlilt cattle, wideh tends to make them g(!nial and\\noverflowing with hospitality. For many years\\nUncle John and his good wife dispensed a\\ngold n hospitality at the old Stearns homestead,\\nmaking their home a true New England home\\nin tiic most ample sense, and it is sad to think\\nhow fast these suiuiy luimes are disa[)pearing\\nfrom our country hill-sides and valleys, and\\n(hat the stiu dy virtues and generous, hospitable\\nmanners, of which these good people were tiie\\ntypes, are gradually fading out of oni- Anieri-\\nean life.\\nMr. Stearns had a keen |)erccption of wit and\\nhumor, enjoyed a good Joke or a laughable\\nstory and couM iiimself (ell one on oc(!asion.\\n()fthis iiiculty the inlirmities of age never bereft\\nhim, and many of his witty savings and iiits of\\n(juict satire and humor will loiij; be reineniber-\\ned among the local traditions of tiie town.\\nIlnclc John was not unmindful of tiie S(a ip-\\nliiral injunction to iiK reascand miilti| ly and re-\\nplenish the eardi. A tiunily of eight children\\nwas born (o him, vi/. Jane R., Elvira, Dwight\\n\\\\V., Janode, h ranklin, Newton, Charles and\\nI ^llcn. All of tliciii uro. living; all have fiimi-\\nlies of their own and occupy honorable and use-\\nI lll positions in life. In the siimiiicr of I.STS\\nthe family circle was i rokeii by the death of\\nthe mother, Mrs. Stearns, who passed away,\\nal ler a lingering illne.ss, at the ripe age of sev-\\nenty-nine years, a noble woman, who embodied\\nin herself the hou.sehold virtues of patience and\\nunvarying kindness, and who was univensally\\nrespected and beloved by all who know her.\\nI Ik death of this iiiithful and devoted help-\\nmates had a profound eflect upon Mr. Steams.\\nIt was a rending asunder the ties which bound\\nhim to this world. Already an old man, he\\ngradually withdrew more and more from (he\\nworld withoiK, and for (he last year or two of\\nhis lil c rarely left (he old homestead. His iinal\\nsickness lasted only a few hours. lie died\\non December 2, 1884, i|uietly and peacefully,\\nunder tlie roof that had sheltered him so many\\nyears, surroundeil iiy his ;hildren and friends.\\nThis sketch woulil beincomphste if wcs should\\nneglect to menlion some ol the cotemporaries of\\nJohn Stearns, men who wvw more or less as-\\nsociated with him in town alliiirs and whose loss\\nliinsdalo has been (salle l to mourn within the\\nlast fifteen or tw iily years.\\nFirst of all, there was William Haile, a na-\\ntive of Chesterfield, coming hero a young man,\\nfirst a morchant and la( r in life a sucecssfid\\ninannlaclnri r. The (own honored him, and\\nhonored itself the more, i)y sending liim many\\ntimes as its representative to the General oiirt.\\nThe Senatorial I)isti i( t pressed upon him (he\\n()lliee of S(;ile Si iiator, and ihe State twice be-\\nstow l upon him (he highest honor within its\\ngift, in electing him its iovernor. )iic of the\\nmost |)olislied and dignified presiding ollicers in\\n(he Slale, and as a cidzeii idcnlilied with all Ihe\\ninterests of the town for many years, Hinsdale\\nprondiv claims him as her own, though the last\\nyears of his life were jiassod in a neighboring\\nity.\\nAnd to add fireiitcr lionora to IiIh age\\nTlimi niiiii could give him,\\nlie died, fearing God.\\nNext wo may mention I )i I rederic IJoydcn,\\nthe docloi- yyro .rceUciire for about a third oi a\\ncenlnry, later in life a successful mill-owner and\\nmanufacturer, but re(aining his love for his\\nchosen profession all his life long, a man great-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0493.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "374 b\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HA3IPSHIRE.\\nly honored and beloved, and whose death, in the\\nfull maturity of his mental vigor and in the\\nmidst of his usefulness, we have never ceased\\nto deplore.\\nCaleb Todd, prominentlv connected with\\ntown affairs for many years, a man of unusual\\npersonal presence, honest and firm in his opin-\\nions and beliefs, even though they leaned toward\\nthe unpopular side who believed that minori-\\nties were always in the right and majorities al-\\nways in the wrong, a stately old gentleman,\\nas we remember him, who, by common consent,\\nwas calle l by the old-time title of the Squire.\\nJonathan Browne, whom the young men of\\nthis generation recollect as a man of quiet man-\\nner, moderate in speech and dignified in move-\\nment, who in hLs time had much to do in shap-\\ning the affairs and guarding the interests of the\\ntown.\\nSylvester Bishop, the manufacturer, a man\\nof incorruptible integrity and honesty.\\nElihu Stebbias, the courtefjus gentleman, who\\nwas als j a power in town matters in his day\\nand held many positions of trust, which he fill-\\ned with fidelity and acceptance.\\nOliver Adams, who beneath a rough exterior\\nconcealed a heart as soft as a woman s, and po\u00c2\u00ab-\\nsessed a fund of g X)d, sound common sense and\\nintegrity, which the young men of to-day would\\ndo well to seek after. A farmer, and a good\\nrmer, before the days of agricultural colleges,\\nmowing-machines or fancy fertilizers he knew\\nhow to make farming pay, and he did it by\\nsteady, persistent industry.\\nJohn Stearns outlived all these prominent\\nmen whom we have briefly mentioned. It was\\npleasant to hear him in his old age speak of\\nthfjse his associates, and, with a touch of his old\\nhumor, recount anecdotes of their peculiarities\\nas well as their excellent traits. But there were\\ntwo whose span of life was lengthened out even\\nbeyond Mr. Steams, and whose deaths occurred\\nwithin the limits of 188-5, the year just closed,\\nwho are worthy of mention in the catalogue of\\nHinsdale s influential men of a past generation;\\nwe refer, of course, to Henry Hojker and Lewis\\nTaylor.\\nHenry Hooker was Hinsdale s oldest citizen,\\nbeing ninety-three years and eight months old\\nat the time of his death, a descendant of Rev.\\nThomas Ho 3ker, the first pastor of Cambridge,\\nMass., and a grandson of Rev. John Hooker,\\nof Northampton. On his mother s side a grand-\\nsou of Rev. Bunker Gay, the first minister of\\nHinstlale. At ninety, erect and vigorous, a\\ngentleman of the old school, punctilious in dress\\nand manner, and walking with an elastic step\\nthat younger men might well en\\\\-y, a man who\\ncould l x k back far enough through the vista of\\ntlie past to remember when Mrs. Howe (after-\\nwards Mrs. Toots) came in her old age to the\\nhouse of his grandfather. Rev. Bunker Gay, to\\nbeg him to write out the narrative of the mas-\\nsacre of her husband by the Indians, and the\\ndetails of her captivity in Canada and this story,\\nwritten in the most terse and vigorous English,\\ncan be found to- lay in the old American Pre-\\nceptor, a sch x\u00c2\u00bbl-book which was in use in our\\ncommon schools early in the present century.\\nI^ewis Taylor, who died later in the year, de-\\nserved to be classed, as he was, among the best of\\na type of honest, God-fearing men, such as illus-\\ntrate and adorn the vnrtues they profess. He\\nwas for more than half a century a power in\\nchurch and town affairs, and his voice and his\\ninfluence were always on the side of truth and\\nright. Mr. Tavlorever twjk a great interest in\\nthe early history of the Connecticut and Ash-\\nuelot Valleys, especially the Indian traditions,\\nand it Ls greatly to be regretted that, Ixfore the\\ninfirmities of age prevental, he did not put on\\nrecord, in a permanent form, the interesting\\nfacts and data stored up in his memory.\\nAs it was, he contributed not a little toward\\nthe history of Northfield, Mass., and, better still,\\nat his own expense, he caased to be erected the\\nmarble monument which marks the spot of the\\nencounter of \\\\i t ancestor. Sergeant Taylor, with\\nthe Indians. By so doing he has at the same\\ntime left a monument for himself, which will\\nlast through the ages.\\nAnd so, with this brief mention of the co-\\ntemporaries of John Steams, we close this imper-\\nfect sketch. Will the next generation emulate\\nthe industry, the thrift, the energy and enter-\\nprise of these men, who leave behind them a re-\\nc\u00c2\u00abjrd of the good old-fiishioned Xew England vir-\\ntues which we may well a~pire to follow", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0494.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SWANZEY\\nr\\nBY COL. BENJAMIN READ.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nSwAXZEY wa.* first ettled under tlio autlior-\\nity of Massachusetts. When tlie first settlement\\nof the town was made tlie line between Massa-\\nchusetts and Xew Hampshire had not been es-\\ntablished, but it was assumed by Massachusetts\\nthat the territory was within its jurisdiction.\\nThe first authoritative movement made, which\\nresulted in a settlement, was in 1732. In\\nJune of this year Governor Belcher, iu his\\nsketch to the Great and General Court of Mas-\\nsachusetts, recommended that care be taken to\\nsettle the unnrronted land. In the House of\\nRepresentatives it was thereupon votetl that\\nthere be seven towns opened, of the contents of\\nsix miles square, and the report located two of\\nthese seven towns on Ashuelot River, above\\nNorthfield. On the 1st of July, 1733, this\\nvote was concurred in by the Council and con-\\nsented to by the Governor.\\nOctober 19, 1733, Joseph Kellogg, Timothy\\nDwight and William Chandler were appointed\\na committee to lay out forthwith the townships\\non Ashuelot River unless they find that by rea-\\nson of laying out the township granted to\\nColonel Willard and others (Winche.ster), the\\nland remaining at Ashuelot River will not well\\nserve for two townships, iu which case they are\\ndirected to lay out only one on that river. In\\nFebruary, 1737, the committee made a return\\nto the General Court of a plot of two town-\\nships, each of the contents of six miles squarp,\\nsituated on each side of Ashuelot River, above\\nthe tract of land lately grant\u00c2\u00abl to Colonel Jo-\\nsiah AVillard and othere, beginning at a spruce\\nor white pine tree standing about midway l e-\\ntween the south and east branches of said river,\\nabout five pearch east of the bank of the main\\nriver, and thence running each way as described\\non the plot. The report was accepted and the\\nlands contained in said townships were declared\\nto lie in and constitute a part of the county of\\nHampshire. The line thus established was\\nthe dividing line between Upper A.shuelot and\\nLower Ashuelot, and since Upi)er Ashuelot\\ntook the name ofKeene, and Lower Ashuelot\\nthe name of Swanzey, this line lias continued to\\nbe the dividing line between the two towns.\\nTo prepare the township for settlement, a\\ncommittee was sent by ifas ichusetts in May,\\n1734, to lay out sixty-three house lots. The\\nfirst step taken by the committee must have\\nbeen to lay out a street or highway. They\\ncommenced on the south side of the South\\nBranch, about thirty rods from where it meets\\nthe Ashuelot River, and then ran southerly up\\nover Meeting-House Hill, and then down to\\nthe west side of the moat. The length of this\\nhighway was about a mile anil a half The\\nhouse-lots that were laid out upon this road\\nwere about sixteen nxls in width, and some\\nforty rods in length. Thirty-two lots were\\nlaid out upon tlje west side, and thirty- one upon", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0495.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "376\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe east side. A few yeai s aftei* the lots were\\nlaid out the south lots on the east side were\\nthrown up and two lots laid out on the west\\nside at the south end, and several of the centre\\nlots on the east side were altered by moving\\nthem back a number of rods in order to lay out\\non Meeting-House Hill a piece of land-common.\\nThe object of laying this land-common was to\\nhave a place to set a meeting-house, to have a\\nburying-ground and a public common.\\nThe design of having sixty-three house-lots\\nwas to have sixty for actual settlers, and to\\nhave one lot for the first minister, one for the\\nministry and one for schools. After the house-\\nlots had been laid out the townshij) was ready\\nfor settlement, when sixty persons should pur-\\nchase rights in the township, upon which to set-\\ntle themselves or to settle one of their children.\\nA share was one house-lot and one of the sixty-\\ntiiree lots of each division into whicii all of the\\nland in the township was subsequently divided.\\nTiio terms of admission were, that eacli set-\\ntler should pay five pounds for a riglit that he\\nshould actually live on iiis land within three\\nyears after his admission, and continue there for\\nthe space of two years after in pez son, and witli\\nhis family, if such he had that he should, with-\\nin five years from his admission, build a house\\non his land of eighteen feet square and seven\\nfeet stud at tlie least, and within the same time\\nsufficiently fence and till or fit for mowing eight\\nacres of land and in case any settler fail of\\nperformance, his right to be forfeited, and the\\ncommittee for admitting settlers were required\\nto take of each at the time of admission a bond\\nfor twenty pounds for the use and benefit of the\\nsettlers in case he should fail to perform the\\nconditions mentioned.\\nThe first meeting held by those who became\\nproprietors of the township was at Concord,\\nMass., June 27, 1734. At this meeting Nathan-\\niel Hammond, of Littletown, was chosen mod-\\nerator Ephraim Jones, of Concord, clerk\\nJohn Flint, of Concord, Joseph Hill, of Bllier-\\nica, Thomas Cutler, of Lexington, Eleazer Rob-\\nbins, of Harvard, and Nathaniel Hammond, of\\nLittletown, were chosen to manage the pruden-\\ntial aifalrs of the township.\\nThe five pounds required of each proprietor\\nfor admission was to reimburse tlie province\\nthe money advanced to pay committees and the\\nexpense of the survey of the township and the\\nhouse-lots and for building a house of public\\nworship, or to be used as the General Court\\nshould order.\\nThe meeting of the proprietors that was iield\\nJune 27th adjourned to meet in the township of\\nLower Ashuelot September 18tli, at ten o clock,\\nforenoon. This meeting was adjourned to eight\\no clock the next morning, to meet ou house-\\nlot No. 1.\\nThe division of the house-lots was made by\\ndrawing lots for them. The following are the\\nnames of the sixty proprietors, and the number\\nof the house-lot which each drew\\nJosiah Dival, 1 Thomas Hapgood, 2 Thomas\\nKendal, 3; Samuel Bacon, 4; James Heaton, 5; John\\nHaldin, 6 AVilliam Rogers, 7 John Mead, 8 Jo-\\nseph Lee, 9; Daniel Brown, 10; Joseph Hill, 11;\\nJames Wallis, 12; John Flint, for his son, Ephraim\\nFlint, 13; Elnathan Jones, 14; Benjamin Keed, 15;\\nBenjamin Whitney, 17; Nathaniel Hammond, for his\\nson-in-law. Chamberlain, 18; James Houghton, Jr.,\\n19; John White, 20; John Muzzey, 21 Jonathan\\nPrescott, 22; David Cutler, 23; John King, 24; Jo-\\nseph Hill, Jr., 25; Robert Gumming, 26; Nathaniel\\nHammond, 27; James Henry, 28 Thomas Cutler, 29;\\nHezekiah Sprague, 30; Benjamin Heywood, 31 Jon-\\nathan Hammond, by his father, 32 Joseph Haskel,\\n33; Ele.izer Robbens, 34; William Whitaker, 35;\\nSamuel Douglass, 3(5 Aaron Lyon, 37 Benjamin\\nThompson, 88; Nathaniel Whitemore, 39; Thom.is\\nKendal, 40; Timothy Stearns, 41; John King, 42;\\nJohn Lampson, 43 John Slorr, 44; John King, for\\nhis son, 45; John Mewharter, 46 Nathaniel Mattoon,\\n49; Ephraim Jones, 50; William Lyon, 51; Benja-\\nmin Farusworth, 52 Oliver Wallis, 53 William\\nArms, 54; Charles Prescott, 55; Enos Goodale, 56;\\nJohn Taylor, 57 Ebenezer Conant, 58 William Carr,\\n59; Thomas Heaton, 60; Thomas Kendal, 61 Sam-\\nuel Doolittle, 62; Gardner Wilder, 63. School lot was\\n16, ministry lot, 47 minister s lot, 48.\\nSome alterations were made in the house-lots\\nby a committee chosen for that purpose in 1739.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0496.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n377\\nThe following is the report of the committee,\\nand the plan of the house-lots aftei the altera-\\ntions had been made\\nThis Plan Describeth the House Lotts in ye Lower\\nAshuelot township so called laid out in part By Mr\\nNathaniel Dwight in May 1734 and since then agre-\\nable to a vote of ye proprietors theares Been Con-\\nsiderable alteration made in them from ye Waiey\\nthey Were first proposed to be Laid out by a Commit-\\ntee chosen for that End (as appears by this plan) by\\nLaying a peace of Land common for sating up an\\nhouse for publick worship c. and bounding the\\nEastwardly End of ye Lotts on ye Eastwardly side of\\nye Road on ye second and third Division Lotts and\\non ye Westerly side of ye Eoad thears sum variation\\nmade in ye roads betwen ye Lotts viz The Road of\\nfour Rods wide on ye south side of ye Lott is added to\\nsd Lott in full, satisfaction for ye Road of four Rods\\nWide taken out of ye north side of ye Lott No 25\\nwhich was don by agreament of ye committee and\\nye person who is ye present proprietor (or owner)\\nof sd No 31 25 and Likewise by a free consent of\\nye present owner of ye Lott No 31 ye Road is turned\\nin at ye North-Eastwardly Corner of it and Runs\\nsomthing angling Cross sd Lott Leaving part of if\\non ye soutli and south Eastwardly side of ye Road as\\nappears by this plan Laid out in December, 1733, by\\nBenj Brown, surveyor.\\nThomas Cresson, 1\\nSamuel GuNN, Commiitee.\\nBexj Browx, J\\nThree general divisions characterize the sur-\\nface of Swanzey. The largest division is com-\\nposed of tliat part which is elevated above the\\nplains and meadows. It is of granite forma-\\ntion, and macli of it is quite uneven, although\\nnot so much so as to unfit a large proportion of\\nit for farming purposes. There are many hills\\nsome of them are quite rugged and have an\\nelevation of several hundred feet above the\\nadjacent plains and meadows. Five of the\\nmost prominent of these elevations have been\\ndesignated mountains. These are Mount Hug-\\ngins, in the northeast part of the town Mount\\nChaisson, on the west side of Ashuelot River,\\nabout a mile and a half from the centre of the\\ntown Mount Cfesar, near the centre of the\\ntown Picket Mountain, in the southwest corner\\nof the town and Franklin Mountain, lying\\nsouth of the Ashuelot River and being partlv\\nin Winchester.\\nThere are many hundred acres of plain land.\\nThe soil of the-se plains is generally rather light\\nand dry, and is not well adapted to high culti-\\nvation, but profitable crops of corn, rye, oats\\nand buckwheat have been raised upon them,\\nand to some extent they have been cultivated\\nfor the hay crop. It is suppo.sed, by many,\\nthat the surface of the plains was formed when\\nAshuelot Valley was a lake, and that it was by\\nthe action of the water of the lake that the\\nmaterial which composes the surface of the\\nplains was so finely distributed as is .seen upon\\nour level plains.\\nThe proportion of intervale and meadow-land\\nto the upland in Swanzey is quite large, and\\nthe quality of the soil is in marked contrast.\\nAt some period large quantities of earth, com-\\nposed largely of clay, were distributed over the\\nvalley, which was subsequently covered by the\\nsand of the plains. The sand formation that\\ncovers the clay formation varies from a few\\ninches to forty or fifty feet. In some places the\\nclays come to the surface upon the upland.\\nWhere it does, the soil is of excellent quality.\\nSince the Ashuelot Valley ceased to be a lake\\nthe rivers have been doing their work to mould\\nthe surface into its present formation. From\\nhundreds of acres the sand has been removed,\\nand in many places several feet of the clay\\nearths. The result of these operations has\\ngiven to the low lands of the town, in most\\ncases, an excellent soil.\\nThe eiFect of the drift period is seen in many\\nplaces. It is the mo.st noticeable of any place\\nin the town at East Swanzey.\\nThe distribution of boulders from oiu own\\nhills and mountains, from those in adjacent\\ntowns at the north, and from some mountains far\\naway have been very profuse. In many places\\nthey are very thick, and many of them quite\\nlarge. Upon our plains and meadows they are\\nnot to be seen. The great amount of material dis-\\ntributed through the valley since their distribu-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0497.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "378\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntioii has buried them in these places generally\\nentirely out of sight.\\nOf the forests of Swanzey, at the time the\\ntownship was granted, the most extensive was\\nwhite pine. Upon the plains it was the prin-\\ncipal timber, and it constituted a large amount\\nof the timber upon the intervales and hill\\nlands and it was generally of excellent quality.\\nHemlock, next (o pine, was the mo.st abundant.\\nLarge numbers of these trees grew upon the\\nintervales, and many of them were of large\\nsize, and upon the hill land they constituted a\\nlarge part of the timlier, particularly in the\\nvalleys. Red oak was mingled amongst other\\nforest-trees in most places. There was much\\ngood white-oak timber in the southwest part of\\nthe town, and in the southwest corner there\\nwas some chestnut. The soil of the intervales\\nand meadow land was congenial for the growth\\nof the elm. INIany of these trees upon these\\nlands were of majestic proportions. Black-\\nbirch, yellow-birch and white-birch were found\\nin many places. The poplar was not an un-\\ncommon tree. Rock-maple could not be con-\\nsidered as one of the principal forest-trees, but\\nupon some of the intervales and hills a suf-\\nficient number of them were found of good\\nsize, and so conveniently together as to make\\ngood sugar-orchards. White-maple was more\\nwidely diffused than the rock-maple, but less\\nmajestic. The shagbark walnut grew in many\\nparts of the town, particularly about the centre\\nand in the westerly part. Some of the hills\\nwere largely covered with beech. Hard-pine\\ngrew upon some of the plain.s, black-ash in the\\nswamps, white-ash in some of the valleys\\namongst the hills, where the soil was rich.\\nOf the wild animals, the early settlers of the\\ntown were familiar with the bear and M olf.\\nThey knew that occasionally a deer, a cata-\\nmount, a lynx was seen. Of the denizens of\\nthe larger rivers, they knew .something of the\\nhabits of the salmon, the shad and the lam-\\nprey eel.\\nThe great trouble of the early settlers were\\nthe Indians. It M as some twenty years from\\ntlie time that the first settlements were made\\nbefore they could feel themselves not in danger\\nfrom them. It is proliable at first they were\\nnot much ajiprehensive of danger, but this feel-\\ning of security could not have been of long du-\\nration. As early as 1738 a fort had been par-\\ntially built around Capt Nathaniel Hammond s\\nhouse. November 6th, of this year, the pro-\\nprietors voted that eighteen pounds of powder\\nand thirty-six pounds of lead be purchased for\\na reserve stock. Subsequently, the proprietors\\nvoted to finish the fort around Captain Ham-\\nmond s house, and a committee was chosen to\\nsee to the building of two more. The com-\\nmittee were directed to build one of the two\\nupon Meeting-House Hill, and the other around\\nJohn Evans house. Apprehensions of danger\\nfrom the Indians continued to increase, and by the\\nspring of 1797 they had become so grave that\\nit was deemed necessary, for the safety of the in-\\nhabitants, to abandon the settlement. Such\\narticles as could not be taken away were buried\\nin the ground or concealed that they might es-\\ncape destruction or being captured by the Indians.\\nTo have left the settlement under such circum-\\nstances must have been very sad. It was\\nfull ten years from the time the settlement\\nwas commenced. During this time much hard\\nwork had been done, much land had been\\ncleared of the heavy timber that was found\\nupon it, houses had been built, roads had been\\nlaid out in different directions, and work enough\\ndone upon them to make them useful in pass-\\ning to and from the neighboring towns mills\\nhad been built and the building of a school-\\nhouse had not been neglected. It is traditional\\nhistory that only one building escaped destruc-\\ntion by the hands of the Indians.\\nThe following list gives, as far as has been\\nascertained, the names of the inhabitants pre-\\nvious to the abandonment of the township, with\\nthe year in which their names first appeared\\nupon the records, and, as far as we are able, the\\nplace from which each came", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0498.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n379\\nNathaniel Hammond, Littleton, Mass., 1737; Charles\\nLummis, Bolton, Mass., 1737 John Evans, Bolton,\\nMass., 1737 Samuel Farnsworth, 1737 Thomas Cres-\\nsou, Sunderland, Mass., 1737 William Carr, Deer-\\nfield, Mass., 1737 Samuel Hills, Sunderland, Mass.,\\n1737 Benjamin Jethro Earns. 1737 Benjamin\\nBrown, Concord, Mass., 1738 Abraham Graves, Hat-\\nfield, Mass., 1738; Samuel Mitchel, 1738; David Beld-\\ning, 1738; William Grimes, Lancaster, Mass., 1738;\\nSamuel Gunn, Sunderland, Mass., 1738 Nathaniel\\nGunn, Sunderland, Mass., 1738 Ephraim Jones,\\nConcord, Mass., 1739 William Scott, 1739; Andrew\\nGardner, 1739; Charles Armes, 1740 Timothy Brown,\\nBrookfield, Mass., 1740; Thomas Hammond, Little-\\nton, Mass., 1740 Rev. Timothy Harrington, 1741\\nJonathan Hammond, Littleton, Mass., 1741 Nathaniel\\nHammond, Jr., Littleton, Mass., 1741 Eliakim King,\\n1743; James Heaton, 1743; Seth Heaton, Wrentham,\\nMass., 1744; Joseph Hammond, Littleton, Mass., 1744\\nSamuel Belding, 1745 Charles Earns, 1746 Samuel\\nChamberlain, 174t); Samuel Hills, Jr., Sunderland,\\nMass., 1746; Timothy Hammond, Littleton, Mass.,\\n1746.\\nIt is evident from the above list of persons\\nwlio settled in tlie townsliip, tliat most of those\\nwho were grantees did not intend to settle in it.\\nThey might have become grantees to forward\\nthe settlement of new towns, or their motives\\nmight have been speculative. The above list\\nincludes only Nathaniel Hammond, Jonathan\\nHammond, James Heaton, Ephraim Jones and\\nWilliam Carr, who were original grantees.\\nThe first settlers of the town were much\\nembarrassed by the result of the settle-\\nment of the boundary line between Ma.ssa-\\nchusetts and New Hampshire. When they\\ncame here they had no doubt but the territory\\nbelonged to Massachusetts. On the 3d of\\nOctober, 1740, they held a meeting to consider\\nwhat should be done to relieve them from their\\nembarrassed condition. The following extract,\\nfrom the records of this meetiug, disclo.ses the\\ngeneral feeling of disappointment\\nThe proprietors being informed that by y\u00c2\u00b0 Deter-\\nmination of his majesty in Council Respecting y\\nControverted bounds between y province of y Massa-\\nchusetts Bay and New Hampshire they are Exclude^\\nfrom this province of y Massachusetts Bay to y which\\nthey always supposed themselves to belong therefore\\nthey unanimously voted that a petition be presented\\nto y King s Most Excellent Majesty setting fourth our\\nDistressed Estate and praying we may be annexed to\\nY said Massachusetts province also unanimously\\nvoted that Thomas Hutchinson E^q, be impowered to\\npresent y said petition to his Majesty and to appear\\nand fully to act for and in y behalf of this town re-\\nspecting the subject matter of said petition according\\nto his best discretion.\\nBy this establishment of the boundary line\\nthe inhabitants of the town not only lost the\\nprotection they had a right to claim from\\nMassachusetts, but they also lost all legal claim\\nto their lands vested in any act of that prov-\\nince. In the face of tliese discouragements, it\\nis little wonder that they eventually left tlieir\\npossessions and fled to their former homes in\\nMassachusetts.\\nThe exact time that the settlers commenced\\nto return to the township is not known. It is\\nprobable that it was at the same time that the\\nsettlers commenced to return to Keene. The\\nproprietors of the two townships up to this\\ntime seem to have moved simultaneously in all\\ntransactions connected with the settlement of\\nthe two townships.\\nThe proprietors of Upper Ash uelot held their\\nfirst meeting at Concord, Ma.ss., June 20, 1734.\\nThose of Lower Ashuelot held their first meet-\\ning at the same place, June 27,1734. Both of\\nthese proprietors meetings were adjourned to\\nmeet in the respective townships the 18th of the\\nfollowing September. The two townships ap-\\npear to have been abandoned at the same time.\\nThe Annals of Keene contain the follow-\\nine: in relation to the resettlement of that town\\no\\nIn October, 1748, peace was declared between\\nEngland and France. The Indians, however, con-\\ntinued their depredations until June, 1749, and a\\ntreaty of peace was not made with them until Sep-\\ntember of that year.\\nOn the restoration of jjeace the settlers, who had\\nbeen driven from their lands by the war, made prep-\\narations to return. The exact time when Upper\\nAshuelot was again occupied has not been ascer-\\ntained. It was probably some time in 1750, cer-\\ntainly as early as 1751, as it is within the recollec-\\ntion of Thomas Wells, now living, who came to reside", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0499.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "380\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhere in 1752, that eight or ten dwelling-houses had\\nbeen erected.\\nThe settlers did not find, after their return,\\nthat they were relieved from apprehension of\\ndanger from the Indians. In 1754 the Indians\\nwere engaged in capturing individuals, destroy-\\ning property and causing a general alarm in the\\nfrontier settlements in the province of New\\nHampshire.\\nIn 1755 armed laborers with a guard of\\nfour soldiers went to work in the Great Mead-\\nows. The soldiers were in advance. They\\nheard a rustling in the bushes and supposed\\nthat it was caused by a deer, and one of the\\nsoldiers fired at the spot. The noise proved to\\nhave been made by Indians. When the gun\\nwas fired the Indians supposed they were dis-\\ncovered and they fired at the soldiers. The\\nlaborers coming up, saw the Indians and attacked\\nthem and drove them to the plain at the north.\\nAn express was instantly sent to Keene and a\\nparty of fifteen men, under Captain Metcalf,\\nwent out to meet them. The Indians made\\ntheir escape. This may have been the last time\\nhostile Indians were seen in Swanzey. The\\nplace where these Indians were discovered in\\nthe meadow has been known from that time to\\nthe present as the Indian Meadow.\\nThe statement has been made in some jjub-\\nlislied works that many of the inhabitants of\\nSwanzey lost their lives at the hands of the In-\\ndians. We do not think these statements are\\nwell authenticated. If any one was ever killed\\nin the town, or if any inhabitant of the town\\nwas killed when away from the town, the fact\\ndoes not appear in any of the town records, nor\\nis there any traditional evidence who they were\\nor where they were at the time.\\nThe only person who is known to Swanzey\\npeople to have suffered personal harm by the\\nhands of the Indians was Thomas Cresson. He\\nwas born in 1722, and died in Swanzey in 1821,\\nlacking but a little more than one year of being\\none hundred years old at the time of his death.\\nHis father, Thomas Cresson, came to Lower\\nAshuelot, when his son was a lad, from Sunder-\\nland, Mass. Thomas Cresson, Jr., went with\\na party from about here for the protection of\\nFort Dummer, and was captured near that fort\\nand carried to Canada. It was some three years\\nafter his capture that he was permitted to return.\\nA number of persons are now living who re-\\nmember having seen Thomas Cresson in his\\nold age.\\nIt is stated in Belknap s History of New\\nHampshire that Deacon Timothy Brown and\\none other gentleman was captured by the In-\\ndians, and it is also stated in the same work\\nthat some women and children were captured in\\nLower Ashuelot names not given. Belknap s\\nhistory is good authority.\\nLower Ashuelot was granted by New Hamp-\\nshire as Swanzey, July 2, 1753, to the fol-\\nlowing piersons\\nNathaniel Hammond.\\nAbraham Graves.\\nWilliam Grimes.\\nBenjamin Grout.\\nThomas Cresson.\\nThomas Cresson, Jr.\\nWilliam Hill.\\nWilliam Cresson.\\nWilliam Carr.\\nElijah Graves.\\nSamuel Belding.\\nEliakim King.\\nJonathan Woodcock.\\nJoshua Graves.\\nAbner Graves.\\nD.avid Belding.\\nTimothy Brown.\\nJames Heaton.\\nJames Heaton, Jr.\\nWilliam Heaton.\\nSamuel Hills.\\nNathaniel Hills.\\nJ. Woodcock, Jr.\\nJonathan Hammond.\\nThomas Nutter.\\nEbenezer Hills.\\nJohn Prat.\\nTimothy Prat.\\nSamuel Prat.\\nJoseph Hammond.\\nThomas Hammond.\\nSeth Gay.\\nAsa Grout.\\nDaniel Arms.\\nEbenezer Arms.\\nNathaniel Gunn.\\nWyat Gunn.\\nDaniel Gunn.\\nEbenezer Sprague, Jr.\\nEbenezer Sprague.\\nJoseph Merchants.\\nNoah Bodman.\\nBenjamin Shelding.\\nMark Ferry.\\nJonathan Tracey.\\nJohn Tracey.\\nPhinehas Tracey.\\nJonathan Arms.\\nJonathan Bardwcll.\\nOliver Wit.\\nOliver H.ammond.\\nJoshua Prime.\\nJoseph Write.\\nBenjamin Brown.\\nSimon Davis.\\nSamuel McClenon.\\nZebulon Balord.\\nStephen Nutter.\\nCaesar Freeman.\\nSamuel Gaylon.\\nJames Blood, Jr.\\nChristopher Grout.\\nHis Excellency B.\\nWentworth, Esq.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0500.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n381\\nAll rights that wore supposed to have been\\nacquired by the jjroprietors from Massachusetts\\nwere confirmed to them by Xew Hampshire.\\nPrevious to the abandonment of the town\\nmore than half of the land had been divided\\namong the projirietors. At a meeting held at\\nConcord, IVIass., October 9, 1734, the proprietors\\nvoted to divide the intervale land called the\\nGreat meadow, and so much of the intervale,\\non the South Branch, as lies below Town-\\nHouse Bridge, into sixty-three lots, as equal\\nas practicable in area and (quality, and appointed\\nEleazer Robbins, J^athaniel Hammond, Eph-\\nraim Jones, Benjamin Read and Nathaniel Mat-\\ntoon as a committee to make such division.\\nThese lots averaged about eight acres each.\\nAt a, meeting held at Concord, June 11, 1735,\\nthe committee appointed to make this second\\ndivision made their report which was accepted,\\nand the proprietors drew for their shares.\\nAt a meeting held in the township September\\n8, 1736, it was voted to make a division of\\ntwenty acres of the undivided lauds to eacii\\nowner of a house-lot, and appointed Xathauiel\\nHammond, Nathaniel Mattoon, James Heaton,\\nBenjamin Haywood and Peter Evans a com-\\nmittee to make said division. This called the\\nthird division of the intervale land, included\\nmost of the remaining intervale and meadow\\nland in the township. The lots laid on the\\nSouth Branch, above where the Town-PIouse\\nBridge now stands, were called the South\\nBranch meadows, those on the Pond Brook\\nthe Pond Brook meadows, those on the Ashue-\\nlot River, above West Swanzey, the Mill mea-\\ndows and those between AVest Swanzey and\\nM estport were called the Hypoueco meadows.\\nThe lots of the third division were drawn\\nOctober 27, 173(J.\\nAt a meeting held at Concord, March 10,\\n1737, it was voted to make a fourth division of\\nthe undivided lauds. These lots were laid out\\non the upland, about two-thirds of them being\\nbetween the road which runs through the centre\\nof the town and the road which runs from\\nWest Swanzey to Westport, on the east side of\\nthe river. The remaining third was laid where\\nthe road now runs from Town-House Bridge to\\nKeene, and ujion the hill east of this range of\\nlots. Nathaniel Hammond, Benjamin Read,\\nSamuel Chamberlain, Ephraiiu Jones and\\nNathaniel Mattoon constituted the committee\\nfor making this division.\\nAt a meeting hekl in the township, at tiie\\nhouse of Captain Nathaniel Hammond, Sep-\\ntember 7, 1737, it was voted to draw lots for\\nthe fourth division shares, and that he who\\nshould draw No. 1 should make his pitch on\\nthe morning of the lltth. He who should\\ndraw No. 2 should make his pitch on the after-\\nnoon of the same day and that this should be\\ncontinued, making two pitches per day, until\\nthe division should be completed. In this divi-\\nsion the lots eaoh contained about sixty-five\\nacres.\\nAt a meeting held at the same place, October\\n26, 1737, it w;is voted to make a fifth division,\\neach lot to contain one hundred acres. This\\npitch was made in the following manner The\\nproprietor who drew the right to make the first\\npitch made his selecti(jn in any part of the un-\\ndivided land he chose, and had his land laid\\nout in form to please himself Number two\\nhad the same privilege, and so on in numerical\\norder. This resulted in farms being surveyed\\ninto all conceivable shapes.\\nThe marsh-meadow lots must have constituted\\nthe sixth division. These lots were laid out in\\ngood form. A seventh divisicjn, each share to\\ncontain fifty acres, was made February 6, 1760.\\nThese shares were pitched in any ]ilace and\\nin any shape that the proprietor might choose.\\nA division of fifty acres was made April 18,\\n1774. The lots were pitched the same as the\\nfifth and seventh were. A division of ten acres\\nwas made Nov ember 11, 1803 a division of\\nnine acres was made June 7, 1809, and a divi-\\nsion, being the last one, was made Mav 7, 1833,\\ncontaining three acres. The time that the last\\ndivision was made lacked but a little over a", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0501.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "382\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nyear of one hundred years from the time that\\nthe first proprietors of the township drew lots\\nfor tlieir liouse-lots.\\nAs Richmond was granted February 28,\\n1752, it contained a tract of land lying on the\\neast of Swanzey, that extended to Keene line,\\nthat was afterwards known as Richmond Gore.\\nDecember 11, 1762, this gore was disannexed\\nfrom Richmond, and annexed to Swanzey. The\\nlength of the west line of this gore was seven\\nmiles. The north line ran on Keene thirty\\nrods the east line ran on Marlborough and\\nFitzwilliam six miles and one hundred and\\nthirty rods the s(jutli line, which severed it\\nfrom Richmond, was about three miles and a\\nhalf in length.\\nThe original grant of the township of Lower\\nAshuelot, six miles square, and the annexation\\nof Richmond Gore, gave to Swanzey all of the\\nterritory that the town ever contained. The\\npresent shape of the town is owing to having\\nhad land included within its bounds that had\\nbeen granted for another township previous to\\nbeing included within the bounds of Lower\\nAshuelot, and by having some of its territory\\ntaken to form the town of Troy, by having\\nabout three hundred and fifty acres annexed to\\nMarlborough, and a small piece annexed to\\nKeene.\\nThose who first surveyed Lower Ashuelot\\ncould not have been aware that they in-\\ncluded within its bounds a large tract of land\\nthat belonged to Winchester. Winchester s\\nclaim was good, as their grant was made pre-\\nvious to the grant of Lower Ashuelot. The\\nline, as first run, extended six miles from the\\nsouthwest corner of Keene, south thirty-nine\\ndegrees, west to a corner, and thence east six\\nmiles. One cau see by looking at the map of\\nSwanzey that this survey carried the southwest\\ncorner of Lower Ashuelot far into Winchester.\\nWhen Troy was incorporated, in 1815, a num-\\nber of hundred acres of the southeast corner of\\nthe Richmond Gore was taken from Swanzey\\nto form that town. The north end of the gore\\nhad previously been taken from Swanzey and\\nannexed to Marlborough.\\nThe Richmond Gore had been, jjrevious to\\nbeing annexed to Swanzey, surveyed into ranges\\nand lots. The lots contained about one hun-\\ndred acres each. At the time this gore was an-\\nnexed to Swanzey but few, if any, settlements\\nhad been made upon it; l)ut the lots were taken\\nup and settlement made quite fast afterwards.\\nNearly all of the territory that comprises No.\\n9 School District, the East Swanzey School\\nDistrict and the district in the hollow was in\\nthe Richmond Gore.\\nThe methods of managing the municipal\\naffairs of Lower Ashuelot were very different\\nfrom the present methods of managing town\\naffitirs. Money was raised by the proprietors\\nto pay for preaching, for the support of schools,\\nto build and repair roads and bridges, and for\\nall municipal expenses by making an assess-\\nment equally upon the proprietors shares. It\\nmade no difference whether the ])roprietor lived\\nin the township or not, or whether any part of\\nhis land had been brought under cultivation\\nand buildings erected upon it or not, he had to\\npay one-sixtieth part of the expenses of the\\ntownship. Instead of town officers, committees\\nwere chosen by the proprietors for special pur-\\nposes.\\nAfter the to\\\\vnship had been re-granted by\\nNew Hampshire, there was a change of meth-\\nods. Town-meetings were held and town offi-\\ncers elected. From 1753 to 1885 there has\\nbeen considerable change in the expenses of\\ntowns, in town officers and in the duties of towns.\\nThese changes may be shown by copies of town\\nrecords.\\nThe New Hampshire charter made the fol-\\nlowing reservations\\nFor His Excellency, Benning Wentvvorth, Esq.,\\none tract of land, to contain five hundred acres, one\\nwhole share for the Incorporated Society for the Prop-\\nagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts one whole\\nshare for the first settled minister of the Gospel in\\nsaid Town one whole share for a Glebe for the min-\\nistry of the Church of England as by law established.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0502.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n383\\nVoted March 4, 1766, to build a good and suffi-\\ncient pound, thirty-five foot square, in the highway\\nat the end of John Frary s house.\\nAt a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of\\nSwanzey, legally met at the meeting-house in said\\nSwanzey, on Tuesday, the fifth day of March, 1771,\\nthe meeting being opened, Capt. Joseph Hammond\\nwas chosen Moderator then the meeting was ad-\\njourned for the space of half an hour to meet at the\\nhouse of Lieut. Johnathan Whitcomb. Re-assembled\\nat the time and place appointed. Thomas Applin\\nwas chosen Town Clerk Thomas Applin, Samuel\\nHills, Benjamin Brown, David Elijah Groves, chosen\\nSelectmen. Voted, that the Selectmen be assessors.\\nCaleb Sawyer was chosen constable Capt. Joseph\\nHammond, chosen town treasurer Thomas Ham-\\nmond and Amasa Parker, chosen tythingmen Lieut.\\nJoseph Whitcomb, Joseph Cummings, Henry Morse,\\nDavid Belding, Roger Thomjison and Benjamin\\nBrown, chosen surveyors of highways Elisha Scott\\nand Elijah Belding, chosen fence viewers John\\nStarkey, sen., deer-reef; Wyat Gunn, Ebenezer Hills\\nand Jonathan Woodcock, Jr., chosen hogreaves Na-\\nthan Scott and Gardner Duston, chosen field Drivers;\\nSamuel Belding, chosen sealer of leather. Voted, to\\naccept of the settlement of accounts with Capt. Jon-\\nathan Hammond as treasurer for the years 1768 and\\n1769, as presented to the town by the selectmen.\\nVoted, to raise forty pounds lawful money to\\nmake and repair road.\\nVoted, that labor at the roads be set at two shil-\\nlings and eight pence per day, from the first day of\\nApr. to the first day of Oct, and the rest of the year\\nat two shillings per day.\\nVoted, that swine may go at large on the common,\\nyoked and ringed according to law, from the first of\\nApr. to the last of October.\\nVoted, to allow Mr. Elijah Graves fifteen shillings\\nlawful money for his services as selectman.\\nAt a meeting of the inhabitants of Swanzey in\\nthe Providence of New Hampshire, held at the\\nmeeting-house in said Swanzey, on Monday, the 8th\\nday of May, 1775.\\nVoted, that Mr. Samuel Hills be appointed a Dep-\\nuty to represent this town at the Convention of Dep-\\nuties proposed to be held at Exeter, on the 17th day\\nof this instant and that he be fully empowered and\\nauthorised in behalf of this town, to join with the\\nDeputies of other towns in addopting and pursuing\\nsuch measures as may be judged most expedient to\\npursue to restore the right of this and the other col-\\nonies and that he be emjjowered as aforesaid, to act\\nfor the space of six months if the said Convention of\\nDeputies shall judge it to be necessary.\\nFoied, December 18, 1775, That it is the opinion\\nof the town that Colo. Jose[)h Hammond, Maj.\\nElisha Whitcomb, Capt. Joseph AVhitcomb, Jr.,\\nCapt. Jonathan Whitcomb, Mr. Thomas Ham-\\nmond, Mr. Benjamin Brown and Lieut. Daniel\\nWarner be chosen a Committee of Safety agreeable\\nto the advice of the Continental Congress, and we ac-\\nknowledge them a Committee of Safety for this town,\\nand we a2)prove of what they have acted in that ca-\\npacity.\\nVoted, March 4, 1777, to allow to Mr. David\\nBelding twenty shillings for his time, trouble and ex-\\npenses as a selectman last year, and to Colo. Ham-\\nmond, Thomas Hammond and Elijah Groves nine\\nshillings each for their services as selectmen last\\nyear; to allow Thomas Applin twelve shillings for his\\nservice as selectman last year.\\nVoted at a special town-meeting, January 22, 1778,\\nThat this town approves of the Articles of Confedera-\\ntion and perpetual union between the United States\\nof America, as proposed by the Continental Congress,\\nand desire that the same may be ratified and con-\\nfirmed.\\nVoted, That our Representative at the General\\nCourt be instructed to concur with the Representa-\\ntives of the other towns in this State in appointing\\nand calling a full and free representation of all the\\nDeputies in this State for the sole purpose of framing\\nand laying a permanent plan or system for the future\\ngovernment of this State agreeable to a vote of the\\nGeneral Court.\\nVoted, May 12, 1778, To send one man to meet\\nwith the Convention at Concord, the tenth day of\\nJune next, and Calvin Frink, Esq., was chosen.\\nVoted, March 2, 1779, To allow Calvin Frink\\ntwenty-five pounds as a reward for his services as\\nDelegate for the town in the Convention, held at\\nConcord, June 10, 1778.\\nA town-meeting was held May 2, 1781, to\\nchoo. se one or more persons, if the town shall\\nthink propper to convene at Concord on the\\nsecond Tuesday in June next for the sole pur-\\npose of forming and laying a permanent plan\\nor system of government for this State.\\nAt this meeting Rev. Edward Stoddard was\\nchosen a delegate to represent the town in tiie\\nconvention.\\nA town-meeting was held December 31, 1781,\\nto see if the town would accept of the Con-\\nstitution or form of Government agreed upon\\nby the Delegates of the jjeople of this State in", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0503.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "384\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUiNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nConvention, bognu and held at Concord on the\\nsecond Tuesday of June hist.\\nTlie question was jjut, wlietiier tlie voters\\npresent do accept of the Constitution or plan of\\nGovernment as it has now been read\\nThirty-one voted to accept it; five declined\\nvoting either way, three of \\\\Nhoni declared\\nthey had not perused it sufficiently two said\\nthey did not know whether they belonged to\\nthe State of New Hampshire or Vermont, and\\none objected against one article, viz., respecting\\nthe governor, that no man shall be eligible as\\ngovernor more than three years in any seven.\\nAt a town-meeting held May 28, 1783,\\nseventy-three voters were present, and voted on\\nreconsidering the Constitution or plan of gov-\\nernment. Fifty-eight voted to accept the Cou-\\nstitutif)n as it stood fifteen voted not to accept\\nit without alteration.\\nAt a town-meeting held October 6, 1783, it\\nwas voted, that it is the opinion of this town\\nthat, with rcsj)ect to the proposed alteration of\\nthe eighth article of the Constitution of the\\nUnited States, that each State ought to be taxed\\naccording to the wealth of each State but\\nwhether numbering the persons or taking the\\nvalue of the land according to any mode of\\nvaluation that is practicable be the best way to\\nascertain the wealth of each State we are by no\\nmeans able to determine, and do therefore con-\\nfide in the wisdom and judgment of tlie Legis-\\nlature of the State, to act as they shall think\\nmost just and equitable.\\nThomas Applin, Calvin Frink and Aaron\\nParsons were chosen a committee to draft in-\\nstructions to the delegate in the General Court.\\nThe first town-meeting held in Swanzey un-\\nder the Constitution, which had been adopted,\\nwas held March 2 1784. The chief executive\\nofficer of the State under this Constitution was\\nstyled a President. The town officers ele(;tetl at\\nthis meeting were: Moderator, Samuel Hills\\ntown clerk, Calvin Frink selectmen, Isaac\\nHammond, David Belding, Jr., and Benjamin\\nHammond.\\nOf the votes given for a president of the\\nState, Meshech Weare had 10 George Atkin-\\nson, 21 John Sullivan, 2. Of the votes given\\nfor two senators for Cheshire County, Thomas\\nApplin had 14; Daniel Newcombe, 2; Calvin\\nFrink, 27; John Bellows, 5; Simeon Olcot, 5;\\nBenjamin Bellows, 1.\\nVoted at this meeting to grant forty-eight shillings\\nto Rev. Mr. Godchird as a reward for his services as a\\nmember of the late Convention for forming a Consti-\\ntution for this State.\\nVoted, to grant Capt. Samuel Hills fifteen shillings\\nas a reward for his services as a member of the afore-\\nsaid Convention.\\nVoted, March 1, 1775, to raise twelve pounds for\\nthe purpose of trimming the burying ground.\\nVoted, March 7, 1786, to raise \u00c2\u00a34 13s. Ip. to com-\\nplete the fencing of the burying ground.\\nAt a legal meeting held October 30, 1 786, a\\nplan for emitting paper money by the General\\nCourt was read. The vote was unanimous\\nagainst approving the measure.\\nA committee was chosen for suggestinc; al-\\nterations in the plan, consisting of Koger\\nThompson, William Grimes, Wyman Richard-\\nson, Abraham Randall, ElLsha Whitcomb,\\nDavid Belding, Jr., and Ebenezer Hills. No-\\nvember 13, 1780, the committee made the fol-\\nlowing report\\nThat twenty thousand dollars be emitted on the\\nsame plan that the General Court proposed to emit\\nthe ten thousand pounds, with the addition to have it\\na tender for all debts due in this State and in lieu of\\nthe forty thousand pounds that the General Court\\nproposed to emit on land security that the Statenotes,\\nbe called in, and the holder in lieu of said notes to\\nreceive certificates of the same sum, in lieu of the\\nsame so that the interest of said notes may cease, and\\nthe certificates to be received in allout standingtaxes,\\nseventeen voted in favor of the report, and two\\nagainst it.\\nA town-meeting was called December 4,\\n178(J:\\nTo see if the town would agree with some person\\nto pay the last State tax required to be paid in facili-\\nties by the first of January next, and repay such per-\\nson or persons in cattle or any other way they shall\\nagree.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0504.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n385\\nVoted, That the selectmen lie imixiwered to agree\\nwith Mr. Nathan Capron who has uiukrtaken to pay\\nsaid tax for the town\\nVdfed, That the selectmen, together with Maj.\\nElisha Whitcomb, Maj. .Jonathan Whitcomb, Lut.\\nSamuel Wright and Mr. David Belding, Jr., be a\\ncommittee to e.xamine into the requests of several\\nconstables representing such assesments in their\\nhands against such jiersons, as they have not had op-\\nportunity to collect and make such an adjustment\\nand abatement to such constables as they shall judge\\necjuetable.\\nThe foreooing; votes sliow the financial eon-\\ndition of the town at tliat period. The war\\nfor Independance iiad been successfully prose-\\ncuted and Independence achieved, hut there had\\nbeen no well-matured plans adapted for a\\nState or for a General Government. The fi-\\nnances of the country were in a deplorable\\ncondition, taxes were heavy in consequence of\\nthe war, the people were without money, and to\\npay their taxes was almost an impossibility.\\nVoted March 5, 1793, That each man be allowed\\nfour pence per hour for each hours actual labor at\\nthe highways, and two pence per hour for a plough,\\ntwo pence per hour for each yoke of oxen, and one\\npence per hour for every cart used at said highway.\\nVoted, To allow Mr. Moses B. Williams six shil-\\nlings for warning sundrey persons out of town.\\nIt appears to have been lawful at this time\\nfor towns to refuse a settlement to such persons\\nas they thought might be likely to become a\\n2)ublic charge.\\nAt the annual town-meeting, March 5, 1793,\\nthe following subject was taken into considera-\\ntion\\nWhereas, Mr. John Harvey and others, inhabi-\\ntants of Swanzey, have requested said town that they\\nwould vote that they and their land may be annexed\\nto the town of Marlborough, representing they live\\nmuch more convenient to Marlborough Meeting-\\nHouse than Swanzey, c.\\nThe town having considered of the said request,\\nthink the same to be reasonable therefore.\\nVoted, That Messrs. John Harvey, Kember Har-\\nvey and Samuel Stearns, and the land whereon they\\ndwell, and the laud belonging to Mr. Timothy Har-\\nvey be set oil from the town of Swanzey and annexed\\nto the town of Marlborough, said tract of land lies in\\nthe northeastwardly part of said Sw-anzey and is the\\nmost northwestwardly part of that gore of land which\\nwas set off from Richmond to Swanzey, and is as\\nfollows, viz: Beginning at a heap of stones, being the\\nsoutheast corner of the town of Keene, then runs on\\nsaid Keene west 8 degrees north, 32 rods to the old\\ncorner of Swanzey, then runs south, 34 degrees west\\non Swanzey old line 418 rods to a white pine tree,\\nthen runs east 20 degrees, 30 minutes; south on com-\\nmon land 212 rods to a stake and stone in the patent\\nline, then runs on the patenfline north 9 degrees, 30\\nminutes east, 418 rods to the first mentioned corner\\ncontaining three hundred and five acres.\\nAt the annual town-meeting, March l. 1832,\\nthe following was part of the business trans-\\nacted.\\nVoted, To provide each soldier with 1 pound\\npowder on muster day.\\nVoted to hold the next annual meeting at the\\nBaptist meeting-house.\\nThe collecting of all the taxes to be assessed in\\nthe town of Swanzey the ensuing year was then\\nset up at public auction to be struck off to the\\nlowest bidder be to produce bonds to the accept-\\nance of the selectmen fi)r the payment of the\\nsame into the state, county and town treasuries\\nas directed by the Statesmen, and also to make\\na full statement with the town treasurer ten\\ndays before the annual town meeting in March,\\n1833, or to receive nothing for his services as\\ncollector for said year, and they were struck otf\\nto Jonathan Whitcomb, he being the lowest\\nbidder, for the sum of $28.00, after which the\\nsaid Whitcomb withdrew his bid when they\\nwere again set up on the same conditions as at\\nfirst and struck off to Israel Brown, he being\\nthe lowest bidder, for the sum of $18.15.\\nThe following report shows the expenses of\\nthe town for the year jjrior to March 13, 1832\\nWe, the undersigned, have carefully re-examined\\nthe books, receipts and orders of the past year and\\nfind the receipts into the treasury exactly as reported\\nat the annual meeting, on the 13th instant, and we\\nalso present a more definite report of the disburse-\\nments from the treasury than was made at said meet-\\ning,\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0505.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "386\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nPaid for support of poor $244 62\\nfor schooling 673 61\\nrepair of Sliite Bridge 81 87\\nPlank for otlier Bridges 39 24\\non account of Small Pox 22 75\\nNon-Resident Highway 00 00\\nTaxes worked out 17 57\\nEunice Graves 15 26\\na Note for Blodget Place 38 50\\nmuster expenses Powder 51 79\\nSelectmen 54 91\\nSup. School Committee 15 26\\noutstanding school Order 40 38\\nother outstanding Orders 62 71\\nIncidental Charges 61 76\\nCash in Treasury 133 77\\nTotal $1,553 98\\nOut standing orders at the time of settlement,\\n$20.51, which, deducted from the money on hand in\\nthe treasury, will leave a balance of $113.26.\\nElijah Sawyer, 1 Selectmen\\nJoseph Woodward, of\\nBenjamix Hamblet, I Swamey.\\nWe, the undersigned committee, appointed at the\\nlast annual meeting to examine the selectmen s ac-\\ncount of money expended the last year, have attended\\nto the business assigned us and report that the above\\nstatement of the selectmen we find to be correct, and\\nnot varying materially in the sum total from their\\nfirst report. Their disbursements are in the present\\nreport more regularly classed, and we cheerfully give\\nour sanction to the same, all which is submitted by\\nJames Henry.\\nAmos Bailey.\\nEphraim K. Frost.\\nAt a town meeting held November 5, 1832,\\nto vote for electors for President and Vice-\\nPresident of the United States, Jackson elec-\\ntors liad 197 opposition, 116.\\nVote for electors, November 7, 1836\\nVan Buren electors had 139 opposition, 45.\\nAt this meeting, November 7th, the sense of\\nthe voters was taken upon the State making an\\nappropriation for an insane hospital twenty-five\\nvoted in favour of the measure and seventy-six\\nagainst it.\\nThe following action was taken by the town\\nupon the division by the State of the surplus\\nrevenue divided by the United States between\\nthe States.\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nChe.shire, Ss.\\nTo the inhabitants of the town of Swanzey, in the\\ncounty of Cheshire, in said State, qualified to vote in\\ntown affairs\\nGreeting\\nYou are hereby notified and warned to meet at\\nthe old meeting-house in said Swanzey on Saturday,\\nthe twenty-fifth day of February, 1837, at one o clock\\nP.M., to act upon the following subject\\nTo see if the town will vote to receive their share\\nof the surplus money.\\nTo see if the town will choose an agent to take\\nthe charge of said money.\\nTo see what disposition shall be made of the\\nmoney.\\nAt the meeting held in pursuance of the fore-\\ngoing warrant the town\\nFoto/, To receive said surplus money, 112 voting\\nin favour and 86 against.\\nVoted, To choose an agent to obtain and loan said\\nmoney.\\nVoted, That Elijah Carpenter be our agent for the\\nabove purpose, and that he loan said money in sums\\nnot exceeding $300.00, nor less than $50.00 giving the\\ntown of Swanzey the preference and report his doings\\nannually at the March meetings and voted said Car-\\npenter be our agent during the pleasure of the town.\\nVoted, at the annual meeting for 1838 that Elijah\\nCarpenter agent for said town to loan money of the\\nsurplus revenue pay the interest arising thereon into\\nthe town treasury, taking said treasurer s recept\\ntherefor.\\nAt the Presidential election in 1840 the Van\\nBuren electors received 244 votes the Harrison\\nelectors, 143 the Birney or Abolition electors,\\n1. The one vote was the first vote ever cast at\\na Presidential election against slavery in tiie\\ntown. It was cast by John AVithington, an old,\\nstanch Democrat. Mr. Withington had be-\\ncome convinced that it was his duty to vote\\nagainst slavery, and what he conceived to be his\\nduty to do he would do it. The feeling against\\npolitical action at that time was very strong, by\\nboth Whigs and Democrats. The Presidential\\nelection that year in Swanzey was probably the", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0506.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n387\\nmost exciting one ever held in the town. Nearly\\nevery V(3ter in town voted.\\nAt the Presidential election in 1 844, James\\nK.Polk electors had 211 votes; Henry Clay\\nelectors, 81 James S. Birney electors, 33. At\\ntil is election the town voted upon the question\\n(if abolishing capital punishment, 111 voted in\\ntavor, 184 against.\\nVoted, March 12, 1850, to repair the old meeting-\\nliduse for a town-house. Chose Amos Bailey, David\\nand Lymau Parker a committee to make the repairs.\\nVoted, That the committee expend a sum not ex-\\nceeding seven hun h ed and fifty dollars.\\nThe repairs made consisted in taking oiF the\\nhelfry on the west end, the porch on the\\neast end, taking out the galleries, taking out the\\npews and the windows, cutting down the house\\nseveral feet, putting in a new set of windows,\\ntinishing the inside and painting the outside.\\nThe votes cast for Presidential electors, No-\\nvember 2, 1852, were as follows: Franklin\\nPierce electors, 232; Winfield Scott electors,\\n57 Free-Soil electors, (J2.\\nThe twelfth article in the warrant for the an-\\nnual town-meeting, 1854, was\\nTo see what measures the town will take to pre-\\nvent the setting off a part of Swanzey to Keene. Upon\\nthis article the town\\nVoted, That our Representatives be and are hereby\\nempowered and authorized to employ, if they think\\nit to be necessary, and engage council to defeat the\\npetitioners in their attempt to be severed from Swan-\\nzey and annexed to Keene.\\nAt the ainutal town-meeting, 1855, the town\\nVoted, That the Representatives be instructed to\\nuse all means in their power to prevent Swanzey Fac-\\ntory Village from being set off to Keene and employ-\\ncouncil if necessary.\\nThe vote for Presidential electors the first\\nMonday in November, 1856, was as follows\\nBuchanan electors, 229; Republican electors,\\nhig electors, 2.\\nThe votes for Presidential electors, Novem-\\nber 6, 1860, were as follows: Lincoln and\\nHamlin electors, 214 Douglass and Johnson\\nelectors, 195 Breckenridge and Lane electors,\\n18 Bell and Everett electors, 1.\\nThe votes for Presidential electors, November\\n8, 1864, were as follows McClellan and Pend-\\nleton, 260 Lincoln and Johnson, 1 54.\\nDuring the Rebellion the town contracted a\\nlarge debt to meet the requirement of the war.\\nThe money was principally used to pay bounties.\\nAt the commencement soldiers were obtained for\\nsmall bounties, but as the war continued it be-\\ncame more difficult to obtain them, and large\\nbounties were paid by the town. In 1864 as\\nhigh as one thotisand dollars was paid for three\\nyears men, and five hundred dollars for one\\nyear.\\nTlie financial condition of the town, Feb-\\nruary 17, 1866, is shown by the report of\\nthe selectmen as made out at that time, and it\\nalso shows the sources from which the loans\\nwere obtained,\\nNote at savings-bank, Keene $1,000.00\\nNote at savings-bank, Keene 0,000.00\\nNote at savings-bank, Keene 2,000.00\\nJohn W. Starkey s note 500.00\\nJohn W. Starkey s note 300.00\\nNathan Winch s note 1,562.00\\nEnoch Howes note 1,400.00\\nA. J. Holbrook s note 750.00\\nLewis Carpenter s note 500.00\\nA. Kingsbury s note 500.00\\nMrs. Almira Hewes note 50.00\\nF. C. Whitcomb s note.... 175.50\\nJ. D. Ware s note 350.00\\nC. Dodger s note 300.00\\nAlvin Starkey s note 4,200.00\\nEmma Cass note 300.00\\nWilliam H. Knight s note 200.00\\nJohn AVithington s note 130.00\\nLuke Ellors note 107.00\\nJohn Starkey s note 800.00\\nAlmira Sawyer s note 75.00\\nNote at savings-bank, Keene 2,000.00\\nBenjamin Pierce s note 7,000.00\\nJohn Starkey s note 500.00\\nMiss R. Williams note 50.00\\nCongregational Society s note 120.00\\nA. Kingsbury s note 1,500.00\\nD. R. Marshal s note 300.00\\nNote, Calvin Bryant s estate 1,000.00", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0507.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "388\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNote, Calvin Bryant s estate 100.00\\nCharles Howard s note 600.00\\nMrs. Hannah J. Clark s note 300.00\\nC. Whitcomb Co. s note 10,000.00\\nBaley Corlis note 250.00\\nJ. N. Forrestall s note 350.00\\nNote to Aaron Dickinson s estate... 380.00\\nFrancis Cook s note 1,000.00\\nMrs. C. E. Harris note 1,000.00\\nHenry S. Applin s note 300.00\\nMarshall Ei.xford s note 3,000.00\\nZadock L. Taft s note 500.00\\nAsahel W. Dunton s note 500.00\\nFrancis Hill s note 198.35\\nG. G. Willis note 1,000.00\\nMartha L. Graves note 250.00\\nF. C. Whitcomb s note 75.00\\nNoah Youngman s note 500.00\\nAhas Cass note 100.00\\nZadock L. Taft s note 300.00\\nLyman Holbrook s note 125.00\\nMrs. Lucy A. Taft s note 326.00\\nMrs. Maranda J. Holbrook s note... 75.00\\nAhas Cass note 200.00\\nCharles Marsh s note 100.00\\nLewis Carpenter s note 600.00\\nLemuel O. Hunt s note 400.00\\nEdward Dickinson s note 450.00\\nClark H. Houghton s note 500.00\\nRoswell Whitcomb s note 290.41\\nWheeler Falkner s note 179.97\\nO. E. Parson s note 300.00\\nJosiah Parson s note 300.00\\nMrs. Susannah Bryant s note 100.00\\nDavid Pelkey s note 300.00\\nMrs. Arvilla S. Wilber s note 70.00\\nMrs. Arvilla S. Wilber s note 350.00\\nLewis H. Hunt s note 500.00\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Zadock L. Taft s note 150.00\\nNote, Calvin Bryant s estate 160.00\\nGeorge W. Eastman s note 300.00\\nWillard Adams note 400.00\\nOrrin i Oakman s note 100.00\\nMrs. H. Wetherill s note 100.00\\nMrs. Silence Starkey s note 150.00\\nArza Higgins note 1.50.00\\nE. O. Whitcomb s note 200.00\\nJ.C.Webber s note 60.00\\nS. W. Falkner s note 100.00\\nJ. C. Webber s note 102.00\\nL. R. Starkey s note 300.00\\nD. M. Harris note 50.00\\nHenry Abbott s note 300.00\\nAlvin Starkey s note 2,000.00\\nMrs. Mary E. Partridge s note 250.00\\nMrs. Christian Marble s note 250.00\\nMrs. Sarah Willis note 295.00\\nEstimated due town-officers for 1865 800.00\\nEstimated interest due on notes 850.00\\nAmount $64,494.56\\nMinus indorsements 572.70\\n163,921.86\\nAssets.\\nCash in the treasury $3,386.53\\nIn the collector s hands 1,716.83\\nDue from State, soldiers aid 925.77\\nDue from the county for the sup-\\nport of N. J. Underwood 214.60\\nDue from general government boun-\\nties for nine men 2,160.00\\n$8,403.73\\nTotal amount of liabilities $63,921.86\\nTotal amount of assets $8,403.73\\nIndebtedness of the town, Febru-\\nary 17, 1866 $55,518.13\\nFebruary 16, 1867 55,011.28\\nFebruary 17, 1868 55,112.16\\nFebruary 17, 1869 55,092.50\\nMarch 1, 1870 54,137.45\\nMarch 1, 1871 49,443.14\\nMarch 1, 1872 47,356.12\\nMarch 1, 1873 33,429.37\\nThe town luul received, previous to the\\ntime the foregoing report was made, twelve\\nthousand three liundred and twenty-five dol-\\nlars from the State, being the town s proportion\\nof the amount assumed of the town s debts.\\nIndebtedness of the town, March\\n1, 1874 $28,812.88\\nMarch 1, 1875 25,349.85\\nMarch 1, 1876 22,806.89\\nMarch 1, 1877 20,382.31\\nMarch 1, 1878 17,369.99\\nMarch 1, 1879 14,594.05\\nMarch 1, 1880 11,318.74\\nMarch 1, 1881 9,370.73\\nMarch 1, 1882 6,431.64\\nMarch 1, 1883 3,208.40\\nMarch 1, 1884 1,774.17\\nProbably there was about as many farmers\\nin Swanzey in 1800, as there has been at\\nany one time in its history. In a large", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0508.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n389\\nnumber of places where there is au old cellar-\\nhole, there was at that time a small house owued\\nl y an industrious farmer, who l)y iiard work\\nwas clearing up his land and was supporting a\\nlarge family. There was at this time a consider-\\nable amount of travel through the centre of the\\ntown. ISIui h of the travel from Cheshire\\nCounty and Vermont going to Boston took this\\nroute. This travel consisted largely of farmers\\ngoing to Boston to dispose of some of the sur-\\nplus products of their farms. This travel was\\nsufficiently large as to make it an object for\\nsome of the farmers to keep public-houses. One\\nof these, which was quite a noted one, was on\\nthe hill iu that part of Swanzey which was\\ntaken in 1815 to form the town of Troy.\\nOther public-houses were kept at the Centre.\\nIt was the custom of larg-e numbers of the\\nfarmers, in the fall of the year or in the early\\nwinter, to make up a load from the products of\\ntiie form, together with some articles that had\\nbeen made by the wife or daughters, and go\\nhimself to Boston and market them, and make\\npurchases of some of the principal articles that\\nwould be needed the coming year. Large num-\\nbers of these loads were drawn by a single\\nhorse, some would make up a load for two\\nhorses, and in some cases oxen were brought\\ninto requisition. These loads were largely made\\nup of a few hundred pomids of pork, a few\\ntubs of butter, a number of cheeses, a box or\\ntwo of poultry, a web of frocking and a piece\\nof flannel. The return load would consist of\\na few bushels of salt, a few gallons of rum, a\\nfew gallons of molasses, a few j^ounds of tea, a\\njack-knife for each of the boys, and a piece of\\ngoods to make the wife a dress and some\\ntrinkets for the girls.\\nThis method of the farmers was not very ad-\\nvantageous to the country trader, but still it left\\nsome business for him, and this business con-\\nsisted almost entirely of taking in farm pro-\\nducts in exchange for goods, and sending these\\ngoods to a distant market to exchange for new\\nstock of goods.\\nMills, both saw-mills and grist-mills, were\\nregarded as a prime necessity at the very com-\\nmencement of the settlement of the town.\\nThe following extract from a i:)roprietors\\nmeeting of March 16, 1737, testifies that the\\nsubject of building necessary mills was early\\nentertained\\nVoted That two hundred acres of land adjoining\\nthe Upper Great Falls in the Great River, to lay as\\nconvenieutly as may be to said falls be laid out to\\nEphraim Jones his heirs and assigns at his or their\\ncost upon condition that he the said Jones his heirs\\nand assigns at his or their cost upon condition that\\nhe the said Ephraim Jones his heirs and assigns shall\\nbuild a good saw-mill at said falls on or before the\\n15th day of August next and maintain it ten years\\nat least and to saw for and sell boards to the proprie-\\ntors, at the same price they generally do at other\\nplaces said land to be laid out by the committee and\\nsurveyor which shall be chosen to lay out the next\\ndivision of land to include said fall reserving free\\nliberty for the setting up of a grist-mill at said place\\nwhen the proprietors shall think it necessary. If the\\nsaid Ephraim Jones, his heirs or assigns (who are to\\nhave the liberty before any other) shall decline it,\\nand if at the end of said ten years, or any time for-\\nward the said Jones, his heirs or assigns, shall neglect\\nor refuse to keep up and maintain a saw-mill at said\\nplace then the privilege and conveniency for a saw-\\nmill at said place to revert to the proprietors.\\nThe saw-mill was built by Jones, and there\\ncan be little doubt but that he subsequently\\nbuilt a grist-mill at the same place. These\\nmills stood a few rods below the site of the\\npresent mills at West Swanzey. They shared\\nthe fate of the other buildings of the township\\nat the hands of the Indians. Before the\\ntownship was resettled after its abandonment,\\nand there was propriety in rebuilding mills at\\nthis site, Mr. Jones had died, and mills have\\nnever been built at that site.\\nPrevious to 1760, Captain Joseph Whitcomb\\nhad taken up his residence at West Swanzey.\\nHe had five sons. Some of these, if not all,\\ncame with their father. They all became in-\\nhabitants of the town. Captain Whitcomb\\nand sons obtained four acres of the two hundred\\nacres on the west side of the falls, and erected", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0509.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "390\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\na saw and grist-mill, where the woolen-mill\\nnow stands. In 1800 these mills had been\\nsupplying the farmers with manufactured\\nlumber, and grinding their grain for forty\\nyears.\\nOn June 1, 17o9, David Belding, Elisha\\nScott, Joshua Graves and Abner Graves ob-\\ntained a grant of fifty acres of laud at Factory\\nvillage, in consideration that they build at that\\nplace a saw and grist-mill within two years,\\nand keep the mills in good repair for ten years\\nand do work for customary prices. They ob-\\ntained from the proprietors of Keeue the right\\nto take the water from the East Branch, through\\na canal, to furnish the water-power for their\\nmills.\\nJohn Whitcomb and sons built the first saw\\nand grist-mill at East Swanzey, in al)Out 17. SO.\\nCaptain Samuel Brown and Moses Board-\\nman Williams had a fifty-acre lot pitched and\\nsurveyed at Westport, June 2, 1774, which\\nincluded the falls mills were erected there at\\nan early date.\\nRichard Stratton commenced the business of\\ncloth-dressing previous to 1800 at West Swan-\\nzey and Colonel Elisha Whitcomb built a card-\\ning machine at East Swanzey at an early date.\\nA tannery had been built and was in success\\nful operation at what was long known as the\\nBlake tannery. Captain Timothy Bishop had\\nat one time a small foundry on a brook up\\namongst the hills in the east part of the\\ntown.\\nCarpenters, shoemakers and blacksmiths were\\nscattered through the town. But it was to the\\nfarmers in the town up to 1800 that the mill-\\nowners and the mechanics looked for employ-\\nment. The fact was that nearly^ every man in\\ntown M as engaged in farming. The tavern-\\nkeeper, the trader, the mill-owner, the clothier,\\nthe carder, the carpenter, the shoemaker, the\\ntanner, the blacksmiths, the nail- maker, the\\nbrick-makers had their farms. They carried\\non their farms to a great extent by exchanging\\ntheir oods and their labor for labor to culti-\\nvate lands already cleared and for clearing up\\nmore land.\\nIn 1800 there were many large and substan-\\ntial houses in the town, many of more moderate\\nproportions and not a large number of small\\nframed houses and but a small number of log\\nones. Probably there never was much necessity\\nfor using the log house for any great length of\\ntime. Timber was abundant and of little value\\nand plenty of mills to manufacture it.\\nThe oldest type of the best houses that had\\nbeen built previous to 1800 was a two-story\\nhouse in front and one-story at the back part.\\nTlie plan was to have two good-sized front\\nrooms on the lower floor and to have two good-\\nsized chambers on the second floor. The centre\\nof the rear j)art contained a large kitchen, and\\nat the ends of it bed-room, pantry, cupboards,\\nentries, etc. To accommodate the three large\\nrooms on the lower floor and the two front\\nchambers, a very large chimney was built in the\\ncentre of the house. Another type, and one\\nfrom which a larger number was built than\\nfrom the first, was to have the same construc-\\ntion upon the lower floor, but without the\\nsecond story in front. A fashionable type for\\nthe best houses at a later date was to build\\nwith two stories and with a four-cornei ed flat\\nI oof. If it was built with two rooms upon\\neach floor, it had usually a chimney at each end\\nof the house. If it contained four rooms upon\\neach floor, the chimneys were built bet^veen the\\nfront and rear rooms.\\nFrom the standjDoint of 1830 a considerable\\namount of business had been engaged in in the\\nprevious thirty y^ears of a different character\\nfrom that pursued jirevious to 1800.\\nPerhaps the first business taken hold of was\\nthe weaving of cotton cloth by the women. It\\nwas a number of years after machinery had\\nbeen put in operation in this country for spin-\\ning cotton yarn before the weaving of cot-\\nton cloth by the power-loom was successfully\\naccomplished. During this time cotton yarn\\nwas made in the mills and distril)uted throujih", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0510.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n391\\nthe couutiy to be woveu by womeu. Large\\namounts of this ^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ol\u00e2\u0096\u00a0k were done in Swaiizey\\nmen went with teams to Iliiode Island and\\n(tbtained the yarn and put it out to be woven.\\nThere was in abnost every house oue or more\\nlooms and some of the family busy at work\\nweaving.\\nAbout 1810 a mill was built at the Factory\\nvillage for making cotton yarn. Subsequently\\nlooms were put into the mill.\\nIn 1830 the mill was in active operation\\nmaking cotton cloth. About 1820 a small\\namount of machinery was running at East\\nSwanzey, by William Ryder, Phineas Stone and\\nHenry Cooper, making cotton yarn.\\nBetween 1800 and 1830 an important busi-\\nness was commenced by tlic owners (if saw-\\nmills in manufacturing lumber for the princi-\\n[lal towns low down upon the Connecticut\\nRiver. There was at this time a large amount\\nof superior pine timber in the town. In the\\nwinter a number of mills were heavily stocked\\nwith this timber. The mills at this time were\\nall sash-mills, and, compared with the present\\ncircular-mills, lumber was sawn very slowly by\\nthem. To make up for this, they were kept\\nrunning during the mouths of March, April,\\nMay and June, night and day. As soon as the\\nlumber was sufficiently seasoned, teams were em-\\nployed to cart it to the bank of the Connecticut\\nRiver, at Northfield, Mass., or Hinsdale. At\\nthese places it was packed into large rafts and\\nfloated down the river to such places as Spring-\\nfield, Hartford and New Haven, and there sold.\\nThe principal men engaged in this business\\nwere John Stratton, Major Benjamin Whit-\\ncomb, Moses Howard, Alvin Hohnau, John\\nChamberlain, Daniel H. Holbrook, Lyman\\nParker and Roswell Parker.\\nThis business was of great advantage to the\\nfarmers. INIany of them owned considerable\\nquantities of timber, which they could dispose\\nof to the manufacturers for cash. Most of the\\nfarmers at this time had one or more pairs of\\noxen. These were usually kept busy in the\\nwinter, logging. Those who had timber of\\ntheir own could cut and draw it themselves\\nthose who had not timber of their own could\\nusually find employment fir themselves and\\nteams by working for the mill-owners, who\\ngenerally bought lots of standing timber and\\nhired it cut and drawn.\\nThe lumber that was carted to Northfield, as\\nmost of it was, had to be drawn over North-\\nfield Hill. The road was rather steep upon\\nboth sides. That hich was carted from East\\nSwanzey had to be drawn over the Potter Hill\\nand over the Fish Hill. Both of these hills\\nwere steep upon both sides.\\nMost of the teams for carting had two yoke\\nof oxen some would have an extra horse and\\nsome would be one pair of oxen and a horse.\\nThe loading of the wagons was most frequently\\ndone (inc day, that the team could start as ([uick\\nas daylight the next morning. They would reach\\nthe river and unload before dark, and return\\nhome during the night.\\nThe prices paid for work, and the wagons and\\nsleds used those times, were very different from\\nthe price paid for work at the present time and\\nthe wagons and sleds used. Four dollars for\\ncarting a load of lumber with two yoke of oxen,\\nto Northfield, was about a fair price; and in\\nthe winter, when a man got for himself and a\\npair of oxen for a day s work one dollar and\\ntwenty-five cents, he thought that he was fiiirly\\npaid. The wagons used, most of them, were\\nmade with a wooden axle-tree skeined. Brakes\\nfor wagons were unknown in those days. As\\nsome of the hills were so steep on the road over\\nwhich the lumber had to be carted that went to\\nthe river, one pair of oxen could not manage a\\nload drawn by two yoke, and so a false pole was\\nused, that both pair could hold back in going\\ndown the steep hills. The sleds had long run-\\nners, shod with wood.\\nAnother business introduced into the town\\nwas the working up the red oak timber into\\nshocks. The business consisted in ffoinu; into\\nthe wo(jds, cutting down the best red oak trees,", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0511.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "392\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsawing them up into blocivs of the lengtli of a\\nstave for a molasses hogshead then in splitting\\nthese blocks up into staves then in shaving\\nand jointing the staves tiien in binding tliem\\nto make tlie bulge of the hogshead then in\\n^Jacking enough in a bunch to make a hogs-\\nhead, and bending them firmly together.\\nThey were then carted to onnectieut River\\nand transported down the river loaded on the\\ntop of a raft of boards or carried in a large\\nboat made for transporting freight up and\\ndown the river. The sliooJc market was at\\nNew Haven, Conn. There were men at that\\nplace who bought them and shipped them to\\nthe West Indies.\\nThe making of palm-leaf hats was intro-\\nduced into the town previous to 1830, and at\\nthat time many of the women were busy mak-\\ning hats.\\nSoon after ISOO, if not before, the travel\\nfrom Keene for Boston was diverted from the\\nroad that passed through Swanzey Centre. At\\nfirst it went through Marlborough and Jaffrey\\nbut soon the turnpike was built through the\\neast part of Swanzey, which soon became a\\ngreat thoroughfare for freighting, for private\\ntraveling and staging. After the travel had\\nleft Swanzey Centre there was but little busi-\\nness for public-houses to do, that were on the\\nroad that passed through there; but soon the\\nUnderwood tavern was Iniilt at the Factory\\nvillage, which for a long tinu^ was popular and\\nwell 2)atronized.\\nBenjamin Page was born in 1792, and died\\nwhen about sixty-six years old. During the time\\nafter he was twenty-one years old to the time of\\nhis death he was one of the marked men of the\\ntown. He was intensely in earnest to become\\nrich, and wns extremely visionary. These traits\\nin his character led hina to engage in many\\ndifferent branches of business. He at first en-\\ngaged in trade at Swanzey Centre next he\\ncommenced to make woolen flannels at the place\\nof his birth, the old Ephraim Page homestead.\\nThe spinning of the yarn for these flannels and\\nthe weaving was done at first by hand. A shop\\nwas built in which to do the work, and women\\nwere employed. His next move for making\\nthese goods was to purchase, at East Swanzey,\\nthe cloth-dressing business, and change the ma-\\nchinery for making flannels. About 1830 the\\nbusiness of making flannels was given up, and\\nmachinery for making pails wa.s put into tlie\\nmill.\\nThis was the first of the pail-making business\\nin Swanzey by machinery, and was nearly the\\nfirst that was done anywhere. A very little\\nhad been done in Troy and Marlborough.\\nWe will now take a look at Swanzey as it\\nwas in 1830, and notice some things that\\ndated a few years from 1830.\\nThe old growth pine timber was quite abund-\\nant. Large tracts could be seen of these stately\\nforest-trees upon the plains and upon the hills.\\nMany of these trees appeared in another form,\\nwhich gave to the town a disagreeable aspect.\\nAt a time when pine timber was not considered\\nof any value it was cut and burned up on the\\nland. In cutting the timber upon land for the\\npurpose of bringing it under cultivation, many\\nlarge pine-trees would be found that it would\\nbe a great task to cut and burn up. The result\\nwas that many of these trees were left standing\\nwhen the land was chopped, and were killed by\\nthe fire when the land was burned. And it\\nwas very frequent to find at this date, when cut-\\nting off a timber-lot, old, defective ti-ees that\\nwere not worth cutting and would be left, and\\nthen fire would run through the lot and they\\nwould be killed. Such trees could be seen in\\nall directions, some with bark on, some with it\\npartly off and some with it all off; some of the\\ntrees would have limbs on some would have\\nnearly all their limbs gone; some were black,\\nhaving been burned after they had become\\npartially dried.\\nNowhere in Cheshire County was to be found,\\nin 1830, a road over which there was more\\nstaging, more teaming and more general travel-\\ning than the turnpike in the east part of Swan-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0512.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n393\\nzev. The travel by stage between Keene and\\nBoston nearly all went over this road. In sum-\\nmer soon aftiT d:\\\\yliglit, and in wint( r before\\ndaylight, four-horse stage-coaches would start\\nand pass down over this road. In summer the\\nstages from Boston would pass before dariv, in\\nwinter it would V)e aftei- dark. Tlie passengers\\naboard the coaches would be made up usually of\\nsome from Keeue, some from other towns in\\nCheshire County, many from Vermont, a few\\nfrom the northeast of New York and frequently\\nsome from Canada.\\nThe teams that one would see on the road\\ngoing south would be one of six horses, with a\\ngreat load of bags of A^ermont wool; then\\nwould bi seen more frequently two-horse teams\\ngoing the same way, some with loads of grain\\nfrom the Connecticut lliver towns, loads of\\nbutter and loads of cheese from Vermont. When\\nthese teams came back, if they went through to\\nBoston, they would l)e loaded with all kinds of\\nmerchandise for the traders, or such stocks as the\\nmanufacturers had to purchase for their special\\nbusiness. In those times people who went to\\nvisit friends went very generally witli their own\\nteams some ^vould have a nice pair of horses\\nand a nice carriage, some with a nice pair of\\nhorses an l a larm-wagou, some with a nice\\nhorse and haise, some with an ordinary horse\\nand a common wagon. The old Underwood\\ntavern at the Factory village, was a place where\\nlarge numbers of teamsters and travelers were\\nentertained.\\nA number of Swanzey men at this time\\nowned a nice chaise, about the only nice car-\\nriages that were used. Of those who owned\\nsuch a carriage was Rev. Ebcnezer Colman, Hon.\\nElijah Beldiug, lion. Elijah Carpenter, Major\\nEzekiel Page, Captain Levi Blake, Amos Bailey\\nEsq., Captain Benjamin Brown, Captain David\\nHolbrook, Israel Staidey, Alexander Perry and\\nAlvah Thompson.\\nThe majority of the people rode in a com-\\nmon wagon. These were made with a wooden\\naxle-tree the body of the wagou was set square\\ndown upon the axle-tree, and the seats were set\\niqjon wooden springs.\\nRev. Ebenezer Colman was tiie minister of\\nthe Congregational Cliurch and Society in 1830,\\nwho worshiped at what is the town-house, un-\\nless the Universalists wanted it. This denomina-\\ntion claimed tiie right, to use the house a ])ortion\\nof the time, and when they did the Congregation-\\nalists worshiped at a hall, or a .school-house.\\nThe Universalists had no regular minister, and\\nused tiie house only occasionally as they em-\\nployed a minister for a few Sabbatiis or as a\\nminister of that denominatiou iiappened to be\\nin town.\\nAt tliis time not so large a projxn-tion of the\\npeople attended meeting on Sunday as they\\ndid fifty years previously, but going to clum li\\nwas more general than it is at present. Of\\nthose that did go, in the east jiart of Swanzey,\\nmost of them went to the Congregational meet-\\nings and in the west part of the town they\\nwent to the Ba])tist meetings.\\nA large majority c)f liu^ men that went to\\nchui ch wei e farmers. Raising of colts was an\\nimportant part of the business of the farmers.\\nThe mare that raised his colts was used to carry\\nthe family to chureh. On Sunday one would\\nsee a large number of mares, witii colts by\\ntheir sides, hitched under the horse-sheds, or\\nunder a shade tree, or to a fence. A less nnmlier\\nof the boys attended Sunday-school, than at the\\npresent time. Much of the intermission be-\\ntween the m(\u00c2\u00bbrningand afternoon services would\\nbe spent by the boys in looking at the colts\\nand ascertaining who had got the best ones.\\nBut the fun with the colts came after the meet-\\ning was out. I hey would be full of frolic,\\nand get mixed uj), to the annoyance of the men,\\nand that would make fiui for the boys. Priest\\nColman kept a mare from which he raised\\ncolts, and he could be seen week-days riding\\nabout town making calls with his mare\\nhitched to his chaise, and her eoit running by\\nher side.\\nWages were low compared witli the present", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0513.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "394\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nprice paid for labor. Priest C olman s salary?\\nwe think, was three hundred dollars in money\\nand his fire-wood a year, and he had a strong\\nbody, a vigorous mind, and was a good\\nminister. INIen would work on a farm in the\\nsummer, and keep school in the winter, for\\nfifteen dollars a month. Women would work\\nfor two dollars a week at teaching school or\\nat honse-work.\\nThe water-power in Swanzey consists of a fall\\nof water at Westport of about ten feet of the Ash-\\nuclot River. The fall of the same river at West\\nSwanzey is twelve feet. This is all the power\\nthat can be obtained from that river in the\\ntown. The water-power at the Factory vil-\\nlage is obtained by bringing the water through\\na canal from the East Branch in Keene. After\\nthe water leaves the Factory village it has\\nto fiow aljout a mile before it enters the Ash-\\nnelot River. It furnishes in its course an ex-\\ncellent water privelege at Spragueville.\\nThe South Branch has no fall that furnishes\\npower for some four miles from its mouth.\\nAbove this, to where it enters the town, there is\\nconsiderable fall of water, and seven very good\\nwater privileges have been brouglit into use.\\nThe Swanzey Pond is the only natural pond in\\nthe town. It covers al^out one hundred acres.\\nAt the outlet of this pt)nd there is one very\\ngood privilege. There have l)een two saw-mills\\non a brook that runs from Richmond north to\\nPond Brook and enters the South Branch.\\nThere have been two saw-mills on Hiponeco\\nBrook, which is in the south\\\\vest corner of the\\ntown. There is a mill on Bridge Brook, in the\\nsoutheast corner of the town, for manufacturing\\njjail stock, and there was a mill at one time for\\nmaking toy pails. Varey Brook is in the ex-\\ntreme west part of the town, and there was a\\nsaw-mill ujion this brook for many years. A\\nsmall brook runs by the house of Captain Ed-\\nmond Storrs, upon which he has mills.\\nWe will give the names of the principal busi-\\nness men in the town, excepting the farmers,\\nand the nature of their business and the places\\nwhere they were located in 18. W, or very near\\nthat time.\\nThe mills at Westport were operated by John\\nand Wetherbee Chamberlain. Benjamin H. Carl-\\nton w^as a clothier at the same place. B. C.\\nPeters carried on the tailoring business. Major\\nBenjamin Whitcomb owned the mills at West\\nSwanzey, on the west side of the river John\\nStratton on the east side. Isaac Stratton was a\\nclothier. Samuel Stearns, Luke David Ben-\\nnett, Porter Hills were in trade either at West\\nSwanzey or Westjiort. Archer Campbell was\\noperating the cotton-factory at the Factory\\nvillage, and the other mills at that place. Dr.\\nE. H. Frost owned the mills at Wilson Pond.\\nEzekiel Graves had a saw-mill at the Hollow,\\nand Ira Taft a shingle-machine. Lyman\\nRoswell Parker had a saw and grist-mill at East\\nSwanzey. Joseph ^^^lIteoml) iiad at the same\\nplace a shingle-mill and a carding-machine.\\nHeniy C-ooper and Israel Applin had a saw-\\nmill. The cloth-dressing mill had at this time, or\\ndid soon after, pass into the iiands of Benjamin\\nPage, and was changed into a manufactory of\\npails. Who operated the saw-mill at Swanzey\\nPond we have not ascertained. John Perry and\\nJohn Hills had saw-mills on the Sant Brook,\\nNathaniel Thompson, on Hiponeco Brook, and\\nDaniel Varey on Varey Brook. Captain Levi\\nBlake carried on the tanning business about a\\nmile and a half south of the middle of the town,\\nand employed four or five men at the business.\\nAmos Bailey, at the Centre, employed three or\\nfour men making- boots and shoes. C^aleb\\nSawyer was the trader at the Centre. Two of\\nthe best-known-carpenters and builders in this\\nvicinity at this time were Zadock L. Taft and\\nhis brother, James S. Taft.\\nTlie followino; are the names of men and their\\nbusiness, which has intervened between 1830\\nand the present time\\nAlvin Holman was associated with John Cham-\\nberlain at Westport. in the lumbering business a\\nnumber of years. He may have been there as\\nearly as 184(1 Franklin Holman, a brother of", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0514.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n395\\nAlvin, commenced the manufacturing of nest\\nbuckets at tlie same place about the same time,\\nand continued the business for a number of\\nyears. After Mr. Chamberlain and the Holmans\\nhad discontinued business, the principal manu-\\nfacturing of the place was done by a com|)any\\nof which Stephen Falkner, Henry Holbrook\\nand several others constituted the firm.\\nAbout twenty years ago James Marsh and\\nE. F. Read bought the mills and water-power,\\nmade some extensive repairs and commenced\\nthe manufacturing of pails. Mr. Marsh ul-\\ntimately bought out jNIr. Read and has continued\\nthe business.\\nIt is many years, perhaps twenty-five, since tlie\\nmaking of small boxes for the New York mar-\\nket was begun in the village. One of the first\\nin the business was a Mr. Coborn. After him\\nMr. Henry Holbrook was in the business. Mr.\\nJ. Mason Read was the successor of Mr. Hol-\\nbrook, having purchased the machinery soon\\nafter Messrs. Marsh and Read bought the mills.\\nSome two years since Mr. Read moved his\\nmachinery to Kcene.\\nMr. Sylvanus Bartlett moved from Westport\\nto Keene some three years ago. We think that\\nhe had been most of the time a resident of the\\nvillage more than forty j^ears previous. He\\nopened a few years at the West during his\\nresidence there he was much of the time in\\ntrade, and some of the time a manufacturer of\\nwooden-ware.\\nJotham Frink, Stephen Falkner and Henry\\nAbbott have been iu trade here. E. F. Read\\nwas for some time associated with Mr. Marsh\\nin trade. Until quite recently Mr. George\\nBrooks had been with jNIr. Marsh.\\nWe presume that it is fifty years since Ever-\\nson Cook commenced trading at West Swanzey,\\nand he may have continued in the business\\nthere twenty-five years. Much of this time he\\nconnected the tailoring business with his store.\\nOf other men that have traded at this place\\nare Jonathan and Hiram ^Vllitcomb, Jotham\\nFrink, Rev. Mr. Mason, Joseph Hammond,\\nJoseph Ware, Paul F. Aldrich, Frank Snow,\\nRussel Whitcomb, and J. L. Parker.\\nThe tanning business at this place was begun\\nby Isaac Stratton. It m.ay have l)eeu thirty-\\nfive years ago. The business was continued\\nmany years by Mr. Stratton. Several j ears\\nago Asa Kendall purchased the establishment\\nand did a large business at tanning until within\\ntwo or three years ago.\\nJohn Stratton, Jr., and his brother-in-law,\\nJotham W. Frink, bought the Whitcomb mill,\\non the west side of the river, not far from\\nthirty years ago; they subseipiently built what\\nis now a part of the woolen-mill. The mill\\nwas run by these men a number of years. E.\\nF. Read and J. L. Parker have each been en-\\ngaged a number of years in manufacturing\\nwooden-ware here. Some of the time they\\nwere in company.\\nVirgil Woodcock was born July 16, 1806.\\nHe learned the carpeuter s trade of his father,\\nLevi oodcock. Soon after he reached his\\nmajority it was apparent that he wa.s a good\\nworkman, was very industrious and was des-\\ntined to be a man of business. He very soon\\nhad a number of men in his employ, and was\\ntaking contracts to build large buildings, such\\nas meeting-houses, hotels, etc. His residence\\nwas at Swanzey Centre he there built a shop\\nfor his business and put in a steam-engine. It\\nsubsequently appeared that he took some of his\\ncontracts too low, which resulted in his becom-\\ning involved. Soon after gold was discovered\\nin California he took an overland route to that\\nplace. He returned, after staying there a few\\nyears, having accumulated something of a prop-\\nerty. The shop, that he first built had been\\ndisposed of, and made into two dwelling-houses.\\nSoon after his return from California he asso-\\nciated himself with Phinehas Stone, and they\\nerected at Swanzey Centre a large mill, and put\\nin steam-power sufficient to operate a saw-mill,\\na grist-mill, pail-works and machinery for\\nmanufacturing chair stock. The enterprise did\\nnot prove profitable, and the business was con-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0515.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "396\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntiiuied only a few years. Mr. Woodcock died\\nJuly 18, 1875. A few yeare before his death he\\nAvas interested in gold-mining at Plymouth, Vt.\\nWe have already mentioned that Benjamin\\nPage commenced the manufacturing of pails\\nby machinery at East Swanzey about 1830.\\nVery soon after Mr. Page had got his tirst\\nmill into successful operation he built a new\\nmill on another privilege. This was where\\nWilder P. Clark s pail-shop now stands. Na-\\nthan Winch and Joseph Putney bought the old\\nWhitcomb carding-raill a few years after Mr.\\nPage commenced making pails and put in ma-\\nchinery for making pails. They continued the\\nbusiness a short time and then sold out to Mr.\\nPage. A few years later Mr. Page bought the\\nParker grist and saw-mills. He took out the\\ngrist-mill and put in pail machinery. This\\ngave him the ownership of all the mills in the\\nplace, which he continued to hold until his\\ndeath. He was connected with the pail busi-\\nness some twenty-seven years. Some of this\\ntime he was in trade at this place, and some of\\nthe time at the Centre. At one time he en-\\ngaged in making friction matches at another\\ntime he went into the poultry business. His\\nestate was settled and the mills sold in 1859.\\nSince the sale of Mr. Page s property, and\\nthe time when the present proprietors came\\ninto jTOSsession of their respective mills, the\\nfollowing persons have been interested in opera-\\nting some one of the mills for a longer or\\nshorter time making 2 ails Benjamin Read,\\nAsa Clark, J. W. Murphy, Silas B. Patridge,\\nJohn S. Sargent, Edward Woodward, Calvin\\nAlexander and H. W. Mason. A. W. Banks\\nand J. Mason Read owned one of the mills a\\nnumber of years, and during this time they\\nmanufactured chair stock and pail-haudles.\\nThe lower mill privilege at East Swanzey\\nwas brought into use by G. G.Willis and Nelson\\nHowe about 1852 for manufacturing wooden-\\nware. They built a substantial dam, erected\\ngood buildings and equipped the mills with the\\nbest of machinery. Mr. Howe continued with\\nMr. Willis a kw years as a partner, when he\\ndisposed of his interest to Mr. Willis. Mr.\\nWillis left the premises after having been in\\npossession some fifteen years. Nathan Winch\\nand George F. Bucklin were the successors of\\nMr. Willis, but they continued in business but\\na short time, when they disposed of the estab-\\nlishment to George F. Lane.\\nNot far from 1858, Elkanah and Frederick\\nAugustus Lane, two brothers, commenced work\\nfor a new manufacturing establishment about a\\nhalf-mile above East Swanzey village. They\\nsubsequently manufactured chair-stock, pails\\nand horse-blankets. It is now some years since\\nanything has been done at this place. It is\\nowned by E. F. Lane, of Keene. Not far from\\nthe time thai: the Lanes built this mill Batchellor\\nBigelow Iniilt the mill at present owned by\\nEdward A\\\\ ilcox. Messrs. Batchellor Big-\\nelow did business at the mill but a few years.\\nWe presume that it is about thirty years since\\nEphraim Murdock, Jr., purchased the mill-site\\nat the Factory village, where the old cotton-\\nfactorv stood, and begun the makino- of ijails,\\nand continued the business up to the time of\\nhis death, which luay have been five years ago.\\nMr. Murdock had for a time associated with\\nMr. William Nason, and he may have had\\nothers in company with him.\\nBetween the time that Archer Camiibell op-\\nerated the cotton-fiictory and the time that it\\nwas burned, it was run a short time by George\\nOlliver. In 1840 it was being run by Jarvis\\nBates Bros. later it was run by Barns Bros.\\nIn 1840, Daniel Kimball was the owner of the\\nUnderwood tavern and its manager. Later,\\nFranklin Goodnow was in |)Ossession of the\\npremises.\\nFor many years Daniel H. Holl^rook was\\nthe owner of the saw-mill at the outlet of\\nSwanzey Pond. He manufactured principally\\nold-growth pine lumber and he shipped it\\nlargely to the markets low down on the Con-\\nnecticut river.\\nRoswell Whitcomb built a mill upon Hypo-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0516.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n397\\nneco Brook to manufacture wooden-ware stock\\nsome years previous to 1860. He operated the\\nmill a number of years with financial success.\\nMoses Howard was born not far from the\\ncommencement of the present century. He\\ndied a number of years ajjo. Durius; his life,\\nafter he reached his majority, he was engaged\\nin various kinds of business: was a large far-\\nmer dealt extensively in lumber, although not\\na mill-owner made shook and built bridges\\nand roads.\\nColonel Henry Starkey and his son John\\nwere engaged many years in making shook.\\nWe will now give the present business situa-\\ntion of the town.\\nAt Westport, James Marsh owns all of the\\nwater-power and the mills connected with the\\nwater-power, and uses the mills for making\\npails. He owns a store building for the sale of\\ngoods and the stock of goods. He owns a\\nlarire number of dwelling-houses in the village.\\no o o\\nJerome Field manufactures wooden-ware and\\nuses steam-power.\\nA considerable amount of granite is quarried\\non the side of Franklin Mountain, not far from\\nthe village.\\nThe business at West Swanzey consists of\\nthe woolen-mill, managed by Obadiah Sprague\\nthe wooden-ware business of Charles Russel and\\nGeorge E. AA^hitcomb the wooden-ware busi-\\nness of Frank Snow the box business of Solon\\nSnow Son the box business of Obadiah\\nSprague and Orlow Parsons.\\nTowns Fames have a grist-mill. Solomon\\nFox has two stores, at which are kept a general\\nassortment of goods. George Brooks deals in\\nflour, grain and groceries. H. B. Evans keeps\\na livery stable. Frank Snow usus steam-power\\nfor his manufacturing, and furnishes power for\\nSolon Snow Son s box business and for the\\ngrist-mill. All the rest of the manufacturing\\nin the village is done by water-power. A few\\nyears since Obadiah Sprague built at the place\\nnow called Spragueville two large, substantial\\nmills. One was designed for a woolen-mill, the\\nother for a saw-mill and for manufacturinar\\no\\nlumber into merchandise. The mills were in\\noperation but a short time before they were\\nburned. The woolen-mill has not been rebuilt.\\nThe other has been, and a company consisting of\\nObediah Sprague, Charles Hawes and James\\nL. Wright are manufacturing in it boxes and\\nextension-tables.\\nGeorge Garfield bought the Murdock establish-\\nment at the Factory village after Mr. Mur-\\ndock s decease and is doing an amount of busi-\\nness equal to that done by Mr. Murdock we\\npresume, Mr. Orren Dickinson has been in busi-\\nness at this village a long time. Most of this\\ntime he has had a grist-mill and much of the\\ntime he has manufactured sash, doors and\\nblinds. At present some of his sons are with\\nhim in the manufacturing business. A Mr.\\nHowe owns the old Underwood tavern and keeps\\na public-house.\\nThe upper mill privilege on the South\\nBranch is owned by E. F. Lane Son and\\nthey manufacture flour- buckets. The next be-\\nlow is owned by Edward Wilcox and he makes\\nboxes. The next privilege down the stream is\\nowned by E. F. Lane.\\nOf the four mill privileges at East Swanzey,\\nthere is at present mills upon three of them.\\nThe mill upon the other was burned two years\\nsince and has not been rebuilt. The upper one\\nof those that are in use is operated by James\\nM. Ramsdell for making different kinds of\\nwooden-ware. The next one is owned by Wil-\\nder P. Clark, of Winchendon, and he makes\\npails exclusively. The lower one is in posses-\\nsion of George F. Lane Sons they make\\nbuckets and pails. Mr. Lane the senior mem-\\nber of this firm, has been longer in the business\\nof manutactijring wooden-ware than any other\\nperson now in the business in Swanzey. The\\nmill that E. F. Lane now owns was formerly\\nowned by him.\\nThe mill at the outlet of Swanzey Pond has\\nbeen owned a number of years by the Lom-\\nbards. They manufacture pail-stock, box-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0517.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "398\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nstock and lumber generally. Walter Perry has\\na mill on a brook in the south part of the town.\\nHe uses both water and steam and makes pail\\nand tub-stock and pail-handles.\\nThere is machinery in Swanzey for making\\nwooden-ware and boxes sufficient to work eight\\nthousand cords of timber, mostly pine, in a\\nyear. Most of this timber is obtained in the\\ntown. The large amount that is yearly cut\\ndoes not appear to reduce the quantity. The\\ntimber used is almost exclusively second-growth\\npine.\\nSince the commencement of using this kind\\nof timber for making wooden-ware, large tracts\\nof land have been left to grow up. It grows\\nvery fast, and, thus far, the supply has een\\nequal to the demand. Probably tliere has been\\nno time for the last fifty years when more acres\\nof land in Swanzey were covered with growing\\ntimber than there is to-day.\\nThe owners of mills in Swanzey have suf-\\nfered severely by fire. The cotton-factory at\\nFactory village was burned. When George F.\\nLane owned the mills where E. F. Lane now\\nowns he was twice burned out. The mill that was\\nbuilt by Elkanah and Frederick A. Lane, and\\nwhich was used at last for making horse-blank-\\nets, was burned a number of years ago. Of\\nthe four mill-sites at Easi Swanzey, the upper\\none has been burnt oif three times the next\\none below, twice the other two, once each. As\\nwe have before stated, Obadiah Sprague had\\ntwo large and substantial new mills burned at\\nSpragueville. Mr. Walter Perry has been once\\nburnt out. Frank Snow, at West Swanzey, had\\na large mill, nearly new, burned. And we\\nthink that mills have been twice burned on the\\nsite now owned by James Marsh, at Westport.\\nThe aggregate loss from the burning of dry-\\nhouses at the wooden-ware establishments has\\nbeen very great. The loss of a few hundred\\ndollars by the burning of a dry-house has been\\na common occurrence since the wooden-ware\\nbusiness was commenced in the town.\\nSwanzey has a n^ilitary record vhich is\\nhighly creditable. The history of the town\\nduring the Revolution shows that tiie public\\nsentiment of the town was decidedly in favor\\nof the Revolutionary cause. The following\\nrecord shows the promptness with which the\\nmusket was shouldered on learning of the bat-\\ntle at Lexington and Concord\\nA company consisting of one lieutenant, one\\nensign, fiiur sergeants, four corporals and fifty-\\ntwo privates, marched from Swanzey at day-\\nlight on the morning of April 21st, under the\\ncommand of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Ham-\\nmond. (Vol. xiii. p.526.) Twenty-two of them\\nenlisted at Cambridge for eight months, and the\\nremainder returned after an absence of fifteen\\ndays.\\nWe do not claim that all of this company\\nwas composed of Swanzey men, but that they\\ncomposed a large part of it there can be no\\ndoubt.\\nOne of those from Swanzey, who enlisted for\\neight months, was Captain Jonathan Whitcomb.\\nHe was made a captain, and his company was\\nattached to Colonel Reed s regiment.\\nThe following gives the return of Captain\\nWhitcomb s company June 14, 1775 onecaptain,\\none lieutenant, one ensign, four sergeants, one\\nfifer, fifty-one privates. A return of the com-\\npany June 21, 1775, showed that two of the\\nnumber had been wounded.\\nIn 1777 the town of Swanzey Voted that\\neach man that shall, pursuant to orders from\\nColonel Ashley to Captain Whitcomb, en-\\nlist into the Continental army for three years,\\nor during the war with Great Britain, shall be\\nallowed and paid by the town \u00c2\u00a326, and also,\\nthat each man in this town that has already done\\nservice in the present war shall be allowed for\\nthe same in such proportion as shall be deter-\\nmined by a committee to be appointed for that\\npurpose, allowing a year s service at \u00c2\u00a313 6s. 8cl.\\nThe committee for this pxn-pose consisted of\\nThomas Applin, Calvin Frink, Samuel Hills,\\nDauiel Warner, Henry Morse and Joseph\\nWhitcomb, Jr., who reported as follows:", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0518.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n399\\nSwANZEY, Feb. 23, 1778.\\nWe, the subscribers, being a committee appointed\\nby the town to receive the accounts of such pereons as\\nhave done or procured any service to be done iu\\ntlie present war, and to consider the same and make\\nthem such allowance therefore as we should think\\nreasonable and just, and having attended the busi-\\nness whereto we were appointed, do find and report to\\nthe town as follows, viz: That we think it just and\\nreasonable that there be allowed and paid as the town\\nshall agree.\\nTo John Aplin, for 3 days in the militia and 2\\nmonths to Bennington, \u00c2\u00a34 lis. Id.\\nDavid Belding, Jr., for a term in the militia to\\nOtter Creek, \u00c2\u00a317 (is.\\nSamuel Belding, Jr., for service in the e.xpedition\\nto Canada, done by Annanius Tubs, \u00c2\u00a315.\\nLieut. Moses Belding, for 13 months service in\\nthe army, \u00c2\u00a328 3s. 4(/.\\nEnsign Timothy Bishop, for 12 days in the militia\\nto Cambridge, 2J months service at Ticonderoga by\\nhire, 1 month in the militia to Ticonderoga, aud 12\\ndays to Otter Creek, \u00c2\u00a310 4s. 2d.\\nDaniel Bishop, for 12 days in militia to Cam-\\nbridge, 1 month to Ticonderoga, 12 days to Otter\\nCreek and two months service to Bennington,\\n\u00c2\u00a39 2s. 6rf.\\nElijah Belding, for 12 days in militia to Cam-\\nbridge and for 2 mouths by his brothers, \u00c2\u00a36 13s. 4rf.\\nEleazer Brown, for 1 months service iu the militia\\nto Ticonderoga, done by Levi Durant, and 12 days\\nservice in the militia to Cambridge and 12 to Otter\\nCreek, \u00c2\u00a34 15s. id.\\nWright Brown, 2.v months service at York,\\n\u00c2\u00a35 8s. 4rf.\\nThomas Cresson, Jr., for a term in the militia to\\nCambridge, a month s service in militia to Ticonde-\\nroga and 12 days to Otter Creek, and for service done\\nby his son, \u00c2\u00a315 12s. 6d.\\nNathan Cresson, for 1 month s service to Ticon-\\nderoga and 4 months in the Continental service,\\n\u00c2\u00a310 16s. 8d.\\nJoseph Cummings, for 9 days in militia to Cam-\\nbridge, 2J months done by Enoch Cummings, and a\\nterm in militia to Otter Creek, and 2 months done by\\nSimeon Taylor, \u00c2\u00a311 8s. 9d.\\nThadeus Cummings, for 2J months by Enoch\\nCummings, \u00c2\u00a35 8s. 4c?.\\nEphraim Cummings, for service in militia 5 days,\\nand for 1 month and 6 days service in the army,\\n1777, \u00c2\u00a32 19s. 6d.\\nCaleb Cook, for 4 months service done by Ben-\\njamin Parker, \u00c2\u00a38 13s. id.\\nGreenwood Carpenter, for 2j months service\\ndone by his son, \u00c2\u00a35 8s. 4rf.\\nWilliam Carpenter, for 2.i months service to Ti-\\nconderoga and 1 month at Cambridge, \u00c2\u00a37 lis. 8\\nEnoch Cummings, for8T months service at Cam-\\nbridge 1775, also 12 days in militia to Otter Creek,\\n1777, \u00c2\u00a319 5s. lOd.\\nNehemiah Cummings, same as above, \u00c2\u00a319 5s. \\\\0d.\\nNathaniel Dickinson, for 1 month at Ticonderoga\\nand 4 months in the army, done by Henry Stevens,\\n1777, \u00c2\u00a310 16s. 8(/.\\nJoseph Dickinson, for 12 days in militia to Cam-\\nbridge, 4 months in army by Henry Stevens, and for\\n12 days to Otter Creek, \u00c2\u00a311 5s. lOrf.\\nBenjamin Day, 25 days in militia at Stillwater in\\n1777, and 4 months service before he came to Swan-\\nzey, \u00c2\u00a316 19s. lOrf.\\nJoseph Day, 5 months at Ticonderoga and 12\\ndays in militia to Otter Creek, \u00c2\u00a311 14s. 2\\nAmos Day, 10 months at Cambridge, \u00c2\u00a321 13s. 4f/.\\nJoseph Durrant, 12 months in army, \u00c2\u00a326.\\nLevi Durant, 8 months at Cambridge, 1775, and\\n12 days in militia at Otter Creek, \u00c2\u00a318 4s. Id.\\nJohn Follett, Jr., 12 days at Cambridge and 1\\nmonth at Ticonderoga, \u00c2\u00a33 18s. id.\\nCalvin Frink, 4 months at Cambridge, 1775, and\\n1 month at Ticonderoga, 1776, \u00c2\u00a310 16s. 8rf.\\nJoshua Graves, 5 months at Ticonderoga by hire,\\n1 month in militia at Ticonderoga and 5 days in\\nmilitia, 1777, \u00c2\u00a313 7s. id.\\nElijah Graves, Jr., for 3 days in militia, 1775, 10\\nmonths at Canada by Isaac Billings, 1 month at Ti-\\nconderoga and 25 day sat Stillwater, 1777, \u00c2\u00a326 Os. 11(/.\\nDaniel Gunn, 12 months in army, \u00c2\u00a326.\\nWyat Gunn, 12 days to Cambridge, 21 months at\\nTiconderoga, \u00c2\u00a37 3s. id.\\nThomas Greene, 1 year and 8 mouths in array,\\n\u00c2\u00a313 6s. M.\\nJoseph Greene, 1 year and 8 months in army,\\n\u00c2\u00a343 6s. Sd.\\nAbraham Griffith, 8 months in army at Cambridge,\\n\u00c2\u00a37 6s. 8d.\\nAbuer Graves, 1 month at Ticonderoga, \u00c2\u00a32 3.?. id.\\nCharles Grimes, 12 days at Cambridge and 9\\nmonths in Continental Army by hire, and 12 days\\nat Otter Creek, 1777, \u00c2\u00a322 3s. Id.\\nColo. Joseph Hammond, 9 days at Cambridge, 5\\nmonths in army by hire, and 12 days at Otter Creek,\\n1777, \u00c2\u00a313 Os. 5d.\\nThom.as Hammond, 21 months by Joseph Ham-\\nmond, Jr., and 2 months by Daniel Day, \u00c2\u00a39 15s. Oif.\\nIsaac Hammond, in militia to Cambridge, and 2", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0519.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "400\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmonths in array by Daniel Day, and going to Otter\\nCreelc, \u00c2\u00a36 I j.?. 2(/.\\nEdward Hazen, 12 days to Cambridge, and 12\\ndays to Otter Creelc, and for 2 months by bis son, \u00c2\u00a36\\n19s. 2rf.\\nSamuel Hills, 12 days to Cambridge, 12 days to\\nOtter reek by hire, 50 days in militia to Westsvard,\\n1777, and tor money paid for town to hire men for\\nContinental army, \u00c2\u00a312 lis. 2d.\\nEbenezer Hills, 10 months to Canada, \u00c2\u00a321 13\u00c2\u00ab. 4rf.\\nNathaniel Hills, Sr., Si months in army at Cam-\\nbridge, \u00c2\u00a318 10s. 4rf.\\nNathaniel Hills, Jr., 10 months in army at Can-\\nada, \u00c2\u00a321 13s. 4rf.\\nJoseph Holmes, 2 months in army at Bennington,\\n\u00c2\u00a34 6s. 8rf.\\nDennis Hafferon, 10 months in army at Canada,\\n1776, \u00c2\u00a321 13s. 4(/.\\nMichael Hafferon, 10 months in army at Canada,\\n1776, \u00c2\u00a321 13s. 4rf.\\nBenjamin Hews, months in army at Cambridge\\n1775, \u00c2\u00a313.\\nBenjamin Hews, Jr., 6 months in army, 1776, \u00c2\u00a313.\\nBenjamin Hammond, 2) months at York, 1776, \u00c2\u00a35\\n8s. 4d.\\nJoseph Hammond, Jr., 8J months at Cambridge,\\n1775, and for 1 month more at Cambridge, \u00c2\u00a321 Is. 8rf.\\nCharles How, 4 months at Cambridge, 1776, by\\nhire, \u00c2\u00a38 13s. 4d.\\nTheodore How, 6 weeks at Winter s Hill, 1776,\\nand 4 months at Cambridge, 1776, by hire, \u00c2\u00a311 18s.\\n4d.\\nUriah How, 15 days in militia to Cambridge, 1775,\\n6 weeks at Winter s Hill, 1776, 5 days in 1777, and 2\\nmonths in army to Bennington, 1777, \u00c2\u00a310 2s. Ad.\\nJethro Kimball, 12 days in militia at Cambridge,\\n1775, and 5 months in army at Ticonderoga, 1776, by\\nhire, \u00c2\u00a312 lis. 8d.\\nEli Kimball, to Cambridge in militia, and 1 year\\nin Continental army, 1776, \u00c2\u00a327 18s.\\nElkanah Lane, Jr., 4 months in army by his\\nbrother, and in militia to Ticonderoga, 1776, \u00c2\u00a310 16s.\\n8d.\\nJustus Lawrence, 2| months in army, 1777, \u00c2\u00a35 18s.\\nLieut. Henry Morse, 2| months in army at Ticon-\\nderoga, 1776, and for money paid town to hire men\\nfor army, \u00c2\u00a312 5s. 1\\nJonathan Nichols, Jr., 1 month at Cambridge,\\n1785, and 2 months at Bennington, 1777, \u00c2\u00a36 10s.\\nElijah Osgood, in militia to Otter Creek, and hir-\\ning Jonathan Woodcock 6 months for Continental\\narmy, \u00c2\u00a315 17s. 6d.\\nBenjamin Olcott, 5 days in militia, 1777, and 2\\nmonths at Bennington, \u00c2\u00a34 14s.\\nBenjamin Hazen, 2h months at York and 12 days\\nto Otter Creek, \u00c2\u00a36 5s. lOaf.\\nAaron Parsons, 6 days in militia, 1775, 2k months\\nin army at Ticonderoga, 1776, and 12 days at Otter\\nCreek, 1777, by hire, \u00c2\u00a37 3s. 4d.\\nSamuel Page, 9 days in militia at Cambridge,\\n1775, \u00c2\u00a31 6s. 3(/.\\nJosiah Prime, 6 months at Roxbury, 1775, \u00c2\u00a313.\\nAmasa Parker, 12 months in army that went to\\nCanada with General Arnold, \u00c2\u00a326.\\nSimeon Puffer, 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, and 5\\nmonths in army that went to Canada, 1776, \u00c2\u00a312 lis.\\nSd.\\nAmos Puffer, 10 months in army to Canada, 1776,\\nand 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, \u00c2\u00a322 10s. lOd.\\nJosiah Read, 2 months at Bennington, 1776, \u00c2\u00a34\\n6s. Sd.\\nLevi Rugg, 12 days to Cambridge, 1775, and 5\\nmonths at Ticonderaga, 1776, \u00c2\u00a312 lis. 8d\\nJohn Rugg s heirs, 10 months in army to Canada,\\n1776, by said Rugg and 12 days to Cambridge, \u00c2\u00a323\\n8s. 7d.\\nPentecost Stanley, 12 days at Cambridge, 1775,\\nand 2J months in army at York, 1776, \u00c2\u00a37 3s. id.\\nElisha Scott, 4 mouths by Nathan Cresson, 1777,\\n\u00c2\u00a38 13s. 4d.\\nNathan Scott, 5 days, in 1777, and 25 days at\\nWestward, 1777, \u00c2\u00a32 3s. lOd.\\nBenjamin Starkey, 1 year by himself and others,\\n\u00c2\u00a326.\\nJohn Starkey, 2J months at York by Benedict\\nWebber, 1776, \u00c2\u00a35 8s. id.\\nEnoch Starkey, for money paid to hire men for\\nContinental army, \u00c2\u00a37 10s.\\nJoseph Starke) 8-i months at Cambridge, 1775, and\\n1 month at Ticonderoga, 1776, \u00c2\u00a320 5s. 8d.\\nJohn Thompson, 2 months at Bennington by hire,\\n\u00c2\u00a34 6s. 8(f.\\nRoger Thompson, 2h months at Ticonderoga,\\n1775, by Josiah Prime, and 1 month at Ticonderoga,\\n1776, \u00c2\u00a37 lis. 8d.\\nSamuel Thompson, 12 days at Otter Creek by\\nhire and 25 days in militia at Westward by hire,\\n1777, \u00c2\u00a32 13s. 6rf.\\nEbenezer Thompson, 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777,\\nand hiring Jonathan Woodcock six months for Con-\\ntinental army, \u00c2\u00a315 17s. 6d.\\nAnnanius Tubs, army at Canada, 1776, 12 days at\\nOtter Creek, 1777, and 2 months at Bennington, 1777,\\n\u00c2\u00a311 7s. 2(/.\\nPhilemon Whitcomb, 4 months, in 1777, by Ben-\\njamin Parker, \u00c2\u00a38 13s. 4rf.\\nLieut. Daniel Warner, 10 days in militia in Cam-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0522.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n401\\nbridge, 1775, 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, and 9\\nmonths in Continental army by hire, \u00c2\u00a322 2s. 9d.\\nCapt. Joseph Whitcomb, 1 month to Ticonderoga,\\n1776, and 1 month in army at Westward, 1777, \u00c2\u00a34\\nfo. S(/.\\nCaptain Jonathan Whitcomb, 8i months in Con-\\ntinental army at Cambridge, 1775, \u00c2\u00a318 8.s. 4d.\\nMaj. Elisha Whitcomb, 11 months and 8 days in\\narmy at Canada, 1776, and 12 days at Cambridge,\\n1775, and 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, \u00c2\u00a326 9s. 2d.\\nAbijah Whitcomb, 8i months in army at Cam-\\nbridge, 1775, \u00c2\u00a318 8s. 4d.\\nWilliam Wright, 2i months in army, 1776, by\\nWyat Gunn, and 15 days in militia, 1777, \u00c2\u00a35 18s. 8rf.\\nLieut. Samuel Wright, 12 days in militia at Cam-\\nbridge, 1775, 2i months at York, and 2\\\\ months at\\nPeeskill, 1776, \u00c2\u00a312 lis. 8d.\\nCornelius Eoberls, 1 year in Continental army,\\n1776, and 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, \u00c2\u00a326 17s. 6d.\\nJonathan Woodcock, Jr., 1 mouth in militia to\\nTiconderoga, 1776, \u00c2\u00a32 3s. 4d.\\nNathan Woodcock, 2 months, in 1777, by Daniel\\nDay, \u00c2\u00a34 6s. Sd.\\nJohn Whitcomb, 12 days to Cambridge, 1775, 5\\nmonths at Ticonderoga, 1776, by hire, 1 month at\\nTiconderoga by himself, 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777,\\nand 2 months in army at the Westward, 1777, \u00c2\u00a319\\n19s. 2d.\\nJames Wheelock, 10 months to Canada, 1776, \u00c2\u00a321\\n13s. -id.\\nMoses Boardman Williams, 12 days at Otter\\nCreek, 1777, and 2 months in army at the Westward,\\n1777, \u00c2\u00a35 4s. 2rf.\\nEnsign James Heaton, 10 months in army before\\nhe came to Swanzey and 12 days militia to Otter\\nCreek, 1777, \u00c2\u00a322 10s. lOd.\\nBenjamin Follett, 1 month in army at Cambridge,\\n1775, and 2 months in army at the Westward, 1777,\\n\u00c2\u00a36 10s.\\nJohn Plene, 1 month at York, 1776, by hire, and\\n6 weeks at York by hire, \u00c2\u00a35 4s.\\nSamuel Heaton, 2i months at Peekshill, 1776, \u00c2\u00a35\\n8s. Ad.\\nSamuel Hills, Jr., 10 months in army to Canada,\\n1776, \u00c2\u00a321 13s. 4d.\\nElkeuah Lane, Sr., 15 days in militia to Cam-\\nbridge, 1775, and 5 days in militia at another time,\\n\u00c2\u00a31 3(/.\\nSamuel Lane, 1 month in militia at Ticonderoga,\\nand 4 months in Continental army, 1777, \u00c2\u00a310 16s. Sd.\\nJonathan Day, 2.} months in army, 1777, by hire,\\n\u00c2\u00a35 8s. 4(/.\\nDaniel Day, 12 days in militia to Cambridge,\\n1775, \u00c2\u00a31 15s.\\nNathaniel Potter, 12 days in militia to Cam-\\nbridge, 1775, 2\\\\ months in army, 1777, by hire, and\\n12 days in militia to Otter Creek, 1777, \u00c2\u00a38 10s.\\nStoddard Frazy, 2 months in army by hire, 1777,\\n\u00c2\u00a34 6s. M.\\nMoses Griffith, 5 months in army at Ticonderoga,\\n1776, \u00c2\u00a310 16s. 8rf.\\nWilliam Grimes, 5 mouths in army at Ticonderoga,\\n1776, by hire, and 9 months in Continental army by\\nhire, \u00c2\u00a330 6s. 8rf.\\nWilliam Grimes, Jr., 12 days at Cambridge, 1775,\\n1 month to Ticonderoga, 1776, 12 days to Otter Creek,\\n1777, and 9 months in army by hire, \u00c2\u00a324 5s. lOrf.\\nJames Grimes, 12 days to Cambridge, 1775, and\\n12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, \u00c2\u00a32 12s. 6(;.\\nAndrew Nichols, 10 months in army to Canada,\\n1776, \u00c2\u00a321 13s. -id.\\nJonathan Hammond, 3 years in Continental army\\nby hire, \u00c2\u00a378.\\nTimothy Brown Applin, 2 mouths in Continental\\narmy by hire, \u00c2\u00a34 iis. Sd.\\nNathaniel Heaton, for service by Daniel Gunn,\\n\u00c2\u00a310 10s. lid.\\nEzekiel White, 4 mouths in army by hire, \u00c2\u00a38 13s.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0id.\\nDavid White, 2i mouths in army by hire, \u00c2\u00a35\\n8s. 4d.\\nKimber Harvey, service in army, 1777, \u00c2\u00a33 14s.\\n2d.\\nWillard Hunt, 8 months in army, \u00c2\u00a317 6s. Sd.\\nPelitia Hazey, 6 weeks service, \u00c2\u00a32 18s. \u00c2\u00a32rf.\\nThomas Applin, for money paid for town to pro-\\ncure men for Continental army, \u00c2\u00a36 15s. 9d.\\nBenjamin Freeman, 4 months service by his son,\\n\u00c2\u00a38 13s. 4rf.\\nJohn Frazy, 5 mouths and 12 days by his son Job,\\n\u00c2\u00a311 14s. 2d.\\nEphraim Harvey, for service by .lames Green,\\n\u00c2\u00a34 6s. Sd.\\nTimothy Harvey, 10 mouths iu army to Canada,\\n1776, \u00c2\u00a321 13s. 4rf.\\nThe foregoing list eontain.s one hundred and\\ntwenty-seven names. Tlie coniniittee ou the\\npart of the town wliicli made out the report\\nof the services which each of them had done\\nconsisted of Thomas Applin, Calvin Friiik,\\nSamuel Hills, Daniel Warner, Henry Morse\\nand Joseph Whitcoiuli, Jr., and was made\\nFebruary 23, 1778.\\nThe town voted, January 2, 1778, to choose a\\ncommittee to use their utmost endeavor to pro-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0523.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "402\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncure the men wanted to make up our quota of\\nmen for the Coutiuental army. The committee\\nchosen consisted of Elisha Whitcomb, Joseph\\nHammond and Samuel Hills.\\nThe following extracts show that Swanzey\\nhad soldiers in the army later than 1777\\nThis may Certify that Noah Parkis hath Due on\\nmy Role for his Service at the North and last year,\\nseven Hundred and six pounds, ten Shillings, Conti-\\nnental money which was made up only at Sixty-Seven\\nfor one of Two pounds per month for a private.\\nEphraim Stoxe.\\nKeene, August 10th, 1781.\\nTo the Town of Swanzey or whome it may Con-\\nseam.\\nThe following petition of Swanzey soldiers\\nwas addressed to the General Court\\nThat your petitioners did in the year of our Lord\\n1779, Inlist as private soldiers in the Continental Ser-\\nvice for one Year then next ensuing and did actually\\nand faithfully perform one Y ear s Service in the\\npresent War and were Discharged from said Service\\nin June, 1780, for which said Service your Petitioners\\nhave never yet Received any wages either from the\\nContinent or this state and we Humbly apprehend\\nthat we are Justly entitled to a Reward for our Ser-\\nvices equal to others in the same predicament.\\nYour Petitioners, therefore. Humbly pray, that\\nthis Honorable Court would take the Premises into\\ntheir Consideration and grant us, your Petitioners,\\nsuch a Competent Reward for our said services as in\\nyour Wisdom you shall think jiroper.\\nAnd as in Duty bound shall ever pray.\\nAntipas How.\\nAndrew Nichols.\\nJoshua Jewett Prime.\\nSwanzey, October 15th, 1784.\\nTo the paymaster of the State of New Hamp-\\nshire\\nSir: Pleas to pay to Mjr. Elisha Whitcomb, all\\nthe Wages and Dejjreciation that is due to me for My\\nServise in the Continental Array, in the Years 1777\\nand 1778 and his Receipt Shall be a Discharge from\\nme in full.\\nMoses Belding.\\nHe was a lieutenant in Captain William\\nEllis company, ScammeJl s regiment, and was\\ndischarged September 1, 1778.\\nI reced of Jonathan Whitcomb, thre pound\\nLawful Money as a hire, for Iniesting During the\\nwor In the first New Hampshire Regt., and Do\\nprorais to Sarve for the Town of Swanzey During\\nSaid Term.\\nAmasa Parker, Sargt.\\nJany 15th, 1780.\\nThese may Certify whome it may concern, that\\nwe the Subscribers being a Committee appointed by\\nthe Town of Swanzey to procure Soldiers for the\\nContinental Army in the Year 1778, did agree with\\nMr. Jonathan Woodcock, to Inlist into said Army for\\nthe Term of two Years, from Some time in February,\\n1778, and we never agreed with or Engaged him for\\nany longer Time.\\nSamuel Hills,\\nT TT Committee.\\nJoseph Hammond, I\\nIt appears by the Books, that John Nicholson\\nand John Bemis were allowed by the Committee of\\nSafety, as Soldiers for the Town of Swanzey, in the\\nYear 1782. It does not appear by any Books or\\nreturns when they were mustered.\\nJ. Oilman.\\nThe following Swanzey men were in the\\nFirst New Hampshire Regiment\\nJoel Andrews, enlisted May 12, 1778; discharged\\nDecember 31, 1780.\\nCorporal John Cross, enlisted January 1, 1778; dis-\\ncharged December 31, 1781.\\nWilliam Frankfort, enlisted January 9, 1778 died\\nApril 17, 1779.\\nLevi Simmons, enlisted February 13, 1778; dis-\\ncharged December 17, 1780.\\nJoseph Tucker, enlisted February 3, 1778 dis-\\ncharged December, 1780.\\nSergeant Amasa Parker and Solomon Hazel-\\ntine were in Captain Benjamin Ellis company\\nin 1781 and in the First New Hampshire Regi-\\nment in 1782.\\nThe following is a copy of a bill for pastur-\\ning government cattle\\nSwanzey, Dec. 20th, 1789.\\nCapt. John Jennison, Collector of Beef, Dr., to\\nthe Selectmen of Swanzey for Pasturing Beef Cattle\\nas followeth (viz.\\nFor pasturing thirty-one Head of\\nBeef cattle from the 16 Day of July till\\nthe 7* of September, being Seven Weeks\\nand four Days, at nine pence per Head\\nper week \u00c2\u00a38 16s. 4d.\\nFor pasturing Nine head 2 weeks and\\nfour Days (viz.), from the Seventh of\\nSept. till the 2.5 16s. 6d.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0524.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n403\\nFor Pasturing thirty-two Head from\\nthe 25 of Sept. till the 11 of Oct., be-\\ning two weeks and two Days ]-ls. 9d.\\nFor Pasturing Twenty-two Head of\\nBeef Cattle from the 11 of Oct. till\\nthe first day of Novem being three\\nweeks\\nFor keeping one Beef Creture from\\nthe first Day of Nov. till the IG of De-\\ncember, being Si.x; weeks, at 9 per week.. 4s. 6rf.\\nJoseph Dickin.son\\nDavid Belding, Junr.\\nCalvin Frink\\n\u00c2\u00a313 Is. 7d.\\nSelectmen\\nof\\nSwanzerj.\\nA most exciting state of affairs existed in tlie\\nwesterly part of New Harap.sliire during .some\\nof tlie last years of the Revolution, and some\\nof the following years, which was caused by a\\nportion of the people becoming di.saffected to-\\nwards New Hampshire and wishing to unite\\nwith Vermont. The following statements,\\nmade by the selectmen of Swanzey to the\\nGeneral Court, show the state of affairs in the\\ntown\\nThe Selectmen of the town of Swanzey in behalf\\nof themselves and the Town Humbly Shew\\nThat under the Present unhappy Situation of our\\nafi airs in this part of the State, when most in many\\nand many in all the Towns have revolted from under\\nthe Government and Jurisdiction of the State, bid-\\nding defiance to the Authority and Laws of tlie same,\\nAbsolutely Refusing to pay Taxes or to contribute\\nany thing in any way or manner towards Raising men\\nfor the Continental Army, or Providing Supplies for\\nthe same, We find it extreenily DiflScult for us to\\nComply with the Requisitions of the State, for, altho\\nthe greatest part of the People in this Town Remain\\nfirm in their Allegiance to the state. Utterly averce\\nto the late and present factious and Seditious conduct\\nof a great (if not the greatest) part of the people in\\nthis Western part of the State. Yet our affairs are\\nextreemly Embarrassed, for, if Taxes are Assessed,\\nthey cannot be Collected, as some will Refuse to pay,\\nand if Constables or Collectors should Distrain Such\\nDelinquents for their Rates mcjbs would Arise, and\\nperhaps the power of the State of Vermont would be\\nemployed for their protection.\\nWe have exerted ourselves as much as we could\\nin order to Raise our Quota of Men for the Continen-\\ntal Army, and Also for Six Months, but have not\\nbeen able to compleat the former, nor to Raise any\\npart of the latter, which Inability is owing princi-\\npally, if not Solely, to the confused Situation of this\\npart of the State, And unless Sometliing can be done\\nfor our Assistance it will be Absolutely Impossible\\nfor us to Raise men or money for the Service of the\\nState.\\nWe consider ourselves as Subjects of the state of\\nNew Hampshire, and are firmly Resolved to persist in\\nour Allegiance and expect the protection of the State,\\nwithout which we shall not be able to stand against\\nthe opposition that will be made.\\nWe Humbly pray that your Honors would take\\nthe matter into your Wise consideration and make\\nSuch provision for our protection and Safety as that\\nwe may not be Obliged to Yield to unreasonable men\\nand Measures.\\nTho Applin\\nCalvin Frink\\nElijah Belding\\nLsAAC Hammond\\nElisha Whitcomb\\nSwanzey, June 9, 1781.\\n1\\nJ\\nSelectmen\\nof\\nSwanzey.\\nThe following petition, relative to beef tax\\nof 1784, was addressed to the General Court\\nFebruary, 1785\\nThe Petition of the Selectmen and Assessors of\\nthe Town of Swanzey, in said State, for the year 1784,\\nHumbly sheweth,\\nThat whereas in the year 1781 the General Court\\nof this State Ordered and directed the Selectmen of\\nsaid Swanzey to Assess the Inhabitants of said Town\\ntheir Quota of Beef for the Continental Army, which\\nwas accordingly done, and the greatest part of said\\nBeef was paid by said Inhabitants, yet some were de-\\nlinquent. Refusing to pay their State Tax, Occasioned\\nPrincipally by the Union of the Grants (so-called)\\nwith Vermont, by reason of which agreably to an Act\\nof the General Court, said Swanzey was Ordered to\\npay a deficiency of said Tax and a fine for their De-\\nlinquency, both of which amounting to \u00c2\u00a3137, which\\nthe Treasurer of this State, by his Warrant directed\\nto the Selectmen of said Town, has ordered to be\\nAssessed, which has not yet been complied with, Be-\\ncause your petitioners think it very unjust to Assess,\\nLevy and Collect the aforesaid Sum of those Persons\\nwho paid their Tax in due time, and your Petitioners\\nhave no Warrant to Assess said Sum on those that\\nwere Delinqueut, and dare not venture to Assess said\\nSum, either on the whole or part of the Inhabitants,\\nlest it should make great confusion, murmuring and\\nComplaining among the People of Said Town. Your", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0525.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "404\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nPetitioners, therefore, most Humbly and earnestly\\npray that this Honorable Body would take the above\\nStated Case into their Serious consideration, and\\nmake such Order thereon as in their Wisdom they\\nshall think most just and Equitable.\\nAnd as in Duty Bound shall ever pray.\\nDavid Beldixg, Selectmen Asses-\\nIsaac Hammond, sors of Sivamey.\\nThe following, relative to the beef tax, was\\naddressed to the General Court December 13,\\n1786:\\nThe Selectmen of Swanzey, in the County of\\nCheshire, humbly beg leave to lay before this Honor-\\nable Body their Embarrassments as to Assessing the\\nDoomage for this Town s Deficiency of Beef in the\\nyear 1781. Your Petitioners immediately on Receiv-\\ning Orders for collecting Said Beef, Assessed the\\nInhabitants of Swanzey, Seting the Beef at twenty-\\nSeven Shillings per Hundred weight, and as your\\nPetitioners were Sensible of the Importance of the\\nOrder of Court being complied with, they exerted\\nthemselves and Collected a considerable part of the\\nBeef by the Set time, and would undoubtedly Col-\\nlected the whole had it not been for a number of Politi-\\ncal Heriticks in this and Adjacent Towns, who, by\\ntheir Instigations and artful insinuations. Shook the\\nAUegiancy (of the ignorant andunprincipaled part of\\nthe community) from the State of New Hampshire,\\nand Attached tjieni to the usurped State of Vermont,\\nand the luibecillity of Government was so great at\\nthat Day that your Petitioners thought it not wise to\\ncompel or use Coersive measures with those who\\nwould not freely pay their proportion of Said tax, and\\nsince the Energy of Government has increased and\\nthis Town has been caled upon to pay Said Tax, with\\na Doomage, the Selectmen have taken up the matter\\nand find it Difficult, if not Impossable, to make an\\nAssessment for said Doomage in anj way which will\\nnot blow up an unquenchable rire in this Town, for if\\nwe should Assess it on the Delinquents only, who in\\njustice Ought to pay the Same, we Should in so\\ndoing do injustice, for a Number of said Delinquents\\nare Removed out of this Town, and, consequently, out\\nof the reach of an Assesment, and should an Asses-\\nment be made on the whole Town, it would be to\\nmake the Righteous be as the Wicked, which the\\nPatriarch of the Hebrews Saith, is far from the Al-\\nmighty. Y our Petitioners, therefore, most Humbly\\npray this Honorable Body to take the matter into\\ntheir wise Consideration, and either except of the\\ntwenty-Seven Shillings on the Hundred weight, which\\nis already Assessed, and which may be Collected\\nwithout Dificulty or Direct Y our Petitioners in what\\nmanner to proceed, that they may escape the Publick\\nOdium.\\nIsaac Hammond, f Selectmen of\\nCalvix Feink, Swanzey-\\nIn House of Rep. January 16, 1787, Voted that as\\nthere is great difficulty respecting the assessment for\\nthe deficiency of Beef in the Town of Swanzey, the\\nTreasurer be directed, so far as respects said Beef\\nTax, to .stay the Extent against said Town untill the\\nfirst Wednesday of June next.\\nOf the Swanzey men who rendered important\\n.services during the Kevolution, Lieutenant-\\nColonel Joseph Hammond may be considered\\nthe most con.spicuous. He marched immediately\\nat the head of a company for the field of con-\\nflict when he heard of the battle at Lexing-\\nton. He went with his regiment to Ticonderoga,\\nbeing lieutentant-colonel under Colonel Ashley.\\nHe resigned his commission June 14, 1779.\\nHe was, however, employed in various ways\\nduring the war, acting as mustering officer, and\\nat times in charge of the transportation of sup-\\nplies to the army at Ticonderoga, etc. He was\\nat home when the battle of Bunker Hill was\\nfought. He knew that many of the Swanzey\\nsoldiers were with the army in that vicinity,\\nand among them his son Joseph. When he\\nheard of the battle he prepared to start im-\\nmediately, that he might know the results of\\nthe battle. He started in the morning and\\nrode through in a day, a distance of about ninety\\nmiles, and returned the following day. The\\nfollowing poem describes this famous ride\\nSays old Colo. Hammond, I d like to know\\nThe fate on the morrow of my son Joe\\nI learn by the herald that rode by to-night,\\nThe unwelcome news of the Bunker-Hill fight;\\nNor doubt I a moment my son Joe was there,\\nIn fighting our foemen, to fight his full share\\nAnd I have resolved and approved of the plan\\nTo oft on the morrow and learn what I can.\\nSo, wife, in the morning the breakfast prepare,\\nWhile I catch and curry the old red mare\\nTill then let us sleep tis needful we rest\\nAnd dream what we may, we will hope for the best,\\nThe Colo, rose early and early prepared\\nTo start on his journey as he had declared,", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0526.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n405\\nAnd soon in the door-yard the old mare was tied,\\nAll saddled, all bridled, all fit for a ride.\\nThe Colonel s cocked-hat now he put on his head,\\nHis spurs on the heels of his boots, as he said\\nWife, now my blue-coat and my doublet of buff,\\nAnd I shall be rigged for the ride well enough.\\nThe sun got up some minutes before\\nThe Colonel was ready to steji from the door,\\nAnd say to his lady good morn, or good bye,\\nThen thinking of Joseph, a tear in her eye.\\nHe reached for the bridle when started the mare\\nAnd snorted, the Colonel looked so militaire 1\\nHe patted her neck as he stood by her side.\\nTo calm her a wee ere he got up to ride,\\nThen sprang to the saddle, thout further delay.\\nAnd like a knight errant he galloped away.\\nFrom Swanzey, New Hampshire, thro Fitzwilliam\\nsped.\\nSwift skim d the red mare, and strong was her tread\\nAnd onward, and onward, and onward she prest.\\nNo sign that she was weary that she required rest\\nTho sweating the heat, and oppressive the dust.\\nShe turned not she stopped not to half quench her\\nthirst.\\nAnd ere Sol his car to the Zenith had run.\\nThe Colonel s long journey was more than half done.\\nWhen looking ahead, lo the Colonel espied\\nAn inn-stand, inviting, close by the roadside;\\nTo this he reined up for a little respite.\\nAnd called for refreshments as would a bold knight;\\nSome oats for my mare and a drink at the spring.\\nAnd as for myself, Til a bumper of sling!\\n(For all liquored ujj in those days, you will find.\\nTo strengthen their courage and cheer up the mind).\\nBut short was his tarry, and, proud of her load.\\nThe old mare was prancing along the high-road\\nOn on through old Concord she gallantly sped.\\nAnd onward she galloped through Lexington s town,\\nA place on the road of fame and renown.\\nAnd drew up at Charlestown, at Bunker Hill s side\\nBefore it was sunset, where ended his ride.\\nAnd glad was the Colonel when Joseph he found.\\nHis limbs and his wind and his body all sound.\\nAnd early next morning the red mare was seen.\\nHer head up, her tail up, just leaving the green\\nHer strength like an engine with fleetness combined,\\n(The Colonel on forward and Joe on behind).\\nSo lightly she cantered and turned up the road.\\nNot caring a fip for the weight of the load.\\nShe started for home with the Colonel and son.\\nAnd ere it was sundown her day s-work was done.\\nAnd how felt the mother when meeting with Joe,\\nTliere s none but a mother can feel or can know\\nAnd what think ye, reader, hadn t we here\\nAs goodly a rider as Paul Revere\\nSwanzey furnished its full complement of\\nsoldiers for the AVar of 1812. Of those that\\nwent into the service, William C. Belding was\\nkilled at Chippewa Plains, July 5, 1814 Rufus\\nGraves was killtd at Bridgewater, Canada, July\\n25, 1814; a son of John Guild was killed in\\nUpper Canada Joshua Prime, a lieutenant of\\nmarines, died at Sackctt s Harbor March 1,\\n1813; Gains Cresson died a Burlington, Vt.\\nand Benedict Arnold died at Portsmouth.\\nThe town s record in the War of the Re-\\nbellion is !is follows\\nVoted September 21, 18(51, that the selectmen be\\ninstructed to borrow from time to time such sums of\\nmoney as may be wanted to pay the families or\\nparents of soldiers, who have enlisted, or may here-\\nafter enlist in the service of the United States, the\\nsum of one dollar per week for the wife, and one\\ndollar per week for each child.\\nVoted March 11, 1862, to indemnify the select-\\nmen from all liability which they may have incurred\\nor hereafter incur by paying money to the families\\nof soldiers and instruct them to continue to pay to\\nthem in accordance with the State law, according to\\ntheir best judgment.\\nResolved, August 11, 1862, That the town will pay\\ntwo hundred dollars to each person who will enlist\\nfrom the town to fill up her required quota (of a draft\\nordered by the President, August 4, 1862, of three\\nhundred thousand troops for nine months), imme-\\ndiately on the mustering into service of such volun-\\nteers, provided they received no bounty from gov-\\nernment, otherwise one hundred and twenty-five\\ndollars.\\nVoted September 10, 1863, To raise three hundred\\ndollars to pay to each of the soldiers, or their substi-\\ntutes, ten days after they are mustered into the ser-\\nvice of the United States.\\nVoted May 30, 186-t, To pay the drafted men, or\\ntheir substitutes, three hundred doll.ars each to fill\\nall back quotas of said town under the last calls of the\\nPresident of the United States.\\nVoted June 16, 1864, That the selectmen shall pay\\nthree hundred dollars to each of such persons as may\\nenlist, or their substitutes, and be accredited to the\\ntown of Swanzey on any future calls for three-years\\nmen.\\nVoted AMgwsi 13, 1864, To pay volunteers for one\\nyear, one hundred dollars for two years, two hun-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0527.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "406\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ndred dollars for three years three hundred dollars\\nand that the selectmen be, and are hereby authorized\\nto borrow a sufficient amount of money to carry the\\nabove vote into effect.\\nVoted August 29, 1864, That the selectmen be, and\\nare hereby authorized to pay bounties to citizen\\nvolunteers who have resided in the town three months\\nas follows: five hundred dollars for one year, seven\\nhundred and fifty dollars for two years and nine\\nhundred dollars for three years, immediately on being\\nmustered into the service of the United States.\\nVoted That the selectmen be, and are hereby\\nauthorized to pay bounties to drafted men or their\\nsubstitutes to the full extent of the law as provided\\nor that purpose.\\nVoted That the selectmen be, and are hereby\\nauthorized to procure an amount of money sufficient\\nto carry out the object expressed in the above votes\\nand at the best rates possible.\\nVoted That the selectmen be requested to interest\\nthemselves as much as possible in the matter of\\nraising volunteers to fill the quota of this town.\\nVoted September 1, 1864, To indemnify the select-\\nmen against any liability which may arise by reason\\nof said selectmen paying bounties of three hundred\\ndollars to individuals who have furnished an accepta-\\nble substitute to count on the quota of the town since\\nJuly 16, 1864.\\nVoted December 22, 1864, To pay to those persons\\nwho have or may furnish an acceptable substitute to\\nfill the quota of the town on any future call the sum\\nof one hundred dollars for one year, two hundred\\ndollars for two years and three hundred dollars for\\nthree years.\\nVoted To pay bouuties to citizens volunteers wlio\\nhave resided in the town three months or more, as\\nfollows five hundred dollars for one year, seven\\nhundred and fifty dollars for two years and nine\\nhundred dollars for three years on being mustered\\ninto the service of the United States.\\nThe following persons contributed to fill the\\nquotas of Swanzey by enlisting, or by furnish-\\ning substitutes, or by paying commutation when\\ndrafted\\nCharles R. Applin.\\nAlbert G. Read.\\nJonathan M. Holden.\\nAllen B. Haywood.\\nAnson Gilson.\\nSamuel Hurd.\\nHenry S. Applin.\\nPhilo Applin.\\n26\\nDavid W. Hill.\\nSylvander Hovey.\\nDemerit W. Stone.\\nHarvey Sargent.\\nThos. N. Woodward.\\nDaniel E. Woodward.\\nSan ford Bolles.\\nLeonard Lyman.\\nWilliam B. Marble.\\nDaniel H. Holbrook.\\nAlbert Ballou.\\nCharles Wheeler.\\nHenry P. Read.\\nSamuel Rock wood.\\nCharles H. Sebastian.\\nEdward P. Sebastian.\\nSidney Stone.\\nLowell W. Darling.\\nAmasa Bourne.\\nJohn Stone.\\nWillard Bragg.\\nGeorge F. Trobridge\\nAmos E. Cummings.\\nElliot Wright.\\nGardner Wheeler.\\nCarlos Quinn.\\nSamuel Quinn.\\nCharles Quinn.\\nElbridge G. Prentice.\\nJoseph Cross.\\nGeorge B. Richardson.\\nJeremiah Pluramer.\\nCyrus F. Holbrook.\\nOliver L. Nash.\\nPrescot D. Coburn.\\nStilman D. Nash.\\nWarren F. Allen.\\nHorace Barney.\\nGeorge O. Knapp.\\nJohn A. Bread.\\nGeorge W. Robinson.\\nThomas Burns.\\nAaron Dickinson.\\nCyrus W. Stanley.\\nBenjamin Pomeroy.\\nGeorge Wilson.\\nBradley Hill.\\nAmos D. Combs.\\nGeorge W. Johnson.\\nOratus Very.\\nGeorge Mattoon.\\nIsaac Starkoy.\\nCharles H. Mcintosh.\\nHenry Coburn.\\nN. R. Smith.\\nAaron Sumner.\\nObed Holton.\\nThomas Christie.\\nJames L. Davis.\\nLeonard S. Holden.\\nCharles Barber.\\nSanford S. Wilber.\\nRichard R. Ramsdell.\\nTheodore Hovey.\\nOratus J. Very.\\nNoyce G. Wheeler.\\nRoswell O. Aldrich.\\nSamuel Stephenson.\\nLyman C. Deeth.\\nAaron Lebourveau.\\nGeorge Jackson.\\nHenry Hill.\\nAsa C. Hemmenway.\\nObed Holton.\\nMenzies E. Stratton.\\nBenjamin F. Mead.\\nWilliam W. Starkey.\\nSamuel Rockwood.\\nCharles R. Applin.\\nJohn L. Meserve.\\nAlonzo D.Sumner.\\nJohn A. Colby.\\nWilliam Read.\\nWilliam Eastman.\\nMichael Farrel.\\nHarvey Thompson.\\nJohn Barker.\\nThomas Smith.\\nFrank Canovan.\\nJohn Stewart.\\nGeorge Perkins\\nGeorge D.avis.\\nThomas Karney.\\nSexton W. Williams.\\nWilliam (!)akman.\\nSilas W. Ballou.\\nAlbert R. Ballou.\\nGeorge A. Haywood.\\nCharles Temple.\\nAsahel W. Dunton.\\nMoses D. Ballou.\\nGeorge H. More.\\nAnsell B. Dickinson.\\nJohn W. Taggard.\\nTimothy Sherman.\\nHenry S. Applin.\\nAmos E. Cummings.\\nJoseph Cross.\\nElbridge Prentice.\\nJohn A. Bread.\\nAaron Dickinson.\\nJohn F. Hunt.\\nOrick L. Haskell.\\nWarren A. Pickering.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0528.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "SWANZEY.\\n407\\nCharles H. Barber, Jr.\\nJohu Barber.\\nJohn S. Thayer.\\nD. Brainerd Healey.\\nGeorge W. B. Caffre.\\nA. W. Tupper.\\nAmos Davis.\\nSeamen A. Stone.\\nEdward Doolittle.\\nGeorge P. Ward.\\nEli W. Kaynolds.\\nGeorge I. Capron.\\nHorace B. Starkey.\\nWilliam Sebastian, Jr.\\nB. P. Lamson.\\nCharles G. Gilmore.\\nSamuel Mattoon.\\nCharles W. Philbrook.\\nWilliam E. Thatcher.\\nCharles W. Mattoon.\\nWilliam Stone.\\nChas. E. Stephenson.\\nCharles H. Holbrook.\\nFranklin Burbank.\\nDexter H. Thomas.\\nHarrison R. Ward.\\nD. L. M. Comings.\\nCalvin Greenleaf.\\nLuther Smith.\\nLuther Beal.\\nWillis Reason.\\nCyrus F. Holbrook.\\nLincoln Wheelock.\\nHenry D. Holbrook.\\nCharles H. Gove.\\nGeorge B. Holbrook.\\nA. D. Combs.\\nCarrol D. Wright.\\nFranklin C. Whitcomb.\\nDaniel F. Mealey.\\nDavid Buftbm (2d).\\nCharles W. Scott.\\nWilliam N. Ripley.\\nIra A. Hooper.\\nGeorge W. Sweetzer.\\nJohn P. Hill.\\nCharles Marsh.\\nJotham M. Ballon.\\nMartin Jewell.\\nLewis Carpenter.\\nNathaniel Bourn, Jr.\\nJ. Q. A. Wilson.\\nSylvander L. Hovey.\\nLemuel O. Hunt.\\nCharles B. Blodgett.\\nBenjamin F. Clark.\\nEdward Dickinson.\\nJonas C. Waters.\\nClark H. Houghton.\\nFred. E. Seba.stian.\\nOratus J. Very.\\nGeorge Burns.\\nDaniel W. Clark.\\nCharles H. Howard.\\nGeorge E. Whitcomb.\\nJ. N. Forrestall.\\nGeorge Willis.\\nLyman C. Willis.\\nCharles Bowles.\\nJosiah Parsons.\\nBenj. H. Richardson.\\nJames C. Fames.\\nOrloe E. Parsons.\\nThayer Thomson.\\nGeorge W. Eastman.\\nJames H. Alcott.\\nHenry C. Clark.\\nDavid Pelkey.\\nAlvin W. Houghton.\\nEdward P. Sebastian.\\nGeorge W. Ellis.\\nHenry B. Davis.\\nCharles S. Parks.\\nLewis Hunt.\\nIn tlie foregoing list several names appear\\ntwice, occasioned by the person re-enlisting.\\nIn some cases, where men furnished substitutes,\\nhis name appears and also the name of the\\nsubstitute.\\nWc cannot give a correct list of those who\\nwere killed or wounded and of those Avho died\\nwhile in the service or of those who never re-\\nturned.\\nAn.son Gilson, George F. Trobridge, John\\nStone, Thomas Burns, Aaron Dickinson were\\nkilled Lowell W. Darling died from the ef-\\nfect of a wound Allen B. Haywood lost his\\nright arm Daniel K. Healey was permanently\\ndisabled Albert Ballou and Francis C. Whit-\\ncomb were badly wounded. It is not known\\nwhat became of Charles Wheeler and Joseph\\nCross. Eliot Wright, D. Brainard Healey, B.\\nP. Lamson, David Buffum (2d), Demerit W.\\nStone, Sanford Bolles, Sanford S. Wilber and\\nHenry S. Applin died.\\nAmos D. Combs was a lieutenant in the\\nSixth Regiment and a cajitaiii in the Four-\\nteenth Regiment; David Buffum (2d) was a cap-\\ntain in the Sixteenth Regiment.\\nCarrol D. Wright was a lieutenant in the\\nFourteenth Regiment when it was organized\\nand was promoted to colonel before he left the\\nregiment.\\nMany natives of Swanzey went into the army\\nfrom other places, and of these it is known that\\nLymau W^hitcomb, Lucius Whitcomb and Na-\\nthaniel F. Lane were killed, and that Wallace\\nG. Dickinson and Elmer F. Dickinson died\\nwhile in the service.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0529.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF WAT.POLE\\nBY GEORGE ALDRICH.\\nCHAPTEE I.\\nFROM 17-19 TO 1760.\\nThe early liistory of any one town on Con-\\nneeticut River only is repeated in the earlj set-\\ntlements of others located in the same vicinity,\\nin the maimer in which families lived, and\\nalso in the dangers by which they were beset by\\nhostile Indians. Town lines were no barriers\\nto the friendship that one settlement had for\\nanother. There were prominent motives which\\nthe early settlers had for a pioneer life. One\\nwas to better their condition and make a name\\nfor themselves and the other was to get away\\nfrom t])e conventionalities of populous towns\\ninto an atmosphere of freedom, they could not\\nbrook restraint. Many of the early settlers of\\nthis town were from the State of Connecticut,\\nwho br(.)ught with them the frugal, industrious\\nhabits of the people of that State, and also the\\nreligious sentiments of the Puritans. Another\\nclass of settlers came from Londonderry, this\\nstate, who were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians.\\nThey also were frugal, industrious peo] le, and\\nmade the old rocky hills yield an abundance for\\nman and beast.\\nAfter the lapse of more than a century and a\\nquarter, it is impossible for the historian to tell\\nwhat character all the early settlers of this town\\nbore, only from tradition. However, it is in-\\nferred from their acts found recorded in the\\nrecords of the town, and such stray informa-\\ntion as has been gathered from other sources,\\nthat most of the first settlers were men of great\\nforce of character, patriotic in their political\\n408\\nsentiments, strict in their religious observances,\\nfrugal and industrious. The intellectual attain-\\nments of the first settlers were not of a high\\norder but in time men of culture took up an\\nabode here. It may be that some of the first\\nsettlers letl their country for their country s\\ngood and made a new home for themselves and\\nfamilies but this is not probable, for only one\\ninstance is known of a sheriff dogging -the\\nheels of a runaway, and that was Colonel Ben-\\njamin Bellows, who afterwards was the most\\nprominent settler that ever settled in town.\\nHis great crime was this, he hail not ready\\nmouey sufficient to satisfy all his creditors be-\\nfore he left Massachusetts.\\nIt is not positively known whether the\\nAborigines ever occupied permanently the terri-\\ntory now embraced by the lines forming the\\ntown of Walpole or not but one thing is cer-\\ntain, that annually, in the months of May and\\nJune, very large numbers collected iu the vi-\\ncinity of the Great Falls (now Bellows Falls),\\nfor the purpose of catching shad and salmon,\\nit being the best fishing-ground to be found in\\nall New England. The blossoming of the\\nshad-tree {Amelanchier Canadensis) was the\\nsignal for all the Indians for many miles around,\\nand even from Canada, to gather about the falls\\nfor the purpose of catching shad and salmon.\\nMultitudes of these fish would ascend the Con-\\nnecticut every spring, to deposit their spawn at\\nits head and at the source of its tributaries.\\nAfter a long-weary journey from the ocean the\\nshad were barred further progress by the rapid\\nflow of the water. In the basin below the\\nrapids the shad would gather in myriad num-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0530.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n409\\nbers, and make futile attempts to ascend, but\\nmade a failure every time.\\nThe Indians, perched on the rocks below,\\nwith their scoop-nets, found no difficulty in ap-\\npeasing their hunger during the shad season.\\nIn time the shad became discouraged in their\\nattempts to ascend the main stream, when they\\nwould descend the river till a suitalde tributary\\nwas found, which they would ascend and ful-\\nfill nature s laws, and return to the salt water in\\nAugust shad poor. The salmon, more agile\\nthan the shad, bound on the same mission,\\nwould ascend the most rapid portion of the\\nfalls with apparent ease so rapid is the stream\\nthat an iron bar suspended over the current will\\nnot sink, but float on the water. It is said that\\nsalmon have been seen darting up tiiis cascade\\nwith the sjieed of a locomotive, with two or\\nthree lamprey eels in tow, that had fastened\\nthemselves upon the sitles of the salmon at the\\ndawn of day by suction.\\nThere is sufficient evidence to warrant the\\nconclusion that there were large numbers of\\nIndians who lived a part, if not all the year,\\nnear the railroad station at Cold River. lu\\nthe immediate vicinity and also a half-mile be-\\nlow, the plough-share of civilization has un-\\nearthed Indian skeletons, spear-heads, arrow-\\nheads, heaps of clam-shells and numerous other\\nIndian relics, which, together with the rude\\ncarvings on the rocks below the Falls, are in-\\ndubitable evidences of there having been a\\nfamous lodgment for Indians about this vicinity\\nlong before the pale-faces eyes rested on this nat-\\nural landscape of beauty. One-half mile south\\nof Cold River is a spring of chalybeate waters,\\nthought by the Indians to possess remarkable\\nmedicinal qualities. There was a tribe of In-\\ndians who frequented this spring, called the\\nAbanake s or Abanarquis (meaning the pines),\\nfrom whom the spring derives its name. The\\nIndians drank freely of the water and washed\\nthemselves all over with it, claiming it would\\ncure cutaneous diseases. It might have been\\npotent in its effects on the red-skins; but no\\none ever knew of any sanitary effects it had on\\nwhite people. It is very offensive to most ])eo-\\nple, both in taste and smell one glas* of it be-\\ning sufficient for a life-time with ordinary peo-\\nple, unless driven to the very verge of death\\nfrom thirst.\\nOne hundred and thirty-six years ago, (in\\nMay or June), if a person with a good field-\\nglass had been perched on tlie highest point of\\nFall Mountain (now called Kilburn Mountain),\\na bird s-eye view would have revealed to him,\\nnear where Cold River station now is, several\\nscores of wigwams their dusky owners cross-\\ning and re-crossing the basin below the falls in\\ntheir bark canoes while their squaws were on\\nshore doing their drudgery their papooses wal-\\nlowing in the filth around the wigwams, and\\nthe Indian maiden loitering about in the shade\\nof the stately elms, stringing her ornaments\\nand wampum. A few rods south from the In-\\ndian camping-ground were the now fertile\\nplains, then studded with dwarf pitch-pines\\nand an uneven growth of white birch. In\\nturning to the east, a gloomy forest of hemlock,\\nwhich was the home of the gaunt, ravenous\\ngray wolf, that made the night hideous with his\\nhowl, presented itself to view. In the far dis-\\ntance down the river, a shadowy view of the\\ntowering pines on Boggy Meadow was seen.\\nThis is the most arable, productive section of\\nthe town but it was not cleared for more than\\neighty years afler the first settlenient of the\\ntown. The reasons were first, the great\\namount of labor necessary to remove the heavy\\ntimber growing there and, secondly, the un-\\nhealthiuess of the atmosphere which arose from\\ndecaying vegetable matter, producing malaria.\\nThe glass, when pointed to the southeast,\\nwould bring to view the highest elevation of\\nland in town Derry Hill the altitude of\\nwhich is more than thirteen hundred feet above\\nthe level of the sea. This tract of land was\\ncovered with a heavy growth of beech, birch\\nand sugar-maple timber, which has been mostly\\ncut ofl and now a second growth is almost", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0531.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "410\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nready for the axe. Ou looking to tlie west,\\nalmost iiiuler one s feet is the narrow defile\\nbetween Fall Mountain and Connecticut River,\\nwhere the St. Francis Indians, from Canada,\\nused to travel, before Walpole was settled, ou\\ntheir marauding expeditions to the border\\nsettlements in Massachusetts. Many were the\\ncaptive whites who plodded along this narrow\\ndefile on their way to Canada, to be sold to the\\nFrench, downcast, weary, footsore and hungry.\\nThe territory north of Walpole to Canada line\\nwas one unbroken, gloomy forest, excepting No-\\n4 (now Charlestown). Game was plenty. There\\nwere the stately moose and his third cousin, the\\nsprightly, graceful red deer, that lived on the\\nscanty, uncut herbage of the openings in sum-\\nmer and browsed on the twigs of deciduous trees\\nin winter. The flesh afforded appetizing viands\\nfor the hungry pioneer. The huge, ungainly\\nblack bear was frequently met, seen moving\\nabout with his shuffling, plantigrade gait, hunt-\\ning for some fresh esculent or newly-fallen\\nnuts from the beech-tree or acorns from the\\noak.\\nBear steak then, as now, was considered a\\ndelicacy. The smaller game embraced the\\nraccoon, the gray and black squirrel, the quail\\nand partridge all of which the ready fowling-\\npiece would bring to the sportsman s feet. The\\nsmaller streams were crowded with spotted trout,\\nwhich had never been lured by the seducing fly\\nof Isaac Walton. Among the carnivorous\\nanimals were the lynx, the wild-cat and cata-\\nmount the latter had his lair on Fall Moun-\\ntain. The woodlands wore a weird appearance\\nold decaying trees, which had fallen in every\\nconceivable direction, fantastic forms of with-\\nered limbs and old standing trees, denuded of\\ntheir bark, contrasted strangely with the fresh-\\nness of later youth. Reptiles sported in the\\nslimy pools of the lowlands or crawled un-\\nharmed over piles of decaying timber. The\\nrattlesnake lay coiled asleep in some sunny\\nnook, or was noiselessly drawing his hideous\\nform over mouldering vegetation, in quest of\\nsome luckless frog. His general habitat, in\\nsummer, was in the vicinity of Cold River, but\\nin winter he sought repose in the clefts of rocks\\non Fall Mountain. Nights were made hideous\\nby the dismal moan of the catamount or the\\nhowl of the gray wolf, when hunger forced\\nthem in squads or packs to seek something to\\nsustain life. Silence reigned by day, save oc-\\ncasionally the roar of the Great Falls, or\\nbroken, perhaps, by the often-repeated tattoo of\\nthe male partridge, morning and evening cheer-\\ning his mate.\\nThe red man was the sole occupant of the\\nsoil, and was as wild as the savage beasts around\\nhim a predatory vagabond, in constant war-\\nfare with his own race seeking the destruction\\nof the early settlers, or leading them into a\\ncaptivity worse than death the bark of the\\nwhite-birch his canoe strings of shells his\\nornaments, his calendar and his coin huts\\nmade of bended saplings and evergreen boughs,\\nroofed with the skins of animals and the rind\\nof trees, his habitation leaves of the forest his\\nbed his religion, if any, the adoration of na-\\nture his morals not much above the instinct of\\nintelligent animals; disputing with them the\\noccupancy of the forests, and dividing with the\\nsquirrel and bear the fruits of the hills lazy,\\nimprovident, wicked.\\nThe Indian, naturally sullen, morose and\\nmercenary in his disposition, and having been\\ndriven from time to time from the graves of\\nhis fathers, and his fishing and hunting-grounds\\nby the encroachments of the whites, needed but\\nlittle to incite him to plunder and the most\\ncruel barbarity; consequently he was found\\ncontinually harassing the frontier settlements,\\nin small predatory bands, burning the habi-\\ntations of the early settlers, destroying their\\ncattle, killing men, women and children or\\nforcing them into captivity, where they would\\nbe held for many years away from their chil-\\ndren and friends.\\nIt seems truly wonderful, to many persons\\nin these piping times of peace, that any one", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0532.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n411\\ncould be found who had tlie courage, Imrdihood\\nor even temerity to plant himself in a howling\\nwilderness, far removed from any friendly neigh-\\nbor and almost under the tomahawk of merciless\\nIndians, the white man s deadly foe. But\\nwhen it is considered that many pioneers m a\\nucw country, like oni-s, had everything to gam\\nand nothing to lose bnt their scalps; that famili-\\narity with danger, as with everything else,\\nbreeds contempt that the early lessons of\\nchildren in bygone days were the stories of\\nmurder, treachery, pillage and rapine perpe-\\ntrated by Indians that such stories were re-\\ncounte l the hundredth time by the gray-haired\\ngrandsire to his grandson on his knee, so that\\nat an early age the child became thoroughly\\nschooled in the habits, artifices and wiles of the\\nred man, and at manhood, being thus taught,\\nhe held the Indian in contempt, and believed he\\ncould check-mate his foe on his own ground\\nwonder ceases that pioneers could be found, who\\nwei-e ready to brave the dangers of a pioneer s\\nlife. At any rate such persons were found, and\\namong them was\\nJohn Kilburx, who was born in Glaston-\\nl)ury. Conn., 1704; consequently he was forty-\\nlive years old when he came to Walpole, in\\n1749. He had built himself a log; cabin on\\nthe fertile intervale, about three-fourths of a\\nmile south of Cold River, and about the same\\ndistance from the place where the Indians, in\\nlarge numbers, sojourned in the summer through\\nthe fishing season. His family consisted of\\nhimself, his wife, his daughter Mehitable (Het-\\nty) and his son John.\\nThomas Kilburn was the first settler of the\\nname in this country, M ho came to America\\nfrom England in l(io5, bringing with him his\\nwife and five children. John Kilburn, Sr.\\nwas the fourth remove from Thomas. The\\nuame of Kilburn can be found among the Eng-\\nlish nobility to the time of Chaucer, and the\\nline of descent can be directly traced from that\\ntime to the present. The name is spelled in\\ndifferent ways by the old English families, as\\nwell as in this country but the sound is tiie\\nsame. Kilburn, Kilborn, Kylbourne, Kil-\\nborue are some of the various ways the name\\nis found sjjelled. The origin of the name\\nis the same. The name is made up from two\\nwords, Knle and Bourn, which signify, the for-\\nmer cold and the latter water, cold water. The\\ncoincidence of the names of the first two set-\\ntlers of this town, meaning about the same thing,\\nis quite singular Bdlc Eau, pluralized, mean-\\ning beautiful waters, and Kule Bourn, meaning\\ncold water or cold stream. What is in a name\\nKilburn had lived in town some three or\\nfour years before Colonel Benjamin Bellows\\nsettled in town, without communication with\\nfriend or foe although he had often sought\\nintercourse with the Indians, they had studiously\\navoided him. During this period he had no\\nrest day nor night. He was not only exposed\\nto the inclemency of severe storms in his rude\\nhut, and all the hardships and privations inci-\\ndent to frontier life, but was living day\\nand night in constant fear of the tomahawk or\\nthe scalping-knife. During the day he did not\\ndare to go a few rods from his cabin without\\nhis gun, and at night his bed was the cold\\nground, a bear skin for his covering, and a\\ncartridge box for his pillow nor did he dare\\ncamp two nights in the same place, while the\\nIndians were lurking in ambush, i-eady to\\nstrike the deadly blow at the first opportunity.\\nMany times during his absence they visited his\\ncabin in tlie dead of night, and stole everything\\nthey could find and carry away.\\nSome time in 1754, a company of Indians\\ncame down the river, landed above the falls and\\ninvited Kilburn to trade with them. He visi-\\nted their boats, bought some skins, and made\\nsome presents of flints, flour and fish-hooks.\\nFor a while the Indians continued to hunt and\\nencamp about the neighborhood, and, as no\\nmischief was done, he felt move secure as time\\npassed on, the sight of wigwams becoming\\nfamiliar to his eyes and the sound of guns an\\nevery-day occurrence to his ears.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0533.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "412\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIn 1752, Colonel Bellows had become a\\nsettler in town and some others soon after,\\nof whom more further on.\\nIn 1754, in the spring, a large Indian, by\\nthe name of Philip, who could speak a little\\nbroken English, visited Kilburn s cabin, in a\\nfriendly way, pretending to be on a hunting\\nexcursion, and in want of provisions. He was\\ngenerously supplied with flints, flour and other\\narticles and dismissed. Soon after it was ascer-\\ntained, however, that this same wily scoundrel\\nhad visited all the frontier settlements with the\\nsame plausible story, and was suspected by all\\nas a wolf in disguise. Governor Shirley, of\\nAlbany, sent word by a friendly Indian that\\nfive hundred Indians were collecting in Canada,\\nwhose purpose it was to butcher and wipe out\\nthe entire population of the advanced settle-\\nments on Connecticut River. This news greatly\\ndisturbed Kilburn, but he did not leave his\\nhome nor lie down. He immediately went to\\nwork and built a palisade around his cabin\\nwith heavy timbers, firmly set upright in the\\nground, placed so near together that nothing\\nlarger than a cat could pass between the tim-\\nbers. He purchased everything necessary for\\na prolonged siege, and then with stoical indiff-\\nerence waited coming events, which had already\\ncast their shadows before in the murders and\\ndepredations that had been committed by the\\nsavages in the neighboring settlements. Colo-\\nnel Bellows had already become a settler and\\nemployed a large number of men to work for\\nhim, clearing the lauds and in making other\\nimprovements among them was the building\\nof a mill to grind corn and other grains. This\\nmill was situated at a place now known as\\nBlanchard s Falls, about a mile northeast from\\nColonel Bellows residence. On returning from\\nthe mill to Bellows Fort, as his residence was\\nnow called, the stream on which the mill stood\\nhad to be crossed, which was about thirty feet\\nlower than the plain above, then covered itli\\nstunted pines, underbrush and ferns.\\nA sketch of Walpole without the story of\\nThe Kilburn Fight would be like play-\\ning Hamlet with Hamlet left out. The Indians\\nhad learned that Colonel Bellows and his men\\nwere at work at his mill, and would return\\nhome some time during th day, and would be\\nlikely to follow the foot path across the plain,\\nwhich was in front of what is now the residence\\nof Willard T. Blanchard. The Indians had\\nstationed themselves across this path in a .semi-\\ncircle. About noon on the 17th of August,\\n1755, as Colonel Bellows was returning with\\nhis men, about thirty in number, each with a\\nbag of meal on his shoulder and a carefully\\nloaded fire-arm in his hand, on approaching the\\nplain, their dogs ran up the bank and halted\\nand began to growl and show other unmistak-\\nable signs that something did not suit them.\\nWhen fairly on the plain, Colonel Bellows\\nsagacity told him that i-edskins were close at\\nhand. Colonel Bellows then coolly told his men\\nto drop their sacks of meal, examine their flints,\\nand at a signal from him give a whoop and\\ndrop down into tlie ferns. This manoeuvre\\nbrought every Indian to his feet, which gave\\nBellows men an excellent opportunity to jiick\\noff his man. How many .savages bit the dust\\nat this time was not ascertained, for it is well\\nknown that an Indian will fight longer for a\\ndead comrade than for a living one. If any were\\nkilled at this time, they were dragged away.\\nThe Indians were completely panic-stricken\\nand they rushed down the steep bank to the west\\npell-mell, on to the meadow on which Kilburn s\\nhut stood and hid themselves in the alders grow-\\ning there. Colonel Bellows and his men moved\\naway from the scene in the direction of the fort,\\nwith much greater celerity than was their daily\\ncustom. Kilburn and his hired men, returning\\nfrom their work to dinner, discovered the red\\nlegs of the savages in the alders, whereupon he\\nquickened his steps to his hut to put things in\\norder for a warm reception. The inmates of\\nhis cabin were himself and wife, a hired man\\nby the name of Peak, his son John, then eigh-\\nteen years old) and his daughter Mchitable", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0534.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n413\\n(Hetty). After barricading bis doors and win-\\ndows and taking otber necessary precantions,\\nquiet reigned for a few minutes. During tiiis\\nquiet interval Kilburn s eyes were directed to\\nthe bank east of his cabin, where a foot-path\\nran down the hill to tlie intervale below. One\\nhundred .uid ninety-seven Indians crossed this\\npath in a very short time and stationed them-\\nselves on the side-hill east of his cabin. Sub-\\nsequently it was ascertained that as many more\\nwere lying iu ambush at the mouth of Cold\\nRiver.\\nSilence was broken soon after by that old\\nwily, treacherous devil Philip, who had visited\\nKilburn s cabin the summer before and had\\nreceived presents from his hands, by his appear-\\ning, partly hidden behind a tree, and calling\\nupon those iu tlie house to surrender. Said he,\\nOld John, young John, come out here, I know\\nyou we give you good quarter! Quarter!\\nvociferated old Kilburn, with a voice like\\nthunder, that rang through every Indian s brain,\\nand every valley around. You black rascals,\\nbegone or we ll quarter you Who would have\\nanticipated this more than Spartan reply, without\\ntremor from a camp of four men hedged around\\nby four hundred merciless savages with a]ipe-\\ntites sharply whetted for the blood of white\\nmen\\nMeanwhile, those ambushed at the mouth\\nof Cold River had joined their comrades\\ngathered near Kilburn s home.\\nAfter Philip had made his generous offer of\\nsurrender to Kilburn, he returned to his tribe,\\nand after a few minutes consultation with them\\nthe terrifying war whoop was sounded convey-\\ning to the uninitiated the impression that all\\nthe imps of pandemonium had broken loose.\\nImmediately a shower of leaden hail, from at\\nleast four hundred guns of the enemy, pene-\\ntrated and splintered the roof of our hero s\\ncabin. Before the smoke had settled down\\nfrom the enemy s guns, so as to obscure the\\nsurroundings, Kilburn espied an Indian of\\nmore than ordinary size leaning against the\\nfence, partly hidden from view. Kilburn\\nseized uj)on this opportunity of getting the\\nfirst return fire. He leveled his musket, pulled\\nthe trigger, and his human target dropped\\ndead on the spot. Kilburn always maintainetl\\nthat this Indian was no other than that old\\nscoundrel Philip. Our hero s enemies were on\\nall sides of him, and while some of them kept\\nup a continuous fire against the hut, without\\ndoing any harm, others were engaged in\\ndestroying his hay, grain and j)igs, and making\\na general slaughter of his cattle, Kilburn and\\nhis men did not waste their anmiunition, but\\nresolved, that at every discharge of their mus-\\nkets, every deadly missile should take effect.\\nThe defenders had several muskets in the cabin,\\nwhich were kept hot by incessant firing.\\nThey had poured their powder into hats that it\\nmight be more convenient for loading their\\narms. Their bullets began to run low, when\\na happy thought struck them, which was to sus-\\npend blankets under the roof and catch the\\nenemy s bullets, which the women recast and\\nmaile them do double service, being immedi-\\nately sent back as an acknowledgment of their\\nreceipt. It was evident that Kilburn s bullets\\nhad a telling effect on his enemies, for they\\nwere not so bold as they were at the begin-\\nning of the siege, when they made the\\nrash attempt to burst in the door they were\\nonly seen now, stealthily crawling from tree to\\ntree and stump to stump, avoiding exposure as\\nmuch as jwssible. From noon, on that memor-\\nable day, the incessant firing and fiendish\\nwar-whoop dinned on the ears of all within\\nhearing distance. At length the savages began\\nto disappear one by one, and when the sun had\\nshed its hist lingering beams and the mantle\\nof darkness hung over the scene, the Indians\\nwere gone. In a very short time the turmoil\\nof the day was followed by almost deadly\\nsilence. No sounds were heard but the Au-\\ngust cricket chirping his evening song and the\\nmelodious lullaby of the distant falls.\\nColonel Bellows and his men had heard the", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0535.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "414\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfiring all the afternoon, Init none of them had\\nthe foolhartliness to go to the relief of Kilburn\\nand his family. They would rather brave the\\ntaunts of cowardice than run the risk of losing\\ntheir scalps, it needed something more than the\\nlove of glory to stimulate a handful of men to\\nmeet four hundred savages on an open jjlain.\\nLate in the evening, when all was still, Peter\\nBellows, the intrepid oldest son of the colonel,\\nsallied forth to learn the fate of the Kilburns.\\nStealing along cautiously, figuratively with his\\nheart in his mouth, he at length arrived at the\\ndoor of his neighbor, made himself known and\\nwas at once admitted. He was the first to con-\\ngratulate Kilburn on his wonderful escape and\\nhonor him for his bravery. He found that no\\none of the household had been injured but one,\\nand that was Kilburn s hired man. Peak. He,\\nby exposing himself needlessly in the early part\\nof the engagement, received a M ound in the hip,\\nand as there was no surgical aid nearer than\\nNorthficld, Mass., forty miles distant, to care\\nfor him, he died the fifth day afterwards. Ever\\nafter this memorable fight, though the In-\\ndians continued to harass the neighboring-\\ntowns and settlements, they never again visited\\nWalpole to molest the settlers. It has been said\\nby some, and the belief has been fully shared by\\nothers, that the heroic defense made by Kilburn\\nto save his family, as it dampened the courage\\nt)f the savages, was the means of saving many\\nvalual)le lives.\\nMany j^ears after the Kilburn fight, a story\\nwas told, which has a degree of plausibility on\\nits face, at least, and runs thus A relative of\\nour townsmen (the Blanchards) became ac-\\nquainted with an old Indian chief, then living\\nin the State of New York, whose name was\\nJoshark Noshark, who formerly belonged to the\\nSt. Francis tribe of Indians. He told the\\nBlanchards relative that he was in the Kilburn\\nfight, being a young man then nineteen years of\\nage. His memory was unimpaired, and he gave\\na full and minute history of that eventful day.\\nHe described minutely the surrounding .scenery,\\nthe falls, the mineral spring, the mountain and\\nthe red and yellow paints his tribe was in the\\nhabit of prc curing to decorate their bodies. He\\nsaid that Philip was killed in the early part of\\nthe fight, and, with many others killed, was\\nburied south of the falls,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that Philip was\\nburied in a spot removed from the i-est of the\\ntribe which were killed. After Philip s friends\\nhad dug a grave by using their hands and scaly\\nstones, sufficiently deep for their purpose, they\\nlaid his remains in, and first covered the body\\nwith dirt, then a large flat stone was placed on\\nhim, then more du t and finally with a covering\\nof leaves, carefully spread over the whole, so\\nthat the whites might not discover his burial-\\nplace. He gave as a reason why Walpole was\\nnever after molested, that his tribe believed\\nthat the Great Spirit frowned on their con-\\nduct after having been so well treated by Kil-\\nburn.\\nDuring the construc^tion of the Cheshire Rail-\\nroad several human skeletons were exhumed,\\nsupposed to be Indians, and among them was\\none, buried under a flat stone, answering, by its\\nhuge pi oportions, the description formerly given\\nof Philip. These bones were procured and\\nwired together by one Dr. Ilobbins, of Bellows\\nFalls, and are now in the possession of his\\nfamily.\\nIt appears, from all the information in pos-\\nsession of the writer of this sketch, that John\\nKilburn had a grant of the township of Wal-\\npi)le, procured from the government of the State\\nof New York. The authorities then of that\\nState had about as much knowledge of the\\ngeography of this region as an average school-\\nboy has of localities in Australia. The State\\nof New York never held any jurisdiction on\\nthe east side of Connecticut River. Tiie claim\\nof New York to the soil of New Hampshire\\nwas a shallow pretense, based on the ignorance\\nof those in authority at the capital of New\\nYork.\\nMany people, sometimes, lose more from ig-\\nnorance than it would cost them to srain infor-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0536.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n415\\nmatiou. This was the case with John Kilburn,\\nfor Benuiug Wentworth was, at the time of\\nKilburn s advent in town, the Governor of the\\nState of New Hampshire, and had been for\\neight years granting to parties all about in this\\nvicinity, and as far west as Bennington, Vt.\\n(from whose name Bennington is derived).\\nColonel Bellows knew to what government to\\napply for a charter, wiiich he obtained in 1752,\\nthree years after Kilburn settled, who expected\\nto be protected in his fancied rigiits by holding\\na valueless roll of parc-hmeut. Then came the\\ntug of war. Bellows M as imperious and\\ndomiueering;, and Kilburn was sullen and un-\\nyielding; the one had the State of New Hamp-\\nshire to back him, the other nothing but his\\nstrong arm and indomitable will. A letter in\\nthe possession of the writer of this sketch, writ-\\nten by George Kilburn, the great-grandson of\\nold Ji)hn, states that after the quarrel had lasted\\nfor some years between the families. Bellows so\\nfar ^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iclded as to make an offer to divide the town-\\nship with his great-grandfather; but his reply\\nwas, No I bought the land aiid paid my\\nmoney for it I 11 have all or I 11 have none\\nAfter a while Kilburn became discouraged in\\ntrying to maintain a contest so unequal, when\\nhe left town and settled in Springfield, Vt.\\nColonel Bellows then offered him fifty acres in\\none body, of any land in town Kilburn ac-\\ncepted this offer, and located his future home\\nwhere Oliver J. Hubbard now resides. He soon\\nreturned from Springfield, built himself a house\\nand settled once more.\\nThe curious would be glad to know why he\\nsettled there. If he had an eye for the beauti-\\nfid, the question is answered, for from an eleva-\\ntion east of the house the most beautiful\\nsemicircular view is had that can be found in\\nthe surrouudino; couutrv. When he moved into\\nhis new house he exclaimed, Here I will live\\ntill I die, and no foe of any kind shall ever\\ndrive me away so long as I can hold a gun\\nTlie Kilburn and Bellows families lived\\nneighbors in town nearly one hundred and\\ntwenty years, and never intermarried. At\\nlengtii one of the Bellows descendants, of the\\nfourth generation, and one of the Kilburns, of\\nthe sixth generation, married and the mingled\\nblood of the first two settlers courses the veins\\nof their two children a son and daughter.\\nThe Kilburns did not rise much above the\\nsurface till the fourth generation, through\\nElijah, old Kilburn s grandson. He had a\\nlarge family nine children, six of whom M-ere\\nboys, who were all respectable, thriving people,\\nsome of whom secured a large competency as\\nmill-owners and superintendents. All have\\nbeen leading men in communities where they\\nhave lived.\\nThere is no one by the name of Kilburn liv-\\ning in the town to-day, and but few descendants.\\nMl Kilburn was a man of but limited edu-\\ncation therefore he was not the peer of othei s\\nmore fortunate, who figured as town officers he\\nonly held some few minor positions in town.\\nHe was industrious, honest and brave, and he\\nlived long enough to see his great-grandchildren\\non the stage, when, at a ripe old age, he died,\\nand was buried in the old cemeteiy north of the\\nvillage, where a jilaiu, substantial slab of granite\\nmarks the spot, with the following inscription\\nIn memory of\\nJohn Kilburn, who departed\\nthis life for a better, April Sth, 1789,\\nin the 85th year of his age.\\nHe was the first settler of this town\\nin 1749.\\n1752. A star actor will now be introduced\\nto the reader, who, with his descendants, did\\nmore to settle the town, build her church edi-\\nfices, foster education and the building of high-\\nways in the first twenty yeare after his advent,\\ntlian all others put together. In fact, the influ-\\nence of this man and his family was felt in\\nevery movement made in town, even down as\\nlate as 1830. When one voter met another town-\\nmeeting day morning, he asked of the other,\\nWell, how are you going to vote to-day His", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0537.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "416\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nreply was, I dou t know I haven t asked the\\nSquire yet, meaning a son of\\nCol. Benjamin Bellows, who was the\\nfounder of the town. Beuning Wentworth,\\ndesirous of forming settlements on Connecticut\\nRiver, offered as an inducement to Colonel Bel-\\nlows any of the unappropriated lands found in\\nthis region. After looking about for some time,\\nthe colonel, for reasons known only to himself,\\nselected No. 3 in the chain of forts (now Wal-\\npole.) In 1752, Colonel Bellows, Theodore At-\\nkinson, Colonel Josiah Blanchard and sixty-\\nseven others, grantees, purchased the township\\nabove-named, and obtained a charter, which\\nreads thus\\nGeorge II., by advice of Beniiing Wentworth,\\nGovernor, granted unto his loving subjects, inhabitants\\nof New Hampshire, and his majesty s other govern-\\nments, in equal shares, whose names are entered on\\nthis grant, to be divided among them in sixty-seven\\ndifferent shares, all that tract of laud in said province\\nof New Hampshire, described, c., c. And the\\nsame is incorporated as Walpole, and the inhabitants\\nthereof are enfranchised and declared entitled to the\\nprivileges of other towns in said province, and\\nas soon as there shall be fifty families resident there,\\nshall have the liberty of holding two fairs annually,\\nand shall also have a market opened and kept one or\\nmore days in a week, as may be thought advanta-\\ngeous.\\nThe first meeting of said town shall beheld the\\nthird Wednesday of March next (1752), and Benjamin\\nBellows is appointed moderator of such meeting and\\nto call the same. To hold said land on these condi-\\ntions, namely, every grantee shall, within five years,\\ncultivate five acres of land for every fifty acres of his\\nshare, and shall continue to improve and settle the\\nsame by additional cultivation, on penalty of forfeit-\\nure of his share.\\nThat all white and other pine-trees fit for our\\nroyal navy, be preserved for use, and none be cut or\\nfelled without his majesty s special license, upon same\\nforfeiture and punishment of any acts of parliament\\nnow or hereafter enacted.\\nThat before division of land, a tract or center of\\ntownship shall be marked in town lots, one of which\\nshall be allotted to each grantee of the contents of\\none acre, yielding and paying therefor to us, c., for\\nten years, one ear of Indian corn annually on the first\\nday of January, if lawfully demanded.\\nEvery proprietor, settler or inhabitants, shall\\nyield and pay to us, c., yearly, after the expiration\\nof ten years, one shilling proclamation money, for\\nevery hundred acres he so owns, settles or possesses,\\nand so in proportion for greater or less tracts, which\\nsaid money shall be paid to our council-chamber, or\\nto officers appointed to receive it.\\n(Signed)\\nBexning Wentworth.\\nIn testimony c., Feb. 13, 1752, and 25th year of\\nGeorge s reign.\\nRecorded by Theodore Atkinson, Sec.\\nNine years after the date of the charter the\\ngrantees represent that, by reason of the Indian\\nwars and other good and sufficient reasons, it is\\nnot practicable for them to comply with its\\nconditions therefore the time is lengthened\\nfrom year to year until the conditions of the\\ncharter are fulfilled. This document is dated\\nMarch 12, 1761, being the first year of the\\nreign of George III.\\nColonel Bellows had built for himself and\\nfamily a liabitation which was afterwards called\\na fort, of which more further on.\\nOn opening the town records is found, in\\ncompliance with the provisions of the charter,\\nthe doings of the first town-meeting, which was\\nheld on the third Wednesday of March, 1752.\\nAccording to the provisions of the charter. Col-\\nonel Bellows was the first moderator. The\\nmeeting was M ithout warrant, and no record i.s\\nfound where the meeting was held. The record\\nwas as follows\\nAt a meeting held at Walpole In the Province of\\nNew Hampshire, agreeable to Charter on the third\\nWednesday of March a.d. 1752, Benjamin Bellows\\nbeing appointed Moderator, first voted and Chose\\ntheodore Atkinson Esq, and Benjamin Bellows Select-\\nmen for sd year Insuing. Secondly, Chose Benjamin\\nBellows Town Clark, then desmissed the meeting.\\nAttest Benjamin Bellows Town Clark.\\nThe record of the town-meeting of 1753 is\\nprecisely like the foregoing. In 1754 the first\\npart of the record is the same as the preceding\\none, except that Sam. Johnson is chosen moder-\\nator,\\nSecondly chose Benjamin Bellows, Sam. Johnson", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0538.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n417\\nand Robert Powker Selectmen. 3 Chose Col. Wil-\\nlard Town Clark. [The name of Col. Bellows seemed\\nto have been scratched out and Col. Willard s name\\nsubstituted.] Fourthly, chose Enoch Cook Constable.\\nFifthly chose Enoch Cook Servayer of hie Ways.\\nTlie first three records appear to have been\\nmade at one sitting, by the color of the ink and\\nother evidences, and probably were, from the\\nfact that seven years later each settler was as-\\nsessed one shilling to procure a town-book to\\nbe kept for the use of the town. When ol\\ntained, most likely, the above records were\\ntranscribed into the new book from some loose\\nmemoranda.\\nThe records of the town for the first three\\nyears were undoubtedly in the handwriting\\nof Colonel Bellows, but after that time were\\nin the handwriting of his .son, Benjamin Bel-\\nlows, Jr., although signed and attested by his\\nfather till Benjamin, Jr., was chosen town\\nclerk in 1759, when he was only nineteen yeare\\nof age. He held the office of town clerk from\\nthe above date till 1795, except two years, 1778\\nand 1782, when Amos Babcock and N. Goddard\\nsupplanted him, a period of thirty-four years.\\nTheodore Atkinson and Joseph Blanchard,\\nwho appear on the records the first two years\\nas selectmen, the former living in Londonderry,\\nand then secretary of the [)rovince, and the lat-\\nter (a brother-in-law of the colonel) living in\\nDuastable, attending to his multifarious busi-\\nness transactions there, probably, were not am-\\nbitious enough to find their way through the\\nslush, snow and blizzards of March without\\nroads, and guided only by blazed trees, to at-\\ntend a town-meeting in the then infant town of\\nWalpole. Sara. Johnson and Robert Powker,\\nwhose names figure as selectmen the next year,\\ndied yearlings, for they do not appear on the\\ntown records again. The same year Colonel\\nWillard s name is recorded as town clerk, a\\nman who had the infant town of Winchester on\\nliis hands, and, consequently, had no right to\\nmeddle with town affairs in Walpole. Enoch\\nCook, who was chosen constable and surveyor\\nof hie ways the same year, together with\\nJohnson and Powker as selectmen, it is more\\nthan suspected, as there were but four families\\nin town four years later, were mere men of\\nstraw.\\nWhere was poor Kilburn these long years,\\nwhen there was such a paucity of men Prob-\\nably he did not have then, if he ever did, an\\nembracing friendship for Colonel Bellows\u00e2\u0080\u0094 he,\\nmost likely, was at home town-meeting days\\nnursing his wrath to keep it warm, while, it may\\nbe. Colonel Bellows was cosily seated before\\na warm fire toastino- his shins and smokinir a\\ncorn-cob jiipe.\\nIn March, 1755, Benjamin Bellows was\\nchosen moderator, town clerk, selectman and\\ntreasurer, and John Kilburn and Daniel Twit-\\nehel appear as associates of Colonel Bellows as\\nselectmen but before the month of March\\nclosed that year, Mr. Twitchel and a man by\\nthe name of Flynt went back, east from Con-\\nnecticut River, on to the hills, for the purpose\\nof procuring some black-ash timber for boat\\noars, where they were both found, shot by the\\nIndians dead They were found lying on\\ntheir backs. One was scalped, the other was\\ncut open and his heart taken out, cut in jiieces\\nand laid on his breast. Flynt was buried on\\nthe sjiot Twitchel, having friends, was carried\\naway and buried elsewhere.\\nThe exact spot where Flynt was buried is\\nabout one and a half miles northeast from Wal-\\npole Village, near the Drewsville road, a few\\nrods west. A small pile of stones, carelessly\\nthrown together, marks the spot. It is said\\nthat one John Flynt had a Bay State charter\\nof this town about 1742. Who knows but the\\nabove-named Flynt was the man?\\nThe inhabitants of the town had already\\nbeen thrown into great excitement and fear on\\nlearning that the savages had visited Charles-\\ntown in June, 1754, at an early hour in the\\nmorning, before the families had arisen, anrl\\ncapturing and carrying into captivity James\\nJohnson, his wife and three children, together\\nwith his wife s sister (Miriam Wiliard), Ebeu-", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0539.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "418\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nezer Farnsworth and Peter Labaree. One\\nAaron Hosiuer eluded a horrible fate by secret-\\ning himself under a bed.\\nThat event, with all the suiferings and hor-\\nrors attending it, followed soon after by the\\nkilling of Twitchel and Flynt, and a few months\\nlater by the Kilburn fight, spread a mantle of\\ngloom and awful suspense over the few settlers\\nthat had gathered in town but the murders of\\nTwitchel and Flynt seemed to make a deeper\\nand more solemn impression on the minds of\\nthe inhabitiints, because the taking off of two\\nof their neighbors in such a barbarous way was\\nthe first white blood known to have been shed\\nin the immediate vicinity after the first settle-\\nment in town. The people at that time were\\nvery superstitious, and they believed the guar-\\ndian angel of Twitchel was continually hover-\\ning over them, and warning them of the wiles\\nof the savages, and calling njjon them to\\navensre his murder.\\nA rock in Connecticut River, a little south of\\nthe Cold River railroad station, may be seen at\\nlow water, where Twitchel used to fish with\\nuever-failing success. This rock, for many\\nyears, was held in religious veneration by the\\nearly settlers. There, even now, a good angler,\\nwith a few worms and a good deal of patience,\\nmay catch a generous fry.\\nIn 1745 a body of French and Indians, the\\nlatter twelve in number, attacked the garrison\\nat the Great Meadows (now in Putney, Vt.), on\\nthe 12th of October, at noon. A brisk fight\\nwas carried on for an hour and a half, and one\\nIndian was killed. The fort was defended with\\nso much courage the enemy withdrew. In lieu\\nof victory, they killed and drove off the cattle.\\nNehemiah How, who was cutting wood about\\neighty rods from the fort, was taken by the In-\\n]ians and no attempt was made to rescue him.\\nAs they were leading him away on the west\\nbank of the river, opposite Boggy Meadow,\\nthey espied two men crossing the river in a ca-\\nnoe, when they fired and killed one of them,\\nDavid Rugg, and the other, Robert Baker,\\nmade for the east shore and escaped. The Indians\\nscalped Rugg and mounted the scalp on a long\\npole and carried it through Charlestown, in\\ntriumph, to Crown Point. This David Rugg\\nwas, without a shadow of doubt, the identical\\nman who was buried on Boggy Meadow and\\nthe place is known to this day as Rugg s\\nMeadow.\\nDavid Rugg, David Twitchel,\\nFlynt\\nand Pike (who lost his life at the Kilburn fight)\\nare the only foiir persons who ever lost their\\nlives in town by the bullets of the merciless\\nsavages.\\nColonel Bellows was induced to come to Wal-\\npole to settle by the persuasions of Benning\\nWcntworth (who was then Governor of the\\nprovince), with whom Bellows was well ac-\\n(|uainted, and who offered him (Bellows) extra\\ninducements, for several reasons, viz. One\\nwas the settlement of towns in the western part\\nof the State, not only in Cheshire County, but\\nin all the region roundabout, where he granted\\ncharters as plenty as blackberries in August.\\nAnother reason was, he found in Colonel Bel-\\nlows just the man to push a new settlement\\non the frontier\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a man of considerable culture\\nand of great force of cliaracter; and, lastly, he\\nwanted to secure as large a missionary fund as\\npossible by reserving five hundred acres of land\\nin each grant, the income of which was to go\\nthe Episcopal Church, of wliich he was an ar-\\ndent devotee.\\nWentworth,not having a very definite idea of\\nthe surroundings in the vicinity of the Cireat\\nFalls, and supposing the land lying in the im-\\nmediate vicinity of the falls to be the most val-\\nuable for his purpose, on account of the shad\\nand salmon fisheries, and to make the matter\\ndoubly sure, he consulted Colonel Bellows on\\nthe propriety of locating his missionary lot east\\nof the falls. The colonel very honestly told\\nhim that a plot located there would be of lit-\\ntle use to him that it might make a good sheep\\npasture, but nothing better. It is presumed\\nthat the Governor suspected the colonel of a lit-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0540.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n419\\ntie sharp practice by imdervaluing this plot\\ntherefore, Wentwortli pitched his missionary lot\\nou the top and east side of Fall Mountain,\\nwhich is now a part of Langdon, but is to this\\nday called the Governor s sheep pasture.\\nWhen Colonel Benjamin Bellows came to this\\ntown to settle, he l^rought with him his wife\\n(whose maiden-name was Abigail Stearns) and\\nfive children. Their names were Abigail, who\\ndied in Northampton, Mass., when young\\nPeter, Benjamin, John and Joseph, all born be-\\ntween 1736 and 1744. The colonel buried his\\nfirst wife November, 1757. She was the first\\ntenant of the old burviug-ground. The next\\nyear, in April, he married the Widow Mary\\nJennison, former wife of Jonathan Jennison, of\\nLunenljurg, Mass. She bore him five children,\\nviz. Abigail, Theodore, Mary, Thomas and\\nJosiah, born between 1759 and 1767.\\nThe Rev. Henry W. Bellows, a great-grand-\\nson of the colonel, says, in his Memorial Mon-\\nograph, that, The immediate cause of my\\ngreat-grandfather s leaving Lunenburg was\\nthat he had become embarrassed in pecuniary\\nmatters, by being bound for others, and, in the\\ngreat scarcity of money, was unable to meet the\\ndemands of his creditors. That he was pur-\\nsued by the sheriff to the State line, and, once\\nfjiirly over it, stopped and held a parley with\\nthe sheriff, stating that he had no disposition to\\navoid his obligations, but that a jail was a poor\\nplace in which to find means to pay debts; that\\nhe would soon return and liquidate all his ob-\\nligations. It is most certain that he lived up\\nto his word, for he soon returned to Lunenburg\\nto look after his interests there. When the\\ncolonel married the Widow Jennison, she had\\nsix children, all of whom came to Walpole\\nwith tlieir mother and became the foster chil-\\ndren of the colonel. The third and fifth of this\\nfamily were boys, whose names were John and\\nJonathan, respectively. These boys both set-\\ntled in town as farmers, and from them has\\nsprung all the persons by the name of Jennison\\nwho ever lived in Walpole. There ai-e none of\\n27\\nthe descendants of John living in town to-day,\\nalthough at one time there was (piite a number.\\nThe descendants of Jonathan still remain in\\ntown.\\nThe habitation of Colonel Bellows was lo-\\ncated on a slight elevation of land, where the\\ndwelling and horse-barn of Thomas Bellows\\nnow stand. It was in the form of the letter L,\\neach wing being one hundred feet in length and\\ntwenty feet in breadth, giving four thousand\\nfeet of floor-room. It was strongly built, of\\nlogs and earth, and was surrounded by a pali-\\nsade. A lookout was constructed on the west\\nend, commanding a limited view in each direc-\\ntion. Here Colonel Billows lived for ten or\\nmore years with his numerous family, consist-\\ning of himself, wife and eleven children, which\\nwas afterwards increased by five more. His own\\nlarge fiimily and the numerous hired help he\\nhad about him required much forethought in\\norder that the pot might be kept boiling.\\nThis habitation or fort was Colonel Bellows\\nprivate property, though a few State militia, it\\nis said, were stationed there at one time, and\\nBellows was also presented with a huge iron\\ncannon by the public authorities but there is\\nno further evidence of its beingr a fort.\\nFor some time after Colonel Bellows settled\\nin town he had to go to Northampton, Mass.,\\nto mill, going down with his corn in boats in the\\nspring, and returning with his meal and other\\nstores necessary, not only to feed his own fam-\\nily and hired help, but many families that re-\\nsorted to his fort for protection, and all other\\ncomers and goers who wanted to appease their\\nhunger or stay over-night. As soon as he could\\nprocure proper help and material, he built himself\\na mill on Blanchard s Brook, before mentioned.\\nFrom this mill, it is said, he supplied the early\\nsettlers of Langdon, Alstcad and Lempster\\nwith meal for several years. They came and\\nwent on foot, and transported their meal on\\ntheir backs sometimes ten or twelve miles,\\nwhen a bushel of meal at the end of their\\njoiu ney would seem as heavy as four.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0541.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "420\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThere were no stores kept in town at that\\nearly period, and tlie settlers had to go to\\nNorthfield, Mass., a distance of forty miles, to\\ndo their trading. They purchased their goods\\nof one Aaron Burt, who was a wholesale and\\nretail dealer. This Burt was the great-grand-\\nfather of Henry and Levi Burt, of this town.\\nA set of Aaron Burt s account-books, ledger and\\njournal, are in the possession of Henry Burt, of\\nthis town, at this time more than one hundred\\nand thii-ty years old. They are in a beautiful,\\nround handwriting, and well preserved. In\\ntiieni are found charges made against no less\\nthan sixteen persons kno svn to have been resi-\\ndents of this town. It is curious to n jte, after\\nthe lapse of so many years, that those old ac-\\ncount-books should be brought forward to give\\nthe data by which one can gather who lived\\nhere and what, in a measure, was the general\\ncondition of the purchaser, financially and\\notherwise. If the goods bought were for\\nhousehold consumption, and were large and fre-\\nquent, it showed that the purchaser had a large\\nfamily and his credit was good; if many dry-\\ngoods swelled the bill, the inference is that the\\nfamily was composed largely of females. An\\ninference could be drawn of tiie condition of\\nevery family. Colonel Bellows had frequent\\nand large bills there. One was for a large bill\\nof nails of all sizes. The account is dated the\\nsame year he Iniilt his new house, which, no\\ndoubt, were bought for that purpose. The last\\nitems charged on the colonel s bills were two\\ncasks of brandy and three barrels of rum. The\\npurchase of these last items is strong evidence\\nthat the colonel was not a teetotaler.\\nJoxATHAN Leavitt. lu those early days\\nthe settlement of a minister was the paramount\\nsubject of the settlers. They could no more\\ndo without their minister then their accustomed\\nmeals. He furnished their religious views,\\ntheir brains and their morals.\\nHe was looked upon, by high and low, as\\nsuperior to all others aix und him and due\\ndeference was paid him. He was settled for\\nlife, and a minister s lot was assigned to\\nhim as his own property in fee. Where this\\nlot was first located is not positively known\\nbut somewhere within the compass of Walpole\\nvillage. But what a cliauge one hundred years\\nhas wrought Now, if a minister preaches his\\nhonest sentiments, and they do not suit the\\nconventional ideas of his society, he is called to\\na severe account for it; if he preaches even\\nwhat he is hired to preach, the people find\\nfault with him. Now, if he does well, he is\\nesteemed, by most people, as being on a level\\nwith others who do as well. Tlie fact is he\\npreaches what the people like rather than what\\nhe would untrammeled preach, for he knows\\nthat he is settled on horse-back and the horse\\nis liable to be led to his door at any moment\\n\\\\vith the request to mount and leave. It is\\nrelated that a noted divine, who had held an\\nim usually long pastorate, was asked one day,\\nwhat was the secret of such success. He\\nfacetiously replied, Well, I preach neither\\npolitics, temjierance nor relir/ion\\nFROM 1760 TO 1770.\\nThe first business of a public nature done in\\nWalpole, other than choosing town officers,\\nwas to assess each settler twelve shillings, lawful\\nmoney, to be worked out on the highway, at\\nthree shillings per day, if worked out before the\\n1st of September if not, two shillings per day\\nthereafter. This was in 1761. At the time\\nthey assessed each settler seven shillings to pay\\nfor preaching, and Voted that Benjamin Bel-\\nlows, Esq., provide seats and other conveniences\\nfor the purpose.\\nPrevious to the above, in 1760, At a legal\\nmeeting of the inhabitants, held at the fort in\\nWalpole December 22d, the town voted to\\ngive Mr. Jonathan Leavitt a call to become\\no\\ntheir minister, and at the same meeting they\\nalso voted to give him the following encourage-\\nment and salary. The stipulations, as recorded,\\nread thus\\nVoted to sive Mr. .Tonatlian Leavitt Seventy five", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0542.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n421\\npounds, Sterling money of Great Britton, as an encour-\\nagement to settle in tlie work of tlie ministry in said\\nTown, the one halt that is tliirty seven pound ten\\nShillings Sterling in three months after his Ordina-\\ntion and the other half in nine months after his Or-\\ndination, as also the Eight in the Town that is Re-\\nserved for the first settled minister in said place to be\\nhis, provided he accepts and settles in Said place.\\nThey also voted to give him\\nFor a Salory provided he settles in the work of\\nthe ministry in this Town of Walpole, namely to\\nbegin as thus for his first Year Thirty Seven pounds\\nten Shillings Sterling money of Great Britton and to\\nrise three pound fifteen Shillings Sterling money each\\nyear annually to be added to said Salory till it amount\\nto the sum of Sixty pound Like money there to stay\\nat sixty pounds Sterling till there be Eighty Rateable\\npoles in said Town Inhabitants belonging to said\\nTown, then rise fifteen Shillings on Each pole that\\nshall be added to said town till it makes the sum of\\nseventy five pound Like money for Each year and\\nthen to stope and be the yearly Salory so Long as he\\nthe said Mr. Jon.athan Leavitt shall continue to be\\nthe minister in said Town.\\n5 Agreed and Voted that Each settler in and\\nbelonging to said town that is an Inhabitant and\\nbelonging to said Town pay the sum of two pound\\nfive Shillings Sterling money of Great Brittain for the\\nUse of said settlement of Mr. Jonathan Leavitt and\\nhis first Year s Salory that is one pound ten Shillings\\ntoward his settlement and fifteen Shillings Toward\\nhis first Year s Salory and it is agreed and voted that\\nMay s Benjamin Bellows make up the rest of the sum\\nof one hundi-ed and Twelve pound ten Shillings\\nSterling being the money Voted for the settlement\\nof Mr. Jonathan Leavitt and his first Years Salory\\nif he accepts and settles in said Town.\\nOn the foUowiug February Mr. Leavitt\\nrejilied to the above scholarly document,\\nWalpole, February 20, 1761.\\nBeing called upon by you the Inhabitants of this\\nPlace to settle among you in the work of the Gosple\\nministry and viewing it as my Duty, Do now in the\\nFear of God Depending on him by his Grace and\\nspirit to assist me in the Faithful Discharge of this\\nso Great a Truth comply with your call. Relying\\nupon it that you will Do all on your part and in your\\nPower to assist, Strengthen and encourage me so long\\nas God shall continue me with you. I say relying\\non this I do engage to settle among you, provided,\\nthat there sliall nothing appear between this and the\\ntime of Ordination to forbid it, in which time I ex-\\npect that you will Lay out the right of Land through\\nthis town of Walpole which by Charter is given\\nto the first settled minister in the Place. And in\\nTestimony of this solemn engagement I here unto set\\nmy hand.\\nJonathan Leavitt.\\nThe terms of Mr. Lcavitt s settlement and\\nsalary were very liberal for those days, when\\nthere were so few to pay, there being but\\ntwelve or fifteen families in town at that time\\nall told, and tlie purchasing power of money\\nbeing three-fold of what it now is.\\nMr. Leavitt was ordained on the lOtli day of\\nthe following June, and Sergeant Israel Cal-\\nkins was jiaid two dollars for his services in\\nprocuring a mini. ^ter to ordain Mr. Leavitt.\\nNothing more is heard of the parson till April,\\n17(j4, when the settlers called a town-meeting\\nfor the pnrj)ose of hearing the nunds of the\\ninhabitants on some difficulties that had arisen\\nbetween the parson and his parishioners.\\nThe parishioners soon came to the conclusion\\nthat the services of their settled minister were\\nno longer agreeable to their standard of moral-\\nity but how to get rid of him was an enigma,\\nfor ministers vceve then settled by written con-\\ntract, M hich Mas binding, certainly, on the part\\nof the town. The ministers generally held\\nthe towns responsible to tlie contract. The\\ntown chose a committee to wait on Mr.\\nLeavitt and confer with him. In tiie mean\\ntime it was proposed to have a council but\\nbefore the time the council was to meet, which\\nwas on the 20tli day of May following, the\\nabove-named committee and the parson had\\narranged matters to the satisfaction of both\\nparties. Mr. Leavitt released the town from\\nall obligations to him in any way on the 27th\\nday of May, 17(34. The parson seems to have\\nbeen in bad odor with ids people, wiiicli caused\\nthe inhabitants to act very unanimously and\\nwith promptness, and Mr. Leavitt to submit\\nto their decision with as quiet grace as possible.\\nThe full charges brought against Mr. Leavitt\\nfor his summary dismissal do not appear but", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0543.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "422\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\none was, the parson was caught one day in lead-\\ning home a runaway slave of his, a woman, by\\na rope around her neck, which was attached to\\nthe pommel of his saddle. Colonel Bellows,\\nhearing of the outrage, declared, That such\\ncruelty should not be tolerated that he set-\\ntled Parson Leavitt and would unsettle him.\\nWhat became of the parson is not known.\\nThe town, after Leavitt s dismissal, hired one\\nJonathan Moore, who preached for the people\\nsome time.\\nIt is seen, from the above, that the long-\\nsmothered Anti-Slavery sentiment of the\\nNorth thus early cropped out. The minister s\\nslave and two others owned by a pious family\\nwere the only ones known to have been held in\\nbondage in town.\\nThe paramount interest of the settlers was\\ncentred on building and furnishing meeting-\\nhouses, for more than a generation, as the town\\nrecords abundantly show. Scarcely six months\\npassed in this long time without town-meetings\\nbeing called to see what the town would do\\nin relation to meeting-houses. H(nvever, at\\nlength a vote was carried to build a meeting-\\nhouse, ^\\\\hich was located on land now occupied\\nby John AV. Hayward ^just in front of his\\nwood -shed.\\nThis house was, in size, fifty-six feet in\\nlength by forty -two in breadth, and each set-\\ntler, rich or poor, was assessed twelve shillings,\\nor to work four days in putting up the frame.\\nIt is seen by this that the poor man s spiritual\\nneeds were as great as those of the rich then.\\nIt was provided that, if the means for raising\\nthe frame were inadequate, Colonel Bellows\\nwas to make up the rest. This house was\\nnever completed, though meetings were held\\nthere for a long time, till the population of the\\ntown outgrew its size, when the people were\\nagain agitated about building and locating a\\nnew house.\\nThe people of the town were now restive\\nwithout a settled minister among them, when\\none day a man twenty-eight years old, from\\nCambridge, Mass., and a graduate of Harvard,\\nwhose name was Thomas Fessenden, presented\\nhimself as a candidate for the vacancy. His\\njjreaching suited the peo])le and they forthwith\\ngave him a call.\\nThe following is a cojiy of the call to\\nThomas Fessenden\\nProvince of New Hampshire.\\nWalpole, Sep. 26, 1766.\\nAt a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of said\\nWalpole, held at the Meeting house in said Town,\\nFirstly Chose Benjamin Bellows, Esq., Moderator.\\nSecondly, Voted to give Mr. Thomas Fessenden a\\ncall to settle in the work of the ministry in said\\nWalpole. Thirdly, Voted to give as an Encourage-\\nment to the said Mr. Thomas Fessenden one hundred\\nand fifty pounds Lawful money Dollars, at Six Shil-\\nlings Each, as a settlement, and said Bellows is to\\npay one-third of said settlement, and it is Purposed\\nthat the settlement be in two payments, half said sum\\nin six months from his Ordination and the other half\\none year from his Ordination. Fourthly, Voted to\\ngive Mr. Fessenden, as a yearly Salary, for the first\\nyear Fifty pounds like money, and for the second\\nyear fifty-three pounds, and so rise three pounds a\\nyear for five years, then stand at Sixty Five pounds a\\nyear till there be one hundred settlers in said Wal-\\npole, or familys, to make up the hundred Inhabitants\\nProperly called familys, then to rise to Eighty pounds\\nLike money as above jiaid, and there to Continue at\\nthat sum yearly so long as the said Thomas Fessenden\\nshall be our minister, and the People have Liberty to\\npay said Salary, if they see Cause, in good winter\\nwheat that is Marchantable at four Shillings Per\\nBushel, Good Rye at three Shillings per Bushel and\\nGood Indian corn at two Shillings p r Bushel Good\\nBeef at tw o ji r pence pound, or Good Pork at three\\npence p r pound, the Pork being hoggs that weigh\\nEight Schorr and upwards, all wliich is to be De-\\nlivered at the house of Mr. Fessenden at the above\\n[)rices.\\nNovember 1, 176(J, Mr. Fessenden presented\\nto the town his letter of acceptance. It is\\n(piite lengthy, and would not be of much in-\\nterest to the general reader, only in the indis-\\ncriminate and profuse use of capitals. It is\\nmore scholarly in its grammatical construction\\nthan jVIr. Leavitt s. He calls the offer Gen-\\nerous, and clearly sees the hand of Providence", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0544.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n423\\nin the uuanimity of the people but he seri-\\nously objects to the manner of payment of his\\nsalary he wants one-half of it paid in money.\\nHe says that more meat and grain than is\\nneedful for me to spend will, in order to pro-\\nvide for my household, Oblige me to turn\\nMarchant, so Divert me from my Studies and\\nProper Calling, and in the same Proportion\\nDeprive you of my labor. He further states,\\nin substance, that if his salary be paid one-half\\nin money he will accept the call. Mr. Fessen-\\ntlen was not unreai^onable to retpiire one-half\\nin money, and the inhabitants saw the point\\nwas well made, and had the good sense to ar-\\nrange matters more satisfactorily to Mr. Fes-\\nsendon. He was ordained minister of the town\\nJanuary 7, 1767; but the records are silent in\\nrelation to the proceedings on that occasion.\\nAn account of the manners and customs of\\nthe people during Mr. Leavitt s pastorate was\\ngiven by a Mrs. AVatson, of Pennsylvania, who\\nwas a daughter of one John Fanning, who\\nsettled in Walpole at that time, on the place\\nnow owned by S. Johnst)n Tift any. Mrs. Wat-\\nson, when her father came here, was eight or\\nten years old but when she returned, after\\nmany years of absence, to visit her early home,\\nshe was an old woman, but retained her facul-\\nties in a remarkable degree. The story runs\\nthus\\nWe started from Stonington, Conn., to go to Otter\\nCreek, Vt., in a sloop of our own and came as far as\\nHartford, where we purchased a pair of horses and\\nwagon to convey us up on the east side of the river.\\nThe country as far as Chicopee was very fine. Hat-\\nfield was then but a small town, but the fields of\\ngrain were immense, without fences. At Sunderland\\nthe road was mountainous, and we had to purchase\\noxen to haul our goods. We then jjaased through a\\nlittle village called Keeue, and owing to the diflicul-\\nties of traveling we stopped at No. i, Walj)ole. My\\nfather built us a house of square timber and covered\\nthe roof with bark; but the gable ends were left open\\nfor a time, so we could plainly hear, when sitting\\naround our fire-side in the evening, the barking of\\nfoxes, the howling of wolves and the cries of the\\npanther, which resembled a woman s in distress and\\n(seemed) intended to decoy people into the woods,\\nwhere those animals proved troublesome when not\\nprevented by fire-arms.\\nThe flesh of the deer and bear afforded the\\nsettlers a delicious repast. The approach of the lat-\\nter was very unceremonious and sometimes rude to\\nstrangers. Wild turkeys were trapped and shot, and\\nquails and pigeons caught in nets in great numbers.\\nThe brooks were filled with trout and the river\\nabounded in salmon and shad one of the latter was\\ntaken near the Falls with a rattlesnake s head in its\\nmouth. An intercourse with wild animals was car-\\nried to an unusual extent in the numbers tamed. A\\nbrood of young raccoons were taught to suck a cat\\nand play about the house like kittens, only more\\nmischievous.\\nThe inhabitants then lived in the wilderness,\\nas shown by her story of Mrs. Prichard,\\nwho, she said, was lost in the woods and\\nsubsisted, like wild beasts, on berries and the\\nbark of trees twenty-one days. She started\\nduring a thunder-storm from a place called\\nJennison Hill, with a child two years old, to\\nvisit a neighbor s house. Leaving the path to\\navoid a large snake, she lost her way and was\\nnot seen again for just three weeks, when some\\nmen discovered her at the mouth of Cold\\nRiver.\\nShe fled at the sight of men, like a deer, but was\\novertaken and brought back to a house. Her clothes\\nwere completely torn off. After recovering her senses\\nin a degree, she stated that her child died the third day,\\nand she buried it under a log. She said she heard\\nthe Indians guns, and saw them several times in pur-\\nsuit of her (probably her friends, who spent several\\ndays looking for her), but she secreted herself so as to\\nkeep out of their way. That woman was living not a\\ngreat many years since, in AVestminster, Vt., in a\\nstate of mental aberration. In tearing down the\\nchimney where she lived, her coveted old pipe was\\nfound in a sly nook.\\nAt this time there were about twelve or fifteen log\\nhouses in town. The meeting-house was unfinished\\nthere was not a carriage in town, the traveling being\\nperformed on foot or horseback sometimes three or\\nfour children were carried in this way at a time, be-\\nside a wife, on a pillion, and the upsetting of such a\\nload was of frequent occurrence. Colonel Bellows\\nwas the most considerable man in town Peter, the\\ncolonel s oldest son, was then settled in Charlestown,\\nwhere the people used often go to attend meeting.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0545.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "424\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMr. Leavitt, the minister in town, wore a large\\nwig, full powdered, and when he entered the meeting-\\nhouse the whole congregation rose to do oheisance to\\nthe man in hlack, who, in his turn, always responded\\nwith a formal bow. Powder was not worn on the\\nhair by those who were contented with the use of the\\neelskin, which was considered as adding dignity to\\nthe wearer, in proportion to the size and length of\\nthe queue.\\nOfficers of the militia wore cocked hats. Of the\\nladies, Mrs. Leavitt took the lead in dress at church\\nshe wore a full suit of lutestring, without any bonnet,\\nholding a fan to shade the sun from her face, as was\\nthe fashion down country.\\nNext to her were the daughters of Colonel Bel-\\nlows, and their two half-sisters, Jennisons. They\\nwore plain Quaker bonnets of black silk; white or\\ncolored ones were not seen. To improve their figures,\\nthe ladies quilted their petticoats with wool, to make\\ntheir hips show off to advantage, which contrasted\\nwith the smallness of their waists, painfully compressed\\nwith long stays. Home-made durants, camblets and\\nserges, full of gay flowers of artificial needlework\\nwere fashionable articles. Stockings, of their own\\nknitting, and high-heeled shoes, with buckles, were\\nindispensable.\\nIt was thought an improvement to beauty and\\nelegance to expose the petticoat before throug a screen\\nof lawn apron, the gown being left to swing open.\\nThe hair was all combed back, leaving no curls nor\\nringlets about the face. Instead of following the\\nmodern fashion of covering the back part of the head,\\ntheir Ijonnets were so much pitched forward that the\\ncap and back part of the head were exposed.\\nA large portion of pin-money was derived from\\nthe sale of golden-thread, ginseng and snake-root,\\nwhich was procured by their own hands. Dr. Chase\\nwas the only physician.\\nSoon after the town had settled Pansoii\\nFesseiideu in the ministry and on the farm (now\\ncalled the Farr place), and also had built them-\\nselves a house of worship (only in name), the\\nsettlers turned their attention towards the edu-\\ncation of their children, something they so much\\nneeded themselves, for it is doubtful whether\\none in five of the population could read and\\nwrite. Accordingly, in 1768, the town voted\\nThe above narrative, in substance, was given by Mrs.\\nWatson to Dr. Ebenezer Morse, of tliis town, about the\\nyear 1826.\\nto have three schools, and for their support they\\nvoted fifteen pounds for winter schools, and the\\nnext year voted to raise twenty-four pounds\\nfor schooling, and to form three districts. It\\nappears that the population was now increasing,\\nfor the selectmen took a census of the to\\\\\\\\n and\\nfound in 17(37, 308 inhabitants, divided thus,\\n24 married men, from sixteen to sixty 52 un-\\nmarried men, from sixteen to sixty 104 boys,\\nunder sixteen 1 man over sixty 72 unmarried\\nfemales 52 married females and 3 widows.\\nIt is seen, if the number of girls was equal to\\nthe number of boys, it was high time to make\\nprovision for .schooling.\\nColonel Bellows intended to have the village\\nin Walpole, near the fort but for some unac-\\ncountable reason the population drifted\\ndown the river, where the present village now\\nis, perhaps the reason was to be nearer the meet-\\ning-house, which then stood on Uncle Si s\\nHill. Be that as it may, the first school-hotise\\nbuilt was located where Josiab G. Bellows\\nhouse now stands, and is now the residence of\\nMoses Q. Watkins, on Washington Scjuare. This\\nwa.sNo. I. It is very easy to account for District\\nNo. 2 being located near the month of Cold\\nRiver; it was the fertile intervale in that vicinity\\nthat made that region populous but why a\\npopulation, so early, should have .settled in the\\nValley, sufficiently large as to require a\\nschool-house there, is not so plain unless the\\nnearness of the locality to Colonel Bellows mill\\nwas an inducement; for in early days the land\\nwas covered with a dense growth of hemlock\\ntimber the soil was wet, sterile and covered with\\nangular boulders and, moreover, the Valley\\nwas the special home of the gray wolf, whose\\nhowls at night were the terror of mankind and\\ndomestic animals. The organization of school\\ndistricts in town sufficiently indicates where the\\npopulation was most dense, in the early settle-\\nment of the town, except District No. 14, which\\nwas taken from Nos. I and 2.\\nThe town has always exercised a watchful\\ncare over the educational interest of the rising", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0546.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n425\\ngeueration witliin its borders. It began by\\nraising fifteen pounds for schooling purposes,\\nand has added to tliat sum from time to time\\ntill now (1885), when our school expenditure\\nreaches more tlian five thousand dollars.\\nThe town about 1770 was comj)arativelY\\n([iiiet the Indians were no longer troublesome,\\nthe minister was preaching peace, the schools\\nwere well agoing, and no town-meetings were\\nrailed but the annual one, where not much was\\ndone but the choosing of town officers. At those\\nmeetings \u00e2\u0080\u00a2were chosen two kinds of officers who\\ndo not appear on the town records now, one\\nwas the tithingman, the other the deer reeve,\\nof whom several were chosen of each kind.\\nThe tithingman was a kind of Sunday\\npolice. His duties were to see that order was\\nmaintained around the church on the Lord s\\nday, and to prevent unnecessary traveling on\\nSunday. People were not allowed to labor in\\ntheir fields on that day if they did, they were\\nsubjected to a large fine.\\nThe flesh of the deer was not only considered\\na delicacy, but was indispensable to the poor, as\\nit alForded them a large share of their meat diet;\\nhence officers were chosen, called deer reeves,\\nto protect the does and fawns at certain seasons\\nof the year from wanton, indiscriminate\\nslaughter.\\nFROM 1770 TO 1780.\\nThis decade was marked by much feverish\\nanxiety, deprivation and human suffering; the\\nsettlers had to live as they could. The ominous\\nevents which terminated in the Revolutionary\\nWar began to cast their dark shadows before;\\nliut when the news came to Walpole of the\\nbattle at Lexington the quiet of the town was\\nstruck to its very foundation.\\nBenjamin Bellows, Jr., better known as gen-\\neral, was then thirty-five years old, and was\\nthen, and during his whole life, the acknowl-\\nedged leader in town, both from natural and\\nacquired abilities.\\nThe next morning after hearing the news\\nfrom Lexington, General Bellows, his brother\\nJohn and Thomas Sparhawk mounted their\\nhorses, and started for the scene of blood. On\\narriving at Keene they inquired for one Cap-\\ntain Wyman, and were told that he had started\\nfor Concord that morning at sunri.se, with about\\nthirty men. On hearing this answer thev ex-\\nclaimed, Keene has shown a noble spirit!\\nand hastened onwards, soon followed by thirty-\\nfive men from Walj)ole. Those men were out\\nabout eleven days on that expedition.\\nWalpole was not behind other towns in the\\nState in furnishing men and means for the ser-\\nvice and use of the Continental army nor\\nwere tiie families of soldiers neglected at home\\nfor the town records bear evidence that money\\nwas raised from time to time tor the benefit of\\nsuch families, and committees were appointed\\nto see that they were made comfortable.\\nThe pay of the soldier was ten pounds for\\none year s service, or wheat at five shillings per\\nbushel. In 1779 the town raised one thousand\\npounds to procure five soldiers fiir the army,\\nbut at this time it took twenty-four pounds of\\ncurrency to purchase one in gold, and two years\\nlater it took twelve hundred pounds in the same\\ncurrency to equal one in gold or silver.\\nThe exact number of men that went into the\\nContinental service in this town cannot be as-\\ncertained from any available .source; but it is\\nsaid that most of the able-bodied men .served a\\nlonger or shorter period.\\nGeneral Benjamin Bellows, though he rose\\nfrom the lowest office in the militia of the State\\nto be a brigadier-general, was not long in the\\nfield. He was mostly engaged in raising troops\\nfor the United States service, and was one of\\nthe principal men in the State sought for when\\nany aid to the national government was wanting.\\nTwice he marched his own regiment to Ticon-\\nderoga, first in 1776, for a service of twenty-\\nfive days, and again, June 28, 1777, to reinftirce\\nthe garrison there besieged by the enemy, when,\\naccording to the pay-roll, the time of service\\nwas only twelve days. Finally, he carried his\\nregiment, September 21, 1777, to reinfoi-cc the", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0547.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "426\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNortlieru Coutinental army at Saratoga, un-\\nder the command of General Gates, at the\\ntime when General Burgoyne surrendered. In\\nthe general s account with the government is\\nfound a charge for u horse killed in the service,\\nluit it does not state whether killed under him\\nor not.\\nIt is said that most of the men in town\\nwentto Saratoga, and very likely they went with\\nthe general. Tradition says that quite a number\\nof men who went with General Bellows to Sara-\\ntoga, went as scouts, and among them were two\\nmen whose names were Crane and Hall, the\\nlatter was nicknamed Munn, but his proper\\nname was Jonathan. They had on their way\\nthere a severe tight with a band of Indians.\\nCrane had a hard tussle with an Indian single-\\nhanded, who was armed with a cutlass, and got\\nhis hand so severely cut that he was unable to\\nuse it ever afterwards. The victory was com-\\nplete, for the scouts captured one hundred and\\nfifty of the enemy. Old Munn \\\\\\\\as present\\nwhen Burgoyne delivered up his sword, and\\nexclaimed, We ve got you for breakltist, and\\nwe ll have Cornwallis for dinner\\nThomas Bellows (the Squire), in speaking of\\nthe men who went to Saratoga from Walpole,\\nand whose memory was remarkable, used to\\nsay that he could remember the names of twelve,\\nwhen he would commence and name them till\\nhe reached the last one, when he would hesi-\\ntate and, becoming impatient, would ejaculate,\\nNo matter, he was a black man, any way\\nA squad of the Walpole soldiers captured a\\nboat belonging to the enemy, that contained\\nbarrels, which they supposed were filled with\\nrum, but what was their chagrin when, boring\\ninto tliem with their bayonets, they were found\\nto contain only pork.\\nAugust 16, 1777, was fought the battle of\\nBennington, and during the day the booming\\nof the cannon was distinctly lieard on the Wal-\\npole hills and also on the lowlands. The\\n[)eople wei e busily engaged in their harvest, but\\nthey dropped the sickle and scythe and left the\\nwheat in the ground and tlie grass in the swath,\\nput up a scanty supply of viands in their knap-\\nsacks, took their guns and ammunition and\\nstarted on foot for Bennington, where they\\nfound Molly Stark not a widow.\\nMany trophies were brought home by the\\nsoldiei s, which are sacredly kept as heirlooms\\nby their descendants. The military suit of\\nGeneral Bellows is extant and intact. The\\nwriter of this sketch wore it several years ago\\non a certain festive occasion, and it fitted like a\\nglove.\\nNot many soldiers rose to distinction from\\nWalpole, nor is it kncjwn that many were\\nkilled or wounded, but a descendant of John\\nMerriam informed the writer that John Merriam,\\nJr., received seven bullets in the baciv part of\\nhis nether garments without a scratch; but what\\nis more wonderful, he survived The same in-\\nformant also stated that a tradition held in his\\nfiunily M^as, at the time of the battle of Ben-\\nnington three thousand troops from the eastern\\npart of the State passed his great-grandfather s\\nhouse on their way thither and drank at his well\\nand filled their canteens with water, and then\\npassed on to the top of tlie hill west, where one\\nJosiah Goldsmith dined a portion of tiiem on a\\nvery large fat ox.\\nAt a town-meeting, held December 9, 1776,\\nColonel Christopher Webber was chosen to rep-\\nresent the town at Exeter, this State, and at the\\nsame meeting a committee was chosen to draft\\ninstructions for him, which he did not need.\\nThese instructions were submitted to tlie\\nvoters in town in due time for approval, and\\nadojited, with the proviso that they should be\\nsubmitted to a sub-committee, that they be\\nmade grammar. Whether the copy found in\\nthe town records is in the amended form or not,\\nit is a literary curiosity, as it not only shows\\nthe educational status of the men of those days,\\nbut also their religious faith. In those instruc-\\ntions Mr. Webber was particularly enjoined to\\nuse his influence with the Governor to have him\\nappoint a fast-day. Perhaps Colonel Web-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0548.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n427\\nber did not fully understand tlio bearing of\\nthose spirited instructions, as a certain writer\\ncalled them but whether so or not, Mr. Web-\\nber paid no attention to them. He believed\\nmore in the efficacy of canister and grape,\\nthan he did in prayer, in staying the progress\\nof the enemy. When the colonel returned\\nhome he was confronted with threats of being\\nbrought to the bar of the town for his delin-\\n((uency; but his popularity did not wane, for the\\nnext spring he was triumphantly returned.\\nCoLOXKL Benjamin Bellows died July 10,\\n1777, and his civic mantle fell on his son Ben-\\njamin, bv whom it was never tarnished. The\\ngeneral was then the acknowledged leader in\\ntown, and he retained his hold on the people as\\nlong as he lived.\\nThe cohjiiel left to his nine children, by his\\nwill, a very large landed estate in Walpole and\\nother towns in the vicinity. It appears by his\\nwill that he had given to his children a princely\\nestate before he made it, the luimber of acres of\\nland it is impossible to state, but by his will be\\nbequeathed to each of his children the number\\nof acres which follows, viz. Tti Peter he gave\\nseven hundred acres in Rockingham and six\\nhundred acres in Walpole, in the north part\\nto Benjamin, four hundred acres in the south\\npart of the town to John, eight hundred acres\\nin two lots to Joseph, seven hundred in Rindge,\\nMason and Fitzwilliam, besides unenuraerated\\nlands in Lunenburg, Mass. to Abigail, one\\niiundred and thirty acres, with buildings to\\nMolly, five hundred acres in Westminster, Vt\\nto Josiah, five hundred acres in Walpole and\\nthirty-three in Westminster, Vt. It is sup-\\nposed he made suitable provisions for Thomas\\nand Theodore before he died, for their names\\ndo not appear in his will. He also gave seventy\\nacres, in Keene, to Mary AVillard fifty acres\\nin town to John Jennison and one hundred\\nacres for a grammar school, but no one knows\\nwhere it was located. The will was published\\nin the time of the Revolutionary War, and prob-\\nably its conditions were such as could not be\\ncomplied Mith at that time, and the land re-\\nverted.\\nHe also gave one-ninth part of his remaining\\nlands in Rockingham to each of his nine chil-\\ndren the number of acres is not known.\\nThus it is seen, when Colonel Bellows died, he\\nwas in possession of from six to eight thousand\\nacres of land, enumerated and uneuumerated.\\nHe also gave his children one thousand and\\nfifty pounds in money together with numerous\\ncows, oxen, horses, and also household furni-\\nture, taken together, amounting to a large\\nsum.\\nIn person Colonel Benjamin Bellows was tall\\nand stout, weighing, a short time before his\\ndeath, thi-ee hundred and thirty pounds but\\nstill he continued to ride about his farm on a\\nstrong sorrel horse, looking after his interests.\\nHe lived in a style that necessitated much\\nactivity aud forethought to satisfy the daily\\ndemands of his own household, to say nothing\\nof the numerous comers and goers. All were\\nhospitably treated, both rich and pom for he\\nkept an open house, in one sense.\\nA large oaken table in the kitchen under\\nthe house was always spread fur his workmen\\nbut he maintained a separate table for his own\\nfamily. He made four hundred barrels of\\ncider annually and put down twelve barrels of\\npork every winter. Eggs were brought in by\\nthe half-bushel and salmon was so plenty that\\nhis hired men stipulated that they should not\\nhave it oftener than three times a week. In\\n1775, General Bellows was the captain of a\\nmilitary company in this town.\\nIt appears that Benning Wentworth had\\ngiven charters to a large number of towns on\\nboth sides of Connecticut River indiscrimi-\\nnately, and the grantees on the west side were at\\nloggerheads with the authorities of New Yoi-k,\\nand a nest of towns settled in Marlborough,\\nVt., because the New Hampshire grantees could\\nget no justice done them in the York courts.\\nAs time went on the evils grew no less, till, at\\nlength, the Yorkists undertook to hold a", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0549.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "428\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncourt at Westminster, Vt. l)ut the grantees were\\ndetermined they f^hdiild not, and, accordingly,\\nassembled in the coiirt-lnmse (unarmed) he-\\nfore the time arrived for the opening of the\\ncourt. This was in March, 1775. Soon the\\ncourt arrived with the sheriflp and his posse, and\\nbarely wedged themselves in. The court clearly\\nforesaw that no business could be done, and\\nadjourned but still the sheriff remained till\\nabout eleven o clock at night on March 13th,\\nwhen something precipitated the firing of the\\ncourt party on the Green ^Mountain boys, which\\nresulted iu tlie killing of one AVilliam French\\nand mortally wounding another person. The\\nnews of this killing spread like wild-fire over\\nhill and through dale, and, before daylight the\\nnext morning, men from all quarters were .seen\\ngoing to Westminster, when, by noon, the vil-\\nlage was filled with five hundred exasper-\\nated men, swearing vengeance on the j)erpetra-\\ntors.\\nFROM 17.S0 TO 1790.\\nGeneral Bellows (then captain) was imme-\\ndiately sent for to repair to Westminster as\\nsoon as possible with his company, to prevent\\nmore bloodshed. When there, he stationed his\\nmen out of sight of the crowd, but freely min-\\ngled with it himself, counseling peace, law and\\norder. Thus oil was spread (in the troul: led\\nwaters till the culprits could be hastened off to\\nNorthampton jail, the nearest one that would\\nkeep them. When the last beam of the setting\\nsun touched the little village of Westminster\\nthat day it was as ([uiet as a Sabbath morning.\\nI robably General Bellows served his country\\nbetter on this occasion than on all his military\\ncampaigning put together.\\nVermont, now, had got rid of the pretended\\njurisdiction of New York over the territory east\\nof the Green Mountains, and the Tories, whohad\\nbeen long sowing to the wind, were now reap-\\ning the whirlwind of retaliation from the New\\nHampshire grantees, who had long been tantal-\\nized and oppressed by them under the protec-\\ntion of the Yorkists. It would seem that\\nsunshine was now smiling on the grantees but\\nit was otherwise, for trouble had already com-\\nmenced between New Hampshire province and\\nthe jirovince of Vermont.\\nIt appears that the settlers on the New Hamp-\\nshire grants for fifty miles on the Connecticut\\nRiver, were mostly from the same section of\\nNew England, namely, Connecticut and as\\nthere were no settlements then of innxu-tanee\\neast of the grants in New Hampshire for many\\nmiles, it was natural that the settlers on the\\ngrants should affiliate hence the strange pro-\\nceedings.\\nSixteen towns in the vicinity of Cornish,\\nN. IL, joined the Vermont settlers through a\\nconvention held there, l)ut owing to some mis-\\nunderstanding tliey did not remain long. Yet,\\nas the Vermont adherents numbered about one-\\nhalf the population on the east side of the\\nriver and, the excitement continued, till at\\nlength a convention was called to meet at\\nCharle.stown, N. H., January 1(3, 1781, where\\nall the New Hampshire grants were invited.\\nThe call was in printed circulars, setting\\nforth that, if a certain named majority of the\\ntowns were in favor of forming a union with\\nVermont, the Vermont Assembly would ratify\\nthe proceedings. Each party was now on the\\nalert, running up and down highways and by-\\nways, drumming recruits till the day of meet-\\ning. The convention was largo and fully rep-\\nresented, and the (piestiou set forth in the call\\nwas ably discussed pro d con for some time.\\nAt length a resolution was presented, which, if\\ncarried, would take from Vermont all the New\\nHampshire grants on the west side of the river\\nvirtually annihilating the State of Vermont\\nwhich was carried by a large majority and gave\\nthe New Hampshire people much joy and\\nhilarity. Ira Allen, of A^ermont (brother of\\nEthan), was present on this occasion and was\\nbusy through the following night with his\\nhenchmen, conferring with his friends.\\nWhen the convention assembled the next\\nmorning a motion was carrie l to recommit the", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0550.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n429\\nreport to a committee for emendation, that it\\nmight be in a suital le form for publication.\\nWhen the committee submitted tlie amended\\nform of the report for adoptiim, it was found\\nthat a clause had been inserted recommending\\nthe grants on the east side of Connecticut River\\nto consolidate M ith Vermont, which surprised\\nnone but those not in tlie secret. The question\\non its adoption was put and carried by an over-\\nwhelming majority.\\nGeneral Bellows and twelve others, a part of\\nwhom belono;ed to the Council and the others\\nthe Assembly of New Hampshire, left the con-\\nvention in disgust, not without leaving a vigor-\\nous protest, however, against such base trickery,\\n(xeneral Bellows was certainly outflanked this\\ntime but he knew where to strike his enemy\\nwhere it was vuluerable, as Vermont had been\\nfor some time a petitioner to Congress for ad-\\nmission as a sister State of the Union, but had\\nnot beeu admitted for the reason of the troubles\\non Connecticut River, of which Congress had\\nbeen seasonably advised; but now, after the\\nforegoing outrage, General Bellows, with his\\ninfluential friends at Exeter, represented the\\ncondition of affairs in a vigorous protest to\\n*ono;ress against A^erraont s admission. In the\\nmean time General Washington wrote a confi-\\ndential, unofficial letter to Governor Chittenden,\\nof Vermont, frankly stating that Vermont\\nwould not be admitted to embrace any territory\\neast of Connecticut River.\\nNow commenced, and was continued for a\\nlong period, a state of anarchy and confusion\\nwhich beggars description. Lieutenant John\\nGraves represented the town in the Vermont\\nAssembly, at Windsor General Bellows was\\nconfronted at home by large influential families,\\nsuch as the Halls, the Hoopers, the Hutchins,\\nGraves and many others; sheriffs were im-\\nprisoned when doing their duty the judgment\\nof courts were set aside and attempts made to\\nbreak them up majorities in towns of one\\njiartv bulldozed the minorities, and no person\\nknew whether he lived under the bench seal\\nor that of the rising sun. The people on the\\ngrants were cariying their revengeful feelings\\nto such an alarming extent that the militia\\nAvas called out in both States and held, for a\\nwhile, ready for action.\\nIn the course of time the sentiments of\\nWashington s letter reached the Vermonters,\\nwhich was a wet blanket to them. Then, when\\nthey became as anxious to rid themselves of\\ntheir New Hampshire family as they were to\\nget them, they did not love Caesar less, but\\nthey loved Rome more, i.e., to get into the\\nUnion. All parties iiad become weary of this\\nunprofitable strife, from wheni e no good had\\ncome, but much that was disastrous.\\nOn the 11th of February, 1782, the Vermont\\nAssembly was in session, and a resolution was\\nintroduced, in accordance with the expression of\\nthe Assembly previously made, and was pre-\\nsented, voted on and carried, which was an af-\\nfirmative vote for tiie dissolution of the\\nluiion of the grants.^\\nNow peace once more reigned, and, after\\na while, the people enjoyed life under their own\\nvine and fig-tree, and resumed their accustomed\\nvocations.\\nThe town at this time (1784) contained about\\ntwelve hundred inhabitants and had outgrown\\ntheir meeting-house. For two years frequent\\nineffectual attemjrts \\\\v ere made to get a vote of\\nthe town to build a new one. Finally, in 1786,\\na vote was secured to build one, when a dis-\\nagreement arose about its location. At length\\nthe town decided to build on land near where\\nB. E. Webster now lives. The people had no\\nsettled plan of construction, but went on, from\\nstep to step, as the vote of the town dictated.\\nWhen the wood-work was completed, they were\\nsome time in agreeing what color it should l)c\\npainted. Finally, straw color was adopted.\\nTo raise money to pay for its construction and\\nfinish, it was agreed to sell pews by public\\nvendue, and whoever would bid off a pew\\nFor a more elaborate statement, see History of Wal-\\npole.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0551.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "430\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nshould give a bond for security of paymeut.\\nConnected with the building was a high tower,\\nin which the bell was hung that (1885)\\ngreets our ears with its mellow tones now\\non the town-house. ApoUos Gilmore rung this\\nbell for many years, morning, noon and night,\\nand he was so punctual at his post that the say-\\ning was he regulated the sun. The capacious\\nlower floor was divided into little seven by four\\nfeet compartments, called pews, resembling a\\nsheep-fold in the spring. Over the pulpit was\\nsuspended an oval, dome-like structure, sur-\\nmounted with an emblematical device called a\\nsounding-board, and on three sides ran a deep\\ngallery which was not only a loft for the organ,\\nbut was divided into pews. The deacons seats\\nwere built on the right and left-hand sides of\\nthe pulpit. Thus equipped, the people of the\\ntown all worshipped at one place, with no mod-\\nern isms to disturb them. The house was com-\\npleted in 1789.\\nTill 1785 there was no way of crossing Con-\\nnecticut Eiver only by ferry-boats, of which\\nthere were many. But one Enoch Hale, a citi-\\nzen of Rindge, N. H., moved to town in 1784,\\nobtained a charter of the Legislature and built\\na bridge in 1785, which connected Walpole with\\nRockingham at Bellows Falls. This was the\\nfirst bridge that ever spanned the Connecticut\\nRiver, and no other was built on the river till\\n179 i. It was considered a great undertaking\\nand made Mr. Hale famous. This bridge\\npassed into the possession of one Frederick\\nWilliam Gey er, and was a source of consider-\\nable income.\\nGeyer had a family, and a daughter of his\\nwas married to Richard D. Tucker. Tucker s\\nwife at her father s death received this bridge\\nas a portion of her legacy. Ever since that\\ntime it has been known as Tucker s Bridge.\\nIn 1786 Walpole was dismembered of all\\nthe territory lying north of Theodore Atkin-\\nson s linetoCharlestown, measuring one mile and\\ntwo hundred rods on its southern boundary.\\nThis territory included the Governor s sheep\\npasture, which was set oft to form the town of\\nLangdon. This arrangement discommoded the\\nsettlers on the river, and the next year that\\nportion now running north from Cold River, by\\nlegislative authority, was reannexed to the\\ntown.\\nFROM 1790 TO 1800.\\nThe succeeding ten years were those of\\nplenty, happiness, hilarity and contentment;\\nthe virgin soil, with proper industry, produced\\nan al)undance for man and beast; the apple\\norchards, hich had been planted twenty years\\nbefore, had just come into a bearing condition\\nof native fruit, and yielded abundantly every\\nyear. C^olouel John Bellows had an orchard of\\nthirty aci-es in extent. Every farmer had his\\napple orchard, and at every tenth farm was an\\nold-fashioned cider-mill.\\nForty-eight hundred barrels of cider were\\nmade in 1795, which gave to each man, woman\\nand child nearly four barrels each. A portion\\nof this cider was distilled into cider-brandy at\\na distillery that stood where the High School\\nbuilding now stands, and owned by Colonel\\nCaleb Bellows, the general s son. In one shape\\nor another, this large quantity of cider found its\\nway into the stomachs of the townsmen yearly,\\nand for more than a quarter of century after-\\nwards this brandy and cider-drinking was kept\\nup, which formed the era of red eyes and blue\\nnoses. Families, when out of cider, considered\\nthemselves out of everything, and the man who\\ncould not putinto his cellar twenty barrels of cider\\nyearly was considered poor, and the man who\\ncould not keej) a sideboard filled with liquors\\nwas of no account.\\nThe meeting-house being completed, and large\\nenough to accommodate all the people who went\\nto church, assembled there week after week for\\na quarter of a century to listen to Thomas Fes-\\nsenden and Pliny Dickinson, and hear them\\npreach their long-winded sermons, which\\noften ran up to the tenthlies.\\nThe townsmen were taxed ^jro rato for the sup-\\nport of preaching whether they believed in the", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0552.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n431\\nstauJiug order of creeds aud beliefs or not.\\nThere were agnostics in tliose days, as well as\\nnow, and what could induce all the people in\\ncold weather, some of whom had to travel four\\nor five miles on foot or horseback and sit\\nthrough two long services in that unwarnicd\\nchurch, is more than can be guessed at, unless,\\nto get their money s worth, for in many cases\\nreluctant payment of taxes was creeping in.\\nDuring thirty-five years that old church never\\nwas warmed, and by some church members it\\nwas considered sacrilege to warm a church.\\nAfter the benediction, at noon, many of the par-\\nishioners repaired to the public-house of Alexan-\\nder Watkins, which is still standing and owned\\nby B. E. Webster, and seated themselves in semi-\\ncircle around a blazing fire in his capacious re-\\nceiving-room. Parson Fessenden sometijues\\npreached a cold sermon, and on those occasions\\nhe drifted with his parishioners to Uncle Alex s,\\nas he was called, and then and there quaffed a\\ngenerous quantity of flip witli them. Then it\\nwas not considered derogatory foi the cloth to\\ntake a little, just a little, for the stomach s\\nsake. Here the head of each family purciiased\\na mug of flip, from which each member partook\\nfrom the same mug, and for every mug sold\\nUncle Alex would add another stick of wood to\\nthe already hot fire so by the time for after-\\nnoon service the parishioners and pai son were\\nwell warmed inside and outside to meet the chill\\n1 if the afternoon.\\nParson Dickinson, who after this period be-\\ncame the town minister, was cast in a different\\nmould from Parson Fessenden; he considered\\nthe guzzling of cider, cider-brandy and the\\nlooking upon wine when it was red as dan-\\naerous to the morals and the well-beino- of his\\ncharge.\\nand used his influence to discourage\\ntheir use as a common beverage. He was not\\na free liver himself, and it is presumed never\\ntouched even wine without being urged by his\\nparishioners.\\nThe lines of demarkation in society were\\nclearly defined in those days. There were\\nsome families who had gained wealth by their\\nshrewdness or otherwise, and who looked upon\\nthemselves as the salt of the town, but by the\\nyeomanry as salt without its savor. These two\\nclasses had no affiliations in common. Then\\nthere was a literary coterie that affected wit,\\npoetry and literature. This coterie was com-\\nposed of such men as Royal Tyler, of Brattle-\\nborough, Vt., who was afterwards chief jus-\\ntice of that State Samuel Hunt, afterwards\\nmember of Congress Samuel West, of Keene,\\na brilliant advocate, together with Joe Dennie,\\nof this town, editor of the Fanners Museum,\\nand Roger Vose, who also was afterwards mem-\\nber of Congress, and others in town. The\\nforegoing persons belonged to the club proper,\\nwhile there were others who joined them in\\ntheir symposiums (iccasioiially, which were held\\nat Major Bullard s, who kept a public-house\\nhere.\\nThis house was known far and wide as the\\nCraft tavern. The persons who joined this\\nself-styled literary club occasionally were Dr.\\nHeilliman, who came to this country with the\\nHessian soldiers in Revolutionary days, Al-\\npheus Moore, Dr. Spaulding and Jeremiah\\nMason, who was a young lawyer here then,\\nbut who afterwards became distinguished in his\\nprofession and well known throughout New\\nEngland.\\nOne anecdote is related of him, when in prac-\\ntice here, which is worth repeating. Mason\\nwas a malformed man, inasmuch as this he\\nwas six feet, six inches in stature, with pedal\\nextremities very long in proportion to his body,\\nand when seated in one of the old-fashioned\\nhigh-backed sleighs, with his youthful features,\\nhe very much resembled a boy. One day in mid-\\nwinter, when the snow lay deep on the ground,\\nhe started for Keene, over the hills in a high-\\nl)acked sleigh, with robes well tucked around\\nhim. On the high land he met a burly, cross-\\ngrained teamster, who, by threats and billings-\\nBurnt down October 31, 1880.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0553.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "432\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngate, was beut on depriving Mason of liis legal\\nright to half of the road. He soon found that\\nthreats availed nothing so, with upraised whip,\\nheapproaelied this seeming boy to see what virtue\\nthere was iu eastigation. Mason now thought it\\ntime to put in a defense, and accordingly seized\\nliis whip with butt end forward, and liegan to\\nrise up, with robes tumbling off, till up, up, he\\nstood at full height before the appalled teamster,\\nwhen he ejaculated, You need nt get up any\\nmore on yer there s enough neow I ll turn\\neout! He did so, Mason maintaining silence\\nall the while. There is no other case to be\\nfound where the stature of a man sustained the\\nstatute of the State.\\nThe meetings of this club were held quite\\noften, and when its members wei-e assembled\\nthe old house was turned into a literary pande-\\nmonium boisterous hilarity prevailed all\\nkinds of liquors \\\\\\\\ere drunk to excess card-\\nplaying and kindred amusements obtained\\nbreaking: of crockery and furniture were com-\\nes\\nmon, and late or early siqjpers were indulged\\niu, as the case might be. Parson Fessenden\\nseemed to be a subject for ridicule by the wags\\nperhaps he had crossed their path from the\\npulpit. He was diminutive in size, and when\\ndressed iu the Continental garb of those days\\nthe wags fancied that he resembled the Jack of\\nClubs, an important card in their favorite game\\nPalm Loo, hence they dubbed him Old\\nPalm. At one time, when Joe Dennie\\nwas editor of the Museum (Walpole paper),\\nwhich was printed in the building now occupied\\nby Chapin Burt, butchers, he was sought for\\nat the tavern no less than twelve times for\\ncopy to finish an essay he was writing for\\nthe paper.\\nTiie last time when copy was wanting he\\nwas engaged in a rubber of whist, when he\\nsaid to his friend Tyler, Here, Tyler, play my\\nhand, while I give the devil his due In a\\nfew minutes the essay was completed, although\\nhe was surrounded with confusion.\\nThen there were the tradesmen and mechan-\\nics, who, though respectable as a class, were a\\nkind of connecting link between aristocracy\\nand the yeomanry. The yeomanry, which\\ncomjjosed most of the population, was content\\nin honest labor and industry. As citizens, they\\ncared for nothing l)ut material gain and the\\ncomf(jrt of their households they neither af-\\nfected pride nor put on airs. The good old\\nhousewife and her daughters, with rosy cheeks\\nand bonny brows, spun the wool and flax, the\\nformer colored and woven into cloth for the\\nentire outward garments of both sexes in the\\nfamilies, and the latter into bed-linen and under-\\ngarments. The hides of their slaughtered ani-\\nmals were converted into various kinds of\\nleather for home wear, by local tanners, of\\nwhom Daniel Bisco was one, whose tannery\\nwas located near where Henry J. Watkins now\\nresides. This leather was made into shoes and\\nlioots in the kitchens of the farmers, by per-\\nsons who went from house to house, with bench\\nand kit, and made up a year s stock of foot-gear\\nfor a family at one time, and many a sixteen-\\nyears-old damsel s eyes glistened at a pair of\\ncowhide shoes for the winter after going bare-\\nfoot through the summer. Shoes were all\\nsewed then pegged shoes were not seen till\\ntwenty years afterwards. This procedure of\\nshoemakers (then called cordwainers), and a\\nsimilar one pursued by females in cutting and\\nmaking the clothing of men and boys in their\\nmidst, was (tailed whipping the cat.\\nColonel John Bellows furnished employment\\nfor a large number of females, by furnishing\\nthem with wool to spin into yarn. Their visits\\non horseback to return yarn and procure more\\nwool were frequent and constant, and, with their\\nhorses tied around his house, made it resemble\\na public inn on some festive occasion. The\\ncolonel had multifarious dealings with the farm-\\ners, and it was said that his balance-sheet at\\nthe end of the year, made always a favorable\\nshowing for himself.\\nThe common people then were bigoted,\\nsuperstitious and ignorant they believed in", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0554.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n433\\nlucky and unlucky days, and were rigidly\\nguided by the phase of the moon in the planting\\nof their seeds, the killing of pork and the wean-\\ning of calves and babies. One of those old\\nwiseacres saw Judge Sparhawk, an enlightened\\ntownsman, sowing wheat one day, when he ac-\\ncosted him thus: Judge, you won t raise any\\nwheat it s the wrong time in the moon The\\nJudge replied, I m not sowing my wheat in\\nthe moon, s-i-r!\\nSuch is the force of education, that many oi\\nour townspeople believe in those whims and\\nnotions to-day. Ignoi ant M hy not igno-\\nrant? The common people had no means of\\nac([uiring knowledge althougii the town\\nappropriated a sufficieut sum of money yearly,\\nstill, there were no schools, only in name. The\\nteachers for winter schools were hired for their\\nlihysical strength, rather than mental ([ualifica-\\ntions cultivated young men did not bite sharp\\nat eight dollars per mouth and board round, to\\nteach school in rural districts. Tlien there\\nwere no school-books worth)- of the name.\\nThey had the New England Primer, the\\nBible, the Psalter and Dodworth s Spell-\\ning-Book there was no text-book on arith-\\nmetic, but, to supply the place, the teachers\\nused to give their pupils practical sums, and\\nexplain the why and tiie wherefore as best they\\ncould. Birch-bark was in common use to\\nfigure on, and also to write copies on. In this\\nway some mastered the rudiments of arithmetic,\\nwhile others advanced in reading, \\\\\\\\riting and\\nspelling. English grammar was taught some,\\nand in 1800 Morse s Geography was introduced\\nas a study, but the work now would have no\\nmerits, only as a curiosity.\\nThe roads were only bridle-paths, most of\\nthem, although laid out tiie people had no use\\nfor carriage roads, for there were no carriages.\\nFour-wheeled pleasin-e-wagons were not seen in\\ntown till twenty-five years later. There was\\nno post-office in town till Ajnil 1, 17!to, and\\nSamuel Grant was appointed postmaster. Be-\\nforethis time letters were taken from some central\\npoint and carried by a man called a post-rider\\nto the persons directed on the letter. News-\\npapers had no circulation, tiiere was no free\\nlibrary, and very few books found in farmers\\nhouses. The almanac was in every house, and\\nrelied upon implicitly as a weather prognos-\\ntieator. Under the circumstances, how could\\npeoj)le be anything but ignorant? Still, those\\npeople were happy. They had seasons of en-\\njoyment their election and thanksgiving days,\\ntheir ajijile bees and kitchen junkets, their husk-\\ning bees aud tpiilting frolics, and, more than\\nall, their burst of patriotism on the glorious\\nFourth. Well, if ignorance is bliss, it is folly\\nto be wise\\nOn the 11th of April a new era of progress\\ndawned on Walpole it was the publication of\\na live newspaper, and was issued from the press\\nof Thomas Carlisle, whicii was in the old\\nbuilding now standing at tiie corner of High\\nand Main Streets, and occupied as a meat-\\nmarket and tenement-house. At first it was\\ncalled The New Hampshire Journal and Farm-\\ners Museum. The size of the sheet was\\neighteen by eleven inches, the paper was course\\nand dingy, and the type inferior and old-fash-\\nioned. Like other newsjjapers of the day, at\\nits commencement there were no elaborate origi-\\nnal articles in it. Snatches of news, a few\\ndeaths and marriages, some foreign intelligence\\nfour mouths old, a few lottery and other adver-\\ntisements, some political effusions, an essay or\\nso, Spectator fashion, aud some racy anecdotes\\nmade up, figuratively, the oUa podrida. A few\\nyears later, however, the last page was sur-\\nmounted with an eugraviuo; of a huge flower-\\npot, and underneath was printed in large cap-\\nitals The Dessert. In 170G, Joseph Dennie\\nbecame his conductor, and he gathered around\\nhim a corps of brilliant writers, such as Royal\\nTyler, David Everett, Thomas Green Fessen-\\nden, Isaac Story and others, whose abilities may\\nbe traced in its well-arranged folio pages. The\\nabove-named persons wrote for this paper just\\nfor the fun of it, each striving to do his best", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0555.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "434\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nin ordei to gain notoriety or secure fame.\\nDennie confined his contrilmtions, principally,\\nto articles called the Lay Preacher. They\\nwere essays on morality and sucii was the fame\\nhe acquired with his cotempoi aries, that he was\\nstyled the Addison of America. In the\\nheight of this paper s prosperity Dennie boasts\\nof its being read by more than two thousand\\npersons If poor Dennie could wake from\\niiis slumbers, what would he say of American\\njournalism to-day The publishers failed,\\nDennie left town, and the paper went into a de-\\ncline. Various fortunes attended it till 1827,\\nwhen Nahum Stone, a shoemaker, revived it,\\nand continued it in Walpole till November 14,\\n1828, when it was removed to Keene, and now\\nis published under the title of Tlie Cheshire\\nRepubUcan.\\nJohn Prentiss, who was then editor of the\\nNetv Hampshire Sentinel, on learning that Stone\\nwas about removing to Keene, ami knowing\\nhim to be a shoemaker, facetiously remarked,\\nWell, I hope he wont lose his awl (all).\\nThat old printing establishment did a large\\nbusiness for those days in the way of printing\\nbooks, if one can judge by the catalogues pub-\\nlished in the 3Iuseum. The first American novel\\never noticed by the English press was printed\\nin this town. The printing establishment here\\ngave employment to a large number of typos,\\nwho were, according to accounts, a set of bois-\\nterous, drinking vagabonds. Joseph T. Buck-\\ningham worked in this office at one time six\\nmonths, and he says in his autobiography, they\\nwere the most miserable months of my life.\\nThis drinking, roistering life was not confined\\nto the classes above noticed, but obtained with\\nthe rural population, who were wont to assem-\\nble Saturdays and on festive days at Major\\nBullard s, and roll ten-pins, wrestle and get\\ndrunk or into a fighting condition. If neighbors\\nhad any old scores to settle, they took such days\\nto settle them with fisticuffs in Bullard s bar-\\nroom. There M as one Abraham Hall then liv-\\ning in town, who, it is said, possessed herculean\\nstrength. He was generally present at those\\nbroils, brought thither in an ox-cart, as there\\nwas no other conveyance for him by reason of\\nhis weight, whose avoirdupois was four hundred\\nand twenty pounds at the age of sixty. He\\nofficiated as a jihysical umpire in the broils of\\nhis neighbors, when they got in close quarters,\\nby seizing the belligerents by the napes of their\\nnecks and holding them asunder till their ire\\ncooled off, or, if they proved restive under such\\nrestraint, he would butt their heads together\\nuntil they cried enough.\\nThe eighteenth century closed with a very\\ncold winter, and to-day (1885) there is but\\none person living in town who was born here in\\nthe last century. Thus it is seen that eighty-\\nfive years make nearly a clean sweep of all born\\nbefore 1800.\\nFROJI 1800 TO 1810.\\nAlwut the year 1800 William Jarvis, of Ver-\\nniont, was consul in Si)ain from the United\\nStates. He imported some merino bucks from\\nthat place, of which Joseph Bellows, a grandson\\nof Colonel B. Bellows, purchased one and paid\\nfifteen hundred dollars for him. Through this\\nbuck the farmers in town began immediately to\\nimprove the quality of their wool, by infusing\\nthe blood of this buck with their Irish flocks,\\ntill about 1825, when two brothers named\\nSearles imported a flock of Saxony sheep into\\nBoston, a few of which found their way into\\nthis town. In 1827 the same parties imported\\nanother lot into New England in the care of\\none Kreutchman, a German, one hundred of\\nwhich were leased to Major Samuel Grant and\\nMajor William Jennison, who had formed a\\ncopartnership in shee}) husbandry. By the\\nterms of the lease the company was to have one-\\nlialf the increase. Major Grant then owned the\\nfarm in the southeast part of the town known\\nas the Seven Barns, and Major Jennison\\nowned the farm where William T. Ramsay now\\nlives, both of which were admirably adapted to\\nsheep husbandry. To improve their stock", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0556.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n435\\nGrant Jennisou purchased a buck of the\\nSearles and paid one hundred and ten dollars for\\nhim. He was known to the farmers by the\\neuphonic name of Old Haunch. A disease\\namong the sheep, known as the foot rot, was\\nbrought with those Saxony sheep. The most\\nassiduous care was necessary to protect those\\nsheep from the cold of winter and the cold\\nstorms of spring and summer especially was\\nthis the case in yeaning-time, when the lambs\\nhad to be kept before a fire in the house. Wal-\\npole was in a perfect sheep craze, when her\\npastures were dotted with 16,000 sheep. Al-\\nthough the farmers got one dollar per pound\\nfor cleanly-washed wool, they soon found that\\nthe average fleece was not more than two and a\\nhalf pounds, and, moreover, the carcass being\\nsmall, it was worth but little for mutton.\\nThe farmers soon learned that they, under such\\nconditions, were losing money, and there was as\\nmuch of a craze to free themselves from the\\ndilemma as there was to get into it, and meas-\\nures were immediately taken wliich restored\\ntheir old breed.\\nIn 1802 or 1803 when New England was\\nvisited with that destroying scourge, the small-\\npox, Walpolc was not exempt from it, and\\nthe inhabitants were dying daily. Several\\ntown-meetings were called for the purpose\\nof taking the sense of the town on providing a\\npest-house, and giving license for vaccination\\nbut ignorant conservatism went strongly against\\nboth propositions, till at length Thomas Jeffer-\\nson and a few leading men at Washington, who\\nhad tried vaccination in their own families,\\nissued a circular to the jieople of the United\\nStates, setting forth its harmless effect on the\\npatient and its potent effect in preventing the\\nspread of the dread disease. The physicians\\nand some of the leading men of Keene issued a\\nsimilar circular to neighboring towns. Wal-\\npole then at once dropped its ignorant conserva-\\ntism and permitted sanitary measures to be\\nadopted, when soon the dreadful scourge had\\nnothing to feed upon.\\n28\\nAt this time, 1803, a new newspaper was\\nstarted, advocating the measures of Thomas\\nJefferson s administration. It was called the\\nPolitical Observatory, and printed by David\\nNewhall, with Stanley Griswold for editor.\\nThe proprietors wei-e Thomas C. Drew, Elijah\\nBurroughs, Amasa Allen, Alexander Watkins\\nand Jonathan Royce, who were the first persons\\nin town to cast a Democratic vote.\\nIn 1805 Parson Fessenden, who had been\\nthe town s minister thirty-eight years, and\\nwhose age was now sixty-six, had become\\nphysically and mentally worn out, and the town\\nwas anxiously looking about for some one to\\nsujiply his place.\\nPliny Dickinson had occupied Mr. Fessenden s\\ndesk several Sundays and preached very ac-\\nceptably to the congregation, and the society\\nlooked forward to the immediate time when he\\nwould become the town s minister. Mr. Dick-\\ninson had full knowledge of the sentiment of the\\nparish, and he u.sed it to further his ends, but\\ndid not succeed. The town called a meeting\\nand voted to give Mr. Dickinson a call, and a\\nsalary of five hundred dollars per annum and\\nsome other things. The call was duly pre-\\nsented to him with a retiuest to return an\\nanswer at an adjourned meeting. The call was\\nnot loud enough he wanted six hundred dol-\\nlars. He continued to postpone his answer at\\ntwo meetings, in the mean time hoping to get\\nthe extra hundred.\\nMr. Dickinson s vacillating course was not\\nwell relished by the parish, and when he under-\\ntook further postponement at the third meeting,\\nthe parish peremptorily demanded an answer\\nthen and there. ]\\\\Ir. Dickinson clearly saw his\\nlittle game was lost, when he immediately\\nreturned an answer accepting the proposal by\\nthe parish. At first he was settled as colleague of\\nMr. Fessenden but after Mr. Fessenden s death\\nhe became sole pastor. He continued to preach\\nas the town minister until the disruption of the\\nold church, in 1826. He preached for five\\nhundred dollars a year during his pastorate,", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0557.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "436\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nbrought up a large family of children, and\\nwhen he died, in 1834, he left his family sixteen\\nthousand dollars. He was a favorite with the\\nelite, but with the yeomanry it was otherwise,\\nas proved by tradition and a singular document,\\npublished in 1S26 and signed by sixty-six\\nmen, stating that they did not believe in the\\nreligious views held by Mr. Dickinson. He\\nwas very rigid in his church discipline, allow-\\ning no one to come to the communion-table but\\nthose of his faith. On one of those occasions\\ntwo Amazonian Welsh girls, the daughters of\\nThomas Darby, a ^veaver by trade, who lived\\nin the woods, just in the edge of Westmore-\\nland, came to his church, and when the commu-\\nnion service was served, they partook with the\\ncomnjunicants. The parson, on learning before\\nlie left the church, who those strange personages\\nwere, and their place of domicile, declared he\\nwould not have the sanctuary of the Lord so\\ndefiled, and before he had hardly swallowed\\nhis breakfast the next morning he mounted\\nhis horse and was on his way to their home.\\nOn arriving at the old log hut, he found old\\nTom busy with his shuttle, but the girls were\\ngone. After stating his grievance, to the old\\nman, to which he attentively listened, he\\nreplied Weel, weel, I m soory, burned\\neoory, for I ve alius told my gals to keep oot\\nof bad company It is not stated how sud-\\ndenly the parson left.\\nIn 1806 West Street was built and the old\\nbrick store, which was burned in September\\n18 19. The following year (1807) the village\\nbridge was built across the Connecticut, the\\nthird on the river. It was built by a corpora-\\ntion, and the superstructure was on wooden\\njiiers. The same year a mail-coach passed\\nthrough Walpole to Hanover, N. H., three times\\na week, thus receiving mail from Boston every\\notlier day.\\nFROM 1810 TO 1820.\\nAt the beginning of this decade the New\\nEngland States had witnessed the rise and pro-\\ngress of a singular disease known as the sp itted\\nfever but it was not considered contagious.\\nThis town was not exempt from its ravages, and\\nmany homes were made desolate. The first in-\\ndication of an attack was, not infrequently, a\\nsudden pain in the extremities, quickly spread-\\ning over the whole system, and fatally termi-\\nnating within twenty-four hours. In the\\nspring of 1812 several children died of it.\\nThe following March seven adults died of it\\nin as many days. The whole numl)er of deaths\\nin town from this disease is not known, but\\nmany. This disease, then known as spotted\\nfever, is now considered the same as cerebro-\\nspinal meningitis.\\nIn the engagements of the War of 1812 none\\nof the Walpole men participated but a com-\\npany under the command of Josiah Bellows\\n(3d), twenty-eight in number, went to the de-\\nfense of Portsmouth, in the fall of 1814.\\nEleven men also went under the command of\\nCaptain Warner. These companies were in\\nservice but a short time, and the trophies\\nbrought home and the laurels won were very few.\\nThomas Collins Drew, an unlettered, penni-\\nless lad, born in Chester, this State, in 1762,\\ncame to this town with the Derry Hill settlers,\\nand made Walpole his life home. By dint of\\nperseverance, at the age of fifty he had accumu-\\nlated some property, and was about building a\\nsubstantial brick dwelling in the village the\\nbrick being already on the grounds but owing\\nto a rupture with those to the manor boi n,\\nhe changed his mind and purchased a mile\\nsquare of land in the northeast part of the\\ntown, now known as Drewsville, in 1810. He\\nmoved his brick thither and erected the hotel\\nnow owned by Thomas Taunt. The volume of\\nwater then in Cold River was three times what\\nit now is, and was soon utilized in driving ma-\\nchinery in cotton and woolen-factories, and also\\nfor many other needful purposes. Artisans\\nflocked into the place, and stores sprang into\\nbeing, which altogether, till 1835, made Drews-\\nville a lively place. This was the hey-day period\\nNamed for .1. C. Drew.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0564.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n437\\n3f Drewsville, and it is said the place did more\\nbusiness at that time than was done in Walpole\\nvillage. Evidence of the thrift of the place\\nonce ai e seen in the large size of some of the\\nold buildings but, like everything else, the\\nplace had its days of prosperity and those of\\ndecline.\\nFROM 1820 TO 1830.\\nAs early as 1815 Jonathan H. Chase com-\\naienced a new industry in the south part of the\\ntown, in the manufacture of sewed sole shoes in\\na small way, but in IS20 per/f/ed work had ob-\\ntained, and the shoe business began to increase,\\nwhen !Mr. Chase formed a copartnership with\\nliis brother-in-law, J. B. Kimball, of Boston,\\nwho furnished the leather and sold the shoes,\\nwhile Chase manufactured them. In the course\\nof twenty years several other firms engaged in\\nthe business, with varied success, till about 1 835,\\nwhen the business reached its maximum. Hun-\\ndreds of men and women in town and adjoining\\ntowns found employment in the manufacture of\\nbrogans for the Southern market, while at the\\nsame time Jared Miller was manufacturing\\nboots for the Western market. The sound of the\\nshoe-hammer was heard, not only in the regular\\nshops, l)ut in very many of the rural homes,\\nwhich gave one the impression of a miniature\\nLynn. Many of the workmen were young men,\\nand a more roystering set of fellpws could\\nhardly be found. They dressed in the finest\\nSaxony cloth, with oilier extravagant dressings\\nto match, and being clannish in their affiliations,\\nthey controlled the measures of the town. The\\ntown can now boast of but one solitary cobbler,\\noccasionally making a pair of shoes.\\nMeeting-house questions belonging to the\\ntown had slumbered now (1826) twenty-five\\nyears, but the subject was revived in 1825, and\\nthree meetings were called to see if the town\\nwould move the meeting-house into the village,\\nwhich proposition was invariably voted down.\\nThe ostensible plea set forth was, by moving,\\nthe people would be better accommodated but\\nthe real purpose was to secure a place for Uni-\\ntarian worship, the sentiments of which had ob-\\ntained a strong foothold in the village. At a\\ntown-meeting held October 6, 1826, those in\\nfavor of removal had secured the shoemakers\\nand riff-raff of the village to vote with them by\\nsome suh rosa means, and a vote was declared\\nin favor of removal, to the site where it now\\nstands. It served the Unitarians about fourteen\\nyears, when it was converted into a town hall,\\nand now, after forty yeai-s of service, the old ex-\\ncitement about town-houses is repeating itself.\\nThe removal wasattended with much ill feeling,\\nand it is said one man was crazed by the act. The\\ndefeated party, one hundred and fifty-three in\\nnumber, signed a protest against its removal\\nbut it was noticed only as a brutum fulmen.\\nThe opposition jiarty, composed of the old\\nfaith, Universalists and agnostics, immediately\\nformed themselves into a new society called\\nThe Independent Congregational Society, and\\nforthwith took measures to build a new house\\non the old site, which was completed within a\\nyear. For a few years the worshippers of the\\nold faith struggled on but in 183G the union\\nwas dissolved and the Universalists had full\\ncontrol. At once the preaching of universal\\nsalvation was commenced and continued at\\nintervals for some eight years, when it died out\\naltogether. The Universalists then made over\\ntheir policies to bats and owls, which held pos-\\nsession till 1869, when the original proprietors\\nrased the house and sold the remnants at a loss\\nof ninety-six per cent., besides the interest on\\nthe investment. In 1826 another newsjjaper\\nwas started, called the Cheshire Gazette, edited\\nand managed by one Francis Parton, which in\\nsize and general appearance would compare\\nfavorably with similar papers of to-day. It\\nlived but one year.\\nFROM 18.30 TO 1840.\\nThose good people in town who lament over\\nthe degenerate times of to-day, on the liquor\\ntraffic and intemperance, have only to go back\\nforty or fifty years and feel rejoiced that the", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0565.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "438\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncause of temperance has made so much headway.\\nThen there were six stores in town, a majority\\nof whicli sold liquor. At one store fifty hogs-\\nheads were sold annually, and if the other\\nstores all put together sold as much more, an\\nimmense sale must have been made but the\\nstory is not yet told there were seven taverns in\\ntown, all in full blast, the tavern-keepers mak-\\ning it a point to sell as much liquor as possible.\\nAt the lowest estimate of the liquor sold in\\ntown, it must have been a barrel to each voter.\\nRum was everywhere, in the hay-field and\\nin the shops at marriages and at funerals\\ndrunk by the high and the low, males and fe-\\nmales, boys and sometimes girls. Fortunate\\nfor New England, the Washingtonian move-\\nment had just taken root, and the women put\\nforth their potent infiuence to stay the progress\\nof destruction. The damsels boycotted the\\nyoung men by not allowing tipplers in their\\nsociety, which effectually cured them. It is safe\\nto say that not one-fifth as much liquor is sold\\nin town to-day as was sold fifty years ago.\\nThe census of 1830 gave Walpole two thou-\\nsand and thirty-four inhabitants, the largest\\nnumber as yet counted. The stir and bustle in-\\ncident to the business of those years made the\\nvillage a lively place. Teams were doing the\\nwork of railways now. Heavily-laden wagons\\nwere passing through, drawn by six and eight\\nhorses. One of eight horses went from here\\nto Boston once a week to sujiply the traders\\nwith goods stage-coaches from all points were\\nconstantly arriving and departing, bringing and\\ncarrying away the mail, which was distributed\\nat the post-ofiBce here. The crack of the jehu s\\nwhip could be heard at most any hour of the\\nday coach passengers, generally, either break-\\nfasted, dined or supped here pleasure-seeking\\ntravelei S, with their teams, made a choice of\\nthis place to rest at night in summer; in winter\\nthe old tavern was filled nights with teamsters\\ngoing to and returning from Boston. Such\\n^as Walpole in this decade.\\nFROM 1840 TO 1850.\\nThis decade is void of any particular inci-\\ndents that atfected the people throughout the\\ntown.\\nIn the fall of 1843, at the time of the annual\\nregimental muster, a company of soldiers called\\nthe saucy six was stationed on the Common,\\nwhich had been planted with shade-trees but a\\nshort time before with much care. Certain per-\\nsons living out of the village ever appeared to feel\\njealous of the village people or any improvements\\nthey might make within its limits. Accord-\\ningly, those miscreants took this occasion, headed\\nby their captain, to uproot and destroy every\\ntree growing there. It was found that no legal\\nmeasures could reach these vandals, and the vil-\\nlagers showed their indignation by hanging the\\ncaptain in effigy. At the next session of the\\nState s Legislature, through the effort of Fred-\\nerick Vose, a stringent law was passed, protect-\\ning shade-trees on public grounds. Never be-\\nfore were the citizens of the village more\\nshocked than at this unprovoked vandalism.\\nSubsequently, in 1855-56, Benjamin B. Grant\\nand Thomas G. Wells replanted the Common\\nand also i)lanted the principal streets with about\\nnine hundred elms and maples, which have not\\nbeen molested and are vigorously growing,\\nserving not only to beautify the village, but af-\\nfording a grateful retreat from the midsummer s\\nsun.\\nIn September, 1847, there was standing a\\nlarge wooden building on Main Street, just\\nnorth of Mad Brook, which extended east one\\nhundred and seventy-five feet, with an L. The\\nlower part was occupied by a tannery, founded\\nin the eighteenth century by Daniel Bisco,\\nbut now owned and occupied by one Harvey\\nReed. The second story was occupied by the\\nFrench Brothers, who afterward moved to\\nKeene, as a carriage manufactory, and filled\\nwith all kinds of combustibles belonging to that\\nbusiness. In September of that year this\\nbuilding was totally consumed by fire. The\\nowner sustained a heavy loss, without insurance,", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0566.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n439\\nas the policy had just expired. Efforts were\\nmade to rebuild by subscription, but all proved\\nfutile.\\nIn September, 1849, another conflagration\\ntook place, which destroyed the old brick store\\nin the village, which was built in 1.S06. This\\nbuilding was three stories high and sufficiently\\nlong for three cai)acious store-rooms, fronting\\neast. It was occupied at the time by Tudor\\nRockwood, Philip Peck and William G. Wy-\\nman, merchants, a library, and liy Frederick\\nVose, lawyer. The fire also reached three\\nother buildings, which were consumed. As\\nsoon as possible new buildings were put up on\\nthe burnt district, to replace those destroyed. In\\n1855 this same site was burnt over, this time\\ndestroying two stores, a grocery and dwelling\\nthe last building was where the flames com-\\nmenced, through an illy-adjusted stove-pipe.\\nIn the course of a few months the buildings\\nnow standing on the site were built.\\nIn July, 1849, a charter was obtained for a\\nsavings-bank, which went into operation in\\n1850, and continued so until November, 18(34,\\nwhen it was robbed of $52,000 cash, and a\\nlarge amount of securities of various kinds, by\\none Mark Shinborn, a Jew, and a Westmore-\\nland boy named George M. White. At the\\ntime of the robbery the deposits amounted to\\n$108,045.58, besides a surplus of $3841.58,\\nalthough it had met with some losses by poor\\ninvestments. The robbery caused its winding\\nup; but in October, 1875, a new bank went\\ninto operation, which is in existence now (1885).\\nFROM 1850 TO 1885.\\nWalpole, like other old, sleepy towns, did\\nnot furnish much material for the historian by\\ndecades; therefore the following thirty-five\\nyears will be embraced under the above head.\\nOne year after another passed, and the one\\nwas a counterpart of the other. Each was en-\\nlivened by the annual town-meetings, when the\\ntwo nearly evenly-balanced political parties did\\nnot meet on common ground. On those occa-\\nsions large sums of money were expended bv\\nthe rival parties, and much bad blood was\\nstirred up, severing neighlxirly amenities. This\\nwas the state of feeling when, on the 12th of\\nApril, 1861, Fort Sumter was fired upon by the\\ndirection of Jefferson Davis, the leader of the\\nSouthern people in the great Rebellion in the\\nUnited States. On the 14th instant the Presi-\\ndent of the United States called for seventy-five\\nthousand men to put down the Rebellion. Many\\nyoung men had been told that the Southern\\npeople were a set of cowards, and that one\\nYankee was a match for four secesh, which\\nwas believed by those who volunteered on the\\nfirst call nor were the} disabused of this\\nbelief till they had had a taste of Bull Run,\\nwhere\\nThey went to figlit, but ran .iway\\nTo live to fight another day.\\nOn the first call for volunteers five re-\\nsponded on the second call in May following\\nfor eighty-two thousand fourteen enlisted. In\\nSeptember, 1862, thirty-one more enlisted,\\nreceiving one hundred dollars bounty from the\\ntown. The bounty for volunteers during the\\nmonth of September was increased to one hun-\\ndred and fifty dollars. In the spring of 1863\\nvolunteering had nearly ceased, but the enemy\\nwas pressing hard, and more men must be had.\\nA draft appeared now the only alternative, and\\nconsequently the President of the United States\\nissued a proclamation for a conscription of\\nthree hundred thousand men on the 8th of May,\\n1863. Fifty-two men was the quota of this\\ntown, and volunteers could not be procured.\\nAn enrollment of all the men in town between\\nthe ages of eighteen and forty-five was made,\\nand, probably, at no time in the town s history\\ncould there have been so many men found who\\nheaped anathemas on their natal day. If they\\ncould have been born a little earlier, or a little\\nlater, all would have been well. When the\\nThe names of soldiers and other details cannot be given\\nfor want of space. See history of town.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0567.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "440\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ndraft was completed it was found that many\\nof the uncoveted prizes had fallen to those who\\nwere not in a condition to comply with the de-\\nmand. The drafted men had a choice of three\\nways to pursue, one was to go, the second was\\nto pay a commutation of three hundred dollars\\nto the United States government, which would\\nonly clear them from the pending draft, and the\\nthird was to furnish a substitute, which was the\\none adopted, it is thought altogether. In this\\nway, while the war part of the drafted man s\\nbones might lie bleaching under a Southern sun,\\nthe real man was at home selling cotton cloth\\nat seventy cents per yard.\\nThose who were liable to be drafted breathed\\nfreer, but they soon found tliat, although they\\nhad got their feet out of the mud, they im-\\nmediately found them deeper in the mire, for\\non the 18th of July following three hundred\\nthousand more men were called for.\\nThis was a thunderbolt, because there was a\\nless number to draw from. Town-meetings up\\nto this time had been frequent, and many to\\nraise money to pay bounties and provide for\\nsoldiers families had been called, which were\\ngenerally well attended by men of both politi-\\ncal parties; but now and until the close of the\\nwar there was but one party that attended the\\nmeetings, which was styled the War Party.\\nIt was composed of parents who had sons\\nliable to be drafted, and single men whose age\\ndid not exempt them from conscription. In\\norder to fill quotas now, the town resorted to a\\nnew plan, which was to hire men outright for\\nthe service at the lowest price at the town s ex-\\npense. Meetings were frequent for this pur-\\npose. At one meeting a vote was passed au-\\nthorizing the selectmen to procure men at any\\nprice but was subsequently limited to one\\nthousand dollars. Tlie prices paid were regu-\\nlated by the law of supply and demand for\\nsubstitutes, ranging from four hundred dollars\\nto seven hundred and fifty dollars. Those\\nmen were a curse to the service rather than a\\nbenefit for it took one good soldier to keep\\ntwo of the substitutes from nmning away, and\\nhe did not succeed in that. These men were of\\nall nationalities, without patriotism, honesty or\\nmorality.\\nThey went to war, and jumped away\\nTo list agaui where best twould pay.\\nSome of those fellows were so adroit after\\ngetting their money that they never saw the\\narmy.\\nThe soldier s life, abstractly considered, is not\\na coveted one, and it is curious to note at this\\nlate day some of the apparent reasons that in-\\nduced the men in town to enlist as volunteers.\\nIt is not claimed that any of our men were\\ndestitute of patriotism, but many had no relish\\nfor the turmoils incident to a soldier s life; on\\nthe other hand, there were those whose whole\\nbeing was wrapped in excitement and danger;\\nthose, generally, were the first to volunteer.\\nAnother and larger class of men felt it to\\nbe their duty to enlist, but were reluctant to\\nleave their cheerful homes but the impending\\ndrafts hung over them like a pall. There were\\nbut two ways for them to do one was to take\\ntheir chances in a draft, or enlist as volunteers\\nwith a reasonable town bounty, which last was\\nchosen, and at this time a large number en-\\nrolled themselves in the New Hampshire Four-\\nteenth Regiment, September 22, 18(52. How-\\never paradoxical it may seem, there was another\\nclass, small in number, of staid, sober, quiet\\nyoung men, who hardly had ever heard the roar\\nof the cannon, and who had never been a score\\nof miles from home they were among the first\\nto volunteer. This class must have been im-\\nbued with true patriotism or a strong religious\\nsense of duty, or it may be both, that induced\\nyoung men to leave all that was cheerful and\\nhozue-liketo battle with the rough and danger-\\nous scenes of a soldier s life.\\nOf the personal reminiscences of the men\\nwho participated in the Rebellion from this\\ntown there are but few, and those are too\\nlengthy for insertion here. Most of those who\\nreturned did so with a clean soldier s record.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0568.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\nUl\\nNo one achieved distinction, and but one was\\npromoted from the ranks to corporal.\\nThere were one hundred and eighty-five per-\\nsons credited to this town in all, volunteers and\\nsubstitutes, as going into the service, of whom\\nseventy-five were actual residents. Eight of\\nthe three months men re-enlisted, nine died of\\ndisease, four were killed outright, eight\\nwounded and six missing, while fifty-three of\\nthe substitutes are known to have deserted, and\\none volunteer from town not a native and\\neight were discharged on account of disability.\\nThere was but one volunteer from this town\\nwho gave his superiors any trouble, and he was\\nfrom auld Ireland. He entertained the vague\\nfancy that a free country meant free rum,\\nand when he got a sufficient supply to make\\nhim spiritually-minded he fancied himself a\\nsecond Samson, and his soldier comrades had\\nto take care of their heads aud ribs. He was\\nlocked up a great portion of his time, where he\\nhad leisure to cogitate on the incongruities of\\nAmerican freedom.\\nThe indebtedness of the town in 1862 was\\nfive thousand three hundred dollars, and in\\n1866 it was forty-six thou.sand dollars; and it\\nis safe to say that forty thou. rand dollars of this\\nsum was incurred in consequence of the war.\\nIn 1869 the town debt, to the amount of thirty-\\nsix thousand dollars, was funded, and is now\\n(1885) all paid.\\nIn connection with the Rebellion was the\\nSanitary Commission, which took six more of\\nour men, who discharged the duties assigned to\\nthem faithfully, from a physician to a teamster.\\nWhen the Commission was fully organized, under\\nthe presidency of Rev. Henry W. Bellow.s, the\\nwomen (good souls!) emulated their great-grand-\\nmothers ill ministering to the needs and com-\\nforts of the soldiers iu field and hospital, by\\nsending them tid-bits for their appetites, and\\nwarm clothing to prevent colds and sickness.\\nTHE CHURCH.\\nIt appears by the old church records that\\na church was formed as early as 1757, but it\\ndoes not appear who the members were till\\nafter the ordination of Thomas Fessenden.\\nJonathan Leavitt was ordained pastor June 10,\\n1761, and dismissed June 19, 1764. January\\n8, 1767, Thomas Fessenden was ordained, and\\na church was formed the same day, consisting\\nof the following members, viz. Thomas Fes-\\nsenden, Benjamin Bellows, John Graves, John\\nParmenter, William Smead, Jonathan Hall,\\nJames Bundy, Joseph Barrett, David Dennison,\\nJohn Marcy, Samuel Holme.s, Samuel Trott,\\nJohn Kilburu, Jr., Timothy Delano and Na-\\nthaniel Hovey, and the wives of ten of the\\nabove-named, making the number twenty-five.\\nEight years later the church numl)ered one\\nhundred. During the active jjastorate of Mr.\\nFessenden, of thirty-eight years, the number\\nadmitted to the church, by letter and pro-\\nfession, was three hundred aud sixty-five, aud\\nin that time he solemnized two hundred and\\nninety-nine marriages. The church was called\\nThe First Congregational Church of Wal-\\npole, and the religious tenets of its members\\nwere like those of the Puritans. This Church\\nin olden times was denominated The Standing\\nOrder. The members were veiy strict in\\ntheir observance of the Sabbath and the sanc-\\ntuary, and in looking after each other ^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ith a.s-\\nsiduous care and concern, as will appear by the\\nfollowing transactions of the church. One\\nIsaac Johnson was in the habit of taking a\\nlittle too much for the stomach s sake, and\\nJames Bundy felt disturbed. The transaction\\nreads thus: November IS, 1769. James\\nBundy complained of Isaac Johnson for intem-\\nperate drinking supported. Tote?, that he\\nbe susi)ended from spiritual privileges until\\nhe make satisfaction. He appeared, made\\nconfession and was restored to fellowship. On\\nanother occasion, October 11, 1770, Nathan\\nBundy complained of Lsaac Stowell as guilty\\nof falsehood and theft, wherein he also him-\\nself was an accomplice. Voted, to suspend\\nboth till it appears which is criminal. They", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0569.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "442\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nafterwards make satisfaction and are restored.\\nThe above are but simply .specimens of a\\nlarge number of similar ones.\\nIn 1772 they Voted, one shilling per pole\\nto provide for the Lord s table, and those who\\nrefuse to pay the church tax be suspended.\\nEvery member of the church who committed\\nany irregularities inconsistent with its discipline,\\nwhatever its nature, or whether male or female,\\nwas required to make open confession in the\\nbroad aisle at the preparatory lecture Ijefore\\ncommunion.\\nMr. Fessenden was born in Cambridge,\\nMass., in 1739, graduated at Harvard in 1758,\\nsettled as minister of the town in 1767, and\\ndied May 9, 1813. His entire pastorate was\\nforty-six years, eight of which he had a col-\\nleague. During this loug period his labors\\nwere generally satisfactory to tlie town, but on\\none occasion, however, he preached a sermon\\n(about the year 1800) which was of a political\\nkind, that disturbed a portion of his hearers, and\\nby them he was requested to make an apology\\nthe next Sabbath, which he promised to do.\\nAccordingly, after his last sermon on the next\\nSabbath, he remarked, I have been requested\\nto apologize for some remai ks I made in my\\nlast Sabbath s discourse, which I will willingly\\ndo if I said anything in that discourse that\\nI did not mean to say, I am very sorry for it,\\nand T hope this will be a sufficient apology.\\nHe had lived long enough in town to see two\\ngenerations come upon the stage, when those of\\nhis age extended to him the brotherly hand, the\\nyouth reverenced liim, tlie ungodly respected\\nhim and the children loved him. He lived at\\na period when pamphlet disquisitions were rife\\non the subjects of election, predestination and\\nfree agency, in which he found delight in dab-\\nbling. In 1804 he wrote a book entitled, The\\nScience of Sanctity, which is said by theolo-\\ngians to be the most erudite work on that sub-\\nject extant.\\nIt is said that he was a man of good nature\\nand acquired abilities, full of life and anima-\\ntion, jovial with the townspeople, good at\\nrepartee, and fond of social gatherings and\\ntheir concomitants, a good dinner and a mug of\\nflip.\\nAfter the death of Mr. Fessenden, Mr. Dick-\\ninson was sole pastor till the disruption of the\\nchurch, in 1826, before noticed, after which\\ntime he preached a few times in the old church\\nin the village, then a few years in the new\\nhouse on the hill, but never again had a settle-\\nment. He died Augu.st 27, 1834, of apoplexy,\\nat the commencement dinner-table, in Amherst,\\nMass.\\nMr. Dickinson s life in Walpole was not\\naltogether a pleasant one his austerity of man-\\nner made him many enemies but the unkindest\\ncut of all was in his matrimonial alliance.\\nHe was born in Granby, Mass., in 1777 and\\nconsequently was twenty-eight years old when\\nhe was settled in town. He went to board\\nwith Colonel Caleb Bellows, a grandson of the\\nfounder of the town. The colonel then had a\\ndaughter, Mary Brown, who was five years old,\\nborn in 1800. Mr. Bellows did not like Mr.\\nDickinson, but tolerated him in his family.\\nWhen IVtary arrived at the age of womanhood\\nthe colonel discovered a closer intimacy between\\nhis daughter and the parson than mere friend-\\nship, and he was wroth but when, soon after\\nthe discovery he had made, he learned that\\ntheir bans were to be cried the following Sun-\\nday, he was mad. His objections were first,\\nher youth second, tlie disparity of age and\\nthe third was that he did not like the man who\\nwas to be his son-in-law. When the next Sun-\\nday arrived, Mr. Bellows was at church in\\nseason, and, when the congregation was all\\nseated and the parson in his pulpit, N.\\nTownsly, town clerk, cried the bans of Pliny\\nDickinson and Mary Brown Bellows. As soon\\nas the last word had dropped from the lips of\\nthe crier, Mr. Bellows rose from his seat, as\\npale as a sheet, and, in an excited n:anner, cried\\nout, I forbid the bans I forbid the bans\\nIf a thunderbolt had .struck the church, no", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0570.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n443\\ngreater \u00e2\u0096\u00a0shock would liave been given to the\\ncongregation. Mr. Dickinson very calmly\\nwent through his day s service, and the next\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Sunday preached from the text I am a man\\nof sorrows and not unacquainted with grief.\\nThe parties were bound for the state of mat-\\nI iniony, and a father s injunction and blasts of\\nheated breatli did not avail anything, and, con-\\nsequently, the next nine days thrill was the an-\\nnouncement of their nuptials. When, where\\nind l)v whom they were married no one living\\nin town seems to know. She lived to be mar-\\nried to three husbands and had children by two.\\n3he outlived her husbands, and, in 1884 or\\n1885, died in Minnesota.\\nThk United RELiGiors ChristfjVN So-\\nlETY. In the year 1800 one Abner Jones, of\\nVermont, seceded from the Free-Will Baptists\\nin l began preaching through Vermont and\\nXew Hampshire a doctrine of his own, and\\ngathered together many believers in the new\\nloctrine. They denominated themselves Chris-\\nians. Edward B. Rollins, a convert of Jones\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ame to Walpole in October, 1817, and began\\nlolding meetings in j)rivate houses, barns and\\ndder-mills. He was a powerful, persuasive\\n)reacher, and soon gathered a churcli in the\\nHollow, which was formed in the Decemlier\\nbllowing. Jacob B. Burnham was a convert\\n)f Rollins, who supplanted him (Rollins) in\\nL823, through some disagreement. The church\\nvas sundered, one portion adhering to Rollins,\\nhe other to Burnham. The Rollins party\\n)uilt a church at the foot of March Hill, which\\nNHS ephemeral, and the Burnham party, in 182(j,\\n)uilt the church now standing in the Hol-\\now. Burnham continued to preach and bap-\\nize till 1845 or 1850.\\nDuring iNIr. Burnham s pastorate he gathered\\niround liim as large a number of communi-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ants as any society in town had, and the church\\nvas filled every Sunday for a number of years.\\n3ne word from Parson Dickinson s mouth did\\nuore to the building up of tiiis society than all\\nhe influence of preaching, and that word was\\ndefiled. Mr. Levi Allen, an admirer of\\nMr. Rollins, one day asked permission of Mr.\\nDickinson for Mi Rollins to occupy his desk\\nsome day, that Mr. Dickinson s hearers might\\nhear him preach. His reply was, I should\\nbe very happy to please you, Mr. Allen but I\\ncannot have my sanctuary defiled by such a\\nman as Mr. Rollins.\\nThe men that followed Mr. Burnham, as\\npreachers there, were Abiah Kidder, Jona-\\nthan Farnam, C. W. Martin, W. H. Ire-\\nland, Jared L. Green, Seth Hinkley, David B.\\nMurray, N. S. Chadwiek, J. W. Woodward\\nand Clark W. Simonds.\\nThe present pastor, H. ]\\\\I. Eaton, has done\\nmore missionary work in that vicinity than all\\nothers put together, although an old man.\\nWalpole Town Congregational So-\\nciety. After the disruption of the old town\\nchurch, in 1826, and wlien the religious caldron\\nwas boiling and seething hot, the Unitarians,\\nunder the guise of the old society s name, hired\\none Thayer, a kind of hylirid preacher, but\\nthose of the sterner faith kept aloof.\\nThis state of things continued till February\\n3, 1830, when a full-fledged Unitarian was or-\\ndained. His stay was short, for it is found\\nthat, on May 23, 183:5, Orestes A. Bronson\\nwas installed, who resigned in March, 1834.\\nHoratio Wood was installed September 24,\\n1834, and resigned June 22, 1838. This was a\\nperiod of prosperity for the Unitarians. The\\nelite of the town all attended church, if for\\nnothing more, to hear the good music, which\\nwas better then than it has been since that time.\\nWilliam Silsbee was ordained July 1, 1840,\\nand resigned September 3, 1842. This year\\nthe present Unitarian Church was built, and\\nMr. Abiel Chandler presented the tablets.\\nMartin W. Willis was ordained December 6,\\n1843, and resigned May 1, 1848. He was the\\ntii-st settled minister afler the completion of the\\nnew house.\\n1 This is a misnomer. It should be Unitarian.", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0571.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "444\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWilliam P. Tilden was installed September\\n27, 1848, and resigned January 1, 1855. Mr.\\nTilden was esteemed not only by his society,\\nbut bv all the citizens in town, as the dissem-\\ninator of good morals and the promoter of the\\nbest interests of the town.\\nMr. Lathrop was installed November 0,\\n1856, and preached one year, when a Mr. Ran-\\nney supplied the year following. Charles Emit-\\nter, an eccentric man, was installed November\\n1858, and left after preaching a little moi-e\\nthan one year, when Wr. C. T. Canfield sup-\\nplied the desk, from January, 18(j0, to the fol-\\nlowing June, after which Thomas Daws was\\ninstalled, December 15, 1861, and resigned\\nJanuary 1, 1865.\\nThe same year Nathaniel Seaver, Jr., was\\nordained, November 2.3d, and resigned May 2.\\n1868. Russell N. Bellows supplied from\\nOctober 18th, the same year, till October 1,\\n1869 and on the 10th of June following\\nGeorge Dexter was settled, who continued till\\nMay 3, 1873. The next minister was William\\nBrown, who was installed in August, 1873, and\\nresigned in August, 1883. The present incum-\\nbent is Rev. John Williams, who was settled\\nApril 1, 1884.\\nThe First Congregational Church\\nAND Society in Walpole (Orthodox).\\nThere were a number of persons in town who\\ncould not see their way with clearness through\\nUnitarian spectacles, and they resolved to have\\na place of their own wherein to worship. Ac-\\ncordingly, six of those people all but one as\\np!)or as church mice formed themselves into a\\nchurch and society, and immediately, through\\ntheir own feeble eiforts and those of the Rev.\\nZ. S. Barstow, of Keene, with the sister\\nchurches, procured funds sufficient to build the\\npresent church edifice, which was completed in\\n1833. It has since been raised one story and\\nremodeled. Edwin Jennison, a grandson of\\nCaptain John, one of the first settlers, was the\\nfirst to occupy its puljjit. He preaclietl there\\ntill March, 18.35, when, by reason of impaired\\nhealth, he relincpiished his charge to one B. B.\\nBeckwith, who ]ireached to the society less than\\nten months.\\nFor what reason he left his charg-c so soon is\\nnot known to the writer but the story current\\nat the time was that the charges brought\\nagainst him by the church were that he wore\\na fashionable beaver, a frock coat and rode a\\nhorse through the streets on a galloping\\ngait.\\nAbraham Jackson, who resembled the like-\\nnesses of Old Hickory, was settled January 10,\\n1837, and dismissed June 5, 1845. August\\n6th, same year, Ezekiel H. Barstow was or-\\ndained, and continued to be the pastor till De-\\ncember 30, 1851, and Alfi ed Goldsmith was\\ninstalled the same day, who continued with the\\nsociety till March 7, 1853, when he was dis-\\nmissed and the society was without a settled\\nminister till January 31, 1855. At the last-\\nmentioned date John M. Stowe, of Hub-\\nbardstou, Mass., was settled and remained\\nwith his people till February 4, 1862, when he\\nreturned to his native home, soon to die from\\ninjuries received by a load of wood on a sled\\npassing over him. Mr. Stowe was a man that\\nhad few enemies, and, like Mr. Tilden, of the\\nUnitarian Church, was ever ready to lend his\\ninfluence for the 2)romotion of good in .society.\\nThe society was without a settled minister till\\nAugust 31, 1865, when Rev. Gabriel H. De\\nBevvice was settled, who remained till August\\n6, 1868. June 2, 1870, Rev. William E.\\nDickinson was settled, and dismissed March 31,\\n1875. Thomas S. Robie occupied the desk one\\nyear, from September, 1875. September 20,\\n1877, Frederick Lyman Allen was ordained\\nand remained with the .society till June, 1884.\\nFrom September, the same year, till now (1885)\\nW. H. Teel has supplied the desk.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. In the\\nsummer of 1842, Increase S. Guild secured the\\nappointment of John P. Prouty for Walpole\\n.station. During the next few years several\\npreachers came and went, till 1845, when a", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0572.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n445\\nchapel was built, oow staudiiig on Washington\\nSquare. Services were held there until 1860.\\nDuring tliis period the ministers that officiated,\\ntwelve in number, lived on starvation diet, for\\ntiie society was very poor, and depended largely\\non outside benevolence. The society fell to\\npieces in 1860, and the worshippers divided;\\none part joined the Orthodox and the others\\ntrusted themselves to the tender mercies of the\\nUnitarians.\\nEpiscopal Society. Tiiis society at Drews-\\nville was incorporated in 1816, under the name\\nof the First Protestant Episcopal Society of\\nM alpole. The first rector s name was Luman\\nFoote. In 18; 6 the present stone chapel was\\nbuilt, and at the time of its consecration the\\noriginal name was changed to St. Peter s Church.\\nThe Rev. E. A. Renouf is now its rector.\\nBaptists. In 1837 Samuel Nichols, a mer-\\ncliant of Drewsville, built a small chapel at that\\nplace for the use of a Bajjtist society formed\\ntliere, but the society was short-lived, and now\\nthere are no Baptists in town.\\nTiie Roman Catholics have a church at North\\nWalpole, but it is not old enough to have a his-\\ntory.\\nMEX OF xotj:.\\nFollowing are a few brief notices of men\\nwlio have, by accident or otherwise, risen from\\ntiie general level of tlieir townsmen, and made\\nthemselves conspicuous members of society, and\\nalso of their descendants, whose influence has\\nbeen felt in other ])laees. For convenience,\\ntheir names are arranged alphabetically.\\nAm ASA Allen came to this town in 1776\\nfrom Pomfret, Conn., a poor young man twenty-\\nsix years old, and commenced business as a\\nmerchant. He continued in tlie business some\\ntliirty years, and died at the age of seventy, leav-\\ning $75,000. He was very popular with the\\ntownspeople, and they elected him to represent\\ntiiem in the Provincial Legislature, at Exeter,\\nseven times, and was State Senator in 1802-.J.\\nHe was general of the State militia, and held\\nnumerous minor town offices. He gave the old\\nchurch the organ, afterwards used by the Uni-\\ntarian Society, and was present at the casting of\\nour old town-liell (now intact) and dropped in\\nthe silver composing a portion of its metal.\\nWhen be died his funeral was largely attended.\\nAlthough married twice, he left no children.\\nHe lived in the hou.se now owned by Mrs. Piiilij)\\nPeck, which he built.\\nAaron Allen was from Mansfield, Conn.,\\nand was an early settler. He was a farmer and\\nowned a very large area of land in the south\\npart of the town. He represented the town at\\nExeter in 1788-89. He iield numerous town\\noffices, his name occurring most frequently in\\nthe town records. His oldest son, Levi, was\\nalso popular witli the people, and was so much\\nengaged with town busine.ss, settling estates, etc.,\\nthat he neglected his more paying business and\\nbecame poor, when his pride forced Iiim to move\\nfrom town.\\nOtis Bardwell was born in Deerfield, Mass.,\\nOctober 17, 179:^, and died March 27, 1871.\\nHe began life as a stage-driver but being a man\\nthat took good care of his earnings, he soon ac-\\ncumulated money to own a team, when he\\nformed a copartnership with George Hunt-\\nington. Tlie firm soon owned all the mail-lines\\nin the vicinity, at a time when their bids were\\nthe only ones for carrying the mails. The firm\\nsoon became well oiF. In 1849, when the Chesh-\\nire Railroad was completed, staging came to a\\nstand-.still. He then purchased a plot of laud\\nin Rutland, Vt., and built tiie well-known\\nBardwell House. During the latter part of\\nhis life, owing to his financial standing in town,\\nhe was honored witli financial trusts. When a\\nstage-driver, in the month of January, 1819, in\\ncoming over Carpenter s Hill, he plucked blos-\\nsoms from an apple-tree and gave tiiora to the\\nlady passengers.\\nBen.iamin Bellows was born May 26,\\n1712, and died .July 10, 1777. He came to\\nWalpole from Lunenburg, Mass., when he\\nwas forty years old and founded the town (1752),\\nand for twenty-five years thereafter he ^vas the", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0573.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "446\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncommon centre, around which all the satellites\\nmoved. During these years he held two or\\nthree town offices each year.\\nA general notice of his life in town may be\\nfound in the earlier pages of this sketch.\\nBenjamin Bellows, Jr., was the second son\\nof the founder. He seems to have had a greater\\ncontrolling influence over the townspeople than\\nany man- who ever lived in town he was the\\nBellows among the Bellows His judgment\\nwas good and his word law among the towns-\\npeople. At his bare-headed nod the rough boys\\ntook their seats in the old church, and catch-\\npenny showmen he di ove from town on his own\\nresponsibility. He was town clerk thirty-two\\nyears, and held various other town offices. He\\nwas State Senator from his district, and also\\nCouncillor was chosen a member of the Con-\\nstitutional Congress in 1781, but declined serv-\\ning. He was a member of the Convention that\\nratified the Federal Constitution of February,\\n1788. He was president of the Electoral College\\nin this State in 178!), and again elected in 1797.\\nIn the State militia he rose fi om corporal to\\nthe command of a brigade, and was colonel of\\na regiment during the Revolutionary struggle.\\nHe is described as being six feet in stature and\\nof dark complexion, courteous in manners, but\\nfirm in purpose, persuasive in language and\\never kind to his neighbors. His education was\\nmostly gained by t)bservation, as the Bellows\\nfamily were never considered book-worms. The\\nsaying formerly current was that, If you shut\\nup a Bellows in a room with books, if there is\\nno other way of escape, they will go tlirough\\nthe window. Seated in an easy chair in the\\nchimney-corner of his own house, neatly\\ndressed in Continental garb, lie rounded his pe-\\nriod with his brother John, in discussing the\\ngossip of the day over a clay pipe. He died June\\n4, 1802, aged sixty-two. Some mention has been\\nmade of his brother John and his son Caleb\\nin the foregoing pages, both of whom were\\nNow owned by Mrs. Prentiss Foster,\\nactive, influential men. John Bellows had one\\nson, Josiah (2d), who had some influence in\\ntown in his way. He is remembered by the\\nold citizens as beiijg a smooth, fluent talker,\\nand story-teller. On this account he obtained\\nthe sobriquet of Slick Si. If anything\\nwas wanting in his stories, his conscience never\\ntroubled him in supjjlying the deficiency.\\nThomas Bellows, familiarly known as the\\nSquire, to whom the old colonel bequeathed\\nhis homestead, was an entirely different man in\\ncharacter from either of his half-ln others, Ben-\\njamin or John, in that he had little or no am-\\nbition, only to be considered an honest man,\\nwhich feeling in some instances he carried so\\nfai- as to do injustice to himself. He was born\\n1762, the same year his father built his new\\nhouse, now standing and occupied by his son\\nThomas. His name apjjears frecpiently in the\\ntown records as a town officer, and he was the\\nfirst man to represent the town in the General\\nCourt after the adoption of the State Constitu-\\ntion, in 1792.\\nEarly in 1794 he was appointed councillor\\nfor five years, and in 1799 sheriff for the\\ncounty of Cheshire, an office which he held\\nmore than thirty years, and during this period\\nhe was haunted with the morbid idea that he\\nmight be called upon to hang somebody. He\\nhad an ample fortune left him, which he kept\\nintact, but did not add much to it during life.\\nHe manifested much interest in the welfare of\\nliis neighbors and townsmen, and had a strong\\npenchant for not only knowing their busines.s,\\nbut the business of all others. At times this\\nmatter was carried so far as to call forth ungen-\\nerous rebuffs, which .sorely grieved him. He\\nwas fond of conversation, but had an impedi-\\nment in his speech, which made it appear quaint\\nand laughable to strangers. He was tall and\\ngaimt, with a heavy face, and wore modest cloth-\\ning, which never could be made to fit. His\\nmemory was remarkable he could remember\\neverything he ever saw, even to the first rat.\\nIn religion, he was a Unitarian. He lived a", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0574.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n447\\nloug life of purity, benevolence and charity, and\\nwas called to his fathers April 18, 1848.\\nJosiAH Bellows, the tenth and yonijgest of\\ntlie old family, and a stanch old R(jman, was\\nliorn in 17(i7, and died in 1840. In his youth-\\nful days, it is said, he scattered some wild oats,\\nbut after he married he toned down into an\\ninfluential, reliable, good citizen. His vocation\\nwas a farmer. He represented the tow n in the\\nState Legislature in 1809-10 and in 1819, and\\nheld many town offices. In his intercourse\\nwith the world he was taciturn, and in conver-\\nsation monosyllaljic almost to abruptness, which\\ngave strangers a wrong impression of the real\\nman, for he was a kind neighbor and public-\\nspirited citizen. His older son, known as\\nJosiAH Bellows ijiv), was cast in a differ-\\nent mould from his father, and of more pliable\\nmetal. He was lotjuacious, urbane and yield-\\ning; he never meddled with the business of\\nother people, yet no man has lived in town in\\nlater years that had a greater silent influence.\\nHe was engaged in mercantile pursuits more\\nthan thirty years was chosen Representative\\nin 1823, 24, 25 captain of militia in 1814;\\npostmaster from 182(3 till 1840, when all the\\nmail matter lodged in the town was contained\\nin a box three by two feet, and when the num-\\nlier of inhabitants was larger than at the present\\ntime. He also held many ofSces of honor and\\ntrust, both in town and county. He died\\nJanuary 13, 1842. Only one son is now left\\nto represent him, Josiah G., who is now a jjrac-\\nticing lawyer in town and esteemed citizen.\\nHexry Whitxey Bellows, a great-grand-\\nson of the founder, through Josej^h and John,\\nwas born in Boston, Mass., June 14, 1814. He\\ngraduated at Harvard College in 1832 and com-\\npleted his divinity studies in 1837. On Janu-\\nary 2, 1838, he was ordained pastor of All\\nSaints Church, in Xew York City, and held\\nthe place till his death, which occurred in Jan-\\nuary, 1882. He was the only Bellows who\\never gained a national reputation, and this was\\naccomplished through the United States Sani-\\ntary Commission as president during the Rebel-\\nlion. He was widely known as a preacher, lec-\\nturer and writer in his own denomination (Uni-\\ntarian) and by others. In 1868-69 he wrote\\nand published two octavo volumes of European\\ntravels, entitled The Old World in its New\\nFace, which will compare most favorably with\\nany work of the kind extant. He contributed\\nlargely to the higher publications of the day\\nand was known as a brilliant pulpit orator.\\nHenry Adajis Bellows was born Octo-\\nber 25, 1803, and was the great-grandson also\\nof Colonel Benjamin through two Josephs. He\\ncommenced life poor. He, while a lad, attended\\nan academy at Windsor, Vt., which in those\\ndays afforded no better educitional advantages\\nthan those now had at our common schools.\\nAfter x-emaining there a few months he entered\\nthe law-office of William C. Bradley, in AYest-\\nminster, Vt., and on completing his law studies\\nwas admitted to thel)ar in Xewfane, Vt., in 1826.\\nThe same year he was admitted to the bar in\\nXew Ham2)shire and commenced practice in\\nWalpole. In 1828 he renaoved to Littleton,\\nX. H., where he practiced his profession twenty-\\ntwo years, when he removed to Concord, this\\nState. He had now gained a high reputation\\nas a lawyer throughout the State, and on the\\nresignation of Judge Perley, September 23,\\n1859, he was appointed Associate Justice of the\\nSupreme Judicial Court, and held the position\\ntill October 1, 1869, at which time he received\\nthe appointment of chief justice. Plis de-\\ncisions and rulings in court wei-e always sound,\\nclear and logical. He was no politician, but\\nwas elected representative to the (xeneral Court\\nthree times once from Littleton, in 1 839, and\\ntwice from Concord, in 1856-57. He died\\nvery suddenly at his liome in Concord, with but\\nlittle premonition, Alarch 11, 1873, of disease\\nof the heart, just l)efore his term of office\\nwould have expired by limitation. AVithout\\nsuperior educational advantages, he rose to a\\nhigh point of honor and trust. For his hon-\\nest) of purpose he was esteemed for being", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0575.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "448\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\njust he was honored and for his urbanity he\\nwas beloved.\\nDavid Bufpum was the seventh son of\\nJoseph Buffiim, of Walpole, and was born\\nApril 15, 1803. He came to Walpole in 1820\\nand was a clerk three years for his brother Wil-\\nliam, who was a mercliant here, and then formed\\na partnership with him in trade.\\nFrom that time for about fifty years he was\\nin business, sometimes with partners and at\\nother times alone. In his jiosition during this\\nlong period he became thoroughly acquainted\\nwith all the townspeople, and, in a measure, ex-\\nercised over them a eoutrolling influence. His\\nmultifarious business relations admirably fitted\\nhim to form good judgments and give good ad-\\nvice, which was largely sought for by many.\\nHe was elected to the State Legislature in\\n1849 and 1850, and, also, was a member of the\\nconvention called to revise the State Constitu-\\ntion, in 187(5. He is now an octogenarian, with\\nfew business cares, enjoying his otiuiii cum di(/-\\nnitate.\\nGeorge Carlisle was the son of John\\nCarlisle, a siioemaker, and a great-grandson of\\nDavid Carlisle, one of the early settlers.\\nGeorge began life a poor boy, but by his hon-\\nesty and industry he won the esteem of Stone\\nBellows, merchants Jiere, who entrusted him\\nwitli a large Invoice of goods of, in, tlicn, the Far\\nWest, Cincinnati, where he established himself\\nin due course of time as a merchant. Exercis-\\ning good judgment he purchased land from time to\\ntime with surplus money iu the environs of the\\nQueen City, which soon rose in value mani-\\nfold, and made him at the time of his death,\\nwhich occurred iu 186;5, a very rich man. He\\nis represented to have been a liighly honorable\\nbusiness man, public-spirited and generous to\\nhis Walpole kindred.\\nThomas Collins Drew, in some respects\\nwas one of the most remarkable men who ever\\nlived iu town. He was born in the town of\\nChester, this State, in 1762. In boyhood an\\ninmate of the almshouse iu Portsmouth, adoi^ted\\nby one McNeal, of Londonderry, he ran away\\nand joined the Continental forces, and after the\\nwar closed returned to McNeal. Mr. McNeal\\nhad no use for him, and sold his indenture to\\nWilliam T. Ramsey, a settler of this town, for\\na pair of old stags. He came home with Ram-\\nsey, and at his majority or soon after married,\\nwhen his wife taught him to read and write.\\nHe now \\\\mi on the harness and made a bold\\npush for a livelihood, either by hook or by crook,\\nand as years rolled ou he grew in jjopularity\\nwith his townsmen, and was promoted colonel\\nof the Twentieth Regiment of New Hampshire\\nmilitia, and soon was elected, over those to the\\nmanor Ijoru, to the State Legislature iu 1802,\\naud was re-elected in 1804, 05, 07, 08 and\\n09. He was then elected State Councillor two\\nyears. He had a great influence iu town-meet-\\nings, being a fluent sjjeaker. During those\\nyears he kept a public-house at the place which\\nperpetuates his name, Drewsville. In his old\\nage lie undertook to tend his bar on both sides\\nat a time, which greatly bewildered him at times.\\nNone of his posterity are now living.\\nTiiojrAS Green Fessenden, the oldest of\\nthe old parson s family, was born Api il 12,\\n1771, graduated iu Dartmouth in 1796,\\nstudied law in the office of Stephen R. Bradley,\\niu Westminster, Vt., and died in Boston, No-\\nvember 11, 1837. He early commenced a lit-\\nerary career, which he pursued through life,\\nwriting books and numerous pamphlets. He\\nwrote and published a book in England satiriz-\\ning the medical faculty there. It had an im-\\nmense sale iu Loudon, and wiis subsequently\\njiublished in this country in three editions. It\\nwas entitled Dr. Caustic. The work is a\\nstrauge comj^ound of erudition, doggerel verse\\naud nonsense. In 1822 he commenced the\\npublication of the New England Farmer, when\\nhe did not know enough about farming to hoe\\na hill of potatoes, and continued it fifteen years.\\nFor versatility of genius, ready wit, biting sar-\\ncasm and as a popular jourualist, no native\\ntownsman has been his equal.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0576.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n449\\nJohn Graves, Ji:., seems to liavo been a\\nman (if some local influence during the border\\ntroul les in the last century, as he was elected\\nto represent the town at Windsor, Vt., at that\\nperiod. Josiah G., his grandson, through Ster-\\nling, his father, studied medicine and removed\\nto Nashua, this State, more than forty years\\nsince, and there became widely known as a skill-\\nful physician, and accumulated a handsome for-\\ntune, lie was born July 1 isn,an(! is still\\nliving.\\nSamuel Gr.vnt, familiarly known as Major,\\nwas born at Watertown, Mass., in 1770, and\\ncame to this town soon af\\\\cr his majority, by\\ntrade a saddle-maker. He married the daughter\\nof General Bellows, and at Bellows death, in\\n1802, came in possession of a large farm in the\\nsoutheast part of the town her patrimony. This\\nplace was known as the Seven Barns. Here,\\nfor many years, he extensively carried on sheep\\nhusbandry, owning at times a thousand sheep.\\nBy his strong will and conventional position in\\ntown, he secured a strong hold on his townsmen,\\nand was elected to the General Court four times,\\nviz. in 1797, 1799, 1817 and 1838, besides\\nholding many offices of trust. He is repre-\\nsented to have been punctilious, exacting and\\nimyielding in his intercourse with his neighbors.\\nHe died April 12, 1844.\\nAaron Hodskins, Ji;., was born in town\\nAugust 17, 1769. He was a farmer by occu-\\npation, but intellectually a strong man. He\\nwas generally known as Squire, and for\\nmany years, when in active life, was a potent\\nfactor in the civic affairs of the town. He was\\nreligiouslv a Universalist, and was the head and\\nfront of that societj in town. His son, Asahel\\nB., also belonged to the same denomination, was\\nactive in the cause, and also had some influence\\nin local politics.\\nAbraham Hoixand, who was the third phy-\\nsician that settled in town, was born in Barre,\\nMass., in 1751, graduated at Dartmouth\\nand studied medicine, and on completing his\\nstudies came to this town and commenced prac-\\ntice about 1 78(X Three of his granddaughters,\\nthrough his son Nathaniel, were married to\\nHarrison P. and Hudson E. Bridge, who were\\nWalpole boys, and who as men were citizens of\\nSt. Louis, Mo., where they accumulated very\\nlarge fortunes.\\nFoster Hooper, an orphan at an early age,\\nwas the son of Salmon Hooper, and the grand-\\nson of I evi, one of the early settlers, was born\\nApril 2, 1805. He studied medicine, and in\\n1826 went to Fall River, Mass., where for\\nmore than a generation he enjoyed an extensive\\npractice and was held in high estimation by all\\nthe medical fraternity. There were no ])ublic\\nenterprises on foot in that city for more than\\nforty years but Dr. Hooper had a controlling\\nvoice in them. He was chosen often to fill the\\ncivic offices of the place. His career, at his\\ndeath, which occurred in 1870 from disease of\\nthe heart, left a more favorable lasting impres-\\nsion than if he had been a member of Congress,\\nwhich position was almost within his grasp at\\none time.\\nJonas Hosmer was a staid old church dea-\\ncon and farmer. He came to town from Acton,\\nMass., in 1 783,and remained here during life. He\\niiad eight children, seven of whom lived to ma-\\nturity and all were highly respectable people.\\nFive of the number were boys, and never were\\nthere five boys born in town in one family who\\ncould boast of a cleaner record from vice than\\nthose of Jonas Hosmer. Two of tliem, Eli and\\nElbridgre, were widelv known and esteemed\\nschool teachers; Edwin followed farming, and\\nAlfred and Hiram became practicing physicians.\\nThe latter became eminent in his profession in\\nWatertown, Mass., and in other walks of life\\nwas a prominent citizen. He was the father of\\nHarriet Grant Hosmer, the world-renowned\\nsculptress, who was born in 18- On her\\nmother s side she is the great-granddaughter of\\nGeneral Benjamin Bellows.\\nAaron Prentiss Howlani was the son of\\nCharles Howland, a mechanic who lived in the\\nValley, this town. He (Aaron) was born in", "height": "3035", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0577.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "450\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1801, and di\u00c2\u00ablJuly_9, 1867. He learnecmhe\\ntrade of a carpenter, and soon after bis majority\\nbecame a master-builder, -which business he fol-\\nlowed for many yeare \u00e2\u0096\u00a0srith varied success. In\\n1853-54 he represented the town in the Legis-\\nlature, and aftewards became interested in poli-\\ntics, and as a local wire-puller he never had an\\nequal in town. He was fii-st a Whig, then a\\nRepublican in sentiment, and, lastlv, an un-\\nflinching partisan. His word was law to his\\nhenchmen, and for years he figured as the cham-\\npion of opposition to the Democracy over the\\ncheck-list at March meeting times, when there\\nwas always a tempest in a tea-pot, and where\\nhe found that there were diamonds that cut dia-\\nmonds. He was United States district assistant\\nassessor during and after the War of the Rebellion.\\nDuring the last years of his life he exercised a\\npotent influence in town and church afiairs.\\nWho living in town thirty years ago did not\\nknow the stirring, ubiquitous, money-making\\nAaron Prentiss Howland\\nGeorge Huntixgtox, of whom mention\\nhas been made in connection with Otis Bard-\\nwell, was born in 1801, and died 1876. Early\\nin life he kept the tavern in the village, and bv\\nhis urbanity and enterprising qualities he won\\nthe esteem of his townsmen, who honored him\\nwith a seat in the State Legislature in 1835, 36,\\n37, and soon after was appointed sheriff of the\\ncounty. He held several town offices, was a\\nrailroad and bank director for several years. In\\nmiddle life he was one of the most comely, well-\\ndressed and popular men in town, and was re-\\nported rich, as he paid the high est individual\\ntax in town. In his business transactions, first\\nimpressions always served him he never used\\nfigures much but later in life impressions did\\nnot serve him, and his business went wrong,\\ntill at length a collapse came and he died com-\\nparatively poor.\\nDr. Fka cis Kjttredge came to this town\\nmore than one hundred years ago, to set a\\nbroken bone of one of the Bellows family, from\\nTewksbury Mass., there being no competent\\nsurgeon to be found nearer. He remained till\\nthe fracture was healed, and during the time\\nwas induced by Colonel Bellows to remove here.\\nj He was termed a natural bone-setter. He had\\nsixteen children, and ten of his descendants be-\\ncame doctors. Jesseniah, one of his sons, became\\nfamous by compounding an unguent for old sores.\\nI It required but little study in those old days\\nto become an !M.D. There were many that\\nknew little or nothing of surgery and all that\\nwas deemed necessary for common practice\\nwas to know how much blood to take from a\\npatient in a fever, how much jalap to deal out\\nfor sick headache, and how much picra to\\ngive in mulligrub. There was but one of the\\nten above noticed \\\\vho received a cla.ssical edu-\\ncation, and none of them rose to be eminent\\nin their profession, but through their combined\\nsocial standing the_v had some influence. Jes-\\nseniah (2d) was well versal in Free-M;isonrv,\\nand had a commanding influence with the craft,\\nit is said.\\nJacob Xewmax Kxapp, who died in this\\ntown July 27, 1868, in his ninety-fifth year,\\nexercised a silent influence in town for more\\nthan fifty years, and more especially in the\\nUnitarian Church.\\nHis son, Frederick Newman, rendered effi-\\ncient service in the Sauitarv Commission during\\nthe Rebellion.\\nHope Lathorp, was born in Tolland, Conn,\\nabout 1798, and learned the trade of planter.\\nHe came to Drewsville in 1819, where he\\nfollowed that business a few years. He was\\nappointed deputy sheriff soon after he came\\nto Drewsville, and at the same time kept a\\npublic-house there. He was one of the direc-\\ntors of the Connecticut River Rank, at Charles-\\nto^\\\\ni, N. H. and was its president when he died\\nin 1878. For a number of years he was post-\\nmaster at Drewsville and merchant at the same\\nperiod. He was not a progressive man, his par-\\naraoimt thoughts and energies being centred on\\nthe accumulation of money. At the time of\\nhis death bis accumulations were large for the", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0578.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n451\\ncountry, which were left to his two daughters.\\nHis weahh and shrewdness ga ve him some local\\ninfluence, but beyond his own town he was but\\nlittle known.\\nBolivar Lovell is the sou of Aldis\\nLovell, who was a lawyer of some local repute\\nin town at one time. Bolivar was born at\\nDrewsville, August 30, 1826, and obtained only\\na common-school education at that place. At\\nhis majorit} he went forth into the world and\\nfound employment in Providence, R. I., a.s a\\nclerk there for three years, when he returned\\nto his native home and commenced the study\\nof law in his father s office then at Alstead, about\\n1845. In 1847 he was appointed deputy sher-\\niff and while acting in that capacity he was\\nstill pureuing his law studies in the office of\\nLovell Wait, of ALstead. In 1855 he was\\nappointed Sheriff for Cheshire County, which\\noffice he held for ten years. In 1862 he was\\nappointetl United States assessor of internal\\nrevenue for the Third Xew Hampshire District\\nand held the office eight years. In 1869 he\\nwas admitted to the bar, and has since prac-\\nticed his profession, first in Alstead and now\\nin this town. In 1873-74 he was elected a\\nmember of the Governor s Council. He is\\nconsidered a safe reliable basiness man, and an\\nhonest lawyer. He is now (1885) still prac-\\nticing his profession at Drewsville, financially\\nenjoying life s blessings.\\nDr. Ebexezer Morse was born in Dublin,\\nthis State, in 1785, graduated at Dartmouth in\\n1810, studied medicine and came to this town\\nin 1813, a fully-fledged physician, when he put\\nout his shingle on the northwest corner of the\\nhouse now occupied by Frederick A. Wier. At\\nthe beginning of his practice he had Drs. John-\\nson, Holland, Sparhawk and the Kittredges\\nto contend with. Slowly he worked his way\\nalong, till, in the course of forty yeai-s, he had\\ncrossed the thresholds of three-fourths of the\\nhabitations of the people in town professionally\\nand formed their favorable acquaintance, which\\ngave his voice a listening ear in town aflfliirs.\\n2fl\\nHe was too conservative to be a leader and too\\nproud to follow. He hated innovation, and the\\nfrivolities of fashion he despised. He clung to\\nthe past, the old school-books and the old\\nway of cooking were the best. He was a fine\\nprose- writer, and the town is indebted to his pen\\nfor much of its early history. He courted the\\nmuses sometimes, but tliey did not return his\\nadvances \u00e2\u0096\u00a0with grace, he having no scruples\\nabout feet or length of line. He was once\\nelected to the General Court and three times\\nselectman, besides holding some other minor\\noffices. An entire change came over him in the\\nlast years of his professional practice, which was\\nthis, instead of dosing with blue pills, jalap\\nand using the lancet, he thought bread pills,\\npure air, clean sheets and a good nurse were\\nmore efficacious in restoring health than any\\nother means. He died December 30, 1863.\\nThomas axd Isaac Redinc;tox were re-\\nspected and influential merchant-citizens in town\\nin the earlier part of this century. They were\\nin trade some twenty-five years. Isaac repre-\\nsented the town in the State Legislature in\\n1813-14 and 1816. They both had families, but\\nnone of the blood remains in town to-day.\\nJonathan Royce first came to Marlow, but\\nsoon removetl to Walpole, from Connecticut, at\\nthe time of the exodus from that State into the\\nvalley of the Connecticut, between 1775 and\\n1780, bringing his entire worldlv effi^cts on a\\nhand-sletl in the winter. He settled in the\\nValley. The town records, for many years,\\ndisclose the fact, by the frequent occurrence of\\nhis name therein, that he was a man of good\\nability and that his .services were much in de-\\nmand. For many years he was justice of the\\npeace. He at one time, it was said, owned\\nmore poor land than any other man in town.\\nThomas Sparhawk. In the year 1769 a\\nman came to this town, thirty-two years old,\\nfrom Cambridge, Mass., who was a graduate of\\nHarvard, with the class of 1 755, where he pur-\\nchased himself a homestead, and remained\\nthrough life as a very popular, high-minded.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0579.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "452\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIKE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwell-educated, church-goiDg citizen of the town,\\nthat man was Thomas Sparhawk. He had\\nnot been long in town before his abilities were\\nrecoo:nized and his influence felt. He was the\\nfirst merchant in town, tlie settlers before tiiat\\nperiod having to go to Northfield, Mass., and\\nmake necessary purchases of one Aaron Burt,\\na wholesale and retail dealer there, of whom\\nmention has been made. Mr. Sparliawk was\\nthe first man to represent the town at Exeter,\\nin 1775, and was for many years judge of Pro-\\nbate for the county of C lieshii e, and also clerk\\nof the court. He yearly held important offices\\nin town, till the infirmities of age impaired his\\nusefulness. He died October 31, 1S03, and\\nleft his son Thomas to walk in his illustrious\\nfootsteps. Thomas, Jr., was born 1761 and\\ndied 1848. He was an active, influential towns-\\nman, almost yearly holding some important\\noffice during his active life, and was honored by\\na seat in the State Legislature in the years 1795,\\n1796, 1798, 1801 and 1803, and was also a\\nmember of the Constitutional Convention of\\n1783. It is said that the conduct exhibited by\\nhis church brethren at the time the old building\\nwas removed so grieved him that he became\\nalienated from churcli-going thereafter. He\\nlived and died a man of strict piety and good\\nworks.\\nDr. George Sparhawk, a graduate of\\nHarvard, in the class of 1777, came to this town\\nbetween 1780 and 1790, and commenced prac-\\ntice as a physician, but not being successful,\\nand having some means, he purchased a large\\ntract of land where George B. Williams now\\nlives, and gave his attention to farming. From\\nyear to year he made additions to his landed\\nestate, till he was the largest land-owner in\\ntown. Through his education and wealth com-\\nbined, he had some influence otherwise not, for\\nhe had ever an itching palm for all the land\\nadjoining his. He died in 1847, aged ninety\\nyeai s.\\nRoger Vose was born in Milton, Mass., in\\n1763, graduated with the class of 1790, and\\ncame to this town a lawyer in 1793, where he\\nremained in practice during his active life. He\\nheld many important offices in town for many\\nyears. He had no qualities that distinguished\\nhim at the bar from other lawyers, but is chiefly\\nremembered a.s being the only member of Con-\\ngress that Walpole ever had, and for being one\\nof the coterie of wits heretofore mentioned. He\\nwas at one time an associate judge of the courts\\nin this State, and also judge of Probate fur the\\ncounty of Cheshire.\\nHis son, Frederick, was born in town Novem-\\nber 2, 1801, and graduated at Harvard College\\nin 1822. After studying the profession of law\\nhe commenced its practice in this town, and\\ncontinued it through life. In 1847-48 he was\\na member of the State Senate, and in 1833 was\\na member of the House. He also held many\\nimportant offices of trust and honor in the town,\\ncounty and State, being for many years judge of\\nProbate, bank commissioner, etc. As a lawyer\\nhe had a general reputation, being considered\\none of the soundest and best-read lawyers in the\\nState. He was not a brilliant man, and he never\\nattempted to argue a case of importance before\\na jury on account of having a constitutional\\ntimidity, which he never could overcome. In\\nhis habits he was peculiar, seldom appearing at\\nsocial gatherings, and when in mixed company\\nwas always taciturn, but with a friend alone\\nhe was one of the most genial companions. In\\nhis intercourse with people he was considerate,\\nalways avoiding offense, which marked him as a\\ntrue gentleman was public-spirited and be-\\nnevolent, never letting his left hand know what\\nhis right hand was doing. Many funny .sayings\\nmight be told of his, bearing the stamp of sly wit,\\nwhich he inherited from his father. He died\\nin New York in November, 1871, aged seventy\\nyears. His death was greatly lamented by his\\ntownsmen and all others who personally knew\\nhim.\\nColonel Christopher Webber was one of\\nthe earliest settlers in town, and during the\\nRevolutionary struggle was one of its active.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0580.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n453\\nleading men. lie re]3resented the town at\\nExeter in 17 70 and 1777, and for more than\\ntwenty years was one of tlie most efficient towns-\\nmen. He wa.s captain of a company that went\\nto Saratoga, under General Bellows. His de-\\nscendants living in town, being of the fifth\\ngeneration, knew but very little of him.\\nAlexander Watkins wtus fi-om Pomfret,\\nConn., and came to town about 1777 and set-\\ntled as a tavern-keeper on the place now owned\\nby Benjamin E. Webster.\\nBy his constant intercourse with the town s\\npeople, he acquired some influence. He had a\\nfamily of eight children, seven of whom were\\nboys. Two of the boys, Alfred and Hiram,\\nstudied medicine and located in Troy, N. Y.,\\nwiiere they enjoyed an extensive practice. Al-\\nfred was at one time mayor of the city. Hiram,\\nthe only one of the old family, is now living in\\ntown, a hale old octogenarian, having been\\nborn in l.SOl. The other five boys settled in\\ntown, and Alexander s descendants are now, and\\nhave been for years, the most numerous of any\\npeople in town. Most of tliis family have been\\nindustrious, good citizens, and have been local-\\nly influential.\\nOther persons have lived in town, who per-\\nhaps are just as deserving as the foregoing but\\nwant of space forbids an account of them.\\nAmong them are the Biscos, Bonds, Baruetts,\\nBradleys, Stephen Rowe (who lived in town\\nfrom 1818 to 1830), Burts, Campbells, Carpen-\\nters, Crehores, Dunshees, Batons, Evanses, Fos-\\nters, Fishers, Fays, Fields, Griswolds, Gold-\\nsmith (Josiah), Jennisons, Johnson (Dr.), Kid-\\nders, Lymans, Lanes, Martins, Maynards, Mel-\\nishes, Putnams, Russells, Scavers, Steamses,\\nStarkweathers, Townsleys, Tudor (Heuiy S.),\\nWightmaus, Weirs, etc.\\nWalpole to-day (1885). The town of\\nWalpole is situated in the northeast corner of\\nCheshire County, N. H., and is about nine\\nmiles long and four broad, with an area of 24,-\\n331 square acres of land, about eighty per cent.\\nof which is under improvements, and more than\\none-half of the improved land is arableand of the\\nbest quality. Its population in 1880 was 2018\\ninhabitants, and would have been many less in\\nnumber had it not been for the rapid influx of\\npeople of Irish descent, within a few years, in-\\nto North Walpole, where now is a hamlet of\\nmore than five hundred people. The ])ursuits\\nof the people are principally agricultural, there\\nbeing but little water power in town. The in-\\nvoice of the town, taken April 1, 1884, for the\\npurpose of taxation, was $1,431,244, including\\n598 polls, which is about the number of legal\\nvoters. The town has fourteen school dis-\\ntricts, fifteen school-houses and eighteen schools,\\none of which is a High School, and the expendi-\\nture for school purposes, yearly, is about forty-\\nfive hundred dollars. The number of scholars\\nis four hundred and sixty-one, and the average\\nlength of schools is twenty-nine weeks. There\\nai e five churches, to wit Orthodox, Unitarian,\\nEpiscopal, Christian and Roman Catholic, all\\nof which have men of ability for pastors.\\nThe traveling public can find lodging at\\nfour public-houses, buy goods at five stores and\\nget their mail at two post-offices. There are\\ntwo lawyers, five doctors, one brewery, doing a\\nlarge business, and two summer boarding-houses,\\nwhich are well filled during the hot season.\\nThere are several shops of minor imjjortance\\nthat are very convenient for the jieople,\\nwhich are found in every country town. Two\\nliverv-stables furnish fine teams for the fine\\ndrives about town, and for other purp(j.ses, at\\nreasonable rates.\\nThe soils of the town on the river and table-\\nlands east are fluviatile, while back on the hills\\nthey are more tenacious, being a heavy loam,\\nwith sometimes an admixture of clay most of\\nthe soils are arable and well suited to all kinds\\nof farm crops in this region. Fruit-trees of all\\nkinds produce well but the peach, which does\\nnot do well here now, but apple and pear-trees\\nyield an abundant harvest.\\nMuch of the town is superimposed upon\\nmicaceous and argillaceous slate. The rocks", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0581.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "454\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncomposing Fall Mountain are gneiss, sienite and\\nmica slate, merging, in some places, into fibrolite,\\na very hard formation, which is almost inde-\\nstructible. A vein o{ serpentine has been found\\nin the south part of the town and a bed of\\ngraphite also, but the per cent, of iron is so\\ngreat in it that it is unfit for commercial pur-\\nposes. Peroxide of iron is found iu the north\\nj)art of the town in considerable quantities. At-\\ntempts were made at one time to utilize it, but\\nproved futile. There is a fountain of chalyb-\\neate waters about two and one-half miles north\\nof the village, called Abarakee Springs, the\\nname being derived from an Indian tribe that\\nonce, in bygone days, used to bathe in its\\nwaters for cutaneous diseases. There are a few\\nangular and water-worn boulders scattered\\nabout town but, only one of magnitude. The\\ntown can boast of a free library of well-selected\\nbooks, numbering three thousand volumes,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0which annually receives additions and is well\\npatronized. It also has a savings bank, a tem-\\nperance lodge, which is doing much good, and\\na lodge of Free-Masons, which was established\\nJune 13, 1827, called Columbian Lodge, No.\\n53. The chai-ter members were Christopher\\nLincoln, Wm. G.F^ ield and Jesseniah Kittredge.\\nThe charter was surrendered to the Grand\\nLodge during the Morgan troubles and held by\\nit till 1861, when it was apjjlied for and ob-\\ntained by Dr. Jesseniah Kittredge, Wm. Mitch-\\nell, Jacob B. Burnham, Dr. Hiram Wotkyns\\nand sixteen others. Dr. Kittredge was elected\\nMaster of the new lodge and was re-elected\\nseveral times. The second Master was George\\nRust third, Joshua B. Clark fourth, 8amuel W.\\nBradford; fifth, Abel P.Eichardson sixth, Geo.\\nG. Barnett seventh, Curtis R. Crowd eighth,\\nGeo. G. Barnett ninth, Abel P. Richardson\\ntenth, Geo. B. Holland eleventh, Andrew A.\\nGraves; twelfth, Rosalvo A. Howard.\\nA Thief-Detecting Society was established\\nhere in 1816, and is in a flourishing condition\\nnow. The village has an efficient Fire Depart-\\nment, and the young men of the town have\\nformed a brass band. Geo. B. Williams has a\\nfine stock fiirm, with a large herd of Jersey cat-\\ntle, which it will richly pay the curious to visit.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nJOSIAH O. GRAVES, M.I).\\nAmong the most honored names of medical\\nmen in New Hampshire during the last half-\\ncentury is that of Josiah G. Graves. No his-\\ntory of the State would be complete that did\\nnot give a sketch of one for so long a period\\nidentified as one of its representative physicians,\\nand who, to-day, retired from practice, retains\\nthe vigor of middle life, the power of accurate\\nthought and just and quick conclusion, the\\nfirmness of an honest and truthful nature and\\nthe suavity and courtesy of the gentleman ot\\nthe old schoi.l.\\nJosiah Griswokl Graves, M.D., was born\\nJuly 13, 1811, in Walpole, N. H., one of the\\nloveliest villages of the be;uitifid Connecticut\\nValley. His father was a well-to-do farmer,\\nand his mother a woman of superior mind and\\nexcellent judgment, who looked wx ll to the\\nways of her household, as did the notable\\nwomen of that period. Ralph Waldo Emer-\\nson affirmed that man is what the mother makes\\nhim. Much of truth as there undoubtedly is in\\nthat assertion, it does not tell the whole truth.\\nPast generations, as well as the beloved mother,\\nhave contributed to the building of the man.\\nPhysical peculiarities, jjhysical ajrtitudes and\\nmental tendencies have been transmitted by the\\nancestors, and in the case of this mother and\\nson, who shall say that the mother s nature,\\nintensified by the inheritance of powers from\\nprogenitors strong physically and mentally, did\\nnot so influence the son as to make his successful\\ncareer certain from the start, forcing him from\\nthe uncongenial vocation of a tiller of the soil", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0582.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "^^(.Cni%\\nS-.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0585.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0586.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "WALPOLE.\\n455\\ninto a mission of healing during a long range\\nof years.\\nFrom an able article in Successful Xew i\\nHampshire Men we extract as follows Xot\\nhaving a fency for farmiiig, and thus acting\\ncontrary to the wishes of his father, he left\\nhome at the age of eighteen, with his mother s\\nblessing and one dollar in money, determined\\nupon securing an education and fitting himself\\nfor the medical prtjfession. He defrayed the\\nexpenses of his education by his own individual\\nefforts and native will and indu.?try, by teaching\\nboth day and evening, and was remarkably suc-\\ncessfiil in his labors. Being a natural penman,\\nhe also gave instruction in the art of penman-\\nship.\\nHe commenced the study of his profession\\nin 1829. He was a student in medicine in the\\noffice of Drs. Adams and Twitchell, of Keene,\\nand subsequently attended medic-al lectures at\\nPittsfield, Mass., and graduated at the Medical\\nDepartment of Williams College in 18: 4. Af-\\ntersvards he spent six months in the office of\\nDrs. Huntington and Graves in Lowell.\\nDr. Graves commenced the practice of medi-\\ncine in Xashua, X. H., September 15, 18-34.\\nAt this time Nashua was a comparatively yoimg\\ntown. It was but a brief period, however, be-\\nfore the energy, determination and sup erior\\nmedical and surgical skill of the young physi-\\ncian carved oat for him an extensive practice.\\nFor forty years he followed his profesion in\\nXashua and the adjoining region with imtiring\\nassiduity and with a success that has but few\\nparallels. He loved his profession and gave to\\nit his best powers. He was gifted in a remark-\\nable degree with a keen insight into the nature\\nof disease, and, of course, his success was in\\nproportion to his fitness for his calling. He did\\nnot need to be told symptoms he knew by in-\\ntuition where the break in the constitution was\\nand how to rebuild and give new lite. He was\\nmade for his profession, and not his profession\\nfor him, which is too often the case. After\\nseveral years practice, desirous of ftirther im-\\nprovement. he took a degree at Jefierson Col-\\nlege, Philadelphia. At the time of the Rebellion\\nthe Governor and Council of Xew Hamj^hire\\nappointed him a member of the Medical Board\\nof Examiners.\\nDr. Graves retired from active practice in\\n1871. He has been for many years a valued\\nmember of the Xew Hampshire State Medieval\\nAssociation. In 1852 he delivered an address\\nbefore that body on a subjec-t which was of the\\ngreatest moment, and at that time occupied the\\nattention of the leading members of the medical\\nprofession in all manufacturing centres. This\\naddress was on The Factory System and its\\nInfluence on the Health of the Operatives. It\\nwas bold, incisive and fearless, and won high\\npraise for the careful investigation which it\\nshowed, its exhaustive treatment and its con-\\nvincing logic. He took the ground (in opposi-\\ntion to Dr. Bartlett, who stated that the death-\\nrate of Lowell was less than the stirrounding\\ntowns), that the yotmg people went to the mills,\\nand the old people stayed on the farms, and after\\na few years, when mill-life had broken their\\nconstitutions, the operatives retnrned to their\\nbirth-places and did not die in Lowell. Much\\ncare was taken in the preparation of the ad-\\ndress. Factory after fiictory was \\\\-isited, and\\nhundreds of operatives consulted. The conclu-\\nsions reached by Dr. Graves were accepted as\\ncorrect.\\nHe has had a most remarkable practice in\\nobstetrics, and has a complete record of five\\nthousand cases. We give as an iUnstralion of\\nDr. Graves wonderftil accuracy and system one\\nfact well worthy the attention of all physicians.\\nFrom his first day s practice he, every night,\\nposted his books for that day s business and\\nnow has the entire set bound in fine morocco,\\nwith all entries in his own clear writing and\\nwithout a blot to mar the symmetry of the\\npage. Every business tran^ction has been in-\\nserted in his diary, which is equal in accuracy\\nto that tamous one of John Quincy Adams, and\\nmanv an old soldier has had occasion to thank", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0587.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "456\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nDr. Graves for the flicts derived from these\\nbooks, by whicli lie lias secured his bounty,\\nback pay or pension.\\nDr. Graves has been much interested in rail-\\nroads, east and est has been a director in the\\nNa.shua and Lowell Railroad and other roads\\nHe is a director in the Faneiiil Hall Insurance\\nCompany and in the Metropolitan Steamship\\nLine, and is also connected with many other\\nfinancial interests of a comprehensive character.\\nHe has a business office in Boston, and manages\\nhis large estate with as much foresight and\\n.sagacity as many younger men. He has alM ays\\nmanifested a deep interest in the application of\\nscience to business purposes, believed firmly in\\nthe financial success of the electric light where\\nmany shrewd men considered it an impractica-\\nble scheme, and was one of the earlier investors\\nin its stock. His faith has been munificently\\nrepaid, and he is now a large holder of the\\nmost valuable stock in this field.\\nFrom the first, Dr. Graves has been in warm\\nsympathy with the principles of the Democratic\\nparty as enunciated by Thomas Jeffereon, An-\\ndrew Jackson and other leaders, and has fear-\\nlessly, at all times and under all circumstances,\\nchampioned what he believed to be for the\\ngreatest good to the greatest number, con-\\nceding with a broad liberality the same rights\\nto eveiy other citizen which he exercises him-\\nself. He has received the thirty-second degree\\nof Masonry, and is a Unitarian in religion. He\\nbelieves in a Christian observance of the Sab-\\nbath that Sabbath-schools should be supported,\\nfor on them rests the moral safety of the coun-\\ntry that the Golden Rule should be the\\nguide for all our actions.\\nThe family relations of Dr. Graves have been\\nmost felicitous. He married INIary Webster,\\ndaughter of Colonel William Boardman, of\\nNashua, in 1846. She was descended from two\\nof the ablest New England families, Webster\\nand Boardman,^ and was a most estimable and\\nChristian lady. For many years she was a de-\\nvoted member of the Unitarian Church and an\\nearnest worker in all good causes. Kind and\\nsympathetic, courteous to all, with a quiet dig-\\nnity and purity of demeanor, she was a cher-\\nished member of society and an exemplar of the\\nhighest type of Christian womanhood. She\\ndied December 26, 1883.\\nAs a man. Dr. Graves is distinguished for\\nhis firmness. His opinions he maintains with\\nresoluteness until good reasons induce him to\\nchange them. He means yes when he says yes,\\nand no when he says no. He is a man of pos-\\nitive character. It is needless to say that, while\\nsuch a man always has enemies (as what man of\\nability and energetic character has not?), he has\\nfirm and lasting friends, friends from the fiict\\nthat they always know where to find him.\\nAmong the many self-made men whom New\\nHampshire has produced, he takes rank among\\nthe first, and by his indomitable energy, indus-\\ntry and enterprise has not only made his mark\\nin the world, but has achieved a reputation in\\nhis profession and business on which himself\\nand friends may reflect with just pride.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0588.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF WESTMORELAND.\\nBY WILLARD BILL, JR.\\nCH AFTER I.\\nBOUNDARIES, GEOLOGY, FLORA, ETC.\\nThe township of Westmoreland constitutes\\none of the four towns tliat border upon tiie\\nCounceticut Rivei- within Chesliire County. It\\nis bounded on the nortli for 1460 rods by Wal-\\npole; on the east for 800 rods on Surry and 960\\nrods on Keene on the south for 31)0 rods on\\nKeene and 2524 rods on Chesterfield, and upon\\nthe western low-water mark of the Connecticut\\nRiver on the west. Its longitude is 72\u00c2\u00b0 27\\nwest from Greenwich and latitude 42\u00c2\u00b0 48\\nnorth. It is of irregular outline, owing in\\npart to the serpentine course of its river bound-\\nary. By the terms of the Wentworth grant,\\nthe township was to contain 23,040 acres or\\nequivalent to six miles square; 1040 acres extra\\nwas allowed for highways and unimprovable\\nlands. In 1769 a portion of this area 1654\\nacres, known as the Westmoreland Leg, ex-\\ntending to the Ashuelot River was taken by\\nlegislative enactment, with a portion of Gilsum,\\nand constituted into the township of Surry. Its\\nsurface is hilly, but it has a considerable amount\\nof intervale land. For the most part, the soil is\\nproductive and the town deservedly ranks high\\nfor agricultural purposes. It has no elevation\\nof land particularly prominent above the others,\\nand all bear a similitude of general outline.\\nGeology. Westmoreland presents to the\\ngeological student a field of much interest.\\nTraces of a glacier are seen ujion the striated\\nrocks in different sections of the town, as it\\nflowed, a mighty river of ice at least one thou-\\nsand feet in depth from the icy throes of the\\nnorth toward Long Island Sound, moving with\\nthe velocity of no more than twenty-five feet\\nyearly, leaving in its wake vast dejiosits ot\\nearth, or till, in the form of smooth, sym-\\nmetrical, rounded hills. Round Hill, near\\nthe house of Mrs. G. W. Daggett, the Paine\\nPasture Hill, the hill north of the East\\nDepot, are good illustrations. These are called\\nlenticular hills. Southeast of the North Depot\\nis an eruptive granitic hill.\\nThe valley of the Connecticut is of modi-\\nfied drift formation, terraced by the action of\\nthe river. The higher terraces, like the site of\\nF. G. Parker s house, are some four hundred feet\\nabove the level of the ocean, while the lower\\nterraces, like the county farm, are some two hun-\\ndred and fifty feet.\\nTransported boulders are occasionally found.\\nSome of these are visitors from xVscutney s\\nstony bosom.\\nDunesformedof Champlain sands are found in\\nfour different localities. The most promi-\\nnent of these is located nearly opposite the\\ndwellino:-house of Mrs. C F. Brooks. In the\\nsouthwest part of the town, on land of the J.\\nL. Veasy estate, are to be seen a series of in-\\nverted conical depressions that are suggestive of\\nvent-holes to the earth s interior g-ases at an\\nearly age. At some former period the valley of\\nthe Connecticut must have been covered with a\\nlarge body of water extending from the Wan-\\ntastiquet barrier upon the south to Blount Kil-\\n4o7", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0589.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "458\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nburn upon the north. Then Partridge Brook\\ndischarged its waters into the lake before reacli-\\niug the county farm meadow, and flowed over a\\nrocky bed now plainly to be seen on the north\\nside of highway, just west of the intersection of\\nroads near the C. Q. A. Britton bridge. Near\\nthe house of G. J. Bennett is to be seen the\\nsuggestive journey of a huge boulder as it\\ntraveled unresistingly down the steep hill-side.\\nThe Harvey Pond is the only sheet of water in\\nthe town that can be called a natural pond, and\\nthis is of inferior extent. Of the many brooks\\nflowing through the town, the Partridge Brook\\nis by far the most important, being the outlet of\\nSpofford Lake it enjoys the benefit of a large\\nreservoir for its source, and having a descent of\\nfive hundred feet ere it reaches the Connecticut\\nRivei distant about six miles, it furnishes\\nnumerous water-powers. It is not known how\\nit derived its name a name given it previous\\nto 1752.\\nThe Mill Brook rises in Walpole, flows\\nthrough the East Parish and empties into the\\nCounecticut Iliver. It is a wild stream, l)ut\\nfurnishes water-power to a limited extent, and\\nwas the first to be harnessed to tlie uses of man.\\nOther streams of lesser size abound in different\\nsections of the town.\\nThe rocks of Westmoreland belong princi-\\npally to the Coos Group, and consist of quart-\\nzite, gneiss, mica slate, mica schist, hornblende\\nrock and conglomerate. Granite is found in\\nthe east part, while quartz is often seen. In\\nthe southwest part is a vein of molybdena.\\nThere, in 1830, Samuel Lincoln expended con-\\nsiderable money in driving a horizontal shaft\\ninto the ridge of rock, with the view of strik-\\ning a richer vein tiian the outcrop his labor\\nproved to be unremunerative, but for years it has\\nbeen a favorite resort for specimen-seekers. At\\nthe Curtis mine, in the south part of the town,\\nhave been found beautiful specimens of fluor-\\nspar.\\nFlora.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The flora of Westmoreland does\\nnot differ essentially from that of neighboring\\ntowns. It was formerly covered by heavy\\nforests of pine, hemlock and the hard woods.\\nThe pine growing in the valley was in especial\\nfavor with His Majesty, and reserved by him\\nin his grants. Nor does the fauna differ. In\\nearly times wolves were common, and some-\\ntimes troublesome, while bears, panthers, lynxes\\nand deer were by no means rare but these ai e\\nnow of the things past. Until within recent\\nyears some of our brooks bore evidence of the\\ncurious handiwork of the beaver, whose dams\\nsurvive their ai chitects many years. No veno-\\nmous rejjtiles have been known. In early years\\nthe shad and salmon abounded in the river and\\nfurnished an abundance of excellent food. But\\nthat was long ago. To-day the smiling face of\\na successful fisherman is, like angel visits, few\\nand far between.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nWESTMORELAND\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (C 0H\u00c2\u00ab iMC i).\\nEARLY HISTORY.\\nTo the enterprise and energy of Massachu-\\nsetts do we owe alike the first settlement and\\nthe first incorporation of Westmoreland under\\nthe name of No. 2. The settlement of New\\nEngland, commencing with the landing of the\\nPilgrims in 1620 upon Plymouth s icy shore,\\nat first concentrated around IMassachusetts Bay,\\nfrom whence it wended its way backward and\\nupward along the arterial rivers, which fur-\\nnished the readiest communication with the\\nolder towns, and far the safest. But in those\\ndays settlement proceeded painfully slow, and\\nutterly uulike the experiences of to-day in our\\nWestern States. Sixteen years after the coming\\nof the Pilgrims, Springfield, Mass., was settled,\\nin 1636. In 1654 it reached Northampton,\\nand in 1670 Deerfield. Three years more and\\nit had reached Northfield. Here it halted in\\nits progress up the river for fifty-one years, until\\n1724, when Fort Dummer was built, a short\\ndistance north of the line that separates Vernon", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0590.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n459\\nfrom Brattlehorough. About seventeen years\\nmore pass away, and a settlement was com-\\nmenced, in 174], in tlle present tnwnsliip of\\nWestmoreland. Tims we see that more than a\\ncentury elap.sed before a settlement reached West-\\nmoreland from Sj)ringfield, Mass. Ijet us sur-\\nvey briefly the circumstances and enumerate\\nsome of the impediments in the way of more\\nrapid strides of civilization upwai d along the\\nmost important water artery of New England,\\nin the valley (if thi; Connecticut.\\nThe colonies at tiiis period were weak in re-\\nsources and could not fiiruisli an adequate base\\nof supplies to meet the natural necessities of its\\ndistant frontier, a irontier constantly ex-\\npanding, and particularly exposed to the merci-\\nless hostility of the Indians, whose thirst for\\nblood was kept constantly inflamed by the in-\\ntrigues of the FrcMcii, wild iiad pushed tiieir\\nsettlements along the St. Lawrenc:e. During\\nthese times Fran(\u00c2\u00aband England were frequently\\nengaged in warfare. There existed between\\nthem a deep-rooted national hatred. This feel-\\ning was brought to America by the emigrants\\nfroiri each country. Both nations pushed their\\nsettleiuents in America to their utmost ciipacity.\\nThey found the cduntrv inhabited by the red\\nmen. To them the French exercised a wise spirit\\nof conciliation, and easily moulded them into\\n.servieea!)le allies. The English, unfortunately,\\npursued a ctiutraiy course, and made of them\\nimplacal le foes. The English sougiit to push\\ntheir settlements from the south up the valley\\nthe French from the north, with their Indian\\nallies, sought to beat them liack, and thus the\\nvalley became a scene of imminent danger,\\nboth (if life and property. Thus was settlement\\nretarded at times driven back, now pushed\\nforward, and, like a nicely-balanced beam, os-\\ncillated to and fro, but slowly, yet surely, mov-\\ning up the valley.\\nTo the Massachusetts Legislature came the\\nprolilem of how best to protect their frontiej-\\nfrom these depredations. It was a problem of\\ndifficult solution. It was successfully accom-\\nplished, and in a way that furnished the best\\npossible protection to an exposed, well-nigh de-\\nfenseless frontier, and at the same time led the\\nway to extending settlement farther back.\\nAt this time tlie settlements along the valley\\nof tlie (Connecticut constituted the extreme\\nfrontier. Westward to the Hudson no settle-\\nment l)r(ike tlie wilderness of unbroken forest.\\nIt was a long distance to the eastward through\\nthe primeval forests to the older towns upon\\nand near to the Bay. Trails, maikcd by bl a zed\\ntrees, furnished the only comnuinication thereto.\\nNor can we conceive of a greater contrast than\\nthe circumstances of living then and at the pre-\\nsent day. Tiieu the settler nuist keep constant\\nwatch b( itli by day and liy night. He lived, moved\\nand iaboret^l under a cloud of constant peril. He\\nneeds must keej) his fire-arms within easy reach\\nof his daily toil. Even there, with the fullest\\nprecaution, he fell the j)rey to some Indian am-\\nbush, his family massacred or, worse, led into\\ncaptivity and his home destroyed. Along the\\nfrontier it was an absolute necessity to construct\\nand maintain garrisons, or forts, and sujiport a\\nbody of soldiers, whose duty was. to scour the\\nwoods in (piest of lurking savages, and to repel\\nattack. This necessity led to the first incorpo-\\nration of the town, and, in after-years, settle-\\nments followed. As early as December 12,\\n1727, the JNIassachusetts Legislature considered\\nthe project of establishing a tier of townships\\nto the north, as outposts against the I aiils of the\\nImlians. No action, however, was taken, until\\nJune following, when it was voted to lay out\\nthese townships, to build a seri(AS of forts and to\\n})rovide for each a small garrison of troops and\\na cannon. A committee was chosen to make\\nthe necessary survey. They were directed to\\nlay out these towTis eight miles north and five\\nmiles south of a straight line running from the\\nnortheast corner of Northfield to Dunstable\\n(now known as Nashua), and thence up the ^ler-\\nrimaek River to Rumford (now Concord). This\\ncommittee was directed to act within reas(jnable\\ntime. Owing, no doubt, to the difticnlty of the", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0591.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "460\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwork, tliey wt iv iiimMe to report until January\\n15, 1736. Witli tlu ir ivixn-t they presented a\\nreconimendation that, tor t nrtlier defense and\\nprotection, a line of towns l)e laid out from\\nRnniford to (Jreat Falls (now known as Bel-\\nlow s Falls), and from thence on the east side of\\nthe river to Arlington (now Winchester). This\\nrecomniendation was accepted hy the Ijegisla-\\ntnre. connuittce was chosen to make the\\nnecessary survey, who rejiorted November !0,\\n1736. This report was accepted, and the town-\\nship of No. 2 was thercu])on chartered.\\nNathaniel Harris, of Watertown, Mass., was\\nappointed to call the first meeting of the pro-\\nprietors of No Afterwards it was called\\nGreat Meadow, which name it retained until it\\nwas chartered by the New Hampshire Legisla-\\nture, when it toojc the name it now bears\\nWestmoreland. The grantees under the Massa-\\nchusetts charter were Daniel How, Jethro\\nWheeler, Thomas Chamberlain, Moses Wheeler,\\nHarridcn A\\\\ hccler, .Jr., .Tethro Wheeler, Abner\\nHow, .losiah Fostci .Joshua How, Meshach\\nTaylor, Benjamin AUdridge, .Jonathan Hil-\\ndrith, .Joseph How, Daniel How, Junr., Nathan-\\niel Wooster, Jeremiah Hall and possibly\\nothers. I know of no record whatever of any\\naction taken l)y the grantees of No. 2. The\\npresumption is that they did act, and that the\\nrecords of their doings have been lost. Feb-\\nruary 2, 1737, No 2, with other townships\\nadjoining, were placed in Hamj^shire County,\\nin order to have their title recorded, the King s\\npeace preserved and comtnon jusiace done.\\nSo far, the only inhabitants of No. 2 con-\\nsisted of a few families of Abenaquis, or Abena-\\nkees Indians, a small sub-branch of the Five\\nNations. It is said the meaning of this name\\nis the Pines. Their wigwams were in the north\\npart of the town, on land now owned by Robert\\nE. Green, beside a small brook afterward known\\nas the Wigwam Brook. They remained for a\\nbrief time only, and on terms of amity with the\\npioneer white settlers.\\nFour years pass away the long winter is\\nbroken beneath the genial rays of a spring-\\ntime sun the ice and snow had disappeared\\nbud and leaf gave coloring to awakening\\nnature, and the forest was teeming with the\\nsongs of the early spring birds. It is the spring\\nof 1741. Embarked in four large bark canoes,\\ncame slowly up the river from North field the\\nfirst settlers of No. 2. They land near the\\nmouth of a stream afterward known as Mill\\nBrook. The leader of the four families, Dan-\\niel How, selects the site of his future home,\\nwhen; now lives Fred CJ. Pai ker. Jethro\\nlu\u00e2\u0096\u00a0elel\u00e2\u0080\u00a2, another |)ioueer, selects the site for his\\ndwelling just north of the railroad bridge, east\\nof the house of Jolui C. Faruham. The other\\ntwo settlers, Philip Alexander and lliomas\\nCrissen, locate between these two. It is certain\\nthat settlements were made at two other places\\nin the township soon afterwards. Peter Hay-\\nward settled near the Ashuelot River in 1 764.\\nUpon Canoe Place, since known as Canoe\\nMeadow, father and son, both bearing the name\\nof Jonathan Cole, and otiiers, settled soon after\\nthe coming of How and others. The site of\\nCole s house was a few rods south of the hou.se of\\nAbel B. Cole, and it is worthy of mention that\\nthis pitch of Cole has always remained in pos-\\nsession of his descendants. The Cole family\\nhas been a prominent one in the town af-\\nfairs in every generation. A few rods north,\\nupon land of George R. Perry, was built a\\nblock-house, to which the settlers upon this\\nmeadow and vicinity could flee for refuge in\\ntimes of danger. The first mention we find of\\nCanoe Place is in a diary of Captain Kel-\\nloss:, who was commandino; at Nortlifield No-\\nvember30, 1724.\\nTradition attributes the origin of the name\\nfrom the custom of the Indians to secrete their\\ncanoes in the ravine near its southerly extrem-\\nity. This meadow was a famous spot for the\\nIndians, and was one of their camping-grounds\\non their journeys up and down the river. Here\\ngame of all kinds abounded here food was\\neasy to obtain and of good variety and this", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0592.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n461\\nspot naturally became a favorite resting-place\\nfor the red man. Upon the west the river\\nabounded, in tliose early days, with shad and\\n.salmon on the south the niountaiu resoundt il\\nwith the peculiar notes of tiie wild turkey.\\nHence the origin of its name. The brooks were\\nteeming with inmuncrablc trout leaping in the\\nsummer sun, and the curious beaver busily plied\\nhis unique workmanship, while through the\\nforest gamboled the active deer.\\nThe l)lock-house, as constructed in those\\nearly times, was more suggestive of strength\\nthan of architectural beauty. They were built\\nof logs, or, rather, .squared tindjers, laid hori-\\nzontally one al)ove the other in the shape of an\\noblong or square, and locked together at the\\nangles in a manner of a log cabin. This struc-\\nture was roofed and furnished with loop-holes\\non every side, throngii which to oliserve and at-\\ntack the enemy. Tiie upper story usually pro-\\njected over the lower, and underneath this pro-\\njection other loop-holes were cut to enable those\\nwithin to tire down on the assailants in case of\\na close ap])roacii.\\nOf a similar construction were the houses of\\nDaniel How and Jonathan Cole, and their re-\\nspective associates. Strange as it niay seem,\\nportions of Howe s block-house arc now in\\nexistence, preserved intact frfun the mutations\\nof time. Howe s house was stockaded Ijy hav-\\ning a circle of logs around it, set upright in the\\nground, for the purposes of defense.\\nIn 17 11 war broke out between France and\\nPjUgland. War between the.- c nations was al-\\nways attended y a remwal ot Indian hostilities.\\nTiie valley of the Comiecti ut Jliver became the\\nscene of pillage and of murder. It was at once\\nutterly unsafe for the scattered settlers of No. 2\\nto reside in their respective h ^mes. Accord-\\ningly, the settlers of No. 2, I utney and West-\\nminster united to build a stockaded fort upon\\nthe Great Meadow, in Putney, upim the site\\nof the hou.se formerly owned by Colonel\\nThomas White, near the landing of the ferry.\\nLeading to this ferry (the first one in town) was\\na road to the Howe settlement. This fort was\\nnamed Fort Hill. It was of oblong form,\\neighty by one hundred and twenty feet, built of\\nyellow pine timber hewed six inches thick and\\nlaid up about ten feet high. Fifteen dwellings\\nwere erected within it, the wall of the fort form-\\ning the back wall of the houses. These W( re\\ncovered with a single roof, which slanted up-\\nward to the top of the wall of the fort. In the\\ncentre of the inclosure was a hollow .s([uare, on\\nwhich all the hou.ses fronted. (~)n the north-\\neast and southwest corners of the fort watch-\\ntowers were jilaced. A great gate opened on\\nthe south, toward the river, and a smaller one\\ntoward the west. The fort was generally gar-\\nrisoned l)y ten or twelve men. A cannon was\\nfurnished by the Massachusetts government\\nthat sui vived the fort many years. On a cer-\\ntain Fourth of July occasion, within the\\nmemory of many of our older citizens, this old\\ncannon was brought out at the South village\\nby the l)oys, to utter its voice in celebrating the\\nglories of the day. It was loaded excessively\\nand wadded with gras.=, .sand and various other\\nmaterials suggested to the fertile nnagination of\\nboyhood. Upon being fired it explo led, and a\\nfragment of the cannon was embedded in the\\nhouse of Mrs. Burcham. U] ou the comple-\\ntion of the fort several of the inhabitants of\\nNo. 2 joined the garrison. These were David\\nHow, Thomas Chamberlain, Isaac Chamber-\\nlain, Joshua arncr and son, Daniel ^A arner,\\nwife and sou, Harri.soii AVheeler, Samuel\\nMiuot, Benjamin Aldridge and his .-^on George,\\nwho afterward became a general. Colonel .lo-\\nsiah Willard, who owned the meadow, gave the\\nuse of the land as a eonsitleration for building\\nthe fort and lefending it during the war. The\\nland was portioned out to each fiimily, an l the\\nfamilies were accustomed to work on their farms\\nin company, that the\\\\ might be l)etter pri j)ai ed\\nto assist one another in the event of a surj rise\\nby the enemy. It wa.s no rare event to hear\\nthe shouts of the Indians in its vicinity during\\nthe nisiht. Atone time thev laid an ambush at", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0593.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "462\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE;\\nthe iiortli eud of tho nioiulow hut the settlers,\\nwho were at work on an adjacent island, were\\nfortunate in heing warned by a dog of their\\npresence, and escaped in a dii ectiou contrary to\\nthat by which they had come.\\nOn the ijth of July, 1 743, a party of Ooron-\\ndax Indians, from Canada, appeared upon the\\nmeadow. William Pliips, an inhabitant of\\nGreat MeadoM-, as he was hoeing corn\\nnear the southwest corner, was surprised and\\ncaptured by two of these Indians and carried\\ninto the woods to the west. While ascendintr\\nthe steep hill-side, about half a mile from the\\nfort, one of his captors retuinied tijr something\\nleft, leaving the prisoner in charge of his com-\\nrade. Watching his o])portunity, Phips struck\\ndown his captor with his hoe, whicli lie had re-\\ntained, and, seizing the gun of the prostrate\\nsavage, siiot the other as he was ascending the\\nhill. Phips thereupon started for the fort, but\\nbefore reaching it was seized by three others of\\nthe same party, killed and scalped.\\nPhips, but a shoi t time previous, had married\\nJemima Sartwell, daughter of the owner of\\nSartwell s Fort, a lady whose beauty, goodness\\nand sufferings afterwards come down to us,\\nthrough the mists of many years, as The Fair\\nCaptive.\\nOil the 12th of October folidwiug a body of\\nFrench and Indians attacked tiie fort at mid-\\nday. A brisk fight was carried on fur an hour\\nand a half. Out Indian was known to have\\nbeen killed, and, doubtless, others, as it was\\nthe custom of the Indians to conceal tiieir dead.\\nThe fort was defended with so much spirit that\\nthe enemy were not able to tuke it or materially\\nto injure it.\\nThey killed however or drove away nearly\\nall the cattle in the vicinity. Nehemiah How,\\nwho was chopping wood about eighty rods from\\nthe fort, was taken by the Indians as they came.\\nHis capture was effected in full sight of the fort,\\nbut it would have endangered tlir lives of all in\\nthe garrison to attem])t a rescue. As they were\\nleading him away by the sideof the river they jjer-\\nceived a canoe approaching containing two men.\\nFiring, they killed one of them, David Rugg,\\nbut the other, Robert Baker, made for the oppo-\\nsite shore and escaped. All three of these\\nmen belonged to the garrison. Proceeding far-\\nther, they passed three other meu, who. In-\\nskulking under the bank, reached the fort iu\\nsafety. One of them was Caleb How, the\\nj)risoner s son. Arriving opposite to Number\\nFour they compelled their captive to write his\\nname on a piece of bark and there left it. After\\ntraveling seven days to the westward they came\\nto a lake, where they found five canoes laden\\nwith corn, pork and tobacco. Suspending the\\nscalp of David Rugg upon a pole, they em-\\nbarked in the canoes and proceeded to Crown\\nPoint, from whence How was taken to C^uebec,\\nwhere he died. Belknap, in his History of\\nNew Hampshire, speaks of him as an useful\\nman, greatly lamented by his friends and fellow-\\ncaptives. Soon after these occurrences the fort\\nwas evacuated and went to decay. While a\\ntreaty of peace between the hostile powers was\\nsigned at Aix-la-Chapclle, Oetoljer 7, 174.S, the\\nnatural ferocity of the Indians had become so in-\\nflamed that they keptup their foragesintothc next\\nseason. Meantime the long contention between\\n]\\\\Ia.ssachusetts and New Hampshire, respecting\\ntheir boundary line, having been decided by\\nthe King, and thereby a large slicesevered from\\nthe tbrmer and given to the latter province, in-\\ncluding the township of Number Tw o, created\\nthe necessity of a new charter iroui the New\\nHamj)shire government. Upon the close of\\nwar settlement was rapid. At Portsmouth, in\\nthe Council chamber, on February 10, 1752,\\nwere assembled tiie Governor and his Council.\\nThe business that called thera together was the\\nconsideration of sundry petitions from various\\ntowns lately severed I rom the Old Bay State,\\npraying for incorporation under the New\\nHampshire government. A inong them was one\\nsigned by Daniel How and Thomas Chamber-\\nlain and others from Number Two.\\nThe following is a copy of their petition", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0594.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "WESTMORP]LAND.\\n463\\nTlie Petition of the Subscribers hereunto most\\nhumbly Shews That sundry of your Petitioners,\\nSometimo viz, about Seven years liefore the last Indian\\nWar, Settled under the niassatdmsets at a place call d\\nNumber Two laying on the East side of Connecticut\\nRiver about fourteen miles above Fort Dunnner\\n(which by the late Punning of the Boundary line be-\\ntween New Hampshire and the Province of niassa-\\nchusets Bay falls within the Province of New Hamp\\nshire) where tliey layd out their substance and that\\nat their own cost and Charge for their Defence against\\nthe French and Indian Enemy on the opposite side\\nof the River they built a Fort that after the Indian\\nWar broke out they were obliged to leave their Hab-\\nitations and lost Considerable of their Substance\\nthat since the late Peace witli the Indians they have\\nreturned to the s Place That Sundry of your Peti-\\ntioners are Children of Such as Set down at said\\nplace at first and expended their money in making\\nthe first settlement there That your Petitioners have\\nbeen at least one hundred and fifty Pounds old Ten\\nCharge the last fall in making and Clearing Roads\\nThat as they have No Incorporatii n They labour\\nunder Insuperable Difficulty not being in a Cajiacity\\nto raise any Moneys for any public use or service\\nAnd That unless they are enabled so to do, they\\nshall be under an unavoidable necessity of leaving\\nthe said place and thereby loosing all they have been\\nout there\\nWherefore your Petitioners most humbly pray\\nyour Excellency and Honours to make a Grant of the\\ns Tract of land called Number two to your Petitioners\\nAnd such others as your Excellency and Honours\\nshall think proper so as to make up the number\\nsixty four in all and your Petitioners as in duty\\nbound shall pray itc\\nJan 80: 1750\\nDaniel How\\nJethro Wheeler\\nThos Chamlierlain\\nAmos Davies\\nAmos Davis jun\\nJonas Davis\\nSamuel Davis\\nEbenezer Davis\\nmoses Wheeler\\nisaac chamberlain\\nJosiah Chamberlen\\nHariden Wlieeler Junr\\nJethro Wheeler\\nSimeon Knight\\nmartin Severance\\nJohn Brown\\nWilliam Moor\\nJoshua How\\nBeiiiamin Knights\\nSilas Brown\\nmeshach Taylor\\nJohn Alexan(k^r\\nDaniel Shattuck Senei\\nEnoch Hall\\nSimon Hall\\nThomas Chamberlain\\nJoshua Chambrlain\\njedidiah t hamlierlaiu\\nJob Chaml)erlain\\nAaron Davis\\nlieniaman alldridge\\nJonathan hildrith\\nJoseph How\\nDaniel How Junr\\nNathaniel Woods\\n.leremiah Hall\\nIsaac Stone\\nAbner How\\nJosiah Foster\\nSamuel Foster\\nniichal gibson\\nJohn Sheilds\\nDanil Sheilds\\nSevcrall of them have 2 3 rights apeice there-\\nfore they have Entred Some of their Chililren as\\nChandler How Wheeler\\nMem\\nMaj Willard\\nColl Willard; Rights\\nMaj f1 owle-3 rights\\nPhilii alexander an original Grantee Settler\\nrich Ward an old Grantee to be Entred\\nThis petition was forwnrded to the (lovernor\\nand his Council in 1750.\\nTlie charter was ;ranteil Fehniarv 1-, 1752.\\nTlie prayer of tliis petition aliive with the\\nothers wa,s granted, and Number Two received\\na new incorporation under the name of West-\\nmoreland, in honor of Ijord Westmoreland, an\\nintimate friend of (lovernor Wentwortii.\\nTHE CHARTER.\\nProvince of New Hampshire, George the second.\\n(Seal). By the Grace of tfod, Cireat Brittain, France\\nand Ireland, King, Defender of ye faith, To all\\nPersons to whom these Presents shall come.\\nGreeting: Know ye. That we of our special grace\\ncertain knowlidge and mere motion, For ye due En-\\ncouragement of settling a New lantation within our\\nsaid Province By and with ye advice of our trusty and\\nwell beloved Benning Wentwortii, Es(j. our Govenor\\nand Commandcr-in-Cliief of our said Province of New\\nHampshire in America and of nur Cnuncil (jf ye said\\nProvince have upon the conditions and Reservations\\nhereinafter made given and granted and by these\\nPresents for us our Heirs and successors Do give and\\ngrant in equal shares unto our loving subjects Inhabit-\\nants of our said Province of New Hampshire and his\\nMajesty s other governments and to their Heirs and\\nassigns forever whose Names are Entered on this\\ngrant to be diviilcd to and amongst them into sfcpy////-\\ntwo equal shares. All that Tract or Parcel of land\\nsituate lying and being within our Province of New\\nHampshire containing by admeasurement Twenty-\\nthree thoiifand anil fort]/ iicreK which Tract is to con-\\ntain six miles square and no more, out of which an\\nallowance is to be made for Highways and unim-\\nproveable Lands, Rocks, Mountains, Ponds and Rivers", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0595.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "464\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\none Thousand and Forty acres free, according to a\\nplan thereof made and presented by our said Gover-\\nnor s orders and hereunto annexed. Butted and\\nBoundcil as follows, viz. Beginning at a stake and\\nst(3nes at the Northerly corner of Chesterfield and\\nrunning from thence South seventy-eight degrees\\nEast by Chesterfield to a stake and stones in Ashuelot\\nLine; from thence Northerly by Ashuelot Line to ye\\nNorthwest corner of ye upper Ashuelot (so called)\\nthence North eighty-five degrees East Four miles to\\na stake and stones i rom thence North by ye Needle\\nso far as that line runs parallel with ye first men-\\ntioned Line, will include between Connecticut River\\nand ye Easterly Line aforesaid, the Contents of six\\nmiles square and if ye same be and is incorporated\\ninto a township by the name of Westmoreland and\\nthat the Inhabitants ye do or shall hereafter inhabit\\nsaid township are hereby declared to be Enfran-\\nchised with and intitled to all and every the Privi-\\nleges and Immunities ye other Towns within our said\\nProvince by Law exercise and enjoy, and further\\nthat the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty\\nFamilies Resident and settled thereon shall have ye\\nLiberty of holding Two Fairs one of which shall be\\nheld on ye and ye other on ye annually\\nwhich Fairs are not to continue and be held longer\\nthan ye respective days following the said resi)ective\\nDays and as soon as ye said Town shall consist of\\nFifty Families a Market shall lie opened and ke| t one\\nor more days in each week as may be thot most advan-\\ntageous to the Inhabitants, also that ye first Meeting\\nfor ye Choice of Town qfticers agreeable to ye Laws of\\nour said Province shall be held on ye second Wednes-\\nday in March next, which meeting shall be notified\\nby Mr. Thomas Chamberlain who is hereby also ap-\\npointed ye moderator of ye said first meeting which\\nhe is to notify and govern agreeable to the Laws and\\ncustoms of our said Province and ye annual Meeting\\nforever hereafter for ye choice of Snch officers of said\\ntown shall be on the second Wednesday in March\\nannually. To have and to hold the said Tract of Land\\nas above expressed together with all the Priviledges\\nand a|)purtenances to them and their resjiective Heirs\\nand assigns forever upon the following conditions,\\nviz.: That every Grantee his Heirs or assigns shall\\nplant or cultivate five acres of Land within ye Term\\nof five years for every Fifty acres contained in his or\\ntlicir share or Proportion of Land in said Townshiji\\nand continue to improve and settle ye same by addi-\\ntional cultivations on Penalty of ye F orfeiture of his\\ngrant or share in ye said Township and its reverting\\nto his Majesty his Heirs and successors to be by him\\nor them regranted to such of his subjects as shall\\neflectually settle and cultivate ye same. That all\\nwhite and other Pine Trees within ye said Township\\nfit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved\\nfor that use and none to be cut or felled without his\\nMajesty s special License for so doing first had and\\nobtained upon ye Penalty of the Forfeiture of ye\\nRight of such grantee his heirs or assigns to us our\\nHeirs and Successors as well as being subject to the\\npenalty of any act or acts of Parliament yt now are or\\nhereafter shall be enacted. That before any Division\\nof ye said Lands be made to and amongst ye grantees,\\na tract of Land as near ye centre of ye Township as\\nye Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked\\nout for Town Lotts one of which shall be allotted to\\neach grantee of ye contents of one acre, yielding and\\npaying therefor to us our Heirs and successors for ye\\nspace of Ten years to be computed from 3 e date here-\\nof, the Rent of one ear of Indian corn only, on the\\nfirst day of January annually if lawfully Demanded,\\nThe first Payment to be made on ye first Day of\\nJanuary next following ye Date hereof. Every Pro-\\nprietor, Settler or Inhabitant shall yield and pay unto\\nus our Heirs and successors yearly, and everj year\\nforever from and after ye expiration of ye ten years\\nfrom ye Date hereof namely, on ye First Day of\\nJanuary which will be on ye year of our Lord Christ\\nOne thousand seven Hundred and sixty-two. One\\nshilling Proclamation money for every Hundred acres\\nhe owns, settles or Possesses and so in Proportion for\\na greater or Lessor Tract of ye said land which money\\nshall be paid by ye Respective Persons abovesaid\\ntheir Heirs or assigns in our Council Chamber in\\nPortsmouth or to such officer or officers as shall be\\nappointed to receive the same and this to be in Lieu\\nof all other Rents and services whatsoever. In Testi-\\nmony hereof we have caused ye seal of our said Prov-\\nince to be hereunto afiixed. Witness, Benning Went-\\nworth, Esq., our Governor and Conunander-in-Chief\\nof our said Province the Twelfth day of Feb in ye\\nyear of our Lcml Christ 1702 and in ye 2r)th year of\\nour Keign.\\nB. WENTWoRTli.\\nBy his Excellency s Cominaml with advice of\\nouniil.\\nThkodoke Atkinson, Sec ii\\nThe uaint s of tlie grantees of Westmoreland\\nare as follows\\nThomas Chamberlain, Benja. Aldridge, Daniel\\nHow, Jethro Wheeler, Daniel How, Jun r, Caleb\\nHow, Abner How, Josiah Willard, Oliver Willard,\\nSamuel How, John Arms, Valentine Butler, Samson\\nWillard, John Fowl, James Fowl, Nathaniel Woods,", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0596.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n465\\nJeremiah Hall, Timothy Harrington, Josiah Foster,\\nEdward How, Samuel Miuot, John Fowl, Jur., Philip\\nAlexander, Richard Ward, Nathaniel Harris, Corne-\\nlius White, Ebenezcr Turner, Samuel Livermore,\\nSamuel Williams, Moses Hastens, John handler,\\nSimeon Alexander, Ebene/.er Hubbard, Joseph Har-\\nington, John Rugg, Thomas marshal, El)ene/.er Hins-\\ndale, Samuel Hunt, John Alexander, Kiioeh Hall,\\nWilliam Moor, Jethro ^Vheeler, Ju r., Kuirbanlcs\\nMoor, Ju r., Joseph Bellows, Herridon Wheeler, Isaac\\nChamberlain, Josiah Chamberlain, Joshua Chamber-\\nlain, Amos Davis, Jedediah Cbamberlen, Jonathan\\nCole, Mical Gilson, Simeon Knights, John Brown,\\nWilliam How, Jonathan Cuniniiugs, Ju r., John\\nChamberlain, John Taylor, Daniel I earce, His Ex-\\ncellency Benning Wentworth, Esq., one tract of land\\nto contain Five Hundred acres which is to be ac-\\ncounted two of ye said shares, one whole share for in-\\ncorporateil Society for ye Propagation of ye Gospel in\\nforeign parts, One whole share for the first settled\\nminister of ye gospel in said Town, One whole share\\nfor a Glebe for the ministry of ye Church of England\\nas by law established. Samuel Wentworth, of Boston\\nTheodore Atkinson, Richard Samuel Smith, John\\nDowning, Samson Sheaffe, John Wentworth, Ju r.,\\nEsq., Stephen Chace, of New Castle.\\nOf these grantees we have verv limited iinowl-\\nedge. It is certain, however, that but a sumil ])i ir-\\ntion of them were ever actual settlers. A num-\\nber of names were phiced in tlie list of grantees\\nin reward for public and niilitarv services.\\nOthers were inchided through favoritism, and\\nother reasons, no doubt. The grant was not\\nsatisfactory to the petitioners, inasmuch as it did\\nnot inchide as much territory as tlie old grant\\nof No. 2 by some eight scpiare miles. A strip\\ntwo miles wide and four long was severed from\\nits northern boundary and included in the grant\\nto the Walpole petitioners. April 211, 1752,\\ntlie fdlliiwiug petition wa.s forwarded to the\\nGovernur but without avail\\nMay it jdease your Excellency with the Honour-\\nable Couusil to Condesend to hear the humble Pete-\\ntion of the Propriators and Inhabitants, of the Town\\nof Westmorland.\\nThe Province of the Massachusetts Enjoying the\\nland on this part of this Eiver which they then\\nClaim d as their property, consonant with which sup-\\nposed Title wee petetioned for this Township, and be-\\ning granted, wee immediatly proceeded to a Settlement\\nabout Fourteeu years since, when by the Running the\\nLine of the Provinces wee fell within the Limmittsof\\nyour P^xcelleucys Government, and by Renewed Pe-\\ntition made to Your Excellency, for a Renewed grant\\nof the Land, wee have been favour d with the same,\\nbut as wee Suspect not according to the Intention of\\nYour Excellency and Honourable C mnsil, for Jlajor\\nWillard and M Bellows hath not t onlorni d to our\\nOriginal (irant from the Massachusetts nor according\\nto our Intention, which was to abide by our Origiiuil\\nLines, which are at present destroy d, for the upper\\nline is removed near Two milles lower down the River\\nfrom whence our grant first took place, in which lay\\nour Meadows or entervails, with our second divisions\\nand all our Improvements on them whith the best\\n[lart of our land and extending our line two milles\\nlower down Inchuleing barren and Rockey Hills, no\\nways conunoding the town, and then stretcliing the\\nLine upon the north side of the Upper ashawhelock,\\nwhich leaves us the barren laud and mountains be-\\ntwixt us, which Lyeth so far distant from the Body of\\nthe Town, that will never Commode the same, and\\nthese our Grievances wee fear will disable this town,\\neither for the maintaining the Gospel, or sufficient\\nInhabitants to withstand the Indians, now wee pray-\\neth for the Restoration and Confirmation of our Orig-\\ninal Lines.\\nWee would advertise your Excellency and the\\nHon Counsil that when M Bellows went with a Pt,-\\ntetion for No 3 Called walpole, he enter d a number\\nof names leaving out the names of the Old propriaty\\nof that Town, and particularly them that had Cleard\\n[lart of their land, and built also, Oflering them but\\nEaqual Encouragement with others never labouring\\nthere, and depriving them of their labour without sat-\\nisfaction for the Same, and he went in with his Peti-\\ntion which being granted him, he is suppos d to have\\npurchas d of them whose names were inserted for a\\nSmall Consideration, and now will give but the small\\nEncouragement of fifty Acres of Upland to each Set-\\ntler, without any Entervail, and this Prejudices people\\nagainst settleug there, having before interrupted the\\nformer propriarty in their Settleing and now discour-\\naging them after great expence, which wee fear will\\nbe Very detrimental to the Settleing of his and our\\nTown\\nNeither petetion we for the additional grant of any\\nothei: land particularly the farm formerly granted to\\nLieutenant Gov Taylor but only for the hair Lines\\nwhich wee Enjoyd uutil tlie late Lines were Ran by\\nthe fore mentioned Gentlemen\\nWe would I urther Certifie Your Excelency and\\nthe Hon Counsil that we w^are the first petetioners", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0597.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "466\\nHISTOllY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntor land on this River, and have suffer d the greatest\\nLosses from the enemy by fire and Sword, and have\\nhitherto stood the Heat and burthen of the day, and\\nat last to be undone without the knowledge of Your\\nExcellency together with the hou Counsil, who if\\ntruly knowing and fully understanding the same, wee\\nhope from your now Goodness and Clemency will re-\\ndress these our present difficulties which wee groan\\nunder and which is submitted ]5y Your Excellencys\\nhumble Petitioners, who as in duty bound will ever\\nContinue to pray for you.\\nIn the name and by the\\nConsent of the Inhabitants\\nD.VNIEI, How\\nJethro Wheeler\\nAmos Davis\\nThomas Cbamberlin\\nDaniel How .Jun\\n.Fohn Warner\\nJethro Wheeler Ju\\nHerrodiam Wheeler\\nIsaac Chamberlin\\npropriators on the Spot\\nBenjamin Aldridge Joshua Chamberlin\\nJebediah Cbamberlin\\nCalel) How\\nSamuel How\\nEdward How\\nAbner How\\nSimeon Alexander\\nPhillip Alexander\\nP, S, M Bellows hath Layd out his Town about\\nNine Milles long on the River but four milles wide at\\nthe Lower end, and but three milles wide at the upper\\nend\\nAnd the four milles wide, Two Milles in length\\nis run down in to our town that is the Occasion of our\\nGrief\\nWestmoreland April the \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ji) 1752.\\nHowever favorable tlic foadition.s of tlie\\ngrant may have been, still, owing to the un-\\nsettled condition of the times, the depredations\\nof the Indians, and other causes, the grantees\\nwere unable to fultill the conditions of the\\ncharter, and, upon petition, the grant was ex-\\ntended June n, 17G0.\\nThe survey of the town was made by Caleb\\nWillard under the supervision of Joseph Bel-\\nlows, of Walpole, and Josiah Willard, of Win-\\nchester, and a plan of the same drawn and coiu-\\npleted Mareli LS, 1752. By referring to the\\nj)lan, tlie reader will observe that the out-\\nline of the town is about the same to-day\\nas when first surveyed. The town, as first sur-\\nveyed, extended from the Connecticut to, and\\neven across, the Ashuelot River.\\nIn compliance with the conditions of the\\ncharter, the proprietors of the town laid out the\\ntown lots east of the house where formerly\\nCaptain Prentiss Daggett lived, now owned by\\nDivididing Line delween\\niVestmoreUndS Wdlpole\\n5 Miles k W flods\\nJJivididing\\nChestcrficldk WcstmcrcUnd\\nznHods.\\n.Vlbert Chickering. It is now a pasture and is\\nknown as the seventy-acre lot. Tradition\\nspeaks of only one house having been l)uilt up-\\non it. This lay-out, iiowever, was simpiv to\\nmake their title good by fulfilling the condi-\\ntions of the charter. The proprietors of the\\ntown had their own views as to the pro|)er lo-\\ncation of the town lots, and proceeded to carry\\nthem out by laying out an eight-rod road or\\nstreet, extending from Partridge Brook to Wal-\\npole town line. This street was narrowed to\\nfour rods in 1 7SG. Its general coiu se was\\nnearly on the line of the present highway run-\\nning over Park Hill thence north of the house\\nof Clarissa Chickering, east of the present high-\\nway, by the house formerly occupied by D.\\nLivingstone and bv the house of R. T. Aldrich.\\nx\\\\.s first laid out, the lots contained ten acres\\neach; but this did not take all the land fronting\\nupon tlie street, so, at a proprietors meeting,\\nMarch 31, 1752, it was voted to double these lots,\\nmaking twenty acres in each. A few house lots\\nwere laid out in other portions of the town.\\nThe tier of north lots extended to the meadow\\nlots. In the subdivision of the town each pro-\\nprietor, there being seventy-two, had a pitch lot", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0598.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n467\\nof one liundred acres, a meadow lot and a house\\nlot, both of twenty acres each, and one hundred\\nand fifty acres of common land. After making\\nthe seventy-two divisions, even with the gener-\\nous e.Ktras ft)r roads and waste lands, it was\\nfound that there were some surplus lands left;\\nthese were sold at vendue. As settlement\\npreceded the survey, the town was veiy irregu-\\nlarly subdivided. It was not deemed best to\\ninterfere with pitches already made. The\\nproprietors chose a committee, consisting of\\nDaniel How, Jethro Wheeler, Thomas Cham-\\nberlain, Benjamin Aldrich, Richard Ward, Ca-\\nleb How and Joseph Hutchins, to lay out the\\nhouse lots, the meadow lots and suitable roads.\\nThey were instructed, March 31, 1752, to meas-\\nure all tiie meadow land in tiie town and to\\ncompute one acre on the Grate river to be\\nequal to two on the Ashuelot River. While we\\nhave no plan of their work, yet, from references\\nfound occasionally in old deeds, we conclude\\nthat they first surveyed a base line perpendicu-\\nlar to the Chesterfield town line and extended\\nit to the Walpole town line. This line, begin-\\nning at a stone monument in the Chesterfield\\nline, passed near the intersection of roads west\\nof the house of L. G. Wheeler thence east of\\nEbeuezer Leach s house, east of Henry Rodgers\\nhouse, and so on to Walpole line. From the\\nbase line to the eastward to Keene town line was\\nthe first division of lots ranged toward the east\\nand lotted to the south. These lots were one\\nliundred and si-\\\\;ty rods east to west and one\\nhundred rods north to south. The second divi-\\nsion of lots was incorporated into the town of\\nSurry. From the base line to the meadow lots\\nwas the third division, which was lotted from\\nAn amusing anecdote is related of the origin of tlie se-\\nlection of Benjamin Aldrich s pitch. As he was viewing\\nthe landscape o er to make his selection, he paused upon\\na steep hill-side, leaning ag.ainst an upturned tree. While\\nin this position, for some cause, the tree suddenly flew\\nhack, hurling Aldrich down tlie declivity, heels over head.\\nIn this manner he made his pitch, which has remained in\\nthe ownership of his descendants to the present day.\\nThe present owner is Ai-vin Aldrich.\\n30\\nthe base line to the west and ranged from the\\nChesterfield line to the north. These lots were\\none hundretl rods east to west and one hundreil\\nand sixty rods north to south. Governor Went-\\nworth and his .son s lot, comprising in all si.x\\nhundred acres, was laid out in one body in the\\nsoutheast corner of the town. It was one mile\\nin length north to south and seventy-eight chains\\neast to west. Adjoining upon the north came\\nthe school lot, and then the glebe. The minis-\\nter s lot tradition reports a.s near the house of F.\\nM. Proctor.\\nGovernor Benning Wentworth had ama.ssed\\na large fortune, a portion of it by questionable\\nmeans. He virtually sold grants of townships\\nto scheming proprietors, and reserved in each\\nfive hundred acres to himself. After his deatli,\\nin 1770, the title to these lauds began to be dis-\\nputed. The Governor proposed in Council the\\nquestion Whether the reservation of five hun-\\ndred acres in .several townships by the late Gov-\\nernor Benning Wentworth in the charter grants\\nconveyed the title to him? Seven of the eight\\nCouncilors answered the question in the nega-\\ntive, and the reserved lands were offered to pri-\\nvate settlers. The glebe land the proprietors\\nof the town divided among its thirteen soldiers\\nthat had served tiirough the Revolutionary\\nWar, whereupon the church brought suit into\\ncourt to maintain its proprietorship, and after a\\nlong and costly litigation secured the verdict in\\nits favor. This suit cost the town about one\\nthousand dollars. I am unable to ascertain\\nthe final disposition of the lot for the Incor-\\nporated Society for the Propagation of Ye Gos-\\npel in Foreign Parts. Probably a home de-\\nmand absorbed it. The first meeting of the\\nproprietors of the township of Westmoreland\\nwas held at the house of Thomas Chamberlain,\\nMarch 31, 1752. Samuel Hunt was chosen\\nmoderator, Caleb How proprietors clerk, and\\nJoshua Warnen treasurer. These meetings were\\nheld by notifications posted in saitl town, in\\nNorthfield and in Winchester.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0599.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "468\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nWESTMORELAND\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (C.y\u00c2\u00bb(i..urf).\\nTHE VERMONT CONTROVERSY.\\nThe territory now comprising the present\\nState of Vermont was for a number of years\\nclaimed by New York, by virtue of a Letter\\nPatent, from King Ciiarles II., in 1674, to\\nthe Duke of York, wherein was expressly\\ngranted all the lands from the Connecticut\\nRiver to the east side of Delaware Bay. The\\nprovinces of Massachusetts and New Hamp-\\nshire were in one, with one provincial govern-\\nment but September 18, 1679, the King decreed\\nthat they should be separated, but left the bound-\\nary line between the two in uncertainty, which\\noccasioned a heated controversy, and another\\nroyal decree, that the northern boundary of\\nMassachu.setts be a similar curve line, pursuing\\nthe course of the Merrimack River at three miles\\ndistance, on the north side thereof, beginning at\\nthe Atlantic Ocean and ending at a point due\\nnorth of Pawtucket Falls and a straight line\\ndrawn from thence due west till it meets his\\nMajesty s other governments. From this last\\nclause New Hampshire inferred and claimed\\nthat her territory extended as far westward as\\nMassachusetts. This claim would embrace\\nnearly all of the present State of Vermont.\\nTo further add to the complications of the\\ncontroversy, Massachusetts claimed a portion of\\nthe disputed territory, basing her claim upon\\nthe point that the royal decree could only af-\\nfect particular grants of the Crown, and tiiat\\nNew Hampshire embraced only the original\\ngrant to Mason, in 1629, which was bounded\\non the west by an uncertain located curve\\nline, which was not defined until it was sur-\\nveyed, in 1787. The line, as surveyed, ex-\\ntended from lot No. 18, in the town of Rindge,\\nin a northeasterly direction to the town of Os-\\nsipee. Between this line and the Connecticut\\nRiver, and on both sides thereof, the territory\\nwas known as the New Hampshire Grants.\\nThus, three States at the same time were claim-\\ning the same territory. The Governor of New\\nHampshire at this time was Benning Went-\\nworth he was a man full of ambition and\\ndecisive energy he heeded not the contending\\nclaims of Massachusetts and of New York, but\\nproceeded to grant townships of land with a\\nrapidity that numbered one hundred and thirty-\\neight townships prior to the year 1764, all\\nwest of the Connecticut River. The first town-\\nship granted he named after his own name\\nBennington. These towns were also known as\\nthe New Hampshire Grants. The activity of\\nGovernor Wentworth naturally hastened the\\ncontroversy to a conclusion sooner than it\\nwould otherwise have been. All the claimants\\nnaturally appealed to the King to have their\\nrespective claims verified by royal edict. In\\n1764 the King responded in favor of New\\nYork.\\nThereupon for a time the government of New\\nHampshire ceased in Vermont. New Yoi-k\\nregarding all grants made by Governor Went-\\nworth as null and void, refused to compromise,\\nand enacted laws hostile to the claims of the\\nsettlers, thus succeeded in arousing their bitter\\nopposition, which culminated, in 1777, in a\\ndeclaration That they would at all times con-\\nsider themselves as a free and independent\\nState, at the same time petitioning Congress\\nto receive them into the Union as such. Hav-\\ning adopted a constitution, rejiresentatives as-\\nsembled at Windsor for the first time in 1778.\\nRepresentatives from sixteen towns located\\nupon the east side of the river made applica-\\ntion to be admitted into the new State, claim-\\ning that the original grant to John Mason did\\nnot include their territory and inasmuch as\\ntheir existence depended on a royal commission,\\nwhich was now annulled by the Revolution,\\nthey were free to choose their own rulers.\\nThese petitions met with favor from a conven-\\ntion of the freemen of Vermont, assembled at\\nBennington June 11, 1778, and an invitation\\nwas extended to any others that might choose\\nto unite with them, should have leave to do so.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0600.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n469\\nMescliech Ware was now President of the\\nprovince of New Hampsiiire. He remonstrated\\nwith the officers of the State of Vermont\\nagainst this dismemberment of his province. In\\nconsequence, only ten towns on the east side of\\nthe river sent representatives to tiie next session\\nof the Vermont Legislature. But the terms\\nof union imposed by the Vermont Legisla-\\nture upon these New Hampshire towns were\\npeculiar, ina.smucli as it refused to receive them\\nupon equal terms with the Vermont towns, by\\nrefusing to allow them to unite with Vermont\\ncounties already established, or to constitute\\nauew. This action led to opposition, to dissent,\\nto withdrawal from the Assembly, and to the\\ncalling of a convention of all the towns upon\\nboth sides of the river who favorwl the union,\\nto meet at Cornish, N. H., December 9, 1778.\\nIn this movement Westmoreland participated,\\nbut not with unanimity. A respectable minority,\\nunder the leadership of Colonel Joseph Burt,\\nwas strongly in favor of the New Hampshire\\ngovernment. The following memorial, ad-\\ndressed to the General Court in 1781, illus-\\ntrates fully the views of the minority party\\nThis convention resolved to unite to pursue\\nsuch legal and regular measures as would secure\\nto the Grants a satisfactory form of government\\nwithout regard to any former limits. The pro-\\nject of forming a new State met with opposition\\non every side.\\nThe party in opposition in Westmoreland, it\\nappears, were not so much opposed to the idea\\nof the proposed new State as to the manner of\\nformation. On the 8th day of June, 1780,\\nthey sent a memorial to the General Court of\\nNew Hampshire, signed by thirty-nine of its\\nleading citizens, with Joseph Wilbore at its\\nhead, expressing dissent to the idea of secession,\\nbut if the Confederated States Shall consent\\nto erecting the New Hampshire Grants on both\\nsides of the river into a new State, upon a just\\nand equal footing, then we shall have no ob-\\njections.\\nThe Legislature of Vermont took active\\nmeasures to dissolve it. The New Hamp-\\nshire Legislature did not incline to relinquish\\none iota of its jurisdiction upon the west side\\nof the river, and to make affitirs all the\\nmore complicated, Massachusetts claimetl a por-\\ntion of the disputed territory. The matter\\nwas submitted to Congress, but without result.\\nUnder these ill-omened auspices the several\\ntowns upon both sides of the river persevered\\nin forming the new State. A convention of\\ndelegates met at Walpole, November 15, 1780,\\nto comjiare opinions. Jonathan Cole and\\nJoseph Wilbore were the delegates from this\\ntown. The result of this conference was that\\nthe union of all the towns granted by New\\nHamjjshire was desirable and necessary, and\\nrecommended a convention be held at Charles-\\ntown, N. H., on the third Tuesday of January,\\n1781. It was a time of great excitement.\\nThree parties were in the field of action. Each\\nwere eager for victory.\\nThe following statement, concerning matters\\nin town at this time, is of interest\\nWestmorland 13 Feb^ 1781\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSir\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nBefore this reach s you, you will undoubtedly\\nhear of the disorder in this part of the State, I find\\nthat people pretend to be actuated by several mo-\\ntives,^-some say that the Court of New Hampshire\\nare so Arbetary that they ought to brake from them,\\nsome say that New Hampshire had rather confine the\\nState to the Mason Line, then have any of the Grants\\nwest of the River; but some more bold Enemies to\\nthe State and States, such as Capt Daniel Carlile of\\nWestmorland who on the seventh of this Instant be-\\nfore several witnesses, Did declare, that for his part,\\nhe was for the Convention, not because he saw what\\nthey was after, but tbe more disorder the better in\\norder to bring about a Revolution for says he We\\nmust either be subject of Fiance or Britton and for\\nhis part he chose Great. Britton, and if the people\\nwould rise and drive the French from the Continent,\\nhe would go in parson, or contribute one hundred hard\\nDollars towards the same for says he, the people must\\nthrow of the authority, and then they could make a\\npeace, for a peace with Great Britton was what he\\nwanted and said, I am not, afraid to declare my sen-\\ntiments before your best Authority, for said he your\\nAuthority is weak and if three towns will Combine", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0601.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "470\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntogether, the Authority dare not medle with them,\\nDor send for any Tax and as for myself says he I will\\npay no more Taxes to New Hampshire, for a Revolt,\\nfrom Authority is what J want, and such like conver-\\nsation, this Cap Carlile and some other disaflected\\npersons have been very active by one means or other\\nto lead the people to Act as inconsistant with and 1\\nthink as much against their interest and the common\\ngood, as they could have acted this is not the only\\nTown for I am well informed that the disaffected per-\\nsons are all engaged in this new Plan, for seperating\\nfrom New* Hampshire, as they please to term it; but\\nI believe it is more as Cap Carlile desires it to be, to\\nbring on all the disorder possible. He and some\\nothers are grone to very bold and I wish for heavens\\nsake that Authority might take place and all our\\ndomestick Enemies might either be subjected to Au-\\nthority or driven from us for they are the Pest of So-\\nciety, and I think they are on the gaining hand in\\nthis part of the State Sir I thought it my Duty, to\\ninform your honor of this that you might be ac-\\nquainted of what persons we have amongst us\\nI am Sir\\nYour Honors most\\nObed and Hble Serv\\nJoseph BtrKX\\nThe Hon* Mesheck Weake\\nThe following is a 2 etitiou of sundry citizens\\nagainst a union with Vermont, etc.; addressed\\nto the General Court, 1781\\nThe memorial of a number of the Inhabitants of\\nthe Town of Westmoreland in the County of Cheshire\\nState of New Hampshire Humbly sheweth\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThat your memorialist, ever Anxious to promote the\\ngrand cause of the United States of America, par-\\nticularly the State of New Hampshire; and at all\\ntimes have endevored to defend the same, and never\\nsought by any means whatever, to leave the Govern-\\nment of New Hampshire by attempting to .Toine with\\nany other State, or Body of People; yet conterary to\\nour will, there has been Votes obtained in many\\nTowns in this Part of the State, to Joine Vermont so\\ncalled the Town of Westmoreland (at least a major-\\nity of it) has Voted to Joine with them. Your me-\\nmorialist conceive that such Votes are unconstutinal,\\ntherefore cannot be binding upon us We your me-\\nmorialist viewing ourselves as part of the thirteen\\nconfederated States, have a right to protection there-\\nfrom, and particularly from the State of New Hamp\\nshire, considering ourselves as part thereof; and your\\nmemorialists humbly pray, that we may be protected\\nfrom the usurped Authority of Vermont or any un-\\nconstitutional Authority whatever, Hoping your Hon-\\nors will take our unhappy Situation, under your wise\\nconsideration and grant us such relief, as shall be\\nmost for ours and the States public good we beg\\nleave to say that we are much exposed to the inroads\\nof the Enemy in a defenceless State, through de-\\nficiency of Arms irregularity of the Militia, accru d\\nby the unhappy Dispute, Officers Ellected under\\nthe Authority of Vermont; some of which have been,\\nin years past considered as inamical to the Liberties\\nof America; altho they are very zealous for the inde-\\npendence of Vermont we do not pretend to say that\\nthey are not good men now yet we are not without\\nfears, that their designs are not, altogether so friendly\\nto the common Cause, Others who were under the\\nOath of Fidelity to the thirteen States, have dis-\\npenced with their Oaths, have sworn to support\\nmaintain the Independence of another State; which\\nconduct creates much confusion in this part of the\\nState. We have entered our protest against their\\nproceedings, and do appeal to the confederated States\\nfor protection wishing that our unhappy situation\\nmay be laid before Congress: Altho those gentle-\\nmen that are for the New State, say that Congress,\\nwill not take up to determine any thing upon the\\nmatter, Nay some say, that Congress have no business\\nto Do any thing more then to receive Vermont into\\nconfederation, they direct us to look upon the Other\\nSide of the River, where the New York party have\\nbeen waiting some years for protection from New\\nYork, and Congress, and cannot obtain it, they also\\nadd that we had better unite with them, then Con-\\ngress will establish the State but we had rather have\\nthe consent of the confederated States first, which if\\nthey shall determine that we leave the State of New\\nHampshire, be erected into the State together with\\nthe grants, west of the river {which if done we trust\\nwill he upon a Just and equal footing) we shall have\\nno Objections, in whose wisdom and prudence we\\nconfide, \u00c2\u00abfe as in duty bound will ever pray\\nWestmorland June 8* 1781\\nJoseph Wilbur george Clark\\nElijah Temple David Witherell\\nJoseph Burt Ebenezer gilbart\\nNath Wilbore Levi goodanow\\nDaniel Stone Simeon Proutey\\nJob Wilbore Elias Chamberlain\\nJohn Pierce William Brittin\\nJonas Butterfield Isaac Butterfield\\ngeorge Aldrich Francis Putnam\\nEphraim Lenord Philap Wilbore\\nElisha Wilbore Philip Wilbore Jur\\nJoseph White Joseph Tompson", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0602.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND\\n471\\nEbenezer Brettun\\nCaleb Aldrich\\nNath Tinney\\nEphraim AVood\\nJohn Snow\\nPendleton Brettun\\nWilliam Adams\\nDavid Brittin\\nJeams Brittin\\nEbnzr Brittin Ju\\nEzekal mixer\\nPhilap Brittin\\nJohn Adams\\nDavid Wilbore\\nNehemiah Browne\\nBtit the controlling majority were in favor of\\nforming a new State, however, to be called New\\nConnecticut, to extend from the curve line\\nto the Green Mountain range. With this pur-\\npose in view, Westmoreland sent to this conven-\\ntion her representative, Joseph Wilbore.\\nForty-three towns were represented from the\\ntwo States. December 5th, Westmoreland\\nchose Jonathan Cole for its delegate, with in-\\nstructions that in case the convention allowed\\nany member a seat in the same M ithout first\\ntaking the oath of fidelity to the United States\\nto withdraw also that the grants on the east\\nside of the river make a full and free rejiresen-\\ntation at the Court of New Hampshire. This\\nconvention appointed a committee to confer\\nwith the Vermont Assembly in reference to\\nterms of union and adjourned to meet at Cor-\\nnish in February, when the Assembly would\\nbe in session at Windsor, a few miles distant.\\nThe result of this convention was favorable\\nto Vermont. On the oth of February a town-\\nmeeting was called, which Voted to accept of the\\nproceeflings of the Convention held at Charles-\\ntown, Jan. 16, 1781. The convention lay\\nthe matter before the Assembly in the form of a\\npetition it received a favorable response, with\\na condition attached that two-thirds of the\\ntowns interested on both sides of the river, to a\\ndistance of twenty miles, should approve of the\\nunion, and adjourned to April. On assembling\\nthey found that the necessary number of towns\\nhad given a favorable vote, and the union was\\nthei efore consummated. Representatives from\\nthirty-five towns on the east side of the river\\ntook their seats as members. The towns south\\nof the north line of Claremont and east of the\\nriver were organized into Washington Couutv.\\nAfter meeting at Bennington the following\\nJune, the Vermont I^egislature assembled Oc-\\ntober 11, 1781, at Charlestown. Captain Eph-\\nraim Stone represented Westmoreland. The\\nLieutenant-Governor and one of the Councillors\\nwere chosen from the east side of the river.\\nThis I egislature was a body of men of more\\nthan average intelligence. Its members were\\nchosen for distinguished ability and prominence.\\nQuestions of momentous importance were be-\\nfore it for action. A regiment of New Hamp-\\nshire troops appeared under Colonel Reynolds\\nhe was promptly advised that his force was too\\nsmall for conquest, too large for intimidation.\\nHe made no attempt to disturb the session.\\nINIeantime, Vermont had applied for admission\\nto the Union. Congress voted to admit her upon\\nthe condition that she relinquish the towns\\nupon the east side of the river. This she re-\\nfused to do. She had possession of nearly a\\nthird part of New Hampshire. This condition\\nof things could not long continue. Nearly every\\ntown had its court and judicial officers\\nduplicated, each acting under their respective\\nState governments. In Chesterfield it ter-\\nminated in a conflict of physical prowess.\\nThe New Hampshire government, now\\nactively aroused, was making preparations to\\nsend troops into the revolted towns to put down\\nthe secession party. Upon the other hand, Ver-\\nmont was equally vigilant. Dr. William Page,\\nof Charlestown, was now sheriff of Washington\\nCounty. He issued orders, December 1, 1781, to\\nColonel Chamberlain, Captain S. Nathan Frank-\\nlin, John Cole and Jonas Butterfield, all of\\nWestmoreland, to be in readiness, with their com-\\nmand to march at short notice. Two Chesterfield\\nmen having been arrested and lodged in the Char-\\nlestownjailbya Vermontsheriff,the New Hamp-\\nshire assembly authorized Colonel Hale, the\\nsheriff of Cheshire County to release them. In\\nthe attempt he was himself arrested by the Ver-\\nmont sheriff and committed to the same jail. In\\nretaliation, Sheriff Page was arrested and lodged\\nin the Exeter jail. Civil war was now immi-", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0603.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "472\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nueiit. In Jiiuuiuy, 1782, New Hampshire\\nordered a thousand men into Cheshire County\\nto support its civil officers; her Governor issued\\na proclamation orderino; the people in the re-\\nvolting towns within forty days to go before\\nsome New Hampshire magistrate and sign an\\nacknnwledcrment that the jurisdiction of New\\nHampshire extended to the Connecticut River.\\nThe Vermont government was equally active\\nin maintaining her claims. The New Hampshire\\nGeneral Assembly had passed, August, 1781, an\\nact obliging each town to provide monthly in-\\nstallments of beef and rum for the use of the\\nContinental army.\\nWestmoreland, in common with the other re-\\nvolting towns, refused to pay the tax, upon the\\nground of non-recognition of New Hampshire\\nauthority. In consequence, a warrant was is-\\nsued and served upon the town for the tax; the\\ntown voted not to pay it, and thereupon was\\nfined, but so great was the feeling against the\\nState that Colonel Reuben Alexander, who was\\nordered to raise the body of his regiment and\\nmarch them to the execution of the act, was ap-\\npalled by the clamor of the people to an extent\\nthat he feared to comply with his orders, and so\\nreported. One Samuel King, a prominent\\nChesterfield revolter, having been arrested was\\nfollowed to Keane by numerous parties, includ-\\ning a party from Westmoreland under Captain\\nCarlisle, who succeeded January 1, 1782, in\\nrescuing the prisoner from the New Hampshire\\nsheriff.\\nOn the same day General Washington wrote\\na letter to Governor Chittendon, informing him\\nthat it would be an indispensable preliminary\\nof the admission of Vermont into the Union to\\nrelinquish its extension of territory, intimating\\nthat a refusal to accede to this request would be\\nconsidered an act of enmity to the United\\nStates government, requiring the coercion by\\nmilitary power. On the 23d of February fol-\\nlowing, the Assembly of Vermont, in session at\\nBennington, voted to accept the boundary as\\nprescribed by Congress, on the line of the west-\\nern bank of tlie Connecticut River, and to re-\\nlinquish all claims to any territory east of said\\nriver. This ended the conflict. The disaffected\\ntowns quietly returned to their former State\\nallegiance. For this concession Vermont ex-\\npected to be speedily admitted to the Union,\\nbut its hopes were deferred for nine years, dur-\\ning which time the humorists named her the\\nFuture State. Thus the secession movement\\nof the New Hampshire towns ended. And now\\nas we look back over the long vista of the years\\nand view the circumstances attending those stir-\\nring times, and as we weigh the character\\nof the men therein engaged, as we consider that\\nWestmoreland in common with her sister towns\\nwas of INIassachusetts birth, whose infancy re-\\nceived lier fostering protection and when we\\nview upon the other hand the cold negligence of\\nNew Hampshire, to care for children confided\\nto her guardianship, by royal decree, upon her\\ndemand; we cannot wonder at the feeling that\\nthere was shown to exist, an honest belief, that\\nthey were free to elect another government, that\\nNew Hampshire had no claim to their alle-\\ngiance, and they so acted in the direction of es-\\ntablishing a firm and stable government for the\\npeople on both sides of the river.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nWESTMORELAND\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Continued).\\nECCLESIASTICAL.\\nTHE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, KNOWN IN LATER TIMES\\nAS THE UNITED CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.\\nAs has been stated in another chapter the citi-\\nzens of Westmoreland, Putney and Westminster\\nunited in building a fort upon the Great Meadow\\nin Putney. Here in times of peril the scattered\\nsettlers of these towns resorted for safety from\\nIndian forages. Here they held their first\\nreligious services under the ministration of Rev.\\nAndrew Gardner, who preached there for nearly\\nthree years. He had previously occupied the", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0604.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n473\\nposition of chaplain and cliirurgeon at Fort\\nDumraer. He was noted for liis quaintness and\\neccentricity. It is related that iij)on a certain\\nspecial occasion, at Fort Duinnier, in view of\\ndisastrous events following Indian forages that\\nwere preceded invariably with surprise, he\\n])reached from the Revelation of 8t. John iii. 3\\nIf, therefore, thou shalt not watch I will come\\non thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know\\nwhat hour I will come upon thee. May 4,\\n1762, tiic proprietors of the town having met at\\nthe house of Thomas Chamberlain, voted to\\nbuild a meeting-house and to Set it on ye hill by\\nDaniel Hows [Nortiieast corner of the Cole\\nCemetery Ed.] to build it fifty feet long, forty\\nfeet wide and twenty feet ])ost. A committee of\\nfive (5), with Josiah Willard as chairman, were\\nchosen to superintend its erection. August 26,\\n1763, the town voted to raise the sum of one\\npound, sterling money, on each original right\\nin said town, to be laid out toward finishing\\nthe meeting-house, to be assessed in ye following\\nmanner, five shillings on each house lot, mea-\\ndow lot. Pitch and after rights. September 26,\\n1764, nine members from other churches signjd\\nthe first church covenant. This was ou the\\nfast previous to the ordination of Rev. William\\nGoddard, which was held on the 7th day of\\nNovember following. These members were\\nWilliam Goddard, pastor-elect, member of ye\\nfirst church at Newtown Thomas Chamberlain,\\nchurch at Newtown Joshua Warner, cliurch\\nat Harvard; Amos Davis, church at Peters-\\nham Samuel Minot, church at Chelmsford\\nRobert Thompson, church at Reading; Benja-\\nmin Pierce, church at Attleborough Abner\\nHow, church at Amherst; Joseph Pierce,\\nchurch at Wilmingtcm. The council which\\nordained Rev. Mr. Goddard as the first settled\\nminister in Westmoreland, consisted of Rev.\\nJoseph Buckminster, Rutland, Mass. Rev.\\nBulkley Piatt, Charlestown Rev. Clement\\nSumner, Keene Rev. Samuel Hedge, Warwick\\nRev. Joseph Sumner, Shrewsbury. At this\\ncouncil six members presented their letters, two\\ndesired to be admitted, thus- constituting eight\\nmembers beside their pastor. During the three\\nyears following twenty were admitted by letter\\nand fifteen by profession, two were dismissed\\nto the church at Westminster, and perhaps one\\nor two had died, so that at the close of the year\\n1767 there were forty members.\\nOn the 17th of August, 1775, another council\\nwas convened, consisting of the pastors and\\ndelegates of the churches of Cornish, Walpole,\\nCharlestown and Claremont agreeably to letters\\nmissive from the church and people joined by the\\npastors to consider and give advice upon some\\nmatters of grievance subsisting between said\\npastor and people. The result was to dismiss\\nMr. Goddard. The town by vote concurring.\\nIt seems as though Mr. Goddard had served\\nthe church faithfully and wisely for eleven\\nyears. The grievance consisted of his un-\\nsoundness on account of adopting the half-\\nway covenant, an ism originating in North-\\nampton, Mass., early in this century. This\\ndoctrine was simply that all persons of correct\\nsentiments and sober life might profess religion\\nand have their children baptized, though they\\ndid not come to the Lord s table. Possibly\\nother difierences arose. It was a time when\\npolitical feeling ran high. The lines were\\nclosely drawn, and Mr. Goddard did not fully\\nagree with the patriot party, in refusing to sign\\nthe Test Oatii. During the year 1776 the\\ncontest arose respecting a new location for the\\nchurch. This society, the only one in town at\\nthe time, was composed mostly of Baptists and\\nOrthodox the former were located in the\\nnortherly and easterly portions of the town,\\nthe Orthodox in the southerly and westerly i)or-\\ntions naturally the Baptists were in favor of\\nretaining the old location.\\nThose living in the east parish had, a short\\ntime previous, organized and held meetings, as\\nwill be seen elsewhere.\\nThe Orthodox were determined foi- a more\\nsoutherly location. They composed the stronger\\nparty, but their pathway to success was far from", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0605.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "474\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nbeing strewn with. flowery ease. March 13,\\n1776, the town chose a committee consisting of\\nDeacon Jonathan Cole, Captain Joseph Bnrt,\\nAmos Pierce, Ebenezer Brittin and Captain\\nDaniel Pierce, to make a new location. This\\nwas reported to be on the top of the hill south\\nof Mr. Job Chamberlain s at the corner where\\nthe road turns easterly that leads to Lieutenant\\nStone s, and the present location of the Park\\nHill Church Following Mr. Goddard came\\nRev. Jeremiah Barnard, who preached on pro-\\nbation for about one year. April 14, 1777,\\nthe town voted to give Mr. Barnard a call to\\nsettle in the work of the ministry in this town,\\nand chose a committee, of which Jonathan Cole\\nwas chairman, to draft proposals. These were\\npresented to the town at a meeting held May\\n13, 1777, and accepted. There was a settle-\\nment of \u00c2\u00a31 50, a salary of \u00c2\u00a36G 1 3.s. 4d., to be in-\\ncreased \u00c2\u00a35 yearly until it reached \u00c2\u00a380 if the\\nfamilies that paid rates should increase to one\\nhundred, then he was to receive \u00c2\u00a310 more\\nor \u00c2\u00a390, which sum was to remain his\\nsalary, in current money of the State. Farm-\\nproduce at this time was the standard of\\nvalue, and this salary was computed on the\\nbasis of the following prices, viz. Wool,\\n2s. 2d. ft). wheat, 6ts. rye, 4s. corn, 3s.\\nflax. Is. pork that weighs ten score and up-\\nward, 4Jd. The year 1777 was one of constant\\nalarms from the threatened invasion of Bur-\\ngoyne and his army. Repeated calls came from\\nthe Vermont Committee of Safety for militia\\nto repel the enemy. It was responded to with\\nalacrity and so all was commotion. For a\\ntime, church affairs retired into the background\\nand especially so the matter of the removal\\nof the church building. The year 1778 wit-\\nnessed the commencement of a struggle origi-\\nnating from the unfortunate geography of the\\ntown in not having any one point adapted for\\na centre that was acceptable to the whole town.\\nSo the years bear witness of the lamentable fact\\nof an indication to pull down, rather than to\\nbuild, up. To a large degree the church has\\nbeen made to carry the load of sectional jeal-\\nousy. November 10, 1778, the town voted to\\nmove the church to the place prefixed for it.\\nThis vote was reconsidered on December 5th\\nfollowing. Then came a warm discussion rela-\\ntive to the amount of respective ownership of\\nthe now separate societies of the Baptists and\\nOrthodox, resulting in a public sale of the\\nchurch on the first Monday of January, 1779.\\nThe Baptists bid it off for seventy pounds.\\nBut this sale proved w ithout avail, as the town\\nvoted, February 14th, to reconsider all that had\\nbeen done relative to the sale of the meeting-\\nhouse. It also voted to submit the whole\\nmatter to a disinterested committee to be se-\\nlected by both societies, to be paid by the town,\\nto consist of five persons, whose award should\\nbe binding upon all. Benjamin Bellows, Amos\\nBabcock, Abraham Smith, Lemuel Holmes and\\nJesse Clark were selected for a committee, with\\nColonel Bellows for its chairman. This com-\\nmittee was directed to meet March 3, 1779.\\nIsaac Butterfiekl provided for them at an ex-\\npen.se of \u00c2\u00a37 16s., he being an inn-keeper at the\\ntime. A committee of six, consisting of\\nArchelaus Temple, George Aldrich, Benjamin\\nPierce, Ephraim Stone, Joseph Wilbore and\\nDaniel How, were to present the case before\\nthe committee of arbitration. Their award in\\nbrief was, to appraise the house at one hun-\\ndred and forty pounds, that the Orthodox So-\\nciety should have it, and that the Baptists\\n.should be paid their proportion of this sum, ac-\\ncording to their valuation in said town for tax-\\nation, to be paid as soon as the next crop of\\ngrain becomes marchantable. Once more the\\ntown voted, August 12, 1779, to move the\\nmeeting-house, raising one thousand pounds to\\ndefray the expense thereof. Isaac Chamber-\\nlain, Nathan Franklin, Waitstill Scott, John\\nCole and Reuben Kendall were chosen a com-\\nmitee, to superintend its removal. This com-\\nmittee acted pi-omptly, and aided by bess,\\nmade popular by a gift of a barrel of rum\\nfrom Major Keep, an interested man for its re-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0606.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n475\\nluoval they were numerously attended and the\\nwork of removal was quickly consummated.\\nOn the 16th day of September, 1779, the\\nfirst meeting was held therein. Upon tiiis site\\nthe building stands to-day it has withstood\\nthe butfetings of many angry storms both from\\nwithin and without, but still stands a faithful\\nsentinel overlooking a large extent of country.\\nIt cost to move and fit up the building the sum\\nof \u00c2\u00a32388 lis. 6(/., of which the sum of \u00c2\u00a3514\\n18.S. 6d. accrued from sale of pew ground.\\nIn addition thereto, there was considerable\\ncontril)uted by way of donation. This sum\\nseems large, but we are to bear in mind that\\nthe currency at this time, known as Continental\\nmoney, was depreciated in value it afterwards\\nbecame worthless.\\nAs originally constructed, it was simply a\\nplain building, without steeple or porch. Upon\\nthe new site, it took to itself, porches upon the\\neast and west sides, with entrance upon the\\nsouth side. Broad aisles and high-suspended\\ngalleries extended around the three sides of it.\\nThe pulpit was elevated and reached by winding\\nstairs, over which was suspended a sounding-\\nboard, surmounted by a dove, cleverly carved\\nfrom wood. In front and beneath the pulpit\\nwere the deacon s benches. The wall-pews\\nwere elevated above the body, and all had high\\nbacks, with spindle tops and railing on top.\\nThe seats were Inuig upon hinges these were\\nraised in time of prayer, during which all must\\nstand, and the clatter of falling seats at its\\nclose made no slight noise. This house was\\nthoroughly well finished, bearing witness to the\\nskillful handiwork of Steward Esty. This\\nhouse remained in this form until 1827, when\\nan addition of twenty feet was put on in front,\\nthe porches removed and a steeple ei ected.\\nThese porches were made into dwelling-houses.\\nIn 1853 it was worked over into its present\\nform. About 1779 Rev. Mr. Barnard termi-\\nnated his pastorate. Early in this year Rev.\\nJohn INIillens preached ujion probation accept-\\nably, it would appear, as the town voted to give\\nhim an invitation to settle, but he declined to\\naccept. During the latter portion of this year\\nRev. Daniel Farrington preached. For a few\\nyears there was no regular pastor sundry itin-\\nerant preachers supplied the pulpit among\\nthem was Rev. Beniah Hudson. November\\n8, 1784, an invitation was extended to Rev.\\nJoseph Davis. He did not see fit to settle, but\\nsupplied the pulpit for nearly two years. Mr.\\nDavis was an ordained minister, considerably\\nadvanced in years, and lived in Holden, Mass.\\nHe was noted for being an expert penman, and\\nthe records kept by him are in beautiful handwrit-\\ning. The year 1785 witnessed the Ijeginning\\nof a long and acrimonious struggle over the\\nministerial tax. So far it had been raised by\\nthe town, and went to the support of Orthodox\\npreaching entirely pei-sous of other jJerenasions,\\nnotably the Baptists, complained loudly of its in-\\njustice, as well as illegality. After being submit-\\nted to divers committees of arbitration without\\nsuccess it was finally adjusted by raising the tax\\nindependent of the town. Following Mr. Davis\\ncame Rev. Mr. Lawrence, who preached a short\\ntime on probation. During the two years be-\\nginning in 1788, Rev. Mr. Mills preached a\\npart of the time. He was followed by Rev.\\nAllen Pratt, who was ordained October 6, 1 790.\\nMr. Pratt was a graduate of Harvard College,\\nof the class of 1785. His salary was to be\\none hundred pounds yearly, to be paid in\\ncash and J in grass-fed beef at 16s. Sd. per cwt.,\\nor in grain M heat 4s. Sd., rye 3s. 4d., corn 2s.\\nSd. per bushel.\\nFor nearly thirty-eight years Mr. Pratt offi-\\nciated as pastor of this church. Under his minis-\\ntry 273 joined the church. He baptized 289\\npersons, married 419 couples, and during his\\nministry 1043 died. In the winter of 1821-22\\nthe church experienced the greatest revival within\\nits history, the fruits of which wa.s an increase\\nof 80 to its membership, and 94 were baptized.\\nJanuary 1, 1828, Mr. Pratt having asked for a\\ndismissal, a council was convened at his house,\\nwhich granted his request. The same daj^ a", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0607.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "476\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nnew liouse liavini^ been erected at the South\\nvillage was deilicatecl a new society of eleven\\nmembers was fbriiied, a Ciill avjls given Mr.\\nI ratt to become its pastor, it was accepted anil\\nall confirmed in one evening by the same\\nconncil. Pie remained witii the new society\\nuntil lS- 57 atlcr this he onl^ occasionally\\nofficiated in the ])ulj)it. It will be seen that\\nhis pastorate in this town extended over the\\nlong period of ibrty-scven years. Nor should\\nwe wish for further evidence to convince us\\nthat Priest I ratt was truly a remarkable\\nman. In the early summer-time, from his\\ncherished home, as tlie morning dews were\\nkissing the bright green grass and the happy\\nbirds were warbling their songs of praise,\\nas the morning sun was gilding tlie eastern hill-\\ntops witli golden light, his spirit took its u|)-\\nward flight. His work on earth was finished.\\nHe was buried in his chosen spot, which he had\\nselected, inclosed and donated to the town for\\na cemeteiy, overlooking uuieh of the field of his\\nlife s work. His tombstone records the date\\nJune 5, 1843. He lived respected and died\\nlamented.\\nRev. Otis C. Whiton, a graduate of Dart-\\nmouth iu 1815, followed Mr. Pratt as pastor of\\nthe First (Church, commencing the Sabbath fol-\\nlowing Mr. Pi-att s dismissal. He was installed\\nMay 21,182 S, and was dismissed at his own re-\\nquest January 1, 18;}3. He died at Harrisville\\nOctober 17, 1845. From 18:5.3 Rev.Ebenezer\\nChase preached two years. Under his ministry\\nthe church nicnibership was largely increased.\\nThe two churches united in supporting tlie same\\nminister, holding services in each house alter-\\nnately imtil tiie house at the South village was\\ndestroyed by fire. In 1835 He v. Clark Perry\\nis f()und laboring here. Then came Rev.\\nThomas Riggs. He was installed December 30,\\n1835, and dismissed June 17, 1839. During the\\nyear 1840 Rev. Alanson Alvord supplied the\\npulpit. June 16,1841, Rev. Robt.W. Fuller was\\nonlained and was dismissed January 11, 184.3,\\nnearly fifty members wi re added to the church\\nunder his ministration. Rev. George W. Ash\\nwas ordained October 25, 1843, and dismissed\\nMarch 11,1 846. Rev. Stephen Rodgers com-\\nmenced preaching August 6, 184(J. For a time\\nthe society flourished, a parsonage was purchased,\\nthe church building was I emodeled, but a day of\\ntrial was near; a portion of its members, mostly\\nliving in the south part of the town, withdrew\\nand formed a new society at the South village.\\nFor a time it was war, l)itter and unrelenting.\\nIts effects were lasting and withering. We\\nhasten, for we are on dangerous groiuid. Mr.\\nRodgers was dismissed in 1857. Following Mr.\\nRodgers came Rev. Charles Greenwood, who was\\nordained pastor November 5, 1857; dismissed\\nJanuary 27, 1859. Rev. Kiah R. (Hidden\\ncommenced preaching January 29, 1860, was\\nordained to the ministry June 19, 1860, and re-\\nmained till January 29, 1863. Rev. Solomon\\nBixby was acting pastor from February, 1863,\\nto February, 1868. For the year ensuing Rev.\\nEdward F. Abbott supplied the pulpit\\n1868-69. For some years thereafter there was\\nno regular preaching. In September, 1873,\\nboth churches united in employing as acting\\npastor Rev. C. K. Hoyt, then a recent graduate\\nof the Auburn Theological School; he remained\\nuntil May, 10, 1874. November 19, 1874, both\\nchurches formally consolidated in a single organ-\\nization. Rev. Charles N. Flanders, an An-\\ndover graduate, was ordained as pastor Decem-\\nber 29, 1874, and was dismissed November 4,\\n1878. He was followed by Rev. F. J. Grimes\\nin 1879, who was the acting pastor for nearly\\nthree years. Rev. Roswell Foster supplied the\\npulpit in 1884-85.\\nThe First Congeegationai. Church. A\\nsociety was organized under the above name\\nMay, 1852. The same year it built a house for\\npublic worship at the South village. This\\nhouse was dedicated December 22, 1852. On\\nthe following Sabbath Rev. Robert ^y. Fuller\\ncommenced preaching in the new house. A\\nchurch organization was instituted at au eccle-\\nsiastical council held December 26,1852. This", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0608.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n477\\nchurch was formed from sixteen members who\\nhad witlidrawu from the old church and two\\notliers. The first meeting of this church was\\nheld February 9, 1853. Oa the 15th of the\\nsame month Abraliam How and Gilraau White\\nwore elected deacons; they had held previously\\nthe same position in the old church. This\\nchurch was admitted into the Cheshire Confer-\\nence of Churohes June 14, 1854. January 7,\\n1856, Mr. Fuller resigned his pastorship. Rev.\\nOscar Bissell followed him, his ordination oc-\\ncurring May 14, 1856; he was dismissed April\\n28, 1861. For two years thereafter Rev. E. B.\\nBassett was the acting pastor, commencing\\nApril 14, 1862. From May, 1864, to May,\\n1869, Rev. William Claggett was acting pastor.\\nFrom the autumn of 1869 to September, 1873,\\nRev. Thomas L. Fowler supplied the pulpit.\\nIn 1873 this society joined the old society in\\nholding services in their respective houses alter-\\nnately, employing the same pastor, and have\\ncontinued this relation to the present time.\\nThe Baptist Chuikjh. A Baptist society\\nwas formed in East Westmoreland as early as\\n1771. Rev. Ebeuezer Baily was ordained its\\nfinst pastor, November 30, 1773. The members\\nof this society mainly came from Middleborough,\\nMass., and were members of its first church. The\\nfirst church building erected by this society was\\ndoubtless an unpretentious affair, and stood upon\\nthe opposite side of the common from school-\\nhouse No. 2. January 3, 1789, this society\\nvoted to build a new house and to locate it\\nwest of the old house, and adjacent to the old\\nsite. This house was thoroughly built, and was\\ncompleted October, 179(J. Elder Baily s pas-\\ntorate was eminently a successful one. It ex-\\ntended over thirty yeai-s. During his ministry\\nthis society was strong and influential.\\nThe following is the petition for the incorpo-\\nration of a Baptist society, addressed to the Gen-\\neral Court June 4, 1800\\nHumlily Shew Your Petitioners, Inhabitants of\\nthe Towns of Westmoreland, Walpole, Surry and\\nKeene, Professors of Religion by the Denomination\\nof Baptists That for many years last past thej have\\nassembled together for public Worship as a Baptist\\nSociety and, for the more orderly and regular man-\\nagement of the same pray that they, with such\\nothers a.s may hereafter be admitted as members, may\\nbe incorjjorated into a religious Society to be called\\nand known by the name of the Fikst Baptist So-\\nciety IN Westmoreland with sufficient power and\\nauthority to support and Settle a minister to build\\nand repair meeting Houses and to raise and Collect\\ntaxes for those purposes To warn and hold\\nmeetings and to choose all proper officers tor transact-\\ning and managing the Concerns of said Society and to\\nmake by Laws for regulating the same, provided the\\nsame are not contrary to the Constitution and Laws\\nof the State-^and for Liberty to bring in a Bill accord-\\ningly\u00e2\u0080\u0094Or, that the Honourable Court would make\\nsuch Order on the premises as to them shall seem\\nmeet and as in duty bound pray\\nCaleb Aldrich Jr Dudley Thomas\\nW Brettun Daniel Wilber\\nSammuel Robbins Paul Clark\\nJohn Brown Ephraim Brown\\nAsa Hancock Joseph Whitney\\nNoah Fuller J Stephen Bowker\\nEben-- AVright John White\\nChever Fowler Levi Hancock\\nJohn Chamberlain Benj Leonard\\nJohn Chamberlain J Jonathan Wilber\\nLevi Ware Oliver Wright\\nOliver Smith Jabez Straton\\nNehemiah Brown Philip Britton\\nCyrus Staples Benjamin Merryfield\\nJosluui P^iller Benjamin Carpenter\\nJohn Snow Elijah A. Hall\\nAmos Brown Zephaniah Leach J\\nSamuel Woodward William Aldrich\\nJon Winchester Rufus Smith\\nSeth Bretua Joshua Hall\\nJohn Paul\\nNine of these petitioners were iuhabitiiuts of\\nSurry.\\nDecember 10, 1800, this society was incorpo-\\nrated by legislative enactment, by the name of\\nthe First Baptist Society in Westmoreland. In\\n1810 Elder Nathan Leonard came from Sutton,\\nMass., and jjrcached nearly four years. He is\\nrepresented to have been an able pulpit orator\\nand a smart business man. In June, 1818,\\nElder Simeon Chamberlain was ordained, but\\ncompleted his pastorate before the close of the\\nyear. January, 1821, found Elder Hosea Trum-", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0609.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "478\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nbull first preaching to this society, over which\\nhe was ordained May 2(5, 1822. February 26,\\n1826, Benjamin Dean, Jr., was ordained at\\nSwanzey as an evangelist, and accepted a call to\\nlabor with this society. For many yeai-s there\\nwas no preaching, except by itinerants. An\\nact having passed the Legislature in 1848 relat-\\ning to the sale of meeting-houses in cases where\\nthey had not been occupied for the space of two\\nyears, led the way to a vote of the proprietors\\nto sell this house about 1852. It was purchased\\nby a union association, and removed and rebuilt\\ninto the present house at East Westmoreland.\\nJohn B. Osborn was the contractor the con-\\ntract-price was $1000, with the old house\\nand some contributions of labor. This house\\nwas built, and is now owned as a union house.\\nEach denomination is entitled to the occupancy\\nof the house in proportion to their respective\\nownership. Here, for many years. Rev. Jehiel\\nClaflin has labored faithfully, and with deserv-\\ning credit. At the present time Rev. N. D.\\nParsons conducts one service weekly under Bap-\\ntist auspices. In this house Rev. Mr. Bruce\\nconducts one service weekly at the present time\\nunder the Christian creed auspices.\\nIn 1797 a church building was erected in the\\nGlebe Parish; its site was on the rise of ground\\nupon the opposite side of the highway from\\nthe No. 4 school-house. This building was\\nnever completely finished and was removed to\\nthe Chesterfield Factory village in 1828 or 1829\\nand made over into the present bit-shop. Rev.\\nNathaniel Wilbur was the only regular preacher\\nin this house, preaching about twenty years. I\\ndo not learn that any church organization was\\never formed to worship in this house, or that\\nMr. Wilbur was ever ordained. This house\\nwas built and preacliing maintained therein\\nmainly by those of the Baptist persuasion.\\nThe Christian Church and Society in\\nWestmoreland originated about the year 1818,\\nmainly through the instrumentality of Elder\\nEdward B. Rollins. This sect is an offshoot of\\nthe Free-Will Baptists; originating about the\\nyear 1800, from the preaching of one Abner\\nJones, of Vermont. Elder Rollins was one of\\nthe first to espouse this creed, and commenced\\nhis labors in this vicinity by founding a society\\nin Walpole in 1817. He was at that time a\\nyoung man of fine 2 i esence, an able and elo-\\nquent speaker, gifted with a rich, musical voice,\\nand esjiecially effective in addressing his appeals\\nclothed in Scriptural language. He possessed\\nto a large degree those magnetic qualities that\\ndraw an ardent following. In 1825 an unpre-\\ntentious one-story building was erected in the\\nEast Parish for the use of this society. In\\nthis house Elder Moses Winchester, a convert\\nto the preaching of Elder Rollins, preached for\\nnearly thirty years.\\nElder Winchester possessed a natural gift for\\npublic si3eaking, and if he had been blessed\\nwith a liberal education Mould have ranked\\nhigh among the pulpit orators of tlie land. He\\noften lamented his lack of a thorough educa-\\ntion. His life was truly an exemplary one in\\nall the Cliristian graces.\\nAt the present time Rev. Mr. Bruce is offici-\\nating as elder of this society. For many years\\nDeacon Gaius Hall was its wise counselor and\\nliberal supporter. It was largely through his\\nliberalitv and influence that its meetings were\\nmaintained and its society kept alive.\\nThe Universalist Church. For some\\nyears prior to 1827 there existed a feeling and\\na desire on the part of many of the people liv-\\ning in the south part of the town to hokl relig-\\nious services at the then newly-planted South\\nvillage. Naturally this feeling led to the con-\\ntemplation of erecting a new church edifice.\\nThe south part of the town contained many\\ninfluential men of means and ability who in-\\ndorsed Univerealism. So far they had met the\\nOrthodox people as brethren, paying tlieir pro-\\nportion of ministerial taxes. The proposed\\nnew location received their approval and en-\\ncouragement. The people in the north part\\nof the town and Hill village naturally opposed\\nthe removal. They looked upon its accomplish-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0610.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n479\\nment as presaging a division of the church\\nand upon the proposed new location with uncon-\\ncealed hostility. It was (slearly apparent that\\ncertain elements were working in the direction\\nof making tlie South village the centre of the\\ntown for all gatherings.\\nSectional feeling ran high. Ambition en-\\nkindled into a blaze, and the red-hot coals of\\nagitation were kept fanned to their intensest heat.\\nAbout this time Josiah Knight, who lived\\nwhere Mrs. S. A. Barker now lives, offered to\\ngive an acre of land for a site for a church\\nbuilding and for a common around it, upon the\\ncondition that it should be devoted to this\\npurpose and to no other, and so to remain\\nforever. Afterwards he gave a strip of land\\nfor the horse-sheds. This offer naturally\\nbrought the agitation to a focus. Immediately\\nsubscription-papers in the hands of enthusiastic\\ninfluential men soon secured sufficient means to\\nerect a large and well-built edifice. It was\\nbuilt of brick, with galleries around three sides\\nof it, and was completed in 1827, at a cost of\\n$5343, about one-half of which was paid by\\nthe Universalists. It was built by Sherel)iah\\nCowdery. It was dedicated January 1, 1828.\\nKev. Solomon Robinson, of Stoddard preached\\nthe dedication sermon. So a new church\\norganization was formed and christened as the\\nFirst Congregational Church.\\nAt the same time Rev. Allen Pratt left the pul-\\npit at the Hill village, where he had labored\\nmany years, and was ordained pastor of the\\nnew church. With him came his.two deacons,\\nJosiah Noyes and Abraham Howe. For a time\\nthe new society flourished, but it soon became ap-\\nparent that it was composed of incongruous ele-\\nments. The Universalists soon demanded the\\nuse of the house a portion of the time for preach-\\ning of their faith. This demand was stoutly\\nresisted by the Orthodox people. Thereupon a\\nnew contention arose. The contest waxed\\nfierce, but it soon ended. On Sunday evening,\\nMarch 1, 1838, an alarm of fii-e rang throusrh\\nthe still night air. A sheet of fire was seen to\\nburst out of the belfry of the church, and in a\\nshort time it lay a mass of blackened, smoulder-\\ning ruins. Suspicion declared the origin of the\\nfire to have been incendiary, but it was never\\nproved. Soon after the burning of this church\\nthe Orthodox people returned to the old church.\\nThe remains of the building, together with all\\nthe rights and privileges pertaining to the prop-\\nerty, was sold at auction and purchased by\\nCaptain Wilson Gleason, in behalf of the\\nUniversalists, for one hundred and seventy-five\\ndollars. They immediately commenced to\\nerect a new edifice, nearly upon the old site,\\nbut of much smaller dimensions.\\nThe length of the new house is one foot less\\nthan the width of the old one. The same\\nbrick, foundation-stone and frontal steps were\\nused. It was completed and dedicated in the\\nthe month of September, 1838. Rev. Charles\\nWoodhouse, who had preached occasionally\\nprior to this very acceptably to the Universal-\\nists of this town, preached the dedication ser-\\nmon from the apt text, The glory of this\\nlatter house shall be greater than the former\\nsaith the Lord. So far the Universalists had\\nno regular organization, but on the lOth day of\\nDecember, 1838, a meeting was held for this\\npurpose, which adjourned to January 7, 1839.\\nMeantime, a notice, as re(|uii-cd by law, was\\npublished in the Farmer and Museum, a news-\\npaper then published in Keene, as follows\\nNotice is hereby given that Wilson Gleason, Has-\\nkell Bufl um, Barton Simmons, StejAen Barker, John\\nPierce and their associates have formed themselves\\ninto a religious society, to be known and distinguished\\nby the name of the Uuiversalist Society in Westmore-\\nland, agreeably to the Statute in such case made and\\nprovided. Westmoreland, Dec. 11, 1838.\\nAt the adjourned meeting the organization\\nwas perfected by adopting a code of by-laws and\\nchoosing necessary officers. The list of mem-\\nbers numbered thirty, and were as follows:\\nPrescott B. Albee, Stephen Barker, Arba\\nBarker, Tileston A. Barker, William Bennett,\\nSnell Buttum, Erasmus Buffum, Haskell Buf-", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0611.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "480\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfum, Calviu Q. A. Britton, Silas Browu, Na-\\nthan G. Babbittt, Elias Chamberlain, Amasa\\nChaffee, Caleb C. Daggett, Wilson Gleason,\\nClinton Gleason, Gilbert T. Heustis, Samuel\\nHow, Samuel How (2d) Reuben Kendall, Jotham\\nLord, John Pierce, Jotham L. Paine, Barton\\nSimmons, Harlon H. Simmons, Barton Skin-\\nner, Timothy Skinner, Carlton Thayer, Samuel\\nTorrey, Erastus Ware. The support of preach-\\ning was to be defrayed partly by subscription\\nand the balance by taxation of the members,\\nupon the basis of valuation of each as made by\\nthe selectman for general town purposes. But\\nthis plan of taxation soon proved unsatisfactory\\nand -in consequence some requested to have their\\nnames cancelled from membership. In 18-15\\nthe society voted to raise the necessary money\\nentirely by voluntary subscription, and have\\npursued this plan until the present time. Rev.\\nCharles Woodhouse was the first settled minis-\\nter over this society, preaching every Sabbath\\nuntil 1841, two-thirds of the time until Jan-\\nuary, 1843, and one-half of the time during the\\nremainder of his ministry, which ended Jan-\\nuary, 1S44. Mr. Woodhouse possessed more\\nthan ordinary ability, and was es2)ecially noted\\nfor his aptness to fit himself for any occasion\\nwith credit to himself and general satisfaction\\nto his hearers. His Christmas discourse of\\n1843 is still remembered as one of unusual abil-\\nity, and his memory is cherished by our older\\nmen, who remember him well with great re-\\nspect. He was followed by Rev. Josiah ]\\\\Iar-\\nvin, then a young man and a pupil of Mr.\\nWoodhouse. He commenced his labors Janu-\\nary 1, 1844, preaching one-half of the time un-\\ntil 1848. For the ensuing year there was no\\nregular preaching. Early in the year 1849 Rev.\\nA. Scott became the })astor and remained one\\nyear. He was followed by Rev. Phineas Her-\\nsey, who preached one year from May 15, 1850,\\none-half of the time. He was succeeded by\\nRev. E. H. Lake, who preached one-half of the\\ntime to January, 1855. Mr. Lake was quite\\npopular as a pul])it oi ator and succeeded in\\ndrawing good audiences. He was followed by\\nRev. Mr. Sias, who remained one year. From\\nthis time to January, 1857, Rev. Solomon Laws\\npreached occasionally. Rev. S. H. McColles-\\nter was pastor from 1857 to 1862. The influ-\\nence of i\\\\Ir. jNIcCollester extended beyond the\\nbounds of his own society and town even. He\\nwas active in the cause of education and excelled\\nas a teacher. As a superintendent of schools\\nnone surpassed him and few, indeed, could equal\\nhim. His influence for improvement of com-\\nmon schools was felt wherever he went. Dur-\\ning his residence here he was precejjtor of the\\nValley Academy and was very successful. His\\nservices at funerals were very satisfactory and\\nof wide-spread demand. His removal from\\ntown was felt to be a public loss.\\nIn 1860 the society bought a piece of land of\\nCol. T. A. Barker, and erected a parsonage\\nthereon at an expense of $937.15. This was\\nsold to W. R. Dunham, M.D., April 1, 1869,\\nfor twelve hundred dollars, and the jilace of\\nMary Paine purchased for a like purpose fur\\nsix huudred dollars. From 1862 to 1869 Rev.\\nO. G. Woodbury was pastor, preaching one-half\\nof the time. During the years 1869-70 Rev.\\nSolomon Laws preached a portion of the time*\\nIn 1871 Rev. Joseph Barber commenced preach-\\ning one-half of the time and remained until\\n1877. Siuce then the j)ulpit has been supplied\\nby Rev. Hiram B. JMorgan, of Chesterfield,\\nRev. Edward Smiley and Rev. W. S. Williams,\\nof Putney, Vt., in order named.\\nCHAPTER V.\\nWESTiiORELA SD\u00e2\u0080\u0094 [Continued).\\nMANUFACTl-niNG, SCHOOLS AND POLITICS.\\nWestmoreland from its earliest settlement\\nhas been emphatically a farming town,\\nalthough it possesses a considerable amount of\\nwater power, principally furnished by the Part-\\nridge Brook, and to a limited extent by Mill", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0612.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n481\\nBrook aud other lesser streams. As early as\\nMarch 30, 1752, the j)ro])netors of the town\\nvoted to give any person that wonld liiiiid a\\ntrrist-niill in said town the sum of \u00c2\u00a3150 and\\nfifty acres of land on the Mill Brook, with the\\ncondition that the mill should be put into opera-\\ntion hy August 1st ensuing, and to be kept in\\ngood repair for ten years thereafter. A tax was\\nimposed of six pounds, old tenor, upon each pro-\\nprietor to defraj the expense of building a mill,\\nand for the building and repairs of the high-\\nways. Thomas Chamlwrlain and Sanniel Minot,\\naccepted the offer and built the first mill in\\ntown. Afterwards, for many years, it was\\nknown as the Granger mill. About the vear\\n1800 it was rebuilt by its owner, Eldad Granger.\\nFor many years it was actively employed until\\nit was suffered to go to decay. Previous to its\\ncoustruction the citizens of this town luid to go\\nto Hinsdale and to North C harlestown to do their\\nmilling. Mr. Sanford Granger informs me that\\nhe was told, when a boy, that the people had to\\ngo a long way roundabout to either mill in\\norder to avoid the Indians, who were lurking\\nin the valley. This was long before the advent\\nof wheel vehicles, and the only means of con-\\nveyance was on horseback, and at first the only\\nroads were paths through the woods indicated\\nby blazed trees.\\nThe first saw and grist-mill built upon the\\nPartridge Brook was located above the brido-e\\nleading to the C. Q. A. Britton place. They\\nwere l)uilt prior to the Revolutionary War; by\\nwhom, I am unable to state. About 1800,\\nAristides Heustis purchased them and sold\\nthem to Captain Simeon Cobb, and from him\\nthey passed to his son. General Simeon Cobb.\\nThese mills were located uj^on opposite sides of\\nthe stream. The saw-mill was on the south\\nside and facing the south. In the grist-mill\\nwas a carding-machine, which had a large pat-\\nronage for many years. In 1808 a freshet car-\\nried away the dam and saw -mill, and the grist-\\nmill went to decay. At the time the freshet\\nstruck the mill the saw was in operation and\\nnearly through the log. Cobb remarked that he\\nthought it would get through before it reached\\nHartford. U[i in reljuildiug. General Cobb lo-\\ncated them below the bridge his son Albert\\nsuperintended their erection, and his son-in-law,\\nAaron B. Woolley tended them many years.\\nFarther up this stream, soon after the close of the\\nRevolutionary War, Leonard Keep built a saw\\nand grist-mill. For manyyearsthey were operated\\nby Thomas McXeal. A short distance below\\non the stream McNeal had a linseed oil mill.\\nThis mill building, many years since, was re-\\nmoved and constructed into a dwelling-house,\\nnow occupied by J. P. Bennett. After passing\\nthrough the hands of many proprietors, the\\nsaw and grist-mill, with adjacent land, were\\npurchased by Leonard Wilcox, in 1875, under\\nwhose energetic administration they have been\\nimproved, and are doing a thriving business.\\nEbenezer Pierce rebuilt a grist-mill about\\nthe year 1842, and put therein a carding-ma-\\nchine it has now gone into decay. A short\\ndistance above, Pavid Johnson built a saw-\\nmill in 1776. This mill afterwards was owned\\nmany years by Abiather Shaw, and has\\nbeen actively employed to the present time.\\nStill farther up the stream David French built\\na saw-mill, which has cut out a large amount\\nof lumber and proved for many years a lucra-\\ntive investment. This mill was built during; or\\nsoou after the Revolutionary A\\\\ ar. A grist-\\nmill was erected by Nathan Franklin upon the\\nOx Brook previous to 1800, and was located at\\nMiue Falls. Afterwards a company built a\\nsaw-mill on the site where the bridge now\\nstands both were swept away by asevere freshet.\\nSouth of the house of Charles H. Leach form-\\nerly stood a fulling-mill, built by one McMurphy\\nabout the close of the Revolutionary War\\nwhere, under the charge of Nat, Fisk and Jimna\\nWalker, each twenty years, and afterwards\\nHenry I^each, considerable business was done\\nat fulling cloth.\\nAbout, if not, i\\\\\\\\Q jir t cut nails manufactured\\nin this country were made in this shop.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0613.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "482\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlu tlie year 1856 both dam and mill were\\nswept away by a freshet, together with quite\\nan amount of machinery. In 1859 Colonel\\nD. W. Patten moved the Dean shop from\\nPark Hill, and M orked it over into a mill\\nthat was used for various purposes at first\\nfor dressing lumber, then as a pail manufac-\\ntoiy. In 1873, while repairing the buildincr, it\\nfell to the ground a mass of ruins. The same\\nyear, upon the same site, he erected the present\\nbuilding and built a stone cement dam. In\\n18(32 Edwin J.Goodnow moved the Beebe house\\nfrom the East Parish and fitted it into a mill for\\nthe manufacturing and dressing of lumber;\\nafterward he put the old No. 4 brick school-\\nhouse into his chimney and attached steam\\npower. This mill is now doing a good busi-\\nness.\\nAt an earlier date Levi Chapin erected a saw-\\nmill near and south of the house of S. H. Burt,\\nbut it has long since passed away. Below the\\nlower bridge on Mill Brook, Ephraim Brown\\nat an early date built a saw-mill. This mill\\npassed into the hands of JNIajor Butterfield, and\\nsoon after was burnt. Procuring lumber, he pro-\\nceeded to frame another building, but the tim-\\nber was burnt ere he could raise it. Both fires\\nwere the work of an incendiary. Above this\\nsite, and nearly opposite the house of J. W.\\nKeith, was another saw-mill, but by whom and\\nwhen it was erected is to me unknown.\\nThe first mill on the site of the present\\nmills of E. W. Bosworth was built about the\\nyear 1777, by Major Britton. At the time of\\nits erection noble pine-trees stood so near and\\nthick to the mill that logs enough for many\\nthousand feet of lumber were rolled directly\\nfrom the stump into the mill. Soon after the\\nerection of this mill an ineffectual attempt was\\nmade to turn the pond of water that formerly\\nstood upon Surry Summit (since drained by the\\nbuilding of the Cheshire Railroad) into the\\nMill Brook. This mill was rebuilt in 1812 by\\nStephen and Robert Britton, Gains and Joshua\\nHall. Henry Hall built the first grist-mill\\nhere, having previously run a small fulling-\\nmill in the same building. j\\nAbove, on land now owned by ,1. B. Hall,\\nCharles C. Comstock built a saw-mill about 1845.\\nAfterwards Mr. Comstock removed to Michigan,\\nand in 1884 was elected a Representative in the\\nUnited States House of Representsitives. Other\\nmills undoubtedly have been built that have\\nnot come to the notice of the writer. The\\nlist of different brick-yards and wheelwright-\\nshops, like the ending of an auction bill, are\\ntoo numerous to mention. At one time Na-\\nthaniel Wilber had a powder-mill south of the\\npresent East Parish Church. It is related that\\none evening, while Wilber was at work in his\\nmill, for want of a candle-stick, he stuck his tal-\\nlow dip into an open barrel of powder; being\\nbusily engaged, ere he was aware his dip\\nhad burnt down to the improvised stick. The\\nnext day he was lamenting the loss of nearly\\nhalf of the barrel of powder, before he suc-\\nceeded in putting out the fire therein.\\nAt one time nail-making was quite an in-\\ndustry, the State paying a bounty on hand-made\\nnails. In order to illustrate the progress of\\nthe times, I insert the following certificate for\\nillustration from many\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nCheshire 8s, Westmoreland, May ye 30th, 1791.\\nWe, the Subscribers, selectmen of s Westmore-\\nland, hereby certify that Abiather Shaw of said West-\\nmoreland has since May one thousand seven hundred\\nand eighty-nine, made and caused to be made in his\\nworkshop one hundred and Ninety Eight thousand of\\nto Penny nales and one hundred and fifty-four thou-\\nsand of four Penny nales and fourteen thousand of\\nTwenty Penny nales and thirty five thousand of six\\npenny nales, the whole of the above Nales were bona-\\nfidely wrought and nuide in the shop of the aforesaid\\nabathier by himself and hands in his Imploy.\\nCaleb Aldrich, 1 Selectmen of\\nDavid Hutchins. I Westmoreljind.\\nCounter Signed by me Amos Babcock the\\nNighest Justis of the Peace to S abiathers Work\\nShop.\\nThe bounty ou same was eight jjounds.\\nNor are we to forget another industry, em-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0614.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n483\\nploying more hands ihan all the other manufac-\\nturing industries of the town combined. The\\nniml le hands of tiie women have contributed to\\nkeep together many a household with the ill-\\npaid fruit of their patient toil in the braiding\\nof palm-leaf hats.\\nCOMMON SCHOOI5.\\nLift we the twilight curtains of the Past,\\nAnd turning from familiar sight and sound\\nSadly and full of reverence let us cast\\nA glance upon Tradition s shadowy ground\\nSadly the few pale lights which glimmering round\\nThat dim strange land of Eld seem dying fast.\\nOur earliest town records bear the date of\\n1775. For twenty three years from the incor-\\nporation of tiie town of Westmoreland, with the\\nexception of a few scattered papers and brief\\nproprietors records, we have no written\\nstory to compile from. Here and there we\\nget a little tradition clouded with much un-\\ncertainty. As the forefathers of the town lived\\nand moved amid scenes of con.stant peril, of\\nprivation and hardship, it is not to be presumed\\nthat any great attention was given to common\\nschools previous to the close of the Revolutionary\\nWar. Previous to 1784 the selectmen of West-\\nmoreland had made some provision for public\\ninstruction by employing sundry itinerant in-\\nstructors to teach the children of the town who\\nare capable of learning to read, write, and cast\\naccounts, also to instruct them once a week in\\nsome orthodox catechism. One pedagogue, by\\nthe name of Pettibone, occasionally came from\\nMassachusetts on horseback and kept a private\\nschool in a dwelling-iiouse that formerly stood\\nnear the })resent residence of Frederic Dean,\\nwas probably the first to wield the birch in\\nWestmoreland. Probably the first school-\\nhouse ever erected in town was in the south-\\nwest corner of the old cemetery, near the\\nresidence of Fred G. Parker. In early times\\nthe eaves of the church sheltered with fostering\\ncare the school-house. The earliest record we\\nhave been able to find of any action of the town\\nrelating to schools was a vote passed IMarch 20,\\n1748, to divide the town into four districts, to\\n31\\nbe called squadrons. Through individual enter-\\nprise and public-spirit, six school-houses had\\npreviously been constructed in different portions\\nof the town, and were located as follows One\\nnearly opposite the present No. 4 house one\\non the road leading from F. M. Procter s house\\nto Chesterfield, near the south line one near\\nthe house of Adin T. Reed one at the Hill\\nvillage; one on the north side of old highway,\\nin the valley east of the present No. 9 house,\\nand one probably near the present No. 11 house.\\nThese houses did not compare favorably with\\nthe comfortable provisions of the modern school-\\nhouse. They were roughly boarded, low posted\\nwith long benches that extended around the\\nthree sides of the room, with the exception of\\nthe door-way. The fourth side was occupied\\nby a high open fire-place, and clumsy chimney\\nsometimes laid up with brick, but quite as often\\nwith stone, furnishing the most ample ventila-\\ntion. Each row of benches to the rear was\\nelevated upon a floor a step higher so that the\\nback seats were virtually posts of observation.\\nThe smaller scholars were seated in front, and\\ncame more directly under the eye of the school-\\nmaster than those seated in the rear, and doubt-\\nless were made to feel the fall of the ponderous\\nbirchen ferule as a punishment for misdeeds in-\\nstigated from the more secure back seats, furnish-\\ning an incentive to rise more potent than the\\ndesire to emerge from ignorance. Here were\\ntaught in primitive style, reading, writing\\nand arithmetic, and sometimes geography and\\ngrammar. But pedagogues capable of teaching\\nthe latter branches were rare. A necessary re-\\nquirement of the teacher was the ability to\\nmanufacture a good pen from quills brought\\nfor that purpose by the scholars. This faculty\\nmust now be included among the lost arts. Nor\\nwere text-books in those times very common.\\nA spelling-book, bound in boards, was con-\\nsidered an acquisition, and the owner was rated\\nrich among his fellows. For many years Web-\\nsters spelling-book was universally used both\\nas a spelling and reader.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0615.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "484\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIts interesting stories are still i-elated with\\nkindling eye and animated voice by many of\\nour older citizens. In 1790 Webster s old\\nThird Part was published, then came the\\nAmerican Preceptor, the Columbian Orator,\\nthe English Reader, the American First\\nClass Book, National Eeader, Easy Les-\\nsons and Sequal to Easy Lessons, Pike s,\\nAdams, and Colburn s Arithmetics, Morse s\\nGeography and Murray s Grammar were\\nalso taugiit generally in later years. During\\nthe year 178^, an attempt was made to divide\\nthe town into twelve squadrons, and a commit-\\ntee was chosen to make the divisions and to\\nlocate the school-houses. It appears that the\\nCommittee performed their duty, for the town\\ngave due credit by passing a vote to that effect,\\nstill from some cause did not adopt their report.\\nThe town was now gaining in population at\\nthe rate of nearly one hundred yearly. It had\\nnearly double the population of to-day. Many\\nsections of the towns were discommoded by dis-\\ntance to school-houses. They clamored for\\ngreater facilities, and labored diligently to have\\ntheir wants supi)lied. In 1792 the town voted\\nto create a new school squadron, defining its\\nboundaries, which were nearly the present\\nbounds of No. 10.\\nIn 1794 the town choose Caleb Aldrich, Jr.,\\nWilliam Hutchins and Nathan Babbitt a com-\\nmittee to make a new division of the town\\ninto schoolricks. They reported in favor of\\neight divisions, to be called school wards. They\\nlocated the houses substantially as follows\\nFirst, at intersection of roads west of O. J. Ware s\\nhouse.\\nSecond, near the house of F. G. Parker, in south-\\nwest corner of cemetery.\\nThird, on the site of the present No. 10 house.\\nFourth, north and near A. Briggs house, on east\\nside of road.\\nFifth, at intersection of roads south of Frank Al-\\ndrich s house.\\nSixth, near Captain Theodore Coles house.\\nSeventh, near S. H. Burts residence.\\nEighth, near Almon Craig s house.\\nBy this division a few families at the south-\\nwest and east parts of the town were not con-\\nveniently accessible to a school-house, and to\\nthese few families the town gave their school\\nmoney tax to be schooled out under the in-\\nspection of the selectmen. Those in the extreme\\neast part were far better accommodated by send-\\ning to the adjoining Surry school-ward. The\\nfollowing year, 1796, the town voted two hun-\\ndred and forty pounds for the building and\\nfurnishing of school-houses, to be divided\\naccording to what they pay, and to be effected\\nby a committee chosen for that purpose. In\\n1798 the town voted to make a new division,\\nand chose a committee for that purpose. They\\nmade eleven divisions. Beside creating three\\nnew wards they made considerable alterations\\nin the bounds of the old wards, and numbered\\nthem differently.\\nThe new Ward 4 is nearly identical with the\\nold Ward 7, and its house is on the same site.\\nThe new Ward 5 is nearly identical with the\\nold Ward 6, with the same site for its school-\\nhouse.\\nThe Sixth Ward school-house was located\\nsouth of the house of Frank T. Aldrich This\\nward is nearly the old Ward 5.\\nThe Seventh Ward house remains upon old\\nsite.\\nThe Eighth Ward house was now built on\\nits present site.\\nThe Ninth Ward house location was left dis-\\ncretionary with the district who removed it to\\nthe east side of the road near the southwest\\ncorner of the home-pasture of the J. N. Bart-\\nlett estate. In 1846 it was removed to its\\npresent site.\\nThe new Ward 1 was formed from the di-\\nvision of the old Ward 8 into the new Wards\\n1 and 2. Ward 8 house became Ward 2 house\\nnow and the Ward 1 house was built upon the\\nsite of the old Christian meeting-house. Af-\\nterward it was removed to near the gateway\\nleading to the house of Albert Chickering and\\nwas burnt.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0616.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n485\\nThe Third Ward house was built at the in-\\ntersection of roads near the site of the Alvin\\nChickering buildings. In 1815 this house was\\nremoved to the north side of the brook on east\\nside of the road, near the house of Elmer T.\\nNims. In 1830, the present house was built\\non its present site. The new Ward 10, formerly\\na portion of Ward 2 and 3, retained the site\\nand house of the old Wai-d 3. Ward 1 1 house\\nwas built on its present site.\\nThese wards remain essentially unchanged\\nto-day. The committee making this division\\nconsisted of Seth Brittou, Joseph Euil um, Na-\\nthaniel Blanchard, Elias Gates, George Cobb,\\nJames Robbins, Charles Church, Solomon\\nWheeler and Stephen Bowker. Their report\\nwas accepted and adopted by the town, and five\\nhundred and fifty pounds were raised to build\\nand repair school-houses. Each ward was to\\nhave what they paid. March 19, 1798, the\\ntown chose a collector and a building-committee\\nof three from each ward. Steward Esty, John\\nBrown and Joseph Hunt were chosen to ap-\\npraise the school-houses already built or partly\\nso. Their report indicates but four houses ap-\\npraised, namely No. 10 house, $153.33 No.\\n9 house, $197.15 No. 2 house, $76.12 and No.\\n6 house, $58.83. In 1804 the town raised\\nseven hundred dollars for schooling and an-\\nnexed Steward Esty and Joseph Wilber to the\\nSecond Ward. Thus for twenty-one years the\\ntown has been variously divided into squadrons,\\nricks and wards. Previously to the year 1805,\\nthe care of the schools at first devolved upon\\nthe selectmen, afterwards upon the creation of\\nwards, it was shifted to the responsibility of\\nward committees.\\nIn 1805 the Legislature established by statute\\nthe district system, which for many years worked\\nfavorably, but as our population lessens it fails\\nto be as satisfactory. In 1807 Leonard ^A ilcox s\\nreal estate (then Thomas MoNeal s) was taken\\nfrom Ward 7 and annexed to Ward 10. In\\n1808 the Legislature provided for superintend-\\ning School committees, whose prescribed duties\\nwere to visit and inspect schools at such times\\nas should be most expedient and in manner\\nconducive to the progress of literature, morality\\nand reliirion.\\nMarch 15, 1S1(J, Jotham Lord, one of the\\nprominent men in the town, donated to _the\\ntown the sum often dollars, upon the following\\nconditions, which were accepted by vote of the\\ntown, May 17, 1817\\nThat the money was to be cared for by the Se-\\nlectmen, by them to be let out, not exacting from any\\nperson in town more than 5 per cent, interest, which\\nmust be paid every three months. The town to have\\na prior right to the loan of the same, to be loaned\\nupon good security, and kept until its annual gains and\\nadditions shall increase the sum to $2000, after which\\nthe town may appropriate the interest tliereof to\\nsuch purposes as they may think most useful to the\\ntown.\\nFor many years it has been deposited in the\\nChesiiire Provident Institution, and nowamounts\\n(1884) to $757. 25. The general understanding\\nis that it shall be devoted to the schools. At\\nthis same meeting the town vottxl to accept the\\ndonation of one thousand dollars from the will\\nof Eliphalet Fox, upon the conditions that the\\ninterest be devoted toward the support of our\\nschools. For many years this has been a peren-\\nnial source of substantial aid to the cause of\\neducation, and, while the mists of years have\\nobscured the history of Fox, still the town has\\noccasion to revere his name as a noble, public\\nbenefactor. In 1829 the town received from the\\nState $1772.67. This is known as the Literary\\nFund. It came from a tax imposed by the\\nState in 1821 of one-half of one per cent, (in the\\ncajjital stock of the banks. The interest there-\\non is by law devoted toward the support of the\\nschools. In 1829 the Union District was\\nformed (No. 12), from Districts No. 2 aud 11,\\nand the farms formerly owned by Isaac K.\\nWhite and Gardner Knight were taken from\\nNo. 3 and annexed to No. 2. In 1830 the\\nschool-house in No. 3 was built on its present\\nsite. At the same time the farm of F. M.\\nProcter was taken from No. 4 and annexed to", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0617.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "486\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNo. 3, also the place of William Brown from\\nNo. 5, and also the present South village from\\nNo. 10. From No. 3 the same year the Butter-\\nfield pa.sture was taken and annexed to No. 12;\\nalso the farm of Henry C. Cobleigh, from No.\\n9 to No. 8. In 1835 a committee was chosen\\nto define the boundaries of the several school\\ndistricts. It consisted of one member from each\\nschool district, namely, Larkin Baker, Henry\\nEsty, Ijuna Foster, Increase Warren, Haskell\\nBuffum, Barton Skinner, Calvin Q. A. Britton,\\nTimothy Hoskins, Jr., Aaron Works, Otis\\nHutchins, David Livingston and Zenas Britton.\\nTheir work was accepted, and remains to-day\\nthe only written record of boundaries of school\\ndistricts of legal force, excepting special changes\\nsince made by vote of the town and otherwise.\\nIn 1835 the No. 1 District was severed into\\ntwo, and therefrom No. 13 formed.\\nThe matter of location of school houses in\\ntown, and esjiecially in the East Parish, has\\nbeen the fruitful subject for much contention for\\nmany years. In 1845 several lots of several\\nowners and part of the present John B. Hall\\nfarm, were taken from No. 2 and annexed to No.\\n12. About 1870 school-house No. 1 was burn-\\ned. A diifcrence of opinion arose respecting\\nthe proper site for a new house. The one cho.seu\\ndid not meet the desire of all, and the matter\\nwas settled by resorting to the county commis-\\nsioners, who located the house in 1873 upon the\\npresent site. The following year the home-\\nfarm of J. E. Fuller was taken, by act of the\\nLegislature, from No. 2 and annexed to No. 1.\\nIn 1884 the farm of Delana Norris was\\ntaken irom No. 2 and annexed to No. 1.\\nIn 1879 Districts No. 1 and 13 were united.\\nNumerous otlier changes have been made on the\\nseveral school districts, but time and space will\\nnot admit of their emuueration.\\nThe liCgislature of 1884 repealed this system,\\nand the town became one district.\\nIn comparison with former years our schools\\nhave very largely decreased in numbers to-\\nday we have no schools with eighty to oiie hun-\\ndred and upwards of scholars as was formerly\\nwitnessed. I\\nTeachers would be rare indeed to-da} who\\ncould be induced to take one of those old time\\nschools to manage. It required more than\\ncommon ability to manage them successfully\\nthen. Among the successful pedagogues of\\nthose earlier years were Barton Skinner, Otis\\nHutchins, Arvin Aldrich, Zenas Britton,\\nCharles Butterfield, Larkin Baker and many\\nothers. Among them was one Nathaniel Wil-\\nbore, commonly known as Priest Wilbur. It\\nis related of him that upon a certain occasion\\nwhile teaching the school in the present\\nNo. 2 district one of his scholars, John Bowker\\nby name, having committed some misdemeanor,\\nwas sent out doors by Wilbur to prepare for\\na flogging. Bowker proceeded to enca.se his\\nbody and limbs with birch bark over which he\\ndrew his clothes and presented him.self for cas-\\ntigation. Taking his switch in hand, Wilbur\\nstruck a blow aroimd the culprit s legs. He was\\nsurprised to hear the rattling of the bark and to\\nwitness the illy-suppre.ssed merriment of his\\nvictim. What does this mean? asked Wilbur.\\nIt means, replied Bowker, tliat I have obeyed\\nyour orders to prepare for a flogging, and I have\\nto the best of my ability. It is said that\\nBowker escaj^ed punishment that time.\\nPOLITICAL.\\nIn colonial times the only parties (other than\\nlocal or personal) were the supporters and\\nopposers of the royal prerogative. These were\\nknown as Whigs and Tories. In the war for\\nindependence the latter party became extinct\\nas a party. Its most bigoted members fled\\nfrom the country others, by concessions to the\\nWhigs, remained surrounded, however, in an\\natmosphere of deep-seated hatred, oftentimes of\\npersecution. In the convention that framed\\nthe Constitution first appeared the parties\\nknown as Federalists and Anti-Federalists.\\nThe former, under the leadership of Washing\\nton and the elder Adams, wished to strengthen", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0618.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n487\\nthe general government at the expense of the\\nindividnal States that entered iuto the Confed-\\neration. The latter party, under tlie lead of\\nJefferson and Madison, took tlie opposite view,\\nand wished to maintain tiie independence of\\nthe individual States at all hazards. The re-\\nsult was a eompronuse Constitution. Political\\nhistory is the record of compromise. The per-\\npetuity of any republican form of government\\nis dependent upon the free exercise of the right\\nof suffrage, under proper restrictions, of its\\nnicely-balanced power, wielded by tlie advocates\\nor the opponents of measures of public expedi-\\nency. After the adoption of the Constitution,\\nin 1789, there was very littl( political excite-\\nment. Westmoreland was practically a politi-\\ncal Federal unit foi fifteen years. Parties had\\nnow assumed the names of Federalists and\\nRe]3ublicans.\\nIn 1805 the Republicans carried the State;\\nand the following year Westmoreland for the first\\ntime. The votestood For John Langdon, 146\\nTimothy Farrar, 62; Joim J. Gilman, 11.\\nFor the three years ensuing Governor Lang-\\ndon received a handsome majority. The result\\nwas reversed in 1809 and 1810, when Jeremiah\\nSmith, the Federal nominee, carried the town.\\nFor some years a heavy vote was cast and\\nevidently party feeling was active. This be-\\ngan to subside in 1818. From 1810 to 1819\\nfirst one party was in the ascendancy, then the\\nother, l)ut always upon a light vote. In 1817\\nJames ISIonroe became President, and the Fed-\\neral name disappeared from the political hori-\\nzon. During his administration arose the ir-\\nrepressible conflict between liberty and slavery.\\nThis was a tojjic that forced itself for debate\\nin every public place, at every private hearth,\\na debate that waged stronger and stronger in\\ntlie course of years and finally culminated in\\nthe firing upon Sumter and the War of the\\nRebellion. Following the disappearance of\\nthe Federal name came the Radicals and the\\nConservatives, but all were merged in the com\\nmon name of Republicans. When measure:\\nbecame obscure, candidates became conspicuous\\nand served to excite contention. At this time\\nDavid L. !Morril was in the Senate of the\\nUnited States from New Hampshire. Elo-\\nquent and incisive of speech, he fearlessly stood\\nup in the Senate Chamber and hurled his de-\\nnunciations against the further extension of\\nslavery. In 1825 Westmoreland complimented\\nhim with two hundred votes for Governor and\\nnone in opposition. In the warm controversy\\nthat ensued towards the close of Monroe s ad-\\nministration, respecting who of the five candi-\\ndates in the field should be his successor, West-\\nmoreland voted unanimously for the Adams\\nelectors. In March, 1825, New England s fav-\\norite son was inaugurated the sixth President\\nof the United States. Soon, party feeling be-\\ncame stronger and more acrimonious. Under\\nthe leadership of Adams and Clay, a new party-\\nname appears, called the National Republican.\\nIn later years it took the name of Whigs, and\\nstill later, in 1856, it united with the anti-\\nslavery party and took the old name of Repub-\\nlicans. Westmoreland, from the advent of the\\nWhig party to the outbreak of the Rebellion,\\nstrongly leaned toward Democracy from that\\ntime it has generally been Republican, although\\ngenerally very evenly divided.\\nIn a hasty review, let us now consider the\\npart that Westmoreland bore in tlie several\\nearly Constitutional Conventions and the events\\nconnected therewith, preliminary to tlie final\\nadoption of the Constitution of 1789.\\nOn May 9, 1775, Joseph Wilber was chosen\\na delegate to a convention which assembled at\\nExeter on the 17th of tlie same month. One\\nhundred and two towns were rejjresented by\\none hundred and thirty-three members. Post-\\noffices were established, a committee of supplies\\nfor the army and a Committee f Safety were\\nformed, and the provincial records secured,\\nwhereupon this convention adjourned Novem-\\nber 16th. On December 12, 1775, Heber Mil-\\nler was chosen I epresentative to tlie Provincial\\nCongress, to be held at Exeter on the 21st day", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0619.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "488\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof the same month, and Jonathan Cole, Benja-\\nmin Peirce, Arclielaus Temple, Joseph Wilher,\\nWaitstill Scott. John Cole and Amos Peirce\\nwere chosen a committee to give instructions to\\nthe representative. Ebenezer Britton was chosen\\na Committee of Safety. This Congress, without\\ndelay, drew up a new form of government, as-\\nsuming, on the oth day of January, 177(), the\\nname and authority of a House of Representa-\\ntives, and chose twelve persons to form a\\nseparate branch of the Legislature, to be called\\nthe Council. AH acts, to become valid, were to\\nbe approved by both branches. Each branch\\nwas to chose its own presiding officers, and\\nboth branches wliile in session performed ex-\\necutive duties. During a recess of the Legis-\\nlature a Committee of Safety was provided and\\nchosen to perform executive duties. Meshech\\nWeare was chosen president of this Council, and\\nwas ex-officio president of this Committee of\\nSafety. For the first time this Congress adopted\\nthe name of Colony of New Hampshire. Soon\\nafter the Declaration of Independence the name\\nColony was dropped and the name State sui)-\\nstituted.\\nThe warrant for a meeting to be held De-\\ncember 13, 1770, was the first one to bear the\\nheading of the State of New Hampshire. On\\nJanuary 31, 1777, the town voted dissatisfac-\\ntion with the present plan of government.\\nWhile the particular grievance is not stated in\\nany record, still it is safe to say that the town\\nparticipated in the very general feeling exist-\\ning throughout the State that the legislative\\nbranches had assumed monarchical powers.\\nOn April 6, 1778, Archelaus Temple was\\nchosen to attend the convention to be held at\\nConcord, June 10th, to agree upon some system\\nor form of government for the State. The\\nplan that they proposed did not receive the ap-\\nproval of the peo])le.\\nJanuary 23, 1788, Archelaus Temple was\\nchosen a delegate to a convention to be held at\\nExeter the ensuing month to consider the Fed-\\neral Constitution, and in behalf of the State to\\naccept or reject it. June 21st it was adoj)ted.\\nOn the 15th of December, 1788, was held the\\nfirst town-meeting for the purpose of voting for\\nrepresentatives in the Congress of the United\\nStates and for electors of President and Vice-Presi-\\ndent. Three representatives and five electors\\nwere voted for. The following is the record\\nSamuel Livermore, Benjamin West, Abial\\nFostereach had the entire number of votes\u00e2\u0080\u0094name-\\nly, thirty-two for representatives. For electors\\neach of the following men received the entire\\nvote cast, twenty-seven Joshua Wentworth,\\nBenjamin Bellows, Timothy Farrar, Ebenezer\\nSmith, Barzaliel Woodward. The lightness of\\nthe vote is truly surjirising, when we consider\\nthat during the eleven years that followed\\nthe year 1775 the population of Westmore-\\nland increased rapidly. From 758 in 1775\\nit reached 1620 in 1786. The town was\\nnow booming with prosperity. This con-\\ntinued until 1820, when, from various causes, the\\npopulation began to decrease. Tlie first election\\never held for State and county officers was held\\nunder the new Constitution, Marcli 3, 1784.\\nThe entire number of votes cast for President of\\nthe State were given to John Langdon, being\\n26. There were no votes cast for Senators.\\nThe Senatorial districts coincided with the coun-\\nties, and to Cheshii e County was assigned two\\nto elect.\\nArchelaus Temple was chosen a delegate to a\\nconvention to be held at Concord, September 7,\\n1791. This convention proposed to the people\\nfor their ratification seventy-two amendments.\\nTheir purport does not now appear. Augu.st\\n27, 1792, the town Voted to accept the amend-\\nments under the head of Senate, Governor and\\nCouncil. This Constitution, with the several\\namendments adopted this yeai remains substan-\\ntially to the present time.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0620.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n489\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nWESTMORELAND\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Co.i/m.ierf).\\nMILITARY HISTORY.\\nI wotTLD that I could write of the military\\nhistory of Westmoreland with an approach to-\\nward completeness. The records of the town\\nare missing from its incorporation to the year\\n1775. Of its eventful history during these\\ntwenty-three years we have only the most meagre\\nand fragmentary evidence. Truly, we have oc-\\ncasion to mourn their loss. It is certain that\\nWestmoreland was represented in the last French\\nand Indian War, hut how numerously we know\\nnot. Its citizens were frequently called upon\\nto I cpel Indian forays, of which mention is made\\nin another chapter. Joel Priest was a private\\nin Rodo-ers Rangers in the French and Indian\\nWar, and was present at the sacking of the St.\\nFrancis village in 1759 he was also a Revolu-\\ntionary soldier, serving in Capt. Hawkins com-\\nany in Colonel Bedel s regiment, also in Capt.\\nCarlisle s company. In accordance with an act\\nof the Provincial Congress, passed August 25,\\n1775, the selectmen proceeded to take a census\\nof the town, the first after the State ceased to\\nbe a province, and the first made with any\\nclaim to accuracy. The result was a popula-\\ntion of three hundred and fifty-seven, including\\nthirty-eight persons gone into the army. The\\nselectmen also report sixy-three fire-arms fit for\\nuse, and sixty-seven wanting to supply the\\ntown. This report, signed by Heber Miller,\\nArehelaus Temple, Waitstill Scott, selectmen,\\nbears date of October 26, 1775. Who were\\nthese thirty-eight men I can only write in part.\\nThe want of fire-arms, it seems, was not\\nreadily supplied, for we find recorded a petition\\nbearing date of June 3, 1776 signed by the town\\nCommittee of Safety, Joseph Burt, Ebenezer\\nBritton, Jr., John Chamberlain, addressed to\\nthe Legislature or Colonial Committee of Safety\\nas follows\\nGentlemen, we have Jest heard of the Retreet of\\nour Nothard arinv Which Puts us in feere that the\\nSavages Will Be Down upon our frontiers and we in\\nthis Towne Being very Short for ammunition as well\\nas Sum amies Wanting: Have with our Naboring\\nTowns agreed to Send nir Amos Babcock after amies\\nand ammunition and we hope that we may Bee\\nSaplied With those articals Without Which we Can-\\nnot Defend ourSelves Nor oure Country in order that\\neach man have one Pound of Powder we Want in\\nthis Towne sixty wait and we Want fore hundred\\nflints one hundred w of Lead and Twenty guns\\nWhich Will Well aquip us for wor if mr Babcock Can\\nBe Saplied With the above articals we the Subscribers\\nBeing the Committee of Safety for the Towne of West-\\nmoreland Will in Behalf of the Towne ingage the\\nPay.\\nOn the 14th day of March, 1776, General\\nCongress passed a resolution which came to the\\nselectmen in a form of a retpiest from the Com-\\nmitte of Safety of New Hampshire, to recjuire\\nof all males above twenty-one years of age\\n(lunatics, idiots and negroes excepted) to sign to\\nthe declaration on this pa])er and when so done\\nto make return thereof together with the name\\nor names of all who shall refuse to .sign the\\nsame to the General Assembly or Committee of\\nSafety of this Colony. The declaration or\\npledge was as follows\\nWe the Subscribers do hereby solemnly Engage and\\npromise that we will to the utmost of our Power at\\nthe Risque of our Lives and Fortunes with Arms op-\\npose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets\\nand Armies Against the United American Colonies.\\nOne hundred and thirty signed the declara-\\ntion, as follows\\nIsrael Amsby. Abiel Eddy.\\nBenjamin Aldrich. Jonah Edson.\\nCaleb Aldrich. Nathan Franklin.\\nJames Butterfleld. Seth Gilbert.\\nEbenezer Britton. Gideon Gilbert.\\nEbenezer Bailey. Jonathan Goodnow.\\nJoseph Burt. Edmund Goodnow.\\nEbenezer Britton (2d). Nahum Goodnow.\\nWilliam Brockway. Israel Goodnow.\\nDavid Britton. Asa Goodnow.\\nWilliam Britton. Fortunatus Gleason.\\nLuther Baily. James Gleason.\\nSeth Britton. Benjamin Gleason.\\nJonas Butterfield. David Glasier.\\nEnos Burt. Elias Gates.\\nJonathan Holton.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0621.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "490\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nGideon Burnham.\\nMoses Bennett.\\nEphraim Brown.\\nJoseph Boynton.\\nDaniel Blanchard.\\nMoses Brown.\\nIsaac Cobb.\\nDaniel Cobb.\\nHenry Chamberlain.\\nJohn Chamberlain.\\nRoger Conant.\\nThomas Chamberlain.\\nJedediah Chamberlain.\\nJonathan Cole, Jr.\\nAaron Chandler.\\nJohn Cole.\\nJonathjin Cole {3d).\\nIncrease Chamberlain.\\nJohn Cooper.\\nIsaac Chamberlain.\\nStephen Dutton.\\nDavid Darby.\\nNathaniel Daggett.\\nJosiah Dodge.\\nWilliam Day.\\nJohn Doyle.\\nJeptha Dow.\\nEleazer Robbins.\\nRobert Robbins.\\nEphraim Robbins.\\nJohn Robbins.\\nJonas Robbins.\\nEleazer Robbins, Jr.\\nDavid Robbins.\\nDavid Robinson.\\nBenjamin Rodgers.\\nMicah Read.\\nJohn Snow.\\nJonathan Sawyer.\\nDavid Stacy.\\nWaitstill Scott.\\nJohn Scott.\\nJeremiah Tinkham.\\nAlexander Trotter.\\nReuben Tarbell.\\nElijah Temple.\\nArchelaus Temple.\\nJohn Veazy.\\nDaniel Whitman.\\nAnd .six refused to\\nRev. William Goddard.\\nLeonard Keep.\\nJob Chamberlain.\\nWilliam Hutchins.\\nAbuer How.\\nDaniel How.\\nJosiah Hacket.\\nSamuel How.\\nDavid Johnson.\\nDaniel Johnson.\\nWillis Johnson.\\nReuben Kendall.\\nDaniel Keys.\\nEphraim Leonard.\\nJacob Leach.\\nSherebiah Leach.\\nZepheniah Leach.\\nJosiah Leach, Jr.\\nAruniah Leach.\\nIsaac Leach.\\nJosiah Leach.\\nSeth Leach.\\nNehemiah Man.\\nDavid Nathernell.\\nBenjamin Pierce.\\nEbenezer Pierce.\\nDaniel Pierce.\\nAmos Pierce.\\nJoseph Packard.\\nJohn Ranstead.\\nNoah Whitman.\\nJoseph Wilbore.\\nPhilip Wilbore.\\nNathaniel Wilbore.\\nDavid Wilbore.\\nPhilip Wilbore (2d).\\nJoseph White.\\nMoses White.\\nEsekiel Woodward.\\nJonathan Willis.\\nArtemas Wille.\\nEphraim Wetherly.\\nWilliam Warner.\\nJoshua Warner.\\nJoshua Warner, Jr.\\nJob Warner.\\nJohn Warner.\\nHenry Walton.\\nSamuel Works.\\nHarridon Wheeler.\\nDavid Winchester.\\nJonathan Winchester.\\nsign, namely,\\nAaron Brown.\\nDaniel Gates.\\nJohn Butterfield.\\nWhy these six men refused to sign the Test\\nOath is not apparent. Three of them, at least,\\nwere true patriots, and performed good service\\nin the American cau.se, namely, Keep, Brown\\nand Gates, and there is no evidence whatever\\nthat the other three men were Tories.\\nIn 1767, prior to the Revolution, the militia\\nin this part of the State from Massachusetts line,\\nas far north as Claremont and including Nevt^-\\nport, were in one regiment, commanded by Colo-\\nnel Josiah Willard, of Winchester. When the\\nwar came on Colonel Willard sided with the\\nTory party and his regiment was divided\\ninto two in August, 1775. To the First Regi-\\nment Westmoreland was assigned. The com-\\nmand of this regiment was given to Samuel\\nAshley, Esq., of Winchester. Isaac Butterfield,\\nof this town, was its major. This was afterwards\\nknown as the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment.\\nThe battle of Lexington, on April 19, 1775,\\naroused the people to a sense of their danger.\\nAt a convention held at Exeter, May, 20, 1775,\\nit was voted to raise two thousand men in ad-\\ndition to those already in the field, which would\\nconstitute a brigade of three regiments,\\nunder the respective commands of the fol-\\nlowing colonels Stark, Poor and Reed. The\\nEighth Company of Colonel Reed s regiment\\ncontained the following Westmoreland men, and\\nwa.s under command of Captain Jacob Hinds\\nIsaac Stone, lieutenant. Samuel White, corporal.\\nGeorge Aldrich, 2d do Nahum Goodenovv, drum-\\nJohn Cole, sergeant. mer.\\nCaleb Aldrich, corporal.\\nPrivates.\\nEbenezer Aldrich.\\nThomas Arasden.\\nJob Brittain.\\nEbenezer Chamberlain.\\nHenry Chamberlain.\\nDaniel Carlisle.\\nDavid Darby.\\nSilas Farnsworth.\\nSamuel How.\\nWilliam Hutchins.\\nJude Hall.\\nEphraim Leonard.\\nDavid Robbins.\\nEleazer Robbins.\\nSamuel Robbins.\\nJames Simonds.\\nDavid Wetherell.\\nDavid Warner.\\nNathan Wilbore.\\nJohn White.\\nJob Warner.\\nDavid Glazier.\\nAaron Whiting.\\nJohn Ranstead.\\nCaleb Balch.\\nEphraim Stone, Q. M. Sgt.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0622.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n491\\nTliis compsiny oonsisted of sixty-five men,iii-\\ncludiug its officers. These iiien were in the\\nservice for diiferent periods, but uone for a\\ngreater length of time under this comjiany or-\\nganization than three months and eigiit days.\\nThe privates reeeived pay at the rate of forty\\nshillings per month and were allowed for one\\nIniiidred and ten miles travel at the rate of one\\npenny a mile also, one pound and sixteen shil-\\nlings for eoat and blanket.\\nThis regiment was engaged in the memora-\\nl)le struggle at Buidxer Hill, June 17, 1775, and\\ntogether with another New Hampshire regi-\\nment, untler Colonel Stark, repulsed two des-\\nperate attacks made by the flower of the Brit-\\nish army, led by (leneral Howe in person, and\\nheld their ailvanced position until their amminii-\\ntion was exhausted, and, having lint a few bay-\\nonets, they retreated in good order, but uncon-\\nquered. On the l^lst of June, 1775, four days\\nafter the battle. Colonel Reed, at ^A inter Hill,\\nmade his regimental return, in which we find\\nthat Captain Hinds company is credited with\\nthirty-nine men fit for duty, two wounded,\\ntwo sick, fourteen uninjured, one missing,\\nfive absent.\\nThese regiments were soon afterwards reor-\\nganized a.s Continent;d troops, or regulars,\\nand did excellent service at Trenton and Prince-\\nton.\\nThe following are interesting relating to\\nCaptain Hinds company:\\nWe the subscribers do Solemnly and Severally\\ninlist ourselves as Soldiers in the New Hampshire\\nService for the preservation of the Liberties of Amer-\\nica from the day of our Inlistment to the hist day of\\nDecemljer Next, unless the Servis should admit of a\\nDischarge of a part or the whole sooner, which shall\\nbe at the Discretion of the Committy of Safety and\\nwe Hereby promise to submit ourselves to all the or-\\nders and Regulations of the army and faithfully to\\nobserve all such orders as we shall receive from time\\nto time from our Superior officers.\\nJohn Ranstead Samuel How\\nCaleb Balch David Glazure\\nJob Warner Edward West, deserted\\nNathan Wilbur Aaron Whiton\\nEbenezer Aldrich\\nDavid Wetherell\\nEphraim Leonard\\nBenjamin Minot\\nDaniel Warner\\nNathaniel Whitcomb\\nDavid Thompson\\nJonathan Thompson\\nEphraim Stoue\\nSept. lOth, 1775. We the Subscribers do hereby\\nacknowledge that we have received of Ichabod Rolins,\\nEsij., Twelve Shillings, m y each for a Blanket and\\nForty Shillings my each for one month s pay being\\ninlisted in Captain Hinds Company in Colonel Reed s\\nKegiment.\\nNathaniel Whitcomb\\nhis\\nDavid X Thompson\\nmark\\nhis\\nJonathan X Thomjison\\nmark\\nJohn Ranstead\\nJob Warner\\nEbenezer Aldrich\\nBenjamin INIinott\\nDaniel Warner\\nDavid Glazier\\nhis\\nAaron X Wheaton\\nmark\\nWe the Suliscribers belonging to Captain Hinds\\nCompany in Col. Reed s Regiment do hereby ac-\\nknowledge that we have received of Tinio. Walker, Jr.,\\nFour Dollars each man in full for the regimental\\nCoats which was promised us by the Colony of New\\nHampshire.\\nMedford, Oct 4, 1775.\\nJohn Cole\\nWilliam Farwell\\nRichard Coughlaii\\nWilliam Hutchins\\nNahum Goodenow\\nSamuel Robbins\\nReuben Tarbell\\nLuther Winslow\\nDaniel Warner\\nIra X Evans\\nmark\\nElijah Elmer\\nDavid Glazier\\nNathaniel Whitcomb\\nElijah Taylor\\nhis\\nIsrael X Thomas\\nmark\\nDaniel Carlile\\nMoses Belding\\n.Tosiah Powers\\nJonathan Barrit\\nJohn W. Mitchel\\nHenr Chamberlin\\nJob Warner\\nEbenezer Aldrich\\nhiH\\nEleazer X Robbins\\nmark\\nJude Hall\\nEphraim Stone\\nElijah Coo|)er\\nEbenezer Chamberlain\\nhis\\nNathaniel X Pettiugil\\nmark\\nhis\\nJames X Simmonds\\nmark\\nhis\\nJohn X Mcginnis\\nmark\\nDavid Stoddard\\nDavid Robbins\\nhis\\nJonathan X Thom|)Son\\nmark\\nhis\\nLemuel X Wentworth\\nmark\\nhis\\nDavid X Thompson\\nmark\\nCaleb Aldrich\\nJonathan Wright\\nElisha Belding", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0623.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "492\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nEzokiel Davis had u coat tuund by the\\ncolony.\\nIn the Nintli oni| aiiy of same regiment was\\nNeiiemiah Brown. He retnrned in tiie fall of\\nthe year sick with a eoniplieation of diseases, in\\nconse([nence of which lie was put upon the half-\\npay list. His i etiini( nt participateil in the hat-\\ntie of Bunker 1 1 ilk I lie reconls show that\\nAldriiii, White, Cole, Darby, How, Carlisle\\nand others each lost a jH)rtion nf their wardrobe\\nat the battle of June 17, 177 i.\\nAt an early hour in the morning of tiie last\\nday of the year 1775, a small force of Amer-\\ncan troops, under Arnold and Montgomery, af-\\nter a march of incredible hardship, weakened\\nby hunger, exposed to all the severities of a\\nCanadian winter, appeared like spectres before\\nthe strongest fortified city in Anicri i. In a\\ndrivingstormof hail and snow tiiey madethede.s-\\n[)erate attempt to take (iuebee by assault. It was\\nfated with defeat. It proved worse than that.\\nThe American forces were obliged to retreat, a\\nscattering remnant.\\nTh(! news of its defeat, with all its detail of\\nhorrors, thrilled the American cause. January\\n20, 177 i, the New Hampshire House of Repre-\\nsentatives voted to raise one regiment of soldiers\\nforthwith. This regiment consisted of eight\\ncompanies and was placed under the command\\nof Colonel Timothy Bedell to reinforce the\\nNorthern Continental army. Isaac Butter-\\nfield, of Westmoreland, was major. The Sec-\\nond Conijjany of this regiment was commanded\\nby Captain Daniel Carlisle, of Westmoreland\\nand contained tlic following Westmoreland\\nmen\\nEphraim Stone, second Henry Chamberhiui.\\nlieutenant. Joshua Pierce.\\nTimothy Butteriield, sergeant. Joel Priest.\\n(Jaleb Thayer. Bezaleel Grandy.\\nWilliam Temple. Daniel Gates.\\nIsaac Gibbs. Philip Alexander.\\nLuke Aldrich. Thomas Amsden.\\nJoel Aldrich. Jacob Staples.\\nIsaac Stone. Ebenezer Chamberlain\\nEbenezer Aldrich. Enos Burt.\\nJohn Rugg. Moses Brown.\\nThey arrived at a tort called The Cedars,\\ndistant about forty-five miles to the southwest\\nfrom Montreal. Colonel Bedell expecting an\\nimmediate attack, knowing that he was ill-pre-\\npared to resist successfully, left a part of his\\nregiment, numbering four hundred men, under\\nthe command of Major Bntterfield, and pro-\\nceeded himself to Montreal for reinforcements.\\nSoon after. Captain (leorge For.ster, with five\\nhundred British troops, appeared bcfi)re the\\nfort and demanded its surrender. Major Bnt-\\nterfield, upon consultation with his officers, de-\\ncided that it would be without avail to witii-\\nstand the demand, having l)ut a scant sup])iy\\nof anununition, in a damaged condition, with a\\nlarge number upon the sick-list, and ail weak-\\nened from wintry exposure. He considered it\\nbest to capitulate, agreeably to the rules of\\nwar. This lie did on the 19tli day of May,\\n1776. Contrary to the terms of the surrender,\\nhis men were afterward treated in an inhuman\\nmanner, stripped of their clothing and some\\nwere murdered. Major Bntterfield has been\\nseverely criticiscti, even by some of the men\\nunder his command, for capitulating without a\\nfight but it seems safe, at least, to presume\\nthat he endeavored to act Avisely under the cir-\\ncumstances.\\nThe following j)etition is of interest in con-\\nnection with tiiis iirief sketch. It appears that\\nbut a few men signed this petition, and it is\\nreasonable to supj)ose that if the feeling therein\\nexpressed, was generally entertained by all the\\nmen under connnand of Major Butterfield, tiiat\\nother and more numerously signed petitions\\nwould have been presented,\\nTo the Honourable the Council and house of\\nRepresentatives to be conven d at Exeter, in New\\nHampshire on the the lO day of March 1779.\\nThe Humble Petition and Remonstrance of the\\nCompany Commanded by Cap Daniel Wilkins in Col\\nBeedels Reg in Canada humbly sheweth that on y\\nig of May 1776 we unhappily fell into the hands of\\nour unnatural and savage Enemy at the Cedars in\\nCanada when Major liutterfield our commanding\\noiflcer Capitulated with Cap Foster of the British\\narmy to the great grief and surprise of said Company", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0624.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND\\n493\\non the following terms (viz) that we surrendered our-\\nselves as prisoners of war and was to deliver up our\\narms which accordingly we did and we was to have\\nour jiacks and Baggage -and Cap Foster Engaged\\nnot to suffer the savages to plunder or abuse us, nor\\nsutler the British troops so to do. But contrarj to the\\nRules of War, they inhumanly without regard to their\\njironiise, suffered the savages to rob and plunder us of\\nour packs and baggage, and strip us of our clothes oft\\nour backs and left us entirely naked, in this deplora-\\nble situation we were left in an enemies Country with-\\nout money, clothing or friends that could contribute\\nto our relief Therefore your humble petitioners\\nhumbly pray that your honors woidd take the matter\\nunder your serious consideration and grant to each per-\\nson a sum something adequate to the loss he sustained\\nand your Petitioners will gratefully acknowledge the\\nfavor, and as in duty bound shall ever jiray.\\nSigned by Robert Campbell and twenty-two\\nothers.\\nI have seen no record of any action luivins;\\nlieeu taken npon this petition.\\nRelating to Captain Carlisle s cunipaiiy, we\\nfinil the following receipts of interest:\\nChailestown Feb. 24 ITTfi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Received of Jn Bel-\\nlows Esq twenty-one Guns with Bayonets also twenty-\\none belts the Guns -iHs. and the belts {a\\\\ 5s. each\\nIf not returned to be accounted for according to the\\nCustom of the Army,\\nDan Carlisle, Captain of Col\u00c2\u00b0 Bedels regiment.\\nCharlestown February 24 ITTd\u00e2\u0080\u0094Rec of John\\nBellows Esquire Five pounds five shillings Seven\\npence for the travel of forty-five Men of my company\\nto the place of mustering.\\nP M\\nDan Carlisle\\nCaptain Daniel Carlisle renuiined with the\\nnorthern army until after Gctieral Sullivan\\nhad a.ssamed its ooinniand. Upon a inarcii to\\nthe soutliward, Captain Carlisle was detailed to\\nlook up some boats to transport the troops\\nacross Lake Chamjtlain. As the enemy had\\ndestroyed them all, Carlisle s search was conse-\\nquently in vain, and he so reported to General\\nSullivan. He was ordered to make another\\nsearch, and nece.ssarily with the same result\\nand report. Sullivan thereupon flew into a\\npassion, drew his sword and made a movement\\nas if to strike Carlisle down. Carlisle instantly\\nseized a gun from the hands of a soldier standing\\nby his side, instantly leveled it at Sullivan s\\nhead, and, with a firm voici informed Sullivan\\nto lower his sword or die. Sullivan lowered\\nhis sword, but Carlisle was cashiered and sent\\nhome in disgrace. Nevertheless, Carlisle was a\\ngood soldier and a true patriot.\\nThe Third Company of this regiment was\\nunder the command of Captain Ja.son ait,\\nand included the following men from West-\\nmoreland\\nNehemiah Gould, enlisted Ajiril 2;i, 1777;\\ndischarged August 10, 1778.\\nDavid John.son, enlisted April lii, 1777;\\ndischarged, December, 1781.\\nCaptain Jason ait auiie to this town during\\nthe Revolutionary War from Alstead. He was\\na man of great physical strength and endurance.\\nHe rose from a private tu a major, in times when\\npromotion was only .secured by merit. Captain\\nWait, together with his regiment, were held\\nprisoners for a time. Upon the reorganizing\\nof Colonel Stark s old regiment, April 7, 1777,\\nait was made captain of Company 2, under\\nt ohmel Joseph Cilley, and served in this\\ncapacity during tiie years 1777, 78, 79. In\\n1780 he was jtromnti d to nuijor of his old\\nbattle-scarred regiment, and remained with it to\\nthe close of the war. It is related that at tiie\\nbattle of Bennington he captured, alone, six\\nHessian prisoners. He was a noted fighter.\\nHe died in l80(j, and was buried with the\\nhonors of Ma.sonry in the Cole cemetery.\\nIn the autumn of 177(5 a regiment was\\nraised for Canaila under dlimel Joshua in-\\ngate. As ensign of Company 6 we find Wil-\\nliam Bennett. Later, another regiment was\\nraised for the same destination under Colonel\\nNahum BaMwin. Tlic Sixth ompany was\\nunder tlie command of Captain John Houghton,\\nand included the following men from West-\\nmoreland\\nWaitstill Scott, ensign.\\nEdmund Goodnow.\\nSamuel Cobb.\\nCaleb Aldrich.\\nEphraim Leonard.\\nWilliam Britain.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0625.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "494\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNathan Franklin\\nJonathan Houtton.\\nJohn Chambeilin.\\nDavid Frencli.\\nIn the roffinient raised to reinforee the\\nnorthern army, under Colonel Isaac Wyman,\\nof Keene, in August, 1776, I find its record to\\ncontain tlie following men credited to West-\\nmoreland Benjamin Young Smith, Asahel\\nJohnson, Jesse Nott and John Avril.\\nNew Hampshire raised a regiment of men\\nin December, 1776, to reinforce the Continental\\narmy in the State of New York, under the\\ncommand of Colonel David Gilman. These\\nmen received one month s advance wages, a\\nbounty of 20 shillings per month over the\\nStated wages also two pence a mile for Travel\\nin lieu of baggage- Waggons. The First\\nCompany was under the connnand of Captain\\nFrancis Townc, and included the following men\\nfrom Westmoreland Micah Reed, sergeant\\nJonathan Avery, Nathaniel Thomas, l^hilip\\nAlexander, David Wincliester, Jonatlian Win-\\nchester.\\nFollowing the Declaration of Independence,\\nthe New Hampsliirc Assembly and Council\\nproceeded, in Sejitember, by legislative act, to\\norganize all male jiersons, with ceiiain excep-\\ntions, into a training-band and into an alarm-\\nlist the former comprising all able-bodied male\\npersons in the State from sixteen years old\\nto fifty, and the latter all male persons from\\nsixteen to sixty -five years old. Negroes, mu-\\nlattoes and Indians, together with certain per-\\nsons occupying official positions and in certain\\nemployments, were exempted from military ser-\\nvice, Both classes were organized into com-\\npanies and regiments, and all were liable to do\\nduty in case of an emergency. Every person,\\nif able, was required to furnish at his own ex-\\npense his arms and accoutrements; otherwise the\\ntown in which he resided did so.\\nThe alarm-list included all persons between\\nthe said specified ages not included in the train-\\ning-band. The alarm was to be the firing of\\nProbably Holton.\\nthree guns one after the other, by firing the\\nbeacon, or the drums beating the alarm. Early\\nin May, 1777, express-riders came into New\\nHampshire bearing the news of the approach of\\nthe British army upon Ticonderoga. Major-\\nGeneral Folsom, in command of the New\\nHampshire militia, called out portions of the reg-\\niments in the western jiart of the State to march\\nimmediately to the aid of the American army\\nat that place. Accordingly, Colonels Bellows,\\nAshley and Chase marched their regiments to\\nTiconderoga. The alarm jiroving to be false,\\nthese regiments returned in about three weeks.\\nOf this regiment, Westmoreland furnished its\\nadjutant, Ephraim Stone, and its ([tiartei-mas-\\nter, Leonard Keep. Captain W aitstill Scott,\\nof this town, commanded the First Company\\nof Colonel Ashley s regiment. Its roll contained\\nthe followino- Westmoreland men\\nWaitstill Scott, c.iptain. py] liraini Sawyer, fourth\\nNathan Franklin, ser- sergeant.\\ngeant. John Vea/.y, fourth corp.\\nJohn Chamberlain, sec- NahumGoodnow, tlrum-\\nond lieutenant. nier.\\nIsrael Anisbury.\\nCaleb Aldrich.\\nWilliam Akers.\\nJoseph Roynton.\\nNehemiah Brown.\\nJob Britton.\\nSamuel Cobb.\\nPrivates.\\nNathaniel Daggett.\\nShadrach Dodge.\\nTimothy Goodnow.\\nAbraham Gibbs.\\nOliver Gerry.\\nDaniel Whitman.\\nBenjamin Walker.\\nIncrease Chamberlain. John Warner.\\nCalvin Chamberlain. Ephraim Wetherell.\\nReuben Kendall. Ezekiel Woodward.\\nWilliam Read. David Winchester.\\nJohn Read. Thomas Hazleton.\\nSolomon Robbins.\\nChesterfield and Hin.sdale were repre-\\n.sented in this company. This company was\\ndischarged June 21st, having served forty days,\\nand received j)ay at the rate of \u00c2\u00a34 10s. per\\nmonth, with travel fees at three pence per mile\\nout and two jtence on return, computing the\\ndi.stance at one hundred and ten miles. Gen-\\neral Gates, in command at Ticonderoga, No-\\nvember 9, 1777, wrote a letter to the officers", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0626.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n495\\nand men of Colonels Bellows and Ashley s reg-\\niments, returning thanks for the spirit and ex-\\npedition shown in marehing upon tlie first\\nalarm of threatened invasion. These men had\\nbarely got home when other expresses arrived\\nwith tidings that Burgoyne and his army had\\nactually arrived within a few miles of Tieon-\\nderoara and was about to invest the fated fort-\\nress. Immediately the militia was called to the\\nrescue. From Westmoreland and vicinity a\\ncompany of sixty-three men marched, of whom\\nthe following were citizens of Westmoreland\\n.tohri Ciile, captain. .lonathaii Sawyer, ser-\\n.[onathan Holton, first geaiit.\\nlieutenant. Ephraiin Sawyer, wer\\nAbial Eddy, second lieu- geant.\\ntenant. .fob Warren, cor|)oral.\\nJames Buttertield, en- Moses Briggs, corporal.\\nsign. David Wetherell, corp.\\nWilliam Hutchins, aer- Nahum Goodnow, druni-\\ngeant. mer.\\nJoseph White, sergeant. David Foster, (iter.\\nPrii ates.\\nCaleb How. Elisha Wilber.\\nDavid Robbins. Ephraim Witherell.\\nEleazer Robbins. Jo.seph Burt.\\nSimeon Cobb. Daniel Pierce.\\nSimeon Duggett. Leonard Keep.\\nNehemiah How. Luther Baily.\\nJonas Robbins. John Robbins.\\nJames Gleason. John Veazey.\\nJohn Doyle. Amos Pierce.\\nEl)enezer Pierce. David Britton.\\nBenjamin Pierce. Job Britton.\\nDavid Pierce. John Ran.stead.\\nSamuel Works. Reuben Tarbell.\\nBenjamin Extell. Josiah Warren.\\nJohn Warner. .Jonathan Cole.\\nJonas Edson. Caleb .\\\\ldricli.\\nDaniel How. Ephraim Leonard.\\nJohn Snow. William Britton.\\nNathaniel Wilber Henry Chamberlain.\\nTimothy Buttertield.\\nThi.s company left town June 28th, and\\nmarched to within five miles of Otter C-rcek,\\nwhere an express informed them that the enemy\\nhad retired. They returned to No. 4, when\\nthey were overtaken by orders to march to Ti-\\ncouderonda they responded to the call and got\\nwithin three miles of Otter Creek, where they\\nmet the army on their retreat.\\nThese constant alarms and repeated marches\\nserved to work up military spirit and to ripen\\nit for action. Nor did they have long to wait;\\nfor Burgoyne, flu.shed with success, was prepar-\\ning to swoop, like a vulture, njion the New\\nHampshire grants. So far, before his triumph-\\nant marches the Continental troops vanished\\nlike autumn leaves Ijefore the (jale. The Enir-\\nlisli ministry cnnsidei-ed that New England was\\nthe heart of the rebellion hci object was to\\n.sever it from the other colonies; then to sub-\\njugate it. ith this object in view. General\\nBurgoyne dctMrlie l Vilonel Bauni with fifteen\\nhundred Hessians and Tories, with a large body\\nof Indians, with orders to scour the countrv\\nfrom Otter Creek to Rockingham thence down\\nthe river to Braftleborougli, aii l then to return\\nto 7VII)any. Colonel Baum \\\\vii.s directed to tax\\nthe towns along the line of hi.s march with\\nsuch articles as he wanted, and to take hos-\\ntages fi r tiie performance of the deni;uid to seize\\nhorses, .saddles and In-idles, to the number at\\nlea.st of thirteen hundred the more the bet-\\nter. But the ])ro,sj)ect of Indian depredations\\ncreateil the greate.st coiiuiiotion. The Vci-niont\\nCommittee of Safety again .sounded the alarm.\\nExpres.s-riders were sent in all directions hear-\\ning a written missive of a few words, which,\\nlike the burnt and liloodj cross of the Scotch\\nhighlanders, called the clans ready for action.\\nDuring the French and Indian, as well as the\\nRevolutionary War, an eliective arm of the\\nmilitary .service was known as the Partisan\\nCorps or the Rangers.\\nOf the former of tiK two prominent parti. ^an\\nofhcers from estmoreland, Major Benjamin\\nWhitcomb, we know very little; of the other,\\nCaptain George Aldrich, fortunately, more. Of\\nhim a short sketch, we trust, will not l)e ami.ss.\\nHis father was Benjamin .\\\\ldricli (formerly\\nspelled Alldridge), one of the original grantees\\nof the town, (reorge was l)orn in Wali)ole,\\nMass., March lo, 17; 8, and came to Westmore-", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0627.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "496\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nland with liis fatliLT s family in 174;i, living\\nhere most of the time until his decrase, July 17,\\n1815. The year following their coming to this\\ntown, 1 744, the French and Indian War broke\\nout and it became hazardou.s to reside here.\\nThe Aldrich family then removed to Northfield,\\nMass., and remained until 17- )2. In 1755 the\\nOld French War, so called, broke out. The\\nGreat Meadow fort was garrisoned. For five\\nyears George Aldrich did duty as a soldier\\ntherein. In 1758 he enlisted under C aptain\\nBarnard, of Deerfield, in Colonel Williams\\nregiment, under General Abercrombie, and was\\npresent at the disastrous battle of Ticonderoga.\\nAt the close of this campaign Aldrich returned\\nand performed guard -duty for some time. At\\nthis time all V^ermont was a wilderness no\\nsettler s house broke the wilderness sameness.\\nNo settlement had been made in Walpole or\\nChesterfield. Of. his services in the army fur-\\nther reference is given elsewhere. After the\\norganization of the militia, after peace was con-\\ncluded, he was appointed to the command of the\\nTwentieth Regiment and afterwards of the\\nbrigade. He was not excelled as an officer.\\nIn 1805 he was a Presidential elector. In 1807,\\n08, 09, 10 he was a Senator from the Tenth\\nDistrict. He was repeatedly called to positions\\nof public trust within tiie gift of the town and\\nwas ever a prominent and public-spirited citi-\\nzen, and was one of the original members of\\nthe lodge of Free-Masons in this town, known\\nas the New Jerusalem Lodge, No. 3. He\\nmarried Azubah How, September 17() 2, and\\nreared a family of seven children.\\nEach company consisted of not less than\\nthirty men, and ot none but such as were able-\\nbodied and capable of the greatest endurance.\\nVeterans in Indian warfare, habituated to dar-\\ning deeds and wasting fiitigue alone, were ad-\\nmitted into this service. The duties of the\\nRangers were thus specified To scour the\\nwoods and ascertain the force and jxisition of\\nthe enemy to discover and ju-event the effect\\nof his ambuscades and to ambush him in turn\\nto acquire information of his movements by\\nmaking prisoners of his sentinels and to clear\\nthe way for the advance of the regular trt)ops.\\nIn this service Westmoreland took a promi-\\nnent part. In a battalion of Rangers renowned\\nfor its effectiveness, under the command of Ma-\\njor Benjamin Whitcomb, of this town, she was\\nrepresented certainly by twenty men, and there\\nis no doubt by more, whose names are not at\\nhand. Its First Company consisted of\\nCapt. George Aldrich. Sergt. Manassah .Sawyer.\\nLieut. Jonas Butterfield. Corp. Elijali Temple,\\nfjieut. David Gootlenough. Drummer, Joseph How.\\nPrivates.\\nUriali Temple. Noali Levans.\\nSamuel Brittoii. Perley Rogers.\\nNathaniel Whitiomb. James Eddy.\\nWilliam Martin. Aliel Pierce.\\nSelali How. Jeduthan Roberts.\\nAsa Pratt. Francis A. Kerly.\\nJames Winton.\\nDuring a portion of the time this battalion\\nwas in the service, Ephraim Stone was captain\\nof the Second Cornpany. All of these men\\nwere from Westmoreland. It consisted of three\\ncompanies, and witii few changes was thus or-\\nganized throughout the Revolutionary War and\\nwas dismissed in 1781. The field of operations\\nof this battalion was extended; from the upper\\nvalley of the Connecticut it circled through\\nCanada to Lake Ciiamplain and southward to\\nthe vicinity of Bennington.\\nThe nature of the service ref|nired of the\\nRangers necessarily made it impossible to trans-\\nport camj) ecpiipage, and in consequence they\\nexperienced much suffering, and especially from\\nthe rigors of Canailian winters. Their march\\noftentimes was through or over snow four or\\nfive feet deep. At night their encampment\\noften consisted of an excavation in the snow,\\ninto which were thrown boughs for their couch;\\nupon these they would throw themselves,\\nwrapped in their blankets, heads and points to\\neconomize space, with the stars above them for\\naccompanying sentinels. It was a time of great\\ndespondency. The State was drained of both", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0628.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n497\\nmen and money. It was the darkest hour of\\ntlie Revolution. Tories were numerous and\\naggressive. It required tliC utmost vigilance of\\nthe Rangers ti intimidate them and to prevent\\nthem from open acts of hostility.\\nThe New Hampshire Legislature was con-\\nvened to meet this emergency. It could raise\\nmen, hut before them stared an empty treasiu v,\\nbut\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAs news of tlie Army s need was read,\\nThen in the hush .John Langflori saiil,\\nThree thousand dollars liave I in fcold,\\nFor as much I will pledjje the plate I hold.\\nEighty casks of Tobago rum\\nAll is the Country s; the time will come,\\nIf we conquer, when amply the debt she ll pay\\nIf we fail our property s worthless. A ray\\nOf hope cheered the gloom while the Oovernorsaid,\\nFor a regiment now with Stark at its head\\nAnd the boon we gained through the noble lender\\nWas Bennington Day and Bin-goync s Surrender.\\nThe Legislature inunediately ])roceeded to\\ndivide the State into two brigades, one of which\\nwas given to the command of John Stark.\\nThis brigade was composed of three regiments,\\none of which was under Colonel Nichols; it was\\ncomposed often companies, the Eighth of which\\nwent fnun Westmoreland. This company (piickly\\nresponded to the call and assembled at Keep s\\nhotel, on Park Hill, July 22, 1777. It is related\\nthat one Robbins, a man of ardent temperament,\\nwas so enthused for the fray that he reached the\\n])oiut of assembling forgetful of his hat. The\\nline of march was by the way of Charlestown.\\nThe roll of this company consisted of si.\\\\ty-one\\nmen, some of whom were from Chesterfield.\\nIt was the third company to re})ort to General\\nStark, at Charlest(jwn, and was complimented by\\nhim fur their promptness and good appearance.\\nI rovisions being scarce at this jjlace, Aaron\\nWheeler and Job F. Brooks, two of our thrifYy\\nfarmers, each carried up to Charlestown a two-\\nhorse loud of supplies. This company con-\\ntained the following M estmorelaud men\\nAmos Peirce, lieut. Jonathan Cole, corporal.\\nJonathan Holton, lieut. Sam l Robbins, corporal.\\nJonathan Sawyer, Sergt. Benoni Tisdale, fifer.\\nEphraim Sawyer, Sergt.\\nEphraim Amidon.\\nElisha Belding.\\nNehemiali Brown.\\nSimeon Cobb.\\nSimeon Daggett.\\nDaniel Glazier.\\nKicliard Haselton.\\nWilliam Haselton.\\nPrivates.\\n.Tosiah l^each, ,Ir.\\nBenjamin Pierce,\\n.lonathan Bobbins.\\nSolomon Bobbins.\\nEleazer Robbiu.s.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lohn Bobbins.\\nJohn Ranstead.\\n.John Warner.\\nAs soon as a few hundred men had gathered\\nat Charlestown Stark pusheil on to INIaiichestcr,\\nVt., leaving orders to have the troops t ollow\\nhim as fast as they arrived. Here he was\\njoined by Colonel arner, with his (Jreen\\nMoimtain Boys, and with his united forces\\npushed on, August Stli, for Bennington, where\\nhe arrived the next day.\\nAt this time Major Benjamin Whitcomb,\\nwith his battalion of Rangers, was stationed in\\nCanada. His first captain, George Aldrich,\\nwas on his way to his l^attalion with recruits\\nthat he had enlisted in Westmoreland and\\nvicinity. His route led him through Stark s\\nvicinity. It so hapjiened that they met the\\nday before the battle of Bennington. Stark,\\nbelieving that the morrow would witness a\\nbattle, easily prevailed upon Aldrich to remain\\nover the ensuing day and to participate in its\\nevents. To Aldrich was given a major s com-\\nmand, with instructions to drive back a body\\nof Indians who were advancing upon one of\\nStark s flanks; succeeding in this, he received\\norders to attack the north breast-work of the\\nenemy. Aldrich, although a stranger to his\\ncommand, was particularly an efiicient officer,\\nand one well calculated to inspire the confidence\\nof his men. Arriving witiiin seven rods of\\nthe breast-works, Ma.jor Aldrich ordered his\\nmen to fire, and then, with an Indian yell,\\nrushed up to and over them, and ictory was\\nwon. It is said that Aldrich alone captured\\nthree Hessian prisoners, which he brought into\\nStark s headquarters fully equipped. On the\\nl;5th Stark learned of the arrival of a de-\\ntachment of Burgoyne s army under the com-\\nmand of Colonel Baum at Cambridge he im-", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0629.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "498\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmediately seiitout Lioiit( iiaiit-( dIiiik I (iregg, of\\nColonel Nichols regiment with a detachment of\\nmen, including a portion of Captain Carleton s\\ncompany in advance, and foHowed tlic next day\\nwitii iii.s entire forces.\\nHe soon met Gregg retreating before an over-\\nwhelming force of Hessians, Tories and Indians\\nin iiot pursuit. Stark despatciicd theotlier por-\\ntion of Captain aricton s companv, witii others,\\nto seize a lot of cattle in posse.ssion of the\\nenemy, at (Jrecnljush, some twenty-five miles\\nsouthwest. Meeting with suci css, they had neai ly\\nrea -hed the outposts of Stark s army, wiieii, from\\na cottage beside tlie highway, a grief-stricken\\nwoman st( pped out, and infornie l them that\\nthere was a band ot two hundred Tories a\\nsiiort distance forward. iVccnrdingly, they |)r(\\nceeded cautiously until, rcadiing a bi-ook, they\\nhalted to allow the cattle to slake their thirst,\\nand John Jlanstead, Benoni Tisdale, Nehemiah\\nBrown and Solomon Robbiiis proceeded in ad-\\nvance as scouts to feel tiic way. Tliey j)rf)-\\nceeded bat a short distance, when they were\\nfired upon by the Tories, who were concealed in\\nthe bushes upon a rise of ground beside the\\nhighway. Ranstead tell pierced with sixteen\\nbullets and Ti.^dale was shot through the lungs.\\nNo other Westmoreland man was killed but\\nothers were wounded, among whom was Lieu-\\ntenant Jonathan Holton, a ball nearly tearing off\\nhis upper lip and passing out of his right cheek\\nat the .same time a buck-shot entered his left\\ncheek and lodged near his right eye. The New\\nHampshire Assembly granted Holton, August\\n20, 1778, the sum of \u00c2\u00a311 (id. and half-pay.\\nWant of space forbids a more detailed account\\nof the battle of Bennington, which occurred\\nAugu.st 16, 1777. The roar of the cannon was\\ndistinctly heard in our town. Its results gave\\nnew hope to ourdes[)airingarmies. On the 18th\\nof September following, Captain Carleton s\\ncompany returned to their homes, having .served\\nin the field some two months. A number of\\nmen went from this town with this company,\\nwhose names were not on the company s roll.\\nand whose munl)er and names are not clearly\\nknown to the writer. Two Hessian prisoners\\ntaken at this battle, Al)ner Darl)v and Daniel\\nFrazier, afterwards settled in this town. During\\nthe year 1777 the duty devolved upon New\\nHampshire to furnish many troops she con-\\ntinued to keep her three regiments in the field,\\naside from tho.se called out for special services\\nand otherwise.\\nIn the rolls of the officers of the First Regi-\\nment, luider Colonel illey, we find the following\\nmen from W estmoi eland Jason Wait, captain\\nCompany 2 AA illiam Hutchins, lieutenant.\\nWilliam Hutchins was born in Attleborong-h,\\nMa.ss., December IS, 17411, and came to this\\ntown in 1772, settling upon the farm now owned\\nl)y Willard R.Gline; he remained u])on this place\\none year, when he ])urchased and moved to the\\nfarm now owned Ijy his grandson, Otis Hutchins,\\nwhere he died in 18.38. He was an ardent\\npatriot, and thereby became a mark of royal\\nenmity. In 177. 5 a detachment of the King s\\ntroops from Westndnster attempted to arrest a\\nman for some offense not now known, who was\\nliving upon the farm now occupied by Lorenzo\\nJoslin, in Putney. The neighbors, including\\nMr. Hutchins, rallied in his behalf and suc-\\nceeded in defeating the intended arrest. In re-\\ntaliation, the troops seized the only cow of Mr.\\nHutchins and drove it away with them. He\\nwas among the first to enlist in the patriot\\ncause. In Captain Hutchin s company we find\\nStephen Loi-d, aged forty, enlisted April 1!),\\n1777 also, David Johu.son, Jr., aged twenty-\\none, enlisted June Gth.\\nIn Scamuieirs r( giment, in Captain John\\nGrigg s comjjany, we find Josiah Powers, aged\\nthii-ty-three, mustered May, 1777, for three\\nyears also, Calvin Chamberlain, mustered Feb-\\nruary 4, 1778. In February, 1781, we find\\nCaleb Aldrich, sergeant in Captain Benjamin\\nEllis company.\\nIn the Second Regiment, under Colonel Rice,\\nwe find Benj. Whitcomb, major Geo. Aldrich,\\ncaptain; and Jonas Butterfield, lieutenant.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0630.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n499\\nThe First New Hampshire Continental Reg-\\niment was recruited and organized in April,\\n1777. Col. John Stark having resigned, Col.\\nJoseph Cilley was appointed to its command.\\nThis regiment, with the Second and Third New\\nHampshire, was assigned to a brigade command-\\ned by General Sullivan, whose headquarters at\\nthis time were at Ticonderoga. The First Com-\\npany of the First Regiment was under the com-\\nmand of Capt. Isaac Farwell, and contained\\nmany Cheshire County men, and James Simons\\nfrom Westmoreland. The record speaks of him\\nas being twenty-six years of age; is credited\\nwith eighteen miles mileage (from Westmore-\\nland to Charlestown); he received twenty pounds\\nbounty. Relating to him we find the following\\ncertificate\\nDerrifif.ld 20 March 1781\\nThis may certify that James Simons has served in\\nthe Continental Army ever since the commencement\\nof the War and by Reason of his Infirmity of Body he\\nRendered unfit for any further services and is tliere-\\nfore discharged. Given under my Hand\\n(Signed) John Stark, B Geuer\\nIn October, 1 780, the British and Indians\\nburned Royalton, Vt., and committed other\\ndepredations in the vicinity. The alarm having\\nreached this town, a company of militia im-\\nmediately proceeded in pursuit of the enemy.\\nThe following petition explains itself. I can find\\nno names of the soldiers who marched from this\\ntown under the command of Lieutenant Britton.\\nTo the General Court\\nI Ebenezer Britton Ju of Westmoreland in Said\\nstate, do pray, and Humbly shew that I being a Lieut-\\nenant in the melitia of this state in the year AD 1780\\nin October at which time there was a Call for the\\nmelitia to go forward and Repel the force of the\\nEnemy who at that time burnt the town of Roylton\\nthe Command of the Company whereof I was Lieu\\ndevolving upon me I accordingly Endavoured to for-\\nward on the Company under my Command as quick\\nas possable and for the purpose of Conveying the\\nbaggage did impress Several horses one of which Was\\nthe property of M Elislia Wilbore of Westmoreland\\nand of tlie value of ten pounds Silver money, which\\nSometimes written Simonds.\\nSum I have paid to the said Elisha wilbore as an\\nEquivelent for the said horse as the said horse while\\nin Said Service Loaded and traveling fell and broke\\nhis Sholder and was thereby lost in the publick ser-\\nvice Your jietitioner humbly prayeth that the Said\\nsum often pounds with the Interest thereon may be\\nAllowed to him and paid out of the treasury of this\\nState.\\nEbenezer Britton\\nLieut.\\nSworn to before John Doolittle\\nOct 18 1785\\nThe records of the town are strangely deficient\\nof any record of bounties paid to soldiers. From\\nHammonds Town Papers we cull the follow-\\ning evidence that they were paid\\nIn Committee on Claims Mar. 15. 1783\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe Bounty advanced by Westmoreland to W\\nMartin is Nine pounds which sum has been deducted\\nfrom his depreciation\\nEx* Per JosiAH Oilman Jun\\nCoNCOHD June 22, 1786\\nThe Bounty advanc d by the Town of Westmore-\\nland to Solomon Robins a Soldier for one year, is\\nTwenty two Pounds, which has been deducted from\\nhis depreciation\\nEx Per JosiAH Oilman, Jur\\nDecember 10, 1779, the General Court voted\\nto direct the treasurer to discount to Westmore-\\nland five hundred and twenty-eight pounds for\\nbounties advanced to its soldiere.\\nIn 1794, eleven years af^er the close of the\\nWar of the Revolution, on account of serious\\ntrouble with the Western Indians and the\\nWhiskey Rebellion in the valley of the Mo-\\nnongahcla, caused by a law passed by Congress\\nlevying duty upon domestic distilled spirits,\\nthe President was compelled to call out the mil-\\nitia, fifteen thousand strong, with which to\\nspeedily quell the rebellion. New Hampshire\\nvoted four regiments of minute-men to be held in\\nreadiness to march at any time, and the several\\ntowns were called on to furnish their j)roportion.\\nDecember 8th, Westmoreland Voted to raise the\\nprivate soldiers wages to forty shillings per\\nmonth, including what Congress have voted to\\ngive, exclu.sive of clothing and rations, and non-\\ncommissioned officers in proportion, and to ad-", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0631.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "500\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nvance to each uiaii now to be drafted one-half\\nmontli advance pay in ease they should be call-\\ned to march. The wages given by Congress\\nwas four dollars a month. The names of these\\nmen are not known. They were not called in-\\nto action.\\nWAR OF 1812-15.\\nRelating to tliis war the records of West-\\nmoreland are singularly deficient. From frag-\\nmentary evidence we have found, however, abun-\\ndant proof that the town was not reluctant to\\nrespond to every call for men in defense of\\ncountry and liberty. This war with Great\\nBritain was declared June 19, 1812. Sep-\\ntember 9th tbllowing. Governor Gilman ordered\\nthe whole of the militia to be in readiness to\\nmarch at a moment s warning. A detach-\\nment from twenty-tiiree regiments was ordered\\nto march to Portsmouth immediately. These\\nmen were organized upon arrival into a brigade,\\nthe First Reo-inient of which was under the com-\\nniand of Nat Fisk, of Westmoreland, as Lieuten-\\nant Colonel commandant. This regiment was\\nordered out September 1 0, 1 8 1 4, for three months.\\nColonel Fisk was born in Framingham, jNIass.,\\nin 1787, and came to Westmoreland in early\\nlife and established himself in business a\u00c2\u00bb a\\nclothier in the shop that formerly stood south of\\nthe house of Chas. H. Leach. Here he was\\nsuccessful. After a few years he opened a store\\nin the village now known as Park Hill, where\\nhe became a successful merchant. He was ma-\\njor of the First Battalion of the Twentieth\\nRegiment New Hampshire Militia. In 1814\\nhe was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the same\\nregiment. In September of the same year he was\\nappointed to the command of the First Regiment\\nof detached soldiers for the defense of the sea-\\nboard, and was stationed as above. In 1830 he\\nremoved to his paternal homestead, in Framing-\\nham. About 1856, while on a visit to his\\ndaughter in this town, Mrs. Geo. F. Dunbar, he\\ndied suddenly of heart-disease, aged sixty-nine\\nyears. LTnder his command, in Capt. INIarsh s\\ncompany, we find Abial Bridges and Otis Briggs\\ntransferred from Capt. Warner s company to\\nJonathan Robbins In the same regiment we\\nfindinCapt. Oliver Warner s company, the names\\nof Henry Mason, ensign Benjamin Brown, ser-\\ngeant; privates Jonathan Robbins and Otis\\nBriggs all enlisted for three months from Sep-\\ntember. In the Second Regiment, under Col.\\nSteel, in Capt. James M. Warner s company, we\\nfind Lewis Reed, corporal Elijah Barrows,\\ndrummer, and Privates Henry Bemis, Cej^has\\nClark, Zera Ilutehins, Jonathan Hall, Jr., Ed-\\nmund Simmons, Aaron Wheeler, Carley\\nWheeler, Joseph Welborn. These men all\\nenlisted for sixty days and were mustered\\nSeptember 25, 1814. In the Eleventh\\nRegiment of United States Infantry, under\\nLieut. -Col. Bedel, recruited at Concord dur-\\ning the summer of 1813, we find the names of\\nTimothy Aldrich, ensign, Caleb Briggs, Eph-\\nraim Leonard, Benjamin How the latter was\\nwounded in the leg in the battle of Chippewa.\\nDoubtless others were enlisted whose names are\\nnot known or recognized by the compiler in the\\nlong army-rolls.\\nOn the 5th of September, 1792, the new\\nConstitution was adopted. It contained im-\\nportant provisions relating to the militia. In\\nDecember following, an act was passed by the\\nLegislature arrang-ina; the militia into regri-\\nments, brigades and divisions, describing their\\nlimits and number, etc. By this act the com-\\npanies in AValpole and AVestmoreland consti-\\ntuted the First Battalion of the Twentieth Reg-\\niment. This regiment was placed in tiie Fifth\\nBrigade of the Third Divison. This act was\\nconstantly undergoing revisions, and, in 1808,\\nit was considerably simplified. The act passed\\nthis year provided that all free, able-bodied\\nwhite male citizens of the State, from sixteen\\nyears to forty, should be enrolled, with certain\\nexceptions. Nearly forty years passed, follow-\\ning this act, without radical changes in the\\nmilitia laws. For many years Westmoreland\\npossessed two companies of militia. The Light\\nInfantry was popularly known as the Old", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0632.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n501\\nWest Light. It M^as a company of moii that,\\nill all martial respects, ranked very high. For\\nyeare it sharply competed with the Keeue\\nLight for the palm of superiority. For some\\nyears it was under the command of Captain\\nTileston A. Barker, who was very efficient in\\nthis work. This company furnished its own\\nuniforms, but were provided with arms by the\\nState. The remainder of the enrolled men com-\\nposed the Floodwood company. They had no\\nuniforms, and were obliged to furnish their own\\narms. Sometimes their movements bordered\\nupon the grotesque. These companies were\\nobliged to turn out at least twice each year for\\ninspection of arms and for drill.\\nTraining-days were memorable days for\\nall, both old and young. The splendid uniforms\\nof the Light Infantry, the precision of all their\\nmovements, the pompous commands of the offi-\\ncers, the shrill notes of the fife and the roll of\\nthe drum served to arouse all with enthusiasm.\\nRegimental musters were held yearly, iu the\\nmonths of August and September, sometimes\\nin this town; but these days, with their associa-\\ntions, have long since passed away. But many\\nof our older citizens still relate, with kindling\\neye and animated speech, the lively incidents\\nof those days.\\nWAR OF THE REBELLION.\\nFor many years prior to the breaking out of\\nthe War of the Great Rebellion, the military\\nspirit of Westmoreland had lain dormant.\\nThe news of the firing upon Sumter thrilled\\nthe heart of the North with martial fire anew.\\nThen the men of the North, irrespective of\\nparty, hastened to defend the nation s honor\\nto fight for home and kindred. The following\\nis the record of the citizens of Westmoreland\\nwho enlisted in the military service of the\\nUnited States during the War of the Rebellion,\\n1861-65\\nLewis W. Aldrich, mustered in Company I, Ninth\\nRegiment New Hampsliire Volunteer Infantry,\\nAugust 15, 1862 promoted to corporal January\\n1, 1865; mustered out June 10, 1865.\\nLewis W. Aldrich, (2d), mustered in Company I,\\nNinth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, August 15, 1862 mustered out June 10,\\n1865.\\nWilliam Aiken, mustered in Company I, Twelfth\\nRegiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry, October\\n4, 1862; mustered out July 14, 1863.\\nWilliam C. Aiken, mustered in Company I, Ninth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nAugust 18, 1862; wounded September 17,1862;\\ndischarged for disability March 17, 1863.\\nCharles L. Aiken, mustered iu U. S. Navy.\\nAmasa O. Amidon, mustered in Company E, Fifteenth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nNovember 5, 1862, for nine months mustered out\\nAugust 13, 1863.\\nTileston A. Barker, mustered as captain Company A,\\nSecond Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer\\nInfantry, June, 1861 appointed lieutenant-colo-\\nnel Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Vol-\\nunteer Infantry, September 19, 1862 on general\\ncourt-martial Washington, D.C., February 25,\\n1864, to February 5, 1865; honorably discharged\\nFebruary 5, 1865 breveted colonel September\\n13, 1866.\\nFrank T. Barker, mustered as captain Company A,\\nFourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volun-\\nteer Infantry, August 31, 1862 discharged April\\n21, 1864.\\nJoseph Burcham, mustered in Company H, Second\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nSeptember 17, 1861 disch.arged for disability\\nSeptember 20, 1862; re-enlisted in Company C,\\nFourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volun-\\nteer Infantry, September 22, 1862 transferred to\\nCompany A, April 2, 1863 discharged January\\n1, 1865.\\nWilliam J. Burcham, mustered in Company E, Sixth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nNovember 28, 1861 died at Hatteras Inlet, N. C,\\nJanuary 28, 1862.\\nGeorge H. Britten, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, August 8, 1862; mustered out July 8,\\n1865.\\nCharles H. Burgess, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, September 22, 1862; discharged for disa-\\nbility at Concord, N. H., December 11, 1862.\\nDavid Curtin, mustered in Company G, Fourteenth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nSeptember 23, 1862; discharged for disability\\nDecember 31, 1864.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0633.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "502\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJohn Curtin, mustered iu first lieutenant Company E,\\nSixth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, April 20, 1864; wounded June 3, 1864;\\ndischarged on account of wounds August 10,\\n1864.\\nPatrick H. Curtin, mustered in Company E, Sixth\\nRegiment, New Haniishire Volunteer Ini antry,\\nNovember 28, 1861; wounded August 29, 1862;\\ntransferred to United States Volunteer Reserve\\nCorp, May 2, 1863.\\nCharles Campbell, mustered in Company F, Sixth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry\\nNovember 28,1861 discharged February 2, 1863.\\nNorton E. Chamberlain, mu8tere l in Company D,\\nFifty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer\\nInfantry died at New Orleans May 16, 1863.\\nWilliam E. Clark, United States Navy.\\nJohn Conner, United States Navy.\\nIsaac W. Derby, mustered corporal in Company A,\\nSecond Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfontry. May 31, 1861; wounded July 21, 1861;\\ndischarged for disaliility August 25, 1861 mus-\\ntered as lieutenant in United States Cavalry in\\n1863.\\nElisha Douglass, mustered in Company K, Ninth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nDecember, 1863; wounded May 12, 1864; died\\nfrom wounds May 17, 1864.\\nSamuel E. Douglass, mustered in Company F, Sixth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nNovember 28, 1861 wounded August 29, 1862\\ndied of wounds at Georgetown (D. C.) Hospital\\nSeptember 19, 1862.\\nCharles L. Derby, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\ntantry, September 22, 1862 mustered out July\\n8, 1865.\\nJohn C. Farnham, mustered in Company E, Fifteenth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry\\ndischarged August 13, 1863.\\nEdwin J. Goodnow, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, September 22, 1862 wounded September\\n19, 1864 discharged on account of wounds Feb-\\nruary 8, 1865.\\nTimothy M. Gary, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, September 22, 1862 mustered out ,Tuly\\n8, 1865.\\nJames K. Greeley, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, September 22, 1862 wounded September\\n19, 1864; mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nCharles P. Hall, mustered first lieutenant Company\\nA, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Vol-\\nunteer Infantry, August 9, 1862; in charge of in-\\nvalid detachment under provost marshal Wash-\\nington, D. C, June to November, 1863 promoted\\nto captain Company C, February 20, 1864; in\\ncommand Fort Pulaski, Ga., March 5 to June 5,\\n1865; mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nFranklin J. Hall, mustered in Company A, Fourteenth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infiintry,\\nSeptember 22, 1862; promoted to corporal April\\n1, 1865; mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nGeorge Hall, mustered in Company I, Ninth Regi-\\nment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, De-\\ncember 16, 1863; wounded June 1, 1864; trans-\\nferred to Sixth New Hampshire Volunteer Infan-\\ntry, Junel, 1865 mustered out July 17, 1865.\\nAristides Heustis, mustered in Company A, Second\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nMay 31, 1861 died at Summit House Hospital,\\nPhiladelphia, Pa., December 23, 1862.\\nFay Keith, mustered in Company A, Fourteenth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nAugust 13, 1862 died in service.\\nSamuel I. Leach, mustered in Company A, Fourteenth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nSeptember 22, 1S62; clerk for brigadier-quarter-\\nmaster October, 1862 to April, 1863 promoted\\nto corporal clerk in Campbell General Hospital\\nApril, 1863 to July 21, 1865; transferred to\\nUnited States Volunteer Reserve Corp, Decem-\\nber 5, 1863 mustered out July 21, 1865.\\nAlbert G. Leach, mustered in Company A, Fourteenth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nSeptember 22, 1862 died of disease at Washing-\\nton, D. C, May 31, 1863.\\nCharles H. Leach, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, August 14, 1862 died at Poolsville, Md.,\\nJanuary 23, 1863.\\nLeonard Lowe, mustered in Company I, Ninth Regi-\\nment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry killed\\nat Petersburg Mine July 30, 1864.\\nJames B. Mason, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, August 14, 1862; transferred and pro-\\nmoted to first lieutenant in Thirty-first Regiment\\nUnited States Cavalry Troop, February 14, 1864;\\nwounded at Petersburg Mine July 30, 1864; dis-\\ncharged December 12, 1864.\\nAmos S. Metcalf, mustered in Troop A, First Regi-\\nment, New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry, March\\n25,1864: captured June 13,1864.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0634.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "WESTMOKELAND.\\n503\\nLeslie K. Osborne, mustered in Company E, Sixth\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nNovember 28, 1861 mustered out November 27,\\n1864.\\nWilliam L. Pratt, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, September 22, 1862; mustered out July 8,\\n1865.\\nIsaac W. Rawson, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, September 22, 1862; mustered out July 8,\\n1865.\\nWilliam S. Starkey, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer\\nInfantry, August 27, 1862 died at Washington,\\nD. C, May 13, 1863.\\nHenry M. Staples, mustered musician Company A.\\nFourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer\\nInfantry, August 14, 1862; promoted to principal\\nmusician November 1, 1864; discharged July 8,\\n1866.\\nWarren Streeter, mustered in Company F, Fourth\\nRegiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, Septem-\\nber 7, 1864 discharged June 6, 1865.\\nAlbert W-. Streeter, mustered in Company I, Ninth\\nRegiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nAugust 15, 1862 died of disease at Falmouth,\\nVa., February 6, 1863.\\nHerbert N. Streeter, mustered in Company I, Ninth\\nRegiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nAugust 22, 1862 died of disease at Aquia Creek,\\nVa., February 7, 1863.\\nEzra F. Streeter, mustered in Company F, Fifth Reg-\\niment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, Oc-\\ntober 23, 1861 discharged for disability, April\\n30, 1862.\\nFrederick A. Timothy, mustered in Company A,\\nFourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volun-\\nteer Infantry, September 22, 1862 mustered out\\nJuly 8, 1865.\\nHolland Wheeler, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer\\nInfantry, September 22, 1862 promoted to ser-\\ngeant January 27, 1804; wounded September 19,\\n1864 mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nSidney P. Winchester, mustered in Company A,\\nFourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer\\nInfantry, September 22, 1862; discharged for\\ndisability, March 27, 1863.\\nHiram Woodward, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, September 22, 1862 mustered out May 19,\\n1865.\\nEdgar F. Wiley, mustered in Company I, Ninth Regi-\\nment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, Aug-\\nust 15, 1862; wounded May 12, 1864; transferred\\nto United States Veteran Reserve Corps Januarj\\n9, 1865.\\nSidney H. Young, mustered in Company A, Four-\\nteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer In-\\nfantry, August 14, 1862 killed in battle Opequan\\nSeptember 19, 1864.\\nEdwin Young, mustered in Company A, Second Reg-\\niment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, May\\n31, 1861 promoted to sargeant May 1, 1863\\nmustered out June 21, 1864.\\nThe following is the list of non-resident sol-\\ndiers credited to Westmoreland\\nWilliam Miller.\\nCharles Nelson.\\nWilliam Smith.\\nWilliam Thompson.\\nGeorge Wilson.\\nLuther Jossely.\\nFranklin Vose.\\nJames Bennett.\\nJoseph Coyne.\\nJamas Malone.\\n.lohn Brown.\\nGeorge Clark\\nJohn Clark.\\nJohn Coleman.\\nAnton Crick.\\nJohn Ervin.\\nHenry Jacobs.\\nCharles Johnson.\\nJames Smith.\\nJoseph Williams.\\nJohn Anderson.\\nWalter Comstock.\\nJeremiah Carroll.\\nJames M. Janess.\\nRansom D. Pettingill.\\nMitchell Brennan.\\nSimon Dyer.\\nC H A P T E R V 1 1.\\nWESTMORELAND\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Con(i.ii ;(i).\\nCIVIL HISTORY AND CEKSUS.\\nThe following is the list of town officers\\nfrom 1775, prior records are missing\\nMODERATORS OF ANNUAL MEETINGS.\\nJoseph Burt, 1775, 77, 78, 79, 1781, 88, 89, 1791,\\n92, 93, 95, 96, 98, 99, 1892, 3, 4, 5, 0, 8, 9, 10,\\n11, 12, 13, and 14,-26 years.\\nEbenezer Britton, 1776.\\nBenjamin Pierce, 1780 to 1782.\\nIsaac Chamberlain, 1783.\\nGeorge Aldrich, 1784.\\nNathan Franklin, 1785, 86, 97.\\nAmos Babcock, 1787, 90, 94.\\nNathan Estabrooks, 1800.\\n.Toseph Buffum, 1801, 07.\\nDavid Dwight, 1815, 16, 17.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0635.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "504\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJotham Lord, 1818, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27,\\n30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,\\n21 years.\\nSimeon Cobb (2d), 1822.\\nNathan Babbitt, 1825.\\nSamuel Winchester, 1828 to 1829.\\nLarkin Baker, 1843, 44, 46, 47.\\nCharles F. Brooks, 1845.\\nTileston A. Barker, 1848, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54,\\n55, 56, 57, 58, 64, 67, 70\u00e2\u0080\u009414 years.\\nGeorge W. Nims, 1859, 60.\\nEbenezer Britton (2d), 1861, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71.\\nDexter Warren, 1862, 63, 74.\\nStephen B. Gary, 1872 to 73.\\nWillard Bill, Jr., 1875, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84,\\neight years.\\nGeorge W. Daggett, 1876.\\nArad Fletcher, 1877.\\nTOWN CLERKi5,\\nHeber Miller, 1775, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83.\\nJohn Doolittle, 1784, 85, 86, 87, 88.\\nCaleb Aldrich, Jr., 1789, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95,\\n96, 97, 98, 99, 1800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11.\\nDaniel Brooks, 1810.\\nBenjamin Snow, 1812, 13, 14.\\nJoshua Britton, 1815 to 1816.\\nTheophalas Hoit, 1817.\\nAllen Pratt, 1818, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,\\n27.\\nLarkin Baker, 1828, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,\\n36, 37, 38, 39, 40.\\nCharles F. Brooks, 1841, 42.\\nNathan G. Babbit, 1843, 44, 45.\\nAnson Cole, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 64.\\nTimothy Hoskins, 1850,\\nAlexander H. Wheeler, 1853.\\nDexter Warren, 1854, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59.\\nJoseph Leonard, 1860, 61, 62.\\nHenry F. Cowdery, 1863.\\nEdwin J. Goodnow, 1864 to 1885.\\nEEPKESENTATIVES.\\nJoseph Wilbcr, 1775 and 1784.\\nHeber Miller, 1776.\\nEbenzer Britton, 1777 and 1778.\\nJoseph Burt, 1779, 80, 93, 94, 95, 96 1781 voted\\nnot to send.\\nIsaac Chamberlain, 1782, 83.\\nSamuel Works, 1765, 86.\\nAmos Babcock, 1787.\\nArchilaus Temple, 1788, 89, 90, 91, 92 and 7.\\nAlpheus Moore, 1798.\\nEzra Peirce, 1799, 1800, 01, 02.\\nWilliam Britton, 1803, 13, 14, 15.\\nJoseph Buffum, 1804, 05, 06, 07.\\nJob F. Brooks, 1808, 09.\\nBroughton White, 1810.\\nEphraim Brown, Jr., 1811 and 1812.\\nDaniel Dwight, 1816 and 1817.\\nSimeon Cobb, 2d, 1818, 19, 21, 22, 23.\\nJotham Lord, Jr., 1820, 24, 35, 36.\\nLarkin Baker, 1825 and 1826.\\nSamuel Winchester, 1827 and 1828.\\nGains Hall, 1829, 38.\\nBarton Skinner, 1880, 31, 32.\\nTimothy Hoskins, 1833, 34, 40.\\nCharles F. Brooks, 1837 to 1839.\\nTileston A. Barker, 1842, 43, 52.\\nJohn Albee, 1844 and 1845.\\nSolomon Wilson, 1846, 47.\\nJohn Pierce, 1847, 48.\\nDavid Livingston, 1848 and 1849.\\nAbijah French, 1850 and 1851.\\nGeorge W. Wheeler, 1853.\\nHaskell Buffum, 1854 and 1855.\\nWillard W. Pierce, 1856 and 1857.\\nIsaac K. White, 1858 and 1869.\\nAnson Cole, 1860 and 1861.\\nJedediah Sabin, 1862, 65.\\nDaniel W. Patten, 1863 and 1864.\\nEbenezer Britton, 1866, 67, 68.\\nCharles Knight, 1869 and 1870.\\nOtis Hutchins, 1871.\\nRobert L. Aldrich, 1872 and 1873.\\nNelson Wilbur, 1874.\\nCharles N. Quimby, 1875.\\nJohn Mason, 1876.\\nJohn A. Chamberlain, 1877.\\nWilliam J. Eeed, 1878.\\nOliver J. Butterfield, 1879.\\nTheodore Cole, 1881 and 1882; Biennial Sessions.\\nEli E. Wellington, 1883 and 1884.\\nStephen H. Burt, 1885.\\nSELECTMEN.\\n1775. Heber Miller, Archelaus Temple, Waitstill\\nScott.\\n1776. Heber Miller, Benjamin Pierce, Ebencser\\nBritton.\\n1777. Joseph Burt, Amos Pierce, Ephraim Stone.\\n1778.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Burt, Ephraim Stone, Daniel\\nPierce.\\n1779. Joseph Welbore, Nathan Franklin, William\\nHutchins.\\n1780. Ebenezer Britton, Isaac Butterfield, Micah\\nRead.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0636.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n505\\n1781. Jonas Butterfleld, Abner Darbey, Israel\\nAmsbury.\\n1782. Abiel Eddy, Benjamin Pierce, Josej)!! Burt,\\nJohn Doolittle and Joshua Pierce.\\n1783. Isaac Chamberlain, Ebenezer Britton,\\nSamuel Works and Isaac Butterfleld.\\n1784. John Doolittle, Azariah Leach, William\\nHutchins.\\n1785. George Aldrich, William Hutchins Azariah\\nLeach.\\n178(1. George Aldrich, Nathan Franklin, Nathan-\\niel Wilbore.\\n1787. Ezra Pierce, Samuel Cobb, Caleb Aldrich.\\n1788. Ezra Pierce, Caleb Aldrich, Jr., Jonas Eob-\\nbins.\\n1789. Caleb Aldrich, Jr., Jonas Eobbins, George\\nCobb.\\n1790.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb Aldrich, Jr., George Cobb, David\\nHutchins.\\n1791.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb Aldrich, Jr., David Hutchins, Ezra\\nPeirce.\\n1792. Caleb Aldrich, Jr.. Ezra Pierce, Nathan\\nBabbitt.\\n1793.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb Aldrich, Jr., Nathan Babbitt, William\\nHutchins.\\n1794.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb Aldrich, Jr., Ezra Pierce, Nathan\\nBabbitt.\\n1795. Caleb Aldrich, Jr., Nathan Babbitt, Abner\\nDarby.\\n1796. Caleb Aldrich, Jr., Joseph Buflum, Nathan\\nFranklin.\\n1797. Joseph BufFum, William Britton, Ezra\\nPierce, Joseph Burt, Daniel Cobb.\\n1798.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb Aldrich, Jr., Nathan Babbitt, Ezra\\nPierce.\\n1799. Joseph Buflum, William Hutchins, William\\nBritton.\\n1800. Joseph BufTum, William Hutchins, William\\nBritton.\\n1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Britton, Nat. Fisk, George Cobb.\\n1802.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Britton, George Cobb, Nat. Fisk.\\n1803.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nat. Fisk, Broughton White, Job F. Brooks.\\n1804.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathan Babbitt, John Wheeler, Jr\u00e2\u0080\u009e Caleb\\nAldrich.\\n1805.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Job F. Brooks, Nat. Fisk, Robert Britton.\\n1806.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Job F. Brooks, Nat. Fisk, Robert Britton.\\n1807.^Job F. Brooks, Ephraim Brown, Jr., Robert\\nBritton.\\n1808. Ephraim Brown, Jr., William Britton, Levi\\nGreen.\\n1809. William Britton, Levi Green, Moses Dudley.\\n1810. William Britton, Levi Green, Moses Dudley.\\n1811. Joseph Buflum, Timothy Skinner, William\\nBritton.\\n1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Britton, Job. F. Brooks, Aaron\\nWorks.\\n1813. Job F. Brooks, Aaron Works, Ebenezer\\nBailey, Jr.\\n1814. Job F. Brooks, Aaron Works, Ebenezer\\nBailey, Jr.\\n1815. Job F. Brooks, Ebenezer Bailey, William\\nArnold.\\n1816.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Job F. Works, Ebenezer Bailey, William\\nArnold.\\n1817.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Job F. Brooks, Simeon Cobb, Theophalus\\nHoit.\\n1818.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Job F. Brooks, Theophalus Hoit, Jotham\\nLord, Jr.\\n1819. Theophalus Hoit, Jotham Lord, Jr., Gaius\\nHall.\\n1820.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Theophalus Hoit, Gaius Hall, Abraham\\nHowe.\\n1821.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Theophiilus Hoit, Gaius Hall, Abraham\\nHowe.\\n1822.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Job F. Brooks, Seth Hall, Jr., Aaron F.\\nDaniels.\\n1823. Aaron F. Daniels, Jimna Walker, Ebenezer\\nBailey.\\n1824. Aaron F. Daniels, Jimna Walker, Ebenezer\\nBailey.\\n1825. Jotham Lord, Jr., Jimna Walker, William\\nBritton.\\n1826 Jotham Lord, Jr., Jimna Walker, William\\nBritton.\\n1827. Jotham Lord, Jr., Jimna Walker, William\\nBritton.\\n1828.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathan G. Babbitt, William Britton, Abel\\nGleason.\\n1829. William Britton, Abel Gleason, Samuel\\nWinchester.\\n1830 Abijah French, Luna Foster, Aaron Works.\\n1831. Abijah French, Luna Foster, Aaron Works.\\n1832. Abijjih French, Aaron Works, Larkin Ba-\\nker.\\n1833. Abijah French, Aaron Works, Larkin Ba-\\nker.\\n1834. Abijah French, Aaron Works, Larkin Ba-\\nker.\\n1835. Sampson How, Austin Parker, Linus Aid-\\nrich.\\n1836. Sampson How, Austin Parker, Linus Aid-\\nrich.\\n1837. Abijah French, Aaron Works, Larkin Ba-\\nker.\\n1838. Abijah French, Aaron Works, Larkin Ba-\\nker.\\n1839. ^Abijah French, Aaron Works, Larkin Ba-\\nker.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0637.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "506\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1840. Aaron Works, Larkin Baker, Gauia Hall.\\n1841. Larkin Baker, Aaron Works, Haskell Buf-\\nfum.\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Haskell Buffum, James R. Ware, David\\nLivingston.\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Haskell Buffum, James R. Ware, David\\nLivingston.\\n1844. James R. Ware, Arby Barker, Augustus\\nNoyes.\\n1845. Arby Barker, Augustus Noyes, James P.\\nWare.\\n1846. Charles F. Brooks, Arby Barker, Alexander\\nH. Wheeler.\\n1847. Charles F. Brooks, Alexander H. Wheeler,\\nJohn AUbee.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles F. Brooks, Alexander H. Wheeler,\\nJohn Allbee.\\n1849. Timothy Hoskins, Jonas Wheeler, Jr., Nel-\\nson Wilber.\\n1850. Timothy Hoskins, Jonas Wheeler, Jr., Nel-\\nson Wilber.\\n1851. Timothy Ho.skins, Zenas Britton, Arvin\\nAldrich.\\n1852.^Timothy Hoskins, Arvin Aldrich, Zenas\\nBritton.\\n1853. Arvin Aldrich, Addison Ware, Prentiss Dag-\\ngett.\\n1854. Addison Ware, Prentiss Daggett, Ezekiel\\nWoodward.\\n1855. Addison Ware, Zenas Britton, Robert T.\\nAldrich.\\n1856. James R. Ware, Farly Norris, Caleb C. Dag-\\ngett.\\n1857. David Livingston, Farly Norris, Caleb C.\\nDaggett.\\n1858. David Livingston, Alfred Aldrich, George\\nR. Perry.\\n1859. Alfred Aldrich, George R. Perry, Ebenezer\\nBritton.\\n1860. Ebenezer Britton, 2d, Jedediah Sabin, John\\nA. Chamberlain.\\n1861. Jedediah Sabin, John A. Chamberlain, Gains\\nK. Hall.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John A. Chamberlain Gains K. Hall,\\nGeorge W. Nims.\\n1863. John A. Chamberlain, Jewett E. Buffum,\\nArtemas Knight.\\n1864. Jewett E. Buffum, Artemas Knight, Samuel\\nD. Clark.\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ebenezer Britton, 2d, Joseph Shelley, George\\nR. Perry.\\n1866. Joseph Shelley, George R. Perry, Barton C.\\nAldrich.\\n1867. Joseph Shelley, George R. Perry, Barton C.\\nAldrich.\\n1868.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Barton C. Aldrich, Willard Bill, Jr., Francis\\nSnow.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Willard Bill, Jr., Francis Snow, Prentiss\\nDaggett.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Willard Bill, Jr., William N. Patten, Jewett\\nE. Buffum.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Willard Bill, Jr.. William N. Patten, Heber\\nB. Cole.\\n1872. Dexter Warren, Jasper Hall, Jewett E.\\nBuffum.\\n1873. Dexter Warren, Jasper Hall, Jewett E.\\nBuffum.\\n1874. Dexter Warren, Jasper Hall, Jewett E.\\nBuffum.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abel E. Johnson, William N. Patten, Solon\\nChickering.\\n1876. Charles Knight, Albert Thompson, George\\nJ. Bennett.\\n1877. Charles Knight, Albert Thompson, George\\nJ. Bennett.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Willard Bill, Jr., Albert Thompson, Barton\\nC. Aldrich.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Willard Bill, Jr., Barton C. Aldrich, Jewett\\nE. Buffum.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Willard Bill, Jr., Barton C. Aldrich, Jewett\\nE. Buffum.\\n1881.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William E. Cullen, John Works, Albert\\nThompson.\\n1882. John Works, Jasper Hall, Oscar J. Ware.\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Works. Oscar J. Ware, Charles M.\\nScovell.\\n1884. Oscar J. Ware, Charles M. Scovell, Oilman\\nA. Converse.\\nCensus. The following is the census statis-\\ntics of Westmoreland from 1767 to 1800.\\n1767, 391 1773, 698 1775, 758 1783,\\n1786, 1621 1790, 2018 1800, 2066 1810,\\n1937; 1820,2029; 1830, 1647; 1840,1546;\\n1850, 1678; 1860, 1285; 1870,1256; 1880,\\n1103.\\nGovernor vote. The following shows the\\nnumber of votes cast for Governor in the most\\nsharply contested elections to show the number\\nof votei-s as compared with its population\\n1838, 338; 1848, 313; 1860, 168; 1868,\\n307; 1S76, 298.\\nIn early times and up to the year 1791, when\\nan act was passed relieving them from tliat", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0638.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n507\\nduty, the constables were by virtue of tlieir\\noffice collectors of taxes. Every man in town\\nwas obliged, with certain exceptions, to serve as\\nconstable when chosen under the penalty of\\nthree pounds. The collection of taxes was, of\\ncourse, to many an unpleasant service,\\nand after the population became considerable it\\nwas very difficult to get constables who would\\nwillingly perform the duty. A small sum was\\nallowed for the service.\\nThe town, March 13, 1782, voted to prose-\\ncute Leonard Keep and Samuel How for not\\nserving as constables. Tliis course of discipline,\\nhowever, did not work out the desiretl result,\\nand afew years afterwe find the town committing\\ngenerally the collection of taxes to the lowest\\nbidder.\\nIn early times we find the town annually\\nelecting; a board of Tithiucn-Men, but this\\noffice has long since become obsolete. It was\\nonce considered an honorable and iiuportant\\nposition. Its duties consisted in enforcing the\\nlaws relating to the proper observance of the\\nSabbath day, by arresting travelers and by keep-\\ning rude boys quiet in meeting.\\nAnother town-officer was the deer-reeve whose\\nduties consisted in the protection, at certain sea-\\nsons of the year, of the deer that roamed in the\\nforest. We find no mention of this town-officer\\nafter 1781.\\nCHAPTER YIII.\\nWESTMORELAND -(Cmrf/iiied).\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nCurrency. January 1, 1 795, an act took\\neffect, having jiassed in Congress February 20,\\n1794, abolishing the currency of pounds, shil-\\nlings and pence, and from this date accounts\\nwere kept in dollars, dimes and cents after-\\nwards in dollars and cents. The first settlers\\nused very little money as a medium of exchange.\\nPrices were based upon stipulated values of\\nfarm produce. Foreign gold and silver coins\\nconstituted the only lawful money. The great\\nexpense of the French and Indian Wars ex-\\nhausted the treasury of the State and incurred\\na heavy debt upon the province. Necessity\\ncompelled the issue of paper money, but this\\nthrough dejireciation of value furnished only\\ntemporary relief. This depreciation was has-\\ntened by the province joining the Revolution-\\nary party. Silver rapidly increased in value.\\nIn 1720 an ounce was worth seven shillinofs and\\nsix pence, in 1 760 it was worth one hundred\\nand twenty shillings. On the 10th day of\\nMay, 1775, Congress voted to issue paper cur-\\nrency; this took the name of Continental\\nmoney. From the first it was a currency\\nthat did not inspire the fullest confidence.\\nIt was influential in depreciating the issues of\\nthe State and became itself worthless in a ii:\\\\x\\nyears. It brought financial ruin to many, its\\nbaneful effects were felt by all. In this town\\ninto many houses it brought poverty in place of\\ncompetency.\\nIn the year 1780, the condition of the Conti-\\nnental Currency became truly deplorable we\\nfind that the town voted, Alarch 8, to raise\\nX4800 for highways, to be worked out at 15s. an\\nhour. It Mas \\\\oted to pay Benjamin Aldrich\\n\u00c2\u00a3120 for eight weeks board of a pauper ciiild.\\nFiXAXCiAL. In 1786, the Legislature hav-\\ning voted to submit certain propositions relative\\nto the issuing of paper money for an expression\\nof approval or of rejection by the people of the\\nState, this town on the 15th of November,\\ngave an expression of their views, as expressed\\nin the following record\\nThe State of New Hampshire,\\nWestmoreland, Xovember the IS day in the year\\nof our Lord 17S(J\\nagreeable to a request from the Legislative au-\\nthority of this state the Inhabitants of s Westmore-\\nland on the afores** day of Xo being legally assembled\\nin town meeting for the purpose Collecting their\\nopinions relative to the proposed plan sent out by the\\nHon Court for making paper money\\n1= the Question s being put by divideing the\\nhouse to know the number for having paper money,", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0639.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "508\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand the number against it, there appeared to be forty\\nfor having paper money made, and twenty against it.\\n2\u00c2\u00b0 there ajipeared on aneother Division thereof\\nto be thirty one against haveing paper money on the\\npresent propos phm and twentyone for haveing it\\nagreeable to s plan.\\nS Nineteen of those that ware against money s\\nbeing Emitted agreeable to y propos plan which is\\nsent out Voted that they would have a bank of\\nmoney made of paper Equal to the sum of this states\\ndebt, on the following ])!an Viz to have it made a\\ntender in all Cases or payments and to have it not on\\nInterest, and to have it given out for to run twenty\\nYears, and to have it sink one twentyeth yearly until\\nit should be Dead\\nthe above is a true Journal of the meeting afore-\\nsaid\\nAttest John Doolittle Town Clerk of s\\nWestmoreland\\nLawyers. Westmoreland has never pre-\\nsented a rich field for the legal fraternity. The\\nnumber of re.sidcnt practitioners of the law have\\nbeen few. The name of Elijah Wollage is the\\nfirst to appear upon our records. Furthermore\\nthan evidence that he was an influential man\\nin our town afTairs we are ignorant. Following\\nhim came, in 1791, Jeremiah Mason. He was\\nborn in 1768 in Connecticut, graduated at\\nYale in 1788, admitted to the bar in 1791\\nand began the practice of his profession in\\nWestmoreland, where he remained three years\\nand then removed to Portsmouth. He soon was\\nrecognized as the head of his profession in this\\nState, whose bar, at that time, was then, and,\\nperhaps, since, unequaled in this country. In\\nthe State Legislature and the United States\\nSenate alike he was easily the first and fore-\\nmost. Daniel Dwight followed him and prac-\\nticed many years. In 1816 and 1817 he\\nrepresented the town and held, at different\\ntimes, positions of public trust and confidence.\\nNathan Godfrey Babbitt also practiced law\\nmany years. He was born in Norton, Mass.,\\nFebruary 12, 1787 came to this town about\\n1790.\\nJoseph Buff um was born in Fitchburg, Ma.ss.,\\nSeptember 23, 1784, graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege, studied law and was admitted to the\\nCheshire bar. For some years he practiced in\\nKeene and was elected a Representative in the\\nXVIth United States Congress, where he\\nserved one term. Declining a re-election, he\\nremoved to his paternal homestead in this town,\\nwhere he lived many years, and died February\\n23, 1874, at the ripe old age of eighty-nine\\nyears. While adopting for many years of his\\nlife recluse habits, still he was known and\\nrespected by his townsmen generally as a man\\nof sound judgment and of incorruptible hon-\\nesty.\\nLarkin Baker was born in this town Septem-\\nber 17, 1795, and remained until his decease,\\nFebruary 3, 1872. For many years his counsel\\nwas sought from far and near upon all legal\\nmatters. Possessed of a tenacious memory, an\\naptness for scholarship, he soon took a promi-\\nnent place in both town and county. He held\\nthe commission of justice of the peace during\\nnearly the whole of his business career, and\\ntransacted nearly all the business of the town\\nin this Hue. He was assistant judge of the\\nCourt of Common Pleas seven years, judge of\\nProbate for Cheshire Courity twenty-two years,\\nresigning in 1864 by reason of poor health, and\\nheld, at different times, all the offices within\\nthe gift of his native town.\\nPaupers. The poor ye have always with\\nyou. The first record that relates to the poor\\nis July 7, 1783, Voted that a woman, who\\nresides at the house of Joshua Pierce, who is\\nwarned out of town, be carried out of town\\naccording to the directions of the law. At this\\ntime it was the common practice of the towns\\ngenerally to warn out new-comers with the\\nview to prevent their acquiring a legal settle-\\nment. This had to be done within a year after\\nthe person came into the town. It does not\\nappear that estmoreland practiced the pro-\\ntection given by the law, as we find only one\\nnecessary record, where it speaks of having\\nwarned out all indiscriminately, without regard\\nto their condition or ability to support them-", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0640.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n509\\nselves. For many years the paupers were let\\nout to the lowest bidder, subject to the judg-\\nment of the overseers.\\nIn September 2, 1791, we find the following\\nunique record Voted that Josiah Powers and\\nwidow Miller be vendued by the Selectmen to\\nthe lowest bidder at this meeting. Widow\\nMiller struck oif to Mr. Joseph Buffum for\\ntwo shillings and nine pence per week, until\\nMarch meeting next. Josiah Powers struck\\noff to Mr. Elias Gates for one shilling and\\nseven pence per week. In 1832 the town\\npurchased of Nat Daggett his farm for a poor-\\nfarm, having raised $2000 for this purpose,\\nand there supported its paupers until its sale, in\\n1874. The repeated changes in the law have\\nbeen in the direction of throwingf more and\\nmore the burthen of the support of the poor\\nupon the county this rendered town poor-farms\\nan useless expense. In 1868 a county alms-\\nhouse was located and built in this town.\\nWe can no more fittingly illustrate the quo-\\ntation heading this brief article than bv refer-\\nring to one of the town paupers by the name of\\nGrace Goodnow, who died at the extreme old\\nage of over one hundred and sixteen years, and\\nwa? undoubtedly the oldest person within our\\ntown records.\\nCemeteries. Without doubt the first cem-\\netery dedicated in Westmoreland for burial\\npurposes was the one near the residence of\\nF. G. Parker. Here, in the northwest corner\\nof the yard,\\nEach in liis narrow cell forever laid,\\nThe rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.\\nWhether this yard was founded by private\\nenterprise or at public expense, we know not\\nbut be that as it may, the good sense and taste\\nexercised in selecting this beautiful site as the\\ncity for the dead must be unquestioned.\\nThe cemetery upon Canoe Meadow also\\nbears an early date. About 1805 Nathaniel\\nDaggett deeded the land to Nathan Franklin\\nand others upon the condition that it be kept\\ninclosed forever for the purposes of a cemetery.\\nThe lot had been used many years prior for the\\nsame purpose. The oldest inscription in this\\nyard is that of Mrs. Amos Davis, bearing date\\nof September 6, 1764.\\nFor years prior to 1832 two contiguous lots,\\ndivided by a stone wall, running north and\\nsouth, near the residence of Willard R. Gline,\\nwere used for cemeterial purposes. Nathan\\nFranklin owned the lot upon the east side of\\nthe wall, Phinehas Gline tlie one upon the\\nwest side. This year both gave their respective\\nlots to the town in trust for the uses of a\\ncemetery forever. The dividing wall was re-\\nmoved and the two lots inclosed in one. Soon\\nafter Edward Simmons built a private family-\\ntomb therein.\\nThe oldest cemetery in the East Parish was\\nsituate east of the dwelling of F. W. and F. P.\\nHall, on the north side of the highway. For\\nmany years it has been uncared for, and in con-\\nsequence has assumed the look of dilapidation.\\nThough silent, still it speaketh in unmistakable\\nlanguage, forgctfidness.\\nThe cemetery now used in this parish origi-\\nnated in a gift of a lot of land from Alfred Al-\\ndrich to certain individuals, upon the considera-\\ntion that an inclosing wall should be built and\\nmaintained, and the lot to be used for the pur-\\nposes of a cemetery. The inclosing wall was\\nbuilt in 1847. The sextons of this yard have\\nbeen Alfred Aldrich, Liberty Page and Joshua\\nHall. Lemuel Wight was the first one buried\\ntherein. Aaron Gary, who built the inclosing\\nwall, was tlie first one buried therein after its\\ncompletion.\\nThe South Village Cemetery originated in\\n1851 from a gift of land for this purpose from\\nJohn D. Brown. Already, though the years are\\nbrief since its inclosure, still how numerous its\\nspires of marble to-day!\\nThe Pratt Cemetery was inclosed by Rev.\\nAllen Pratt and deeded by him to the town in\\ntrust for this purpose.\\nBric-a-Brac. From Sanborn s History of", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0641.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "510\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, JMEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNew Hampshire we cull the following items\\nof interest, relating to the years 1770, 71\\nIn the summer of 1770 the valley of the Connecti-\\ncut from Northtild, Mass., to Lancasjer, N. H., was\\noverrun by an army of greedy, loathsome, devastating\\nworms. They were at maturity of the size and length\\nof a man s finger. They moved from the northwest\\ntoward the southeast, completely covering the ground\\nand devoured every green thing along the line of their\\nmarch, except potatoes and pumpkins. Their march\\nlasted about a month, when they suddenly disappeared,\\nand no one knew when or how. Following them\\ncame vast clouds of pigeons. The air was literally\\nfilled with their immense numbers. They were\\ncaught by the wholesale, and were it not for the food\\nthey furnished, with potatoes and pumpkins raised\\nand saved, the people must have perished from star-\\nvation.\\nThe following year (1771) was noted for the great-\\nest freshet ever known on the Connecticut River. The\\nwater rose to an unprecedented height, sweeping\\ndown the valley with resistless fury, and leaving its\\nmarks that years have not effaced. So suddenly came\\nthe ilood that all kinds of stock were caught and\\nswept away in the raging torrent. Houses and families\\nwere swept away in many cases. Crops were destroyed,\\nand again the valley-dwellers were doomed to much\\nsuffering. The experience of these two years naturally\\ndrove settlenientto the hills for some years thereafter.\\nThe winter of 1798-99 was memorable for its\\nseverity. Snow came about the middle of No-\\nvember and lasted late into the spring. The\\nSentinel speaks of snow being tliree feet in depth\\niu the forest on the date of May 11th. The\\nwinter of 1810 was one of great contrast, there\\nbeing no sledding until February ,20th.\\nThe year 1804 was noted for its great\\neclipse of the sun. Commencing at 12 M., it\\nlasted until three o clock p.m. It occurred in\\nJune. It was so dark that fowls went to roost,\\nthinking it to be nightfall, and many people\\nwere greatly alarmed.\\nA local hurricane of great severity occurred\\nin 1815. It seemed to commence near Hell\\nGate, in the southwest part of the town, and\\ntraveled in nearly an easterly direction. Along\\nits way the forests were swept down like grass\\nbefore the scythe. Passing over the buildings\\nof Sinieon Cobb, now occupied by George F.\\nHubbard, it struck the house, twisted it partly\\naround, blew down the chimneys and materially\\ninjured it. The barns and out-buildings were\\nlaid low. At the time Mr. Otis Briggs was in\\nthe barn, but fortunately escaped by falling be-\\ntween two large timbers that furnished protec-\\ntion from the mass of d?hris above him. Mr.\\nLemuel Willis, then a young man, was walking\\nnear the house when the gale caught him up and\\nbore him .some sixty rods to the ridge of land,\\nwhere it deposited him, unharmed from liis\\naerial flight. The out-buildings on the Darius\\nDaggett farm, now the estate of Lurana Wil-\\nlard, were demolished. The dwelling-house did\\nnot escape considerable injury. Some barns on\\nthe farm north of E. Hunt s were laid low.\\nThe gale passed on in its work of devastation\\nuntil it reached the glebe district, where it\\nseemed to lose its furv.\\nIn early times, and until the advent of the\\npresent century, everybody rode horseback. The\\nwomen had their side-saddles to ride by them-\\nselves, or oftentimes the pillion, on which to sit\\nbehind the saddle, and hold on with arm around\\ntheir escort. Nearly every door-yard had its\\nhorse-block from which more easily to mount.\\nOne Widow Ware, living in the East Parish,\\nwas the first owner of a carriage in town,\\nsomewhere about 1800. It had a covered body\\nput upon a wooden axle, with a spring seat.\\nAbout 1812 Ephraim Brown and Steward Esty\\npurchased the fi rst buggies brought into the town\\nboth were built by Wilder, of Keene. About\\n1832 leather thoroughbraces came into fa.shiou,\\nand in 1847 steel springs were introduced.\\nOctober 4, 1810, a subscription paper was\\nstarted to secure the sale of stock in the pro-\\nposed Westmoreland Bridge, to be built at\\nthe present Britton s Ferry, then owned by\\nSolomon Robbins. The stock being readily\\ntaken, a corjjoration was legally formed and\\nthe contract of building the bridge, piers and\\nall complete awarded to Peleg Kingsley, for\\nsix thousand dollars. The two piers were\\nonly raised to about low-water mark, upon", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0642.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n511\\nwhioli rested a trestle of woodwork, sujiport-\\ning the bridge. It was completed in the spring\\nof 1812, and cost, including the land and\\nfranchise, $7945.39. In the spring of 1813,\\nby reason of the ice freezing to the trestles,\\na rise of water lifted the same, which did not\\nsettle aright, and the structure fell a mass of\\nruins. It was rebuilt in 1814. In 18:20 an\\nelephant was forced by piking to cross the\\nriver upon this bridge. He had nearly reached\\ntlie end upon the east side, when a portion of\\nthe bridge, being somewhat decayed, gave way,\\nand the poor beast fell witli a despairing wail,\\nthat sounded high aUove tlie crash of timbers\\nbut he caught his trunk around some of the\\nunder-braces, which were fast, and there in\\nmid-air he held on, all the time uttering the\\nmost piercing shrieks of fright but this was\\nof short duration his strength could not long\\nsupport his pondrous weight, and he fell to the\\nrocks beneath his back was broken, but life\\nremained for a few days. The name of his\\ndriver vv^as Roblin. He was killed. The ele-\\nphant s skin was stuffed, and belongs to the\\nBoston ]\\\\Iuseum. The bridge M^as repaired,\\nl)ut was soon washed away by a Feliruary\\nfreshet. It has never been rebuilt. In 1830\\na bridge was built across the river about one\\nmile above the Ferry, which proved to be a\\ntemporary affair.\\nThe year 1816 is memorable as the cold\\nyear. Attending each month, excepting Au-\\ngust, was a hard frost. On the 9th of June\\nthere was a snow-storm that extended to the\\n.sea-coast even. Very little corn was raised, and\\nthat of the poorest quality. Pigeons were very\\nplenty, and furnished most of the meat for the\\ninhabitants, who were in straitened circum-\\nstances for food. Fodder was so scarce that\\ncattle were by some turned into the forest and\\ncompelled to hroicse for their living.\\nFrom the older citizens we learn that the year\\n1826 was noted as the gras.shopper year.\\nEarly in summer the ground was covered, the\\nair filled with this loathsome insect. They\\nruined the hay and out-crops, but, the autumn\\nbeing favorable, a good crop of aftermath was\\nsecured, and our farmers were enabled to winter\\na portion of tluMr stock. The other portion\\nwas sacrifii cd throuo;h necessity. Cows were\\nsold for five dollars others were so reduced in\\nflesh that they were slaughtered for their hides.\\nIn 1831 much interest was awakened all along\\nthe river towns in the experiment of steam-\\nboating upon the Upper Connecticut. At this\\ntime the amount of boating between the upper\\ntowns and Hartford and New York was con-\\nsiderable.\\nIt was carried on by flat-boats fitted with\\nsails. In time of no wind long ropes or tow-\\nlines were thrown to men upon the .shore, who\\ntowed the boat along the .stream. This was\\na laborious work. There was an universal\\ndesire for something better; accordingly, the\\nJohn Ledyard was fitted up at Springfield,\\nMass., to make the experiment of steam navi-\\ngation. As this steamer proceeded on its voyage\\nup the river its sight was welcomed with hearty\\ndemonstrations of favor. The inhabitants\\ngathered upon the banks of the river to view\\nthe boat with hopeful curiosity. But the.se\\nhopes were destined to disappointment, for the\\nexperiences of one season in backing off the\\nnumerous sand-bars were sufficient to demon-\\nstrate that steamboating upon the Upper Con-\\nnecticut was impracticable.\\nThe year 1833 is spoken of on account of its\\nwonderful display of celestial fire-works. )n\\nthe 13th of November, from two o clock until\\ndaylight, for three hours, the heavens were\\nresplendent with myriad shooting stars, all\\nemanating from near the zenith and following\\nthe arch of the sky. Some are represented to\\nbe as large as the moon, others but faint streaks\\nof light. Its effect upon the people was curious\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0some were impressed that the end of the world\\nhad come, some were excited to excessive relig-\\nious fervor, .some were trembling with terror and\\nothers yielded to worldly abandonment. This\\nyear witnessed the culmination of a long con-", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0643.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "512\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntention over the Mill Brook highway. The\\nselectmen upon petitiou had refused to lay out\\nthis road, whereupon its friends called upon the\\nCourts Committee, who had granted it. The\\ntown, nevertheless, at a meeting had by vote\\nrefused to build it, and by this action succeeded\\nin being fined by the court. Thus being driven\\nto the wall, the town chose Abijah French and\\nAaron Works a committee to let out the l)uild-\\ning of the road and also to superintend its con-\\nstruction but they raised no money for this\\nobject. But the road was soon built Ijy Simeon\\nCobb, for some $1.50 per rod.\\nIn 18;54 the town voted to borrow seven\\nhundred dollars to complete the road.\\nIn 1783 the public feeling was very strongly\\nopposed to Quakerism, as wefind, September 4th,\\nthe town voting that no Shaking Quaker be\\nallowed to stay in this town one night, except at\\na public-house, and chose a committee of fifteen\\npersons to see that the vote was put into execu-\\ntion. Exception was made to inhabitants of\\nthe town who might entertain tliis faith their\\nnumber was few, however.\\nPrevious to 1787 no warrant for an annuid\\ntown-iueeting was considered to be complete\\nwithout au article relating to swine. Generally\\nthe vote was to allow swine to run at larffe,\\nprovided that they be yoked and j-inged ac-\\ncording to law. To the traveler it was no\\nuncommon sight to see his swineship upon the\\nhighway bearing the insignia of the law, his\\npatent of nobility.\\nIn 1821 the town voted that no swine be\\njjermitted to run at large in town, only such as\\nthe Wisdom of the Selectmen may permit.\\nIn 1822 the town forbid by vote to allow\\nswine to run at large.\\nJanuary 23, 1782, the town voted to pay a\\nbounty until July 5th, of one shilling for killing\\nan old crow and six pence for young crow that\\ncannot fly and four pence per head for\\ngrown black-birds.\\nAbout the year 1781, as Joshua Pierce was\\nwalking through the woods near the Gline\\nCemetery, in the shade of the evening, he was\\nsuddenly surprised by a bear close by his side.\\nAs Pierce was unarmed and Bruin seemed dis-\\nposed to cultivate too intimate an acquaintance\\nby walking upright, with four legs extended,\\nas if desirous for an embrace that might uot\\npartake of the propriety of friend.ship, Pierce\\nswuug himself by means of the overhanging\\nlimbs into a tree-top and just escaped the enraged\\nbeast. He was forced all the long hours of\\nnight, however, to play the part of the\\nprisoner until the approach of daylight, when\\nBruin, tired of his assumed role of guard, de-\\nparted into the forest, arid Pierce returned to\\nhis alarmed family. In after-years Pierce was\\nwont to talk of this night as the longest with-\\nin his experience. From the Recorder, a news-\\npaper printed at Keene, bearing date of De-\\ncember 30, 1788, we cull the following item\\nWe hear from Westmoreland that as a person was\\nworking in a field in that town last Friday, that he\\nwas surrounded by seven wolves, but receiving im-\\nmediate assistance, he escaped their devouring jaws.\\nMr. and Mrs. Caleb Aldrich came from\\nAbington, Mass., in 1768 or 1770, and were\\namong the fir.st settlers in the East Painsh.\\nTheir place for many years was owned and\\noccupied by a worthy descendant, Arvin Aid-\\nrich, Esq. Mrs. Aldrich brought in her pocket\\nsome pear-seeds, which she planted, and thus\\nraised the first pear-trees in town. It is related,\\nthat one day, while visiting with a Mrs. Wood-\\nward a neighbor, who had called upon her, they\\nwere startled by an unusual uproar in the pig-\\nsty. The women hastened to ascertain the\\ncause, and were surprised at the sight of a\\nhuge bear in pursuit of porcine. Upon seeing\\nthe women Bruin retreated toward the hill to\\nthe eastward, followed by the intrepid women,\\nwho had seized the musket that always hung\\nover the door of the early settler. But Bruin\\nsucceeded in eluding his pursuers, who were\\nforced to return unsuccessful. Her husband\\nupon his return informed them that the gun\\nhad no lock.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0644.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n513\\nFrom the Sentinel of July 22, 1815, we find\\ntlie following relating to General Aldrieh\\nAbout the year 1760, Gen. George Aldrieh, while\\nhunting deer in the winter-time, upon snow-shoes,\\nhad an engagement with an enraged buck, which had\\nfuriously attacked him after he had thrown his hatchet\\nand missed his object. Aldrieh had no other weapon,\\nupon losing his hatchet, than his stout staff; this he\\nused so effectively that he succeeded in killing his\\nadversary without receiving any very serious injury to\\nhis own person.\\nSoon after, while returning home from hunting,\\nhe lodged the contents of his musket in the body of\\na catamount, which turned upon him full of fury but,\\nfortunately having another bullet in his mouth, he\\nhad presence of mind to charge from hi.s powder-\\nhorn and drop in a bullet, with one stamp of the\\nbreech carried the ball home and at the same time\\nprimed the piece. The ball was lodged in the head\\nof the animal almost at the instant he was ready to\\nleap upon his prey.\\nAt another time his dog attacked a large moose.\\nKnowing by the dog s barking that he had game of\\nsome kind, he proceeded, with his axe in his hand, to\\nascertain its nature. On seeing him the moose left\\nthe dog and made directly for him. His only resource\\nwas to ascend a tree which had fallen across another\\nand which was near at hand. When the moose had\\ngot within two rods he threw his axe Indian fashion,\\nwhich, turning once, lodged in the neck of the animal,\\nwhich instantly fell and bled to death.\\nConclusion. In preparing this article I\\nhave been actuated by the de.sire to save from\\noblivion some of the more important events in\\nthe history of my native town of Westmore-\\nland. My work is now ended, but far from\\nfinished. The many duties pertaining to an\\nactive business life engross my time and\\nstrength. Yet I would linger a moment to ex-\\npress the hope that, some time in the future, some\\none with a more facile pen and more time at coui-\\ninand may pufsue the theme of our local his-\\ntory with profounder study and with deeper\\nresearch, stimidated, encouraged hy public spirit\\nto publish its fruitage in a more com|)lete form,\\nand here I would express my grateful acknowl-\\nedgments to all who, in the years past, have\\nilhimined the way with kindly words and\\nassisting hands, and especially to Colonel D. W.\\nPatten I owe my grateful acknowledginents\\nfor his helpful kindness, and to Hon. I. W.\\nHammond, the accomplished State historian,\\nwhose services have been to me invaluable.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nCHAMBERLAIN FAMILY.\\nThe Chamberlain family are of ancient origin\\nand English descent, their ancestors bearing a\\ncoat-of-arms. Their lineage can be traced as far\\nback as 1620, their first ancestor having come\\nover in the Mayflower, bearing the name of\\nJohn Chamberlain. September 20, 1 7(J4, one of\\nhis descendants, named Thomas Chamberlain,\\nwith six others, names unknown, came to West-\\nmoreland, N. H., and united in signing the\\nChurch Covenant, the first step taken toward\\nforming a Congregational Church in that place,\\nthey afterward uniting with the same. John\\nChamberlain, one of the original grantees of\\nthat town, was born in Newton, Mass.; marrietl\\nEunice Edson, September 17, 1707. His\\nfourth son, John, was born August\\n1773; married I^ydia Brown, of West-\\nmoreland, October 0, 1 7i)6. Slie had a\\nprint costing a dollar a yard for her wed-\\nding-dress afterward, thinking it a sign that\\nshe would always be poor to be married in so\\ncostly a dress, she chose one of her own spinning\\nand weaving; but he wore a suit of blue Ijroad-\\ncloth, knee pants with silver buckles and long\\nsilk stockings. The only one left of this gen-\\neration is their youngest daughter, Marv P.\\nChamberlain, born May 5, 1818, who married\\nJohn B. Osborne, of Westmoreland, and is\\nnow living on the same place where she\\nwas born, in Westmoreland. Their oldest son,\\nJohn, born November 7, 1800; married, in\\n1821, Mary Hall, of Westmoreland. She died\\nFebruary 16, 1826, leaving one son, John, Avho\\ndied about the age of two years. These gener-", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0645.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "514\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nations were all agrieiilturists and lived in the\\neastern part of Westmoreland, on the ancestral\\nacres. He married, second, December 1, 1826,\\nCai oline F. Farrar, born in Shirley, Mass.,\\nMay 14, 180;3. They lived in Westmoreland\\nuntil 1849, when they moved to Keene, N. H.\\nHe died there October l;l, 1875. He was a well-\\nread man, deejjly interested in all political and\\npublic questions. She died at Niagara Falls\\nApril 13, 1876. Their descendants are as fol-\\nlows John Adams Chamberlain, born Septem-\\nber 9, 1827, was the sixth in a direct line bearing\\nthe name of John Chamberlain. He always\\nlived in Westmoreland, held many important\\noffices of honor and trust in town and State\\nwhich he never failed to fill with i-are fidelity\\nand was always prompt and punctual to the\\nmoment in all his engagements. He married\\nJanuary 1, 18o2, Almira A. French, of West-\\nmoreland. He died April 29, 1880.\\nDescendants, Ella Maria, born October 9,\\n1853; married, December 25, 1878, Allen A.\\nBarker, of Westmoreland. Descendant, An-\\nna Mabel, born July 3, 1885.\\nArthur French, born August 15, 1857; mar-\\nried, July 2, 1884, Lessie A. McChesney, of\\nDetroit, Mich.\\nAnna Cora, born January 25, 1859.\\nCarrie Belle, born March 12, 1861 married,\\nOctober 31, 1883, John G. Stearns, of Keene.\\nDescendant Perry Chamberlain Stearns, born\\nMarch 12, 1885.\\nHelen Mar. Chamberlain, born March 7,\\n1829; married, October 10, 1850. Albert\\nNash, of Keene reside at Niagara Falls. De-\\nscendants, Carrie Helen, born January 28,\\n1857; married, December 17. 1885, James M.\\nMerritt of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Nina Belle,\\nborn June 28, 1865.\\nCatherine F. ]\\\\I. Chamberlain, born February\\n24, 1831 married, September 9, 1851, Hiram\\nM. Howard, of Swauzey, N. H. He died at\\nhis home, Niagara Falls, June 19, 1880. De-\\nscendants, Louisa Maria, born in Keene, July\\n13, 1852 died in Minneapolis, Minn., Novem-\\nber 4, 1872; Jennie Frances, born in Swauzey,\\nFebruary 24, 1856; died at Niagara Falls,\\nFebruary 7, 1880; Helen Williams, born at\\nNiagara Falls, July 31, 1866.\\nAdelaide L. Chamberlain, born Februarv 10,\\n1833 married, November 8, 1853, David B.\\nStearns, of Keene reside in Keene. Descend-\\nants, Helen Semira, born September 5, 1855;\\nmarried, August 1, 1877, Dallas M. Pollard, of\\nChester, Vt. Descendants, Margaret Ade-\\nlaide Pollard, born November 23, 1878 Eo-\\nland Stearns Pollard, born May 19, 1881.\\nEllis R. D. Stearns, born August 27, 1857.\\nJotham Fred. Stearns, born Augu.st 17, 1864.\\nOsburn Edson Chamberlain, born October\\n30, 1834; married, April 18, 1861, Lucie Up-\\nton, of Rochester, N. Y reside in Rochester.\\nDescendants, Mary Belle, l)orn January 22,\\n1862; Carrie Helen, born January 29, 1865,\\ndied April 2, 1869; Addie Laura, born July\\n14, 1867, died March 9, 1869; Osburn Edson,\\nborn September 23, 1870 Laura May, born\\nNovemlx-r 28, 1873; John David, born May 4,\\n1875; Lillie Minnie, born October 31, 1881;\\nFrank Shaw, born May 17, 1884.\\nGeorge P. F. Chamberlain, born August 26,\\n1836; married, October 12,1865, Jennie E.\\nHayden, of Rochester, N. Y. He died at\\nNiagara Falls, March 3, 1871. She died at\\nRochester, June 18, 1878, leaving three chil-\\ndren, Helen Josephine, born August 31,\\n1867; George Hayden, born February 28,\\n1869 Noel Byron, born December 28, 1870.\\nCaroline C. Chamberlain, born March 18,\\n1839; married, August 26, 1862, Almon\\nBolster, of Jaft rey reside in Keene. Descend-\\nants,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lilian Adelaide, born December 27,\\n1866 Mabel Frances, born March 24, 1871.\\nIsabel J. Chamberlain, born July 12, 1841\\nmarried, January 2, 1862, Josiah C. Richardson,\\nof Keene reside in Jack.son, Mich. Descend-\\nants, Leon Josiah, born February 22, 1868\\nIsabel Florence, born November 5, 1869, died\\nJune 23, 1876; Arthur Howard, born January\\n16, 1879.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0646.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n515\\nXoel Byron Chamberlain, born Aua;ust 11,\\n1 S4;5, enlisted in the Ninth New Hampshire Reg-\\niment of the War of 18G1, and served to its close;\\nmarried^ Febrnary 18, 187. 5, Delia Brigham\\nClarke, of Fredonia, N. Y.; reside in Buffalo,\\nN. Y. Descendants, Eleanor Risley, born May\\n30, 1879, died July 14, 1881.\\nFrederic Delmer Chamberlain, born June 16,\\n1 840, died September 1, 1849.\\nMarion Lucia Chamberlain, burn December\\n29, 1847, died September 9, 1849.\\nGENEAI,OGY OF THE FRENCH FA^rILY.\\nFirst generation, John and (Jrace French.\\nJohn, born 1(J12; admitted as a freeman\\nin Dorchester, Ma.ss., 1039.\\nSecond generation, Thomas and Elizabeth.\\nThomas, their seventh son, born in Brain-\\ntree, Mass., January, 1657 married Elizabeth\\nthey had ten children.\\nThird generation, Ahijah French, seventh\\nchild of Thomas French, born May 25, 1709,\\nmarried Johanna Holbrook born December\\n21, 1712.\\nDescendants Mary French, born July 22,\\n1736 Jesse French, born December 15, 1737;\\nJosiah French, born September 10, 1739;\\nAbijah French, burn February 14, 1741\\nSarah French, born October 13, 1748; Lois\\nand Eunice French, born June 2, 1750; Joanna\\nFrench, born August 23, 1752.\\nFourth generation, David French, born\\nDecember 7, 1755, died February 19, 1836.\\nIn Milford Mass., David French, son of\\nAbijah French, married, in 1777, Lydia Twitch-\\nell, born in Milford, September 18, 1760\\ndied in Westmoreland, N. H., April 4, 1798.\\nThey had eight children, six sons and two\\ndaughters,\\nSally, born December 21, 1779, married Mr.\\nLincoln, died June 30, 1807 Zeba, Ijorn June\\n28, 1781, married Martha Partridge, died Oc-\\nCollected and arranged from authentic family records\\nand other sources by J. A. French, of Keene, N. H.\\n3.3\\ntober 16, 1853, Bethel, Vt. Asaph, horn June\\n25, 1784, married Pede Partridge, died August\\n19, 1860, Royalton, Yt. Lotty, born August\\n12, 1786, married Asa Partridge, died July 5,\\nIStil, Stockbridge, Yt.\\nFifth generation, Abijah, born June 2,\\n1789, married Azubah Albee, died May 13,\\n1862, Westmoreland N. H. Maynard, born\\nOctober 29, 1791, married Clarissa Pollard,\\ndied May 7, 1874, Barre, Vt. David, born Feb-\\nruary 16, 1794, married Delia French, died\\nAugust 14, 1864, Barre, Vt. Spencer, born\\nJuly 6, 1796, married Lorena Chamberhiin,\\ndied July 29, 1875, Gaysville, Yt.\\nDavid French married for his second wit e\\nHannah White, of Westmoreland, born October\\n3, 1777, married September 10, 1799, died\\nJanuary 27, 1857.\\nThey had eight children, seven daughters\\nand one son,\\nLydia, born April 27, 1800, married Mr,\\nStephen Rust, died January 28, 1824 Lois,\\nborn November 28, 1801, married Mr. Augus-\\ntus Carroll; Ritte, born April 26, 1804, mar-\\nried Thaddeus Streeter,died December 4, 1863;\\nSamuel, born July 13, 1806, died December 24,\\n1824, Westmoreland, N. H. Sally, born Feb-\\nruary 24, 1809, married Daniel Patten, Keene,\\nN. H. Dinah, born May 6, 1811, married Oren\\nWoods, died December 21, 1850, Keene, N. H.;\\nHarriett, born September 7, 1814, married\\nRonalds Leonard, Brattleborougii, Vt. I\\\\Iar-\\ntha, born January 22, 1823, married Daniel\\nWheeler, died May 16, 1862, Bernardston, Mass.\\nAbijah French, son of David French, in\\nWestmoreland, December 15, 1814, by Rev.\\nAllen Pratt, married Azubah, daughter of Tch-\\nabod and Ijona Albee.\\nThey had ten children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 five sons and five\\ndaughters,\\nInfant daughter, born December 21, 1816,\\ndied December 21, 1816 infant daughter,\\nborn July 23, 1818, died July 23, 1818 Lira\\nAnn French, born January 4, 1821, died Feb-\\nruary 15, 1821 Jotham Abijah, born .July 22,", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0647.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "516\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1822, died April 25, 1825 Spencer Lincoln,\\nborn June 30, 1824, died October 1, 1827;\\ninfant son, born September 16, 1826, died Sep-\\ntember IG, 1826 Almira Aziibah, born Octo-\\nber U, 1828 Madison, born December 19,\\n1830, died February 13, 1831 Eunice Mariah,\\nborn January 30, 1832, died November 21,\\n1848.\\nSixth generation, Jotham Abijah born April\\n25, 1834.\\nMarried in Westmoreland, January 1, 1852,\\nat nine a.m. by Rev. Stephen Rogers, John\\nAdams Chamberlain and Almira A. French.\\nSeventh generation, Descendants Ella\\nMaria, born October 9, 1853, married Allen\\nBarker, of Westmoreland, December 24, 1879\\nArthur French, born August 15, 1857, married\\nLessie McChesney, of Detroit, July 2, 1884;\\nAnna Cora, born January 25, 1859 Carrie\\nBelle, born March 12, 1801, married John G.\\nStearns, of Keene, October 31, 1883.\\nMarried in Westmoreland, N. H., at eight\\nP.M. October 31, 1883, by Rev. T. L. Fowler,\\nJohn G. Stearns, of Keene, and Carrie B.\\nChamberlain, of Westmoreland.\\nEighth generation, Descendant Perry\\nChamberlain, born March 12, 1885.\\nMarried in Milford, Mass., September 20,\\n1866, Thursday, at two p.m. by Rev. James\\nB. Thornton, Jotham A. French, of Keene,\\nN.H., and Mary A. Ellis, danghter of Washing-\\nton and Amanda (Howard) Ellis, of Milford.\\nSeventh generation, Descendants: Gertie\\nMaria, born August 4, 1868, died December 22,\\n1878; Bessie Mabel, born July 25,1871;\\nMary Bertha, born March 25, 1880.\\nISIarried, Allen A. Barker and Ella Maria\\nChamberlain, December 24, 1879.\\nDescendant Anna Mabel, born July 3,\\n1885.\\nABU A II FRENCH.\\nHistory is the resume of the lives and events\\nwhich are to-day among the things of the pi-es-\\nent, to-morrow those of the past, and in his-\\ntory mention should be made of those whose\\npersonal qualities, business enterprise and\\nmoral worth have contributed to the wealth,\\nknowledge and welfare of the community\\nin which they lived, and to this number belongs\\nAbijah Frencli, of Westmoreland.\\nThe first American ancestors of this family\\nwere John and Grace French, John, (1) boi-n\\n1612. He emigrated to Dorchester, Mass., from\\nEngland, prior to 1 639, as he was admitted free-\\nman that year. He afterwards, 1648, removed\\nto Braintrce, where he passed his life. His\\nseventh child, Thomas, l)orn January 17, 1657,\\nmarried Elizabeth aljout 1695. Their\\nseventh child, Abijah, married Johanna Hol-\\nbrook. Of their nine children, David was the\\nyoungest. He married Lydia Twitchell, of\\nMilford, Mass. He was a farmer, and fore-\\nseeing future success anil a better field for his\\nlabor in developing the new lauds in the upper\\nConnecticut Valley, he removed to Westmore-\\nland, N. H., in 1788, purchased lands and be-\\ncame an agriculturist. In that period of our\\ncountry s history the means of locomotion were\\nfew and slow, and the moving was done with\\nan ox-team. But David French possessed the\\ntrue spirit of the typical New England farmer\\nand pioneer, and although the country where\\nhe was to make his home was almost a prime-\\nval wilderness, his pluck, persistency and per-\\nseverance soon accomplished the work of clear-\\ning a piece of laud, erecting a dwelling-house\\nand bringing his farm into a good state of cul-\\ntivation. It is now occupied by his descend-\\nants, and is situated midway between West-\\nmoreland South village and Chesterfield Fac-\\ntory village. His first wife, by whom he had\\neight children, died April 4, 1798, and he\\nmarried, second, September 10, 1799, Hannah\\nWhite, of Westmoreland. They had eight\\nchildren. David French was a vigorous, stal-\\nwart, positive man, and with his industry and\\nother good qualities, it is no wonder that he\\nacquired success, as well as a good name.\\nAbijah French, son of David and Lydia\\n(Twitchell) French, was born on the homestead", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0648.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "f\\n1^54^\\n,70yyi/i i^S^^^", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0651.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0652.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n517\\nin Westmoreland N. H., when everything was\\nin a primitive state, and the country but sparsely\\nsettled. The facilities for educational advantages\\nwere few and rare, the school-house a rougii\\nstructure with slab seats, the school terra limit-\\ned to a few months in the winter, when the\\nfarmer could not pursue his labor in the field.\\nHe was trained to work when a boy, and ac-\\nquired those habits of industry, prudence and\\neconomy to which his success in life was mainly\\ndue. He remained with his parents until his\\nmajority then, contemplating marriage, he be-\\ngan a house for himself, but, war being declared\\nwith Great Britain iu 1812, he boarded up\\nthe windows of the yet unfinished house, and\\nprepared to go to war. He did not go, however,\\nas he was not drafted, so he finished his house\\nand married, December 15, 1814, Azubah,\\ndaughter of Ichabod and Lona (Haywai d)\\nAlbee. Mr. French carried on farming, car-\\ning for his father and mother iu their declining\\nyears, and succeeded to the homestead. He\\nalso owned a saw-mill, which his father had\\nerected on a convenient mill privilege, and\\nwhich for those days, before the era of many\\nimprovements and convenient machinery, did\\na wonderful work. The mill could be started\\non a log, the automatic machinery would set\\nitself, and, without further aid, cut the whole\\nlog into lumber. He sawed lumber, drew it to\\nthe Connecticut River, and rafted it to Hartford\\nand other places. This he continued for many\\nyears. In winter he drove his team to Boston,\\ncarrying his own produce and bringing iu ex-\\nchange supplies for his own and neighbors\\nuse. He kept things moving in every direc-\\ntion that his ingenuity could devise, eating not\\nthe food of idleness, but gaining his bread by\\nthe sweat of his brow, and hence it was sweet\\nand he knew how to estimate it. He was\\nalways a successful worker, a producer, not\\na mere consumer, and the example of such a\\nman is provocative of force, industry and gen-\\neral prosperity in the community where he lives.\\nIn all matters of business he not only labored\\nhard, but had a rare judgment and in a high\\ndegree, what is known in New England as fac-\\nulty. He was captain of a cavalry troop of\\nmilitia, and a strict disciplinarian. Democratic\\nin politics, he represented ^Yestmoreland in the\\nState Legislature in 1850 and 1851. He was\\nintrusted with the management and settlement\\nof many estates, and was often selected as\\nguardian to orphan children. He was select-\\nman for the years 1830 to 1839, and held a\\ncommission of justiceof the peace, and in all these\\nvarious positions he discharged his duties faith-\\nfully and to the satisfaction of his constit-\\nuents.\\nMr. French was vciy systematic, industrious,\\neconomical, prudent and temperate, and so hon-\\nest that everywhere he was known and marked\\nfor his sterling integrity. A strong man, of\\npositive nature, he enjoyed to a high degree\\nthe confidence, friendship and love of the citi-\\nzens of his native town, than whom none were\\nmore highly reverenced. He was an attendant\\nof the Congregationalist Church, of which his\\nwife was a valued member, and contributed\\nlargely to the support of the gospel. In all\\naffairs of public interest in town he was an ac-\\ntive force, and worked Zealously in all fields\\nwhich his judgment told him were of usefulness.\\nHe died May 13, 1862. His wife survived\\nhim many years, shedding the light of a Chris-\\ntian example, and surrounded by the care\\nand ministrations of kind and loving; children\\nuntil, in the fulness of time she, too, was gath-\\nered to her rest, December 19, 1884.\\nIX MEMORIAM.\\nAZUBAH ALBEE FEENCH,\\nDAUGHTER OF ICHABOD AND LOXA ALBEE.\\nWIFE OF ABI.JAH FRENCH.\\nBORN IN WESTMORELAND, N. H.,\\nFEBRUARY 21, 1795.\\nWENT HOME TO HEAVEN\\nDECEMBER 19, 1884.\\nAGED 89 YEARS, 9 MONTHS, 28 DAYS.\\nMrs. Azubah French died at her home in West-\\nmoreland the 19th of December at 6 o clock in the", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0653.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "618\\nHISTOllY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nafternoon, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years\\nand ten months. By the death of tliis estimable\\nlady, the oldest inhabitant of the town passed away.\\nBut few remain with whom she was associated in mid-\\ndle life, when she had an extensive actiiiaintance and\\nWas much respected by all. She i ossessed many\\nsterling qualties\u00e2\u0080\u0094 good sense, prudent in speech, an\\nobliging neighbor. She was kind to the poor and\\nalways ready to visit the sick and administer to their\\nwants. Her thoughtfulness of the welfare of otliers,\\nher charities and kindliness of heart, will long be re-\\nmembered by the pco|)Ie of her native town. Although\\nfeeble for some years, her last illness was of short du-\\nration. She had ten children, five of whom died in\\ninfancy, two in their childhood years, and one cut\\ndown by disease in the midst of her youthful days.\\nOnly two survive her Mrs. Alniira A. Chamberlain,\\nof Westmoreland, and Jotham A. French, of Keene.\\nMrs. French s life was one of untiring industry. She\\nnever ate the bread of idleness She looked well\\nto the ways of her own household, trained her children\\nin the paths of morality and religion, and they in\\nturn have been dutiful and faithful to her, sparing no\\neffort to make her declining years pleasant and happy.\\nShe united with the Congregational Church in July,\\n18151, and she has always been a consistent and worthy\\nmember. Only one survives her who was a member\\nof the church at the time she united with it. S.\\nblessed are the dead who die in the loud.\\nThe last link (save that of a dear sister) that binds\\nniy heart to the maple-shaded home of my youth is\\nbroken. Our mother has gone. There is a sadness\\nin the thought that I no longer have a mother here\\non earth. But I cannot murmur, for she was spared\\nto us far beyond the allotted three-score years and\\nten. In her departure one more of the life-long resi-\\ndents of Westmoreland has passed the silent river\\nand joined the happy throng of saints on the other\\nBide, and is now united to the loved ones who had\\ngone before. At the age of twenty years she married,\\nand lived with her husband forty-seven years, when,\\nRt the age of seventy-two, he passed away. They\\nlived a luippy life, though clruded by the loss of\\neight children during those many years of conjugal\\natl ection. For the last twenty-two years our mother\\nhas lived in the loneliness of widowhood, though sus-\\ntained by the consolations of that religion which, for\\nfifty-three years, has been the rule of her life. In 1873\\nmy sister s family moved into the old home to care for\\nher and guide her footsteps gently down the decline\\nof life. Never did she fully recover from the loss of\\nher son-in-law, who was suddenly stricken down four\\nyears ago in the prime of life. His kindness and\\ndevotion were cherished to the very last. The death\\nof her granddaughter, a short time before, also made\\na visible impression upon her gradually failing\\nstrength, and when, sixteen months before her death,\\nin consequence of a fall, she could only get about her\\nroom in a wheel-chair, it became apparent that the\\nsands of her life had nearly run out. On the seventy-\\nfifth anniversary of her birth many of the relatives\\nand friends gave her a pleasant surprise, celebrating\\nthe joyous occasion with music, supper, reading of a\\npoem, etc., and have repeated it for the last fourteen\\nyears, with the exception of two years, when sickness\\nin the family prevented. Several of those who were\\npresent at these annual gatherings have dropped one by\\none from the circle, but she was spared to see ninety\\nyears, save two months. In the hundreds of visits\\nthat 1 have made during the past twenty-three years,\\nshe has invariably met me with a mother s cordial\\ngreeting, and, on leaving, gave me a piu-ting kiss, say-\\ning, Good-bye. Come and see me again. Those\\noft-repeated words were the last that fell upon my ear\\nfrom her lips. While I have been truly thankful\\nthat a kind Providence prolonged her life to a ripe\\nold age, she has been only waiting and watch-\\ning for the welcome summons, Come unto me and\\nI will give you rest.\\nThe journey at last is o er.\\nAnd the struggles and toils are past.\\nAnd the holy angels who led her on,\\nTill the fight was fought\\nAnd the victory won.\\nHave carried her home at last.\\nJ. A. French.\\nHASKEW. BUFFUM.\\nThe Buffuni family has in many generations\\nof the past been mostly agriculturists, indus-\\ntrious, careful iiulividuals, doing their duties\\nwell in the sphere of life to wliich tliey were\\ncalled. Here and there one of the family has\\ndrifted into other fields, professional, commer-\\ncial or scholastic, and shown capabilities and\\npowers whicli have won success, but tlie greater\\nnumber have been tillers of the soil. They\\nhave been men of good judgment, active tem-\\nperament, broad and liberal in their views, and\\nhave performed their share of the public mat-\\nters of the town. This family is of English\\ndescent. Robert Buffum emigrated to America", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0654.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f ?l-yAM.RiU i J^\\n^6c, Aud/ d -j^L^", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0657.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0658.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n519\\nfrom Yorkshire, England, and settled in Salem,\\nMass., wlierc his name was recorded in 1638.\\nHe died in 1(579. His wife, Thomasine, was\\nbora iu 1(J0G, died in 1688. They had seven\\nchildren. Their .son Caleb, born in Salem,\\n1650, married Hannah, daughter of Joseph\\nPojte, who came to America at the same time\\nwith Robert. Caleb died in 17-51. Benjamin,\\nson of Calet), born 1686, married a Buxton.\\nJoseph, his son, born 1717, died 1796, married\\nMargaret Osborne, horn 1719. Their son, Jo-\\nseph, born in Smithfield, R. I., 1754, emigrated\\nto Westmoreland in 1784, and lived in the\\nsouth part of the town, and was a farmer. He\\nmarried Sally, daughter of Elias Haskell, of\\nIjancastcr, Mass. They had seven sons, all of\\nwhom inherited the strong mind, persistent\\nwill and good common .sense for which the\\nfamily has ever been remarkable. Joseph\\nBuflfum lived in the latter part of the eighteenth\\ncentury, when the demand was to live, and\\nthe question how? was answered by being\\nbrave, active and vigorous. All of these traits\\nMr. Butfum possessed, and with a wife having\\nthe same spirit as a helper, the children of this\\nworthy couple were strong mentally as well as\\njihysically. Mr. Buffum died in Westmoreland\\nin 1829 his wife survived him, dying Septem-\\nber, 1848.\\nJoseph, the oldest of these seven child-\\nren, was graduated at Dartmouth College,\\nbecame a lawyer, was a member of Congress in\\n1818, and, at one time, postmaster at Keene,\\nand a man of marked ability, dying unmarried.\\nSewell married Fanny Atherton, of Chesterfield\\nthey had two children, George and Frances\\nA. Erasmus married Hepsy Thayer, of\\nWestmoreland their children were Solon (of\\nStaten Island), Alba, James, Sally, Mary and\\nJewett E. William married Mary Ann, daugh-\\nter of Thomas Gordon, of Sterling, Conn their\\nchildren were William G., Rufus E., Joseph\\nH., George D., Edward W. and Sarah Ann.\\nHaskell. Solon, who died young. David, who\\nmarried Mary, daughter of Hon. Thomas and\\nEleanor (Foster) Bellows; their children are\\nThomas B. and Ann Reynolds.\\nHaskell Buffum, the fiflh son of Joseph and\\nSally (Haskell) Buflt um, was born in Westmore-\\nland, September 29, 1795. A farmer s son,\\nand one of a large family, he was early obliged\\nto labor, and his opportunities for school educa-\\ntion were limited to the district school, sup-\\nplemented l)y one term at Chestei-field Academy.\\nBut a farmer s life does not necessarily include\\na life which excludes time for thought and\\nreading; on the contrary, a farmer has ample\\ntime to think and digest what he has read for,\\nas an old writer has well said, a few books\\nwell studied and thoroughly digested nourish\\nthe understanding more than hundreds but\\ngargled througii the mouth, and, through life,\\nMr. Buffum carefully improved his opportu-\\nnities for reading and observation. He worked\\non his father s farm until he was about twenty-\\nseven years old, then purchased one adjoining,\\nand, with the care of his own place, superintend-\\ned his father s for many years, and was a dil-\\nigent, persevering, hard-working and successful\\nfarmer.\\nIn vVpril, 1820, Mr. Buffum married Seloma,\\ndaughter of Jonathan Wood. Mrs. Buffum was\\na woman of good thought, an almost unfailing\\nmemory, bright and cheerful iu her manners\\nand disposition. She died December, 1883, agetl\\neighty-four years and three months.\\nTheir children were Haskell W., now at\\nWalla Walla, Washington Territory he mar-\\nried Mary Burker, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; they\\nhave five children now living. Julia married\\nDr. Charles Lord, of Westmoreland, and settled\\nin Shakopee, Minn.; they have seven children.\\nJoseph married Maria A. Ramaley, of Pitts-\\nburgh, Pa. of their seven children, five survive;\\nthe oldest. Dr. J. H. Buffum, is an oculist aud\\naurist in Chicago, 111. Seloma married F. W.\\nJenkins, of Pittsburgh, Pa. they have five\\nchildren. Mary A. married Jason D. Wheeler,\\nof San Francisco, Cal. Caroline J. married\\nStephen H. Burt, of Westmoreland she died", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0659.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "520\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nApril 17, 1881; tlioy liad seven children.\\nSarah A. married John I). Ramaley, now living\\nat St. Paul, Minn., has two children. Susan A.,\\ntwin-sister of Sarah A., died aged four years.\\nCoralinn H. married John Works (son of Aaron\\nWorks, of Westmoreland, a life-long resident of\\nthe town and a prominent man in business and\\nsocial circles); they have had three children,\\nMary B. (died aged nine years), Walter L. and\\nFrederick A. It was with this daughter, Mrs.\\nWorks, that Mr. Buffum passed his declining\\nyears.\\nMr. Buifum was a jjarticipant in the civil\\nbusiness of his native town, having been select-\\nman and representative to the Legislature two\\nterms. He was actively interested in the mili-\\ntary organizations of the State, and carefully\\npreserved his commissions of ensign, Fifth Com-\\npany, Twentieth Regiment of militia, received\\nfrom Governor Plumer, June 30, 1819; that of\\nlieutenant, dated March 24, 1821 and of cap-\\ntain, August 16, 1822, signed by Governor\\nBell and his honorable discharge. Mr. Buffum\\ndied in his native town, March 11, 1885, aged\\neighty-nine years and five months. He was at\\nthe time of his death the oldest citizen in town,\\nand it is worthy of especial note that, notwith-\\nstanding his advanced age, he continued in full\\npossession of his clear mentality and vigor of\\nintellect up to the last hours of his life.\\nIn his religious belief, Mr. BuflFum was a\\nUniversalist, and from childhood a regular\\nattendant upon church services. He was a man\\nof courteous manners, of cheerful and humorous\\ndisposition, most temperate habits, kind and\\naffectionate in his family relations, and at the\\nclose of life s long day he could look back\\nto labors well performed and forward to a well-\\nearned rest from toil.\\nTo more than an ordinar_y degree Mr. and\\nMrs. Buffum enjoyed and deserved the love,\\nhonor and reverence of the community to whom\\nfor so many years their lives were as an open\\nbook, on whose pages naught was M ritten but\\nupright motives, charitable deeds, and actions\\nin every way consonant with the teachings of\\nthe Golden Rule. Of the best type of the ster-\\nling New England character of the last genera-\\ntion, long will their memory be cherished with\\ndevotion by their descendants, and the remem-\\nbrance of their lives rest like a sweet odor and\\na worthy example in the minds of the dwellers\\nin Westmoreland.\\nTHEODORE COLE.\\nThe Cole families of Westmoreland, N. H.,\\nare descended from Jbhn Cole, of Hartford,\\nConn., who came from England in 1636, was\\na freeman in 1647, and died in 1685. He had\\nthree sons, John, Samuel, and Nathaniel. Of\\nSamuel s children, Jonathan, born 1696, was\\nthe youngest, and settled in Harvard, Mass.\\nHe had three .sons, Jonathan, born 1730, who\\nwas one of the grantees of the town of West-\\nmoreland John, born in 1741, died 1786, set-\\ntled in the north part of Westmoreland and\\nAbijah, born 1732, married, about 1757; Sarah\\nKent, of Harvard, INIass., and died in Harvard,\\n1 768, aged thirty-six years. Abijah left two sons,\\nAbijah and Asa. Asa was born in 1768, the\\nyear of his father s death. His early boyhood\\nwas passed with an aunt, Mrs. Chamberlain, in\\nWestmoreland. After his thirteenth year he\\nworked with his step-father, Samuel Garfield,\\na millwright, at that trade, building and repair-\\ning many mills in numerous places in New\\nHampshire, Massachusetts and Maine. In\\nJanuary, 1793, he married Anna Goldsmith of\\nHarvard, Mass., and resided there for a year\\nor more, then for seven years he made his home\\nin Rindge, N. H., then removed to Westmore-\\nland, and worked at his trade. He built the\\nmills afterwards known as the Pierce Mills, and\\nwas manager of the property for a long time.\\nAbout 1815 he proposed joining the colony\\nwhich Ephraim Brown was organizing for a\\nsettlement in Ohio, but a severe hemorrhage\\ncompelled him to relinquish the plan. He\\nmade a trip to the coast of Maine, but without", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0660.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "JkZ^in^^ -tl", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0663.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0664.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n521\\nany beneficial results, and returned to West-\\nmoreland where he died December 6, 1816,\\naged forty-eight years. His wife, left with a\\nlarge family of young children, proved herself a\\nwoman of abundant resource. She kept her\\nchildren at home till they grew to be of ser-\\nvice to others, when, one by one, they went\\ntheir ways in life. She afterward married\\nAmory Pollard, of Bolton, Mass., whom she\\nsurvived. She died in Montpelier, Vt., Sep-\\ntember 4, 1852, full of years, loved and honor-\\ned by her children and friends. Her burial-\\nplace is at Westmoreland.\\nAsa and Anna (Goldsmith) Cole iiad eleven\\nchildren, Asa, who died 1872, aged seventy-\\nnine; Richard G. died 1864, aged sixty-nine;\\nS ar\u00c2\u00ab/(. wife of Asa Farnswortli, died 1832, aged\\n35; Benjninm died at Chagres, Panama, 1850,\\naged 51 Anna Goldsmith, wife of Rev. Isaac\\nEsty died 1872 aged 70 Philena died 1859, aged\\n55 John, (a whaling captain), died 1875, aged\\n68 Susan (married, first, Elihu Whitcomb,\\nsecond, Orin Pitkin), died 1883, at Montpelier,\\nVt., aged 74; William, died 1830, aged 19;\\nTheodore and Charles, who died (from injuries\\ninflicted by a whale, while in command of a\\nwhale- ship) 1853, aged 37.\\nTheodore Cole, tenth child of Asa and Anna\\n(Goldsmith) Cole, was born in AVestmore-\\nland, N. H., May 11, 1813. At the age\\nof nine-years he went to live in the family of\\nAbijah French, a farmer and lumberman of\\nWestmoreland. He lived with Abijah French\\nuntil tlie summer of 1834, M orking on the\\nfarm summers and attending district school in\\nthe winter. In the spring of 1835 he left\\nWestmoreland, to embark on the sea of active\\nlife. He went to New Bedford, Mass., the\\nplace then so celebrated for its great whaling\\ninterests and engaged as a seaman under the\\nwell-known master, Captain James Maxfield.\\nHis first voyage lasted eighteen mouths, and\\namong the various points of interest at which\\nthey stopped were the Azores, South Africa,\\nMadagascar, Comoro Islands and Isle of\\nFrance. In April, 1837, he sailed under Cap-\\ntain Shubael Hawes, ship Frances Henrietta\\n(Charles W. Morgan, agent), and made a two\\nyears voyage, going around the world, and\\ntouching at Cape of Good Hope, Van Diemen s\\nLand, Pernambuco, etc. In the fall of 1839,\\nhe set sail under the same master (Cap-\\ntain Hawes), in the ship Julian, (agents\\nHathaway Luce), and cruised for some time\\non the Atlantic, stopping at Cape To\\\\vu, Cape\\nof Good Hope. They then extended their\\nvoyage to the northwest coast of New Holland,\\nAustralia. At this point he left the Julian,\\nhaving filled the ship, and went on board the\\nbark Pacific of Fairhaven, Captain Webb.\\nThev sailed south and southeast along New\\nHolland, touching at Hobart Town, then east\\nby New Zealand, then around Cape Horn,\\ntouching at St. Catlierina, Brazil, arriving home\\nin January, 1842.\\nDuring all these years of seafaring life\\nMr. Cole had, by diligent and prompt attention\\nto his duties, won the approval of his employ-\\ners and prepared the way for promotion, and\\nat the age of thirty years he had circumnavi-\\ngated the globe twice, and in May, 1843, as\\nmaster of ship Parachute, (Benjamin B. How-\\nard, agent), he began his third voyage around\\nthe world, stopping at the Sandwich Islands\\nfor recruits, thence north to the northwest\\ncoast, returned to Sandwich Islands for water,\\netc., thence to the South Pacific, around Cape\\nHorn, returning to New Bedford in July,\\n1845.\\nCaptain Cole was married, in August, 1845,\\nto Livilla, daughter of Captain Wilson Gleason,\\na lifelong resident of Westmoreland, and in\\nOctober of the same year he sailed in ship\\nMarengo (agent, Jonathan Bourne), touching\\nat Cape Veid, passing west around Cape Horn\\nand on to the Sandwich Islands, from there to the\\ncoast of Kamtchatka. He was absent two years\\nand eight months. In November, 1848, Cap-\\ntain Cole sailed in ship Cowper (agent, B. B.\\nHoward) on a long voyage for whales in the", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0665.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "522\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nArctic Ocean. Mrs. Cole accompanied hira.\\nThey sailed direct for Cajje Verd, down the\\ncoast of South America, west around Cape\\nHorn, from thence to the Sandwich Islands,\\nthen, leaving his wife to await his i-eturn, he\\nsteered for Behring Strait, passing in June the\\nwestern extremity of Oonalaska. He re-\\nmained one season in the Arctic Ocean, discov-\\nering the Plover Islands, July lo, 15(49, although\\nhe never claimed the title or credit of a discov-\\nerer. On his return to the Sandwich Islands,\\nhis wife rejoined him. They then sailed for\\nHoug Kong, China, where they passed a month\\npreparing for another Arctic voyage. From\\nthere tliey sailed through the Japan Sea and\\nthe Matsumai Strait, north along the coast of\\nKamtchatka stopping at Petropulaski, then\\nto the Arctic 0(\u00c2\u00aban, where Captain Cole com-\\npleted his cargo and started for home. The\\nvoyage of two years and a half, although full\\nof interest and with opportunities of seeing\\nmany distant lands, and abounding in varied\\nexperience, was long to Mrs. Cole, and she\\nheartily rejoiced when the spires and hills of\\nNew Bedford came in view, March 22, 1851,\\nand she could once nK)re stand up(in land.\\nCaptain Cole had now for nearly sixteen\\nyears followed the sea continuously, and by\\nhis practicality, prudence and perseverance had\\nacquired a competency, and lie decided to give\\nup his maritime jirofcssion and enjoy the well-\\nearned fruits of his labors but being naturally\\nau energetic man, idleness was not to his taste,\\nand he engaged in manufacturing and mer-\\nchandising in Brattleborough, Vt,, where he re-\\nmained until 1859, then removed to Westmin-\\nster, Vt., and purchased a farm and lived there\\nabout seven years, identifying himself with\\nthe affairs of the town, which he represented\\nin the Legislature of 18G2. After leaving West-\\nminster, he resided in Keene one year, and then\\nmade his home in Waverly village, Belmont,\\nMass., for nine years, in order to give his chil-\\ndren the advantages of better educational fa-\\ncilities. In 1875 he made a pleasure trip\\n(prospecting) to California, Colorado and Wy-\\noming, then returned to Westmoreland, his na-\\ntive place, where he has since resided, and em-\\nploys his leisure in farming. He was a\\nmember of the Legislature in 1881-82, as a\\nrepresentative of the Republican party, to which\\nhe has belonged since 1856, when he cast his\\nvote for Fremont.\\nThe children of Theodore and Livilla (Glea-\\nson) Cole were Frank T., born June 22, 1853\\n(he is a graduate of Williams College, Mass.,\\nand of Columbia Law School, New York,) now\\na jiraeticing lawyer of ability in Columbus, Ohio\\nWilliam H., born August 19, 1854, is a wheat\\nfarmer in San Joaquin County, Cal., mar-\\nried, June 3, 188. 5, Addie M. Greene (they\\nhave one daughter) Lucy Anna, born Febru-\\nary 29, 1856 (deceased); Sarah G., born Febru-\\nary 15, 1857 (died at the age of seventeen);\\nand Richard G. l)orn March 21, 1860 (died\\nFebruary 12, 1863).\\nCaptain C(jle was a sea-captain of pronounced\\nability, and a natural leader of men, and as\\nshipmastei merchant and farmer impressed\\nothers with a sense of his fitness to laid and\\ndirect, and was an important factor in the\\ncommunity where he resided. He improved\\nthe opportunities of his later life for reading\\nand study, so that men of a more liberal\\neducation wondered at his extensive and ac-\\ncurate knowledge of history and general liter-\\nature, and his stories of the past showed observa-\\ntion and were full of life and hunior. He was au\\nable and good counselor to younger men, who\\noften resorted to him for advice. Since 1876 he\\nhad been a member of the Congregational\\nChurch and contributed liberally to its support.\\nCaptain Cole was a kind husband and father,\\na loyal citizen and a good man. He died\\nJuly 2, 1885.\\nOLIVER L. BUIGGS.\\nOf the successful men who have gone out\\nfrom the Old Granite State to win fortune", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0666.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0669.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0670.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n523\\nill the broad field of activity is Oliver L.\\nBriggs, of Boston, Mass., a native of the\\ntown of Westmorelaud, N. H. He comes of\\ngood Puritan stock, and in his business career\\nhas evinced many of the principles of the fore-\\nfathers of our American republic.\\nCaleb Briggs, his great-grandfather, was\\nboru in Rehoboth, Ma.ss., February 127, 1743,\\nand married, for his first wife, Annie I.iutlier.\\nThey had five children, two dying in infancy,\\nand the three arriving to maturity were Delia,\\nLemuel and Luther. His .second wife was\\nt hloe French their married life continued for\\nthirty-five years. He married, third, Mrs.\\nMercy Farr. Caleb Briggs came to West-\\nmoreland iu 1770, where he died, in 1825,\\naged eighty-two years, having lived a long\\nlife of usefulness.\\nLemuel, his oldest son, was Ijorn in Reho-\\nboth, Mass., in 1767, and when three years\\nof age he removed, ^vith his parents, to West-\\nmoreland, N. H., when the now well-cul-\\ntivated farms were a wilderness. He pa.ssed\\nhis early life aiding his father in clearing\\nthe land and tilling the .soil and preparing\\na place to live. He was not finely, but\\nstrongly educated, receiving an education which\\nwa-s the best fitted for his sphere iu life, and\\nwhich, while it developed the muscles, also\\ndeveloped the mental powers, and gave to\\nhis descendants, a goodly inheritance of pluck,\\npersistency and perseverance, which enabled\\nthem to accomplish their aim in life. In\\n1791 he married Polly Stephens, who bore\\nhim seven children, Polly, Lemuel, Elenor,\\nLuther, Amasa, Philander S. and Rhoda.\\nIjcmuel Briggs died in Westmoreland iu 1868,\\nafter being a resident there for nearly ninety-\\neight yeai^s, aged one hundred years, nine\\nmonths and nine days, having served his\\nday and generation long and well. Amasa,\\nthe fifth child of Lemuel and Polly (Steph-\\nens) Briggs, M as born in AVestmoreland, and,\\nfollowing the occupation of his father, became\\nan ao;riculturist. He married Sallv Leonard.\\nShe wa,s a descendant of the Ijconard family,\\nwho were early settlci-s in Plymouth County,\\nMass., and prominent in England for many\\ngenerations, coming from Leonard, Lord Dacre\\nof England, and through two lines from Ed-\\nward III., viz., through John of Gaunt, Duke\\nof Lancaster, and Thomas Plantagenet, Duke\\nof Gloucester. Their children were Angeline\\n(who died in infancy), Lucy and Oliver L.\\n(twins Lucy died at the age of twenty),\\nOrtensia (who married John E. Vazey, and\\nhad two children, Tensia and John E.), Alonzo\\n(married Lilian Roberts of Boston) and Ly-\\nman (married Alice Varney, and has one child,\\nMargery).\\nOliver Leonard Briggs, the oldest son of\\nAmasa and Sally (Leonard) Briggs, was born in\\nWestmoreland, N. H., September 18, l s;32.\\nHis early life, until he was eighteen, was passed\\nat home, laboring upon the farm, and enjoy-\\ning the usual privileges of country common\\nschools, and a few terms at High School.\\nHe was not strong physically, and unsuited to\\nfarm labor, and this fact, together with a laud-\\nable ambition to go from home and make for\\nhim.self a place in the world of industry, in-\\nduced him at this time, (iSoO) to go to Bo.s-\\nton, and he commenced his successful business\\nlife. He, at first, accepted a position a.s clerk\\nfor his uncle, Philander S. Briggs, a West In-\\ndia goods merchant he served him faithfully\\nfor a few years and then entered the store of\\nJames B. Dorr, on Tremont Street, as book-\\nkeeper, where he remained for some time, dili-\\ngently attending to his duties, and living in a\\nquiet manner, in order to accumulate something\\nfrom his salary towards a capital of the future,\\nand all this time his keen and inquiring mind\\nwas seeking to devise some way to enable him\\nto enlarge his opportunities. At length he es-\\ntablished himself in the wholesale and retail\\nbook trade, and in the meantime, believing that\\nKnowledge is wealth, or one of the ways to it,\\nhe supplemented his education by studying\\nFrench and book-keeping, and graduated from", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0671.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "524\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nComer s Commercial College with a good rec-\\nord. He can-ied on this business successfully\\nfor about six years, wlien he moved to the south\\npart of the city, aud engaged in the manufac-\\nture of croquet sets, parlor billiards, and simi-\\nlar games for cliildren, for several years, and\\nwas financially successful. In 1870 he con-\\nceived the idea of going to Jacksonville,\\nFla., for the purpose of manufacturing fur-\\nniture, but illness prevented him from carry-\\ning his plan into execution. In 1871, his\\nhealth being re-established, he enlarged his\\nplant, and commenced making full-size billiard\\ntables. Their superiority being fully estab-\\nlished, he has prosperously continued his en-\\nterprise, and his tables are now found in private\\nresidences and popular resorts throughout the\\ncountry, aud Mr. Briggs has devised many me-\\nchanical contrivances to keep pace with modern\\nimprovements, among others the attacliment of\\nan improved cushion, wliich he patented in\\nOctober, 1871.\\nMr. Briggs married Mary S. Stone, a lady of\\nculture and refinement. [She is the daughter\\nof Rev. Cyrus and Abigail (Kimball) Stone.\\nMr. Stone was a nati\\\\ e of Marlborough, N. H.,\\na missionary in Bombay, India, aud a writer of\\nnote. Mrs. Stone was a teacher there under\\nthe auspices of the American Board, and their\\ndaughter was born in India.] Mr. and Mrs.\\nBriggs have one son, Frederick Huntington,\\naged nineteen years, who is now pursuing a\\ncollegiate course at Brown University, at Provi-\\ndence R. I.\\nMr. Briggs is now in the full vigor of his\\nmanhood, enjoying the competency which\\nhe has acquired by his own unaided exertions,\\nand he recalls with satisfaction his patient in-\\ndustry and persevering energy in starting from\\nan humble beginning upon a special line of\\nmanufacturing, through which he has gained\\nso large a success as a business man. His prac-\\ntical intelligence and common sense have Ijeen\\nbroadened by extensive travel in both continents,\\nquickened by contact witii men and rounded\\nby constant use. In all respects, Mr. Briggs\\nis a type of the bright, active, sagacious aud\\nhonoral)le American, and his prosperity is due\\nto his long-continued and well-directed applica-\\ntion to business, and determination to have his\\nproducts the best of their kind.\\nHENEY ESTY.\\nThe Esty family is an old and respected one\\nin the town of Westmoreland, having been resi-\\ndents there for over a century. The name is\\nvariously spelled in old records, such as Estey,\\nEastey, Easty and Esty. The family is not a\\nnumerous one. Jeffrey Esty, the first Ameri-\\ncan ancestor of those bearing that name, settled\\nin Salem, Mass., prior to 1637, and Edward\\nEastey, of Sutton, Mass., married Mehitabel,\\ndaughter of Stephen and Nancy (Dodge) Marsh,\\nsometime after 1750. Of their children, Ed-\\nward and Stewart Esty appear as the only ones\\nmentioned in the records. We cannot fix the\\nidentity of these, by any documentary evidence,\\nas connected with the Westmorelaud Estys, but\\nthe latter branch originated in Sutton, and the\\nsimilarity of the names would apparently be\\nmore than a mere coincidence. Be that as it\\nmay, we find that Steward Esty emigrated from\\nSutton, Mass., to ^Yestmoreland, N. H., about\\na hundred years ago. Steward Esty passed his\\nearly life in Sutton, and when a lad, while\\nplowing, he heard the firing at the battle of\\nBunker Hill. He worked for a few years at\\nhis trade of carpenter in Hudson, N. Y., and\\nafterward came to Westmoreland, N. H., and\\nmade a home for himself and his wife, Mary\\n(Brown) Esty, and settled on what is now known\\nas the David Esty farm. He combined farm-\\ning with his carpentering, and was a successful\\nand prosperous man. His brother Edward\\nwent to Elaine and settled there. William made\\nhis residence in Brownington, Vt. David came\\nto Westmoreland, was a farmer, resided in the\\ntown, and there died. Steward and Mary\\n(Brown) Esty had five children, John (who", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0672.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0675.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0676.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0677.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "y^j/^-ca^ o^L*^\\n^c-e^", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0678.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n525\\nwas drowned when about fourteen years of age)\\nMary (married Niles Aldrieh, of Westmore-\\nland, and had four children) Nathaniel\\n(married Lois Woodward, of Westmoreland\\ntlioy had three children, Betsy, deceased, Ed-\\nward and Emil} still living in Westmoreland)\\nClarissa (married Willard Bill, of Gilsum of\\ntheir two children, one died in infancy, the other,\\nWillard, is a resident of Westmoreland) Henry.\\nHenry Esty, the youngest child of Steward\\nand Mary (Bi-own) Esty, was born in West-\\nmoreland June 18, 1S0(). He was a studious\\nboy, and diligently improved the meagre oppor-\\ntunities for education the common schools\\noffered, and while in his teens he taught school,\\nand then availed himself of the money acquired\\nfor more extended instruction, and at the age\\nof twenty he took charge of a school in Surry,\\nN. H. He afterward taught in Brattleborough,\\nVt., and two winters in the north part of West-\\nmoreland, and was a teacher in Keene when\\nthe superintending committee was Colonel Wil-\\nson, Aaron Hall and the well-known and be-\\nloved minister, Dr. Barstow.\\nAt the time of Heniy s marriage his father\\nmade a division of his real estate among his child-\\nren, and, as was the custoni in those days (for\\nmen of means to so arrange their property that\\nsome especial provision should be made for their\\nfuture) he gave to Henry twenty-five acres ad-\\nditional, with the proviso that he should be the\\nchild of his old age, and Henry lived with his\\nfather until the death of the latter, in April, 1 .S41\\nMr. Esty married in 1 835, Mary Ann Chamber-\\nlain, of Pomfret, Vt. they had no children.\\nShe died in Westmoreland in 1852. He after-\\nward married Mrs. Julia A. Hubbard, of Wind-\\nsor, Vt., who had two children, -Julia, who\\ndied at the age of nineteen, and Charles, now\\nliving in Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Julia A.\\nEsty died several years since. Mr. Esty has\\nbeen a large real estate owner in Westmoreland,\\nand once owned the land now comprising the\\nvillage of East Westmoreland, and all the houses\\nhave been built within his recollection. At the\\ntime of the building of the Cheshire Railroad\\nMr. Estey lived on the line of the road, and his\\nhouse was rented as a depot, and destroyed by\\nfire, probal)ly occasioned by sparks from an en-\\ngine, and it was only after three years litigation\\nthat he obtained damages. He then purchased\\npart of the old Wilbur place, remodeled the\\nhouse, ai d it lias since been his residence. His\\nhistory of the building of the bridge across the\\nConnecticut River, and of the Cheshire road,\\nalso the difficulties attending the establishment\\nof the East Westmoreland post-office, is very\\ninteresting and worthy of record. He was\\nbondsman for the first postmaster, Mr. Wight,\\nand appointed to the same office after Mr.\\nWight retired, although he did not attend to\\nits duties personally.\\nMr. Esty is a man of great strength of charac-\\nter, keenness of understanding, business fore-\\nsight, an original thinker, a fluent conversation-\\nalist, well read and at home in the topics of the\\ntimes. He has acquainted himself with the\\nwritings of Theodore Parker and others of the\\nsame thought. Although not a believer in any\\ncreed, he has always contributed to the sup-\\nport of a church. His faith is that of the S^^irit-\\nualists, believing that there is a medium of com-\\nmunication existing, however imperfectly de-\\nveloped at present, between the spirits of those\\nwho have crossed the dark river and those\\nremaining on the shores of time.\\nALBERT THOMP.SON.\\nOf tlie numerous emigrants who came to\\nPlymouth, Mass., in the good ship Ann was\\nJohn Thom.son, who was born in the north of\\nWales in the year l(il6, and came to A merica in\\nthe third embarkation from England, and ar-\\nrived at Plymouth early in the month of May,\\n1622, being at that time in the sixth year of his\\nage. The first knowledge we have of the name,\\nwith any certainty, is from the ancient record\\nof heraldry. Then the name was familiarly\\nknown in England, Scotland and Ireland, and", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0679.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "526\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\neach family spelled the name differently and\\nselected a different badge of heraldry. The\\ncelebrated poet, James Thomson, was of this\\nfamily, and Charles Thomson, the secre-\\ntary of the Continental Congress in Revolu-\\ntionary times. The north of Wales being\\ncontiguous to Scotland, probably John Thomson\\nwas a descendant of the Scottish family. The\\nletter p was not introduced into the name by\\nhis descendants until a century and a half had\\nrolled away.\\nJohn Thomson learned the trade of a carpenter,\\nand tradition says he built the first framed meet-\\ning-house in Plymouth, Mass. He married Mary\\nCook, the daughter of Francis Cook, one of the\\nfirst emigrants, in 1()20. He afterwards lived in\\nSandwich and was a farmer, then moved to that\\npart of Plymouth now Halifax and subsequentlj^\\nl)uilt a log house in Middleborough, where he\\nlived until his house was burned by the Indians.\\nAt the time of the Indian attacks he had a genera^\\ncommission as lieutenant-commandant, not only\\nin the field, but of garrison and all posts of\\ndansrer. In the year 1677 he erected a frame\\nhouse near where the former house was de-\\nstroyed, and made a garrison of it. This house\\nwas the residence of the fifth generation. It\\nwas taken down in 1838, having been occupied\\none hundred and sixty years. INIr. and ]\\\\Irs.\\nThomson were zealous, God-fearing jieople and\\nwere regular attendants of divine service. Their\\nhour of rising, especially ou Sunday morning,\\nwas four o clock. The distance to church was\\nthirteen miles, and it is recorded that his wife,\\non two Sabbaths in June, after breakfast took\\nher child of six months old in her arms and\\nwalked to Plymouth, attended service and re-\\nturned home the same day. The long, useful\\nand industrious life of the Thomson patriarch\\nclosed June 16, 1696, when nearly eighty years\\nold. He was buried in the first burying-\\nground in Middleborough. Mary, his wife, died\\nMarch 21, 1714, in the eighty-eighth year of\\nher asje. Thev had twelve children. The line\\nof descent to Albert is, John (1), Jacob (2),\\nCaleb (:3), Caleb {4j, Caleb (5), Nathaniel (6),\\nAlbert (7). Caleb (5) was a great ship-builder and\\ndealer in lumber in Plymouth, Mass. He mar-\\nried Mary Perkins. He died February 9, 1821.\\nShe died December 9, 1816. They had fifteen\\nchildren, Gains, Sylvia, Jonah, Ansel, Na-\\nthan, Abigail, Serena, Alfred, Mary, Eliza,\\nCaleb, Nathaniel (6), Joanna, Sabina and Fred-\\neric. Nathaniel was the twelfth child of Caleb\\nand Mary (Perkins) Thomjison. He settled in\\nSwanzey, N. H., and became a farmer. He\\nalso carried on a saw-mill and dealt largely in\\nlumber. He married, September 13, 1818,\\nAnnie Field. They had several children,\\nAmbrose, born May 30, 1819, and died July\\n3, 1829 Julia Ann, born September 18, 1821,\\ndied March 23, 1822; Julia Ann, born March\\n10, 1823, died May 21, 1849; Frederick M.,\\nborn May 19, 1826, died February 1, 1859;\\nEliza, born June 28, 1831, died December 25,\\n1850; Andrew J., born November 28, 1828,\\ndied May 24, 1829; Mary E., born April 20,\\n1834 (now Mrs. Britton); Albert (6); Lavina,\\nborn March 31, 1839 (Mrs. Charles F. Graves,\\nresides in Fon du Lac, Wis).\\nAlbert Thompson, son of Nathaniel and\\nAnnie (Field) Thompson, was born in Swanzey,\\nN. H., October 18, 1836. His early years\\nwere passed at home. He diligently and care-\\nfully improved the educational advantages the\\nschools of his native town afforded. His turn of\\nmind being favorable to business enterprise and\\nactivity, at the age of fifteen he left Swanzey\\nand went to Keene, where he remained for\\nabout eight years, a portion ofwliicii time he\\nwas engaged in the business of furnishing wood\\nfor the Cheshire Railroad, on his own account,\\nand has handled a large amount of the wood\\nsupplied that road for about twenty-eight years.\\nIn 1860 he came to Westmoreland, and since\\nthat time has been closely identified with that\\ntown. In April, 1859, he married Carrie,\\ndaughter of Foster Wight, the first postmaster\\nof East Westmoreland. They have had five\\nchildren, Abbie M., born September 1, 1860,", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0680.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0681.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "528\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMary, born January 18, 1805, married Francis\\nRussell; Silas, born November 20, 1806, mar-\\nried Phcebe Thayer; Siiubael; Betsy, born\\nAugust 4, 1811, unmarried, died aged seventy-\\ntwo years; Alfred, born October 17, 1813,\\nmaiTied Sarah Litcii Eunice, born November\\n23, 1811), married Caleb W. Ja |uith. Calvin\\nWhite was a mechanic and made the old-fash-\\nioned mould-board wooden ploughs. He was\\nan intelligent man, and held several minor\\ntown offices. He died April 11, 1843, aged\\nsixty-nine; his wife survived him ten years,\\ndying September 21, 1853, aged seventy-four.\\nShubael (8), son of Calvin and Sarah (Rich-\\nardson) White, was born in Westmoreland,\\nMay 27, ISOi). During his early years he had\\nthe experience that the children of a family\\nof humble circumstances of that day usually\\nhad labor on the fiirm and limited school op-\\nj)ortunities. He learned the carpenter s trade,\\nand remained in Westmoreland until he was of\\nage. He passed the next five or six years in\\nvarious places, and in 1836 he went to Keene.\\nThe same year he married, in Boston, Betsey\\nHeustis, daughter of Simon Heustis, an old\\nresident of Westmoreland. They had one\\nchild, William H., who is now a judge of Police\\nCourt at Junction City, Kan.\\nHe married, for second wife, Nancy L. Wilder,\\ndaughter of David Wilder, a native of Lancaster,\\nMass. She died February 26, 1883. They\\nhad two children, Henry, born October 19,\\n1840, was one of the victims of the great\\nRebellion, dying in service December 19, 1861,\\naged twenty-one years, and Charles M., born\\nMay 16, 1850.\\nMr. White is a man of quiet and uuol)-\\ntrusive manners, kind, cheerful and social\\nin his disposition, faithful to duty and to the\\nperformance of trusts. He has served as over-\\nseer of the poor for over eleven years, as col-\\nlector of taxes for four years, and has held\\nseveral minor town offices. At the time of the\\nCivil War, when the first call eame for seventy-\\nfive thousand men, Mr. White, although past\\nmiddle age, responded jiromptly, and enlisted,\\nas drum-major, in the Second New Hampshire\\nRegiment, and also served in the same capacity\\nin the Sixth and Fourteenth Regiments, and\\nreceived his honorable discharge. Politically,\\nhe is a strong Republican. His religious belief\\nis that of the Congregational Church, and he\\nhas been a consistent member of that body for\\nman} years, and is a ^vorthy descendant of liis\\nMayflower ancestor.\\nDANIEL W. PATTEN.\\nGenealogical history is customary in Europe\\nto show the titles to honor and estate; but in\\nthis country, where wealth and distinction depend\\nalmost exclusively upon one s own exertions\\nand merits, it is a subject of necessity, mingled,\\nhowever, with satisfaction, when we can trace\\nour ancestors back through different generations\\nto the first one who emigrated to America, and\\nknow that they were good and honorable men,\\nwhatever their station in life.\\nJohn Patten came from Ireland, where he\\nwas born, to America in the early part of the\\neighteenth century, and settled in Norton, Mass.,\\nand married Abigail Makepeace. (The house\\nthey occupied is still standing in Norton, in a\\ngood state of preservation.) He possessed the\\nstrong, rugged nature of his nationality, together\\nwith patient endurance, and when, at the close\\nof the Revolutionary War, money had so depre-\\nciated in value that his small means were almost\\nlost, his brave heart was not easily discouraged,\\nand, with diligence and perseverance, he, with\\nhis four sous, worked early and late until they\\nhad paid for the farm, and Mr. Patten could\\nstart square with the world. He was by trade\\na nail-maker. His life in America was passed\\nin Norton, where he died. His children were\\nWilliam, Samuel, Daniel, John, Abigail, Sarah,\\nLucy and Susan, who married a Jenks, and\\nsettled in Vermont. William, Abigail and\\nSarah never married. Lucy married Solomon\\nField. Daniel married; had three daughters.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0682.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "et^n.\\n^/\u00e2\u0096\u00a0JU ^t", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0683.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0684.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n529\\nPhnebe, Abigail, and Harriet Ph(Tel)e married\\nSuiDiier Knappjthey had ten children. Abigail\\nmarried Mason Stone, and liad five children.\\nHarriet married Daniel S. Cobb; had three\\nchildren. Samuel married, family unknown.\\nJohn, the first of the Patton family to settle in\\nWestmoreland, was born in Xorton, Mass., in\\n1755, and died in Westmoreland, aged sixty\\nyears. lie was a blacksmith by trade, and a\\nhard-working man. He married Jerusha Wood.\\nTheir children were Abigail (died young), Asa,\\nSamson, Daniel, John, William and Sarah\\n(who did not attain maturity). Asa married\\nCyntha Field and left Westmoreland, and made\\nhis home in Coventry, Vt., where he died.\\nSamson moved to Maine, married and left\\nnumerous descendants. John married Xancy\\nM. Smith, always resided in Xorton, and died\\nthere. William married Elfrida Aldrich, of\\nWestmoreland, and passed part of his life in\\nPomfret, Vt., but returned to Westmoreland,\\nand was a resident there at the time of\\nhis death. Daniel, son of John and Jerusha\\n(Wood) Patten, was born in Westmoreland,\\nJanuary 18, 1794. His early life and educa-\\ntion was the usual one of the sous of farmers\\nand mechanics. He learned the trade of a car-\\npenter and pursued his vocation with diligence,\\nand was a successful business man. A good\\ncitizen, but applied himself closely to his own\\naffairs, and never sought publicity or office. He\\nmarried, in 1820, Cyrena Shelley, daughter of\\nBarnabas and Lydia (Cole) Shelley, of West-\\nmoreland, born February 24, 1797. They had\\ntwo children, Daniel W. and George E., born\\nMarch 21, 1828. Mrs. Patten died January\\n12, 1835. He married, second, Myra Hutchin,\\nborn May 13, 1803, and died January 25, 1850,\\nleaving a daughter, Elmyra C, who lived to be\\ntwenty-three years old. For his third wife,\\nMr. Patten married Sally French, of West-\\nmoreland; she was born February 24, 1809, and\\ndied September 15, 1868.\\nDaniel Warren Patten, the oldest son of\\nDaniel and Cyrena (Shelley) Patten, was born\\nin Westmoreland, February 24, 1822, and with\\nthe exception of four years residence in Hins-\\ndale, has always lived in his native town. Like\\nmultitudes of men, he ])assed his youth an l\\nearly manhood assisting his father on the farm,\\nbesides working at his trade of carpentering.\\nHis school facilities were necessarily limited,\\nbut by close ap|)lication he became a jiroficienr,\\nscholar especially in matheuiatics. Tn nine cases\\nout of ten, the men who have achieved distinction\\nin politics or in the various lines of business\\nactivity have passed their early days in the shop\\nor on a farm.\\nMr. Patten married, June 4, 1845, Elizabeth\\nHowe Heustis, born February 1, 1822, daugh-\\nter of Gilbert T. and Martha (Hodges) Heustis,\\nof Westmoreland she was a descendant, on her\\nmother s side, of Samuel Howe, one of the first\\nsettlers of the town, and a granddaughter of\\nAristides and Prudence (Baxter) Heustis, of\\nSurry, X. H. They have two children, Ella\\nE. (who married Albourne F. Al)bott, of West-\\nmoreland, now living in Boston), and Martha\\nC, who is with her parents.\\nIn 1849, Mr. Patten, desirous of advancing\\nhis business interests, went to Hinsdale, where\\nhe carried on the sash and blind manufacturing\\nfor four years; he then returned to Westmore-\\nland, and continued in the same line of work\\nuntil 1856, when the flood carried away his\\nshop containing stock and machinery; but, with\\nthe same spirit of perseverance which char-\\nacterized his great-grandfather, he rebuilt and\\nengaged in the business of planing and dressing\\nlumber, and added to this the manufacture of\\nwooden pails for some four or five years. He also\\nengaged in civil engineering, and for twenty-\\nfive yciirs has been employed in all parts of the\\ncounty, and especially in his native town, where\\nhe has a comfortable home and a farm to which\\nhe gives his personal attention.\\nHis active interest and participation in mili-\\ntary organizations is shown by his several com-\\nmissions, which were given as follows: Ensign\\nin the Westmoreland liight Infantry by Gov-", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0685.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "530\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nernor Hubbard, in 1843; first lieutenant by\\nGovernor Steel, in LS44; captain of the First\\nCompany Light Ini antry, I))- the same Governor,\\niu 1845; lieutenant-eolonel of Twentieth Reg-\\niment New Hampshire Militia, by Governor\\nColby, in 1846 and colonel in the same regiment,\\nby Governor Williams, in 1847; and received\\nhis honorable discharge June 9, 1848.\\nMr. Patten has thoroughly believed in his\\nnative town, and with commendable public\\nspirit has endeavored to work for its interests,\\nand has been connected with its official duties\\niu many departments. In 1860 he was assist-\\nant United States marshal, and took the census\\niu Westmoreland, Chesterfield, Hinsdale and\\nSwanzey, and has held several minor town of-\\nfices. Politically, lie is a Democrat, and be-\\nlieves in the principles of Jefferson and Jackson,\\nand was twice elected to the State Legislature\\non the Democratic ticket for the years 1863\\nand 1864. He has been several times nominated\\nfor State Senator, and for various county offices,\\nreceiving each time the cordial and full support\\nof his party, but failing of election Ity the great\\npredominance of the opposing party in this sec-\\ntion of the State. He has been many years a\\njustice of the peace.\\nIn his religious preferences he is a Univer-\\nsalist, broad and catholic in his views, and al-\\nways respecting the opinions of others. He is\\nan intelligent and thoughtful man, has given\\ngreat attention to historical research, and has\\nrendered much valuable assistance to Mr.\\nWillard Bill, the historian of Westmoreland.\\nEliBERT CHAMBERLAIN AND EDGAR KENDALL\\nHORTON.\\nIn that year made memorable by the battles\\nof Buena Vista and Sacramento, and the severe\\nfamine in Ireland, which called from the United\\nStates such munificent donations of corn and\\npotatoes to save the famishing, there was born\\nto a pleasant home in Westmoreland, N. H.,\\nEgbeit Chamberlain and Edo-ar Kendall Horton,\\ntwin sons of Dr. P. Manly Horton and Mary Ann\\nKendall who were a glad surprise, looking so\\nmuch alike that it was difficult to tell one from\\nthe other. Bright hopes at once centred in\\nthem, for they were of noble extraction. Their\\nmother was from a superior family of English\\norigin, eminently gifted in mind and heart. She\\nwas a true woman, always loyal to her family\\nand well fitted to nurture and train her children\\nfor usefulness and success in the world. So\\nlong as she lived she richly blest her home.\\nTheir father, who is still living in advanced\\nyears, is mentally strong and of great physical\\nendurance, inventive by nature and exceedingly\\napt in mechanical skill and works. The Horton\\npedigree reaches far back into English history,\\neven to the period when the Romans occupied\\nBrittany. The name itself signifies a cultivator,\\nor adviser. All the way tlirough this long line\\nthe families bearing this cognomen have left\\ntraces and impressions of genuine character and\\nprogress. The first of this name came to\\nAmerica as early as 1633, and one branch set-\\ntled on Long Island and others in Springfield,\\nand in the central part of Massachusetts. From\\nthe last have sprung the family under considera-\\ntion. The Horton genealogy shows that they\\nhave been producers in cultivating the soil and\\noriginators in handicrafts and in sch()larly\\nattainments.\\nEgbert and Edgar were fortunate in coming\\ninto this world in the midst of charming scen-\\nery. If New Hampshire is the Switzerland of\\nAmerica, Westmoreland is its Col de Balm,\\nabundantly supplied with flowers in the sum-\\nmers and snow blossoms in the winter. Its air\\nis invigorating; its light, crystalline; its sur-\\nface, rich and greatly diversified with hills,\\nvales, woods, brooks, rivers, meadows, pastures\\nand rural homes. So their young hearts could\\nbut drink in freely inspiration from all this\\nwide-spread beauty and picturesqueness. They\\nwere cheerful and happy in their early years.\\nAs they began to attend school they at once\\nexhibited traits of promise and scholarship.", "height": "3051", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0686.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "WESTMORELAND.\\n531\\nWhen tlit v advanced from the cdiiinion to the\\nHigh Sehoiil they expressed (juickness of dis-\\ncerunicnt and readiness of comprehension, mas-\\ntering tlie studies tlmt tliey pursued. Reaciiing\\nmaidiood, they were of medium size, mental\\ntemperament and ambitious to do for them-\\nselves. On leaving home they engaged as clerks\\nin mercantile business at Keene, N. H. Edgar\\nremained there for five years and tiieu went to\\nProvidence, E. I., where he continued in the\\nsame calling for ten years. Egbert tarried in\\nKeene but a short time before ho left for Green-\\nfield, Mass., where he devoted himself to\\nphotography till ISTO, when he nt to Prov-\\nidence to follow the same business. In 1878 he\\nopened a studio for himself, and two years later\\nhe took in as partner his brother Edgar. Now,\\nwith their age, experience, taste, skill and love\\nfor art-works, they were prepared to excel iu\\nphotography, Egbert devoting himself to the\\nart and Edgar to the business part, and so carry\\non the work with a high degree of success.\\nStarting now on a basis of strict attention to\\nartistic effect and a general excellence in detail,\\nthey have acquired the enviable position of lead-\\n34\\ners in photograpiiic art in Rhode Island, and\\nto-day their l)usiness is sei ond to none in New\\nEngland, and niprcsents to a large tlegree the\\nwealthy and l)est patronage of the State. With\\nthe view of better meeting the demands of an\\nincreasing business, they have recently fitted up\\ntwo entire fioore of the large block at 87 West-\\nminster Street for their work. These are not\\nto be surpassed. The reception room is in-\\nviting and elegantly furnished. Its walls are\\nhung with specimen works in oil and crayon.\\nIt is a model establishment of its kind, spacious,\\nfinely-lighted, and well adjusted in all its ap-\\npliances. The studio of the Ilorton Brothei s\\nis -enerallv regarded as a valuable addition to\\nthe a sthetic developments of Providence, and\\ntheir business has come to l)e coilnted among the\\nenterprising industries of the city. So, through\\nability, industry, perseverance, moral fortitude\\nand culture, these young men have already\\nattained to a high degree of success, giving\\nassurance that they will still bestow by their\\ngood works greater lionors ujjon their\\npatronymic name, their profession, their homes\\nand their country.", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0687.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF RINDGE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nTiirs tDwnsliij) was ii;ranted by the (lovernor\\nof Massachu.sett.s Dotrinber 17. !6, O. S.\\nTlie territory was survejed by Nathan Iley-\\nwood ill Nuveiiiber, 17o8, aud the grant con-\\nfirmed January 24, 1638, O. S. (February 4,\\n17311, N. S.) Tlie grantees were siddiers or\\nheirs of sohliers who [)artieipated in the expe-\\ndition under Sir William Piiipps to Canada in\\nlO JO, and were residents of Rowley, Mass., aud\\nvicinity henee the name of Rowley-Canada,\\nby which the place was known imtil it was\\ngranted by the Masoniau proprietors, February\\n14, 1749, and called Monadnock, No. 1. The\\ntown was incorporated Fel)rnary 11, 17(58, and\\nreceived its preseut name in honor of Daniel\\nRindge, then an influential member of the\\nCouncil.\\nRindge took a prominent part in the Revo-\\nlution, fnrnisliing two regimental commanders,\\nviz.. Colonel Enoch Hale, born in Rowley, No-\\nvember 28, 1733, a veteran of the French War,\\nwho was in public positions for many years,\\naud died in Grafton, Vt., April 1813; and\\nColonel Nathan Hale, born September 23, 1 743,\\nwho was in the service from the breaking out\\nof the Revolutionary War until he died a\\nprisoner in the hands of the enemy, at Long\\nIsland, September 23, 1780. He was promoted\\nfor meritorious services to the rank of Colonel.\\nThe fii-st settler was Abel Platts in about 1742.\\nRevolutionary Wae.\\nPay-roll of the men that went to Caml:iridge\\n332\\nin aptain Nathan Hale s comjiany, at the\\ntime of the Lexington fight, April ye !l, I\\nA-. d.\\nNathiin Hale, captain U G\\nFrancis Towne, lieutenant 1 10\\nDaniel Rand, ensign 1 10\\nJames Crumbie, clerk 1 10\\nPage Norcross, sergeant 1 10\\nSamuel Stanley, sergeant 1 10\\nJames Streeter, sergeant 1 10\\nAbel Stone, corporal 1 10\\nBenjamin Davis, corporal (id\\nSamuel Stone, corporal (i (i\\nEzekiel Rand, drummer (i G\\nDaniel Lake, Jr., drummer GG\\nLeme Page, fifer G6\\n.Tohn HanaCord 1 10\\nDaniel Russell G ti\\nNathaniel Ingalls 1 ID\\nNehemiah Towne 1 10\\nJonathan Putnam 1 10\\nSamuel Russell 1 10\\nJeremiah Norcross 1 10\\nJoel Russell G6\\nJohn Buswell 1 10\\nSimeon Ingalls G G\\nSamuel Parker 6 G\\nJoseph Platts 1 10\\nAsa Brocklebank 1 10\\nSamuel Tarbell GG\\nReuben Page GG\\nAbel Platts, Jr 1 10\\nSamuel Page 1 10\\nJohn Demary, Jr (i G\\nJoseph Stanley 1 10\\nAaron Easty 1 10\\nWilliam Carlton 1 10\\nJames Cutter 1 10\\nSimon Davis G 6", "height": "2980", "width": "2140", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0688.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "RINDGE.\\n533\\nA-, d.\\nJohn Emory 1 10\\nEnosLake 66\\nJeremiah Russell 1 10\\nDavid Bobbins 1 10\\nNathaniel Thomas 1 10\\nOliver Bacon 1 10\\nAbraham Wetherbee 1 10\\nBenjamin Carlton 1 10\\nNathaniel Russell 1 10\\nJonathan Lovejoy 6 6\\nJoseph Wilson 1 10\\nSolomon Rand 1 10\\nDaniel Lake 6 6\\nEdward Jewett 1 17 4\\nElisha Perkins 1 10\\nEzekiel Larned 1 10\\nIsaac Wood 1 10\\nGeorge Carlton 1 10\\nThis company marched to Cam bridge. Sev-\\nenteen returned after four days service, and\\nthirty-seven remained seventeen days; and it is\\nprobable that several of the latter did not re-\\nturn to their homes before joining another coni-\\n]ianv from Rindge, which arrived in tlie vicinity\\nof Boston about that time. In tiiis company\\nof fifty-four men were twelve mIio afterwards\\nheld commissions in the regiments raised in\\ntliis State. This pay-roll is found upon the\\ntown records, and the payment was made by\\nthe town.\\nPay-roll of Captain Philip Thomas com-\\n]iany, in Colonel James Read s reginient, to\\nAugust 1, 1775. Time of entry, April l\\n1775.\\n(Paid to each private seven pounds, two shill-\\nings, ten peni c.)\\nThose marked thus are from other towns.\\nPhilip Thomas, Rindge, captain.\\nJohn Harper,* lieutenant.\\nEzekiel Rand, Rindge, second lieutenant.\\nBenj. Davis, sergeant. Godfrey Richardson.*\\nEzekiel Learned, sergeant. .Jacob Hobbs.\\nSimon Davis, sergeant. .John Thomson.\\nJacob Peirce,* sergeant. Thomas Hutchinson.\\nJohn Demary, corporal. Hezekiah Wetherbee.\\nSimeon Ingalls, corpor.al. Caleb Winn.\\nJeremiah Russell, corporal. .Fames Coffering.*\\nBenjamin Lovering, Benjamin Beals.\\nDaniel Lake, drummer. Peter Webster.\\nLeme Page, titer. Dudley Griffin.*\\nThomas Emory. Benjamin Dole.*\\nDaniel Russell. Isaac Leland.\\nObediah Marsh. Richard Ale.xander.*\\nEzekiel Demary. Neheniiah Porter.\\nEnos Lake. Hugh Jragg.\\nReuben Page. David Hale.\\nSamuel Parker. David Davis.\\nTimothy Rogers.* Henry Davis.*\\nEbenezer Ingalls. Jonathan Lovejoy.\\nJoseph Wright.* George Carlton.\\nStephen Adams.* Isaac Adams.\\nJiicl Russell. Benjamin Burley.\\nThomas Henderson. Simeon Whitcomb.\\nBenjamin Parker. Alexander Douglass.*\\nJohn Dole*\\nThe following are the articles lost, and the\\namount paid to the several men, in behalf of\\nthe colony, by Timothy WalkcM-, Jr., the same\\nperson who formerly su]ip]le l the pulpit in this\\ntown\\n.f. d.\\nLieut. John Harper 12\\nEns. Ezekiel Rand 16 4\\nBenjamin Davis 1\\nBenj Lovering 4 6\\nDaniel Lake 4\\nLeme Page 6 S\\nEzekiel Larned t 14\\nJacob Pierce 1 3 4\\nSimon Davis 1 4\\nJohn Dcraerry 7\\nSimeon IngoUs 2 14 6\\nJeremiah Russell 6 S\\nObadiahMarsh 6\\nBenj Be.al.s 12\\nJoel Russell 5 4\\nDudley Griffin 1 8\\nThomas Emery I 4\\nHugh Gregg U 17\\nEz(!kiel Demerry l 2\\nBenj Dole I 6\\nReuben Page I 1 2\\nTimothy Rogers 1. U\\nRichard Alexander SO\\nCaleb Winn 3 S\\nDavid Davis 6 12\\nHenry Davis 4\\nNehemiah Porter 6", "height": "3025", "width": "2004", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0689.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "534\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nd.\\nPeter Webster 112 8\\nBenj Parker 2\\nThomas Henderson 2 19\\nJohn Thompson 2 00\\nDavidHale 5 C\\nIsaac Adams 7\\nGeorge Carlton 7\\nJonathan Lovejoy 6\\nJames Cofl ering 1 4 8\\n\u00c2\u00a359 16 4\\nThe articles lost, for which the above sums\\nwere allowed, will hv seen in\\nA list of Losses sustained in the Batal and Retreat on\\nbunker hill, the 17th day of June, 1775, of Cap-\\ntain Thomas Company in the New Hampshire\\nReserves.\\nLieut. [John Harper] one hat.\\nEns n [Ezekiel Rand] coat, two shirts one gun, iron\\nstrike sword, pr. hose.\\nSarg t Benjamin Davis a blanket, surtout one byanot.\\nSarg t Ezekiel Lamed one gone [gun] one byanot\\nbelt, one powder horn.\\nSarg t Simon Davis one coat.\\nSarg t Jacob Pierce a coat, a shag great coat i)ack.\\nCorporal John Demary one blanket, one byanot, one\\nhaversack.\\nCorporal Simeon Inglas one Cartridge Box, one gun\\nand byanot, one powder horn, one blanket.\\nCorporal Benj.amin Lovering, Cadous Box silke\\nhandkerchief.\\nDrums Fifers Daniel Lake, [.Tr.] one pair of siise\\n[shoes] one blanket.\\nLeme Page one shaggo great coat.\\nRichard Alexander caduse Box and a coate\\nThomas Hutchinson a pare of trowsors.\\nDavid Davis a fine shirt, a pare of yarn hose.\\nJonathan Lovejoy a surtout, four shirts, one coat, two\\nwaistcoats, one gun, three pare of hose, one\\npouch, neckcloth, one pr. of trousers, one cat.-\\nBox, by.anot.\\nNehimiah Porter a Byanot.\\nThomas Henderson 2 shirts, 2 pr. hose, coat wast-\\ncoat a pare of Lether breeches.\\nJames Cochran [Coffering?] blanket, pr. briches,\\npr. of hose a Rasor, havsack.\\nDudley Griffen a coat shirt.\\nBenjamin Beales, a shirt, two pr. of hose.\\nEzekiel Demary one pr. of hose.\\nReuben Paige a great cote and one .shirt, 1 pr. of hose^\\n1 powder horn, one cartridge box, one wastcoat.\\nObadiah Marsh one shirt, one pr. of hose, one Havi-\\nsack.\\nJoell Russell 1 coat, 1 pr. Leather-briches, 1 pr. hose,\\ntwo shirts, one hat, one powder horn, havesack.\\nJacob Hobbs one blanket.\\nTimothy Rogers one shirt.\\nGodfray Richison one pare of suses.\\nHenry Davis one pare of trousers.\\nHugh Gregg one shag great coat, 1 shirt, 1 powder\\nhorn, Bulet pouch.\\nBenjamin Dole lost Comp ys bread\\nPeter Webster a felt hat and coat and 1 pare of\\nLeather-briches, one shirt, one havsak and one\\nBelet pouch.\\n.John Thompson one pair suses, one wast-coat, 1 shirt,\\n2 pr. of trousers, one neck-cloth, one Havesack, 1\\n])r. of hose, 1 gone powder horn.\\nGeorge Carlton, Isaac Adams, and Jonathan Lovejoy,\\nwe the apprisors of this Company comput their\\nloss of guns and other artikals to amount of \u00c2\u00a318,\\nbesid the loss of their lives or in captivity.\\nPhilip Thomas, Captain.\\nThe companies of the training-band and\\nminute-men organized iu this town were under\\nthe comraaud of efficient officers. Their names\\nand the date of their commissions appear in\\nthe following list. The dates are the earliest\\nthat can be given with a certainty of accuracy,\\nyet a few of the officers may have been com-\\nmissioned previous to the date given,\\nSolomon Cutler, lieuteuant, 1775; captain, 1777.\\nJames Crumbie, lieutenant, 1776.\\nDaniel Rand, ensign, 1775; lieutenant, 1776 cap-\\ntain, 1778.\\nFrancis Towne, lieutenant, 1776; captain, 1776.\\nEbenezer Chaplin, ensign, 1776.\\nAbel Stones, ensign, 1777.\\nPage Norcross, lieutenant, 1777.\\nSalmon Stone, ensign, 1777; captain, 1777.\\nEbenezer Davis, lieutenant, 177S.\\nBenjamin Davis, ensign, 1778.\\nJacob Gould, lieutenant, 1778.\\nEzekiel Rand, ensign, 1878.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0690.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "RINDGE.\\n535\\nAsa Sherwin, captain, 1778.\\nOthniel Thomas, lieutenant, 1777 captain, 1782.\\nIsaac Wood, ensign 1779.\\nDaniel Adams, ensign, 1880.\\nEbenezer Fitch, lieutenant, 1880.\\nBenjamin Foster, lieutenant, 1779.\\nNathaniel Thomas, lieutenant, 1779.\\nJohn Stanley, lieutenant, 1777.\\nSamuel Tarbell, lieutenant, 1779.\\nJohn Eills, ensign, 1782.\\nAt the annual meeting on the 21st day\\nof March, Jonatlian Sherwin, Edward Jevv-\\nett, Abel Stone, Francis Towne and Daniel\\nRand were chosen a committee of inspection\\nand eorresjjondence. The three fii st were al-\\nso selectmen for the year. Two of this com-\\nmittee having- proved their efficient service in\\nraising men and joining the forces in the field,\\nand a third being ab.sent a portion of the time\\nin another line of duty, a new committee of\\ninspection, safety and correspondence was\\nchosen in September, consisting of Lieutenant\\nEbenezer Chaplin, Mr. Nathaniel Russell, Mr.\\nPage Norcross, Lieutenant James Crnmbic and\\nMr. Jonathan Sawtcll.\\nAssoci.VTiuN Test. The followiuo; sij^ned\\nthe association test\\nAbraham Wetherbee.\\nJeremiah Towne.\\nWilliam Carlton.\\nNehemiah Towne.\\nBenjamin Bancroft.\\nEnoch Hale.\\nSeth Dean.\\nEdward Jewett.\\nJonathan Sherwin.\\nW Russell,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lacob Hobbs.\\nJohn Dean.\\nSalmon Stone.\\nJohn Handsome.\\nJames Crumble.\\nSamuel Tarbell.\\nNathaniel Page.\\nSolomon Cutler.\\n.John Demary.\\nJohn Hannaford.\\nJames Streeter.\\nSamuel Paige, Jr.\\nJacob Gould.\\nCaleb Huston.\\nDavid Robbins.\\nJohn Thomson.\\nEleazer Coffeen.\\nBenjamin Newman.\\nNehemiah Porter.\\nReuben Page.\\nJohn Lovejoy.\\nSolomon Whitney.\\nWilliam Robbins.\\nSamuel Page,\\n.lohn Eills.\\nEliakim Darling.\\nJehosaphat Grout.\\nOthniel Thom.as.\\nDaniel Lake.\\nJonathan Towne, Jr.\\nJohn Page.\\nJohn Townsend.\\nEbenezer Locke.\\nJeremiah Chapman.\\nNathaniel Russell.\\nJohn Simonds.\\nAmasa Turner.\\nNathan Hubbard.\\nAbel Stone.\\n.Tolin Whitaker.\\nJames Wood.\\nEbenezer Chaplin.\\nJames Cutter.\\nJohn Emery.\\nSolomon Rand.\\nJoseph Stanley.\\nJonathan Sawtell.\\nJohn Sherwin.\\nPaul Fitch.\\nJames Philbrick.\\nJohn Wetherbee.\\nEbenezer Davis.\\nDaniel Rand.\\nJeremiah Russell.\\nJoshua Webster.\\nBenjamin arltoii.\\nSamuel Stanley.\\nHenry Godding.\\nJoel Russell, jun\\nDaniel Davis.\\nJonathan Ingalls.\\nCaleb Winn.\\nSamuel Walker.\\nEzekiel Learned.\\nDaniel Russell.\\nJeremiah Norcross.\\nDavid Hale.\\nRichard Tompson.\\nAmos Davis.\\nGeorge Lake.\\nJames Carlton.\\nJeduthan Stanley.\\nNathaniel Ingalls.\\nSamuel Russell.\\nWilliam Davis.\\nJohn Fitch.\\nRandall Davis.\\nJoshua Tyler.\\nBenjamin Moore.\\nSamuel Sherwin.\\nRichard Kimball.\\nBenjamin Peirce.\\nSamuel Whiting.\\nOliver Stevens.\\nIsaac Wood.\\nJoseph Platts.\\nZebulon C onvers.\\nSimon Davis.\\nJonathan Putnam.\\nBenjamin Lovering.\\nEbenezer Shaw.\\nAbel Platts.\\nBenjamin Gould.\\nElisha Perkins.\\nPage Norcross.\\nAaron Esty.\\nRichard Kimball, Jr.\\nStephen Jewett.\\nIsrael Adams, Jr.\\nNathaniel Thomas.\\nJonathan Ball.\\nNehemiah Bowers.\\nFrancis Towne.\\nMoses Hale.\\nRichard Davis.\\nDeliverance Wilson.\\nElijah Rice.\\nJohn Gray.\\nGliver Gould.\\nIchabod Thomson.\\nJepthah Richardson.\\nBarnabas Gary.\\nJcdin Lovejoy, Jr.\\n.John Buswell.\\nAbel Platts, Jr.\\nTimothy Wood.\\nSimon D.avis, ,Ir.\\nAbel Perkins.\\nEzekiel Rand.\\nJonathan Towne.\\nIsrael Adams.\\nJabez Norcross.\\nJoel Russell.\\nJonathan Parker, .Jr.\\nThomas Hutchinson.\\nDaniel Grag.\\nSamuel Parker.\\nEzekiel Jewett.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0691.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "536\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nDauiel Adams.\\nDavid Adams.\\nSamuel Adams.\\nJonathan Parker.\\nSimeon Ingalls.\\nHenry Smith.\\nLevi Mansfield.\\nAsa Tyler.\\nSamuel Adams.\\nAbijah Haskell.\\nThis ])aper is one of uncommon interest.\\nBesides jjre.serving the names of many residents\\nof the town, it maizes known that there were no\\ndisloyal or timid men who failed to respond to\\nthe test of their patriotism. The proud tact is\\nhere recorded, they have all signed, and no\\ncomffient can render more intelligible this ex-\\npression of the sentiment of the town on the\\nvital issues of the time. In addition to the\\nnames enrolled on tiiis pledge, there were forty-\\nfive men in tiie servit^e who were not permitted\\nto join their townsmen in signing the te.st. A\\nfew of this number, however, were less than\\ntwenty-one years of age and would not have\\nbeen re(]Uested to sign the })a])cr if tiiey iuid\\nremained at iiome. These men not only as-\\nserted their ])atriotism with their signatures,\\nbut with equal alacrity they proved their sin-\\ncerity by joining the army whenever there was\\na call for st)ldiers to fill tiic ranks. During the\\nyear there were ninety-one enlistments by resi-\\ndents of this town. Of this number, forty-five\\nenlisted for the year l)nt the company rolls\\ncontaining their names have not been discovered\\nand only a part of their names can be given.\\nThe list includes ]\\\\Iajor (and later in the\\nyear Lieutenant-Colonel) Nathan Hale, Caji-\\ntain Philip Thomas, Ezekiel Demary, Daniel\\nLake, Jr., Benjamin Beals, Isimc Leland, Ben-\\njamin Davis, Joseph Wilson, Daniel McCarr,\\nAmos Ingalls, Asa Brocklebank, John Demary,\\nJr., Josiah Ingalls, Jr., Ebenezer ]\\\\Inzzey,\\nThomas Emer}-, )badiali Marsh, David Davis,\\nBenjamin Burley, Benjamin Parker, Asa Wil-\\nkins, Ebenezer Ingalls, Jonathan Sawtcll, Jr.,\\nEbenezer Newman, \\\\yilliam Davi.s, and several\\nothers, who.se names have not been ascertained\\nwith sufficient certainty to warrant their men-\\ntion. After remaining several months witli the\\narmy near Lake Ciiamplain, tiiey joined the army\\nunder Washington in Pennsylvania. A vote\\nof the town, in December, to excuse from a\\nper capita tax all those who enlisted last\\nwinter initil the fir.\u00c2\u00abt of January next, has\\nreference to these men.\\nIn July of til is year, Colonel Isaac Wyman s\\nregiment of New Hampshire militia was\\nraised to reinforce the army in Canada, but\\njoined the Northern army, then commanded by\\nGeneral Gates, General Sullivan having made\\nhis successful retreat with the broken army of\\nGeneral Montgomery before their arrival.\\nThis regiment remained in the vicinity of\\nTiconderoga about five months, and suffered\\nmuch from sickness. Captain Joseph Parker\\ncommanded the Eighth Con]pan in this regi-\\nment, of which Daniel Rand, of Kindge, was\\nfirst lieutenant. The roll contains fifteen men\\nfrom this town, including one officer,\\nDaniel Rand, captain.\\nWilliam Russell.\\nSamuel Parker.\\nReuben Page.\\nDavid Hale.\\nJolin Simonda.\\nGeorge Clark.\\nJohn Stanlev.\\nAbel Jewett.\\nJohn Handsome.\\nJeremiah Russell.\\nPeter Thompson.\\nThomas Emery.\\nPeter Webster.\\nJohn Townsend.\\nIn September, Colonel Nahnm Baldwin s\\nregiment was raised to reinforce the ai-my in\\nNew York. James Crumble was lieutenant in\\nThird Company, which contained fourteen other\\nmen from this town, as follows\\nBenjamin Carlton.\\nJonathan Ingalls.\\nCaleb Page.\\nFrancis Towne.\\nSolomon Ran l.\\n.John Page.\\nCaleb Huston.\\nLemuel Page.\\nJonathan Ball.\\nNathaniel Thomas.\\nJames Wood.\\nNehemiah Towne.\\nSamuel Chaplin.\\nRichard Thompson.\\nThis regiment remained with the army, luider\\nthe immediate command of General Washing-\\nton, on Long Island, and vicinity of New\\nYork, until late in the autumn, or the first of\\nDecember. November 5, 1776, Caleb Huston\\ndied at (Quaker Ridges, in the State of New\\nYork, leaving a wife and six children, who", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0692.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "RINDGE.\\n537\\nresided in tlii. town many years. This com-\\n|)au was (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(inimandcd l)y Captain Abijali\\nSmith, a resident ot New Ipswicii. He was\\nthe carpenter employed to buikl the first saw-\\nmill in this town, in 17(iO. Karly in Deceml)er,\\nstill another regiment ot New Ilampsiiire\\nmilitia, commanded Ity Colonel David Gilmau,\\nwas sent to I einforee the disheartened army\\nunder Jenend AA ashington. Francis Towne,\\nof Rindge, was ca[)tain of the First Company,\\nand Natluiuic^ Thomas is the only familiar\\nname found upon the roll. Tiiey, in coiuiee-\\ntion with the forty-five men who had enlisted\\nfor the year, did good service for their country,\\nparticijjating in the triumph over the Hessians\\nat Trenton, and in the memorahle battle of\\nPrinceton. Although poorly clad and suffi r-\\ning from the cold of winter, they remainetl\\nwith the army several weeks after their term\\nof enlistment had expired.\\nIn the autumn of this year thirteen men\\nenlisted in response to a sudilen call for assist-\\nance at Ticonderoga, and were absent from\\nthree to six M eeks. Their names have not been\\nascertained, and perhaps the company to which\\nthey belonged was not joined to any regiment.\\nNovember 8th, Jolm ^Martin enlisted for\\nduring the war in a company of rangers,\\ncommanded by aptain Benjamin Whitcomb,\\nwhich was raised for the defense of the northern\\nfrontiers. Martin was in this service in 1781,\\nand probably remained until the close of the\\nwar.\\nSir RiNDGK, Feb. 4, 1777.\\nIn consequeuce of orders Rec for raising IIH men\\nto serve in .someone of the three Continental Batallious\\nof this State for three years or during the war, they\\nbeing proportined to the several Towns in my Reg\\nagreeable to some former return which, by there late\\nreturns, appeared to be Equal, we bave tberefore\\nProportioned them in the following maner.\\nNew Ipswick to raise 22 Dublin to raise 8\\nRindge 17 Marlborougb (3\\nJaffrey 14 Stoddard\\nPeterborough 14 Paikersfield\\nTemple l:^ Washington\\nFitzwilliam 8 Sliptown\\n119\\nIn Api-il, 1777, Rindge returned si.xteen\\nmen in IJlodgett s company, Colonel Hale s\\nregiment. Nine of them were,\\n.\\\\bijali Haskell.\\nSainufl AV hiting.\\nThomas Hutchinson.\\nDaniel MeCarr.\\nHale s regiment were,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0loiiathan Lake.\\nSnow Boyton.\\nIsaac Lelanil.\\n.Joliii Handsome.\\nOliver Bacon.\\nDaniel Russell.\\nSamuel Godding.\\nIn Chiye s conjpany.\\nWilliam Kendell.\\nDavid Brooks.\\nEnoch Dockman, in Drew s company.\\nEzekiel Demary, in C arr s company.\\nMoses Thomas, in the Bay State service.\\nA company of fifty-one men, under Captain\\nJosiah Bro\\\\vu, of New Ipswich, was raised in\\nthis vicinity. Lieutenant Asa Sherwin, of\\nRindge, was second in command. The company\\nwas joined to Cohinel Samuel Ashley s regiment,\\nand jSIay (ith marched fin- Ticonderoga, where\\nthey remained until all fears of an immediate\\nattack were quieted, \\\\\\\\hen they were ordered\\nhome and discharged June 21st, after an ab-\\nsence of si.v weeks. The men from Rindge in\\nthis service, fourteen in number, were as fol-\\nlows\\nJonathan Ingalls, orderly sergeant.\\nAsa Sherwin, first licuteuant.\\nDavid Adams. Amos Ingalls.\\nSamuel Adams. Jonathan Parker.\\nMoses Chaplin. Abel Platts.\\nSamuel Chaplin. Joseph Stanley.\\n.John Emery. William Thompson.\\nMoses Hale. Peter Webster.\\nPay-roll of part of Colonel Enoch Hale s\\nregiment, which marched from the State of\\nNew Hamp.shire June 29, 1777, under com-\\nmand of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Heald, to\\nreinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga,\\nSalmon Stone, captain.\\nOthniel Thomas, lieutenant.\\nSamuel Tarbell, ensign.\\nThaddeus Fitch, quartermaster.\\nEdward .Tcwett, sergeant. Hezekiali Hulibard.\\nJohn Demary, sergeant. Enos Lake.\\nJonathan Sawtell, serg t. Simon Davis.\\nNathaniel Ingalls, serg t. Daniel Lake, Esq.\\nSamuel Russell, corporal. Jacob Gould, lieutenant.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0693.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "538\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nEbenezer Newman, corp.\\nLemuel Page, fif er.\\nPaul Fitch.\\nHenry Lake.\\nDavid Robbins.\\nSamuel Walker.\\nReuben Russell.\\nJoseph Platts, Jr.\\nSamuel Sherwin.\\nCaleb Ingalls.\\nSirs\\nOliver Gould.\\nSamuel Stanley.\\nSoli)mon Cutler, captain.\\nJohn Demary, Jr.\\nSamuel Chaplin.\\nDavid Hale.\\nSilas Page.\\nEzekiel Learned.\\nCaleb Page.\\nAbel Platts.\\nKeene, July y 3 1777.\\nThere is an express come to town, from Ticonde-\\nroga this morning, that they are in Distress for want\\nof men, the enemy having made their appearance\\nthere. My Company being dismissed yesterday, I\\nhave not more than about Twenty men, if you think\\nProper to send more men from Rindge, I should be\\nglad if you would send them on as fast as possible and\\nlikewise bring Provision with them, there being no\\nProvision to be had at Charlestown. I will march\\nwith what men I have.\\nI renuiin your Humble Serv\\nSalmon Stone, Captain.\\nN.B. The men that are going to march from\\nRindge are the following:\\nSalmon Stone, captain. Caleb Ingalls.\\nOthniel Thomas, lieut.\\nEnsign Tarbell.\\nQuartermaster Fitch.\\nSergeant Jewett.\\nLemuel Page.\\nHenry Lake.\\nEnos Lake.\\nSimon Davis.\\nPaul Fitch.\\nSamuel Russell.\\nJonathan Ingalls.\\nJonathan Sawtell.\\nJohn Demary, Jr.\\nEbenezer Newman.\\nSamuel Walker.\\nJoseph Platts, Jr.\\nHezekiah Hubbard.\\nReuben Russell.\\nSamuel Sherwin.\\nDavid Robbins.\\nCaptain Josiali Brown, of New Ipswich, wlio\\ncommanded the company that responded to tlie\\nalarm in May, had been home but a few days\\nwhen the .second alarm was given. He im-\\nmediately i-aised another company, and by\\nforced marches reached Charlestown the last day\\nof June or the 1st day of July, where he re-\\nceived orders to return. While passing through\\nRindge, the ;5d day of July, the date of Cap-\\ntain Stone s letter, he was overtaken by an ex-\\npress bearing intelligence similar to that received\\nby the other returning companies. Within ten\\nmiles of their home, this officer and twenty-six\\nof his men instantly turned about, and with the\\ncompany from Rindge soon joined the retreating\\narmy near Rutland. They were soon discharged\\nand returned after an absence of nearly one\\nmontii. During these rapid and unexpected\\nmovements in the field, the town and the patriot\\ncause sustained a severe loss in the capture of\\nColonel Natlian Hale.\\nPay Roll of Capt. Salmon Stone .s Company in Col.\\nNichols Regiment, Geu l Stark s Brigade raised out\\nof the 14 Regiment of New Hampshire Militia,\\nEnoch Hale, Colonel, which company marched\\nfrom Rindge in said state July 1777 and joined the\\nNorthern Continental Army at Bennington and Still-\\nwater.\\nThaddeus Fitch, quartermaster of the regiment.\\nSalmon Stone, Capt.\\nJohn Stanley, second Lieut.\\nAbel Stone, sergeant advanced to ensign.\\nJohn Dean.\\nWilliam Davis.\\nEliakim Darling.\\nMoses Hale, Jr.\\nEbenezer Ingalls.\\nElisha Perkins.\\nDavid Robinson.\\nReuben Russell.\\nDavid Sherwin.\\nHenry Smith.\\nDaniel Adams.\\nBenjamin Beals.\\nAmos IngalU.\\nHenry Lake.\\nJoseph Platts.\\nReuben Page.\\nJonathan Sawtell, Jr.\\nPeter Webster.\\nJoseph Wilson.\\nPay Roll of Captain Daniel Rand s Company inCol\\nDaniel Moore s Regiment of Volunteers in the state\\nof New Hampshire, joined the Northern Continen-\\ntal Army under (jeneral Gates. Discharged at Sar-\\natoga October 18 1777 and allowed eight days to\\ntravel home, the distance being one hundred and\\nsixty miles.\\nDaniel Rand,\\nNathaniel Thomas, serg t\\nJohn Demary, serg t\\nBenjamin Beals, corp l.\\nEnos Lake, corp l.\\nDan l Lake, Jr., drummer.\\nLemuel Page, tifer.\\nJacob Gould.\\nCaleb Page.\\nJeremiah Russell.\\nSolomon Rand.\\nCaleb Winn.\\nCaptain.\\nHenry Lake.\\nJonathan Lake.\\nSamuel Chaplin.\\nReuben Russell.\\nEbenezer Shaw\\nJoshua Tyler.\\nAmos Towne.\\nAsa Wilkins.\\nWilliam Robbins.\\nHezekiah Wetherbee.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0694.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "KINDGE.\\n539\\nJoel Russell and James Philbriek were in\\nanother company in the same regiment.\\nOn the kl of Auijust John Handsome was\\nkilled at the outposts of the army, and Isaac\\nLeland died on the 3d of the following month.\\nThe former was thirty-four and the latter forty\\nvearsofay-e. Daniel Eussoll, another Conti-\\nnental soldier, was wounded severely at the bat-\\ntle of Stillwater, from which he did not recover\\nsufficiently to be able to return to his company.\\nJames Crumble was appointed lieutenant and\\nassigned to Captain Blodgett s company, in the\\nSecond Continental (or Colonel Nathan Hale s)\\nRegiment, in tlie autumn of 1776, or early in the\\nfollowing year. He continued with his regiment\\nuntil September 1st, when he received an injury\\nfrom a fall from his horse.\\nApril .3, 1777, the town\\nVoied to Chose Richard Kimball moderator to\\ngovern said meeting.\\nVoted, to Raise the men, by a Rate, also to make\\nan allowance to those that have done anything in the\\nwar and the allowance shall be as follows viz\\nAll those that have served in the army as long as\\nmay be thought to be their proportion for past service\\nand for the present draught for three years, in the\\njudgment of a Committee shall be excluded out of the\\nrate.\\nVoted for the present draught all others that\\nhave done any part of a Turn shall be allowed Credit\\nas much to each months service as it shall cost per\\nmonth for the seventeen men now to be raised or such\\nof them as we shall hire for thirty-six months, which\\nshall be made in the same Rate and the Credit de-\\nducted accordingly.\\nAlso Voted to choose a Committee Of seven men to\\nmanage the same.\\nChose Capt Solomon Cutler, Ens. Salmon Stone,\\nPage Norcross, Enoch Hale, Esqr., Capt. Francis\\nTowne, Lieut. Daniel Rand Edward Jewett, Com-\\nmittee as afores*\\nStafTRoll of Col. Enoch Hale s regiment of vol-\\nunteers, which regiment marched from the State of\\nNew Hampshire, and joined the Continental Army\\nin Rhode Island, August 1778. Two days are\\nadded to the time in service for travel home after\\ndischarge at Rhode Islartd.\\nd.\\nEnoch Hale, Colonel 36 1 8\\nJoseph Parker, Major 25 6 8\\nIsaac Howe, Adjutant 20 14 8\\nJohn Mellen, Quartermaster 1.5 15 4\\nJonas Prescott, Surgeon 28 8\\nSimeon Gould, Sergeant Major 10 15 8\\nDr. Prescott had recently settled in Rindge.\\nSubsequently he removed to Templeton, Mass.,\\nwhere he died, after a successful practice of\\nmany years. In this regiment were thirty-tliree\\nmen from Rindge, including officers.\\nLieut. Samuel Tarbell, in Capt. Cunningham s com-\\npany.\\nEnsign Ezekial Rand, in Capt. Cunningham s com-\\npany.\\nEnsign John Stanley, in Capt. Twitchell s company.\\nJonathan SawtelljSergt. Solomon Rand.\\nNathaniel Thomas, corp. William Russell.\\nLemuel Page, fifer. Hezekiah Sawtell.\\nJohn Simonds. John Demary.\\n.lohn Gray. Joseph Platts.\\nEzekial Learned. Samuel Stanley.\\nSamuel Russell. William Carlton.\\nSamuel Page. Ebenezer Platts.\\nDavid Robbins. Thaddeus Fitch.\\nSamuel AValker. Joseph Stanley.\\nBenjamin Carlton. Henry Lake.\\nReuben Page. Amos Towne.\\nTimothy Wood. John Emery.\\nJeremiah Norcross. Ephraim Holden.\\nThe private received \u00c2\u00a310 10s., at the rate of\\n\u00c2\u00a35 per month.\\nAnother regiment in this expedition, com-\\nmanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Pea-\\nbody, which remained in the service until the\\nfollowing December, included three soldiers,\\nAbel Platts, Jr., and two others from this town.\\nOther soldiers were,\\nAbel Jewett. Ensign Daniel Adams.\\nPeter Webster. Barnabas Carey.\\nDavid Robinson. John Buswell.\\nJ. Sawtells, Jr. Jas. Phillbrick.\\nAbel Kimball. Amos Ingalls.\\nSimeon Bruce. Joshua Hale.\\nJ. Lake. Samuel Walker.\\nB. Dwinnel. Benj. Beals.\\nThos. Demary. Caleb Page.\\nEbenezer Platts.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0695.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "540\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWar of the RebelIjIon. The town of\\nEindge responded promptly to the call for men\\nduring this struggle, and the following is a list\\nof those who were in the service\\nGeorge W. Cragin.\\nHenry E. Burritt.\\nHenry E. Ballon.\\nOliver S. White.\\nAlbert S. Murphy.\\nHercules W. Raymond.\\nCharles Brown.\\nOtave Demone.\\nHorace C. Bennett.\\nOscar I. Converse.\\nGeorge W. Cragin.\\nAndrew S. Ballou.\\nAmbrose Butler.\\nHenry E. Burritt.\\nMorton E. Converse.\\nCyrus J. Clapp.\\nGeorge M. Cram.\\nAugustus A. Chamber-\\nlain.\\nHenry H. Davis.\\nJohn A. Durant.\\nChristojjher C. Demary.\\nJames Fitz.\\nCharles F. Gibson.\\nPaul Greenleaf.\\nJohn Hecker.\\nErastus D. Hall.\\nJohn W. Hastings.\\nJoshua T. Hunt.\\nJairus W. Hodge.\\nGeorge S. Kimball.\\nHoward Rand.\\nWilliam H. Rugg.\\nE. F. Rice.\\nJohn I. Reynolds.\\nJames E. Richardson.\\nJustin S. Richardson.\\nHenry H. Sherwin.\\nNathan Smith.\\nWalter W. Smith.\\nWillard Simonds.\\nEdward P. Stratton.\\nDavid Stowe.\\nJ. Shaftee.\\nThomas R. Todd.\\nGeorge A. Whitney.\\nThomas S. Whitney.\\nWilliam L. Whitney.\\nLeonard P. Wellington.\\nAlmon F. Nutting.\\nJames W.-Russell.\\nGeorge Allen.\\nCharles B. Brooks.\\nSamuel W. Fletcher.\\nWilliam A. Kemp.\\nGeorge F. Gilmore.\\nGeorge Stearns.\\nJulius Stratton.\\nCharles W. Symonds.\\nMarshall P. Wood.\\nJames B. Perry.\\nMarion W. Converse.\\nDarwin A. Smith.\\nJohn L. Webster.\\nSargent A. Webster.\\nGeorge W. Lawrence.\\nWm. H. Parsons.\\nReuben A. Buzzell.\\nThe following furnished substitutes\\nClovis M. Converse.\\nConrad R. Converse.\\nEben B. Cutter.\\nHenry S. Drury.\\nWilliam A. Hale.\\nLyman Hall.\\nDavid L. Hubbard.\\nJames B. Bobbins\\nWillard G. Jones.\\nPrucius W. Manley.\\nAugustus F. Symonds.\\nAlbert H. Thomas.\\nJ. Warren Wilder.\\nJohn A. White.\\nHenry C. Whitcomb.\\npaid commutation.\\nfew months later Lyman Hale was drafted and\\nfurnished a substitute.\\nFour surgeons from this town were in the\\nservice, Dr. J. Homer Darling, Dr. George\\nB. Jewett, Dr. Josiah Abbott and Dr. George\\nJ. Norcross.\\nThe town jiaid over thirty thousand dollars\\nfor bounties, besides increased incidental ex-\\npenses of the period, and upwards of one thou-\\nsand dollars, disbursed by the war committee,\\nwhich was not assumed by the State. The se-\\nlectmen during this period were\\nMartin L. Goddard, 1861.\\nBenjamin Hale, 1861, 1862.\\nZachariah F. Whitney, 1861, 1862, 1863.\\nRodney A. Hubbard, 1862.\\nJason B. Perry, 1863, 1864, 1865.\\nJoseph S. Wetherbee, 1863, 1864.\\nEzekiel Cudworth, 1864, 1865.\\nJosiah Stratton, 1865.\\nThe First Congregational Church was\\norganized in 1765. Rev. Seth Payson, D.D.,\\nwas first pastor. The pastors from that time to\\nthe present have been Revs. Seth Payson, D.D.,\\nAmos W. Burnham, D.D., F. G. Clark, E. J.\\nRigffs and R. T. Wilton.\\nThe first church edifice was erected in 1764.\\nThe Methodist Church, West Rindge,\\nwas organized in 1827. The present pastor is\\nRev. Arthur W. L. Nelson.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0696.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF WINCHESTER.\\nBY GEORGE W. PIERCE, M.D.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nWinchester is situated in the southwesterly\\npart of Cheshire County, in latitude N. 42\u00c2\u00b0\\n45 and longitude west from Greenwich 72\u00c2\u00b0\\n25 and is bounded Southwardly by the Massa-\\nchusetts State line, opposite the towns of War-\\nwick and Northfield eastwardly by the towns\\nof Richmond and Swanzey northwardly by\\nthe towns of Swanzey and Chesterfield, and\\nwestwardly by the town of Hinsdale.\\nIt lies southwest from Keene thirteen miles,\\nsouthwest from Concord, N. H., sixty-five miles,\\nwest from Boston, Mass., eighty miles, and east\\nfrom Brattleborough, Vt., twelve miles. Its\\npopulation in 1880 was two thousand four\\nhundred and forty-four.\\nAs originally granted by the province of\\nMassachusetts, June 21, 1733, the grant was\\nnearly in the form of a reversed block letter L\\n(q), and lay to the northward and eastward of\\nNorthfield, and was bounded\\nCommencing at a corner on the Connecticut\\nRiver, where the little brook, the first south of, and\\nvery near the, Liscomb Brook, so called, empties into\\nthe river. (This point is at the north end of the inter-\\nvale now belonging to the farm of the late Obed\\nAdams, in Hinsdale. This corner was also the south-\\nwesterly corner of a farm of five hundred acres in ex-\\ntent, owned by Governor Jonathan Belcher, of Massa-\\nchusetis.) Thence running up on the east bank of the\\nConnecticut River, 4 miles 180 rods, to the point that\\nis the present northwest corner of Hinsdale, and the\\nsouthwest corner of Chesterfield, on this bank of the\\nriver, and is just opposite the north end of the island at\\nthe Brattleboro Toll-Bridge (so called), and includes\\nthe same; thence running eastwardly 8 miles 180 rods\\nthence southwardly 6 miles 132 rods; thence west-\\nwardly 2 ni les 160 rods thence northwardly 5\\nmiles 20 rods; thence westwardly 3 miles 240 rods to\\nthe place of beginning.\\nThe exact descriptiou is:\\nBegining at y River, at a maple-tree, the south-\\nwesterly corner of His Excellency s, Governour Bel-\\ncher s, Farm (said to be the northern bounds of\\nNorthfield) from thence running up ye said Connec-\\nticut River Fourmiles and one-half and twenty rods,\\ntaking in two small Islands at the upper end from\\nthence east twelve degrees, to ye south eight miles\\nand a half and twenty (rods) perches, to an heap of\\nstones then south six miles one-quarter and fifty-two\\nrods, to an heap of stones then west two miles and\\nan half, to a white pine-tree, marked from thence\\nnorth eighteen and an half degrees, west three miles\\none-quarter and sixty perches, to a black-oak tree,\\nmarked then north one mile and an half and forty\\nperches, to a heap of stones then west three miles\\nand three-quarters, to the maple-tree, the first men-\\ntioned bound. There is allowed about one rod in twenty\\nfor uneven land and swag of chain; also, there s al-\\nlowed 739 acres for farms already Layed out, with\\ntwo hundred acres allowance for ponds and rivers.\\nThis survey was made and completed by\\nJoseph Blanchard, May 10, 1733, and was con-\\nfirmed by the House of Representatives of the\\nprovince of Massachusetts June 21, 1733.\\nThis township, thus granted, was first called\\nEarlington, but shortly the E dropped, and it\\nbecame known as Arlington.\\nThis grant was made in response to a petition\\n541", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0697.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "542\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof Josiah Willard, Esq., and sixty-three others\\nof Lunenburg, Mass., To the Great and Gen-\\neral Court or Assembly for the Province of\\nMassachusetts Bay held at Boston April 4,\\n1733. The petition reads\\nA petition of Josiah Willard, Esq., aTid sixty-\\nthree others, praying for a Grant of a Tract of Land\\nsix mile square, Lying on the east side of Connecti-\\ncut River between Northfield and the Truck House,\\nto be by them settled into a Township, under such\\nregulations and upon such conditions as this Court\\nin their wisdom shall judge most fit.\\nAnd it m\u00c2\u00a3t with the following response\\nOrdered, that the prayer of the Petition be so far\\nGranted as that ye Petitioners be allowed by a sur-\\nveyor and chain-men, under oath, to la) out a tract\\nof Land of the contents of six miles square, on the\\neast side of Connecticut River, on the Northern\\nBounds of Northfield, under the limitations follow-\\ning, viz. That the tract be Layed out and a plan\\nthereof Presented to this Court for Confirmation\\nwithin Eighteen months Next after the date of this\\nGrant; and that within six months next after the\\nconfirmation of the Grant, there be sixty-seven home\\nlots to draw equal future divisions, and that there be\\nwithin two years from the confirmation aforesaid,\\nforty Families, settled on forty of the aforesaid\\nLots, each family having an house of eighteen feet\\nsquare and seven feet stud at ye least, and four acres\\nof Land fitted for plowing and mowing and that\\nwithin three years from the Confirmation aforesaid,\\nThey build a Convenient House for the Publick\\nWorship of God and settle a learned orthodox min-\\nister and that twenty-four Lots more be set-\\ntled with a suitable family on each lot within Ten\\nyears and within two years from the Grant the Pe-\\ntitioners clear and make a convenient Traivailing\\nRoad of twelve feet wide, from Lunenburg to North-\\nfield, and build an House forreceving and entertain-\\ning of Travilers on the said road, midway between\\nNorthfield and Lunenburg aforesaid and for encour-\\nagement of a suitable family to settle in said House,\\nit is resolved there be granted to him that will\\ndwell in said House for the space of seven years from\\nsaid Grant, one hundred and fifty acres of Land\\nabout midway on the road aforesaid, and that ye\\naforesaid petitioners be allowed, within six months\\nfrom ye date of this Grant, by a surveyor and chain-\\nmen, under oath, to lay out the aforesaid one hundred\\nand fifty acres, a plan thereof to be presented to this\\nCourt for confirmation within two months after the\\nsurvey. And it is further ordered that three of the\\naforesaid sixty-seven Lots be for Publick use with all\\nfuture divisions belonging to each one Lot for ye\\nfirst settled minister another to ye ministry, and the\\nother to the use of schools, or therewith to ye first\\nthree settled ministers successively, each Lot to be\\ndisposed of either the one way or the other as ye pro-\\nprietors or inhabitants shall think most for the pub-\\nlick good of the Town. And it is further ordered\\nthat the petitioners be empowered to make such or-\\nders and rules as may be needful and conducive to\\nbring forward the settlement according to the true\\ninterests and meaning of this order. And it is fur-\\nther resolved, that in case the petitioners do not well\\nand truly comply with the terms and conditions\\naforementioned. The Lands hereby granted shall re-\\nvert to ye Province and be and belong to it as if this\\nGrant had never been.\\nIn Council Read and Concurred, Consented to\\nBelcher.\\nNorthfield immediately claimed that there\\nwas an encroachment upon her territory to tlie\\nextent of three thousand acres. On the same\\nday the error was corrected, viz. June 21, 1783,\\nand an act passed by the General Court of\\nthe province of Massachu.setts confirming and\\nestablishing the survey of Timothy Dwight\\nE.sq., as made by him for the Northfield grant\\nin 1G85. This encroachment must have been\\nupon the Northern end of Northfield and have\\nincluded the Governor Belcher graut, as before\\nmentioned, and have been a strip of the\\nsame width as this grant, viz., three hundred\\nand ninety-seven perches on the Connecticut\\nRiver, and have extended three and three-\\nfourths miles eastwardly, which was just the\\nwidth of the township of Northfield. So much\\nof the original grant of Earlington having\\nbeen rendered null and void, and the equiva-\\nlent of land thus granted through error was\\nregranted elsewhere on the petition of the Earl-\\nington grrantees Thus the west boundary of", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0698.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n543\\nEarlington grant, upon the Connecticut River,\\nwas reduced from four miles, and one liundred\\nand eiglity rods to three miles and twenty-three\\nrods and the west boundary, as it was bound-\\ned upon Northfield, was lengthened from five\\nmiles and twenty rods to six miles and seventy-\\nseven rods. This change in the boundary of the\\ngrant continued during the entire period of\\nits existence as a plantation, and beyond, viz.,\\ntill July 2, 1753.\\nThe grant was confirmed under date of\\nJune 21, 1733, as follows\\nIn the House of Representatives, June 21st 173.3.\\nRead and accepted and voted that the Lands within\\ndeliniated and described, be and liereby are con-\\nfirmed unto ye said Josiah Willard, Esq., and the\\nother Petitioners, their heirs and a.ssigns respectively\\nforever. Provided it exceeds not the quantity of six\\nmiles square and does not interfere with any former\\nGrant and that ye Petitioners comply with ye con-\\nditions of ye Grant. Sent up for concurrence.\\nJ. QuiNCY, Speaker.\\nIn council June 21st 1733. Read and concurred\\nand consented to\\nJ. Belcher.\\nHaving thus established the outlines of the\\nplantation or township of Earlington the ac-\\ntion of the House of Representatives of the\\nProvince of Massachusetts Bay, of the date\\nof April 25, 1733, became of force, it hav-\\ning then been\\nVoted, that Col. Josiah Willard be and hereby is\\nfully authorized and impowered to assemble and con-\\nvene the Proprietors or Grantees of the Plantation\\nlately made by this Court, of a tract of liand on the\\neasterly side of the Connecticut River above North-\\nfield, at such time and place as he shall appoint, to\\nchoose a Moderator and Clerk and to make such orders\\nand rules as may be proper and needful to bring for-\\nward the settlement of the plantation according to\\nthe condition of ye Grant.\\nSent up for Concurrence.\\nJ. QuiNCY, Speaker.\\nIn Council Apr. 25th 1733. Read and Concurred\\nand consented to\\nJ. Belchee.\\nColonel W^iliard, who, acting under the au-\\nthority conferred upon him by the act of April\\n25th, issued the following warrant\\nPersuant to an order of the Great and General\\nCoiut, These are to warn and give notice to ye\\nGrantee-s or proprietors of the plantation or Township\\nLately Granted by the Said Court on the East side of\\nConnecticut River above Northfield, etc. That they\\nassemble and meet at the House of Mr. Isaac Farns-\\nworth, in Lunenburg on the fourth monday of may,\\nCurrant at one of the clock in the afternoon. To\\nthe end that being met and Duly formed. They may\\nthen and there chuse a Moderator and Clerk, and\\nmake such orders and Rules as may be thought need-\\nful, to bring forward the settlement of ye plantation,\\naccording to ye condition of ye Grant. Also to hear\\nand accept the report of those persons Employed in\\nSurveying and Laying out of the Township and Road,\\nc., and Impower some person or persons to present\\nthe plan thereof to ye General Court for Confirma-\\ntion. Also to order payment of all the Charges that\\nhas arisen, in getting the Grant, Surveying the plan-\\ntation, c., and grant and Raise money for that pur-\\npose, or make such Grants of Land as shall be\\nthought proper for that end, to any persons to whom\\nthe proprietors are Indebted. Also To Give such\\nencouragement to any person or persons as shall be\\ndisposed to build a mill or mills in said plantation to\\naccommodate the settlers, in money or Land as may\\nbe thought proper. Also to agree upon some xvay and\\nmethod of clearing and making of a Traivailing Road\\nfrom Northfield to Lunenburg, and raise money for\\nthat purpose, c. Also to shew their minds con-\\ncerning the purchasing the Farms lying within the\\nBounds of the Plantation and if they see cause to\\nGrant money for that end and chuse and Impower\\nproper persons to manage and transact any of the\\naffairs afores and also agree upon some proper\\nmethod for calling of proprietors meetings for ye\\nfuture, and the place where they shall be held.\\nDated May 9th 1833. Josiah Willard.\\nAt a meeting of ye Proprietors or Grantees of the\\nPlantation or Township. Lately made by ye\\nGreat and General Court of ye Province of the\\nMassachusetts Bay of a Tract of Landon ye East-\\nerly side of Connecticut River, above Northfield,\\nThe words orTowaship are crossed out intheoriginal.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0699.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "544\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nheld at Lunenburg May 28 1733. Voted and\\nchose Colonel Josiah Willard, Esq., Moderator,\\nalso voted and chose Benjamin Prescott, Esq., Pro-\\nprietors Clerk. Voted and chose Col. Josiah Willard,\\nDeacon Ebenezer Alexander, Capt. Johnathan Hub-\\nbard, Joseph Kellog, Esq., and Capt. Edward Hart-\\nwell, be a committee. Directed and fully impowered\\nto lay out in that part of the Township near the place\\ncalled The Bow and Mirey Brook, At lea.st\\nforty-two House Lots, two of which be for Publick\\nuse, and that one Publick Lot be Layed out on or\\nnear the Great River, and Twenty six more be Layed\\nout near the one place or the other, as The Commit-\\ntee shall judge best upon further viewing of the Land.\\nThat the Lots be Layed out in as defensible a man-\\nner as may be, and the least Lot to contain Thirty\\nacres, and where the Land shall not be so good as the\\nbest, the Committee are to Lay out a greater quantity\\nor number of acres so that all the lots be equal in\\nvalue in the Judgment of ye Comity, A due regard\\nbeing had to their situation and other circumstances.\\nThat the Comit employ in said service an able sur-\\nveyor and take a plan of the Lots and after the\\nwork is accomplished a meeting of the proprietors be\\ncalled. Lots made and each proprietor Draw his al-\\nlotment and that the charges of the whole be paid\\nupon a drawing of the Lots. Voted that this meet-\\ning be adjourned to Tomorrow morning at seven of\\nthe oclock. May 27 The Proprietors met accord-\\ningly and passed the following votes, viz.: Voted\\nthat the Committee Chosen for Laying out the Lots,\\nc., be fully Impowered, Tn behalf of the Proprie-\\ntors, to take sufficient Security and obligation of Mr.\\nJohn Goss for his clearing and making a convenient\\nTravailing Road of Twelve feet wide in best and most\\ndirect way from Northfield to Lunenburg that may\\nbe, according to ye order of Court c., and to give\\nthe said Goss sufficient for the payment to him of a\\nsum not exceeding One Hundred Pounds in Bills of\\ncredit, upon accomplishing of ye same as aforesaid,\\nor upon the said Goss refusing to let out or cause the\\nsame to be done by some other person or in some\\nother way at the charge of ye proprietors, and that\\nthe committee be Impowered to order payment of\\nsome part of the Cost, and charges thereof before ye\\nwhole work be finished. A Plan of the Township\\ntaken by Mr. Joseph Blanchard, Surveyor, with\\nchain men under oath, being laid before the Proprie-\\ntors and considered by them was accepted and voted\\nthat Col. Josiah Willard present the same to ye\\nGreat and Honorable Court in behalf of the proprie-\\ntors for Confirmation. The accompt of Sundrey per-\\nsons for Surveying and Laying out of the Township\\nc., was presented to ye Proprietors for allowance,\\nwhich was Read and Voted that the same be allowed\\nand the sum of Thirty one Pounds, Ten Shillings be\\npaid the accomptants in full discharge thereof, unan-\\nimously voted that in consideration of the charge\\nexpense Colonel Josiah Williard has been at in\\nProcuring the Grant of the Township, viewing the\\nLand c.. There be and hereby is Granted to the\\nsaid Josiah Williard, his heirs and assigns forever, a\\nparcel of Intervale Land Lying at ye upper part of\\nye Township above ye fort on the Great River, To-\\ngather with sucli quantity of Land adjoining there-\\nunto as the committee that shall be appointed by the\\nProprietors to Lay out the same shall think fit, not\\nincommoding the settlers or Grantees, with respect\\nto their settlements or Land for their conveniency,\\nfor that and together with so much, more Land as\\nwith what shall be Layed out upon ye River as afore-\\nsaid shall ammount to Three Thousand acres in the\\nwhole. To be Layed out at ye discretion of the Com-\\nmittee that shall be appointed for that end so as not\\nto incomode the first Lotts or Land that shall be\\nthought proper for that purpose. Also voted that\\nMr. Ebenezer Alexander and William Syms, of\\nNorthfield, and Capt. Edward Hartwell, of Lunen-\\nburg, be a committee to Lay out and measure off the\\nLand so Granted to Col. Willard c. Voted that the\\ncommitte for Laying out of Lots be directed to Lay\\nout fifty acres of Land on some Stream as convenient\\nto the place called the Bow as may be most suitable\\nfor the building of a saw-mill to be disposed of by\\nye Com aforesaid to any person that shall so soon\\nas may be erect a saw-mill or mills there to accom-\\nmodate the settlers on condition such person or per-\\nsons shall keep the same mill or mills in Good repair\\nfor the space of about Ten years, and that it be left\\nto ihe Committee to Give such further encouragement\\nto forward the same as they may judge most proper.\\nThe Com to take proper care that the price of\\nBoards at such mill be not excessive, c. Voted,\\nThat Two of ye Best places for mills, near the Great\\nRiver, be resorveyed and not Layed out into Lots till\\nye further order of the proprietors. Robert Fysse,\\nof Groton, came into the meeting and off to under-\\ntake ve Buiding of a convenient Dwelling House for", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0700.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n545\\nthe entertainment of Travailours, about midway from\\nLunenburg to Northiield, and inhabit the same agree-\\nable to ye order of Court at liis own cost and charge\\nprovided, he may be Intitled to ye one hundred and\\nfifty acres of Land Granted by tlie General Court\\nTo such person as should so do. In consideration\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2whereof, It is unanimously voted and agreed, That\\nthe said Fysse, his heirs assigns, have be Intitled\\nto said Granted Land and benefit thereof, so far as\\nLyes with the proprietors Provided, he be at the\\ncharge of Laying out the same, c. And in con-\\nvenient Time Enter Into Sufficient Bond, to Benja-\\nmin Prescott, Esq., In Trust for, and in behalf of ye\\nProprietors, for performance of what he has proposed\\nas aforesaid, viz.: Build a Convenient Dwelling\\nHouse for ye entertainment of Travelers, on the\\nRoad that shall be cleared from Lunenburg to North-\\nfield, about midway on the same within Two years,\\nand Inhabit the same for the space of seven years, c.\\nas expressed in the Court s order. Also, voted and\\nagreed, that when, and so often, as a meeting of ye\\nproprietors shall be thought necessary, the Proprie-\\ntors Clerk at ye Disire of any five of ye Proprietors\\nsignified in writing under their hands, shall hereby\\nis Impowered to post up notifycations under his hand\\nat the Towns of Northtield and Lunenburg, for the\\nProprietors to assemble at the Town of Lunenburg,\\nfrom time to time for the future. Expressing the\\nbusiness and occasion of such meeting fourteen Days\\nbefore the time of meeting. And that the .same sh.ill\\nbe accounted sufficient Warning for a proprietors\\nmeeting from time to time. Till the proprietors shall\\notherwise order. Voted, that there be assessed upon\\nthe Proprietors paid in To Cap Johnathan Hub-\\nbard, hereby appointed to recieve the same, the sum\\nof Fifty shillings by each proprietor of one full share,\\nand in proportion by him that holds a Greater or\\nLess Interestammounting to the sum of One Hundred\\nand Sixty-five Pounds in the whole, by the first Day\\nof July next, for defraying the Charges arrison and\\nthat shall arrise in Ye Propriety. To be paid accord-\\ning to ye votes of the Proprietors, according to said\\norder; and that William Syms and Deacon Ephraim\\nPearce be appointed and fully Impowered to collect and\\npay in the same accordingly. That. any Three of\\nthem be appointed assessors and Directed and Im-\\npowered to make and furnish the proprietors with\\nLists of the assessments, and prepare the warrants to\\ncollect and pay in the same. .Tames Porter being a\\npetitioner for the plantation, but his name being left\\nout of ye Copy, and a motion being made the\\nQuestion whether the said James Porter shall be ad-\\nmitted proprietor. It was voted in the afiirniative.\\nJosiAH WlLLARP, Moderator.\\nEntered and examined by\\nBenj Prescott, Proprietors Clerk.\\nHaving thus organized and formally accepted\\nthe grant, we find the proprietors nest, through\\ntheir committee, promptly engaged in laying out the\\nforty-two house-lots at The Bow and Mirey Brook,\\nand the twenty-seven lots at the Great River. This\\nwork was accomplished during the summer of 1733,\\nas on the 23d of October in this year, the Proprietors\\nassembled at the house of Capt. Jonathan Hartwell,\\nin Lunenburg, and after having chosen Col. Josiah\\nWillard, moderator,\\nVoted to pay the Committee, Surveyor Chain-\\nman for ye laying out of yee Lotts, c., ammounting\\nto fifty-nine pounds, nine shillings in full for their\\nsaid services.\\nThe Committee for Laying out of Lots in s** Plan-\\ntation Layed before the Proprietors Plans of ye Lots\\nLayed out, which were approved and accepted.\\nA Plan of Seven Hundred and eighty-four acres,\\nincluding Two small Islands in ye River Toyedout,\\nas a part of the Three Thousand acres of Land\\nGranted by ye Proprietors to Col. Josiah Willard,\\nwas Layed before the Proprietors.\\nThis report is as follows\\nOct. ye .3^ 1733.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Then Layed out by the Com\\nappointed by ye Proprietors for that purpose 784\\nacres of Land, being part of the Three thousand\\nacres granted by said Proprietors To Col. Josiah\\nWillard, Situate and Lying in ye N. W. Corner of the\\nTownship Granted to the said Josiah Willard, Esq\\nand others, the said Proprietors begining at the\\nNorthwe,st Corner of said Township. Containing all\\nthe Land in said Grant Lying there from thence To a\\nRed Oak Tree on ye east side of ye River against fort\\nDummer; Thence running east 12 dg South 160\\npoles To a little Black Oak Tree from Thence run-\\nning north one deg West 225 poles To a heap of\\nstones; Thence running east U deg South 80 poles\\nThence running North 12 deg East 300 poles to ye\\nnorth Line of said Township Thence Running West", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0701.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "546\\nHISTOEY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n12 d north 357 poles to where it began. Two Small\\nIslands in the Kiver being Included therein, c.\\nNathan Hey wood, Surveyor.\\nEbenezer Alexander\\nWilliam Syms Com\\nEdward Haetwell J\\nThe proprietors also voted,\\nThat there be allowed and paid To Col. Josiah\\nWillard the sum of five pounds four shillings, and by\\nhim Repaid to ye Committe and others in full for\\ntheir service in Laying out this part of the Land\\nGranted him at ye last meeting, and that the remain-\\nder of the Land then Granted him be Layed out at\\nhis own cost and Charge (he having consented and\\nagreed thereto).\\nThen the Proprietors present preceded to draw\\ntheir Lotts, which came out and were assigned them\\nat ye Bow and the Great River, Respectively, as en-\\ntered in the several Lists now Taken thereof, there be-\\ning Twelve Lots not yet drawn (though these were\\nassigned, as the following list shows). Of these Lots\\nat the Connecticut River, Col. Josiah Willard drew\\nNo. 28, Isaac Farnsworth No. 15, Johnathan Hubbard\\nNo. 10, Charles Wilder No. 3, John Stevens No. 2,\\nJosiah Willard, Jr., No. 1, Stephen Farnsworth No.\\n11, Edward Hartwell No. 4, John Johnson No. 26,\\nJohn Waiting No. 22, Edward Hartwell, Jr., No. 14,\\nEleazer Heywood No. 27, Elisha Chapin No. 12,\\nShem CHapin No. 25, William Willard No. 21, Wil-\\nliam Lawrence No. 5, Timothy Minot No. 17, John\\nKeen No. 13, Nathan Heywood No. 8, Joseph Kellog,\\nEsq No. 19, Zechariah Field No. 7, John Brown No.\\n6, Daniel Shattuck No. 9, Timothy Dwight No. 16,\\nNathaniel Dwight No. 23, Joseph Severance No. 24,\\nRufus Houghton No. 18. Lot No. 20 being reserved\\nfor public use. At the Bow, or Ashuelot River, Noah\\nDodge drew Lot No. 7, Ephraim Pearce Lot No. 18,\\nJames Jewell Lot No. 27, Moses Willard Lot No. 3,\\nJames Hosley Lot No. 17, Ephraim Wheeler Lot No.\\n4, William Jones Lot No. 12, Andrew Gardner Lot\\nNo. 16, Benjamin Prescott, Esq., Lot No. 40, Samuel\\nFarnsworth Lot No. 21, Asael Hartwell Lot No. 2,\\nJonathan Willard Lot No. 29, Benjamin Bellows, Jr.,\\nLot No. 23, Samuel Chandler, Jr., Lot No. 34, AVilliam\\nGoss Lot No. 1, Silas Houghton Lot No. 33, Daniel\\nWright Lot No. 15, Benoni Wright Lot No. 9, Joshua\\nWells Lot No. 39, John Heywood Lot No. 22, Thomas\\nWillard Lot No. 38, Francis Cogswell Lot No. 26,\\nJethro Wheeler Lot No. 20, Ephraim Wetherby Lot\\nNo. 30, John Prescott Lot No. 14, Ebenezer Alexan-\\nder Lot No. 31, AVilliam Syms Lot No. 13, Nathaniel\\nChamberlin Lot No. 24, Elias Alexander Lot No.\\n37, Joseph Alexander Lot No. 32, Joseph Alexander,\\nJr., Lot No. 25, John Alexander Lot No. 41, Eben-\\nezer Alexander, Jr., Lot No. 36, John Ellis Lot No.\\n8, Oliver Doolittle Lot No. 28, James Porter Lot No.\\n11, John Summers Lot No. 10, Daniel Brown Lot No.\\n19, Edmond Grandy Lot No. 35, Benoni Moore Lot\\nNo. 42, and Lots No. 5 and 6 were left for public\\nuse.\\nNo further general action seems to have been\\ntaken by the proprietors during the late fall or\\nwinter of 1733-34 towards the .settlement of\\ntheir grant, yet it appears that individual pro-\\nprietors were active in advancing their interests\\nin the settlement, foremost of whom was Cap-\\ntain William Syms, who had erected a house\\non his lot Lot No. 13, at ye Bow before\\nthe 30th of April, 1734. This lot was upon\\nthe north side of the mountain, now known as\\nMeeting-Hou.se Mountain, and contained\\nthirty-five acres. It was the second house-lot\\nlaid out on Long Hill, running east, and the\\nfirst house-lot on the east at the beginning of\\nThe 10 rod road. The southern line of the\\nfirst east lot, that of John Prescott, and num-\\nbered in the lay-out as Lot No. 14, was, and\\nis, the same line as now divides the pa,sture\\nlands of Henry B. Robbins and Willard Jen-\\nnings, tlie southwest corner of which is nearly\\nopposite the premises now owned and occupied\\nby Scwell Tafts. This lot contained thirty-\\nnine acres and was forty-four perches wide.\\nIts description is as follows\\nHouse Lot No. 14 at ye Bow ye most southerly\\nlot in ye east range is John Prescott s, the contents of\\nwhich is 39 acres: beginning at a certain stake set\\nup for ye southeast corner of s lot, and runs east 9\\ndegr south on common land 165 rods to a stake then\\nNorth 9 deg east on common land 44 poles then\\nwest, 9 deg North on Lot No. 13, 124 poles to a white-\\noak tree then running west 18 deg south, 18 poles\\nto a stake Then running south, 43 degrs west, chief-\\nIv on Lot No. 4, (That of Ephraim Wheeler, on which", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0702.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTEK.\\n547\\nare now situated the mills on the east side of the Ash-\\nuelot River at Winchester Village), 44 poles to where\\nit began.\\nNathan Haywood, Surveyor.\\nThe description of lot No. 13, on which Cap-\\ntain Lyons erected this, the first house erected\\nwithin the bounds of and by any of the propri-\\netors of the Arlington grant, is as follows\\nHouse Lot No. 13, at ye Bow on ye east side of\\nye long hill belonging to William Syms, ye Contents\\nof which i.s 35 acres beginning at a certain white-\\noak tree marked for ye southwest corner of ye said\\nLot, and running east 9 deg south on Lot No. 14,\\n124 pole to a stake Then running north 9 deg east\\non common land, 4G pole to a white-oak tree; Then\\nrunning west 9 deg north on Lot No. 12, 124 pole to\\na Stake Then running south 7 degree West on ye\\nten rod road, 46 pole to where it began.\\nNathan Haywood, Surveyor.\\nThis house was probably erected just a little\\nnorth of tiic centre of the lot and only a few\\nrods back from the road. The remnants of an\\nold orchard are now standing very near where the\\nwriter remembers an old cellar to have existed\\nwhen he drove cows. But this has been\\nwithin a few years obliterated, and what was\\nthen an old pasture whose surface was well\\ncovered with rocks and grew so much winter-\\ngreen and hardback, that it would hardly sup-\\nport one sheep to the acre, is now a fine mow-\\ning, and the opportunity is forever lost to us\\nto point out to our children the e.vact spot where\\nthe humble dwelling of Captain William Syms,\\nthe pioneer settler of Winchester, stood.\\nBut we know very near where it stood,\\nand can picture to them the humble hut of un-\\nhewn logs, its chimney of mud and stones, to-\\ngether with its forest surroundings.\\nSometime during the spring of 1735 the\\nproprietors of Arlington set out on their migra-\\ntion from Lunenburg to enter into their new\\npossessions. The peculiar fejitures of their\\njourney have been quaintly and aptly described\\nin a letter written by one of those early pio-\\nneers of civilization to a friend who had not\\njoined in the effort.\\n30\\nThe land they purchased of the Indians, and with\\nmuch difficulties, traveling through unknown woods\\nand through watery scrampes (swamps), they discover\\nthe fitness of the place sometimes passing through\\nthe thickets, where their hands were forced to make\\nway for their bodies passage, and their feete clamber-\\ning over the crossed trees which, when they missed,\\nthey sunk into an uncertain bottome in water and\\nwade up to the knees, tumbling sometimes higher\\nand sometimes lower.\\nWearied withtoill, they at end of this meete with\\na scorching plaine, yet not so plains but that the\\nragged bushes scratch their legs fouly even to wear-\\ning their stockings to their bare skins in two or three\\nhours if they be not otherwise well defended with\\nbootes or buskins their flesh will be torne. That\\nsome being forced to pass on without further pro-\\nvision, have had the blond trickle downe at every\\nstep, and in the time of summer the 6un casts such a\\nreflecting heats from the sweet-ferne, whose scent is\\nvery strong so that some herewith have been very\\nnere fainting, although very able bodies to undergo\\nmuch travel], and this is not to be indured for\\none day but many. They rest them on the rocks\\nwhere the night takes them. There short repast is\\nsome small pittance of bread if it hold out; but as for\\ndrink they have plenty, the country being well\\nwatered in all places that yet are found out. Their\\nfurther hardships is to travel sometimes they know\\nnot whither, bewildering indeed without sight of sun\\ntheir compasse miscarrying in crouding through the\\nbushes. They sadly search up and down for a known\\nway, the Indian paths being not above one foot broad\\nsothataman may travel many days and never see\\none. This intricate worke no whit daunted these\\nresolved servants of Christ to go on with the work in\\nhand But lying in the open aire while the watery\\nclouds pour down all the night season and some\\ntimes the driving snow dissolving on their backs,\\nthey keep their wet clothes warme with a continual\\nfire till the renewed morning gave fresh opportunity\\nof further travell. After they have thus found out\\nthe place of abode they burrow themselves in the\\nearth for their first shelter under some hill-side\\ncasting the earth aloft upon timbers. They make a\\nsmoaky fire against the earth at the higher side and\\n.thus these poore servants of Christ provide shelter\\nfor themselves, their wives and little ones, keeping\\noff the short showers from their lodgings, but the", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0703.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "548\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlong rains penetrate througli, to their great disturb-\\nance in the night season. Yet in these poore wig-\\nwames they sing psalms and pray and praise their\\nGod, till they can provide them houses, which is not\\nwont to be with many till the earth, by the Lord s\\nblessing, brings forth bread to feed them, their wives\\nand little ones, which with sore labours they attaine,\\nevery one that can lift a howe (hoe) to strike it into\\nthe earth, standing stoutly to their labours, and teare\\nup the rootes and bushes, which the first yeare beares\\ntheni a very thin crop, till the soued (sod) of the\\nearth be rotten, and therefore they are forced to cut\\ntheir bread very thin for a long season. But the\\nLord is pleased to provide a great store of fish in the\\nspringtime and especially alewives about the bigness\\nof herrings many thousands of these are used to\\nput under their Indian come, which are planted in\\nhills five foote asunder and assuredly when the Lorde\\ncreated this corne he had a special eye to supply\\nthese his people s wants with it for ordinarily five\\nor six graines doth produce six hundred.\\nAs for flesh, they looked not for any in those times,\\nunless they could barter with the Indians for venison\\nor rackoons, whose flesh is not much inferior to lambe.\\nThe toill of a new plantation being, like the labors of\\nHercules, never at an end. Yet are none so barber-\\nously bent (under the Massachusetts especially), but\\nwith a new plantation they ordinarily gather into\\nchurch-fellowship, so that pastors and people sufl^er\\nthe inconveniences together, which is a great means\\nto season the sore labours they undergoe, and verily\\nthe edge of their appetite is greater to spiritual duties\\nat their first communing in time of wants than after-\\nwards. Many in new plantations are forced to go\\nbare-foot and bare-leg, till later days, and some in\\nfrost and snow. Yet were they then very healthy\\nthere lonesome conditions was very grievious to some,\\nwhich was much aggravated by continual feare of the\\nludians approach whose enmeties were much spoken\\nof. Thus the poore people populate this howling des-\\nart marching manfully on (the Lord assisting) through\\nthe greatest ditficullies and sorest labours that ever\\nany with such weakness have done.\\nWe fix upon this date (the spring of 1735)\\nof actual settlement, because a regularly called\\nmeeting of the proprietors \\\\va.s held at\\nthe house of Mr. Satuuel Hunt, in Northfield,\\non March 25, 17:55, and the notifications for\\nsaid meeting were regularly posted by the pro-\\nprietors clerk, Benjamin Doolittle, under date\\nof Marcii 3, 1785, at Lunenburg and Northfield,\\nrespectively; whilst oii July 21, 1735 the\\nsaid Benjamin Doolittle, as proprietors clerk,\\nposted a regular notification of a meet-\\ning of the proprietors at Arlington and\\nat Arlington only. This meeting was called to\\nbe and was held at the house of William Syms,\\non the last Tuesday (26th day) of August, 1735,\\naud Deacon Ebenezer Alexander was chosen\\nmoderator, whilst iu all previous meetings of\\nthe proprietors Colonel Josiah Willard had\\nbeen elected to that office. At this meeting the\\nproprietors\\nVoted to raise the sum of one hundred pounds,\\nten shillings money or publick bills of credit. To\\nbe Levied on y proprietors of y House Lots at y\\nBow at y Great River in Equal proportions on\\neach lot for encouragement of preaching y Gospel\\nin y New-Township at y\u00c2\u00b0 place called y Bow, in or-\\nder to prepare a suitable well qualified person to\\nsettle among them agreeable to y Courts order, for\\nencouragement of settling y* New-Township accord-\\ning to ye Courts order y said money to be appro-\\npriated only for y use of providing such a meet\\nperson to preach y Gospel among y inhabitants of y\\nNew Township afors defraying y Cnarges thereof\\nThen voted and chose y Eev. Mr. Benjam in Doolit-\\ntle, Deacon Ebenezer Alexander Mr. Nathaniel\\nBrooks assessors with full power to assess y s sum\\nabove granted upon y proprietors according to y\\nvote aboves voted also Chose Mr. Jeremiah Hall\\nMr. James Jewell Collectors for y proprietors, to\\ngather in y sum above granted pay it in to y pro-\\nprietors Treasurer.\\nVoted that Deacon Ebenezer Alexander, Mr.\\nNathaniel Brooks and Mr. Jeremiah Hall be a com-\\nmittee to order y payment of y above granted hun-\\ndred pounds, ten shillings out of y Proprietors\\nTreasury as is found due. Voted and chose y Rev.\\nMr. Andrew Gardner, Mr. Nathaniel Brooks Joseph\\nAlexander, To Take y care of providing such a meet\\nperson as afore to supply y pulpit until y s money\\nbe disbursed. Voted to make window-i ramcs and\\ncasements, y sash fashion for y lower tier of windows\\nin y Meeting House, \\\\vith y^ common sort of Dia-", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0704.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n549\\nmond Glass before winter, provided timber may be\\nhad suitable for s work, y\u00c2\u00b0 Mr. Nathaniel Rock-\\nwood William Syms be a committee to see y y\u00c2\u00b0 s\\nwork eflected by y Time afore y payment be\\nmade out of y proprietors Treasury, out of y money\\nformerly granted, y accompts to be passed payment\\nordered by y Committee formerly appointed to pass\\ncontingent charges Order payment of y (This\\ncommittee consisted of Deacon Ebenezer Alexander,\\nWilliam Syms and .feremiah Hall.)\\nVoted that y\u00c2\u00b0 sixteen pounds agree to be paid to\\nMr. Billings for preaching 8 Sabbaths be allowed\\npaid out of y* hundred pounds and ten shillings above\\ngranted.\\nThe raeeting-hou. ie had beeu erected during\\nthe hite spring and early suianier, as it was\\nprovided for by the proprietors at their meeting\\nof March 25, 1735, when thoy voted,\\nAlso y y\u00c2\u00b0 place appointed and returned upon y\\nplan of y House Lot at y Bow by y Committe\\nformerly chosen (this Committe consisted of Col.\\nJosiah Willard, Capt. Johnathan Hubbard, Joseph\\nKellog, Esq., and Capt. Edward HartwellJ to lay out\\ny\u00c2\u00b0 House Lot, be y\u00c2\u00b0 place appointed fixed upon to\\nset ye first Meeting-house. This location was upon\\nHouse Lot, No. 5, and the exact point fixed upon was\\non Meeting-House Hill, where the house now occupied\\nby Martin M. Baker stands. At this meeting (March\\n25th), the Proprietors voted to build a Decent house\\nfor publick worship at ye Bow at ye place already\\nvoted to set it on, of these dimensions following, viz.\\n40 feet in Length, 32 feet in bredth 18 feet be-\\ntween joynts, to inclose ye out side finish y roof\\nof s* building y Doors, provide boards for y\\nunder floor, lay ye sleepers lay on ye boards a\\nseasoning, underpin y s building. Voted to give\\nCol. Josiah Willard y\u00c2\u00b0 sum of one hundred eighty\\npounds money, or bills of credit, to enable him to\\nbuild ye Meeting-House at y Bow, so far as has been\\nalready agreed upon, voted by y Proprietors, by y\\nLast day of July next ensuing. Provided y he give\\nsufficient bond for Security to some person in trust,\\ny he will perfect y s work to s building, as already\\nvoted by the Last of July afore Voted and chose\\ny Rev. Mr. Ben-i Doolittle a Trustee to for y use\\nof y\u00c2\u00b0 Proprietors afor with full power To Take y\\nbond for Security of Colonel Willard, to oblige him to\\nperfect y work towards y building Meeting-House\\nas before voted, to Prosecute s bond in case of fail-\\nure. At an adjourned meeting held on the next\\nFriday, it was voted that y Rev. Mr. Andrew Gardner\\nDeacon Ebenezer Alexander, be a committee with\\ny Rev. Mr. Benjamin Doolittle to see Determine\\nwheather Colonel Josiah Willard builds y Meeting-\\nHouse agreeable to ye vote of ye proprietors both in\\ntime and manner, and upon his fulfullment of y s\\nvote to order y delivery ofs* bond Ay payment of y\\nhundred eighty pounds voted to him for s work.\\nPrecisely how many and who of the grantees\\nwei e settled within the township at this date we\\nare at present nnable to say, though it is fair to\\npresume that most, if not all, of those who are\\nmentioned by name in connection with tlie\\nadministration of the affiiirs of the township had\\nbecome residents. Of these were Deacon Eben-\\nezer Alexander, who drew lot No. 31, which is\\nthe fii-st lot to the south and east of the old Ore\\nMountain road James Jewell, who drew lot No.\\n27 on Pine Plain, which is very near the house-\\nlot of Alvin Kempton Rev. Andrew Gardner,\\nwho drew lot No. 16 on Long Hill, which was\\non the east side of the ten-rod road and com-\\nprised a part of the pasture of William E. Bul-\\nlock, to the north of the present residence of\\nMorrison Forbush Joseph Alexander, who drew\\nlot No. 32, which is now occupied in part at\\nleast by Deacon Levi Suben Captain William\\nSyms, who lias already been mentioned as the\\nfirst actual resident of Arlington. Of others men-\\ntioned, Colonel Joseph W i Hard never became\\na resident of the plantation which he had made\\nsuch great efforts to secure and e.stablish. He was\\nborn at Lancaster, Mass., in 1693. He early\\nbecame a resident of Lunenburg, and was for\\nmany years commandant at Fort Dummer,\\n(afterward known as the Truck-House) and he\\ndied as the record says, on a journey from\\nhome, December 8, 1750, aged 58 years. He\\nwas described in a public journal as a gentle-,\\nman of superior natural powers, of a pleasant,\\nhappv and agreeable temper of mind, a faithful\\nfriend, one that paid singular regard to the\\nministers of the gospel, a kind husband and", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0705.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "550\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntender parent. His deatli is a great loss\\ntothepnblick, considering his usefulness in many\\nrespects, particularly on the western frontiers,\\nwhere in the late wars, in his betrustments, he\\nhas shown himself faithiul, vigilant and careful.\\nOf late years he has had the command at Fort\\nDunimer and always used his best endeavors for\\nthe protection of our exposed infant towns, and\\nhis loss will be greatly regretted by them.\\nPrior to this time such buildings as had been\\nconstructed by the settlers had been of logs or\\nrude frames covered M ith cleft boards, which\\nwere split from oak cuts from five to seven feet\\nlong and were from eight to ten inches Avide,\\nand about one and a half inches thick on the\\nback. They were laid lapping and made a\\ndurable and a tolerably tight covering. The\\nroofs were thatched, the material used being the\\ntall meadow grass, which was to be found in the\\nloM-lands in abundance. (_)ne end of the hut\\nwas principally occupied by the chimney, a\\nhuge mass of stones piled up as a back for the\\nfire-jilace, whilst a hole in the house-top let out\\nthe smoke. Eight or ten feet in width was a\\nfire-jjlace of moderate size. But now Colonel\\nJosiah Willard erected a saw-mill on\\nRoaring Brook, in accordance with an agree-\\nment entered into between himself, on the one\\npart, and a committee of the proprietors, con-\\nsisting of himself, Captain John Hubbard, Cap-\\ntain Joseph Kellog, Captain Edward Hartwell\\nand Deacon Ebenezer Alexander, on the other\\npart, the terms of the agreement being as\\nfollows\\nThat one hundred acres of Land be given and\\ngranted Colonel Josiah Willard of Lunenburg,\\none half to be laid out at or near y Place con-\\nvenient for erecting y s mill or mills together with\\ny Grant of a suitable Stream and Pondage for s\\nmill or mills and y other half in some convenient\\nPlace Provided y s Colonel Willard build a good\\nSufficient Saw-mill at or near y place Called y Bow\\nand keep it in Repair near y space of ten years and\\nsaw Boards at a Reasonable price y s** mill to be\\nfinished fit for service within y space of four months\\nfrom y\u00c2\u00ab date of this vote (April 30. 1734) y s\\nColonel Willard to be excused from building or keep-\\ning y s mill in repair in Case y settlers Desert y\\nPlace or forbear to settle there in case of war to\\nbuild or repair y s mill on three months warning at\\nany time upon y desire of y Proprietors y keep it\\nin repair y term aforesaid y y Rev. Mr. Ebenezer\\nHinsdale Deacon Ebenezer Alexander William\\nSynis who had been chosen a Committee to Lay out\\ny hundred acres above mentioned to Colonel Josiah\\nWillard no part of s Grant to be Laid on y North-\\nerly westerly side of Ashewelat River make\\nReturn of y doings to y Proprietors Clerk to be\\nentered on the records. The return of tlie lay-out\\nby the Committee is A plan of sixty acres of Land\\nat y Bow in y Township above Northfield lately\\nGranted to Col Josiah Willard Others Laid out to\\ny s Josiah Willard Others by us y subscribers a\\ncommittee appointed for y end, it being part of a\\ngrant of one hundred acres of Land made to him by\\ny\u00c2\u00b0 Proprietors of s* Township in May A. Dom 1734\\nfor Encouragement to build a saw mill in s place.\\nIt begins at a marked Hemlock on y North Side of\\ny Brook called Roaring Brook about ten perches from\\ny= s mill Runs No 43\u00c2\u00b0 w 21 Perches to an heap of\\nstones; from thence No 3\u00c2\u00b0w 21 Perches to a marked\\nHemlock from s Hemlock No 23\u00c2\u00b0 30 w^ 40 Perches\\nto a bunch of Maples from s Maples No 05\u00c2\u00b0 00\\neast one hundred fourty Perches to a marked pitch\\npine from thence East 05\u00c2\u00b0 s fifty two perches a half\\nto a marked tree; from s marked tree south five Deg\\nw two hundred and four perches to another marked\\ntree and from s tree to y\u00c2\u00b0 place where it began.\\nSurveyed by y needle of y instrument Platted by\\na scale of 40 Perches in an inch, October 24 A.D.,\\n1734. Ebenezer Hinsdale Ebenezer Alexander, Wil-\\nliam Syms, Surveyors Comm That this was the\\nfirst saw-mill built in Arlington is hardly a matter of\\ndoubt. That the mill had been built before the lay-\\nout or the fifty acres mentioned above is evidenced by\\nthe description of the same, wherein the mill itself is\\nparticularly mentioned, and I urther evidenced by the\\nvote of the proprietors under date of AprU 30, 1734,\\nwhen they voted y Colonel Josiah Willard Have\\nLiberty granted him to build an House near y Saw-\\nmill for y defense of it settle a family in it to an-\\nswer his obligation for one of those Lots he is obliged\\nto settle at y Bow perform y\u00c2\u00b0 other part of his\\nobligation upon y Lot or on y Land near his house.\\nFurther on, this same 30 of April the Proprietors", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0706.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n651\\nvoted that Fifty acres of Land being formerly granted\\nby y Proprietors for Encouragement for y erecting of\\na mill or mills near y Great River and y s fifty acres\\nbeing now Laid out in two parts Plans of y Same\\nnow Laid before us accepted now ordered to be\\nentred on y Proprietors Book. Cap Joseph Kel-\\nlog appearing to undertake y same the Proprietors\\ny\u00c2\u00b0 voted y y fifty acres of Land already Laid out at\\ny Great River for mill Lots together with y Stream\\nincluded in one part of s fifty acres be Granted to\\nCap Joseph Kellog provided y he erect a good, suffi-\\ncient saw-mill, fit for service in a convenient time at\\na year s warning, by order of y Proprietors and Saw\\nboards at a reasonable price.\\nThe desci iption of this fifty acres of land is\\nPlans for fifty acres of Land Surveyed platted\\nin two pieces or parts for a mill Lot near y Great\\nRiver. The one part butted and bounded as follows\\nviz Westerly on y 22^ House Lot by a line extend-\\ning 105 poles N 20\u00c2\u00b0 Deg. E from a marked white-oak\\non y southeast corner of s Lot to a marked Tree.\\nNortherly on proprietors land or common land by a\\nLine extending from s marked Tree 42 poles E 20\\nDeg S to a stake in y Boggy meadow. Easterly by a\\nline extending from S stake 106 poles S. 23 Deg\\nwest to y meeting of two common roads. South-\\nwardly on a highway by a line extending from S Cor-\\nner 34 poles west 20 deg N. to y first mentioned\\nWhite Oak.\\nN. B. A high-way is to be allowed cross y* North\\nEast corner of this lot about five rods from y corner\\nas delineated in y plan subjoyned. The other part\\nLying on a Brook called y 2 Brook, butted and\\nbounded on undivided Land as follows viz: Easterly\\nby a line extending East 40\u00c2\u00b0 N. S5i poles from a\\nmarked chestnut tree on y North end of an Hill\\ncalled Chestnut Hill, to an Hemlock marked in a\\nswamp standing by y 2 brook. Northerly by a Line\\nextending from S Hemlock No. 40 West 50 poles\\nto a marked Hemlock by a Small Brook Westwardly\\nby a line extending from y\u00c2\u00ab last mentioned Hemlock\\nWest 40\u00c2\u00b0 South 85J Poles to a pitch pine tree on y\\nfoot of an hill Southwardly by a Line extending\\nfrom S pitch pine S. 40\u00c2\u00b0 East, 50 poles to y Chest-\\nnut Tree first mentioned by y= Committes orders\\nSurveyed and Platted Nov. 13 1733, by me\\nEbexezer Hixsdai.e.\\nThis mill must have been on Ash Swamp\\nBrook (now Liscomb s Brook in Hinsdale), very\\nnear the Connecticut River, whilst the first\\nmill must have been near the mouth of Eoarin^\\no\\nBrook, probably where the remains of an old\\ndam may even now be discovered, as well as an\\nold cellar near l)y. It is to be supposed that\\nthe first settlers of Arlington spoke of the Con-\\nnecticut River as y Great River, as a matter\\nof custom that had extended to them through\\no\\nthose settlers who, for more than a hundred\\nyears, had had their trading-posts and settle-\\nments upon its banks. The name of the river\\nConnecticut is of Indian origin, and is derived\\nfrom the words yidnneh tuk ut, the first meaning\\nlong, the second and last meaning river with\\nwaves and the Indians who lived upon its\\n.shores called all the land lying along its bor-\\nders Quinneh tuk ut. The river is two hun-\\ndred and fourteen feet above the sea-level where\\nit was included in the Arlington grant.\\nAs soon as the settlers could gather their\\nfirst crops they spread a not uninviting table.\\nTheir breakfast usually consisted of bread and\\nmilk, varied with toasted brown bread and\\nroasted apples, hasty pudding, sometimes\\nsweetened cider and toasted bread and cheese.\\nFor dinner meat, turnips, greens, peas and beans\\nin their seasons and for supper bean porridge,\\nIndian pudding, boiled pork and beef, turnips\\nand potatoes sometimes. In the summer their\\ndiet list was increased by an abundant supply\\nof milk on Sundays they had but two meals,\\nbreakfast and sujjper. These were both more\\ngenerous than were their week-day meals. For\\nbreakfast they had chocolate, coffee or Bohea\\ntea (the first two sweetened with molasses, the\\nlast with brown sugar), pan-cakes, doughnuts\\nbrown bread, toast and some sort of pie; after\\nthe afternoon church service, their supper often\\nconsisted of roast fowl, goose or chicken, baked\\nspare-rib, with vegetables and pie. The only\\nilour they had was such as they sifted from\\ncrushed wheat. In addition, they had a fairly\\nabundant supply of venison and other wild", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0707.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "552\\nHISTOllY OP CIIESHIKE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmeats from (lie forests, also wild fowl, consisting\\nof turkie.s, partridges and ducks.\\nTlic streams abounded in footl fisli, salmon,\\nshad, lierriiig alewives, trout and all other vari-\\neties of fisii now common to New England streams\\nand ponds. Their stock consisted of a few horses,\\nneat cattle, swine and jwultry, and their ])rin-\\ncipal crops were Indian corn and hay. Potatoes\\nwere not then grown as a general crop, and only\\nbecame such about 1775; before this date thrcn;\\nbushels was th()ut;ht to be a large crop for a\\nc ommou farmer. The time of the men was\\nfully occupied from the ilat( of the completion\\nof tlKiir rude dwellings in clearing fields for\\nplanting, in caring (or such (;ropsas they had been\\nable to plant and in |)r(ite( tiiig their stock from\\nwandering away into the wilderness and from\\nthe attacks of wild beasts. Their method of\\nclearing the land was to cut up such brush\\nand undei-growth of bushes as there might be,\\nand to girdle the large trees. This they did by\\nchojjping a narrow trench around the body of the\\ntree, removing the bark about a liand s breadth\\nin width, when, soon after, the tree would cast\\nits leaves and remain after as a dead truid^, to de-\\ncay in time. I ii lateraud subse(juent clearings\\nthey felled the trees and left them to lie U|)on\\nthe ground till fairly seasoned, and then burned\\ntliem as they lay, afterwards drawing togetiier\\nthe remnants of uiiburned logs into huge heaps\\nand again sul)jecting them to fire till completely\\nconsumed. The good housewife found her time\\ncompletely consumed in the various duties in-\\ncident to the care of Ix r faniilv, besides makiusr\\nbutter and cheese, which were articles of ex-\\nchange for store-goods with the nearest local\\nmerchant. In addition, she carded and spun\\nlier own yai us, from flax or wool, or both. She\\nwove her own linen and wool cloth, whilst the\\ngarments of her children, hei- husband and her-\\nself were the results of her own handiwork. In\\nthe fall each family would gather enough cjindle-\\nwood for use in the winter evenings. This was\\nhard or pitch-pine, .sometimes stunted or dis-\\neased trees, or old knots which were full of\\npitch. A splinter would give a tolerable light\\nin fact, it was all the light, except the blaze from\\nthe hearth, which most of the families had.\\nTallow-candles were used to some extent, but\\nonly when one was so f )rtunate as to kill a fat\\nbeef. Oil was unknown.\\nTheir clothing was all of home-spun mate-\\nrials, and for tlui men was a coat, vest, small-\\nclothes and a fur hat or cap. Two suits were\\nsufficient for a life-time (old men sometimes had\\na great-coat and a pair of boots in addition).\\nFor conmion wear they had a long jacket, or\\nfly-coat, reaching half-way down the thigh,\\nstriped jacket worn under the small-clothes, all\\nmade of flannel cloth, fulled, but not sheared\\nflannel shirts and stockings, and leather shoes for\\nwinter. In .summer they had a pair of wide\\ntrousers reaching half-way to the knees. Shoes\\nand stockings vere not worn summers by farm-\\ners or by young men. Boys, when out of their\\npetticoats, were put into small-clothes sum-\\nmer and winter. The women wore flannel gowns\\nin the winter, with stockings and calf-skin shoes.\\nIn the summer they wore wrappers, or slK;j)herd\\ndresses, with stockings and shoes, whilst for\\ntheir best suit they had a calico or camlet gown,\\nwith short sleeves and ruffles for each arm,\\naprons of checked linen, white cotton or\\ncambric caps with small ruffles. Traveling was\\nall done on foot or horse-back, following paths\\nthrough the forests designated by blazed trees.\\nThe settlers of Arlington were often obliged to\\ntake a sack of grain upon the .shoulder and\\ncarry the same in this manner to mill at North-\\nfield, returning with grist in the same way.\\nThese first settlers of Arlington diligently\\napplied theniijelves to the clearing aud subdu-\\ning. the rugged soil for tillage, the improvement\\nof their buildings, increasing theii- farm stock,\\nthe construction of roads and bridges during\\nthese early years, without interruption from the\\nIndians or disturbance from the State. But,\\non the 22d of June, 1739, in the House of\\nRepresentatives of the province of Ma.s.sachu-\\nsctts, it was", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0708.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTEK.\\n553\\nOrdered, That Col. Josiah Willartl, one of the\\nprincipal inhabitants of the new Township called\\nWinchester lying in the County of Hampshire, be\\nand hereby is allowed and impowered to notify and\\nwarn the inhabitants of y S Township to assemble\\nand convene in some convenient publick place in said\\nTown to make choice of a town clerk and other Town\\nOfBcers to stand until the anniversary meeting in\\nMarch next.\\nSent up for concurrence,\\nJ. QuiNCY, Speaker.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0In Council June 22 1739\\nRead and concurred,\\nSimon Frost, Be-p. Secy.\\nCopy Examined.\\npr Simon Frost, Ikpt. Secy.\\nConsented to.\\nJ. Belcher.\\nUnder this order Colonel Willard called a\\nmeeting of the inhabitants of Winchester, as\\nfollows\\nBy virtue of an Order of the General Court of\\nthe Province of Massachusetts c Dated June 22\\n1739, to me directed for calling a meeting of the In-\\nhabitants of the New Tow-n called Winchester, to\\nmake choice of a Town Clerk and other Town\\nOfBcers. These are to notifie and warn the In-\\nhabitants of the Said Town of Winchester that they\\nassemble and meet at the meeting House in said\\nTown on Monday the twentieth day of August cur-\\nrant, at eight of the clock in the morning to chuse a\\nTown Clerk and other Town Officers to stand until\\nthe Anniversary meeting in March next.\\nNotified per Order of S Court of the Massachu-\\nsetts.\\nJOSIAH WiLLARD.\\nWinchester August y 14 a.d. 1739.\\nAt this, the first town-meeting of Winchester\\n(all prior meetings have been of the proprietors\\nof the plantation of Arlington), Coloiiol Josiah\\nWillard was chosen moderator Josiah illard,\\nJr., town clerk Colonel Josiali Willard, Mr.\\nAndrew Gardiner and Nathaniel Rockwood\\nselectmen; Simon Willard, constable Nathan-\\niel Chamberlain, tithiugman Nathaniel Rock-\\nwood, town treasurer Simon Willard, Samuel\\nTaylor and Henry Bond, hog-reeves; William\\nSymcs, Joseph Alexander and Nathan Fair-\\nbanks, fence-viewers Andrew (Jardner and\\nJosiah Willard, Jr., informers of all breaches\\nof an act tor the preservation of deer and\\nGershom Tuttlc, pound-keeper.\\nThe Persons above Named were all sworn to the\\nfaithful discharge of the Several offices whereto they\\nwere chosen.\\nAttest Josiah Willard, Jr.,\\nTow7i Clerk.\\nThe political peace of the inhabitants of\\nWinchester was rudely disturbed by a royal\\ndecree dated August 5, 1740, definitely defining\\nthe boundary line between the provinces of\\nMassachusetts and New Hampshire.\\nIn 1652, in re.sponse to petitions to the Gen-\\neral Court of Massachusetts, surveyors were\\nemployed, who traced the Merrimack River as\\nfar north as the parallel of 4.5\u00c2\u00b0 40 12 and\\nthey reported the same October Vd, l(i52.\\nThis report was accepted, and the province of\\nMassachusetts relinr^uished her claims to prov-\\nince laud north of this line her new bounds\\non the Connecticut River being near the present\\nboundary line between the towns of Claremont\\nand Charlcstown. This line Massachusetts\\nmaintained till 1740, when, after a long and\\nacrimonious dispute between the two provinces,\\nthe whole question was referred by petition of\\nthe province of New Hampshire to His Ma-\\njesty, George II., who referred the same to the\\nLords of Council of England, who decided\\nin 1739 that the boundary line between the two\\npi ovinces should be where it is at the present\\ntime. This finding was established by Hi.s\\nAlajesty s royal decree, bearing date, August 5,\\n1740, and the survey of the line was made by\\nRichard Hazen in March and April, 1741.\\nThis decree defined the line as beoinninu; at\\nthe distance of three English miles north from\\nthe southerly side of the Black Rocks, at low-\\nwater mark (near the mouth of the Merrimack\\nRiver), and thence running due west up into the\\nmainland towards thesouth sea until it meets with\\nhis majesties other governments. This survev.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0709.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "554\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nas made by Hazen, was a due east and west line\\nwith an allowance of ten degrees for the wester-\\nly variation of the needle, and severed the\\ntowns of Warwick and Northfield, leaving a\\nportion of each with Winchester within the\\nprovince of New Hampshire. Massachusetts\\ndid not quietly submit to being thus dismem-\\nbered, and for years continued an agitation of\\nthe boundary line question, and the sympathies\\nof the inhabitants of Winchester were largely\\nwith the mother province, naturally so, as they\\nwere Massachusetts born and bred, and all their\\npolitical interests were best served by their re-\\nmaining citizens of that province, and for the\\nfurther reason that the province of New Hamp-\\nshire did not want them, for in the controversy\\nbetween the two provinces respecting the bound-\\nary line it was the eastern end of the line, and\\nnot the western end, that was in dispute and\\nthat was thought to be of any value in the con-\\ntest. And it did not for a single moment oc-\\ncur to either of them that the western extremity\\nof the boundary would fall so far to the south-\\nward as to include these settlements and when\\nHazen pushed through the woods to the west,\\nfollowing his instructions of a due east and west\\nsurvey, with the 10\u00c2\u00b0 allowance for the varia-\\ntion of the needle, he gave a surprise to both\\nprovinces, and one that was not agreeable to\\neither, Massachusetts being rudely awakened\\nto the fact that she had lost the efforts and ex-\\npense of years in extending her settlements up\\nthe fertile valley of the Connecticut River, and\\nNew Hampshire to the fact that she had citi-\\nzens and settlements in her southwestern border\\nthat she did not want, but over Avhich she must\\nexercise maternal jurisdiction and have a foster-\\ning care, a peoi)le to whom she was a stranger,\\nand with whom she had no means of communi-\\ncation excepting she trespassed on the territory\\nof iier not ver}- good-natured (at the time) sister\\njjrovinee. She saw that she must construct\\nroads through the wilderness to be able to com-\\nmunicate with them and that she must eitlier es-\\ntablish forts for tlieir jjrotection and supply them,\\nor else appropriate those already erected by\\nMassachusetts, all of which meant expense and\\neffort to her when she felt that her former\\nburdens were about all she could bear. The\\ncitizens of Winchester felt that they had been\\nsevered from their mother province by an arbi-\\ntrary and unjust decree of their king and were un-\\ncared for and unloved by their foster-mother,\\nto whom they had been given. They were\\npractically left to work out their own destiny,\\nand to secure their own salvation if they were\\nable.\\nThe peace of mind of these early settlers\\nwas about this time still further disturbed by\\nthe unfriendly relations rapidly developing be-\\ntween France and Great Britan for they\\nwell understood that the French, who then\\nheld and occupied Canada, would incite the\\nIndians to attack the frontier settlements of\\nthe English in case of war between the two\\ncountries, which would bring upon their de-\\nfenseless heads a blow they were illy prepared\\nto resist. In 1744 the anticipated condition\\nof war between the two countries actually oc-\\ncurred, and the realities of war were upon them,\\na war that in its plans and scope was that of\\nthe civilized white man, whilst in its details it\\nwas a war filled with all the savage brutalities\\nof tiie uncivilized red man. Unprotected as they\\nwere by New Hampshire, and with only feeble\\nand reluctantly-granted assistance from Massa-\\nchusetts, these sturdy settlers resolved to\\ndefend themselves as best they could every oc-\\ncupied house was turned into a garrison, no\\nman walked abroad unarmed and it soon be-\\ncame even unsafe to step outside a stockade to\\nmilk a cow or feed an animal. Their horses\\nand cattle were killed, their harvests were de-\\nstroyed and no field labor could be performed.\\nAfter about a year of alternating hopes and\\nfears, hopes that New Hampshire might af-\\nford them some protection or that the war might\\ncease, fears for themselves and their families,\\nthey abandoned their settlements, and we can\\nalmost picture them to ourselves, as, in the au-", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0710.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n555\\ntumn of 1745, the procession of disappointed\\nand almost discouraged settlers started out upon\\ntheir journey to Lunenburg, the men grim\\nand silent, the women dejected, the children\\nalternately sober and joyous, sober from\\nsympathy and fatigue, joyous fiom brigiit an-\\nticipations of happiness in visiting the former\\nhome of their ])arents, so often mentioned, and\\nthe ever-varying scenes about them. On April\\nIG, 747, a iJarty of Indians under the command\\nof Monsieur Debuline, who had come down the\\nConnecticut River from Canada to attack North-\\nfield, burned and destroyed all the buildings and\\nproperty that had been abandoned by the set-\\ntlers.\\nDuring the period from tlie fall of 1745 to\\nthe sjiring of 1753, when the grantees of Win-\\nchester returned to rebuild their desolated homes\\nand to the cultivation of their wasted fields,\\noccasionally a proprietor returned to maintain\\ntheir rights to the soil unimpaired, and men\\nfrom other settlements frequently visited the lo-\\ncality and were often attacked by the Indians.\\nOn June 24, 174(3, twenty Indians came to\\nBridgman s Fort, two miles below Fort Dum-\\nmer and attacked a number of men who were at\\nwork in a meadow. They killed William Rob-\\nbins and Jonas Parker, and captured Daniel\\nHowe and John Beeman. William Crison and\\nPatrick Rugg were wounded, but both recov-\\nered. Howe killed one of the Indians before\\nhe was taken.\\nOn July 24, 1746, Col. Willard, with a team\\nand a guard of twenty men who had come over\\nfrom Fort Dummer to Hinsdale s Mill, were\\nambushed near the mill, but were able to re-\\npulse the Indians and return in safetv to the\\nfort. On August 6, 1746, thirty Indians came\\nto Winchester and waylaid the road over against\\nBenjamin Melvin s house. Several men had\\noccasion to pass by, not knowing of the ambush,\\nand were fired upon, and Joseph Rawson was\\nkilled and Aniasa Wright wounded. On Oc-\\ntober 22, 1746, the Indians captured Jonathan\\nSartwell near Fort Hinsdale. Fort Hinsdale\\nstood on what is now known as the Marsh j)Iace\\nin Hinsdale. Its exact locality is very readily\\nfound, just a few rods south of the dwelling-\\nhouse now standing on said plac\u00e2\u0082\u00ac. On October\\n16, 1747, Lieutenant Perie Rambout, a young\\nFrenchman, came as far south as the south bank\\nof the Ashuelot River, about two miles below\\nthe village, where he and his Indians halted.\\nRambout, taking his gun, passed alone over a\\nneighboring hill to the southward, where he was\\ndiscovered by Captain Alexander, of Northfield,\\nMajor Willard, of Winchester, and Dr. Hall, of\\nKeene, who were all going towards Northfield.\\nThey met some cattle running as though pur-\\nsued. Captain Alexander, being foremost, saw\\na Frenchman in the path ciming tow.irds him.\\nWhen he (Rambout) saw them, he jumped out\\nof the path, behind a tree and asked for quarter,\\nin French but Captain Alexander, not under-\\nstanding that language, fired, shooting him in\\nthe breast and he fell. He recovered himself\\nand came up to Captain Alexander, whom he\\nsaluted handsomely, but he soon grew faint and\\nthey thought him mortally wounded, if not dying.\\nThey being afraid the Indians were near,\\nand fearing pursuit, though they saw no one\\nbut Rambout, they knew he was not alone, and,\\ntaking his arms, hastened towards Northfield.\\nThe Indians, hearing the report of Alexander s\\ngun, started directly a;id soon found Rambout\\nalive and brought him to the river, where he\\nhad previously left them. Thinking him to be\\nmortally wounded, and fearing the jiursuit of\\nthe English, they left him here and returned to\\nCanada and reported him dead. The next\\nmorning: Rambout revi\\\\ed and wandered to-\\nward Northfield. The first person he met was\\nCaptain Alexander, who had shot him. To\\nhim he surrendered. Alexander took him to\\nMr. Doolittle, in Northfield, who was a physi-\\ncian and surgeon as well as a clergyman, who\\nkept him till he recovered. After his wound\\nwas healed he was carried to Boston, where he\\nwas kindly entertained until he was exchanged,\\nin February, 1748, for Samuel Allen, of Deer-", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0711.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "556\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfield, who was captured in 1746. In 1747 the\\nIndians burned Fort Bridgmau, killed several\\nand took others prisoners.\\nOn June 16, 1748, fourteen men were way-\\nlaid near the mouth of Broad Brcok in going\\nfrom Colonel Hinsdale s to Fort Dummer, and\\nJoseph Richai dson,- William Bickford, Nathan\\nFrench and John Frost were killed. William\\nBickford was only wounded, but died of his\\nwounds later. William Blanchard, Benjamin\\nOsgood, jMathew Wyman, Joel Joliuson, Heury\\nStevens and Mark Perkins were captured.\\nDaniel Farmer and three others escaped. One\\nof the prisoners was killed by the Indians\\nwhere they camped for the night.\\nUfton one side of the monument erected in\\nmemory of Taylor and his men is this in-\\nscription\\nIn memory of fourteen men who were ^^aylaid by\\nthe Indians, near this place, June 16, 1748.\\nJuly 3, 1748, the Indians waylaid the mill\\nnear Fort Hinsdale, where Colonel Willard,\\nwith a guard of twenty men, had come to grind\\ncorn. Colonel Willard having placed his\\nguards, they wtu e soon fired upon. The colonel\\ngave such loud and repeated orders to attack\\nthe enemy that they fled, leaving their packs\\nand provisions, and he and his command re-\\nturned to Fort Dummer in safety.\\nOn July 14, 1748, Sergeant Thomas Tay-\\nlor, with a party of sixteen men, whilst on\\ntheir way from Northficld to Keene, through the\\nwesterly part of Winchester, were attacked by\\nabout a hundred French and Indians, who, af-\\nter a sharp fight, killed Joseph Rose, Asail\\nGraves, James Billings and Henry Chandler,\\nand captured Sergeant Thomas Taylor, Jona-\\nthan Lawrence, Thomas Crison, Reuben Walk-\\ner, John Edgel, David How, Ephraim Pow-\\ners, John Henry and Daniel Farmer. Robert\\nCooper and three others whose names are un-\\nknown, escaped. Two of the prisoners had\\nbeen wounded in the fight and soon after tiieir\\ncapture were killed by the Indians with tlieir\\nclubs. The Indians took their prisoners up the\\neast side of the Connecticut River and crossetl\\nto the west side about three miles above where\\nWest River empties into the Connecticut, and\\nthen made their way direct to Cahada. This\\nfight was about one mile below Fort Dummer,\\non the east side of the Connecticut. As near\\nas may be to the exact spot of the attack has\\nbeen erected a neat monument in memory of\\nthe event, which bears this inscription\\nIn memory of Sergeant Thomas Taylor, who, with\\na party of sixteen men, was here overpowered by one\\nhundred Freneh and Indians, after heroic and bloody\\nresistance, July 14, A.D. 1748. Four of their number\\nwere killed. Sg Taylor, with eight others, several of\\nwhom were wounded, were taken prisoners, and four\\nescaped.\\nTiiough peace was dec]ar(;d between France\\nand England October 7, 1748, quiet in the Con-\\nnecticut Valley settlements did not ensue till\\nseveral years later, for on July 22, 1755, the\\nIndians attacked a party of men near Fort\\nHinsdale and killed and cajjtured several of\\nthem.\\nJuly 27, 1755, as Caleb Howe, Hilkiah Grout\\nand Benjamin GafBeld, who had been hoeing\\nct)rn in the meadow west of the river, were\\nreturning home a little before sunset to Brids-\\nman s Fort, they were fired upon by twelve In-\\ndians who had ambushed their jjath. Howe\\nwas on horseback with two young lads, his\\nchildren, behind him. A bail broke his thigh\\nand brought him to the ground his horse ran\\na few rods and fell likewise and both lads were\\ncaptured. The Indians, coming up to Howe,\\npierced his body with a spear^tore off his scalp,\\nstuck a hatchet in his head au l left him. He\\nwas found alive the next morning by a j)arty of\\nmen from Fort Hinsdale and being asked by\\none of tlie party whetlier he he knew him, he\\nanswered Yes, I Icnow you all. These\\nwere his last words, tiiough he did not die till\\nafter his friends had arrived with him at Fort\\nHinsdale. Grout was so fortunate as to escape\\nunhurt. But Gaffield, in attempting to wade\\nthrouoh the river at a ford, was unfortunatelv", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0712.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n557\\ndrowned. Flushed with suoc ss, the Indians\\nwent directly to Bridgtnan s Fort and found\\nonly Mrs. Jemima Howe, Mrs. Submit Grout,\\nMrs. Eunice CJuffield and some children. The\\nwomen had heard the g uns, but did not know\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0what had happened to their husband.s. Ex-\\ntremely anxious for their safety, they eagerly\\nawaited their coming; at length concludiug,\\nfrom the noise they heard without, that they\\nhad come, tliey unbarred tlie gate in a hurry to\\nlet them in, when lo! to their disappointment\\nand surprise, instead of tiieir husbands, iu\\nrushed a number of hideous Indians, to mIhiui\\nthey and tiieir children became an easy prey,\\nand from whom they had nothing to expect but\\na sorry captivity or death. Fourteen persons\\nwere made captives.\\nOn June 7, 1756, the Indians captured Jo-\\nsiah Foster, his wife and two children about\\none mile south of the jiresent village of Win-\\nchester. Foster s house was upon the norther-\\nly side of Ore Mountain and in plain view of\\nthe village. Foster was at work on the bridge\\nnear the mouth of Alirey Brook where the\\npresent bridge now stands, when the Indians\\nmade their attack. They made prisoners of his\\nwife and two chiklren, ransacked his house and\\nkilled his pigs. Whether it was the noise made\\nby the pigs in their struggles for their liberty,\\nor whether it was the featiiers from the feather-\\nbeds that the Indians ripped open and scattered\\nfrom an attic window, that attracted Foster s\\nattention, is not certainly known, but he in\\nsfime manner became aware of the condition of\\nhis family, and hastening home, surrendered\\nhimself as a prisoner that he might share with\\nhis wife the burdens of captivity.\\nHe and his ftxmily were taken to Quebec, in\\nCanada, where they were met by Eenjanun\\nTwitchel, who was cajitured in Keene in 1755,\\nand after mouths of privations and trials were\\nset at liberty and sent to Boston, from whence\\nthey returned to their home in Winchester,\\nwhere several of their descendants are now liv-\\nThe Indians who jiad given the settlers so\\nmuch troul)le and had caused them such anxie-\\nties was the St. Francis tribe, that live just over\\nthe Canadian border, near the head-waters of\\nthe Connecticut River, living with whnm was\\nthe remnant of the Squakhoags, the tribe that\\nhad formerly occupied tlie valley of (he Ashue-\\nlot. Tlicir territory extended to the south, to\\nthe head-waters of the Miller s River eastward\\nto the Monadnoek Mountain, where tliey met\\nthe Nashua Indians n n thward to the head-\\nwaters of the Ashuelot, and wcstwartl cibout\\nnine miles west of the Connecticut.\\nThis tribe had sold this, their iidieritance,\\na tract of countrj eml)racing about sixty-five\\nthousand acres,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to the whites, and had con-\\nveyed the same by a deed bearing date of\\nAugust 13, 1687. This deed was executed by\\nNawdet, who was the chief at that time of the\\ntribe. The price [laid these sons of the wilder-\\nness for tiieir home, their hunting; and fishing:-\\ngrounds, was the munificent sum of forty-five\\npounds sterling in trades-goods, a sum equal\\nto one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and\\neighty cents in our money. It must be said, in\\nJustice to this tribe of Indians, that after this\\nsale of their lands to the whites, that, whilst\\nthey ditl not fully abandon the territory till\\n1720, a period of thirty-three years, they lived\\nin peace and harmony with the whites to whom\\nthey had sold, and that it was only during a\\ntime of war that they acted as guides to the\\nFrench and Canadian Indians in their expedi-\\ntions against the English. Traditions declare\\nthem to have been firm iu their friendships to\\nindividual settlers, often warning them iu ad-\\nvance of threatening dangers.\\nThis tribe of Indians w ore enterprising, war-\\nlike and skilled in all the devices of Indian\\nstrategy. In size they were small giants,\\nskeletons having been exhumed more than six\\nand a half feet tall. They lived in separate\\nvillages, at such points as were most fiivorable\\nfor obtaining subsistence. They lived princi-\\npally upon the fruit of the chestnut-tree,", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0713.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "558\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nground-nuts^ corn, pumpkins which were cut in\\nstrips and dried in the sun, and the flesh of\\nanimals taken in the cliase or by trapping.\\nThey cooked their iish just as they were taken\\nfrom the water, and small animals were roasted\\nwhole, the entrails being considered an indis-\\npensable part of the roast. They understood\\nthe process and made maple sugar, and they\\nalso raised and used tobacco to some extent.\\nThey set frequent fires in certain portions of\\ntheir domain to keep down the underbrush for\\ncultivable fields.\\nThese were generally set in the fall after the\\nleaves aud seeds had fallen, and in this way not\\nouly the smaller trees were destroyed, but the\\nlarger ones were soouer or later killed. Thus\\nthey kept quite large areas treeless for the pur-^\\nposes of cultivation. It would seem, from the\\nremains of their villages and defensive works,\\ntheir granaries and cultivated fields, together\\nwith the large n unbei of their burying-places\\ndiscovered, that they must have been a prosper-\\nous and numerous people, and that they had\\noccupied the country for many generations.\\nAVe find them upon the war-path as early as\\n1675, when they had made successful attacks\\nupon Deerfield and Northfield, following which\\nthey went into winter-quarters at a place called\\nCoasset, a little above the railroad station at\\nSouth Vernon, Vt. Their successes had been\\nso great that they deemed themselves secure from\\nattack, so secure that they sent a large party to\\nthe falls (Turner s) on the Connecticut River,\\nbelow the mouth of Miller s River, to fish for\\nshad, when, on the morning of May 19, 1676,\\nabout daybreak. Captains Turner and Holyoke,\\nwith about one hundred and sixty men, fell\\nupon their camp and killed a great number of\\nthe Indians. But just as the soldiers were re-\\nturning to their horses, which they iiad con-\\nceiUed a little way back, it vvas reported that\\nKing Philip, with a largo foi ce of Indians, were\\ncoming to the rescue.- This rumor greatly\\nalarmed the whites and caused them to fall into\\ndisoi-der, when the Indians immediately attacked\\nthem and killed Captain Turner and thirty-\\nseven of his men. The name of the tribe,\\nSquakheags, is a contraction of Namus-\\nScjuam-aug-khige, and signifies spearing-place\\nfor Siilmou, and, from the peculiarities of their\\nlanguage and tribal affiuities, they would seem\\nto have been very closely related to the Nasha-\\nways, whose hunting-grounds joined theirs at\\nthe Great Monaduock.\\nAt last the province of New Hampshire de-\\ntermined to recede from the unjust, if honor-\\nable, position it had taken, when, just prior to\\nthe abandonment of the settlement. Colonel\\nWillard wrote Governor Benning Wentworth\\nAlmost every man is upon the move in this part\\nof the country. I have had no sleep these three\\nnights, and have now nine families stope at my\\nhouse. We have persuaded the bigger part of the\\npeople to tarry a little longer.\\nHe then asked that the settlements might re-\\nceive assurances of protection to which the\\nprovince of New Hampshire replied, under date\\nof May 3, 1745, through her General Court\\nFort Dummer is Fifty miles distant from any\\ntowns which have been settled by the Government of or\\nthe people of New-Hampshire. That the people had\\nno rights to the lands which, by the dividing line,\\nhad fallen within New-Hampshire, notwithstanding\\nthe plausible arguments that had been used to induce\\nthem to bear the expence of the line, namely, that the\\nland would be given to them or be sold to pay the ex-\\npence. That the charge of maintaining that Fort at\\nso great a distance, and to which there was no com-\\nmunication by roads, would excede what had been the\\nwhole expence of the Government before the line\\nwas established, and, finally, that there was no dan-\\nger that these parts would want support, since it was\\nthe interest of Massachusetts, by whom they were\\nerected (the Forts), to maintain them as a cover to\\ntheir frontiers.\\nThey thus refused to protect their own, either\\nfrom mercenary motives or a want of humanity,\\nor an absolute inahilitij to do what was required.\\nLet us all believe it was the latter reason for,\\non Monday, July 2, 1753", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0714.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n559\\nAt a Council and General Assembly holden at\\nPortsmouth. Present His Excellency, Benning\\nWentwortb, Esq., Governor, Theodore Atkinson, Rich-\\nard Wibird, John Downing, Samuel Sulley, Daniel\\nWarner and Sampson Sheatfe, Esq His Excellency\\nhiid before the Board the petition of Josiah Willard,\\nEsq., for himself and in behalf of the settlers and\\nclaimers of a tract of land bounding partly on the\\nProvince line, partly on Northfield (so called) and\\npartly on the Connecticut River, called by the name\\nof Winchester as the same was granted by the Mas-\\nsachusetts Government. Praying for a grant of the\\nsaid tract or township agreeable to their former sur-\\nveys, divisions and partitions, c., which being read\\nat the Board by His Excellency, put tlie question to\\nthe Council when they would advise him to make a\\nCharter agreeable to the petition. To which the\\nCouncil did consent and advise.\\nUpon whicli His Excellency issued the fol-\\nlowing:\\nProvince of New Hampshire.\\nGeorge the Second, by the Grace of God of Great\\nBritain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the\\nfaith c.\\nTo all persons to whom the presents shall\\ncome. Greeting: Whereas sundry of our loving\\nsubjects before the settlement of the dividing line\\nof our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid and\\nour other Governments of the Massachusetts Bay, be-\\ngan a settlement of a tract of land lying partly on\\nConnecticut River and partly on our said dividing\\nline, pnd made sundry divisions of and improvements\\nupon the said tract of land and there remained until\\nthe Indian war forced them off and our said subjects\\nbeing desirous to make an immediate settlement on\\nthe premises and having petitioned our Governor and\\nCouncil for His Majesties Grant of the premises to be\\nso made as might not subvert and destroy their\\nformer surveys and laying out in severalty made\\nthereon as aforesaid.\\nNow know ye that we of our especial grace, cer-\\ntain knowledge, and mere motion for answering the\\nend above said, and for the due encouragement of\\nsettling the said Plantation by and with the advice of\\nour trusty and well beloved Benning Wentworth,\\nEsq our Governor and Commander in Chief of our\\nsaid Province of New Hampshire in America, and of\\nour Council of the said Province. Have upon the\\nconditions and reservations hereafter made, given and\\ngranted, and by these presents for us our Heirs and\\nsuccessors, do give and grant unto our loving subjects.\\nInhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire\\nand His Majesties other Governments and to their heirs\\nand a.ssigns ibrever wliose names are entered upon this\\nGrant, to be divided to and amongst them into so\\nmany and such shares and proportions as they now\\nhold or claim the same by purchase, contract, vote or\\nagreement, made amongst themselves. All that tract\\nor parcel of land lying and being within our said\\nProvince of New Hampshire containing liy admeas-\\nurement, twenty-three thousand and forty acres,\\nwhich tract is to contaiu six miles square and no\\nmore, out of which an allowance is to be made for\\nhighways and unimprovable Lands, by rocks, moun-\\ntains, ponds and rivers, one thousand forty acres\\nfree, according to a plan thereof made and presented\\nby our said Governor s order and hereunto annexed,\\nbutted and bounded as follows, viz. bigining at a\\nbeach tree marked for the southwest corner of Rich-\\nmond; from thence running west 10 N. on the Prov-\\nince Line four miles to the easterly line of North-\\nfield (so called); thence runs Northerly on said line\\nto the northeast corner of Northfield aforesaid;\\nthen runs west on the aforesaid line of Northfield\\nto Connecticut River thence running up said\\nRiver to the southwest corner of Chesterfield then\\nruns south 73 East until that point intersects a\\nline running North by the needle from the first\\nmentioned found tree, and the same be and hereby\\nis incorporated in Town by the name of Winches-\\nter, and the inhabitants that do or shall hereaf-\\nter inhabit said township are hereby declared to be\\nenfranchised with and entitled to all and every\\nthe privileges and immunities that other towns\\nwithin our said Province do exercise and enjoy. And\\nfurthermore, that the said town, as soon as there shall\\nbe fifty families residing there, shall have the liberty\\nto open and keep a market one or more days in each\\nweek, as may be thought most advantageous to the\\ninhabitants. Also, that the first meeting for the\\nchoice of town officers and other aflairs, agreeable to\\nthe laws of our said Province, shall be held on the\\nthird tuesday in August next, which meeting shall be\\nnotified by Josiah Willard, Esq., who is hereby ap-\\npointed the moderator of the said meeting, which he\\nis to notify and govern agreeable to the laws and cus-\\ntoms of our said Province, and that the annual", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0715.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "560\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmeeting forever hereafter, for the choice of such\\nofficers for the said Town, shall be on the first tues-\\nday of March, annually.\\nTo have and to hold the said tract of land as\\nabove expressed, together with all the priviledges and\\nappurtenances to them and their respective heirs and\\nassigns forever, upon the following conditions, viz.\\nThat every Grantee, his heirs and assigns, shall plant\\nor cultivate five acres of land within the term of\\nfive years for every fifty acres contained in his or\\ntheir share or proportion of land in the said Town-\\nship, and to continue to improve and settle the same\\nby additional cultivations, on penalty of the forfeit-\\nure of his grant or share in said Township, and its\\nreverting to his majesty, his heirs and Successors, to\\nbe by him or them regranted to such of his subjects\\nas shall effectually settle and cultivate the same.\\nThat all white and other pine-trees within the said\\nTownship fit for masting our royal navy, may be\\ncarefully preserved for that use, and none to be cut\\nor felled without his majesties especial license for so\\ndoing first had and obtained, upon the penalty of the\\nforfeiture of the right of such Grantee, his heirs or\\nassigns to us, our heirs and successors, as well as be-\\ning subject to the penalty of any Act of Parliament,\\nthat are or shall be hereafter enacted.\\nAlso, reserving the power of adding to or dividing\\nthe said Town, so far as it relates to incorporations,\\nonly to us, our heirs and successors, when it shall be\\nnecessary or convenient for the benefit of the inh.abit-\\nants thereof Also, subjecting the unimprovable\\nlands within this Grant to an annual tax of one\\npenny to an acre, for two years from the date here-\\nof, for the building a meeting-house, and settling a\\nGospel minister in said town. That before any\\nfurther divisions of the land be made to and amongst\\nthe Grantees, a tract of land in the most commodious\\nplace the land will admit of shall be reserved and\\nmarked out for town lots, one of which shall be\\nallotted to each Grantee of the contents of one\\nacre yealding and paying therefor to us, our\\nheirs and successors for the space of ten years,\\nto be computed from the date hereof the an-\\nnual rent of one ear of Indian corn only com-\\nmencing on the first day of January next ensuing the\\ndate hereof, if lawfully demanded, and every Proprie-\\ntor settled or inhabitant shall j ield and pay unto us\\nour heirs and successors yearly and every year forever\\nfrom and after the expiration of the ten years from\\nthe date hereof namely on the first day of January\\nwhich will be in the year of our Lord Christ, one\\nthousand seven hundred and sixty-four, one shilling\\nProclamation money for every hundred acres he so\\nowns settles or possesses, and so in proportion for a\\ngreater or lesser tract of the said land. Which money\\nshall be paid by the respective persons above said,\\ntheir heirs or assigns in our Council Chamber in\\nPortsmouth, or to such Officer or officers as shall be\\nappointed to receive the same and this to be in lieu\\nof all other rents and services whatsoever. In wit-\\nness whereof we have caused the seal of said Province\\nto be hereunto affixed.\\nWitness Benning Wentworth, Esq. Our Governor\\nand Commander in Chief of our said Province. The\\nsecond of July in the year of our Lord Christ 1753\\nand in the 27 year of our reign.\\nB. Wentworth.\\nBy his Excelencys command with advice of Coun-\\ncil.\\nTheodore Atkinson, Sect.\\nProvince of New Hampshire July 2 1753, re-\\ncorded in the Book of Charters 169 page.\\nTheodore Atkinson, SW-h/.\\nThe names of the.se grantees of Winoliester\\nwere\\nJosiah Willard\\nSamuel Ashley\\nJoseph Ashley\\nSimon Willard\\nNathaniel Kockwood\\nEbenezer Alexander\\nElias Alexander\\nWilliam Syraus\\nBenjamin Melvin\\nJohn Ellis\\nJonathan Morton\\nWilliam Orvis\\nJohn Summers\\nHenry Bond\\nWilliam Temple\\nJonathan Parkest\\nSamuel Whitemore\\nSamuel Chickley Jr\\nBenjamin Bird\\nFrancis Coggwell\\nNathan Willard\\nWilder Willard\\nElisha Root\\nJacob Davis\\nSamuel Taylor\\nDavis Field\\nJames Jewell\\nJohn Peirce\\nAnthony Peirce\\nSimon Peirce\\nJohn Saylerman\\nThadeus Mason\\nNathaniel Foster\\nJosiah Foster\\nThomas Greemon\\nThe Heirs of Joseph\\nLemons, deceased.\\nSarah Martin\\nJoseph Burchard\\nDaniel Lewis\\nBenjamin Lynds\\nOliver Willard\\nWilliam Willard\\nValentine Butler", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0716.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n561\\nJohn Brown\\nMoses Belding\\nJoanna Pierce\\nEbenezer Hinsdale\\nWilliam Hancock\\nWilliam Neagos\\nEphraim Tuttle\\nSamuel Stone\\nMartin Ashley\\nJoseph Bliinehard\\nTimothy Minot\\nJoshua Lyman\\nJonathan Edwards\\nJames Rider\\nJoseph Marrifield\\nNathaniel Hastings\\nJabez Hills\\nMoses Chamberlain\\nJohn More\\nHezekiah Wright\\nThomas Swetman\\nSamuel Field\\nSamuel Hunt\\nHis Excelency Beuning Wentworth, Es(| a\\ntract of Land containing five Hundred acres. One-\\nseventieth part of s tract of Land for theincorporated\\nSociety for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign\\nparts. One-seventieth part of the s tract for the lirst\\nsettled minister of ye Gospel iu the s* Town. One-seven-\\ntieth part of s Granted tract for a Glebe for the\\nChurch of England by law Established.\\nThomas Hancock Gaius Field\\nPalatia Webster John Allen\\nThomas Taylor\\nProvince of New-Hampshire July 2 1753 entered\\nrecorded in the Book of Charters page 171 172.\\nPer Thec) Atkissojj Secri/.\\nHaving rect ivcd these assurances of recogni-\\ntion and protection from the provincial govern-\\nment (if New Hampshire, the grantees and\\nproprietors of Winchester, under date of August\\n21, 1753, proceeded to reorganize their town\\ngovernment, whch liad been interrupted for a\\njieriod of about seven years. The record of\\nthe meeting is as foHows\\nAt a Legal meeting of the Inhabitants and\\nGrantees of the township of Winchester, held at the\\nhouse of Major Josiah Willard Esq in Winchester on\\ntuesday the twenty-first day of August agreeable to\\nthe Direction of the Charter of Said township where-\\nby s** Josiah Willard Esq is appointed moderator of\\nSai meeting.\\nVoted and Chose Maj Josiah Willard Esqr Colo\\nWilliam Symes Mr Samuel Ashley Selectmen and as-\\nsessors for the remaining part of this year. Voted\\nand chose Nath Eockwood, Town Clerk. Voted and\\nCol. Josiiih Willard died December 8, ]7oO.\\nchose Lieu Simon Willard Town Treasurer. Voted\\nand chose Benjainin Melvin Con.stable.\\nVoted, and chose Ebn Alexander Elias Alex-\\nander, Surveyors of Highways. Voted, and chose\\nJosiah Foster and William Temple, fence-viewers.\\nVoted, and chose John Ellis, hog-reeve. Voted, and\\nchose Nath Rockwood, Sealer of Waights and\\nMeasures. Voted, to adjourn this meeting for the\\nsjiace of an hour, and then met and T ftted, raise the\\nSum of Seventy-five Pounds forPreeching and Mend-\\ning High-wayes and other Necessary Charges. Voted,\\nthat for high way worke four shillings and six pence\\nto a man day, and two shillings for a Yoke of Oxen\\nper day. Voted, that the proprietary affairs of this\\ntown be for the future transacted and carried on Sep-\\nerately and Distinct, from Town affairs, and to this\\nEnd, that Proprietary Meetings be Held from time to\\ntime, as shall be necessary, and all needful Proprie-\\ntary officers be chosen. Voted, and cho.-e Major Josiah\\nWillard, Esq Proprietors Clarke. Voted, and chcise\\nLieutenant Simon Willard, Proprietors Treasurer.\\nVoted, and chose Major Josiah Willard, Nath Rock-\\nwood, Oliver Willard, assesors to assess the Penny\\nAcre tax, Enjoyned by Charter on unimproved Lands.\\nVoted, an i chose William Willard Collector of S**\\nTax. Voted, and chose Major Josiah Willard, C d\\nWilliam Symes, Lieu Simon Willard, Lieu Nathan\\nWillard, Lieu Ellas Alexander, Samuel Ashley, Wil-\\nliam Temple, or any three of them, to examine and\\nSettle Claimes of the Grantees mentioned in the\\nCharter. Voted, and chose Major Josiah Willard,\\nCo Symes, Lieu Simon Willard, Nathan Rock-\\nwood, Samuel Ashley, Lieu Elias Alexander and\\nAVilli.-im Willard or any three of them a committee to\\nCom]ilete the Laying-out the divisions formerly\\ngranted, and to Lay out Suetable ways and Roods.\\nVoted, that no plan be put upon Record without being\\nsigned by at Leest fouer of Said Com Chosen, Com-\\npleat the Laying-dut The Said divisions formerly\\ngranted. Voted, that Maj .Tosiah Willard be desired\\nto Convey the Charter of the Township of Winches-\\nter Granted us, and Request that Gaius Field, and\\nall others who can make out a fair Claim to any of\\nthe Lands Contained in Said Charter May have their\\nnames Entered Therein.\\nVoted that all former acts and proceedings of the\\nProprietors, or those esteemed Proprietors, Respect-\\ning the Divisions of the Lands Contained in the\\ntownship of Winchester be Ratilicd and Confirmed,", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0717.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "562\\nHISTORY OP CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand be esteemed valid as tho Now Transacted.\\nVoted that House-Lot No. 6 at tlie Bow, being a\\nPublick, be for the first Minister that shall be settled\\nin the ministry in Winchester, together with all y\\nafter Divisions, what have been or may be Granted\\nto s^ house and do in anywise belong to Said house-\\nLot. Voted that House Lott No. 2 at y Great Kiver,\\nwith all after Rigts and divisions to the same apper-\\ntaining, be ffir a Glebe for the Church. Voted that\\nHouse Lott No. 20 at the Great Eiver, be for the\\nIncorporated Society for Propogating the Gospel in\\nforeign parts. Voted to Give to the Hon Theodore\\nAtkinson, Esq three hundred acres of the Lands\\nContained in y Charter Granted us of the\\nTownship of Winchester, and that the Com\\nappointed to Complete y Laying out y Divisions\\nGranted be impowcred to Lay out Said three\\nhundred acres and return a plan to be Recorded.\\nVoted, that the Com appointed to settle y\\nClaims of the Grantees be desired to Examine and\\nfind out what of Rates formerly Granted made are\\nyet unpaid and not allow the Claims of such Parsons\\nto be Recorded as are found to have been deficient in\\ny\u00c2\u00b0 Payment of s;iid Ta.xes Rates, as one y Claims\\nof Such .Lands as the former Claimes and owners\\nthereof are found to have been deficient untill y Re-\\nspective Rates be paid. Voted and Chose Maj\\nJosiah Willard Col W Symes a Com To pro-\\nvide a Minister. Voted that any Seven of the Pro-\\nprietors of Winchester Requesting the Proprietors\\nClarke to Call a meeting, The s Clarke Posting up\\na notifycation in Said Winchester for a Meeting of\\nSaid Proprietors at Least fourteen Dayes before\\ny time Specified for Said Meeting Shall be Legal\\nWarning and any Meeting in Consequence of such\\nWarning Shall be a legal Meeting.\\nAt this i)oii]t the meethig was evidently dis-\\nsolved, though the record does not state it.\\nIt ought not to be suppo.sed that, though ab-\\nsent from the settlement during the seven years\\nlast preceding the above recorded town-meeting,\\nthe proprietors were inactive or neglectful\\nof their interests in the grant. Several meetings\\nwere held, evidently at which officers and com-\\nmittees were chosen to protect their interest, as\\nthe following shows\\nAt a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Towship of\\nWinchester in y Province of New Hampshire, held\\nat y House of Moses Marsh inholder in Hadley on\\nTuesday the Tenth Day of April 1750 according to\\nNotifycation published in one of y weekly news Pa-\\npers agreable to a vote of S Proprietors at their last\\nmeeting. Voted and Chose Maj Josiah Willard\\nModerator for S Meeting. Voted that Maj Josiah\\nWillard be desired to take y\u00c2\u00b0 Proprietors Book of\\nRecords into his care and keep it at his House in Win\\nChester till y further order of S Proprietors. Voted\\nthat the Consideration of y* several articles contained\\nin S Notifycation be refered till the Time to which\\nthis Meeting Shall be adjourned. Voted that this\\nMeeting be adjourned to Tuesday the Eighth day of\\nMay next to be holden at the House of Maj Josiah\\nWillard in Winchester at Ten Oclock fore noon then\\nand there to act upon the above mentioned articles.\\nAttest Josiah Willard Moderator.\\nAnd then met again upon S adjournment May 8\\n1750 at time and plase. Voted on the second Article\\nand Chose Josiah Willardjr Proprietors Clerk Voted on\\nthe 4 and 5 Articles and chose Colonel Josiah Willard,\\nJosiah Willard Jun Capt William Syms, Le Elias\\nAlexander, Sam Ashley and William Willard as a Com-\\nmitte to complete the house Lots at the great River,\\nand all other Divisions that are to lay in s Township\\nand to lay out highways and to make such alterations\\nas shall be thought needfull and Return Plans of the\\nSame and no Plan to put on Record without four of\\nthe Committe Signing s* Plan. Voted on y= G Arti-\\ncle, that any five of the Proprietors Requesting a\\nMeeting of the Proprietors in writing sitting forth the\\narticles, the Clerk be Directed to set up a Notifyca-\\ntion in sum Publick Place in Said Township, Fourteen\\nDays before Said meeting. Then Voted to Dismiss\\nthis meeting.\\nJosiah Willaed Mode\\nHampshire, 8. S., Jan 18th, 1751.\\nThen Major Josiah Willard, Esq., was sworn to\\nthe faithful Discharging of the office of a Proprietors\\nClerk of Winchester, to which office he was Chosen\\nby the s Proprietors at their meeting in May 8\\n1750.\\nBefore me,\\nSeth Field, Just. Peace.\\nEntered and Examined\\nP Josiah Willaed, Pro Clerk.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0718.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n563\\n(_)ii the 2 i)t July, 1753, a petition of Ebenezer\\nHinsdale, Esq., in behalfof himself Sundry persons\\ninhabiting at a place called Northfield, lying on the\\nnorth of the dividing line of the Province of New\\nHamp and the Massachusetts Bay, praying that the\\nPetitioners, may be incorporated invested with\\ntown privilcdges, in case such a charter is in-\\nconsistent with his Maj Instructions that then the\\nsaid tract with an adition of his I\\\\Iaj unappropri-\\nated lands adjacent thereto, may be granted to the\\nPetitioners, agreeable to his Maj s Instructions,\\nwhich petition was read, and also at the same time a\\nletter signed by the Selectmen of that part of Xorth-\\nlield aforesaid, that lyes in the Massachusetts Govern-\\nment, on the South side of the said dividing line sett-\\ning forth that they were informed that sundry persons\\nwere designing to petition for the above said lands\\nlying on the north of the s dividing Line in which\\nthey W ere also interested, and praying they may be\\nallowed time to petition for the said lands, which\\nthe Council took under consideration i*t passed the\\nfollowing resolve, viz. that his Excellency be desired\\nto suspend the making any grant of the premises for\\ntwo months, and that the inhabitants of Northfield\\nthat live on the south side of the dividing Line, in\\nthe Massachusetts Government be advised of this\\nresolve by a letter from the Sec that they may, if\\nthey see cause, petition for the said lands, that if\\nthey do not, that then in such case his Excellency\\nbe desired to make out charters for the same, agreeable\\nto the above-mentioned petition of the inhabitants on\\nthe north side of said dividing Line.\\nAt a Council, holden at Portsm on Saturday,\\nSeptember 1 1753. Present, His Excellency B.\\nWeutworth, Esq.jGov Henry Sherburne, Esq., John\\nDowning, Es(i., Theodore Atkinson, Esq., Sami)siin\\nSheafte, Esq., Rich Wibird, Esq., Daniel Warner, Esq.\\nA petition of the settlers and claimers of land in the\\nnorth part of Northfield, so-called, who live on the\\nsouth side of the Province Line, and also the petition\\nof Ebeuez Hinsdale in behalf of himself others\\nclaimers of Laud in said Northfield, who live on the\\nnorth side of the said dividing line as entred the 2\\nday of July last, praying for a grant of the said tract\\nof land lying on the North side of the s dividing\\nLine, agreeable to his Maj Instructions, both of\\nwliich was read at the Board as was also the king s\\nattorney, solicitors opinion relating to these sort of\\ngrants, and then his Excellency asked the Coun-\\n36\\ncil weither they would advise him to make out\\ncharters of grant for the same in such a manner that\\nthe present settlers claimers may be invested in\\ntheir rights, as they imagined they held the same\\nbefore the running the said Province Line, to which\\nthe Council did advise and consent, as also that a\\nstrip of the King s Land should be added on the west\\nside of the Connecticut River so as to include the\\nfarms of Sargeaiit and South, so-called. At a Council\\nholden at Portsm on Wednesday, September 5\\n1753. Present, His Excellency Benning Wentworth,\\nEsq., Governor, Henry Sherburn, Esq., Theodore\\nAtkinson, Escj., Rich Wibird, Esq., Sam Smith,\\nEsq., Sami)son Sheatfe, Esq., Daniel Warner, Esq.\\nUpon reading the petition of Ebenez Hinsdale,\\nEsq praying to have an alteration made in the\\ndividing Line between the towns of Winchester\\nHinsdale, for the better accommodating the inhabit-\\nants of both towns, with respect to the incorporation\\nonly, agreeable to the charter of the said townes, to\\nwhich the Council did agree consent, and advised\\nhis Excellency to grant a charter of Incorporation\\naccordingly, agreeable to a plan exhibited, to begin\\neighty rods easterly on the Province Line from Con-\\nnecticut River, there to run north by the Needle.\\nThi.s new grant of September o, 1753, cnt\\noiffrom the town of Winchester all that por-\\ntion of tiie original grant of April 4, 1733,\\nlying above the original bounds of Northfield\\nas granted by the province of Massachusetts,\\nor purchased from tiie Indians in 1672 (the\\nlands of Me.ssamet and 1(!,S7 (the lauds\\nof Xawlet that lay between the point\\nof intersection of tiie north bound of Xorthfield\\nwitii this new line, due nortii by tiii needle,\\ncommeneiug at a point eighty rods on the\\nXew Province Line from the Connecticut\\nRiver, and said river. It added to Winchester\\na strip of territory on tlie sonfhwest corner,\\nfrom the territory of Xorthfieid, al)Out three\\nand a half miles in width on the new province\\nline, four miles and one hinidred and ninety-\\nseven rods in length north, and about one and\\none-half miles in width at the old Northfield\\ncorner on the northeast, which was three and\\nthree-fourths miles from the Connecticut River,\\nas oriiJ-inallv established bv the (leneral Court", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0719.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "564\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof Massachusetts, June 21, 17.j3. This new\\nline servcfl as the hase for the survey of the\\ntown of Winchestei- in 1797. This survey is\\nreeoriled as foUows\\nN. 2 W., Eight iuul oiR -half miles to Cliestcr-\\nfic ld e-(iiiiiT; thence E. 8\u00c2\u00b0 S. on Chesterfiehl line, five\\nmiles and ninety rods to Swanzy. On Swanzy and\\nRichmond line Eight and one-fourth miles, South on\\nWarwick, Mass., and Norlhfield, Mass., W. 10\u00c2\u00b0 N.\\nSix and one-iimrth miles to Hinsdale corner on the\\nState Line between New Hampshire and Miwsa-\\nchusetts.\\nTills survey includes that pcirtion of Ro.\\\\-\\nl)urv, or (ianlin(;r s Canada (now arwi(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0k,\\nMass.), that lay above the new province line in\\n17r)3, and was, by the express terms of Win\\ncliestcr s grant of that, included in said Win-\\nchester s territory. This strip was two and\\none-half miles in length on the province line,\\nand two miles and fifty-two rods on the Rich-\\nmond line, the north bound being parallel\\nwith the pr(nince line.\\nHinsdale was thus established September 5,\\n1753, partly from the old Northfield grant\\nabove the province line, and only in small\\npart, whilst much the larger part was from the\\nterritory of AN incJiester, territory tliat had\\nbeen granted to her in 1733 by Massachusetts,\\nand again in 1753 by New Hampshire. No\\nformal action seems to have been taken by the\\nproprietors or freeholders of in(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ll(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ster in\\nrea ard to this loss of or addition to her terri-\\ntory, all the records of her town or 2)ro-\\nprietors meetings being silent upon the subject.\\nHaving had her boundaries adjusted and\\nher vesti d rights recognized New Hamji-\\nshire, her citizens immediately applied them-\\nselves to the reconstruction of their dwellings,\\nclearing new lielils and improving the means of\\nconnnunication with each other and with the\\noutside settlements.\\n.Vt their annual meeting held on Tuesday, the\\nith day of ^larch, Anno Domini, 1754, they\\nvoted to raise the sum of seventy-five pounds,\\nNew Tenor, to defray y\u00c2\u00b0 charge of y Ensuing\\nyear, to I ay for Preaching. Voted, that y\\nSeventy-five pounds. New Tenor, Raised at our\\nMeeting Last august, be Laid out in blending\\nhighways, and the same allowance for Men and\\nTeams as was then Voted them at S meeting,\\nand that there be a Rate made by it Self for\\nthe S** Sum. The sum voted to be paid for work\\non the highways, August 21, 1753, was Four\\nshillings and sixpence to a Man p Day, and\\ntwo Shillings for a yoke of oxen jier Day.\\nThey also voted at a meeting held at the house\\nof Major Josiah Willard, on April 22, 1754, to\\nRuikl a meeting-house, forty-four feet long,\\nthirty-four feet wide and twenty feet posts, and\\nto set the IMeeting-house where it was before,\\nupon the same hill and they chose jNIajor Jo-\\nsiah A\\\\ illard, Colonel William Syms; Lieu\\nSimon Willard, Ebenezer Alexander, Sam\\nAshley, a Com to build the Meeting-house.\\nNo decisive action was taken under this vote,\\nand the settlers remained without a meeting-\\nhouse till 1760, when, at tlieir annual meeting,\\nheld at the house of Col. Josiah Willard, March\\n4, 17G0, they voted again to Build a Meeting-\\nhouse, forty-four feet in length and Thirty-four\\nfeet in Bredth, and Tweuty feet between\\njoy nts, anil to be shingled and Inclosed be-\\nfore the next winter. They then chose Colonel\\nJosiah Willard, Esq., Colonel illiam Synies\\nand Lieutenant Samuel Ashley a committee to\\ndo the same. The c(jmmittee eviilently im-\\nmediately proceeded to carry into effect the\\nvote of the town, and to a certain extent ac-\\ncom[ lished their purj)ose, for the notification of\\nthe annual meeting of March 3, 17(il, warns\\nall the freeholders and other Inhabitants of\\nthe Town of Winchester, duely (jualitied to vote\\nin Town affairs, to Meet at the Meeting-house\\nin Said M ini hester, etc. This building was\\nnever fully completed, am) was abandoned in\\n171)5 for the building wdiich now stands in our\\n[)ublie sipiare, and is occupied in part by the\\ntown as a town hall, antl in part for religions\\npurposes by the Universalist Church. Till 17t)4\\nall the officers chosen by the proprietors, and", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0720.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n566\\nat tlic different town-nieetings, were, and were\\nobliged to be, members of the Ortliodox Chureh,\\nelse they could not be qualified to j)erforni their\\nofficial duties but at a town-meeting held on\\nthe 6th of March, 17C4, the right if men to\\nhold office in incliester regardless of creed\\nwas recognized for the warrant under which\\nthis niectiuo; was held reads\\nProvince of New Hampshire.\\nTo Reuben Alexander, Constable tor the Town of\\nWinchester, in the Province of New Hampshire,\\nGreeting: In His Majesty s Name you are hereby\\nrequired forthwith to warne all the freeholders and\\nother Inhabitants of the Town of Winchester to meet\\nat the Meeting-House in S Town of Winchester on\\nTuesday, the Sixth day of March next, at Ten of the\\nClock in the forenoon, to Chose Town Officers of All\\nDenominations, to serve the Town this present\\nyear.\\nJOSIAH WiLLAED, j\\nSamiiei, Ashley, *^^c\\nNath l RoCKWoon, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00abc^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\\nAt this meeting Colonel Josiaii W illanl was\\nchosen moderator Nathaniel llockwood, town\\nclerk; Colonel Josiah Willard, Esq., liieuten-\\nant Samuel Ashley and John Gnuld, selectmen\\nand assessors; Cohmel Josiali Willard, town\\ntreasurer; Samson Millard, constable; Joseph\\nDodge, Samson Willard and Hilkiah (irout,\\nsurveyors of highways Ensign Ebcnezer\\nAlexander, tithingman W^illiam Temple, John\\nPeirce and Nathaniel Brown Dodge, fence- view-\\ners John Gould, deer-reeve Reuben Alexan-\\nder and Isaac Temple, hog-reeves Ensign\\nEbenezcr Alexander to take care of meeting-\\nhouse all of whom were on the same day\\nsworn to the faithful discharge of their several\\noffices. Before Josiah Willard, Justice of\\nPeace. From the date of this meeting to the\\npresent time a man s religious belief or want\\nof belief has not been made a critical test as to\\nhis fitness to serve the town of Winchester in\\nan official capacity.\\nUp to this date, from Xoveml)er 12, 1736,\\nwhen the Rev. Joseph Ashley was settled as a\\nminister of the gospel by vote of the pmpric-\\ntoi-s, and for many succeeding years, the minis-\\nter was chosen by a direct vote in open town-\\nmeetings, and their compen.satiou provided for\\nby general taxation, in the same manner as\\nother town expenses. In fact, the minister\\nwas one of the town officials.\\nIt was not till 1770 that the town found it-\\nself able or in a situation to require a division\\nof its school money, or the establishnu nt of\\nschool districts in different sections of the town\\nbut this year a school was established near the\\nmeeting-house, one near Echoliod Franklin s,\\nand the other near where Mircy Brook road\\ncomes into the Country road, Each District\\nto Draw their own Proportion of money\\nGranted for Schooling if laid out in Schooling.\\nThe Neighbourhood of Cap Samuel Smith was\\nalso allowed to draw their proportion of money\\nif thev will lav it out in schooling (iranted for\\nschooling. If these Partit s do not lav out\\ntheir money in schooling, they shall pay it to\\nparty or i)arties that do keep, was the vote,\\nand Twenty pounds, Lawful money, wei^e\\nappropriated for the support of scliools, and\\nJohn Gould, Ebenezer -Mexander and Captain\\nSamuel Smith were chosen a committee to\\nTransact the whole Business of the Schools.\\nThe first representative to the General Asscmlilv\\nof New Hampshire, which was convened at\\nPortsmouth, May 22, 1771, was chosen in the\\nperson of Colonel Josiah AVillard, Es(j., at a\\nmeeting of the freeholders held on May 20,\\n1771. Colonel William Ashley was the next\\nrepresentative, and he was elected in 1774. In\\nthis year was also established the prai-tice of\\nexempting from the payment of poll-tax per-\\nsons of seventy years of age and upwards.\\nW^inchester bore zealously and generously all\\nthe burdens that fell to her share of the expen-\\nses of the Revolution and its war. She com-\\nmenced her active support of the Continental\\nCongress by a vote, on September 19, 1774,\\ndirecting that Two pounds be taken out of the\\nTreasury, and to be used ti)r the support of", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0721.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "566\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe Delegates that are gone to Pliiladelpliia.\\nOn the rith of Ma) 1775, Captain Samuel\\nSmith, Ensign Reuben Alexander, Nehemiah\\nHoughton, Philip Goss, Jeremiah Pratt and\\nJohn Alexander were chosen a Committee of\\nInspection. This committee was chosen under\\nan article in the warrant, To see if the town\\nwould provide a con\\\\-enient stock of powder\\nand lead. Article 2 in the warrant for a\\nmeeting held Monday, June 1, 1775, reads,\\nTo see if the people ill concur with what\\nour Provincial Congress has done in bearing our\\nproportion of money iu the support of the\\nwar, and the vote was to pay the two thou-\\nsand men agreable to the Congress, and to\\ncomply with what they have done.\\nOn the 7th of September, 1775, the se-\\nlectmen, Reuben Alexander, Joseph Stowel\\nand Nehemiah Houghton, issued a public re-\\nquest, directed to John Stearns, one of the\\nconstables, in the following language:\\nWhereas, as the Provincial Congress lias re-\\nquired us to take an exact account of the fire-arms\\nand powder that belongs to the town, wee therefore\\ndesire that each man would return the same to us.\\nAt a meeting licid on the 12tli day of De-\\ncember, 1775, Col. Samuel Ashley was chosen\\nto represent the said Town of Winchester in\\ngeneral Congress, to be holden at Exeter on tiic\\n21st Day of December, 1775, and for the year\\ninsuinsr and voted that he be instructed to do\\nwhat is set forth in the warrant, viz. Article\\n2d,-\\nTo Elect one person having a Real Estate of the\\nValue of two hundred Pounds, Lawful money, in\\nthis Colony, to Represent them in general Congress,\\nto be held at Exeter ou the Twenty-tirst day of De-\\ncember Next, at three of the Clock in the afternoon,\\nand to inipower such Representative for the Term of\\none year. Their first meeting to Transact Such Busi-\\nness Pursue Such measures as they may Judge\\nNecessary for the publick good, and in Case there\\nShould be a Recommendation from the Continental\\nCongress that this Colony assume Government in any\\nParticular Form wliiih will Reciuire a house of Rep-\\nresent.atives, that they Resolve themselves into such\\na house as the said Continental Congress Shall Rec-\\nommend, and it is Resolved that no person be\\nallowed a seat in congress who shall, by himself or\\nany person for him, Before the Said Choice, Treat\\nwith Liquor any Electors with an apparent View of\\ngaining their votes or afterwards on that account.\\nThis resolution incorporated in this warrant\\nby the selectmen has a very familiar look\\nfor iniluencing voters by offers of liquor,\\nmoney or other prized or valuable considera-\\ntions has been considered one, if not the\\ngreatest l)ane of modern politics. But we can-\\nnot otlierwise than believe from the above-\\nquoted language that our forefathers were given\\nto the saiue weaknesses and wickedness as our-\\nselves in this resjject, for had not the evil been\\nobserved, and its pernicious etfects noted,\\nReuben Alexander, Nehemiah Houghton and\\nJoseph Stowel, as selectmen of Winchestei in\\n1775, would never have resolved against its\\npractice.\\nThe second article in the warrant for the\\nmeeting of January 20, 1778, reads, To see\\nwhat method the Town will Come into Respect-\\ning Raising men to fill up our C otto in the\\nContinental army.\\nThe tiiird, To see what method the Town\\nwill take Respecting the Vote of tlie House of\\nRepresentatives, Passed Dec. 17, 1777, of call-\\ning a free Representation of all the Peo]ilc of\\nthis State for tlie Sole Purpose of Framing and\\nlaying a Permanent 2 lan or System for the\\nfuture Government of This State, and tiiey\\nvoted tiiat the Town will make a Rate to hire\\nour (^uotto of men iu the Continental Army,\\nand that those that have been in the Service\\nShall Be alowed out of S Rate as much P\\nmonth as we are obliged to give now P month,\\nand then voted to Chuse a Commeetys to\\ntransact the business of hiring the above men\\nand to make this Rate. Then voted that\\nthis commety consist of Seven, and Lieut.\\nNehemiah Houghton, Joseph Stowel, Mr.\\nEnoch Stowel, L lienjamin Willson, Mr.\\nJosiah Stebbins, Cap Rheuben Alexander and", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0722.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n567\\nMr. Abraham Scott were oliosen. Tliey also\\nvoted to instruct our lleprescutative to call a\\nfree Representation of all the People in this\\nState to Lay a Plan of (iovernnient for the\\nfuture.\\nOn the Gth of April, 1778, they chose\\nColonel Samuel Ashley as a delegate to sit in\\nthe convention at Concord to form a j)lan of\\ngovernment for the State.\\nAt a meeting held on tiie 10th day of June,\\n177S (which had but two days notice), they\\nvoted that those men that ingagc for the Ser-\\nvise agoing to Rhodisland State Shall be alowed\\nas much jjer month as the Continental Soldiers,\\nand to be alowed in the Rates in Like man-\\nner.\\nOn the 8th of July, 1779, the town voted to\\nraise the five men sent for from our Court for\\nthe Continental Service, and two for to go to\\nRhodisland State, and to Hire these or the\\nabove men as the Continental men was in tlie\\nyear 1778, and the hire to be made into a Rate\\nas was done then.\\nOn the 16th of September, 1779, the town\\nvoted on the question of Excepting the Plan\\nof Government Sent us by the Convention at\\nConcord; 35 voted in the affirmative and IS\\nin the negative, showing a voting population\\nof fifty-three, which was probably the full vote\\nof the town, as a question of such magnitude\\nas the formation of a permanent State govern-\\nment, and one involving such ([uestions of utmost\\nmoment as renouncing allegiance to one ruler\\nand government, through rebellion, and accept-\\ning a new form of government and new rulers,\\nestablishing a new nation amongst the family\\nof nations, would create such an interest as\\nwould be suffioieut to cause every jierson en-\\ndowed with the right of suffrage to exercise\\nthat right if it were possible f r him to do so.\\nOn June 29, 1780, the town voti^d to Hire\\nthe Continental men (Now sent for) In the\\nsame way and manor as formerly- they was\\nHired, viz. by a Town Tax, and Mr. Simon\\nWillard, Lieutenant Abraham Scott and Lieu-\\nI tenant John Alexander were chosen a committe\\nfor the Purpose of Hireing Said Continental\\nmen. On the oth of August they Voted to raise\\nthe Reef sent for as our Quoto from our General\\nCourt. Also, that the Selectmen should class\\nthe People of the town into classes in order for\\neach class to i)rovide their Quoto of s Beef.\\nAnother re([uisition for soldiers having been\\nmade by Congress, it was Voted, February\\n0, 1781, to raise the Continental men seat for\\nby our Court, and to raise the above soldiers\\nBy a Rate as formerly, and Mr. Samuel Wright,\\nLt. Enoch Stowel, IVIr. Daniel Smith, Lt.\\nAbraham Scott and Mr. Nat* Brown Dodge\\nwere chosen a committee fi r the above purpose.\\nOn the 28tli day of March, 1781, the town\\nvoted not to join with the State of Vermont.\\nThis vote was an answer to a request that liad\\nbeen presented to the voters of Winchester to\\njoin with Cornish, Lebanon, Enfield, Dresden,\\nCanaan, Cardigan, Oxford, Lyme, Piermont,\\nHaverhill, Bath, Jyynian, Gunthwait, Apthorp,\\nLandaff and Morristown, and form a union\\nwith Vermont. These towns, lying on the east\\nside of the Connecticut River, had, on iSIarch\\n11, 1778, petitioned the new State of A^ermont\\nto be united with that State. Evidently this\\nreply was not satisfactory to Vermont, for it\\nap[)ears by the fourth article of the warrant for a\\nmeeting to be held on April 21, 1781, that Ver-\\nmont sought to exercise jurisdiction over Win-\\nchester notwithstanding her emphatic refusal\\nto join the attemjrt at union. The article\\nreads, To see what notice the town will take\\nof tlie warrant sent to our Constal^le from the\\nState of Vermont. The vote was expressed\\nin terse, euq)hatic languago\\\\ Voted not to\\njoin the union with Vermont. The towns\\nthat did vote to join the Vermont union were\\nHinsdale, Charlestown, Claremont, Plain field,\\nGrafton, Lyme, Gunthwait, Surry, Acworth,\\nNewport, Grantham, Dresden, Dorchester, Lan-\\ncaster, Gilsum, Lempstcr, Cornish, Marlow,\\nHanover, Haverhill, Piermont, Westmoreland,\\nSavillc, C ardigan, Lyman, Morristown, Bath,", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0723.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "568\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCroytloii, Laiulaff, Liucoln, Richmond, Leb-\\nanon, Alstead, Chesterfield, tliirty-four in all.\\nOn tlie 28th of May, 1781, the town voted to\\nliaise six men Lately .sent for from the Conrt\\nof New Hampshii e, and to pay tlie above six\\nsoldiers forty shillings a month, silver money,\\nor other money eqnivalent, upon their giving\\ntheir orders upon the iState Treasurer for the\\nsame, oi anv Part thereof, for the Town s se-\\ncurity, and that they ould })ay the six months\\nthree mouths (men) with the money that is in\\nthe Constable s hands that was raised, and for\\nwhich the Town was Taxed as Continental\\nState Tax, for the year 1780, and they are to\\nSecure the Town as aforesaid. Evidently the\\ntown had besrun to feel the burdeu of the war\\nseriously, and to find it difficult to secure the\\nmen needful to fill her (piotii;. for in the war-\\nrant for a meeting to be held on June 13, 1781,\\narticle second reads, To see what measures\\nthe town will come into to get our Proportion\\nof Beef for the use of the Continental Army.\\nThe third, To see if the Town will take any\\nfurther measures in getting our (the) Soldiers\\nfor the Continental Service, and six months\\nmen and it was voted to Raise the Con-\\ntinental Beef By a tax on the Inhabitants of\\nthe Town. A committee was chosen to Look\\nup Some Beef for the Present Necessity of the\\nArmy. Lieutenant John Alexander and Mr.\\nSamuel Wright were chosen. Then it was\\nvoted that the Committee that was Chosen in\\na former meeting fir to hire the Continental\\nSoldiers should still Remain in that Station\\nwith some alteration, viz. Droping Mr. N.\\nBrown Dodge, and voting and chusing Ensg\\nJohn Curtis in his Room. This action did not\\nseem to secure the desired result, as a meeting\\ncalled for July 11, 1781, was to determine if\\nthe Town will Hire the Continental men for\\nsix months if they cannot be got for a longer\\ntime, and to see what method the town will\\ntake to supply the Town Treasury, seeing our\\nmonev is Dead. At this meeting it was voted\\nto Raise the men sent for from the Court of\\nNew Hampshire for six months if they cannot\\nBe had for a Longer time, and Ens John\\nCurtis, Mr. N. Brown Dodge, D Asahel\\nJewell, Mr. Sam Wright and Mr. James\\nFranklin were (chosen a committe to hire\\nsaid men. It was then voted to hire the\\nabove men, money at the Rate of Rye\\nbeing .]s. 4(1. p Bushel. On the lltii\\nof December, 1781, the town voted to accept\\nthe new plan of government sent to us fi)r\\nExceptance or Amendment. At a meeting\\nheld on April 22, 1782, it was voted to hire a\\ncommittee for the purpose of hiring the town s\\nquota of Continental soldiers for three years.\\nThis committee consisted of Lieutenant Nath-\\naniel Oaks, Mr. Asa Alexander, Mr. Francis\\nVerry and Mr. Moses Chamberlain. It would\\nseem that not all the citizens of Winchester\\nwere considered thoroughly loyal to the cause\\nof the new government, for we find Reuben\\nAlexander, Samuel Wright and Simon Willard,\\nselectmen, issuing their precept to James Frank-\\nlin, constable, as follows:\\nState of New Hampshire, To James Franklin,\\nCheshire, S. S. J one of the Constables of\\nthe Town of Winchester, greeting In the Name of\\nthis State you are hereby Required fditlr.vith to warn\\nout Roger Hill, .Jonathan Hill, Anthony Combs,\\nLydia Combs, Daniel Combs, George Hill, Joseph\\nHill, Barnabus Hill, Stephen Combs, Lydia Hill,\\nRnsilla Hill, Phebe Combs, Prudence Combs, Rosilla\\nEdmonds and the Widow, Anna J\\\\issett, to Depart\\nout of this Town within fourteen Days, or otherwise\\nthey will be Dealt with as the Law Directs and see\\nthat you make Return of this Warrant to the Clerk\\nof the Court of the Quarter Sessions.\\nGiven under our hands and Seal this tenth Day\\nof Feb. A. D., 1783.\\nRheuben Alexander.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01\\nSamijel Wright, V Sekctmen.\\nSimon Willard, j\\nWinchester March 11, 1783. This may certify\\nthat I have warned out all the Persons in the War-\\nrant herewith conunitted to me.\\nJames Franklix,\\nConstable.\\nAttest, Paul Richardson, Totvn Clerk.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0724.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTKR.\\n569\\nOil the 24th of March, 178^, the town was\\ncalled upon to see if it would still continue the\\nold Constitution till the 10th day of June, 17S4,\\nand they voted to eontiiuie the ohl form of gov-\\nernment till that date, or until a more perma-\\nnent plan should take place. On the IStli of\\nSeptember, 17S. a new plan of govei nment\\nhaving been submitted, it was voted to adopt\\nthe same by a vote of forty-two. It is evident\\nfrom the above that the close of the War of the\\nIvevolntion found Winchester, both as to men\\nand money, impoverished. Their i|Uotaof men\\nfor the Continental army had not l)een com-\\npletely filled, and the State had issued an ex-\\ntent against her for a very considerable sum\\nof money, which the State had offered to com-\\npromise and accept payment of in beef at twen-\\nty-four shillings Ij (lawful money) per hundred-\\nweight, to secure her just dues, l)csides large\\namounts of admitted and contested claims in the\\nhands of private individuals.\\nThe subject of a new meeting-house began to\\nbe agitated very soon after the close of the Rev-\\nolutionary A\\\\ ar, and it was decided, by vote of\\nthe town on October 1, 1792, to build a new\\nMeeting-House, and that it should be built at\\nthe bottom of the Hill where the New School-\\nHouse now standetli. Colonel Renljen Alex-\\nander, Captain ]\\\\Ioses Chamberlain, Captain\\nDaniel Hawkins, Cai)tain Noah Pratt and Lieu-\\ntenant John Butler were chosen a committee to\\ninspect the building of said meeting-house, and\\nthey were instructed to have it completed\\nwithin three years from this Hay. So much\\ndissatisfaction having arisen in regard to the\\nlocation of the new meeting-house, the question\\nof re-locating \\\\vas brought before the town on\\nthe 2d of December, 1793, and it was deter-\\nmined by vote to Set tlie meeting-house on\\nthe Neai est Spot to the Center that is Con-\\nvenient for the Inhabitants, and a couimittee\\nconsisting of Captain Daniel Hawkins, Mr.\\nFrancis Very and Captain William Humphrey\\nwere chosen to see where the Center of the\\nTown is. This committee reported that the\\ncentre was a Spot Northerly of and Near INIr.\\nEzra Conant s. This location was very near\\nthe location of a new house just erected l)y Mr.\\nJames E. Coxeter, at the junction of the roads\\nleading from Mr. Asahel Jewell s and the one\\nleading from Mr. Charles Jackson s to Wiu-\\ncliester. But this report and location was not\\naccepted, and it was voted, December 24, 1 79.\\nby a vote of sixty-seven yeas to forty-six nays,\\nto locate the new meeting-house where the old\\nmeeting-house now stands. This last location,\\nthough the vote seems very decisive, did not\\ngive .satisfaction, and the whole subject of loca-\\ntion again came liefore the town on their meet-\\ning on the 24th of March, 1794, when Sanfoid\\nKingsbury, Es(|., John Hubbanl, Esq., and\\nColonel Samuel Hunt were chosen a committee\\nto say where the Fleeting-House should stand,\\nand they voted to raise money suflicieut to build\\na meeting-house. This committee I eported,\\nApril 14, 1794, that the new Meeting-House\\nShall stand where the Red School-House now\\nstands, and it was voted to sell the Pews\\nat Publick A^andue to the highest Bidder, and\\nthat if the Pews Sell for any more than to build\\nSaid Meeting-House and under-Pining and\\nRaising and Ijiveling the Ground about said\\nMeeting-House, Then the Remainder to be re-\\nturned back to the Pew-holders in Proportion\\nto what Each Pew cost, and Caiitain Daniel\\nHawkins was chosen Vandue-master.\\nColonel Reuben Alexander bought Pew No.\\n35, at \u00c2\u00a337 Lieutenant Abraham Scott, No. 44,\\nat \u00c2\u00a335 Captain John Alexander, No. 47, at\\n\u00c2\u00a327 10s.; Elijah Dodge, No. 1, at \u00c2\u00a32(j Deacon\\nMoses Chamberlain, No. lo, at \u00c2\u00a32() lO.s-.; Dea-\\ncon Joseph Stowell, No. 14, at \u00c2\u00a324; Mr. John\\nButler, No. 16, at \u00c2\u00a326; ]\\\\rajor Philip Goss, No.\\n17, at \u00c2\u00a324 l().s.; Caleb Alexamler, No. 37, at\\n\u00c2\u00a325; Mr. Stephen Hawkins, No. 39, at \u00c2\u00a32-\\nAsa Alexander, No. 34, at \u00c2\u00a324 10*-.; John\\nErskin, No. 45, at \u00c2\u00a323; Jeremiah Pratt, No.\\n46, at \u00c2\u00a32. William Humphey, No. 11, at\\n\u00c2\u00a321 lt\u00c2\u00bb.v.; John Curtis, No. 27, at \u00c2\u00a322; Ezra\\nParker, No. 38, at \u00c2\u00a323; Daniel Hawkins, No.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0725.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "570\\nHISTORY OF CHP:SHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlit, at \u00c2\u00a322; Justus Jowul, No. 2(j, at .\u00c2\u00a322;\\nSaimiel Wood, Xo. 33, at .\u00c2\u00a322; Waitstill Field,\\nNo. 12, at \u00c2\u00a321 Ehenezer Scott, No. 18, at\\n\u00c2\u00a320 10^-.; Jiavid Maiuuiond, No. 13, at ,\u00c2\u00a320 lO.v.;\\nRl v. Ezra (Viuaut, No. 22, at \u00c2\u00a320; Xoali rmtt,\\nNo. 40, at f2n; Samuel \\\\\\\\aiTeii, No. 2, at \u00c2\u00a3l.S\\nJohu Hutehins, No. ;!I, at \u00c2\u00a315; Daniel Hawk-\\nins, Jr., No. 4.3, at \u00c2\u00a317; Benjamin Kingman,\\nNo. 28, at \u00c2\u00a317 Henry Tliaver, No. 29, at \u00c2\u00a31G\\nlO.s.; John Follett, No. 42, at \u00c2\u00a3l(i lO.s.; Nu-\\ntliauiel Jiawrenee, .Ir., No. 41 at \u00c2\u00a31 (J Iveu-\\nbcn Alexander, Jr., No. 4, at .\u00c2\u00a31(1 10.s\\\\; /il)a\\nWare, No. i\u00c2\u00bb, at \u00c2\u00a31() 10s.; Tlieodotius Moore,\\nNo. 32, at \u00c2\u00a3l(i lO.s-.; Heujamiu Doolittle, No.\\n24, at\u00c2\u00a3l(i; Francis Very, No. 10, at \u00c2\u00a3l(i;\\nJoslma and I liiueas Lyman, No. 20, at \u00c2\u00a31 fi\\nJames Scott, No. 30, at \u00c2\u00a317; Ehenezer Dodge,\\nNo. 21, at \u00c2\u00a31() r),s-.; Noah Pratt, No. 25, at\\n\u00c2\u00a31G; Benjamin Melvin, No. 8, at \u00c2\u00a31() Caleh\\nAlexauder, No. at \u00c2\u00a310; Mi.ss .\\\\I)igil Hos-\\nkins, No. 23, at \u00c2\u00a316 Tertius Lyman, No. 3,\\nat \u00c2\u00a316 Jeremiah Pratt, No. 5, at \u00c2\u00a31 El)en-\\nczer Killam and Jonah French, No. 7, at \u00c2\u00a3l(i.\\nTlie.se pews were all in the body of tlu; house.\\nThe pews in the gallery were sold to Abraham\\nScott, No. 11, at \u00c2\u00a317 10.s.; Noah Pratt, No. l(i,\\nat \u00c2\u00a36 lO.s.; John Curti.s No. 4, at \u00c2\u00a313; John\\nErskin, No. 2, at 12,v.; Justus Jewel, No.\\n13, at \u00c2\u00a312 lO.s.; John Hatch, No. 20, at 12.s.;\\nDaniel Hawkins, No. 9, at \u00c2\u00a311 KK.; James\\nScott, No. 7, at \u00c2\u00a311; Noah Pratt, No. at\\n\u00c2\u00a35 14\u00c2\u00ab.; Elijah Butler, No. 15, at \u00c2\u00a311 Tlieo-\\ndotius Moore, No. 5, at \u00c2\u00a35 ll.^-.; Ziba ^Val\u00e2\u0080\u00a2e,\\nNo. 14, at \u00c2\u00a310 lO.s.; Noah Pratt, No. 1, at\\n\u00c2\u00a310; Johen Er.skin, No. .3, at \u00c2\u00a310 Asa Alex-\\nander, No. 21, at \u00c2\u00a310; Jonas Hunt, No. 17,\\nat \u00c2\u00a39 Mo-ses Chamberlain, No. 19, at 9 John\\nFollett, No. 18, at \u00c2\u00a3S lO.v.; John Hutehins,\\nNo. 10, at \u00c2\u00a38 10* Daniel Ilawkin.s, No. 12,\\nat \u00c2\u00a3.S William Ri.xford, No. S, at \u00c2\u00a38 the\\nwhole aggregating, \u00c2\u00a31139 4.s or, in dollars,\\n^5058.05. On the 12tli of October, 1795,\\nCaptain Samuel Smith made a donation to the\\ntown of a liell for the new meeting-house\\nwhich weighed 837 pounds. ln)r this the town\\npublicly and uiianiiiiously voted him their\\nthanks. At this meetinii the town voted to\\npurchase a clock for the new meeting-house, and\\nappropriated the money that the old meeting-\\nhouse sold for to pay for it, with what may be\\nsubscribetl. It .seems that no great success at-\\ntended the efforts of those interested in the pur-\\nchase of a town clo(!k for .several years, for at a\\nmeeting held on the 5tli of March, I 799, the\\nsuliject \\\\\\\\as again bcifore the toM ii for action,\\nand it was voted that the monty that the old\\nmeetiug-house sold for should go towards jiay-\\ning for a clock for the new meeting-hou.se if\\nmade within one year, and as no further action\\nis shown to have been had on the subject, it is\\nfair to ])resume that the clock was marking\\ntime for the good peojJe of Winchester by the\\nmorning of the New Year of 1800, as the old\\nclock is well remembered by the writer, as well\\nas by most of the older citizens now living. At\\nthis same meeting, in 1799, Samuel Smith, p].sq.,\\nwho had previously given the bell, tendered the\\ntown an organ, and it was voted to accept\\nthe same and to provide a place in the Meeting-\\nHouse for the organ, and to hire an organist.\\nThe town also voted ^Mr. Smith their thanks\\nfor the gift. This organ is now in existence,\\nstored away in the loft (connected with the town\\nhall. It furnished music for Salibath services\\ntill during the present generation. A proper\\na])j reciation of the gift the hi.^torical recol-\\nlections surrounding it the pride in the fact\\nthat it is one of the veiy first cliui-ch organs,\\nif not the first ever constrneted, in this country\\nthat it was constructed in A\\\\ incliester and by a\\ncitizen of ilu\u00e2\u0080\u00a2heste^, Henry Pratt, Es(|., all\\nsuggest its immediate removal from the dust\\nand cobwebs that now cover and surround it,\\nand the jilaciiig it in some secure yet accessible\\nposition, where it may be preserved for the edi-\\nfication and veneration of succeeding genera-\\ntions. Jt will be ob, erved that the name of the\\nsecond Colonel .losiali Willard has disappeared\\nfrom amongst the names of those who were\\njiroiiiiiient in the munieijial affairs of Win-", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0726.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTEE.\\n571\\nChester. The observhig who frequent Ever-\\ngreen Cemetery have noticed, standing near the\\ncentre of the little two-acre hnryiiig-gronnd,\\nset apart l y the original |iro|)i-ietors as the final\\nearthly resting-place for tlieii- dcpartcMl friends,\\na nioiuinient differing in all resi)eets from any\\nerected either before or sint e, a slate stone\\nslab, five inches in thichness, three feet in\\nwidth by six feet in length, resting npon\\ngranite jiosts. These supports were originally\\nof brick, but were I cplaced M ith stone a few\\nyears ago by the town, as the brick were fast\\ncrumbling in pieces. This slab bears upon its\\nupper face the following inscri|)tion\\nCol. Josiah Wilhinl. wlm (lifd Apiil y 1!\u00c2\u00bb 178(i,\\nin the 72 year of his age. His birtli and education,\\nwhich were honoralile, he dislionoi-ed not in liis\\nyouth. At an early period of his existence he be-\\ngan to figure on the stage of life. His disposition\\nand manners were engaging. His connexions\\nnumerous and respectable. His vocations various\\nand important. His usefulness and influence equally\\nextensive, and the present populous and flourishing\\nstate of the Western Terratories may be attributed,\\nin a great measure to his vigorous and laudable exer-\\ntions in promoting y settlement cultivation of y*\\nwilderness. His principals morals were unim-\\nI)eachable. His Faith and ]iractice truly Evangelical.\\nSensible, social lieloved, his heart and doors were\\nalways open to his friends in general, and to y\\nlearned, regular reputable among y*^ clergy in par-\\nticular. He lived and died in a firm belief of y\\nGospel. Supported and sustained to y End of his\\ncourse by a hope and prospect of an immortal Crown.\\nHis family and friends, in his death, sustain a loss\\nirreparable. He will be held long in remembrance.\\nThe wise will immitate his virtues and fools lament\\nthey did not, when he shall rise immortal.\\nThus he rests in the beautiful valley, The\\nSheomet, that he had given almost the\\nwhole years of his life, and all the energies jf\\nhis being, to reclaim from the wilderness. All\\nthat surround this treasure house of greatness\\ntestify in honor of the man, of his character\\nand his abilities. It was to him, more than to\\nhis father, that the settlers all turned in their\\ndifficulties for advice, and to him in their dis-\\ntress for comfort. He was the friend and\\ncounselor in all private matters, who was the\\nconsulted as well as the trusted adviser and\\nmanager in all the public affairs of the town-\\nship and town.\\nFrom early iu ihe connnenecnient of the\\nsettlement till the year I, SIC the Orthodox or\\nCouoreoationalists were the established church.\\nIts ministers had been called by the town and\\ndismissed by the town in open town-meeting,\\nand they had been supported by the town and\\npaid their salary from the ])ublic treasury, as\\nall other demands against the town were paid.\\nBut ditferences of opinions upon religious sub-\\njects had gra lual!v (lcvi lo|i((l in the minds of\\nthe people, and it was felt by many a grievous\\nhardship and an injustice to suffer taxation for\\nthe support of and the teaching of religious\\nopinions that were repugnant to their own, and\\nwhen, in 1804, it was desired to settle the Rev.\\nExperience Porter, a pi otest, as follows, was\\nspread upon the records of the town\\nWe the Subscribers, Tnhabents of the town of\\nWinchester, Respectfully Shew to the Selectmen and\\nother Inhabents of Said Winchester that in matters of\\nReligion we are and have been for Considerable Time\\ndifl erent in sentiment from those who are now about\\nto Setel a minister, viz., Mr. Porter, for their Teacher\\nin Morality Religion, as we are not fully in Sen-\\ntiment with said Porter those of his Profession we\\ntake this early oportunity in this Public way to de-\\nclare our Decent from joining or in any way agreeing\\nto the Settlement of said Porter as our minister, or to\\nbe any way competed to contribute towards the settle-\\nment or maintenance of said Porter, and whereas we\\nare willing our Neighbors sliould injoy all their Priv-\\neleg with ourselves which the Constitution of this\\nState so wisely Provides for the free enjoyment of\\nall its citizens, that no one Sect or Denomination of\\nReligious Sentiment Sh(mld be in any Subordination\\nto another, and Claiming that Wright to ourselves, we\\ndoe Now in the fulest manner Protest against being\\nany way chargable in our Persons or Estates Towards\\nSettling, Supporting or Dismissing Said Porter, wish-\\ning at the same time you may enjoy all that Christian\\nliberty and enjoyment which the Gospel of our blessed", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0727.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "572\\nHISTOKY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlord Jesus Christ gives to its true Believers; and that\\nwe may all be so hajipy as to studdy that which will\\nmake for peace and where by one may Edyt y a\\nNother.\\nWe still hold and reserve our Prcvelise in the\\nmeeting house with the rest of the Town.\\nDaniel Hawkins.\\nJeremiali Hatch.\\nDaniel Holman.\\nAbiather Dean.\\nBenjamin Linkfield.\\nElisha Holman.\\nJona French.\\nPeter Robinson.\\nBrown Taft.\\nFrancis Verry.\\nDavid Verry.\\nDaniel Verry.\\nSam Hammond.\\nOliver Marble.\\nJohn Willis.\\nAsa Willis.\\nTimothy Willis.\\nJoshua Willis.\\nOliver Capron.\\nAmos Adams.\\nDaniel Adams.\\nJohnathan Howard, .Jr.\\nBenj. H. Whipple.\\nCaleb Holbrook.\\nStephen Randall.\\nElisha Allen.\\nBenj. J^ollet.\\nEliab Howard.\\nJohn Howard.\\nAmos Willard.\\nPaul Willard.\\nAmos Willard, Jr.\\nPeter Willard.\\nJoseph Marble.\\nLevi Marble.\\nJohn Cai ron.\\nF rancis Cooke.\\nStephen Franklin.\\nIsaac King.\\nEldad Wright.\\nAzariah Wriglit.\\nDaniel Wise.\\nJohnathan Howard, Far- John Morse.\\nmer.\\nJohnathan Howard, Car-\\npenter.\\nWilliam Ripley.\\nLevi Ripley.\\nMathew Bartlet.\\nJohn Evans.\\nJohn Curtis, Jr.\\nJohn Erskin, Jr.\\nSolomon Holton.\\nEbenezer Franklin.\\nSamuel Goss\\nAbraham Foster.\\nJoel Miles.\\nDavid Kelly.\\nWalter Follet.\\nJohn Duncan.\\nThomas Wheelock.\\nThomas Wheelock, Jr.\\nAsa Wheeler.\\nCharles Mansfield.\\nWilliam Carlton.\\nRufus Burt.\\nBohen Holton.\\nLuther Lawrence.\\nEnoch Davis.\\nElihii Field.\\nLeonard Field.\\nZachariah Field.\\nZachariah Field, Jr.\\nSolomon Field.\\nElias Field.\\nNathan Bent.\\nAseph Hall.\\nEbenezer Hutchins.\\nSimeon Wheelock.\\nSeth Willard.\\nDavid Tourtelot.\\nPrentice Field.\\nPeletiah Pomroy.\\nSamuel Warren.\\nSamuel Bond.\\nThomas How.\\nSylvanus Stowell.\\nJeremiah Bullock.\\nWilliam Young.\\nWilliam Young, .Tr.\\nEjihraim Taft.\\nMicha Bent.\\nElisha Gunn.\\nCaleb Alexander.\\nJohn Taylor.\\nNathan Fassett.\\nPhilip Goss.\\nD.iniel Twitchel.\\nDaniel Coon.\\nDaniel Hawkins, Jr.\\nDaniel Ashley.\\nThompson Thayer.\\nGeorge Farrington.\\nEbenezer Taylor.\\nMoses Alton.\\nBenjamin Flint.\\nGeorge Farrington,\\nAsahel Jewel,\\nThomas Curtis.\\nJoshua Cook.\\nReuben Bartlet.\\nAbel Oldham.\\n.Jonathan Hill.\\nEphraim Hawkins.\\nNoah Cadwell.\\nStephan Hawkins.\\nAnthony Combs.\\nJoseph Tuttle.\\nJohn Erskin.\\nJoseph Goodeuough.\\nElisha Knapp.\\nDaniel Severance.\\nJessa Brown.\\nAma.sa Woolley.\\nWelcome Bartlet.\\nEbenezer Taylor, Jr.\\nCyrus Taylor.\\nEbenezer French.\\nThomas Gould.\\nGuardians for John, Juliet,\\nPersis andSusanah Butler.\\nThe towu liaviiig conceded that it was un-\\njust to levy a tax on sucli of her citizens for the\\nmaintenance of religious observances and cere-\\nmonies as were objectionable to them and\\ntliat protested against such levy, were directly\\nciilled upon to equalize the privileges of the\\ndiiferent sects or denominations in the use of\\nthe town s meeting-house, and an article was in-\\ntroduced into the warrant for the meeting of\\nJanuaiy 5, 1810, as follows\\nTo See if the town will pass a vote to make a di-\\nvision of the meeting-honse to each denomination for\\ntheir occupation according to the proportion of Taxes\\nwhich they pay in said town, or act thereon as the\\ntown may see proper.\\nUpon which article the town Voted to di-\\nvide the meeting-house according to their taxes,\\nand to chose a Committee out of each denomi-\\nnation to alot to each Denomination their pro-\\nportion of the meeting-house, and they then\\nchose Daniel Hawkins, Jr., Caleb Alexander,\\nElijah Stowel, Samuel Fassett and Enoch kStow-\\nell their committee for said purpose. This ar-", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0728.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTEK.\\n573\\nraugement continued until 1815, when the town\\nrefused by vote to settle the Rev. Mr. White,\\nand then voted tliat the town consent tliat the\\nCougregatioual Society of Christians in this\\ntown be incorporated as a Society. This act\\nfully divorced the town from church affairs.\\nThough the Universalists have continued to\\noccupy some portion of the house, with slight\\ninterruptions, to the present time, it has been\\nthus occupied under a rigiit ol)taincd by con-\\ntract, for whicli tiiey pay a valuable naoney\\nconsideration. Thus the Universalists saved\\nthe body (retaining the meeting-house), whilst\\nthe Congregationalists took cliarge of the spirit\\n(having retained the churcli organization and\\nrecords), whilst the Methodists, which were a\\ngi owing sect, were left to provide both the body\\nand spirit in constructing their own house of\\nworship and iu making their own records. The\\nCongregational Church was formed November\\n12, 1736, with a membership of twelve, and\\nthe Rev. Jose|)h Ashley was ordained as pastor\\non the same day. He was a graduate of Yale\\nCollege of the class of 17.30.\\nHis pastorate continued until the settlement\\nwas abandoned on aci ount of the war between\\nFrance and England in 1 747, a period of eleven\\nyears. During this pastorate there were added\\nto the church membership fifty-one, making,\\nwith the original tweU^e, sixty-three names on\\nthe church-rolls. The Rev. Micha Lawrence,\\nthe second pastor, was ordained November 14,\\n1764, and was dismissed February l!l, 1777.\\nIn politics Mr. Lawrence belonged to the King s\\nparty rather than to Congress, and he became\\nknown as a Tory. Plis dismissal was mainly\\nbecause of his politics, Winchester being tlior-\\noughly loyal to Congress. His pastorate con-\\ntinued for a little more than twelve years. At\\nits commencement tlie church membership had\\nfallen to twenty-seven, and of these only eight\\nwere of the sixty-three members at the close of\\nMr. Ashley s ministry. The third pastor was\\nthe Rev. Ezra Couant, who was ordained Feb-\\nruary 19, 1788, and dismissed November 11,\\n1807. His pastorate covered a period of a little\\nmore than eighteen years, during which the\\nnames of forty-seven members were added to\\nthe church rolls. Mr. Couant was a graduate\\nof Harvard College in the class of 1784. ^Ir.\\nCouant took the pastorate of the church under\\nvery trying circumstances. His predecessor\\nhad been dismissed almost in disgrace for po-\\nlitical reasons, and he found the sentiments of\\nthe people over whom he was called to jjreside\\nstill divided, and tlie great questions of national\\nand State government undecided. ^Ir. Conant\\nfelt the gravity of the situation in all its com-\\npleteness, and that his position in accepting the\\ncall to tlie ministry might not be misunderstood,\\nlie addressed a formal letter t(j the church and\\npeople of Winchester, iu language as follows\\nTo the Church and People of Winchester.\\nBrethren and Friends\\nAs I have Kec an Invitation to Settle within the\\nwork of the Gospel ministrey, I have taken it in\\nSerious and Deliberate Consideration have Sought\\nthat Wisdom from above which is Profitable to Direct\\nand have endevered thoroughly to weigh all Circum-\\nstances attending it have also Consulted Judicious\\nand Disinterested Persons on the important Occa-\\nsion, and finally Considering the unanimity of the\\nChurch and People in giving the invitation and the\\nencouragements tliat have been offered, I think it my\\nDuty to accept and do now declare my acceptance of\\nyour invitation and shall endeavour faithfully to Dis-\\ncharge the duty of my office, but Sensible of my weak-\\nness to Discharge so arduous a task, I ask your I- ray-\\ners for me that I may be enabled to Perform Accept-\\nably and that by our mutualy Persevering in Holey-\\nness and Righteousness and Cordially adheariug to\\nthe Doctrines of Christ we may Rejoice together in the\\nGood Success of my Endeavours and that we through\\nthe whole Course of our lives may incessantly Strive\\nto live according to the exact Rules of Christianity\\nin endeavouring to advance tlie Redeemer s King-\\ndom and in Spreading Peace and Tranquility\\naround us, that so we may Finally be transmitted\\nfrom the militant to the Church triumphant with a\\nTrue testimony of our having advanced tlie Gospel of\\nour Great Redeemer.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0729.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "574\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nI am Bretheren and Friends yuur humble ser-\\nvant\\nEzra Coxant, Jux\\nP.S. My Friends living at a distance tis necessary\\nthat I Reserve (as I expect to be indulged) three or\\nfour Sabbaths yearly and which 1 doubt not you will\\nReadily Grant. Yours as above.\\nE. C, Je.\\nNotwithstanding the prayerful efforts of Mr.\\nConaut throughout his whole pastorate, lie was\\ndismissed in as deep, if not deeper, disgrace\\nthan his predecessor, Mr. Lawrence, for Mr.\\nLawrence s failure was purely political, whilst\\n]\\\\Ir. Conant s was entirely of a religious nature.\\nHe had been selected as a large and liberal-\\nminded gentleman of learning, wisdom and\\npiety, as a pastor to preside over a distracted\\ncongregation, one divided in politics and torn\\nby dissenting beliefs. He had outgrown, as\\nhad many of his congregation, the bigotry of\\nthe past a jiast that had })laced an armed officer\\nof the town at the meeting-house door, M hose\\nduty it was to arrest every pei-son passing ex-\\ncept upon an errand of extreme mercy, and\\ncompel them to listen to the prescribed theology.\\nMr. Conant sought, as he believed, a better way\\nto reach the hearts of his hearers than by the\\nexercise of arbitrary authority, though it had\\nthe sanction of civil law, or of the no less odious\\npressure of theological authority. For liiis\\ndereliction of duty from the church stand-point,\\nMr. Conant was dismissed, charged, as we arc\\ninformed by one of his successors, with having\\npursued such a course that the spirituality of\\nthe church had nearly departed. The -fourth\\nsettled pastor was the Rev. Experience Porter.\\nHe was a graduate of Dartmouth College, of the\\nclass of 1803, and he was ordained Novem-\\nber 12, 1807, and was dismissed February 20,\\n1810. During his pastorate forty-four names\\nwere added to the church-rolls. He represented\\nthe theological views of those who opposed\\nthose held by Mr. Conant, and he failed signally\\nin securing the ajjprobatiou of the best religious\\nintelligence of that day. The additions to the\\nCongregational Church during his ministrations\\nwere the result of the efforts made by the E.ev.\\nMr. Conant and associates, particularly the\\nRev. Jesse Lee, who was a Methodist prior to\\nthe dismissal of Mr. Conant. This religious\\ndenomination, when placed in the same position\\nas the Methodists and ITniversalists regarding\\nthe use of the town meeting-house, vacated the\\nsame and held their meetings in the hall of the\\nschool-house, which stood near by. The society\\nagitated the subject of a meeting-house exclu-\\nsively their own for several years, till finally,\\nin 1834, they had one completed, and it was\\ndedicated November 25th, in that year. This\\nbuilding is now standing, and is occupied for\\nthe purposes and by the society that erected it.\\nThis society has the names of 167 members on\\nits rolls. The Methodists commenced to be a\\npower in religious ntatters in Winchester about\\n1 800. The first settled minister of that denom-\\nination in town was Rev. Jesse Lee. In 180o\\nthey commenced to build a house for them-\\nselves, though it was never comjjleted. It was\\nnever seated, and had no conveniences for warui-\\ning. In 1826 this society built a meeting-\\nh(juse, which they occupied for about sixteen\\nyears, \\\\\\\\lien they constructed the present church\\nnow occupied by them. The liuildiug erected\\nin 1826 is now standing, having been removed\\nfrom the site of the present church to the east,\\njust across the road. It is now occupied in part\\nl)y the town as an ngine-house, the balance\\nfor storage piu-poses by private individuals.\\nThis society has the names of one hundred and\\ntwenty-seven members now on its rolls. The\\nITniversalists have contiuued to worshij) in the\\ntown meeting-house, though under a contract.\\nAbout 1842 they extensively repaired the build-\\ning, filling in the open space between the gal-\\nleries, which ^\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ere upon the east and west ends\\nof the house and ujion the south side, in a\\nmanner to divide the old meeting-house into an\\nupper and lower room. The upper room thus\\nsecured they have occupied for church purjjoses\\nsince. The Universalist denomination had its\\nbeginning in Winchester with the beginning", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0730.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n575\\nof the present century, and from the fact\\nthat the Universalists uf Xew England held\\na convention here in ISO. at which they\\nadopted Articles of Faith, and christened\\nthem The Winchester Confession of Faith/\\nthis society and Winchester have always and\\nare at the present of historical interest to this\\ndenomination. This society has the names of\\ntwo hundred and thirty nieral)ers on its rolls.\\nThe Catholics have a church edifice at Ashue-\\nlot, which they erected in 1X71, and have con-\\ntinued to occupy till the present. This denomi-\\nnation numbers two hundred and fifty upon its\\nrolls of church membership. In 1810 dis-\\ncussions upon the aggressions of England, par-\\nticularly upon the sea, had developed a feeling\\nof retaliation throughout the whole country,\\nbut nowhere so strong as in New England,\\nand the General Court of New Hampshire\\ncalled upon the towns within her borders to\\nprovide themselves with military stores and\\nammunition. In response to this demand,\\nWinchester voted, at a meeting held on the l-!tli\\nday of June, 1810, To raise one huiidr(Ml and\\ntwenty dollars to ]irovide amniunition and\\ncamp-kettles agreeable to an act of Court, and\\nthen voted to set the house to deposit town\\nstores in front of the burviug-g-round. But no-\\nwhere does it appear that she was called upon\\nfurther than to provide these materials against\\nan emergency. No matters of liistorical interest\\ntranspired in Winchester from the date of the\\nchurch controversy and its settlement till July\\n2, 1850, though the town had made constant\\nprogress in wealth, population and business\\nenterprises. At this date an addition was made,\\nlargely at the instance of Alvin Scott, whose\\ninterests would be better served and whose\\nproperty would be enhanced in value, to the\\nterritory of Winchester from the northwest\\ncorner of Richmond. The act of annexation\\nreads as follows\\nBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-\\nsentatives in General Court convened, That the tract\\nof land contained within the fohowino; boundaries, to\\nwit: Beginning at the northwest corner of the town\\nof Richmond and running southerly on the line di-\\nviding Richmond from Winchester, three hundred\\nand forty rods to the south line of the road leading\\nfrom Hollis Narromore s house thence north 58\u00c2\u00b0\\neast to Swanzey line, south, at the north side of the\\nnew road leading I roin Swanzey to Winchester\\nThence on Swanzey south line three hun drcd and\\nforty rods to the corner between Swanzey and Rich-\\nmond, be and hereby is disannexcd and separated\\nfrom the town of Richmond and is annexed to and\\nmade a part of said town of Winchester as fully and\\namply to all intents as though it had been contained\\nin and comprehended by the original grant, charter\\nor incorporation of said Winchester,\\nFrom this date the boundaries of Winchester\\nhave remained unchanged. Recapitulating, we\\nfind Winchester as it now is, to be made up of\\na portion of the original grant, a portion of what\\nwas originally Northfield, a smaller portion\\nof what was originally W^irwick (Roxbury or\\nGardiner s Canada) and a still smaller portion\\nannexed from Richmond.\\nFrom tills date to the commencement of the\\nWar of the Rebellion Winchester s history was\\nuneventful, I .ut w lien it became manifest that\\ntreason, with arms in its hands, threatened the\\nexistence of the general government, and was\\ndetermined at all hazards to secure a dismem-\\nberment of the republic, A\\\\ incliester, true to\\nherself and in keeping with her traditions, took\\nan advanced position amongst her si.ster toM US\\nin the State, to sustain and for the maintenance\\nof the general government. At a meeting held\\non May 11, iSlil, she adopted the following\\nresolutions, which were presented by Marshal\\nKingman\\nResolce.d, That the present crisis of our country s\\nhistory calls for the united eflbrts of every loyal and\\npatriotic citizen to sustain our State and National\\ngovernments in their most active and energetic ef-\\nforts to suppress treason, now existing in a portion of\\nthe United States,\\nResolved, That we hail with joy the alacrity with\\nwhich some of our young men have responded to the\\ncall of our Governor, for the enlistment of a military", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0731.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "576\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nforce to assist in the maintenance of our National\\nGovernment.\\nResolved, That tlie Selectmen of this town be in-\\nstructed to furnish each soldier now enlisted or that\\nmay hereafter enlist in the military service of the\\nState, who are citizens of this town, with such a com-\\nplete outfit as they shall deem necessary, and furnish\\neach with such an amount of ready money as they\\nmay deem necessary, not exceeding ten dollars.\\nResolved, That all soldiers who are citizens of\\nthis town, who have already enlisted or may here-\\nafter enlist in the service of the Government, shall be\\npaid eight dollars [ler month during their time of\\nservice, and that this town will support and main-\\ntain the families of all such as may enlist in the\\nCountry s military service, during their absence on\\nduty.\\nResolved, That the selectmen are hereby author-\\nized to borrow, for the use of the town, .such sum or\\nsums of money as shall be necessary to carry out\\nfully the above resolutions.\\nIt was voted unanimously to adopt the reso-\\nlution, thus pledging the town to an active\\nand energetic .support of such measures as the\\nState might adopt for the support of the general\\nsrovernment in this issue. On the 9th of Au-\\no\\ngu.st, 1862, the town adopted the following\\nresolution\\nResolved, That the town of Winchester pay to\\neach Volunteer the sum of two hundred dollars when\\nmustered into service, that may enlist to fill up\\nour quota for the first call for 300,000, and one hun-\\ndred and twenty-five dollars when mustered into\\nservice to each Volunteer tluit may enlist to fill u]i\\nour quota for the second call for 300,000 men and\\nprovide that there is a company formed for one\\nyear so as to prevent a draft, each Volunteer shall\\nreceive two hundred dollars when nuistered into\\nthe service of the United States.\\nA committee of five was chosen to solicit\\nenlistments. This committee consisted of\\nGeorge W. Pierce, Ellery Albee, Theodore\\nEipley, H. A. Murdt)ck and Ira W. Russell.\\nOn the 2;3d of August, 1862, the town voted to\\nincrease the bounty heretofore voted to be paid\\nthe nine months men by the sum of seventy-five\\ndollars, thus making the bounty two hundred\\ndollars to each volunteer for nine months.\\nSeptember 19, 1863, it was Voted, that the\\ntown pay drafted men or their substitutes three\\nhundred dollars each ten days after they are\\nmustered into the United States service, or fur-\\nnish substitutes ^vho are accepted and sworn in-\\nto the service, and on December 5, 1863, it\\nwas further voted to pay a bounty of three\\nhundred dollars to Volunteers to fill the quota\\nof the town. On the 25th of the same mouth\\nit was voted to advance the town, State and\\nUnited States bounties to those who may enlist\\nto make up our quotti under the last call, and\\nthat the selectmen l)e instructed to borrow\\na sufficient .sum of money to carry out the\\nabove vote, and at this meeting the .selectmen\\nwere instructed to buy or hire substitutes\\nenough to fill the quota of .said town under the\\nlast call of the United States for volunteers.\\nOn February 27, 1864, the town voted to pay\\nthe re-enlisted men from the towu who were\\naccredited to our quota the sum of three hun-\\ndred dollars. On the 16th of June, 1864, the\\ntown Voted that the Selectmen be authorized\\nto procure the enlistment of as uiany volunteers\\nas they may think neces.sary to aj)ply on the\\nanticipated call of the (iovernment for more\\nsoldiers from this town, auil pay such bounties\\nas they think necessary, and on September 1,\\n1864, it was voted that the town pay three hun-\\ndred dollars for one year s men, six hundred\\ndollars for two years men and nine hundred\\ndollars for three years men (citizens) to fill the\\nquota of the town on the last call of the Presi-\\ndent. Under the several calls of the general\\ngovernment for soldiers, the followiug enlisted\\nto fill the town s quota and were mustered and\\nassigned to regiments:\\nNathaniel D. Davis, Company A, Second Regiment.\\nGeorge G. Davis, Company A, Second Regiment.\\nJno. W. Hammond, Company A, Second Regiment.\\nElbridge E. Jewell, Company A, Second Regiment.\\nGeo. L. Pickett, Company A, Second Regiment.\\nChas. H. Shrigley, Company A, Second Regiment.\\nWm. H. Thorning, Company A, Second Regiment.\\nAmasa W. Bowen, Company D, Second Regiment.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0732.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n577\\nMyric M. Burpee, Company D, Second Regiment.\\nAbel W. Colegan, Company E, Second Regiment.\\nWm. Calkins, Company D, Second Regiment.\\nLorenzo Calkins, Company D, Second Regiment.\\nF. H. Chamberlain, Company E, Secon l Regiment.\\nHerbert E. Cook, Cum])any D, Second Regiment.\\nAsa Demiug, Company E, Second Regiment.\\nWm. Downing, Company C, Second Regiment.\\nJas. W. Felt, Company B, Second Regiment.\\nLuther W. Fassett, Company E, Second Regiment.\\nEli Thayer, Company E, Second Regiment.\\nWm. L. Sprague, Company D, Second Regiment.\\nAlbert E. Sholes, Company I, Second Regiment.\\nClias. P. Hill, Company I, Third Regiment.\\nGeorge Bell, Company I, Third Regiment.\\nMitchell Bridge, Company 1, Third Regiment.\\nElijah Hammond, Company I, Third Regiment.\\nArthur Hammond, Company I, Third Regiment.\\nL. D. Hammond, Company I, Third Regiment.\\nFreeman A. Lewis, Company I, Third Regiment.\\nWm. L. Weeks, Company I, Third Regiment.\\nJames Cooney, Company H, Third Regiment.\\nPatrick S. Farren, Company C, Third Regiment.\\nGeo. W. Newbold, Company I, Third Regiment.\\nEdward O Han, Company D, Third Regiment.\\n.Fohn Hughes, Com{)any C, Fourth Regiment.\\nJohn Nichols, Company A, Fourth Regiment.\\nEmers Gould, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nSamuel E. Goss, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nFrederick Barrett, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nOrrin B. Curtis, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nJames T. Eaton, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nGregory Henfin, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nGeorge Hubbard, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nChas. B. Lawrence, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nNelson Wood, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nAmasa Amidon, Company H, Fifth Regiment.\\nAdrian Arew, Company G, Fifth Regiment.\\nJoseph Booth, Company B, Fifth Regiment.\\nJohn C. ClitTord, Company H, Fifth Regiment.\\nJames Hagan, Company E, Fifth Regiment.\\nCaswell J. Hall, Company I, Fifth Regiment.\\nCharles Myers, Company H, Fifth Regiment.\\nJohn Murphy, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nRienzi 0. Rich, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nThomas Riley, Company E, Fifth Regiment.\\n.Tames Sullivan, Company F, Fifth Regiment.\\nJoseph Woodard, Company E, Fifth Regiment.\\nJohn L. Winch, Company B, Fifth Regiment.\\nE. P. Pierce, assistant surgeon. Sixth Regiment.\\nJohn Hays, Company F, Si.xth Regiment.\\nJames Hnuligan, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nJames Mulligan, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nJoseph Worrell, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nJ. Whittemore, Company H, Sixth Regiment.\\nStephen Franklin, Company K, Sixth Regiment.\\nHenry Blake, Company A, Sixth Regiment.\\nJohn Burns, Company G, Sixth Regiment.\\nJames O. Oonnell, Company A, Sixth Regiment.\\nWilliam Davis, Company F, Sixth Regiment.\\nLouis E;idred, Company C, Sixth Regiment.\\nHenry Geoti ray, Company A, Sixth Regiment.\\nJames Haven, Company I, Sixth Regiment.\\nWilliam Hill, Company I, Sixth Regiment.\\nEdward Howard, Company A, Sixth Regiment.\\nPatrick Lynch, Comi)any A, Sixth Regiment.\\nJohn Murphy, Company F Sixth Regiment.\\nWilliam Martin, Company I, Sixth Regiment.\\nPeter Glson, Company B, Sixth Regiment.\\nPaul Syne, Company A, Sixth Regiment.\\nWilliam Stevens, Company A, Sixth Regiment.\\nWilliam Smith, Company C, Sixth Regiment.\\nHenry Thompson, Company A, Sixth Regiment.\\nMichael Willey, Company G, Sixth Regiment.\\nMathaias Evans, Company I, Seventh Regiment.\\nFred. C. Festland, Company I, Seventh Regiment.\\nJohn Bridges, Company C, Ninth Regiment.\\nEdward Crosby, Com[)any E, Ninth Regiment.\\nRichard Daley, Company E, Ninth Regiment.\\nJohn B. Duchand, Company C, Ninth Regiment.\\nFrancis Granville, Company H, Ninth Regiment.\\nJohn Glancy, Company C, Ninth Regiment.\\nRuldof Hintman, Company K, Ninth Regiment.\\nGeorge H. Marsh, Company G, Ninth Regiment.\\nLucan Martenelle, Company K, Ninth Regiment.\\nJames Roberts, Company F, Ninth Regiment.\\nMichael Sweuey, Company A, Ninth Regiment.\\nHenry Underwood, Company B, Ninth Regiment.\\nW. A. Fosgate, Company B, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nT. A. Ripley, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nC. L. Combs, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nWm. Combs, Company C, P^ourteenth Regiment.\\nG. G. Marden, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nJ. F. Hunt, Company F, J^ourteenth Regiment.\\nG. Norwood, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nC. G. Howard, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nN. Graves, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nN. B. Fosgate, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0733.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "578\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nF. H. Wood, Company F, Fourteeuth Regiment.\\nH. E. Baldwin, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nD. T. Swan, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nC. O. Colburn, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nJ. H. Bolton, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nJ. Buftum, Jr., Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nF. H. Buftum, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nC. W. W. Ball, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nC. A. Ball, Company F, Fcmrteenth Regiment.\\nL. E. Bent, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nL. Eaton, Jr., Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nP. Hays, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nH. E. Hutchins, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nL. E. Howard, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nW. A. Morey, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nJ. H. Moore, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nV. Q. D. Murdock, Company F, Fourteenth Regt.\\nR. E. Murdock, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nG. H. Nims, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nC. Pratt, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nG. F. Perry, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nC. P. Reede, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nF. Roark, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nE. O. Smith, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nD. H. Thompson, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment\\nH. F. Thayer, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nH. L. Wilbur, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nH. A. Wood, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nH. F. Pratt, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nJ. H. Doolittle, Company G, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nH. Colburn, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nW. A. Doolittle, Com])any C, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nF. B. Shepherd, Company G, Fourteenth Regiment.\\nS. P. Fairbanks, Company A, Eighteenth Regiment.\\nL. S. Pickell, Company D, Eigliteenth Regiment.\\nC. W. Verry, Company F, Eighteenth Regiment.\\nG. W. Pierce, surgeon. First Cavalry.\\nL. A. Thayer, Company B, First Cavalry.\\nA. H. Bolles, Company C, First Cavalry.\\nN. A. Bryant, Company C, First Cavalry.\\nJames H. Eaton, Company C, First Cavalry.\\nGeorge H. Munn, Company C, First Cavalry.\\nJohn E. Morse, Company C, First Cavalry.\\nLucius P. Scott, Company C, First Cavalry.\\nS. E. Hines, Company A, First Heavy Artillery.\\nThis list doe.s not include all who enlisted\\nfrom Winchester during tlie war, as many are\\nknown to have enlisted in neighboring States,\\nand othei s were unassigned to regiments, and\\nfor the prt sent their official records cannot be\\nfound.\\nFrom the close of the War of the Re-\\nbellion there has been uo special matter of\\nhistorical importance in the affairs of the\\ntown of inchester. She has paid a debt\\nof forty-two thon.sand dollars, a legacy of\\nthe war. She has improved her highways,\\nbridges and public buildings. Her population\\nlias increased, whilst her citizens have ad-\\nvanced in wealth, prosperity and intelligence.\\nHer jiopulation in 17G7 was 428 in 1773,\\n(il(i in 17.S0, 1103; in 1790, 1209; in 1800,\\n1413; in ISIO, 1478 in 1820, 1849; in 1830,\\n20. )2; in 1840, 206-5; in 1850, 329() in\\n1860, 2225 ill 1870, 2097; in 1880, 2444.\\nThe first po,st-office was established in town\\nin 1811, with Henry Pratt as postmaster.\\nJonas Bruce succeeded him April 10, 181.3.\\nHenry Pratt was reappointed December 1,\\n1817. Philip Ripley was appointed March 27,\\n1820. Calvin Burnap was appointed Febru-\\nary 19, 1831 Horace Peirce, July 10, 1841\\nCalvin Burnap, August 29, 1842; Allen Cross,\\nApril 9, 1849 Abel Hammond, November 26,\\n1852;Joiiu Severance, April 2, 1853; John\\nA. Powers, December 22,1856; ^yilliam H.\\nGurn.sey, June 28, 1861 George H. Snow,\\nSeptember 8, 1885.\\nA post-office was established at West Win-\\nchester January 4, 1833, with Horace Chapin\\nas postmaster. He was succeeded by John G.\\nCapron, September 1, 1836. Alvin W. Ball\\nwas appointed September 30, 1841 Jotham\\nW. Finch, May 4, 1847; Samuel P. Fair-\\nbanks, January 19, 1849 John G. Capron,\\nJune 4, 1849 De Los C. Ball, April 8, 1852.\\nThe name of the office was changed to Ashue-\\nlot February 10, 1854, at which date De Los\\nC. Ball M as reappointed. Edwin L. Putnam\\nwas appointed August 14, 1855; Horace\\nChapin, October 26, 1855 Jason C. Plummer,\\nAugu.st 19, 1857; John L. Thayer, November\\n12, 1860; John L. Nickerson, May 5, 1862;", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0734.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n579\\nWilliam Dickenson, Novenihcr 7, 1864;\\nWright W(io(l, February 1-^, 1859; and Henry\\nH. Pratt, April 20, 1882.\\nThe town supports twenty sehoois, under the\\ntown system, at a cost of six thousand dollars,\\nincluding the expenses of the High School.\\nTliis last is conducted under the pnjvisions of\\nthe so-calleil lareniont ^Vct. Its graduates are\\nqualified to enter any of the higher institutions\\nof ie^irning in the country. It has two public\\nlibraries, one at Winchester village pr ij)er, witii\\nthree thousand v ihnnes, that are being increased\\neach year by town appropriations the other, a\\nfree library, called the I)ickenson Free Lib-\\nrary, located at West Winchester. This has\\nover five liundred vohinus, and it is being\\nincreased each year by subscriptions and dona-\\ntions.\\nThe Masonic fraternity have I hilesian\\nLodge, No. 40, located at Winchester village;\\nalso, Prohibition Division S. T., No. 1, and the\\nGrand Army of the Kei)ublic, Edward N.\\nTafft Post, No. lit. The Winchester Na-\\ntional Bank is located at this village. It was\\nfirst chartered as a State bank, under the title of\\nthe Winchester Bank, July 3, 1847. It was\\nconverted to a national bank, under the title of\\nthe Winchester National Bank, in 1865. As a\\nState institution, its ca[)ital was one hundred\\nthousand dollars, and it commenced operations\\nwith this amount as its capital when it\\nbecame a national bank. In 1884 it in-\\ncreased its capital to two hundred thou-\\nsand dollars. It was rechartered in 1885\\nfor twenty years. The Security Savings-Bank\\nis also located in this village. It was chartered\\nby the State August 1881. Its deposits\\nand surplus amount to one hundred and fifteen\\nthousand dollars. Its treasui er, Miss J. Grace\\nAlexander, is probably the first lady ever en-\\ntrusted with such a position. The Ashuelot\\nRailroad, which was in process of construction\\nin 1850, and was the cause of the large increase\\nof population, as shown by that census, pa.sses\\nthrough the town, following the course of the\\n37\\nAshuelot River. It has stations at Winches-\\nter, Ashuelot and I isgah.\\nIt runs inw mixed train each way daily from\\nKeeue to South Vernon, Vt., and two passen-\\nger trains. The road is owned and controlled\\nby the Connecticut Railroad Coinpanv. The\\nAmerican Telegrapli Company have oihces Ixitii\\nat Winchester and Ashuelot, as also has the\\nNew England Telephone Company. Winches-\\nter village has twenty stores, eight manufactories\\nof boxes, pails and Iniekets, three blacksmith-\\nshoj)s, two livery slaliles, one hotel, two lawyers,\\none dentist and four physicians. The factory\\nof Messrs. Dickenson, Seaver A: Co. is located\\nthere; its products consist of pails and l)uckets.\\nThey employ thirty-five hands and consume\\nabout two thousand cords of second-growth\\npine per annum. The mills of Dickenson ct\\nBaker are located on the Ashuelot River at\\nthis place. Their products are dimension lum-\\nber of pine, oak, hemlock and chestnut, and\\namounts to about six liundred and fifty\\nthousand feet annually, employing twenty\\nmen. A. M. Howard s Box Manufactory\\nemploys thirty hands, with an animal out-\\nput of four hundred thousand boxes. C. M.\\nNorwood Company s Box Manufactory also\\ngives emjiloyment to fifteen hands, producing\\nthree hundred thousand boxes annually. The\\nWinchester Box jManufactory employs twelve\\nhands and produces annually two hundred and\\nfifty thousand boxes. Dickenson Munsel\\nmanufacture boxes, giving employment to fifteen\\nhands, who produce three hundred thousand\\nboxes yearly. Smith Metcalf give employ-\\nment to eight men, and annually produce one\\nhundred and fifty thousand boxes. Ashuelot,\\ntwo miles west of AVinchester village, has\\ntwo stores, one hotel, a steam saw-mill,\\ntwo blacksmith-shops and two livery stables.\\nThe Ashuelot Manufacturing Company is\\nlocated here, and manufactures Union and\\nMoscow beavers. The mill is of twelve sets\\nof cards and gives employment to two hundred\\nand fifty hands they produce four hundred", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0735.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "580\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthousand yards of cloth each year. The\\nAshiielot Union Milly arc located at Lower\\nAshuelot. They run four sets of cards and\\neni|doy seventy-five hands; producing one\\nhundred thousand yards Union beavers annu-\\nally. The Ashuelot Warj) Company runs tiu-ee\\nthousand four hundred spindles, producing\\ncotton thread, used as the warp in satinet and\\nshoddy goods. Tliey give eni|)loynient to fifty\\nhands. Thesteam saw-mill of Amos P. Tutfts,\\nat Ashuelot, employs twelve men, producing\\ntwo hundred tliousMud feet of pine, hendo(^k\\nand chestnut lumber annually. The luml)er\\nmill of Ansel Dickenson, at Pisgah Station,\\ngives employment to twenty-five IuiikIs, pro-\\nducing one million feet of dimension hunber\\naimually. A box manufactory at this mill\\nemploys fifteen hands, producing three hundred\\nand fifty thousand bo.xes annually. It is under\\nthe control of Mr. DicUensou. KolK rtson\\nBros. paper-mills are located at Pisgah Sta-\\ntion.\\nThey produce annually 7()0,t)l)0 poundsof tis-\\nsue, manilla and toilet paper, giving employ-\\nment to fourteen hands. The Broad Brook\\nSteam Lumber-Mills, locatetl about two and\\none-half miles north of Pisgah Station, give\\nemjdoyment to thirty-five hands, who produce\\nan annual out])ut of lath, shingles, boards and\\ndimension lumber amounting to one million\\nfeet. At varions other localities in the town,\\nsmall lumber-mills, both steam and water, are\\nin constant operation, twenty at least finding\\neither a market or an outlet fi)r their products\\nat Winchester. The Ashuelot River enters the\\ntown near its northeast corner, and runs in a\\ngeneral southwesterly direction till it passes the\\nvillage of ^Vin(^hester, when it curves The\\nBow somewhat abruptly, and runs to the\\nwest and north, passing out of town very nearly\\nin the middle of its western boundary. This\\nriver is one of the largest streams that flow into\\nthe Connecticut y Great Kiver from the\\nNew Hampshire side. It takes its rise in\\nWashington, and drains that town, Stoddard, a\\nportion of Antrim, Sullivan, Nelson, Surry,\\nKeene, Ivoxbiny, Harrisville, Marlborough,\\nSwanzey, Troy, Richmond, a portion of Chester-\\nfield, AVinchcster, Hinsdale and a large portion\\nof Warwick, Mass. It receives during its course\\nthrough town the waters of Broad Brook, which\\nrises in Chesterfiekl, runs through the west part\\nof town southwardly, draining the eastern\\nslope of Mount Pisgah Mirey Brook, that\\nrises on the east side of Mount (irace, in War-\\nwick, Mass., and luns northwardly, receiving\\nthe waters of Hoai ing Brook about two miles\\nfrom its mouth, and empties into the Ashuelot\\nabout one-half a mile below the centre of Win-\\nchester village, and the waters from many other\\nsmaller streams, i hcre are four lakes, or ponds,\\nwithin the limits of the town the largest is\\nRound Pond, located in its northwest corner.\\nThis body of water is of irregular form, alxint\\ntwo and a half miles long by one mile in\\nwidth. Near this pond is the Kilburn Pond\\nand North Round Pond. Forest Lake, or\\nIlumjjhrey s Pond, as it was called jirior to\\n188;^, is situated about two miles nortiiward\\nfrom the Centre village. This body of water\\nis about one mile in length by three-fi)urths of\\na mile in width. This lake has, within a few\\nyears, become a favorite resort during the sum-\\nmer season for many of our citizens, who have\\nerected several fine cottages upon its western\\nbank. The streams and ponds of Winchester\\nare well stocked with trout and other fish com-\\nmon to New England waters, whilst, through the\\nefforts of some of our citizens, seconded by the\\nState Fish Commissioners, land-locked salmon\\nand black bass have been introduced. The\\nlast have developed wonderfully, and it is not\\nunconnnon to take fish of this variety weighing\\nfrom two to three pounds each. In the days\\nof the early settlers the true salmon, shad, ale-\\nM ives and herring were abundant, frequenting\\nthe Ashuelot and its tributaries in large num-\\nbers during the spawning season, returning to\\nthe sea in the autumn, only to return again\\nin the spring. But private enterprise, through", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0736.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTEK.\\n581\\nthe building of dams upon the river for\\nmanufacturing purposes, about and during the\\ntime of the Revokitiou, prevented tlie return\\nof the fisli to th(ur accustomed breeding-places,\\nand effectually excluded them from the river.\\nThis so disturbed (he settlers who were not\\npersonally interested in the mills that they ad-\\ndressed a petition in the following words to the\\nGeneral Assembly of the State\\nTo tlie Hon the General Assembly now sitting at\\nConcord\\nThe petition of the Selictmen of the town ol\\nWinchester, honible sheweth, that the Itiver ealleil\\nAshewilet formerly i)roduce(l a large nuniher of\\nSalmon and shad, with a variety of hook fish but of\\nlate, the corse of s fish is intirely stopd by Reson of\\nthree Dams aerost said River, viz, one in Hinsdale,\\none in Winchester, and one in Swanzcy, whieh is a\\nCreate Damage to this and the Neighbouring towns,\\nand notwithstanding the Repeated Requests of the\\npeople in this Town to the owners of Said Dams to\\nopen a Corse for Said Fish, they still Refuse to Do it,\\nwhich very much Disspleases the people in general,\\nand if there is nothing dun to prevent it, there is a\\nprospect of the people Rising in a hostile manner and\\npuling Down Said Dams; to prevent which, and to\\nestablish a free course for Said Fisli, we beg your\\nHonnours to take this matter under your wise con-\\nsideration, and pass such an act as you in your\\nwisdom shall think i)iopcr, and we in Duty Bound\\nwill ever pray.\\nWinchester, June 1st, 1784.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sl.MON Wri.L.^KD, 1\\nJohn ALKXANDUit,\\nPaul RicirARDsoN,\\nPrentice WiLrAiti\\nr Selecfmen.\\nUpon which petition the(ieneral Assembly\\ntook the following action\\nState of New Hampshire,\\nIn the House of Representatives, Feb. 11, 1785,\\nUpon Reading Considering the foregoing petition,\\nVoted, that the petitioners be heard thereon before\\nthe Gen Court, on the Second Thursday of their next\\nSession, that in the Meantime the petitioners serve\\nthe Owners of the several Dams on Ashawillat River,\\nin Winchester and Hinsdale, with a copy of the peti-\\ntion order of Court thereon, that they, or either of\\nthem, may then appear and shew cause (if any they\\nhave) why the prayer thereof may not be granted.\\nSent up for Concurrence.\\nGeo. Atkinson, Speaker.\\nIn Senate the same day read concurred.\\nE. Thompson, Seci/.\\nThis mcn enicut evidently mi.scarried, for we\\niind a petition couched in almost the same\\nidentical language on June 3, 1786. This\\npetition was signed by Daniel vVshley, Moses\\nhaiiiberlain ami Asa Alexander, as selectmen\\nof Winchester; and again another dated May\\n17 S S, signed by Ezra Parker, Daniel Haw-\\nkins and Asahel .lewell, selectmen of Winches-\\nter. The whole matter evidently ended in the\\ncool Cf)urtesy offered by the Legislatin-e, when\\nthey,\\nUpon reading and considering the foregoing peti-\\ntion. Voted that the prayer thereof be Granted and\\nthat the petitioners have leave to bring in a Bill Ac-\\ncordingly.\\nSent up for Coneurreiice.\\nJohn Langpon, Speaker.\\nIn Senate June 14, 178G,read and Non-concurred.\\nJ. Pearson, Sec;/.\\nThe dams stood an l the fish came not back\\nfrom the sea.\\nIn the early years of settlement wild animals\\nwere abundant, bears, deei-, the lynx, wolves,\\nwildcats, foxes, raccoons, hedgehogs, skunks,\\nwoodchiK^ks, weasels, squirrels (black, red, gray,\\nstriped aiul flying) on the land, whilst the\\n.streams were frequented by the beaver, otter,\\nmink and muskrat. Of these animals, only\\nfoxes, raccoons, hedgehogs, skunks, wood-\\nchucks, weasels, and the gray, red, striped and\\nflying squirrels remain. Occasionally an otter\\nis seen, whilst mink and miiskrats are quite\\nabundant. The last bear of which there is\\nrecord was killed in ISo.j near Hound I oiid.\\nThe forests afforded and now afford resting-\\nplaces for owls, hawks, crows, pigeons, par-\\ntridges (the ruffed grouse), and all the song\\nbirds of New England. Wild geese and ducks", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0737.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "582\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nused to be abuudaut, but at the present only a\\nfew geese are seen, and those only that, having\\nbecome weary in their migratory flight, alight\\nfor a period of rest. A few black and wood\\nducks still annually rear their broods of young\\nin the most secluded nooks of the ponds and\\nstreams.\\nThe main agricultural productions are hay,\\ncorn, oats, rye, potatoes, some wheat, barley and\\nbuckwheat. Tobacco was at one time during\\nthe war a profitable crop, but ceased to pay\\nwhen the Southern States were able to jilace\\ntheir crop upon the market. Gaixlen crops of\\npeas, beans, turnips, carrots, cabbage, scpiash\\nand melons are abundantly grown, whilst the\\norchards [)roduce the apple, pear, peach, quince,\\nred cherries and other small fruits. Grapes,\\nblackberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blue-\\nberries and the strawberries grow, both native\\nand cultivated, in great abundance. The forests\\nare almost exclusively of second growth, and\\nconsist of pine, hemlock, oak, ash, beech, nniple,\\nbirch, elm and walnut, whilst all tlu forest\\ngrowths common to New England are to be\\nfound here.\\nWinchester lies in what is believed to have\\nbeen the bed of a lake that, some distant day\\nin the past, included a large portion of what is\\nnow Cheshire County, and that found an outlet\\nto the south in arwi(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2k, Mass. But in some\\nconvulsion of nature the mountain chain that\\nbound it in on the west was ruptured, and a\\nnew outlet as formed, draining what had been\\nbefore a sulimerged territory, leaving only the\\nbed and course of the Ashnelot River in its\\nstead. The town is hilly, with very little plain\\nor level land, such as there is being found near\\nthe Centre village Pine Plain in the val-\\nley of Mirey Brook, on the banks of the river\\nand in the southwesterly part of the town near\\nthe Connecticut River. The ranges of hills on\\nthe west, north and east of the Ashuelot extend\\nin a northwardly and southwardly direction,\\nwhilst the range of hills ujjon the south of the\\nriver extend more nearly east and west. The\\nvalley of the Ashuelot here is about four hun-\\ndred feet above sea level, and several of the\\nmountain peaks in Winchester rise to an alti-\\ntude of from six hundi cd to one thousand feet.\\nThe soil is such as is common to most New\\nEngland hill towns. Upon the sides of the\\nmountains and u])on her cultivatable hills it is\\ngenerally strong; l)ut it is very strong and re-\\ntentive of fertilizers, and when brought under\\ncultivation produces large crops for many suc-\\ncessive years. In the valleys and about the\\nCentre village the soil is of a lighter character,\\nand, being free from stones, is much easier to\\ncultivate, producing as good crops as the hill\\nlands, though it recpiires closer attention and\\nmore fretpient cultivation. The bottom lands\\non the Ashuelot and Connecticut Rivers are\\nvery fertile and only require slight attention to\\nsecure abundant returns year after year.\\nWinchester, in the one hundred and fifty-three\\nyears of her existence, has developed from an\\nunbroken wilderness into a thriving and pros-\\nperous town. Siie has always been loyal to her\\nState and the government to which she belonjj-ed.\\nShe has always been loyal to her convictions of\\nright in all matters pertaining to education,\\npolitics, religion and morals, and where her\\nheart has been, there her purse has been also.\\nShe has never hesitated to stand with out-\\nstretched jiands, palms upwards, bearing in\\nthem the shining coins of her treasury, that she\\nhas showered in abundance on every cause\\nwhere her sense of duty or patriotism called.\\nThe foundations of her prosperity are struck as\\ndeep as the granite that underlies her, whilst\\nthe structure she has and is building towers\\nupward and upward, keeping pace with the\\nhopes and the aspirations of her citizens.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nDAVID BALL.\\nProminently identified with the active lousi-\\nness life of the town of incllester, as well as", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0738.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": "^^^_,_J^ /2=-^^z", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0741.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0742.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0743.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0744.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n583\\nevery enterprise haviufr for its object the gen-\\neral good of the community, may be found tlic\\nname of Ball.\\nIn 1 7i)il we find that Stephen Ball, a resident of\\nar\\\\vick, Mass., married Betsey Weld, of the\\nsame place, and to them was born David Ball, the\\nsubject of this sketch, October 7, 1801, and was\\nthe eldest of the family. Ills boyhood, like most\\nyouths of those days, was spent mainly at the\\nhomo of his parents until about 1817 or 1818,\\nwlicn he came to Kcenc, N. H., and engaged as\\na clerk in mercantile business with Mr. Whee-\\nlock from there he removed a i ew years later\\nto the village of West Winchester, continuing\\nin the same line of business with William\\nF. Pulsifer, later as I ldsifer cV: Ball, Ball\\nt a] ron and D. A. W. Ball. He married\\nFanny P. C apron, December 29, 1825. He\\nwas also identiiied with other kinds of business,\\nbeing interested in purchasing real estate, the\\nlumber business and later in manufacturing.\\nMr. W. F. Pulsifer, his partner, died Febru-\\nary 22, l.s;!7, leaving for that time quite a large\\nestate, of which ilisposition was made liy will to\\nhis heirs in Boston. Mv. Pulsifer showed his\\nconfidence in Mr. liaW by making him executor\\nof his will.\\nAbout the year ].S;18 he, with his brother, John\\nP., formed a co-partnership and commenced\\nthe manufiicture of linseed oil, locating a I)ranch\\nof their works in I ittstown, N. Y. This part\\nnersjiip was continued acfivily for over twenty\\nyears, David attending the mill in West Win-\\nchester, while his brother John gave his time\\nand attention to the one in Pittstown. In 1.S40\\nDavid ISall purchased the woolen-mill located\\nat what has since been known as Scotland, and\\nwhich had been owned by Cyrus Greenwood.\\nHe continued to operate this until it was de-\\nstroyed by fire in 1x47, and it was not rebuilt by\\nhim, but a few years later he disposed of his\\ninterest in the power to a company who rebuilt\\nthe woolen-mill.\\nIn 1860 he again engaged in the manufacture\\nof woolen goods in tonnection with another\\nj)arty, having put the necessary machinery into\\nthe mill formerly used by D. A. W. Ball as a\\npail-factory. In 1 8(i2 he purchased the interest\\nof the other artner fov fifteen thousand dollars\\nand continued the business under the firm-name\\nof D. Ball it Son. His death occurred Aug. 4,\\n1864. His children were D. L. C. Ball, Mrs.\\nE. Thayer and .Jennie K. Ball, all of whom sur-\\nvived him. His wife died September 6, 1863.\\nIn reviewing the outlines of an active life\\nsuch as Mr. Ball s has Ijeen, we cannot but ob-\\nserve the energy and perseverance of the man\\nin the many interests with which he was contin-\\nually occuj)icd. At one time in the mercantile\\nbusiness with his brother under the firm-name of\\nD. A. W. Ball, the manufacture of oil at\\ntwo different points, an ii-on foundrv, a coop-\\nerage, a ])ail-factory, a saw and stave-mill\\nand a woolen-mill, liesides being activelv en-\\ngaged in all that pertained to the general bene-\\nfit of the town where he resided.\\nHe was one of the original instigators of the\\nAshuelot ]\\\\ailroad and the Winchester Bank.\\nThe name of the village was changed to Ash-\\nuelot thi ough the efforts of his son, I). L. C\\nBall, postmaster, in 18o2, and has since been\\nknown l)y that name.\\nThe residts of a life of this character speak\\nmore eloquently of its real worth and value to\\na ((mmnnity than any words of commendation\\nwhich we might add, and the example of his\\nintegrity and upriglitness will be long remem-\\nl)ered bv those who knew him.\\nTHE TURNKlt FAMII,Y.\\nThe first ancestor of James B. Turner to\\ncome to this country was William H. (1), who\\nleft England, with his widowed mother, when\\nhe was a small boy, and settled in Gla-stenbury.\\nConn. He married Mercy, oldest daughter of\\nReuben Risley. From this union there were\\ntwo girls, who died single, and seven boys,\\nWilliam H., (2) Jr., James B. (2), Chauncey\\nAlanson (2), Robert (2), Sanford (2) and George", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0747.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "584\\nHISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n(2). These boys all married, reared families\\nof children and lived eadi to advanced age.\\nJames B. Turner (2), the suhject of this sketch,\\nwho was liorn February 16, 1791, passed his\\nchildliood in Glastenbury, Coun., and attending\\nthe district school of that place, he obtained a\\nfair education. Young Turner early developed\\na fondness for the water, and his first business\\nwas that of a sailor on a coasting vessel that\\nplied between ilartfoi-d and New York, chiefly,\\nthough he occasionally voyaged as far south as\\nthe Carolinas and elsewhere, as the neces-\\nsities of the coasting trade demanded. He was\\na voung man of good habits, and, by industry\\nand frugality, he, while yet quite young, had\\nsaved a consideralile sum of money. Alanson (2),\\na younger brother of James B., was early ap-\\nprenticed to learn the trade of a clothier, and,\\nl)v diligence and I are, mastered all the details\\nof the business, as carried on at that time.\\nAbout the year 1817, these brothers, the one\\nwith considerable money and the other with a\\npractical knowledge of tiie business, formed a\\ncopartnership for tlie manufacture of woolen\\ncloth, and, coming to Ashuelot, N. H., bought\\na water privilege, on the Ashuelot River, and a\\nsmall l)tiilding, in which the clutli business\\nhad been carried on in a small way, and, en-\\nlarging the buildings to meet their recpiirements,\\nwent to work. They soon established them-\\nselves tirnilv in the business, and carried it on\\nsuccessfully for nearly forty years, adding im-\\nproved machinery and, from time to time,\\nenlarging their miil as the necessities of an\\nincreasing and profitable business demanded.\\nMr. Turner was prominent in the civil affairs\\nof the town and filled nearly all of the various\\ntown offices and also represented the town in\\nthe Genei al Court. In j)olitics Mr. Turner wa-s\\na Whig, and at the time of the organization of\\nthe llc] ublican ]iarty he joined it and acted\\nwith it up to the time of his death. He was\\na consistent member of the Methodist Church\\nand was liberal in the support of public wor-\\nship. May 10, 181 5, he married Milly, daughter\\nof James and Jemima Galjiin, and she l)ore\\nhim eight children,\\nMartha J. (3), born July -5, 1816; William\\nG. (3), boru June 4, 1818, died August, 184(1\\nChauncey A. (3), born June 13, 1820, died\\nAugust, 1821 Eunice H. (3), born November\\n30, 1822; Theresa A. (3), born February 1,\\n1826, died September, 1832; Aurelius B., (3),\\nborn June 23, 1828; James E. (3), born No-\\nvember U), 18.30, died August, 1833; Arietta\\nA. (3,) boru February 28, 1834, died Decem-\\nber, 1847.\\nAurelius B. (3), (who furnished the engra\\\\ing\\nof his father for this work) learned the business\\nof cloth manufacture in the mills of liis father\\nand uncle and finally succeeded them and be-\\ncame file proprietor of large manufacturing in-\\nterests iu the vicinity of the old mill. His\\neducational ad\\\\-antages were such as were at\\nthat time found in the district schools. His\\nfirst business was that of a manufacturer of\\nsatinets, in 1858, uuder the firm name of Turner\\nRaymond. In 1862 Mr. Raymond died, and\\nthe reorganized firm was Buell, Pratt Turner,\\nand they made union beavers, cotton-warp,\\nwool and shoddy filling. The enterprise has\\nbeen carried on under various firm changes up\\nto the present time. The firm is now Tliayer\\nTurner. Messrs. Thayer, Pratt and Turner,\\nCaptain Ansel Dickinson and D. L. C. Ball\\nbought till property of the Ashuelot Company,\\nand, after running it five years, formed a Htock\\nCompany of it and carry it on as sucli at the\\n])resent time.\\nFelmiary !t, 1864, he married Matilda M.,\\ndaughter of Miles and Martha D. Mitchell, and\\nlives iu a beautiful home on a bluff overlo(jking\\nthe mills, in the village of Ashuelot.\\nAXSEL DICKIXSOX.\\nAmong the families of New England that\\nhave shown energy, force of character and per-\\nsistent industry, and by the force of indom-\\nitable will impres.sed itself on the present era", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0748.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "cAn^^i ^A-.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0751.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0752.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "WINCHESTER.\\n585\\nby the perpetual labors of several generations,\\nis the Dickinson family, of whom, in the\\nfourth generation from Jsaithaniel (1), Nathan-\\niel (2), William (.3), is Ansel (4), the subjeet\\nof this sketch. Nathaniel (1) came from\\nEngland early in the seventeenth century, anrl\\nsettled in Deerfield, Mass., and was a farmer.\\nHe was a soldier in the Indian ^V^^r, sta-\\ntioned at the garrison fort at Northfield,\\nMa.ss., and was killed by the Indians April 1-\\nJ 7 17. Ifis son, Nathaniel with his brother\\nJosej)h, left the home firm after the death of\\ntlieir father, and pushing northward, they lo-\\ncated in the wilderness, on a tract of four hun-\\ndred acres, in what is now the nortlu-rn part of\\nthe town of Swanzey. Later they divided\\ntheir tract of land, and each built residences\\nthereon, in which they lived during the re-\\nmainder of their lives.\\nNathaniel was twice married and was the\\nfather of six sons and one daughter. The sons\\nWilliam (.3), Asa, Al)el, Uriah, Aaron and Na-\\nthaniel\\nrrew to manhood. The daugrhter\\ndied in infaniy. The mother of these children\\nwas Caroline Cnnmiiugs, of Swanzey. Wil-\\nliam (.3) was a farmer, and married Lucinda\\nGardner, by whom he had eleven children, four\\nof whom died young. The seven who lived\\nto grow up were Erastus, Caroline, Nathaniel,\\nArvilla, David S., Ansel (4) and Kollin.s. Of\\nthis family, the eldest, Erastus, demands espe-\\ncial mention. He Mas born December, 1800,\\nand attended the district school. He married\\nEsther, daughter of Moses Hills, Esq., of\\nSwanzey, and removed to Winchester, where lie\\nengaged extensively in the business of lumljer-\\ning, buying large tracts of timber-lauds. He\\nhad no taste for politics, but represented the\\ntown of Wiuoh ster in the Legislature in\\nLS52. Early in life he showed a fondness for\\nmilitary atfairs, and when he became a man\\njoined a local military company as a private.\\nHe was promoted through all the grades of\\noffice to that of major general of volunteers. He\\ndied July 22, 18(i5.\\nAnsel (4) was born in Swanzey February 22,\\n1822. His boyhood was spent on the farm,\\nwiicre his life was not ludikc liiat otVither lioys\\nol this pcri(i l in tiie history of New Hamp-\\nshire. His educational advantages were such\\nas wore afforded l)y the common schools t)f that\\ntime, l)ut by close attention lo his studies lie\\nmade progress much Ixyond thi; average.\\nShowing considerable capacity liir business he\\ncame to M inchester and was associated with\\nhis brother, (xenei al l ]rastus, at the age of\\nseventeen. .Vusci (4) was twice marrieil first, in\\n1852, to Jane L. Holey n, of Hinsdale, N. H.,\\nwho died shortly after marriage second, to\\nMary Theresa I ldi, from wliidi latter luiion\\nthere have been Ixirii La Fell, Milan A., John\\nH. and William Eugene.\\nCaptain DiekiTison has accjiiired large i usi-\\nness exjjerience, and is engaged in a great num-\\nber of business enterprises in his town and vi-\\ncinity, and furnishes em])loyment to a large\\nnumber of workmen, each one of whom has\\nthe most implicit faith in his word and entire\\nconfidence in his business judgment. In\\npolitics Cajjtain Dickinson is a Democrat. In\\nreligion a Methodist. For many years he has\\nbeen a director in the Winchester National\\nBank, and is also president of the Seciu-ity\\nSavings-Bank, of Winchester. He has reiire-\\nsented the town of inchester (which is largely\\nRepublican) tour terms in the General Court,\\nhas been a member of the School Board, luid is\\nsure to be found as an active participant in\\nlabors of love for the good of the many. Such\\na life, earnest, vigorous, true, successful, has a\\nvalue not to be easily measured, but siu-c to make\\nthe world better and faith in man more firm.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0753.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0754.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nOF\\nSULLIVAN COUNTY,\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0755.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0756.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\n7\\nOi\\nSriLlYAiN COUNTY, NEW IIAMI SIIIUE.\\nC HAP T J-; R I\\nfiENKHAL HISTORY.\\nBY .lOSEI H W. I AH.MELEl;.\\nPrevious to the year 1771 (here were no coiiiily\\ndivisions in the State of New Hani|)shire. The\\ncourts for the adjustment of all lefral matters were\\nheld at Portsmouth.\\nIn 1771 the State was tlivided into five counties.\\nOf these was the county of Cheshire, which e.\\\\-\\ntended north from the State line of Massachusetts\\nsome sixty-five miles, and east from the C on-\\nnecticut River, which wa.s its western boundary,\\nabout twenty milos, making an area more than\\nthree times as long as it wa.s broad.\\nIt consisted of thirty-eight towns, and the courts\\nwere held alternately at Keene and harles-\\ntown. Jails were erected at each place, and that\\nat Charlestown did good work in Kcvolutionary\\ntimes as a hostelry for the ottensive partisans\\nof His Majesty George HI.\\nThe increase in business and importance of\\nKeene, which was central to the lower [)art of the\\ncounty, and of the northern towns, of which New-\\nport was the most central, and the fac-t that Charles-\\ntown was not convenient to either section, in\\nconnection with changes that had occurred during\\nthe fifty years since the county was organized, in-\\ndicated the necessitv of a readjustment of county\\nafiinrs, and on Decemiter 1824, the Legislature\\nenacted that the May term of the Supreme C iurt\\nof Judicature should be removed from Charles-\\ntown to Newport.\\nThis alii)rd( l onlv a partial relief from llic gene-\\nral inconvenience, as the facilities for the trans-\\naction of other county business remained the .same\\nas before. It was ap[)arent that the only remedy\\nfor this state of things was in the erection of a new\\ncounty. The matter came before the Ijcgislature\\non June L\\\\, 182fi, and by an appropriate act the\\nquestion of division was submitted to the several\\ntowns in Cheshire ouuty, and also the ipiestion\\nwhether Newport or Claremont should be( orae the\\nshire-town of the new ci)unty. The result of\\nthe election was a vote to diviihi the county,\\nand Newport was adopted as the shir(!-town of tjie\\nuew countv l)y a majority of :)728 vott^s over\\nClaremont.\\nThe uew county was named in honor of one of\\nNew Hampshire s most distinguished Revolutionary\\npatriots and so diers, General John Sullivan,\\nand comprised the towns of Acworth, Charlestown,\\nClaremont, Cornish, Croydon, (irantham, Goshen,\\nLempster, Langdou, Newport, Plaiulield, Sunapee,", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0757.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSpringfield, Uuity and Washiugtou, in all fifteen\\ntowns.\\nThe county of iSullivan, thus organized, has an\\naverage length of about thirty miles, with (Jraftou\\nCounty on the north, and a Ineadth of some twenty\\nmiles, with Merrimack County on the east. Its\\nsomewhat irregular eastern hoiuidary lino traverses\\nthe great ridge between the Connecticut and JNIerri-\\nmack Valleys, the surface of a part of Sunapee\\nLake, and the crest of the iSunapec range of high-\\nlands, southward to the Cheshire line. Its western\\nl)orders are washed l)y the waters of the Connecti-\\ncut River. It is estimated that the elevation of\\niSunapee Lake is S20 feet higher than the waters\\nof the Connecticut at the mouth of Sugar River,\\ntwenty miles distant. The altitude of Sunapee\\nMountain is 2688 feet above mean tide-water at\\nBoston, ith these statistics in view, it will be\\neasy to estimate the extent to which the entire\\narea of Sullivan County becomes a water-shed\\nto the Connecticut River. Central to this\\narea of about six hundred sijuare miles flows\\nthe Sugar River, tiie main nutlet of Sunapee\\nLake, to its confluence with the Connecticut River,\\nin Claremont, receiving in its course the waters of\\nits northern and southern branches, from the\\nnorthern and southern extremities of the county,\\nwith many lesser affluents.\\nFlowing from this watershed are streams in\\nPlaintield and Cornish, Little Sugar River, in\\nLenity and Charlestowu, and Cold River, that has\\nits source in the ponds of Lempster and Hows\\nthrough Acworth and Langdon.\\nThe highest point of land in Sullivan is Croydon\\nMount, the altitude of which is 2789 feet above\\nsea-level. From its sunuuit a large portion of the\\ncountv is visible.\\nThe scenery of Sullivan County, while not as im-\\nposing as that of the more northern part of the\\nState, is picturesque and delightful. Its climate,\\nsoil and productions vary with the distances from\\nthe Connecticut Valley.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nBENCH AND BAR.\\nHon. Simeon Olcott was the first memlter of\\nthe legal i)rofe.ssion who settled in Charlestown,\\nand the first who opened an office in New Hamp-\\nshire west of the Merrimack River. He was the\\nson of Timothy Olcott, Jr., of Bolton, Conn., and\\nEunice AVhite, of Hatfield, Mass., and was born\\nOctober 1, ITS. He was educated at Yale College,\\nat which institution he graduated in 1761, and, as\\nit is suppo.sed, conunenced immediately the study\\nof law. The exact date of his establishing himself\\nin Charlestdwn has not been ascertained, but it\\neoidd not have been later than 1764. The earliest\\ndate at which his name a|)pears in the proprietors\\nrecords is December 9, 1768, at which time he was\\nchosen chairman of a committee, witii John Hast-\\nings, Jr., and William Heywood, to proportion the\\namount of (juit-rent due from each proprietor to\\nHis JMajesty s government, agreeable to their\\ncharter; and also to receive and pay the same to\\nthe Receiver-General at Portsmouth.\\nThe public record of Mr. Olcott shows that after\\nestablishing him.self in Charlestown he grew in\\nf av(u- with the people to such a degree that he was\\nvery soon elected to some of the most honctrabie\\noffices in the gift of the town. In 1769, 1770 and\\n1771 he was one of the selectmen. In the latter\\nyear he was also elected delegate to the Assembly\\nat Portsmoutii, which office he held for three years.\\nIn 1770 and 1772 he was, moreover, unanimously\\nchosen to direct the deliberations of the town as\\ntheir moderator. In 1773 he received the appoint\\nnient of judge of Probate, with a salary of twenty-\\nfour pounds sterling, in addition to which his\\nbusiness had so increased that he deemed it suffi-\\ncient to allow of the admission of a partner and\\nin July of that year Benjamin West, who became\\nsubsecjuently one of the most distinguished lawyers\\nin New Hampshire, was admitted to that connec-\\ntion.\\nMr. Aleott was elected judge of the Supreme\\nCourt on Jctober 26, 1781, and his letter of resig-\\nnation was dated Januarv 28, 1782, and was laid", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0758.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\n5\\nby Goveruor Chittenden before the General As-\\nsembly at Bennington, on the 11th of February\\nfollowing, with numerous other papers relating to\\nthe eastern and wcstei ii unimis.\\nDecember 25, 1784, he was appointed chief\\njustice of the Court of Common Pleas. In this\\nposition he served a little over six years, when, on\\nthe 25th of January, 17!tO, he was elevated to\\nthe position i_)f associate justice of the Superior\\nCourt. Tins office he contiiuied to hold till the\\n28th of Marcli, 1795, when he was given the chief\\njusticeship, wliicli he held till .lune, 1801, when\\nhe was electeil to represent the State as a Senator\\nin Congress. He was elected, not for a full term,\\nbut to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation\\nof Hon. Sanuiel Livermore, of Holderuess. The\\ntime for which he was elected expired in March,\\n1805. After this he retired to private life, in\\nwhich he continued till the 22d of February, 1815,\\nwl .eu he died at the age of seventy-nine years,\\ngreatlv lamented by the ]iublic at large and a very\\nextensive circle of personal friends, leaving a sha-\\ndow on the home whose enjoyments were always\\ngreatly heightened by his presence.\\nHon. Ben.ia.min Wkst. At tiie tiuie of the\\norganization of Cheshire County, in 1771, it con-\\ntained two lawyers, both subsequently distinguished\\nin their profession. One was Simeon Alcott, of\\nCharlestown, the other Daniel Jones, of Hin.sdale.\\nMr. Olcott liad been in practice some five or six\\nyears, and Mr. Junes nearly the same time. They\\nwere both educated men, and probably about the\\nsame age, as Mr. Jones giaduated at Harvard\\nCollege in 17511, and Mr. Olcott at Yale College\\nin 1761. jNlr. Jones was the first chief justice of\\nthe Common Pleas a[)pointed after the organiza-\\ntion of the county, and became a person of exten-\\nsive influence. Three other members of the\\nprofession al.so settled very soon in the county,\\nJohn Sprague and Elijah Williams, at Keene,\\nand Benjamin West, at Charlestown. After a\\nbrief residence at Keene, Mr. Sprague removed to\\nLancaster, in Massachusetts, where he became an\\neminent lawyer and civilian. Mr. Williams, who\\nsettled in Keene in 1771, in consequence of his\\ntaking sides with England in the Revolutionary\\nWar, was also soon obliged to leave. He died in\\nDeerfield, Mass., his native town, in 1784, and\\nwas buried by the side of his ancestors.\\nBenjamin West was the son of Rev. Thomas\\nWest, of Rochester, Mass., and was born on the\\n8th of A]iril, 174(j. He graduated at Harvard\\nCollege in 176 S. He studied law in the office of\\nAbel Willard, at Lancaster, Mass., and cunnnenced\\npractice in Charlestown, N. H., in 1773. He took\\nhigh rank in the |)rofession, and was one of harles-\\ntown s most esteemed citizens. He was member\\nof Congress, and held other official positions. He\\ndied July 27, 1817.\\nFkedehick AuGi STL s SuMNKR, SOU of Benja-\\nmin and Prudence (Hubbard) Sumner, of Clare-\\nmont, was born in 1770. He fitted for college\\nand entered at Dartmouth in 1789, but after re-\\nmaining at that institutii.in a [lart of the course,\\ntook up his connection with it and entered at\\nHarvard College, where he graduated in 179.S.\\n(_)n graduating, he decided on pursuing the legal\\nprofession, and immediately commenced the study\\noflawinthe office of Hon. Benjamin West, of\\nCharlestown, and was a fellow-student, as he hail\\nbeen in his collegiate course, with Hon. John C\\nChand^erlain. On being admitted to practice in the\\ncourts of the State, in 1790, he opened his office\\nin Charlestown, where the remainder of his life\\nwas spent.\\nHe held various town offices and also was post-\\nmaster at Charlestown. He died August 13, 1834.\\nGeorge Olcott, second son of Hon. Simeon\\nand Mrs. Trypheua (Terry) (.)lcott, was born No-\\nvember 22, 1785. His early education was care-\\nfully conducted, the most assiduous attention\\nhaving been paid, on the part of his parents, not\\nonly to the discipline of his intellect, but to the for-\\nmation and cidtivation of his habits and manners.\\nHe was fitted for entering Yale College a little\\nbefore he was sixteen years of age, and graduated\\nat that institution the autunni before he was\\ntwenty. On leaving college he commenced im-", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0759.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmediately the study of the hiw, and was admitted\\nto tlie practice of tlie profession iu the usual\\ntime, in which practice he successfully continued\\ntill 1824, when, on the charter of the Connecticut\\nRiver Bank, he was elected its first cashier, which\\noffice he continued to hold till iiis death, Fehruary\\n4, 18(U.\\nMr. Olcotthad no and)ition flu- public office, but\\nalways preferred, whereduty would allow, to remain\\nin a private staticm. He was still t re(|Uently lioii-\\nored liy his fellow-citizens, as tlic following rec-\\nord of the offices to which he was elected will\\nshow He was chosen moderator in the years\\n1842, 4.S, 44; town clerk in 181!), 20, 21, 22\\nand 24 one of the selectmen in 1819, 20, 21\\nand 22, and town treasurer from 1.S37 till the\\ntime of his decease, which was, in all, twenty-six\\nyears. Though frequently urged, he would never\\nconsent to become a candidate feu- the Legislature,\\nnor for any office that would take him away for\\nan) considerable time from his duties in connection\\nwith the bank.\\nHon. Henry Hubbard was born Jfay 1784,\\nand graduated at Dartmouth College iu 180;?.\\nHe studied law iu the office of Hon. Jeremiah\\nMason, at Portsmouth, aiid commenced the prac-\\ntice of law at Charlestown. From the time of his\\nestablishing himself iu the town he took an effi-\\ncient part in all its affairs, and was soon honored\\nbv his townsmen by election to important offices.\\nIn 1810 he was chosen moderator, which office he\\nheld, in all, sixteen times. He was first selectman\\nin the years 1819-20 and 28, in which last year\\nhe was also moderator and town clei k. He repre-\\nsented the town in the Legislature in 1812, 13,\\n14, 15, 19, 20, 23, 24, 2r 26 and 27,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 eleven\\ntimes in all. dime 10, 1825, he was chosen\\ni-^peaker of the House of Re])resentatives, in place\\nof Hon. Levi Woodburv, who had been elected to\\na seat in the United States Senate. He was also\\nchosen to the same office in the years 1826 and\\n1827. In 1823 he was apjiointed solicitor for\\nCheshire County, in which capacity, exhibiting\\nrare qualities as an advocate, he served the term\\nof five years. On the incorporation of Sullivan\\nCounty he was appointed judge of Probate, the\\nduties of which office he continued to discharge\\ntill 1829, when he was chosen a representative to\\nCongress.\\nIn 1834 he was elected to the Senate, where,\\nfor the period of six years, he had the im[)licit\\nconfidence of the administration and the Demo-\\ncratic party. In 1842 and 1843 he was elected\\nGovernor of New Hampshire. With this office\\nhis jiolitical career closed, although, at everj- suc-\\ncessive election, no one in the State rendered more\\nefficient service to the Democratic cause.\\nSoon after leaving the gubernatorial chair he\\nwas appointed sub-treasurer at Boston, to which\\ncity lie for a time removed. He died June 5,\\n1,S57.\\nCI1I15F JisTicE John Jame.s Gilchrist was\\nborn in Medford, Mass., February 16, 1809.\\nHis father, James Gilchrist, was a master if a\\nvessel, and is yet well reniemliered by many as a\\nman of powerful frame, vigorous understanding\\nand great energy of character. He early accpiired\\na competence, and removed, while his son was yet\\na child of tender years, to the beautiful village of\\nCharlestown, in New Hamjishire, where he bought\\na farm and occupied himself in rural pursuits for\\nthe remainder of his life, which was brought to a\\nclose in the |)rime of his manhood from the effects\\nof an accident. Here the boyhood of Judge Gil-\\nchrist was mainly passed, and here he pursued,\\nunder the guidance of the Rev. Dr. Crosby, a por-\\ntion of the studies preparatory to a collegiate\\ncourse. He entered Harvard College in the au-\\ntumn of 1824.\\nAfter leaving college he commenced the study\\nof law at Charlestown, under the guidance of the\\nlate William Briggs, an eccentric but very well-\\nread lawyer, who possessed a much larger and bet-\\nter collection of law-books than country practi-\\ntioners usually accunudate. Of these books in\\nthat quiet village, in which there was so little to\\ndisturb or distract the mind of the student\\nJudge Gilchrist made most excellent use, and, by\\na wide range of elementary readiug, laid the foun-\\ndations of his ample stores of legal learning.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0760.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\nFrom the office of Mr. Briggs he went to the Law\\nSchool in Cambridge, where he wa.s kuovvu as a\\nmost diligent .student, ranging over the whole do-\\nmain of the common law, and letting none of his\\nopportunities pas.s by unimproved. Upon iiis admis-\\nsion to the bar, he formed a connection in l)usiness\\nwith the late Governor Hubbard, whose daughter\\nhe afterwards married, thus finding himself at\\nonce in good employment and escaping the disci-\\npline of that dreary pericxl between the expecting\\nof clients and the coming of them. The next few-\\nyears were passed in the diligent and successful\\npractice of the law. He took some ])art iu the\\npolitics of his State and was for more than one\\nyear a member of the Legislature (1836-37) but\\nhe always made the politician subservient to the\\nlawyer, and his aspirations were professional and not\\npolitical. When, therefore, in 1840, at the early\\nage of thirty-one, he was ajipointed one of the as-\\nsociated justices of the Supreme (_ ourt of New\\nHampshire, it was with the general and hearty ap-\\nproval of the bar and the public. He was a very\\nyoung man for such a post, a year younger than\\nJudge Story was when he was made a judge, and\\nalso a year younger than ^[r. Justice Buller when\\nhe was elevated to the King s Bench, at an age\\nwhich startled all the venerable proprieties of\\nWestminster Hall.\\nWhen, in 1848, the place of chief justice was\\nmade vacant by the resignation of Judge Parker,\\nJudge Gilchrist had ]3roved himself to be a man\\nof such high judicial excellence, and to be pos-\\nsessed of such a principle of intellectual growth and\\nprogress, that the eyes of all were at once turned\\ntowards him as to one in natural succession to the\\ndignity and his appointment gave general satis-\\nfaction and equal a.ssurance. In this high jjlace\\nhe remained until the Court of Claims was created\\nby Congress, when he was placed at the head of\\nthis tribunal by President Pierce, who was his\\nwarm pei-sonal friend, who had often appeared be-\\nfore him at the bar, and thus knew at first baud,\\nand of his own knowledge, how eminently quali-\\nfied he was for the responsible and laborious\\nduties which were to be devolved up(.in him.\\nThus, the twenty-seven years which elapsed\\nbetween his atlmission to the bar and his lamented\\ndeath, eighteen were passed in the discharge of\\njudicial duties.\\nHis learning was ample, various and service\\nable. In depth and extent of legal lore many of\\nhis judicial contemporaries may have equaled\\nhim, and a few may have excelled him. He had\\nno professional pedantry, no vanity of legal auti-\\n(|uarianism, no taste for the ob.solete curiosities of\\nblack-letter learning. But he had a sufficient\\nknowledge of the history, principles and spirit of\\nthe common law to view every subject that arose\\nfrom a proper point of view and in its just re-\\nlati(ras to kindred and collateral branches and\\nhis patience of labor enabled him to investigate\\never}- question that required research, thoroughly\\nand completely. He had in a high degree that\\nfine legal perception which distinguishes the living\\nprinciple from the accidental and temporary\\nti)rnis through which it has been manifested. Hav-\\ning early taken a wide survey of the whole field\\nof legal learning, and made an outline map of the\\nregion, it was a matter of course that his after-ac-\\nquired knowledge .should naturally and easily have\\nfallen into ])!ace, been duly classified and ar-\\nranged, and k pt within easy reach and ready for\\nuse.\\nHe was a man of warm afiections, social sym-\\npathies and genial tastes. He had the usual com-\\npensation that accompanies a life of hard and tran-\\nquil work, in the freshness of feeling maintained\\nby him to the last. There was never a younger\\nheart buried in the grave of a man of forty-nine.\\nThe natural pleasures which spring upon the lap\\nof the common earth never lost their relish to him.\\nHe needed not the sting of strong excitements to\\nrouse and animate him. His temperament was\\nquiet, but not torpid his mind was always active\\nand his sympathies always ready.\\nEd.muxd L. iTSHixfi was born in Lunenburg,\\nJNIass., iu 1807. He entered Harvard I liiverisity\\nin the fall of 1823, at which institution he also re-\\nceived his degree in due couise in the fall of 1827.\\nHe was admitted to the bar in 1834, and in the", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0761.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "8\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nspring of 1840, on the retirement of the late Chief\\nJustice Gilchrist from practice, on account of his\\nappointment as one of the justices of the Superior\\nCourt, he established himself in his profession at\\nCharlestown.\\nMr. Cushing was successful iu practice and\\ngained such a respectable standing at the bar that,\\nin the spring of 18 he was ajipointed one of the\\njustices of the Circuit Court, which office he ac-\\ncepted, but had held it only about four mouths\\nwhen the court was abolished. Subsequently, how-\\never, he was teudei cd an aj)pointment in the new\\nCourt of Common Pleas, which, from consitlerations\\nunnecessary to mention, he felt it his duty to de-\\ncline. From tliat time until his appdintmeut as\\nchief justice he continued in the diligent and un-\\nremitting practice of his profession, having only\\ntaken tiuie enough from it to hold the office of\\nrepresentative in the Legislature for the years\\n1850, 1852, 1853.\\nIn the sunmier of 1874, when the courts were\\nremodeled, he received the a]ipfiintment to the\\nchief ju.sticeship of tlie Superior Court\\nHon. Caleb Eli-ls was born at Walpole, Mass.,\\nin 1767 graduated at Harvard College in 1793\\nread law in the office of Hon. Joshua Thomas, of\\nPlymouth, Mass. settled in Claremont about\\n1800. In 1804 he was chosen a member of Con-\\ngress from New Hamp.shire, and was re-elected in\\n1806. In 180!) and 1810 he was a member of the\\nExecutive Council. In 1811 he was elected\\nState Senator; in 1812 he was elector of President\\nand Vice-President, and in 1813 he was appointed\\none of the judges of the Supreme Judicial C ourt of\\nNew Hamj)shire, which office he held until .his\\ndeath. May 9, 1816. In February, 1816, he\\nmarried Nancy, daughter of Hon. Robert Means,\\nof Amherst, N. H. He built the house near the\\nsouth end of Broad Street, which was purchased\\nby Colonel J. S. Walker in 1860, by whom it was\\ngreatly improved to con forui to the requirements of\\nthe times, making it one of the handsomest resi-\\ndences in town.\\nAt his death Judge Ellis left a will, in which he\\nbequeathed five thousand dollars to the Congre-\\ngational Society of Claremont, for constituting a\\nfund, the interest of which shall be annually ap-\\npropriated to the support of the Christian minis-\\ntry. Rev. Stephen Farley, minister of the Con-\\ngregational Church, delivered a sermon on the\\noccasion of the funeral of Judge Ellis, taking for\\na text Proverbs x. 7 The meuiory of the just is\\nblessed. Iu the course of this elocjuent, and some-\\nwhat remarkable sermon, the preacher said,\\nAlthough he has left the world, his memory con-\\ntinues in it, and will long survive his decease. His\\nmemory is blessed. It there be any justice in the\\npresent and succeeding generations, the name of the\\nman whose remains are now before us will belield in\\nmost cordial, grateful and honorary remembrance.\\nThe Hon. Caleb Ellis was a man distinguished\\nfor native vigor and capaciousness of mind. The God\\nof nature formed him capable of high mental attain-\\nments and great intellectual eli ort. For strength of\\nintellect, accuracy of discrimination, soundness of\\njudgment and propriety of taste he attained an ex-\\ntraordinary eminence. His native superiority of mind\\nwas improved by very extensive cultivation. His\\nlearning was various, profound and general.\\nConcerning his jirofessional character, I shall not\\nattempt a [larticular delineation. It is sutiicient that\\nI say, as an attorney, as a legal counselor, as an advo-\\ncate, as a statesman, and as a justice of the Supreme\\nJudicial Court,his worth is generally known, acknowl-\\nedged and admired.\\nIn private life Mr. Ellis was eminently inoffen-\\nsive, amiable and exemplary. He wronged no one\\nhe corrupted no one he defrauded no one he\\nslighted no one; he injured none. His treatment\\nand attention toward persons of different classes were\\nmarked with the strictest propriety, justice and liberal\\ngenerosity. He gave them all satisfaction and en-\\njoyed their cordi.al esteem. In freedom, not only\\nfrom all vice, but also from common faults, he attained\\nan eminent distinction. There were no censurable\\nexcesses, no despicable deficiencies, no unamiable\\nhabits about him. His moral integrity was like tried\\ngold. Many of the most frequent imperfections of\\nhuman nature were but faintly discovered in his\\nheart and life.\\nAt the opening of the trial term of the Supreme\\nJudicial Court for Grafton County, at Haverhill,\\nin May, 1816, Chief Justice Jeremiah Smith read", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0762.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0763.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0764.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\n9\\nii sketch of the character of Judge Ellis, in which\\nhe said,\\nSince tlie commencement of the present circuit it\\nlias pleased the Ahnighty Disposer of all cventHto\\nremove one of the jiidgcs of this court by death. If\\nliving, lie would have filled the place I now occupy.\\nIt is believed that this is the first instance of the death\\nof a judge of the Sui)reme Court, while in oflice,\\nsince the adoption of the present Constitution, and.\\nIndeed, since the Revolution. Though the whole\\nnumber who have served, during this period, has\\nbeen nearly thirty, and more than half that number\\nhave paid the debt of nature, yet they have generally\\nquitted the office before age had made retirement\\nfrom the active scenes of life necessary.\\nNature endowed .Judge Ellis with a mind at once\\ningenious, discriminating and strong. Without edu-\\ncation he would doubtless have attracted no small\\nshare of the esteem and confidence of those within the\\ncircle of his acquaintance. But his great modesty\\nwould probably have concealed him from public\\nnotice. Fortunately, it was otherwise ordained and\\nhe received the best education our country could\\ngive. He was graduated at Cambridge in 1793, and\\nleft that distinguished university with a high charac-\\nter for learning, morals and general literature.\\nPerhajis no student ever left a lawyer s office with\\na larger and better stock of law knowledge. He com-\\nmenced the practice in this State. Soon after his ad-\\nmi. ^sion to the bar of the Supreme Court, in the county\\nof Cheshire, I well recollect his argument in a case\\nof some difficulty and importance, and the remark of\\na gentleman, then at the head of the bar, and who\\nseldom errs in his judgment of men, that Mr. Ellis\\nwould soon be numbered among the most valuable\\nand respectable members of the profession.\\nWhen the new judiciary system was formed, in\\n1813, the best informed of all parties named Mr. Ellis\\nfor the office of judge of this court. The merit of the\\nexecutive of that day, in relation to this appointment,\\nwas in concurring with that nomination. Mr. Ellis\\nwas an independent and impartial judge.\\nHis mind was too lofty to enter into any calcula-\\ntions foreign to the merits of the cause in the discharge\\nof his official duties neither the merits nor demerits\\nof the parties nor their connections, however numer-\\nous or powerful, could have any influence with him.\\nI am sensible that this is very high praise, a praise\\nwhich could not, in truth, be bestowed on all good\\nmen, nor even on all good judges. But it is praise\\nwhich Mr. Ellis richly merited.\\nHon. Samuel Amiilky came to Claremont in\\n1782. He was in the war of 1745 and 17.05. He\\nheld several civil offices, and was jud;^e of tlie\\nCourt of Common Pleas. He died in February,\\n1792.\\nHon. GivOhok B. UrnAM, son of Captain\\nPhineas Upham, bom at Brookfield, Mass. gradu-\\nated at Harvard College in 1789 came t^j Clare-\\nmont to live about 1799 served a number of years\\nin the New Hamjjshire Legislature, and was\\nSpeaker of the House of Itepresentatives in 1809,\\nand again in 1815. He was a representative in\\nCongress from 1801 to 180- He was considered\\none of the best lawyers and safest counselors in\\nthis part of the State for many years. He was\\npresident of the old Claremont Bank, and by his\\npractice and economy accumulated a large fortune\\nfor his time. He died February 10, 1848, at the\\nage of seventy-nine years.\\nHon. \\\\V. H. H. Allen was bom in Ver-\\nmont, December 10, 1829 removed to Surry,\\nX. H., when quite young, and lived there until\\n1858, when he removed to Newport thence to\\nClaremont in 1868, where he still resides. He\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College in 1855 read\\nlaw with Wheeler Faulkner anrl F. F. Lane,\\nat Keene, and Burke Wait, at Newport ad-\\nmitted t^j the bar at Newport in 1858 clerk of\\ncourts for Sullivan County from 1858 to 1863\\npaymaster in the army from 1863 to 18C6 judge\\nof Probate for Sullivan County from 1867 to 1874.\\nHe was in the practice of law at Newf ort and\\nClaremont from 1866 Uj Augu.st, 1876, when he\\nwas appointed associate judge of the Supreme\\nCourt of New ELamjjshire, which position he still\\nholds. (For a more extended notice see appendix.;\\nI Hon. Hosea W. Pakkek. The town of Lenii\\nI ster, among the hills of Little Sullivan, is one\\nof the most unpretending in the State. Without\\nrailway facilities, and destitute of water-power to\\nany considerable extent, the inhabitants depend,\\nin the main, for a livelihood, upon the products of\\ni\\nI By H. H. Metcalf. Arranged from the GraniU Montldy.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0767.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "10\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\na rugged soil, of less tliau average fertility, from\\nwhich they gain a comfortable subsistence only by\\nconstant industry and the jiractice of close economy.\\nNo man ever accumulated more than a moderate\\ncompetency in Lempster, and few have suffered\\nfrom extreme poverty while crime is compara-\\ntively unknown within the limits of the town. A\\nmore industrious, law-abiding, and, withal, a more\\nintelligent community than the people of this\\ntown, cannot be found in New Hampshire. Its\\nschools have always been the best in the county,\\nand it is a generally conceded fact that it has\\nreared and sent out more teachers and preachers\\nin projiortiou to its population than any other\\ntown in the iState, together with a goodly number\\nof lawyers, physicians and journalists. Rev.\\nAlonzo A. Miner, D.D., of Boston, is the most dis-\\ntinguished of the numerous clergymen which\\nLempster has produced, while the subject of this\\nsketch (a kinsman of Dr. INIiner) is the most prom-\\ninent of her sous at the bar and in public life.\\nHosea W. Parker was born in Lempster May\\n30, 1833. His father, Benjamin Parker, a fanner\\nin moderate circumstances, and one of the numer-\\nous descendants of Captain Joseph Parker, now\\nscattered over New England, was among the most\\nesteemed citizens of the town, holding many posi-\\ntions of trust and responsibility, and enjoying the\\nconfidence and respect of his townsmen regardless\\nof sect or party. He died in 1845, at the age of\\nforty-seven years, leaving a widow and three chil-\\ndren, two sons and a daughter. The widow, a\\nlady of rare gifts and great intelligence, yet sur-\\nvives at the age of eighty-six years. The eldest\\nsou, Hiram Parker, is a successful farmer and\\nleading citizen, residing upon the old homestead\\nin Lempster. He is a man of sterling character\\nand wide influence, has represented the town in\\nthe Legislature, and held various other responsible\\npositions. He ranks among the most enterprising\\nand progressive farmers in the county, and has\\nbeen for several years a member of the State\\nBoard of Agriculture, participating actively in its\\nwork. The daughter, Emily L., who also resides\\nin Lempster, is the widow of the late Hansom\\nBeckwith, a prominent citizen of the town, who\\ndied some years since. Hosea W., the youngest\\nson, was twelve years of age when his father died.\\nWith his brother he engaged diligently in the\\nwork upon the farm, attending the district school\\nduring its limited terms, with an occasional term\\nat a select school, until about eighteen years of\\nage, when he determined to enter upon a course of\\nstudy preparatory to a professional life. After\\nattending Tubbs Union Academy, at Washington,\\nthen under the charge of that famous teacher, Pro-\\nfessor Dyer H. Sanborn, for a few terms, he entered\\nthe Green Mountain Liberal Institute, at South\\nWoodstock, Vt., where he completed the full class-\\nical course. He entered Tufts College in 1855,\\nbut did not remain to complete the course in that\\ninstitution, leaving during the second year to com-\\nmence the study of law, upon which he entered in\\nthe office of Hon. Edmund Burke, at Newport,\\nwhere he completed his legal studies, and was ad-\\nmitted to the Sullivan County bar in 1859, engag-\\ning, meanwliile, in teaching school in the winter\\nseason, as he had also done while gaining his pre-\\nparatory education.\\nHe commenced practice in his native town, but\\nremoved to Claremont in the fall of 1860, where\\nhe has since remained, and has succeeded in estab-\\nlishing an extensive practice. He has had ex-\\ncellent success in the trial of causes, and as a jury\\nlawyer ranks with the first in the State, excelling\\nhoth in management and as an advocate. He has\\nbeen admitted to the United States Circuit and\\nDistrict Courts in this State, and in 1873 was ad-\\nmitted to the Supreme Court of the United States,\\nin Washington.\\nMr. Parker has been a Democrat from youth,\\nand has ever taken a deej) interest in political\\naffairs, laboring eai nestly for the success of the\\nparty to whose principles he is attached. Few\\nmen in the State have devoted more time and\\neffort to advance the interests of the Democratic\\ncause, and none have gained more fully the con-\\nfidence and respect of the party. He has served\\nalmost constantly for the past twenty-five years as\\na member of the Democratic State Committee,", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0768.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\n11\\nMini ill nearly every campaign during that time\\nliis voice has been heard with effect upon the\\nstump in advocacy of the priiici|)les and policy of\\nhis party. His first political speeches were made\\nill opposition to the so-called Know-Nothing organ-\\nization, which gained ascendency in the State in\\n1835. He has long been prominent in the State\\nConventions of his party, and has presided at the\\nsame on three occasions. He was a delegate from\\nthis State in the National Democratic Convention\\nat New York, in 1868, in which he voted through-\\nout for General Winfield 8. Hancock for can-\\ndidate for President, and was again a member of\\nthe New Hampshire delegation in the Cincinnati\\nConvention, in 1880, when General Hancock was\\nmade the standard-bearer of the party. In 1884\\nhe was a member of the delegation at Chicago,\\nand an earnest advocate of Governor Cleveland s\\nnomination.\\nIn 1859 he was chosen to rejiresent the rieople\\nof his native town in the State Legislature, and\\nre-elected the following year. He served in the\\nHouse as a member of the committees on education\\nand railroad.-?, aud took an active part in the work\\nof legislation in all its stages, both in the committee-\\nroom and in debate upon the floor. He was sub-\\nsequently the candidate of his party for State\\nSenator in the old Tenth District, but failed of\\nelection, the district being overwhelmingly Re-\\npublican. In 1869, Mr. Parker was nominated for\\nCongress, but was defeated by Hon. Jacob Benton\\nby a small majority, and in 1871 was again\\nnominated by the Democracy of the Third Con-\\ngressional District as their candidate for represen\\ntative in Congress, aud, in an active and exciting\\ncampaign, defeated his Republican competitor.\\nGeneral Simon G. Griffin, of Keene, although the\\ndistrict was unquestionably Repul)lican at the\\ntime. His personal popularity added largely to\\nhis strength, very many Republicans in the lower\\npart of the district giving him their votes, includ-\\ning about one hundred in his own town of Clare-\\nniont. He served in the Forty-second Congress,\\nand was re-elected in 1873 to the succeeding\\nCongress by an increased majority. He is the\\nonly Democrat who has been chosen in. that dis-\\ntrict since the last election of Hon. Harry Hibbard,\\nin 1853, aud the only man of any party residing\\nin Sullivan County who has occujjied a seat in\\nCongress since the incumbency of his legal pre-\\nceptor, Hon. Edmund Burke, of Newport, whose\\nlast term ended in March, 1845.\\nDuring the period of his Congressional service\\nhe was promptly and continually at Ihe post of\\nduty, and was assiduous alike in his devotion to\\nthe interests of the peo[)le at large and in respond-\\ning to the personal .solicitations of his constituents\\nfor aid in matters connected with the various dej)art-\\nnients. Corruption was rife at Washington during\\nthe time of his service, but jobbery aud extrava-\\ngance in every form found in Mr. Parker a persistent\\nopponent. The Congremional Record will show his\\nvote recorded against every job, subsidy and\\nplunder scheme of whatever description brought\\nbefore Congress during his term of .service, and in\\nsupport of every measure calculated to promote\\nthe interests of the masses of the people, and espe-\\ncially in the direction of revenue reform. There\\naud everywhere he has been earnest and outspoken\\nin opposition to those features of the tariff laws\\ncalculated to enrich the few at the expense of the\\nmany. He was a member of the committee on\\neducation and labor, aud also of the committee on\\npatents, rendering valuable service in both com-\\nmittees. He took decided ground in favor of\\nreimbursing William and Mary College, Virginia,\\nfor losses sustained in the destruction of property\\nduring the war, and made a strong speech in the\\nHouse in adv jcacy of the bill to that effect. His\\nspeech upon the distribution of the jaroceeds from\\nthe sales of public lands for educational purposes\\nis also cited in evidence of his devotion to the cause\\nof popular education, and his desire for the adop-\\ntion of a liberal policy on the part of the general\\ngovernment in that direction.\\nIt was as a member of the committee on patents\\nin the Forty-third Congress, however, that Mr.\\nParker rendered his constituents and the people of\\nthe entire country a service of inestimable value.\\nIt was at this time that the patents held by the", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0769.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "12\\nHISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngreat sewing-machine monopoly a combination\\nof the leading companies entered into for the pur-\\n])0se of keeping up the enormous prices of the\\nmachines were about expiring, and a determined\\neffort was made to secure an extension. A power-\\nful l(jbliy was employed and mone} without stint\\nwas at its command. Every possible argument\\nand appliance was brought to bear upon the com-\\nmittee to secure a report iu favor of extension.\\nMr. Parker, with his unyielding hostility to mo-\\nnopoly and special privilege in every form, was un-\\nalterably opposed to such action from the start,\\nand it was largely through his persistent efforts\\nthat the committee finally rejjorted against the\\nextension by a majority of one vote, and the com-\\nmittee s report was sustained by the House. A\\nreduction of nearly fifty ])er cent, in the price of\\nsewing-machines soon followed, a result hailed\\nwith joy in almost every family in the land. Had\\nMr. Parker yielded to the pressure, or the seductive\\ninfluences brought to bear in the interests of this\\nmonopoly, as too many men have done in our\\nAmerican Congress under similar circumstances,\\nhe might have retired at the close of his term with\\nan independent fortune, but without the self-\\nrespect and the universal i ublic esteem which he\\nnow enjoys.\\nSince the close of his Congressional service Mr.\\nParker has devoted himself exclusively to his large\\nand constantly-increasing law practice.\\nAs a citizen he is eminently public-spirited,\\nheartily supporting all schemes of local improve-\\nment, and all public enterprises calculated to ad-\\nvance the interests of the town and the welfare of\\nthe community. He is liberal to a fault, and\\nnever hesitates to contribute to any object for\\nwhich his aid is sought, unless convinced that\\nthere is hypocrisy and sham, or some sinister jjur-\\npose involved. For hypocrites and pretenders,\\nwhether iu politics or religion, in public or in private,\\niu business or in social life, he has a thorough and\\nardent contempt. In the cause of education he\\nhas taken a strong and active interest from youth.\\nHe served for two years as superintending school\\ncommittee in his native town, entering enthusias-\\ntically into the discharge -of his duties in that\\ncapacity. He has also been for several years a\\nmember of the Stevens High School committee\\nand a trustee of the Fiske Free Library.\\nIn religion, Mr. Parker adheres to the liberal\\nfaith, being a constant attendant upon the services\\nof the LTniversalist Church in Claremont, and\\nsuperintendent of the Sunday-school connected\\ntherewith, which position he has holden continu-\\nously for the past twenty-four years. He is\\nrecognized as a prominent member of that de-\\nnomination in New England, and in 1872 and\\n1873 was president of the New Hampshire State\\nConvention, and is at the jir sent time president of\\nthe State Sabbath-School Convention of Univer-\\nsalists. He also presided at the New England\\nanniversary festival in Boston in 1873. In 1883\\nTufts College conferred the honorary degree of\\nA.M. uj)0u him, and at the same time elected him\\none of the trustees of the college, which position he\\nnow holds.\\nHe is and has been for many years a prominent\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity in this State,\\nbeing an active member of the Grand Lodge and of\\nthe various local organizations. He is now, and\\nhas been for the past fourteen years. Eminent\\nCommander of Sullivan Commandery of Knights\\nTemplar, at Claremont.\\nIn 18(51, Mr. Parker was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Caroline Lovisa Southgate, of Bridge-\\nwater, Vt., a lady of culture and refinement, en-\\ndowed with rare social graces and domestic virtues.\\nThey have one child, a daughter, Lizzie South-\\ngate Parker, born June 17, 1865. Their resi-\\ndence on Broad Street is one the finest iu the\\nbeautiful village of Claremont, and is in the fullest\\nsense the abode of domestic hap2)iness and the seat\\nof a generous hospitality.\\nFew men iu the State of Mr. Parker s age have\\nwon equal success in professional and political life\\nfewer still have gained, in equal degree, the per-\\nsonal regard and friendship of their fellow-men.\\nThis success has resulted in no small degree fi-om\\nthe predominance of the democratic element iu his\\nnature, his social good-fellowship and perfect", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0770.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0771.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0772.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\n13\\nfrankness and sincerity in all things. In his inter-\\ncourse with men he bestows the same consideration\\nupon the poorest and hiunldest as upon the rich\\nand exalted, and his hatred of the false distiuctious\\nset uj) in society is only etjualed by his general\\ncontempt for all classes of hypocrites, bigots and\\npretenders. Yet comparatively a young man,\\nhaving scarcely attained the meridian of his phys-\\nical and intellectual powers, he may look forward\\nto a long career of usefulness and honor, supple-\\nmentary to the eminent success which he has\\nalready achieved.\\nArthur Chase was born at Bellows Falls,\\nVt., October 21, 1835. He is a son of Bishop\\nCarlton Chase graduated at Norwich University\\nin 1856 read law with George Ticknor, in\\nClaremont graduated at Cambridge Law School,\\nand was admitted to the bar in 1859. He has\\nnever been much in the j)ractice of his profes-\\nsion.\\nHerman Holt was born at Woodstock, Vt.,\\nSeptember 7, 1845 fitted for college at Kimball\\nUnion Academy graduated at Dartmouth Col-\\nlege in 1870 read law with Judge B. H. Steele,\\nof Vermont; was admitted to the bar in 1873,\\nand has since been in practice in Claremont.\\nHon. Ralph IMetcalf was born at North\\nCharlestowu November 21, 17IIG, and was the\\noldest son of Jt)hn jNIetcalf, a thrifty farmer. He\\ngraduated at Dartmouth C oUege in 1823 studied\\nlaw witii Henry Hubbard, of Charlestown, after-\\nward Governor of New Hampshire, Richard Bart-\\nlett, of Concord, and George B. Upham, of Clare-\\nmont was admitted to the bar in 1826, and\\nopened an office at Newport. In 1828 he went to\\nBinghamton, N. Y., where he was in practice\\nuntil 1830, wlien he returned to Claremont. In\\n1831 he was elected Secretar_y of State, which of-\\nfice he held until 1838. He then went to Wash-\\nington, D. C, and was in the Treasury Depart-\\nment, un ler Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the\\nTreasury, until 1840. when he returned to New\\nHampshire, and went into practice at Plymouth,\\nwhere he remained a few months, and then came\\nto Newport, where he had his home until 1855,\\nwhen he came to Claremont, built a fine residence\\non Broad Street, vov! owned by William Breek,\\nand sjient in it the remainder of his life. He\\nrepresented Newport in the New Hampshire Leg-\\nislature in 1852 and 1853. In 1845 he was ap-\\npointed register of Proliate, which office he held\\nuntil 1851. In 1S52 he was chairmau of a com-\\nmittee to revise the laws of the State. He was\\nelected Governor of New Hampshire in 1855 by\\nthe peoj)le was a candidate for the same office in\\n1856, when there was no choice by the people, and\\nhe was elected by the Legislature. He died at\\nClaremont on August 26, 1858.\\nFrank H. Brown is a son of Oscar J. Brown\\nwas brvrn in Claremont February 2, 1854 was\\neducated at W ircester Military Academy and\\nDartmouth College studied law with Judge W.\\nH. H. Allen graduated at the Boston University\\nLaw School was admitted to the Suffolk County\\nbar practiced two years at Concord, since which\\nhe has had an office at Claremont\\nIra Colby was born at Claremont, N. H., Jan-\\nuary 11, 1831. His parents came from Hcnniker,\\nN. H., and settled in Claremout iuimediately\\nupon their marriage, which took place April 17,\\n1827. His fr.ther was a native of Henniker, and\\nhis mother of Essex, Mass., from which place,\\nwhen she was eleven years of age, her father re-\\nmoved to Henniker, to jirevent his sons from be-\\ncoming sea-faring men. Tlie family ou both sides\\nare of purely English desceut, and nuudjers, in\\nits various branches, many persons of distinction.\\nHis mother s family-name is Foster. They are\\nthe descendants in direct line from Reginald Fos-\\nter, who came from Exeter, Devonshire, England,\\nand settled in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., in\\n1638. It is said, in the Granite Monthly, July,\\n1882, in an account of the descendants of Joseph\\nStickuey, paragraph 220, that the family of this\\nReginald is honorably mentioned in Lay of the\\nLast Minstrel and Mai-mion. His father was\\none of the most successful and enterprising farm-\\ners of his town was honored by his town as one\\nof its selectmen and representatives was a most\\nuseful citizen, and died at the age of seventy", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0775.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "14\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nyears, with no stain upon his character or reputa-\\ntion.\\nThe subject of this sketch was brought up ujjon\\nthe farm, that best of all schools in which to\\nlearn industry, frugality and self-reliance. He\\nearly developed a love for books, but had no ad-\\nvantages beyond the old-fashioned district school\\nuntil seventeen years of age. When about twenty\\nyears of age, and while attending school at Mar-\\nlow Academy, he began to turn his attention to\\na college course of study. He comjileted his\\nacademical course at Thetford, Vt., and entered\\nDartmouth College in 1853, graduating in the\\nclass of 1857. Duriug the winters from the time\\nhe began his academical course to his graduation\\nfrom college and for one year thereafter he was\\nengaged in teaching, fii-st in his own State, after-\\nwards in Massachusetts and in Waukesha, Wis.\\nIn September, 1858, he was duly admitted, as a\\nstudent, into the office of Freeman McClure, at\\nthat time the leading lawyers of Claremont. Af-\\nter two years of study he was admitted, on exami-\\nnation, to the bar of Sullivan County. He com-\\nmenced practice in the office where he had studied,\\nmade vacant by the death of Hon. IM. C. Mc-\\nClure and the retirement of ]Mr. Freeman from\\nbusiness. With the exception of a partnership) of\\nthree years at the first, with Lyman J. Brooks,\\nEsq., and about four years afterwards, with A. T.\\nBatchelder, Esq., now of Keeue, he has been alone\\nin business, and has occupied the same office for\\ntwenty-seven years. He has numbered among\\nhis students now in the successful practice of their\\nprofession, Hermon Holt, now of Claremont, A.\\nT. Batchelder, of Keeue, N. H., F. Perry, of Des\\nMoines, Iowa, and G. E Perley, of Moorhead,\\nMinn. He was always a Republican in politics,\\nand, in the times of the Rebellion, was an active\\nand zealous supporter of the cause of the Union.\\nHe was a representative in the Legislatures of\\n1864-65, a member of the State Senate in 1869-70,\\nof the Republican National Convention in 1876,\\nand again a representative in the Legislature of\\n1881-83. For the entire time since 1864, by ap-\\npointment and election, with the exception of two\\nyears, he has held the office of solicitor of Sulli-\\nvan County. He has for many years been one of\\nthe loaning agents of the Sullivan Savings Insti-\\ntution, located at Claremont has, for ten years,\\nbeen one of the committee of Stevens High School,\\nand is one of the trustees of Fiske Free Library.\\nJune 20, 1867, he married a most excellent lady,\\nMiss Louisa M. Way, daughter of Gordon Way,\\nEsq. of Claremont, and sister of Dr. O. B Way,\\nof that place. They have one child living, Ira\\nGordon Colby, now thirteen years of age. In re-\\nligion, Mr. Colby is a Methodist, as was his father.\\nFor many years the lather was one of the board of\\ntrustees of his church, and the son, upon his\\ndeath, succeeded to, aud still holds, the same\\noffice.\\nMr. Colby stands high in his profession through-\\nout the State. As a lawyer he has always been a\\nhard worker and a close student. Being an easy\\nand natural speaker, he addresses the court and\\njury with great ability and success. His practice\\nhas been extensive, and he has been engaged in\\nmost of the important trials in Sullivan County\\nfor many years.\\nHe is now actively engaged in a large and lu-\\ncrative practice. It is not alone in the practice\\nof the law that Mr. Colby excels, but as a popular\\nspeaker he has few equals in the State. He ex-\\nhibited marked ability in this respect in the Leg-\\nislature of New Hampshire during the several\\nsessions when he was a member. As a Republican\\nhe has always commanded the respect of the lead-\\ning men of his party.\\nAs a citizen Mr. Colby has always taken a lively\\ninterest in the prosperity of his town aud State.\\nHe is public-spirited, a friend of all educational\\nmovements and an earnest worker in behalf of all\\ninstitutions that tend to advance and elevate the\\npeople.\\nPhilandkr Chase Freeman was born in\\nPlainfield, N. H., August 27, 1807. He was a\\nsou of Benjamin Freeman, born in Plainfield in\\n1782. His grandmother, on his mother s side,\\nwas a daughter of Dudley Chase, one of the first\\nsettlers of Cornish, N. H. She was also a sister", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0776.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "i Fa-tcK.-\\n^rf/^^^^^^K^", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0779.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0780.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0781.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "16\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n(third generation), born April 27, 1719, married\\nLois Gilbert, November 24, 1747. They had\\nnine children, Henian, Anna, Deborah, John,\\nOliver, Abigail, Lois, Delight and Lydia.\\nHeman (4th) was taken prisoner by the British\\nat New York, September 15, 1776, with one Joel\\nSmith, and after three months confinement both\\ndied of small-pox. Heraan died January 21,\\n1777, at the age of twenty-nine years.\\nOliver Baker (4th) was born at Tolland, Conn.,\\nOctober 5, 1755. He received a medical educa-\\ntion, purchased a farm in Plainfield, N. H., where\\nhe was one of the earliest settlers, and practiced\\nmedicine and managed his farm during his life.\\nHe married Dorca? Dimick, March 23, 1780, and\\nhad eleven children, Heman, Diantha, Zina and\\nLina (twins), Oliver, Semantha, Dimick, Dorcas,\\nLodema, Elizabeth and Mary. Dr. Oliver\\nBaker died October 3, 1811. Dimick Baker was\\nborn in Plainfield, N. H., March 18, 1793. While\\nsome of his brothers became physicians, he became\\nan extensive and successful farjner. Married\\nHannah Colby, and had five children, of whom\\nEdward D. was the second.\\nEdward Dimick Baker was born at Meriden\\nvillage, in the town of Plainfield, N. H., April 21,\\n1827. His father s farm being within half a mile\\nof Kimball LTnion Academy, Edward had the ad-\\nvantage of five years attendance at this popular\\nschool, of which he made good use, working upon\\nthe farm during vacations and teaching winters.\\nWhen twenty-one years of age the subject of this\\nsketch began the study of law at Eufield, N. H.,\\nwith Hon. Nathaniel W. AVertgate, now of Haver-\\nhill, N. H. He taught district schools winters and\\na High School autumns, and attended a telegraph-\\noffice, making the most of his time. He com-\\njjleted his legal studies in the office of Hon. Henry\\nA. Bellows, late chief justice of New Hampshire,\\nand was admitted to the bar in Sullivan County\\nin July, 1851 very soon after which he opened\\nan office at Cornish Flat, where he continued in\\npractice until October, 1855, when he removed to\\nClaremont and formed a law partnership with\\nHon. A. F. Snow, which continued until Septem-\\ntember, 1857. He passed the summer of 1857\\nnear Topeka, Kan., then returned to Clai-emout,\\nwhere he has since been in the active practice of\\nhis profession. He married, November 12, 1851,\\nElizabeth Ticknor. They have no children.\\nMr. Baker is a well-read, painstaking, careful\\nand able lawyer He is earnest and industrious in\\nthe preparation and trial of causes entrusted to\\nhim. He prefers to keep his clients out of law-\\nsuits rather than involve them in protracted liti-\\ngation. He always advises a fair and honorable\\nadjustment of difterences between parties, rather\\nthan the certain expense and the uncertain results\\nat the hands of courts and juries. He has some of\\nthe Quaker elements of thrift and adherence to\\nwell-formed opinions, inherited from his ancestors,\\nin his composition. Mr. Baker has considerable\\ntaste for literary pursuits, has read extensively\\nand has been an occasional contril)utor to the pub-\\nlic prints.\\nIn politics, Mr. Baker was always a Republican,\\nthough he was a delegate from New Hampshire to\\nthe mass convention, in 1872, which nominated\\nHorace Greeley for President, his associate dele-\\ngates being Colonel Henry O. Kent, of Lancas-\\nter, and Hon. Wm. H. Gove, of Weare. He has\\nthree times been chosen one of the representatives\\nof Claremont in the New Hampshire Legislature,\\nand is one of the present members has been a\\nmember of the Stevens High School committee\\nand held some other minor offices. Mr. Baker is\\na large owner of real estate has been a successful\\nfinancier has been always ready to accommodate\\nhis neighbors in want of pecuniary or other aid,\\nand seems to take pleasure in heljjing those in\\nneed of assistance.\\nAlbert Scripture Wait was boru at Chester,\\nVt., April 14, 1821. He is a son of General\\nDaniel and Cynthia (Read) Wait. His father\\nwas an en.sign in the War of 1812, a major-gen-\\neral in the Vermont militia, and before the Mor-\\ngan excitement a prominent Free-Mason. The\\nsubject of this sketch studied law with the late\\nHon. Daniel Kellogg, at Saxton s River village,\\nVt.; wasi admitted to the bar in Windham County,", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0782.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "I\\n^^c^/7", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0785.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0786.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "BENCH AND BAR.\\n17\\nVt., in April, 1846, and soon commenced the prac- I\\ntice of Ills profession at Alstead, N. H., where he i\\ncontinued until ^lay, IJ^ST, when he removed to\\nNewport, N. H., and was tlie hiw partner of the\\nlate Hon. Edmund Burke until 1807, when the\\npartnership was dissolved, since when he has con-\\ntinued the practice alone, and has been engaged in\\nthe trial of many important causes. In June,\\n1865, he received the honorary degree of A.M.\\nat Dartmouth College. As a studious, pains-\\ntaking and profound lawyer he has but few equals\\nin New Hampshire. During the ten years that he\\nwas a partner with Mr. Burke he argued orally\\nthe law points of most of the cases in which the\\nfirm was employed and which were carried before\\ntlie full bench. His briefs have been considered\\nable and exhaustive. A chief justice of the New\\nHampshire Supreme Court once said to the writer\\nof this sketch, that his court was very careful\\nwhen Mr. Wait stated a legal proposition or laid\\ndown a principle of law, before antagonizing his\\npositions. 8ome years ago the British govern-\\nment ordered the publication of a new edition of\\nthe work of Bractou upon the laws of England.\\nOn the issue of the lirst volume, Mr. Wait de-\\ntected an error in the rendering of the original\\nLatin into English, which not only misrepresented\\nthe author, but misstated the law. He addressed a\\nletter to Sir Traverse Twiss, the editor, at London,\\nsuggesting the error. In the sixth and last vol-\\nume of the work there appeared in the Introduc-\\ntion a very liandsome and courteous acknowledg-\\nment of Mr. Wait s suggestion and also of the\\nerror to which it called attention. Bracton s\\nwork was written in the reign of King Henry\\nIII., and is the earliest general treatise upon the\\nEnglish law. The author is styled The Father\\nof the English Law.\\nMr. Wait has a decided taste for literature and\\nscience, and has given considerable attention to\\nthese subjects and pursuits, in some of which he is\\nan enthusiast. He has a large collection of rare\\nand valuable books devoted to these matters.\\nFrom an early age he has been especially interested\\n2\\nin the science of geology and has an extensive\\nca nnet of choice mineral specimens, the collec-\\ntions of niauy years, illustrating this most fasci-\\nnating science. He has written a great number\\nof essays and delivered lectures upon various sub-\\njects. His lectures upon American Antiquities,\\nSpectrum Analysis and Greek Character\\nhave been highly commended. They have been\\ndelivered iu Newport, Claremont and some other\\nplaces, and that on Greek Character was de-\\nlivered before the New Hampshire Antiquarian\\nSociety. He delivered the historical address at\\nthe Centennial Celebration of the Congregational\\nChurch, at Newport, on October 28, 1879, which\\nwas considered a very able performance, showing\\nmuch patient labor and research.\\nFor many years Jlr. Wait has been a Free-\\nMason and has a great love for the principles in-\\nculcated by the order and an admiration for the\\nwork in its dirterent degrees. He has been one\\nof the most active and devoted members, and is\\nsaid to be one of the most accomplished ritualists\\nin the State. He has been (Jrand High Priest of\\nthe Grand Royal Arch Chapter, and, iu 1878,\\nwas Grand Commander of the Grand Com-\\nmandery of Knights Templar of New Hamp-\\nshire. For several years he has been chairman\\nof the committee on foreign correspondence\\nof the Grand Chapter and Grand Lodge, and\\nhas written the repoi-ts of these committees, in\\nwhich was discussed at con.siderable length the\\nprogress, the judicial aspect and the literature and\\nimprovement of the institution, established as it is\\nin almost every section of the world, and as an-\\ncient almost as civilization itself. These reports\\nare among his most finished productions and have\\nattracted much attention. He is regarded as an-,\\nthority in Masonic law in New England, if not\\nthroughout the entire country.\\nIn religion, Mr. Wait is a Congregationalist in\\npolitics, always a Democrat. He has three times\\nbeen a candidate of the Democratic party for rep\\nresentative for Newport in the Legislature, and\\ntwice for State Senator for his district. Each", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0787.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "u\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntime he received the full vote of his party, which,\\nhowever, was not sufficieut to elect him. lu 18G4\\nhe was a delegate to the Democratic National\\nConvention at Chicago.\\nMr. Wait is a member of the New Hampshire\\nHistorical Society, the New Hampshire Antiqua-\\nrian Society, the Webster Historical Society, lo-\\ncated in Boston the New Harajjshire Club and\\nthe American Bar Association.\\nMr. Wait has been three times married,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Octo-\\nber, 1849, to Caroline, daughter of Rev. Seth S.\\nArnold, of Acworth, N. H. She died in May,\\n1851.\\nJune 23, 1854, to Harriet E. Kingsbury, of\\nAlstead, New Hampshire, who died February 21,\\n1873.\\nDecember 22, 1880, to Ella 0. Eno, of West-\\nfield, Mass., by whom he has one daughter.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0788.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ACWORTH.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe towu of Acwortli lies in the southern part\\nof the county, and is boiuKied as follows: North,\\nby Unity east, by Lenipster south, by Cheshire\\nCounty and west, by Charlestown and Langdon.\\nThis town was first granted by Governor Ben-\\nning Wentworth, December 28, 17-j2, to Colonel\\nSampson Stoddard, of Chelmsford, Mass., and\\nsixty-nine others, by the name of Burnet, prob-\\nably in honor of Governor William Burnet. At\\nthis time white people could not live safely in this\\nvicinity at any great distance from the fort at No.\\n4, (now Charlestown), on account of the Indians\\nand the town, with others, was probably granted by\\nGovernor Wentwortli with a view of asserting New\\nHampshire s claim to the territory, which was\\nalso claimed by jNIassachusetts, and at that time in\\ndispute. No attempt was made to settle under\\nthis grant, and it was regranted, September 19,\\n1766, to Colonel Stoddard and sixty-four others,\\nby the name of Acworth, probably in honor of the\\nGovernor s friend, Lord Acworth, of England.\\nIn 1767 three young men from Connecticut\\nWilliam Keyes, Joseph Chatterton and Samuel\\nSmith located here and commenced clearing\\nfarms. The grant of 1766, being forfeited by the\\nnon-fulfillment of some of its provisions, was ex-\\ntended l)y Governor John Wentworth, May 30,\\n1772, and was bounded as follows\\nBeginning at a stake and stones runs North two\\ndegrees West six miles and an half to a stake and\\nstones, the South West corner of Unity, from thence\\nrunning East by the needle five miles three quar-\\nters to a stake and stones, from thence South by the\\nneedle six miles an half to a stake and stones, from\\nthence West by the needle five miles J to the\\nbounds first mentioned.\\nIn 1772 the town contained fourteen houses.\\nlieasoHS for not wanting to he Classed for Representa-\\ntive, and Vote of Town.\\nThe reasons why we do not join with Towns of\\nUnity, Acworth, Lemster, Saville, Croydin New-\\nport as we did the last year in chusing a Representa-\\ntive is this viz then we Supposed they was to act\\nonly upon the present Exigencies of the Government,\\nbut now the case is much altered, the Honourable\\nContintal Congress has declared their independence of\\nGreat Britain therefore we think that the present as-\\nsembly has not taken right methods in issuing out\\ntheir precepts for the choice of Representatives and\\nCounsellors for the year Ensuing, for in the first\\nplace they have as to Representatives in Some incor-\\nporated Towns allowed two or three representatives,\\nto others they have joined five or six towns togather,\\nwhereas we think every incorporated town ought to\\nbe represented by themselves. Then as to Counsel-\\nlors in one Conty they have ordered five, in Some\\nothers two, and in one County but one, which we\\nLook upon not according to liberty, for as this State\\nis but one body we think they ought to be Chose by\\nthe people at large, and also they have ordered that\\nneither of these Shall have a Seat in the assembly\\nwithout they have Real estate to the value of two\\nhundred pound Lawful money, whereas we think\\nevery Lawful! elector is a Subject to be elected.\\nVoted that the above resons be Sent to the Coun-\\nsell and assembly of this State which is to Convene\\ntogather at Exeter the third Wednesday of this instant\\nand that the town Clerk Shal Sign it in behalf of the\\ntown. This done at a Legal town meeting.\\nAcworth December O* A D 1776\\nTho Putnam Mod\\nA true Coppy attest Sam Silsby town Clerk.\\n19", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0789.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "20\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCertificate of non-receipt of Precept by the Selectmen.\\nTo WlKime it may Conciern.\\nThis may Sertily tliat there wase No precept\\nCome to us or to this towu So fare as we know to rais\\none of the New Emmision taxes for the year 1781\\nalso one of the specie taxes there wase no act come\\nto us or to this town to rais aney beef in the year\\n1781.\\nattest Daniel_ Gkout Sekct-\\nI8.\\\\AC Foster i men.\\nacworth febu ye 12 17S1.\\nPetition of John Duncan in belmlf of the Town.\\nTo the Hon the Counsil House of Representa-\\ntives for the State of Newhampshire Convened at\\nExeter, Feb 26* 1783.\\nThe petition of John Duncan of Ackworth in said\\nState in behalf of said town Humbly Sheweth.\\nThat Wheras your Petitioner finds That there is an\\nExtent issued against Said Town for nonpayment of\\na New Emmision Tax for the year 1781 as also for a\\nspecie Tax for the Same year Likewise for a Beef\\nTax for that year, for all which your Petitioner beg\\nLeave to inform the Hon Counsil that we never\\nReceived any Precept lor assessing any of said Taxes\\nas will more fully appear by a Certifieate under the\\nHands of the Selectmen of Said Town.\\nWherefore your Petitioner prays That new pre-\\nceipts may Issue to the Sellectmen of Said Town for\\nthe assessment of the above said Taxes and as in\\nDuty Bound Shall pray.\\nJohn Duncan.\\nState of 1 In the house of Representatives Feb-\\nNew Hamp. I ruary 20 1783.\\nUpon Reading considering the foregoing Peti-\\ntion Voted that the prayer thereof be granted.\\nSent up for Concurrence.\\nJohn Dudley, Speaker.\\nIn Council the same day read and Concurred.\\nE. Thompson, Sect/.\\nMemorial of John Duncan relative to Taxes of 1781.\\nTo the Hon** the Council House of Represen-\\ntatives for the State of Newhampshire Convened at\\nConcord on the third wensday of December 1783.\\nThe memoriel of John Duncan in behalf of The\\nTown of Acworth in Said State humbly Sueth That\\nyour memorialeat on Feb ye 26 1783 Did Petition\\nthe Hon Court Laying before them the Dificulties\\nwe Labor under in having Extents issued against\\nSaid Town when we Never had aney act or Precept\\nto inable the Selectmen to asses the Town in Said\\nTax.\\nOne New Emmision for the year 1781 also a Spe-\\ncie tax for the Same year Likewise for a Beef tax for\\nthe Same year, all that your memorialest then praid\\nfor wase to heave the present Selectmen iuabled to\\nasses the town in the above three taxes all which\\nwear granted, as will apair Reference being had as to\\nthe above petition which is Now in heaud we pro-\\nceeded accordingly ordered the Colector to pay\\nunto the treasurar of Said State the three aforesaid\\ntaxes but altho we heave Colected State Securities to\\npay Said beef tax with interest according to Law yet\\nthe trcshurar says he is Not willing to discount Said\\ntax untill we fetch a resolve of Cort to inable him to\\ntake the State Securities in Lu of the beef if this\\nresolve is Not granted to us we shal be obleged to take\\nthe State Securites from the Colector rais another\\ntax in Specie to pay for the beef tho we Never had\\naney pour to rais it which we are in Now ways able\\nto do at Present altho our wills weare ever so good.\\nTherefore we pray your Honors to take our Case\\ninto your wise consideration grant us Releef and as\\nin duty bound Shall Ever pray.\\nAcworth Dec ye 13 1783.\\nJohn Duncan.\\nPetition for the Right to Ta.r Non- Residents for Repair\\nof Highways, etc.\\nStateof New Hampl To the Hon. the Council\\nChes ss. I House of Representatives in\\nGenneral Assembly at Con-\\ncord Convened.\\nThe petition of us inhabitants of Lemster, Unity\\nand Acworth humbly Shews that your petitioners\\nLiving in a hill country where there is several Large\\nStreams to Bridge and Roads to be made and main-\\ntained at a Verry Great cost and charge, several of\\nwhich is made through large tracts of L^nimproved\\nlands the Owners of S lands must Reap Great advantage\\nour labor in advancing their interest yet they are\\nfreed by law from aney tax to highways whil your\\nPetitioners Unimproved lands is Subjected thereto\\nwhich is Surely unjust and oppressive.\\nWherefore we pray your Honnors to take the\\nmatter under your wise consideration and Grant us\\nRelieffby Passing an Act that S Unimproved lands", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0790.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "ACWORTH.\\n21\\npay their proportion of all Highway taxes, otherwise\\nthat Roads and Bridges may be made and maintained\\nthrough Unimproved Lands at the Charge of the\\nOwners or in Such other w ay as to your hon may\\nappear just c and your Petitionars as in Duty\\nBound Shall Ever pray\\nJoHx Duncan\\nill be/ialf of the petitioners.\\nSelectmen s Petition about Beef, 1786.\\nAcwoSTH June ye 1 1786\\nTo the Hon the Senate and House of Representa-\\ntives Convened at Concord The first Wednesday in\\nJune instant\\nThe Petition of the Selectmen of Acworth in be-\\nhalf of said Town Humbly Sueth that in obedience to\\nan act of Law Passed in this State the 27 of June\\n1780 calling on the Towns to furnish the States Col-\\nlector with beef for the use of the army And on de-\\nlivering S beef taking the Collectors recpt for The\\nsame (which is to S Acworth 3,415 pounds) we should\\nbe Credeted for the Same in the Next years tax of New\\nEmision Accordingly we Delivered 3425 pounds of\\nbeef and produced Our Recpts to the Treasurar But\\nhe tels us that the Collector Did not Return aney But\\n1925 pounds of beef and he will not Give us Credet\\nwithout an order from this Hon Cort and as we in\\nobedience to your Hon did deliver the full Sum of\\n3425 Pounds of Beef as doth apear by Recpts Now in\\nhand and Likewise John Hubbard Esq Testemony\\nTheirfore We pray your Honers to take our Case into\\nyour Serious Consideration and as we are not to be\\naccontabl for the Neglect of the States Collector in\\nnot Returning all the Beef he Collected, theirfore\\nwe Trist your Honers will Direct the Treshurar to\\nGive us Credet for all the Beef we delivered and for\\nthe Remendar of the beef more than setls the New-\\nemision tax we desier To have it Reducted from the\\nBeef we ow in the Next year which is the year 1781 or\\naney other way in your wisdoms you shall think pro-\\nper and we as in duty bound Shall Ever pray.\\nJohn Duncan\\nDaniel Grout\\nAyios KiYES,\\nThe allowance was granted.\\nPetition for Authority to Tax Noyi-resident Lands.\\nAcworth September 18 1787\\nTo the honorable Senate and house of Represen-\\ntatives now sitting at Charlestown. The petition of\\nSelect-\\nmen.\\nJames Campbell in behalf of the inhabitants of the\\ntown of Acworth Humbly Sheweth That your Peti-\\ntioner has been at great Expeuces in repairing roads\\nand Building a Meeting-house which has greatly In-\\ncreased the value of lands belonging to Nonresidents,\\nGranting this to be the Case your honors will Con-\\nclude they Ought to contribute a small moity to de-\\nfray the Charges that has or may arise. And we are\\nfurther incouraged to ask, and expect your honors\\nhearing and Assistance, as we had one bridge over Cold\\nriver burnt with fire, And another Carried off by Water,\\nthe buttmans of which cost us Sixty pounds, as we\\nhave been great Sufferers, therefore we pray your\\nhonors to consider our case and Grant that we may\\nbe enabled to asses and Collect Two pence on the\\nacre of all lands lying in said Acworth belonging to\\nNonresident Owners. And we as in duty bound Shall\\never pray.\\nJames Campbell in behalf the\\ninhabitants of the town of Acworth.\\nTo the Honorable General Court of the State of\\nNew Hampshire.\\nThe Petition of Matthew Wallace of Acworth\\nhumbly Sheweth that he was commited to Goal in\\nKeene the tenth day of June last and not being able\\nto pay the contents of the Execution the Honorable\\nthe Justice of the Superior Court in October last ad-\\nmited him to the Oath prescribed in an Act entitled\\nan act tor the ease and relief of Prisoners for Debt\\nand ever since your Petitioner hath been and is now\\ndetained in the Goal in Keene aforesaid by his Mer-\\nceliss creditor and that your Petitioner hath a large\\nfamily of small children who are in a suffering con-\\ndition even for the Necessaries of life and your Peti-\\ntioner in his present situation can afford no relief\\nwhich must be peculiarly depressing to a Husband\\nand a father and more easily felt than described and\\nyour Petitioner is worth nothing and never like to be in\\nhis present situation and without a friend to pay the\\nDebt and no one to Shew mercy to him in that way\\nWherefore he most earnestly prays that this Honble\\ncourt would pass an act to relieve poor prisoners in\\nthis Situation after they have paid the uttermost far-\\nthing that creditors may not be suffered to triumph in\\nthe distress of an honest Debter and in the entire de-\\nstruction and Deaths of his Wife and Children-\\nand as in duty bound will ever pray.\\nKeene prison June ye 1 day 1792.\\nMatthew Wallace.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0791.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "9?\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe Congregational Church in Aeworth was or-\\nganized March 12, 1773, with eight members, as\\nfollows Henry Silsby, Bethiah Silsby, Thomas\\nPutnam, Rachel Putnam, Samuel 8ilsby, Elizabeth\\nSilsby, Dean Carlton, Anna Cross.\\nDuring the first fifteen years the church was\\nsupplied by George Gilmore, David Goodale,\\nIsaiah Kilburn and others. The first pastor was\\nsettled on the second Tuesday of November, 1789.\\nThe first meeting-house, erected in 1784, iu front\\nof the present house, was not ready for use till\\n1789. The pressent edifice was built in 1821. The\\nConfession of Faith and Covenant were revised by\\ndirection of the church, and adopted in their pre-\\nsent form by vote of the church, on the 13th of\\nApril, 1884.\\nThe following is a list of the pastors and min-\\nisters\\nRev. Thomas Archibald, ordained November\\n1789, dismissed June 13, 1794 Rev. John Kim-\\nball, ordained June 14, 1797, dismissed May 4,\\n1813; Rev. Phiueas Cooke, ordained Sei^tember\\n7, 1814, dismissed February 18, 1829, died April\\n28, 1853, buried in Aeworth Rev. Moses Gros-\\nvenor, installed October 14, 1829, dismissed Ajiril\\n25,1832; Rev. Joseph Merrill, installed October\\n16, 1833, dismissed July 11, 1838; Rev. Thomas\\nEdwards, installed August 19, 1841, dismissed\\nFebruary 16, 1843 Rev. R. W. Fuller, acting\\npastor, 1843-1845 Rev. Edwin S. Wright, or-\\ndained January 7, 1846, dismissed March 10,\\n1856 Rev. Amos Foster, installed February 18,\\n1857, dismissed June 13, 1866 Rev. J. L. Mer-\\nrill, installed June 13, 1866, dismissed March 1,\\n1870; Rev. S. V. McDuffee, acting pastor, June 7,\\n1870-71 Rev. Nathan R. Nichols, ordained\\nFebruary 1, 1872, dismissed September 30, 1873;\\nRev. James Marshall, installed June 9, 1874, dis-\\nmissed April 25, 1877 Rev. Benjamin H. Laba-\\nree, D.D., acting pastor April, 1877 November,\\n1878; Rev. Albion H.Johnson, acting pastor,\\nNovember, 1878 September, 1882 Rev. Edward\\nG. Stone, acting pastor, November 26, 1882 to pres-\\nent time.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0792.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CHARLESTOWN.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGeographical Original Grant The First Settlements\\nNames of Pioneers The French and Indian War Ex-\\nposed Condition of the Settlement Fort Erected French\\nand Indian Raid The Town Attacked Seth Putnam\\nKilled Later Troubles Incorporation of Town Named\\nin Honorof Commodore Sir Charles Knowles First-Town\\nMeeting OfScers Elected.\\nThe town of Charlestown lies in the western\\npart of the county, on the Connecticut River, and\\n18 bounded as follows\\nOn the North by Claremont East, by Unity\\nand Acworth South, by Langdon West, by\\nConnecticut River, which separates it from Ver-\\nmont.\\nThe first grant of the town was made by Massa-\\nchusetts December 31, 1735. The first settlement\\nwas made in 1740 by David, Samuel and Stephen\\nFarnsworth. They were, however, soon after fol-\\nlowed by Isaac Parker and sons, Obadiah Sartwell,\\nJohn Hastings, Moses Willard and Phineas Stev-\\nens, all of Massachusetts. Only three of the orig-\\ninal proprietors became settlers. Captain Phineas\\nStevens, Lieutenant Ephraim Wetherbe and Ste-\\nphen Farnsworth. In consequence of its location\\non the frontier, and Ifable to Indian incursions,\\nthe settlement of the town was very slow. In 1774\\nthere were not more than ten families.\\nThe town had been settled only about three years\\nwhen it became apparent that a war was imminent,\\nand the settlers began to adojjt measures for their\\ndefense.\\nA meeting was therefore notified on the petition\\nof the following proprietors, viz.: David Farns-\\nworth, Moses Willard, Phineas Stevens, Isaac Par-\\nker, Jr., Obadiah Sartwell, John Avery and\\nCharles Holden, for the purpose of considering the\\npresent circumstances of affairs and the danger we\\nare in of being assaidted by an enemy, in case a\\nwar should happen between the kingdoms of Eng-\\nland and France and to consider and transact\\nwhat is proper to be done in respect of building and\\nfurnishing a fortification or fortifications in said\\ntownship, for the defense and better security there-\\nof This meeting wiis notified by Dr. John Hast-\\nings, proprietors clerk, and was held at the house\\nof John SpaflTord, Jr., November 24, 1743.\\nAt this meeting, the erection of a fort having\\nbeen decided upon, the following votes relating to\\nthe election of committees and other matters essen-\\ntial to the carrying out of their design were\\npassed\\n1st. Vofed That John Hastings, Lieut. John\\nSpafibrd and John Avery be a Committee to take ac-\\ncompts of men s labor at the Fort and to see the Fort\\ncomjjleted. (To this Committee John SpafFord, Jr.,\\nand Samuel Farnsworth were subsequently added.)\\n2nd. Voted That a Carpenter be allowed 98.,\\nOld Tenor, per day; each labcrer 73., per day, and\\na pair of oxen 3s. Gd., per day, Old Tenor.\\n4th. Voted that the above Committee be Im-\\npowered to finish or complete the Fort so far as they\\nshall judge necessary and convenient.\\n5th. Voted That the charge of building the\\nFort shall be assessed upon and paid by the proprie-\\ntors.\\nGth. Fote?\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That the Committee be allowed \u00c2\u00a35,\\nlOs. Od., for setting up the house at the North- West\\ncorner of the Fort and Completing the same.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0793.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n7th. Voted.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That the sura of .\u00c2\u00a312 be allowed the\\nCommittee to be laid out to such workmen as they\\nshall agree with to fit up the house that was Lieut.\\nWitherby s, so that it may be suitable to meet in, in\\nsuch manner as the Committee shall thiulc conve-\\nnient.\\n8th. Foto/\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That tlie sum of \u00c2\u00a3300, Old Tenor, be\\nassesssed on the proprietors of the Township, for the\\ncharge that lias arisen in building a Fort, and for\\npaying the charge that shall arise in completing the\\nFort so far that it may be convenient and defensible,\\nand if all the \u00c2\u00a3300 be not needful to be expended for\\nfinishing the Fort, the overplus to be laid out for\\nother necessary uses for the good of the proprietors.\\n9th. Voted\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That Capt. John Spafford, Lieut.\\nPhineas Stevens and John Hastings be assessors to\\nproportion the aforesaid sum of \u00c2\u00a3300 on the proprie-\\ntors of the Township.\\n10th. Voted That Samuel Farnsworth be a Col-\\nlector to collect the aforesaid sum of \u00c2\u00a3300, and de-\\nliver it into the hands of the proprietors treasurer.\\n11th. Voted That John Hastings be allowed 12\\npounds for the benefit of his house, and the damage\\nof his land, and the use of one of the rooms in the\\nhouse now building on the east of the Fort, so long as\\nit holds peace. He not to take his house from the\\nFort.\\n12th. Voted\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That Capt. John Spafibrd, Lieut.\\nStevens and John Hastings be appointed aCommitee\\nto keep the Fort in repair, and take care that no per-\\nson come to dwell in any of the houses within the\\nFort, but such as they, the said Committee, shall ap-\\nprove.\\n13th. Voted\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That Ensign Obediah Sartwell,\\nMoses Willard and Lieut. Stevens be a Committee to\\npass accompts and order money out of the treasury to\\nsuph persons to whom it may become due.\\nImmediately subjoined to these votes there is found\\nin the proprietors records the following, but at\\nwhat meeting passed is not apparent\\nAn acc t of wliat is allowed for houses and mate-\\nrials for the Fort.\\nVoted Capt. Spafford for his house and timber,\\n\u00c2\u00a323-0-0.\\nVoted\u00e2\u0080\u0094To Lieut. Stevens for his house, \u00c2\u00a335-0-0.\\nVoted To Isaac Parker for stone, 46s.; Mantle-\\ntrees, 6s.; Clay, 8s.=\u00c2\u00a33-0-0.\\nVoted\u00e2\u0080\u0094 To Moses Willard for his house, \u00c2\u00a38-0-0\\nStone,\u00c2\u00a3l-6-0=\u00c2\u00a39-6-0.\\nVoted To Lieut. Witherby for his house, \u00c2\u00a335-0\\n-0.\\nThe fort is said to have been built under the direc-\\ntion of Colonel John Stoddard, of Northampton,\\nMass., who was for many years the principal military\\nengineer on the Connecticut River frontier, and\\nhad twenty years before superintended the build-\\ning of the block-hou.se at Fort Dumnier. That\\nColonel Stoddard was consulted and his counsel\\nobtained is jirobable, though the fact does not\\najjpear in the proprietors records. The fort was con-\\nstructed in the manner of other fortifications of the\\ntime, which were only intended to afford a defense\\nagainst musketry. It covered, says Rev Dr.\\nCrosby, iu his Annals of Charlestown, about\\nthree-quarters of an acre, which dimensions, in\\nthe absence of any more definite measurement, we\\nare under the necessity of receiving. This would\\nmake it about the size of Fort Dummer, which was\\none hundred and eighty feet on a side, it being\\nbuilt in the form of a square. The walls were\\nmade of large squared timbers, laid horizontally,\\none above the other, and locked together at the\\nangles in the manner of a log cabin. Within the\\niuclosure were buildings called province houses,\\nThese, before being inclosed in the fort, liad been\\nthe houses of Captain John Spafford, Captain\\nPhineas Steven.s, Lieutenant Mo.ses Willard, Lieu-\\ntenant Ephraini Wetherbe and John Hastings. In\\nthe inclosurc was also a house, which was newly\\nbuilt, and which was situated in the northwest\\ncorner.\\nSuch was the preparation for their defense which\\nthe inhabitants of No. 4 took the precaution to\\nhave in readiness against the time of war, which\\nthey correctly anticipated jvould very soon come.\\nThe town remained unmolested until April 19,\\n1746, when it was visited by a party of about forty\\nFrench and Indians, under the command of En-\\nsign De Neverville, who took Captain John Spaf-\\nford, Lieutenant Isaac Parker and Stephen Farns-\\nworth prisoners, and burnt the saw-mill and grist-\\nmill which the proprietors had encouraged Cap-\\ntain Spafford to erect, and which had been iu op-\\neration only about two years. The following ex-", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0794.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "CHARLESTOWN.\\n25\\ntract of a letter from Upper Ashuelot (now\\nKeeue), dated April 23, 1740, relates to this affair\\nWe hear from No. 4, a new township to the\\nwestward, that three men, with a team of four oxen,\\nhaving been at a saw-mill to feteh boards, were\\nsurprised by a party of Indians, and the men\\nbeing missing are supposed to be either killed or\\nmade prisoners; the oxen being found dead with\\ntheir tongues cut out. They had been to the mill\\nand were returning with their load, when an am-\\nbuscade was form d for them, into which they fell\\nand were taken rai)tive. They were conducted to\\nCanada, and, after a considerable time, W ere per-\\nmitted to return to Boston under a flag of truce.\\nThe savages (says Rev. H. H. Sanderson, in hi.^\\nHistory of Charlestown having thus prosper-\\nously commenced their incursions, continued, dur-\\ning the remainder of the spring and summer, to\\nmake freijuent inroads upon the frontiers and\\ncalamities followed many of the settlements thick\\nand fast. The Indians were constantly on the\\nalert to do all the mischief in their power, and no\\nsooner had they done all the evil they could in\\none settlement, than they ^\\\\ere otf, in some unex-\\npected direction, to fall upon another. On the 2d\\nof May, in less than two weeks from the time of\\nthe first inroad into No. 4, having attacked, in the\\nmeanwhile, the fort of I pper Ashuelot and vis-\\nited the neighborhood of Northfield and prowled\\naround New Hopkintou, they again appeared in\\nthe place, and Seth Putnam, the first victim of In-\\ndian vengeance, was killed.\\nThe following are the ciroum.stauces under\\nwhich this happened As the women, towards\\nevening, were going out to do their accustomed\\nmilking, they were attended by Major Josiah Wil-\\nlard, the son of the commander of Fort Dummer,\\nand several soldiers as a guard. On approaching\\nthe booth or barn, where the cows were stalled,\\nthey were immediately fired upon by a party of\\neight Indians, who were lying in concealment and\\nawaiting their arrival. One shot took fatal ett ect\\non Mr. Putnam, but none of the others were in-\\njured. But as they saw Mr. Putnam fall, and,\\naccording to their custom, sprang forward tlr the j\\npurpose of scalping him, the major and his men\\nfired upon them in turn, mortally wounding two\\nof their numlier; when, dragging their dying\\ncompanions after them, thcv made a precijiitate\\nretreat.\\nThis event overspread the settlement with\\ngloom, and excited in the minds of the inhabitants,\\nas it well might do, the most anxious forebodings\\nin relation to what was to come, and led them to\\nreali /.e, what was the fact, that there was to be,\\nthenceforth, no safety, not even in the jjresence of\\nan armed guard.\\nFor three weeks from this event the utmost ex-\\ncitement prevailed for, as the garrison was small\\nand unequal to the rei)elling of any considerable\\nforce, the inhabitants stood waiting in constant ex-\\npectation of another of their incursions. But\\nthough the Indians were still active, and made\\ntheir presence felt, during this time, at Contoocook,\\nIjower and Upper Ashuelot, Bernardston, Cole-\\nrainc and F(jrt Massachusetts, they did not appear\\nagain at No. 4.\\nFor a long .series of years this settlement was\\nthe .scene of Indian and French depredations,\\nwhich greatly retarded the settlement of the\\nplace.\\nI.M oRroRATiON Of Town. A petition for the\\nincorj)oration of the town, signed by Phineas\\nSteveus, was presented to the Governor and Coun-\\ncil, although at what date is not stated in the\\npetition. But in answer to this ]ietition the town\\nwas chartered by the government of New Hamp-\\nshire July 2, 1753.\\nThey named Charlestown in honor of Commo-\\ndore Sir Charles Knowles, of the English navy.\\nThe name was probably suggested by Captain\\nPhineas Steveus, in conse(|uence of his having\\nbeen presented with an elegant sword by the Eng-\\nlish officer, as a tribute to his bravery in defending\\nthe fort at No. 4, April 4, 1747.\\nThe First Town-Meeting was held at the\\nfort, with Captain Phineas Stevens as modera-\\ntor, August 14, 1753, wheu the following officers\\nwere elected", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0795.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "26\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nVoted, First: that John Hastings be the town\\nrendezvous for the arm\\ny of General John Stnrk.\\nclerk.\\nIt was also, early in the\\nwar, a recruiting station.\\n2nd. Voted, that there be tliree selectmen chosen\\nThe following i.s a list of\\nRevolutionary soldiers\\nfor the present year.\\nThe following persons\\nheld offices\\n3d. Fo ei?, that Captain Phinea.s Stevens, .John\\nHastings and Ca)itain .Tohn Spafford be selectmen for\\nLieutenant-Colonel Sam-\\nCaptain Samuel Wether-\\nthe present year.\\nuel Hunt.\\nbe.\\n4th. Vntol, that Captain Phineas Stevens be\\nLieutenant-Colonel Sam-\\nCaptain Abel Walker.\\nthe town treasurer for the present year.\\nuel Stevens.\\nCaptain William Holden.\\n5th. Voted, that Deacon Thomas Adams be con-\\nMajor William Heywood.\\nLieutenant Bradford\\nstable for the present year.\\nQuartermaster Jonathan\\nSpafford.\\n6th. Voted, that Ebenezer Putnam be tithing\\nWillard.\\nLieutenant Scth Walker.\\nman for the present year.\\nQuartermaster Jotham\\nLieutenant Peleg Wil-\\n7th. FoW, that there be a suliicient i)ound built\\nWhite.\\nliams.\\nand set up in this town.\\nCaptain Isaac Farvvell.\\nElijah Grout, commissary.\\n8th. Voted, that John Hastings, jr., and Moses\\nCajjtain Peter Page.\\nDr. David Taylor, sur-\\nWheeler be surveyors for the highways for the pres-\\nCaptain Simon Sartwell.\\ngeon.\\nent year.\\nCaptain James Farns-\\nDr. William Page, sur-\\n0th. Voted, that Nathaniel Parker and William\\nworth.\\ngeon.\\nHeywood be fence viewers for the present year.\\nPrivates.\\n10th. Voted, that James Farnsworth and Ben-\\nJosei)h Farwell.\\nJoseph Wood.\\njamin Allen be the field drivers for the present year.\\nWilliam Leighton.\\nSamuel .\\\\tkins.\\n11th. Voted. That Lieutenant Isaac Parker be\\nAbner Powers.\\nWilliam Osgood.\\nthe pound keeper.\\nSimeon Powers.\\nComfort Towner.\\n12th. Fote/, that Nathaniel Parker and Sylvanus\\nNathaniel Powers.\\nMoses S[)atrord.\\nHastings be hog-reeves for the present year.\\nBenjamin Powers.\\nJohn Hart.\\n13th. Voted, that the hogs in town shall have\\nWhitcomb Powers.\\nAsa Walker.\\nliberty to run on the common, for the space of three\\nLemuel Royce.\\nJosiah Reed.\\nweeks, provided that they be yoked and ringed.\\nMatthew Crier.\\nJoseph Spencer.\\n14th. Voted, that this meeting be adjourned to 2\\nJoseph Powers.\\nOliver Hastings.\\nof the clock, afternoon.\\nSeth Putnam.\\nSamuel Remington.\\nThomas Putnam.\\nOliver Farnsworth.\\nTimothy Putnam.\\nLewis Putnam.\\nDaniel Elmore.\\nThomas Rose.\\nJedidiah Rice.\\nMoses Wheeler.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nJohn Sartwell.\\n.Tohn Hastings, Jr.\\nCHARLESTOWN\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (C o\u00c2\u00bb(n)\u00c2\u00bbfr7).\\nJohn Beckwith.\\nOliver Cook.\\nEleazer Heywood.\\nJohn Simonds.\\nMILITARY HISTORY.\\nEliab Gleason.\\nRobert Rand.\\nLevi Simonds.\\nThomas Dutton.\\nWar of the Revolution -Military Heinlezvoiiy The Town\\nJohn Cross.\\nCalvin Judevine.\\na Recruiting Stntion Ust of Revolutionary Soldiers\\nAmiisa Grout.\\nOliver Farwell.\\nWar of 1812\u00e2\u0080\u0094 List of Soldiers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of the Rebellion-\\nNoah Porter.\\nPrentice Barrows.\\nList of Soldiers.\\nPhineas Page.\\nSamuel Gunnison.\\nNathaniel Holden.\\nGilbert Caswell.\\nCllARLEsTnwN warmly csjiuused the colonial\\nEbenezer Geer.\\nSilas Porter.\\ncause, and responded nobly both in men and\\nSilas Simonds.\\nWilliam Willard.\\nmouey. In consequence of its location it was\\nNathan Allen.\\nSylvanus Johnson.\\nmade a dejiot for military supplies, and was the\\nEbenezer Farnsworth.\\nRichard Holden.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0796.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "CHARLESTOWN.\\n27\\nMoses Willard.\\nAaron Adams.\\nPeter Labaree, Jr.\\nJulius Sil.sbv.\\nWar of 1812. The following are tlie uames\\nof soldiers of C aptain Nathan Gliddeu s company,\\nbelonging to Charlestown, enlisted September 13,\\n1814, for three mouths\\nNathan filidden, captain, Moses Judeviue, first lieu-\\nUnity, tenant, Charlestown.\\nPriimies.\\nGuy Adams, Charlestown. W.Delano, Charlestown.\\nJ. F. Allen, Charlestown. J. Wheeler, Charlestown.\\nC. Corbin, Charlestown. C. Miller, Charlestown.\\nE. Darling, Charlestown. H. Bartlett, Charlestown.\\nMoses Carpenter, Charles- Guy Carlton, Charles-\\ntown. town.\\nIn Captain James M. Warner s company\\nJas. M. Warner, captain, P. Richardson, Charles-\\nAcworth. town.\\nL. Boutell. Charlestown. S. Steel, Jr., Charles-\\nG. Hilton, Charlestown. town.\\nS. Hunt, Charlestown. H. Spaulding, Cliarles-\\nE. Henry, Charlestown. town.\\nC. Perry, Charlestown. L. Willard, Charlestown.\\nIn Captain Josiah Bellows com])auy, enlisted\\nSeptember 26, 1814, for sixty days:\\nLewis Hunt, lieutenant, Levi Abbott, sergeant,\\nCharlestown. Charlestown.\\nRoyal Bellows, Q. M. Ser- Nathan Putnam, coriioral,\\ngeant, Charlestown. Chai lestown.\\nPrhmfes.\\nSeth Hart, Charlestown. J. Labaree, Charlestown.\\nS. Y. Carlisle, Charles- John Dunsmoor, Charles-\\ntown. town.\\nA. Watkins, Charlestown. E. Putnam, Charlestown.\\nJ. Adams, Charlestown. W. Henry, Charlestown.\\nW. Powers, Charlestown. L. Osgood, Charlestown.\\nS. Powers, Charlestown. L. Huntoon, Charlestown.\\nJ. Simonds, Charlestown. Wilber Andrews, Charles-\\nH. Baldwin, Charlestown. town.\\nThe aljove company was stationed at Ports-\\nmouth.\\nTlie only person who enlisted in the Mexican\\nWar was John J. Moody, who was in the Ninth\\nUnited States Infantry.\\nWar of the Rebellion. The following is a\\nlist of soldiers from this town during the late Re-\\nbellion\\nFIRST REGIMENT CAVALRY.\\nDavid W. Parks, mustered in Troop A INIarch 29,\\n1SG4.\\nEdgar S. Wolf, mustered in Troop A IMarch 19, 1864\\nwounded slightly August Vt, 18G4.\\nJohn Williams, mustered in Troop A February 5,\\nlSi;4 mustered out July 15, 1865.\\nEnos P. Trussell, mustered in Troop C April 9, 1864\\nwounded and missing at Kearneysville, Va., Au-\\ngust 25, 1864; lives in Richmond, Va.\\nRoyal H. Kendall, mustered in Troop C March 31,\\n1804; wounded severely August 25, 1864; mus-\\ntered out July 15, 1865.\\nMartin Maddigan, umstered in Troop H August 19,\\n1864 mustered out August 14, 1865.\\nWilliam H. Keen, mustered in Troop L February 13,\\n1864.\\nGeorge H. Frost, mustered in Troop L February 13,\\n18(!4 missing at Winchester, Va., August 17,\\n1864 gained from missing mustered out June\\n5, 1865.\\nRichard R. Robertson, nmstered in Troojj L March\\n19,1864; promoted to corporal June 30, 1865;\\nmustered out July 15, 1865.\\nSidney Way, mustered in Troop L August 29, 1862\\npromoted to corjioral.\\nTHIRD INFANTRY.\\nGeorge W. Constantine, enlisted in Company A,\\nThird New Hampshire, August 22, 1861 re-en-\\nlisted February 22, 1864.\\nCharles H. Derby, enlisted in Company A August 23\\n1861 promoted to corporal mustered out Octo-\\nber 26, 1864.\\nSylvester Judd, enlisted (!)ctober 8, 1863, tor three\\nyears; out July 20, 1865.\\nFIFTH INFANTRY.\\nNo regiment, says tlie adjutant-general, fought\\nbetter, and few, if any, fought oftener. Wherever\\nthe Army of the Potomac met the enemy there lie\\nthe bones of men of the Fifth New Hampshire. No\\nregiment from the State had so long a list of battles\\nor mourns the loss of so many men. Its story is sad,\\nbut glorious\\nJohn G. Simonds, enlisted Company B, Fifth New", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0797.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "28\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHamjishire, October 2, 18I5H; jiromoted to first\\nlieutenant October 28, 1804.\\nCharles Jenkins, Company B, D or S, for three years,\\nOctober 2, 1863; promoted to corporal wounded\\nJune 3, 1864; promoted to sergeant; promoted\\nto first lieutenant October 28, 1864.\\nWinfield 8cott Hassam, Company C, D or S, for three\\nyears, August 9, 1864; mustered out .Tune 28,\\n1865.\\nEdmund B. Chadborn, enlisted in Company G Octo-\\nber 12, 1861, died atShiji Point, Va., April 24,\\n1862.\\nGeorge W. Brooks, veteran, re-enlisted in Company\\nG February 19, 1864; promoted to corporal;\\ncaptured .Tune 2, 1864 mustered out .Tunc 17,\\n1865.\\nA. C. Bemis, eidisted October 12, 1861, in Com[)any\\nG; volunteer; \\\\V(iun led slightly .Tune 23, 1864;\\ndischarged for disability, no date.\\nJoseph Brisland, enlisted Deeeinlier 10, 1863, for\\nthree years; transferred from Company G to\\nNinth New Hampshire Volunteers June 1, 1865;\\npromoted to corporal July 1, 186. mustered out\\nJuly 17, 18(!5.\\nJames Dolon, .Tr., enlisted in Company G October 12,\\n1801 discharged for disability at Concord, N. H.,\\nJuly 25, 1862.\\nGeorge H. Hackett, enlisted in Company G Octolier\\n12, 1861 enlisted Fifth New Hampshire Volun-\\nteers; wounded at Gettysburg died of wounds\\nat Fort Schuyler, N. Y., November 12, 1863.\\nWebster Nash, enlisted in Company G, October 12,\\n1861 instantly killed at Fair Oaks, Va., June\\n1, 1862.\\nWilliam Blake Robertson, enlisted in Company G,\\nOctober 12,1861; discharged March 25,1862;\\ndied of consumption at Charlestown, N. H., Sep-\\ntember 17, 1871.\\nOtis Thompson, enlisted in Company G, under Cap-\\ntain Long was instantly killed at Gettysburg,\\nJuly 2, 1863.\\nWilliam Woods, enlisted in Company G, February\\n19, 1864 promoted sergeant killed at Peters-\\nburg, Va., June 17, 1864.\\nDaniel Pierce, enlisted in Company G, October 12,\\n1861 discharged for disability January 8, 1863.\\nGeorge A. Wheeler, enlisted in Company G, October\\n12,1861; wounded December 13, 1S62; died of\\nwounds December Iti, 1862.\\nLewis Holden, enlisted in Company G, March, 1862,\\nfor three years discharged soon after the seven\\ndays retreat he then enlisted in the Eighth\\nConnecticut Volunteers for three years served\\ntwo was one of the first to enter Richmond\\nafter being discharged he enlisted in the [Jnited\\nStates Infantry served three years on Texas\\nFrontier; he was promoted to sergeant and dis-\\ncharged as such at I ^irt Ringgold, 1868.\\nJames C. Parrish, enlisted in Company H, Fifth\\nRegiment, October 19, 1861 re-enlisted January\\n1, 1864.\\nSIXTH INFANTRY.\\nWilliam Milliken, enlisted in Comiiany F, November\\n28, 1861 discharged for disability November 3,\\n1862.\\nWilliam Burns, enlisted .Tanuary 4, 1864, in Company\\nH nuistered out July 17, 1865.\\n.lohn Conley, enlisted February 9, 1864; transferred\\nfrom Comi any E to Eleventh New Hampshire,\\nJune 1, 1805; absent, sick, July 17, 1865.\\nSEVENTH INFANTRY.\\n(The Seventh New Hamiisliire was in the terrible\\ncharge at Fort Wagner.)\\nWilliam C ofi rin, veteran, eidisted in Company K,\\nSeventh New Hampshire, February 29, 1864;\\npromoted to corporal December 9, 1864 pro-\\nmoted to sergeant May 3, 1865 mustered out\\nJuly 20, 1865.\\nHenry G. Webber, enlisted August 26, 1862 pro-\\nmoted to adjutant died at Cincinnati, O., April\\n12, 1873.\\nNINTH INFANTRY-.\\nGeorge R. Peasley, enlisted in Company G, September\\n18, 1862 wounded .lune 21, 1864.\\nJ(din R. Peash y, enlisted August 13, 1862 transferred\\nto Veteran Reserve Corps July 1, 1863.\\nCharles N. Goodwin, enlisted in Company G, August\\n13,1862; three years volunteer; promoted to\\ncorporal; wounded June 25,1864; absent and\\nsick afterwards.\\nHorace G. Kendall, enlisted in Company G, August\\n13,1862; three years volunteer; wounded May\\n12, 1864; died of wounds at Washington, D. C,\\nJune 5, 1864 interred in National Cemetery,\\nArlington, Va.\\nFrederic Royce, enlisted in Company G, June 13,\\n1862; three years volunteer mustered out June\\n10, 1865.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0798.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "CHARLESTOWN.\\n29\\nWilliam H. Royce, enlisted in Company G, June 13,\\n1802; three years volunteer promoted to cor-\\nporal wounded May 12, 1864; aho wounded\\nJuly 30, 1864; died of wounds at Fort Schuyler,\\nN. Y., August 17, 1864.\\nMichael Torpy, enlisted in CoMijianyd, August 13,\\n1863, three years; mustered out June 10, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Gihsou, recruit and volunteer, enlisted in\\nCompany G, Decemlier 10, 1863; ca|itured at\\nPoplar Grove Church, Va., Septemher 30, 1864;\\nparoled October 7, 1864; nuistered out May 22,\\n1860.\\nGeorge T. Ward, enlisted in Company G, August 14,\\n1862.\\nNapoleon B. Osgood, enliste I August 19, 1862, for\\nthree years mustered out June 0, 1865.\\nFOUETEEXTH INI AXTRY.\\nJohn Ashey, enlisted January 4, 1864, in Company I,\\nfor three years mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nLewis Ashey, enlisted January 5, 18(!4, in Company\\nG, for three years mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nThe following were in Company B\\nEmanuel D. J. Bailey, enlisted May 12, 1864, three\\nyears volunteer mustered out July 8, I860.\\nHenry E. Barrett, enlisted September 22, 1862 pro-\\nmoted to first sergeant September 24, 1862 to\\nsecond lieutenant April 4, 1863 honorably dis-\\ncharged March 22, 1864.\\nFrederick B. Andrews, enlisted September 22, 1862;\\nwas instantly killed in battle near Winchester,\\nVa., September 19,1864; he tills an unknown\\ngrave.\\nWarren Abbott, enlisted September 22,1862; mus-\\ntered out July 8, 1865.\\nNorman L. Adams, enlisted September 22, 1862; pro-\\nmoted to corporal Ai)ril 14, 1864 mustered out\\nJuly 8, 1805.\\nJohn Loren Adams, enlisted December 22, 1863 re-\\ncruit, three years volunteer mustered out July\\n8, 1865.\\nJames Bowman, enlisted December 23, 1863; wound-\\ned September 19, 1804; died of wounds at Win-\\nchester, Va., Noveudjer 4, 1804.\\nWilliam J. Bosworth, enlisted September 22, 1862;\\ndied in hospital of disease, at Washington, D. C,\\nJanuary 19, 1864.\\nPatrick O Brien, enlisted September 22, 1862; mus-\\ntered out July 8, 1805.\\nJohn F. Cooley, enlisted September 22,1862; mus-\\ntered out July 8, 1805.\\nJohn Casey, D. or S., December 22, 1803, for three\\nyears mustered out June 6, 1865.\\nCharles N. Corbin. December 22, 1863; drafted for\\nthree years mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nOliver Mitchell, enlisted December 29, 1863, for three\\nyears; wounded September 19, 1804 discharged\\nfor disability at Manchester, N. H., May 8, 1865.\\nRichard B. Coruwell, enlisted Seirtember 22, 1862\\nwounded Sept. 19, 1864, mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nJames W. Corbin, enlisted September 22, 1802 trans-\\nferred to Company A, November, ISti J mustered\\nout July 8, 1805.\\nChauncy L. Corbin, musician, enlisted Septendjer 22,\\n1862; honorably discharged at Concord, N. H.,\\n.January 19, 1804, for disability.\\nHenry Easter, enlisted September 22, 1802 mustered\\nout July 8, 1865.\\nHiram Green, enlisted September 22, 1862 mustered\\nout July 8, 1865.\\nJohn Hassam, enlisted October 9, 1802; died of dis-\\nease at Washington, D. C, July 31, 1863.\\nCharles E. Holbrook, enlisted October 9, 1802 second\\nlieutenant, promoted to first lieutenant, April 4,\\n1863; honorably discharged April 23, 1804.\\nJohn King, enlisted September 22, 1S( ,2; musti red out\\nJuly 8, 1805.\\n.John Kelly, enlisted September 22, 1802 mustered\\nout July 8, 18(55.\\nCharles H. Kn.ajip, enlisted January 4, 1801 three\\n3 ears volunteer; mustered out July 8, 1805.\\n(reorge R. Kuapp, enlisted September 22, 1802; pro-\\nmoted to corporal, February 1, 1802; mustered\\nout July 8, 1805.\\nPatrick McKean, enlisted September 22, 18( 2; mus-\\ntered out July 8, 1805.\\nWillard Lawrence, enlisted September 22, 1862;\\nwounded Septeml er 19, 1.864; died of wounds at\\nWinchester, Va., September 20, 1804.\\nVan Buren Lelaud, enlisted September 22, 1802; pro-\\nmoted to corjioral December 9, 1804 mustered\\nout July 8, 18l!5.\\nGeorge H. Lynds, enlisted .January 12, 1804; three\\nyears volunteer; mu.stered out July 8, 1805.\\nCharles H. Melville, enlisted October 7,1802; mus-\\ntered out July 8, 1805.\\nMichael McMahon, enlisted September 22, 18 )2 mus-\\ntered out July 8, 1865.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0799.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "30\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWilliam McMahon, enlisted Oetober -l, 180 2 mus-\\ntered out July 8, 18 )5.\\nHarlan P. Marshall, enlisted September 22, 1862;\\npromoted to corporal June 1, 1865; mustered out\\nJuly 8, I860.\\nGeorge W. Parks, enlisted September 22, 1862 mus-\\ntered out July 8, 1865.\\nFred. S. Parks, enlisted September 22, 1S62 mustered\\nout July 8, 1865.\\nOrson D. Putnam, enlisted September 22, 1862; died\\nof disease at Natchez, Miss., July 22, 1864.\\nLevi G. Richardson, enlisted September 22, 1862;\\ndied of disease in New York City October 22,\\n1864.\\nLucius Rumrill, enlisted September 22, 1862 mus-\\ntered out July 8, 1865.\\nStephen A. Spooner, enlisted September 22, 1862\\npromoted to corporal May 1,1863; honorably\\ndischarged at Concord, N. H., January 16, 1865,\\nfor disability.\\nThomas O Sullivan, enlisted September 22, 1862;\\nhonorably discharged at Concord, N. H., July 7,\\n1864, for disability.\\nErastus Smith, enlisted September 22, 1862 wounded\\nslightly September 19, 1864 mustered out July\\n8, 18t;5.\\nGeorge A. White, enlisted Septemlier 22, 1862; mus-\\ntered out July 8, 1865.\\nAlbert H. Tyrell, enlisted September 22,1862; pro-\\nmoted to sergeant May 1, 1863; wounded Sep-\\ntember lil, 1864; mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nCharles H. Wright, enlisted September 22, 1862\\nwounded Sei^tember 19, 1864 mustered out May\\n24, 1865.\\nCharles Smith, enlisted December 22, 1863 three\\nyears volunteer mustered out July S, 1865.\\nFIEST EECaMENT VOI.UNTEEE HEAVY ARTILLERY.\\nSylvester A. Hamlin, first sergeant, enlisted Sejitem-\\nber 7, 1864, for one year wounded at Fair Oaks\\nmustered out June 15, 1865.\\nWilliam S. Gibson was two years in Massachusetts\\nSecond Regiment and two years in First Con-\\nnecticut.\\nNelson A. Rich, enlisted July 10, 1861, in a Vermont\\nregiment; discharged September 16, 1864; re-\\nenlisted February 7, 1865; discharged February\\n6, 1866; was in the Army of the Potomac.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nCHARLKSTOWN\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (CoHdHKcrf).\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTOKY\\nurch Congregational CI\\nEpiscopal Church St. Luke s Church.\\nUnitarian Church. The first church in this\\ntowii was organized December 4, 1754, with Rev.\\nJohn Dennis as pastor. His salary was fifty\\npounds So great were the fears of the people of\\ninvasions by the Indians that his ordination was\\nat Northfield, Ma.ss. May 13, 1754, the town\\nvoted as follows\\nVoted 1st, that they will apply to Mr. John\\nDennis to settle in the work of the gospel ministry in\\nthis town and for the encouragement of the said\\nMr. Dennis to settle in this town, in the work of the\\ngospel ministry, as aforesaid,\\nVoted\u00e2\u0080\u0094 T\\\\\\\\ i the town will build lor the said Mr.\\nDennis, a log-house of hewn timber, of the following\\ndimensions; viz. the house to be thirty-six lectin\\nlength, and nineteen feet in width, and sixteen feet\\nstud; and to be jutted at the chamber in the common\\nmanner; and also to build, and setup a stack of brick\\nchimneys, and a good convenient cellar; and also to\\nlay the lower floors, and find boards for the upper\\nfloors, and setup the partitions and doors to the lower\\nrooms and also to board and shingle the roof of said\\nhouse.\\nVoted That the town will clear up a three-acre\\nlot. No. 14, in the great meadow, fit for mowing; and\\nthat they will plough, fit and sow with wheat four\\nacres of a five-acre lot, No. 59, lying in the great\\nmeadow.\\nFoCerf\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That the town will pay to Mr. Dennis the\\nsum of fifty pounds, annually, lawful money, to be\\npaid equal to silver at six shillings and eight pence\\nper ounce, if he shall see cause in the work of the\\ngospel ministry in the town, and also to provide his\\nfirewood, brought to his house and cut cord-wood\\nlength.\\nVoted That there be five men chosen to carry\\nand otter the proposals of the town to Mr. John Den-\\nnis, and to receive his answer, and make return there-\\nof to this meeting.\\nVoted That John Hastings, Phineas Stevens,\\nEsq., Mr. Andrew Gardner, Lieutenant Isaac Parker", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0800.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "CHARLESTOWN.\\n31\\nand Ensign David Farnsworth be a committee to\\ncarry tl;e proposals of tlie town to Mr. Dennis, and\\nreceive Iiis answer as aforesaid.\\nAt an adjourued meeting held May 22, 1754,\\nthe lollovving was added\\nVoted That the town will raise the sum of eight\\npounds, lawful money of the Province of Massachu-\\nsetts Bay, to defray the charjje of transporting Mr.\\nDennis family to this town, if the said Dennis shall\\naccept the proposals the town has made; and shall\\nsee cause to come and settle in the work of the gospel\\nministry among us.\\nMr. Dennis was dismissed March .Sl^^lTSli.\\nThe second minister of the town was Rev. Bulk\\nley Olcott. The following is the first account of\\nhim in connection with his ministry in Charles-\\ntown\\nAt a legal meeting of the town, held at the Old\\nFort, on the 11th day of August, 17G0, it was voted,\\nthat the town will choose a Committee to go and dis-\\ncourse with Mr. Olcott, and see whether he will be\\nprevailed upon to stay and preach with us a longer\\ntime and that Lieutenant Isaac Parker, John Hast-\\nings, Seth Walker, Lieutenant John Sawyer, Mr.\\nScth Putnam, Captain John Si)all ord, Peter Labaree,\\n(and) William Hey wood, be a committee to discourse\\nwith Mr. Olcott on the premises.\\nThe salary ottered was the whole of tiie right\\nof land commonly called the ministerial right,\\nwhich Mr. Dennis had relinquished, and one\\nhundred pounds, lawful money of the province of\\nMassachusetts Bay. But this salary was not satis-\\nfactory and, in addition to the ministerial right,\\nin the place of the one hundred pounds, the fol-\\nlowing votes were substituted\\nVoted, that the town give Jlr. Olcott the sum of\\nforty-five pounds sterling, or silver or gold equivalent\\nthereto, for the first year after the first year the town\\nwill add to his salary the sum of thirty shillings per\\nannum, until his salary shall amount to the sum of\\nsixty pounds sterling, or silver or gold equivalent\\nwhich sum to be his stated or standing salary during\\nthe time he shall continue to be our minister the\\none-half of the above-mentioned salary to be paid him\\nat the end of half a year after he shall accept of our\\nproposals the other half at the year s end and so\\nyearly, the time he shall continue our minister.\\nIn addition to the above, it was Vnted. that the\\ntown will give or provide Mr. Olcott thirty cords\\nof wood, annually brought to his door during the\\ntime he shall continue to be our minister to begin\\nto provide him his wood, as above said, at the time\\nhe shall keep house by himself\\nHis ordination took place on the 28th of May,\\nITiil.\\nSuch had been the changes in Charlestown,\\nowing to the war and the circumstances of the dis-\\nmission oi Mr. Dennis, that it was deemed best, at\\nthe ordination and installation of Mr. Olcott, that\\na new church .siiould be organized, which was\\naccordingly done. This consisted, so far as males\\nwere concerned, of Mv. )lcott and nine others, viz.\\nIsaac Parker, Seth Walker, Seth Putnam, Stephen\\nFarnsworth, Ebenezer Putnam, Thomas Putnam,\\nJoel Matthews, William Hey\\\\\\\\ood and John\\nSpafford. Of this church Ebenezer Putnam was\\ninstalled the first deacon. The female members,\\nowing to the loss of the church records, cannot now\\nbe ascertained.\\nOn the 11th of August, ITfiO, befiu-e the settle-\\nment of Mr. Olcott, the town voted to build a log\\nhouse for public worshij), of the following dimen-\\nsions, viz. thirty-four feet long, twenty feet wide,\\nand eight feet between joints and to place it on\\nMeeting-House Hill. They voted twenty pounds,\\nlawful money, to be levied on the inhabitants for\\nbuilding the hou.se, provided so much should be\\nneeded A committee was appointed to see to and\\nforward the building, with dii-ections that it should\\nbe completed by the last day of the following Sep-\\ntember. On the 17th day of the following October\\nthe town voted to raise the further sum of ten\\npounds, lawful money, for the purpose of finishing\\nthe house so far as to build seats, glaze the house,\\nfinish the pulpit, so far as needful, make window-\\nshutters and calk the said house.\\nThe house was completed in 1768.\\nMr. Olcott became an efficient agent in helping\\nforward the prosperity of the jilace. Under the", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0801.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "32\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIKE.\\ninfluence of liis guiding and dii ecting mind the\\nchurch prospered, education made progress, and\\nsociety became both more cultivated and orderly\\nand he did much in every respect by his instrumen-\\ntality for laying that fountlation of prosperity and\\nrespectability which the town for a long series of\\nyears so abundantly enjoyed. He died June 2G\\n1793.\\nDuring a j)eriod of seventeen years the parish\\nremained tlestitute of stated preaching. During\\nthe latter |)ortion of this ])eriod, however. Rev.\\nDaniel Foster supplied. He died in 1809.\\nHis successor was Ilcv. Jaazaniah Crosby, D.I).,\\nwho was installed Octobci- 17, LSIO. He became\\na ITnitarian, and in 18; a number of the church\\nmembers, who could not follow his teachings, with-\\ndrew and organized what is now the Contjreffational\\nChurch. Dr. Crosby officiated until 1855, when\\nhe resigned the main charge of the parish, and had\\nthe following colleagues Revs. Adam Ayer\\nEdward Baker and L. Stone. He, however, as-\\nsisted occasionally until 18tio He died December\\n00, 1864. He was succeeded by Rev. John M.\\nMerrick, who commenced his labors April 1, 1879,\\nand continued until his death, March 19, 1870.\\nRev. Eugene De Normaudic became pastor July\\n1, 1871, and remained until April 1, l.ST(i. He\\nwas succeeded by Rev. A. S. Nickerson, who began\\nhis ministry June 1, 1876, closed June 1, 1878;\\nRev. A. E. Mullett, began his ministry October 1,\\n1878, closed January 1, 1880 Rev. T. D. Howard,\\nbegan his ministry March 1, 1880, and is the\\npresent j)astor.\\nCongregational (jHurch. The Congrega-\\ntional Church was formed August 1, 1835, with\\nthirty-five members who had withdrawn from the\\nold church in consequence of the Unitarian views\\nexpressed by Dr. Crosby. The first pastor was\\nRev. Joseph Curtis, who remained about one j ear.\\nHis successors were Rev. John C. Wilder, J. De\\nForest Richards, from 1841 to 1851 Worthington\\nWright, from 1851 to 1855. After the dismission\\nof Mr. Wi ight the church was without a settled\\npastor until 1874. The pulpit was supplied, how-\\never, during this time by stated supplies, among\\nwhom were Revs. J. G. Wilson, Joseph Garland,\\nF. Shattuck,S. G. Tenney and Henry H. Saunder-\\nson, from October 10, 1864, to October 10, 1873.\\nRev. George W. Kinne was installed April 29,\\n1874, and remained until A]iril, 1876; Benjamin\\nLabaree and Rev. Ezra Alden were temporarv\\nsupplies until Rev. George H. Dnnlap, from August\\n23, 1877, to March, 1881. Rev. George H. French\\nhas been the minister since April, 1881.\\nThe first services of this church were held in the\\nold court-hou.se until the erection of the church\\nedifice, in 1839.\\nMkthodist Episcopal CiiuRcn.^The first\\nMethodist Society in this town was formed in\\nl ^01. A society was incorporated July 3, 1827,\\nwith the following members Jacob Wright,\\nNathan Howard, John Metcalf, J. B. Hubbard\\nand Thomas Whipple.\\nThe following is a list of jiastors of the church\\n183(5, Kev. Zeb. Twitchel 1837-38, Kev. Amos\\nKidder 1839, Rev. Silas Quimby 1840-12, Rev.\\nHenjamin C. F.astman 1843, Rev. Samuel A. Gush-\\ning; 1844, Rev. Amon S. Tenney; 1845, supplied by\\nRev. a. W. Y. Rogers 1846, by Rev. Thomas H. Rood\\n1847, Stcplien Eastman ministered 1848, Rev. Jared\\nPerkins 184il, Rev. Richard Newhall 1850-51, Rev.\\nMatthew Newhall 1852-53, Rev. Simeon P. Heath\\n1854, Rev. Charles H. Chase 1855-50, Rev. Nelson\\nMartin; 18.-)7, Rev. John English; 1858-5;), Rev. R.\\nEdmund Danforth; 1800-61, Rev. Joseph Faucet;\\n18(12, sui)plicd by the Rev. A. C. Dutton 1863-65,\\nRev. Silas Quimby ministered to them; 1800-67, Rev.\\nLucien W. Prescot 1808, Rev. Samuel J. Robinson\\n1869-71, Rev. .loseph H. Hilman 1872, Rev. Andrew\\nL. Keiidall 1873-74, Rev. Charles E. Rogers 1876-\\n77, Rev. George F. Wells; 1878-80, Rev. Joseph\\nHayes; 1881-83, Rev. George N. Bryant; Rev. A. R.\\nLunt, from April, 1884, to present time.\\nSt. Luke .s Church. The Episcopal Church\\nin this town was organized April 18, 1822, the\\nchief movers in the enterprise being Roys Jones,\\nDr. Putnam Barron, Shaler Towner, Thomas and\\nDaniel Whipple, James Meacham, David Parker\\nand others.\\nIn 1829 the name of the church was changed to\\nSt. Luke s.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0802.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0803.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0804.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "CHARLESTOWN.\\n33\\nThe first rector was Rev. James B. Howe. His\\nsuccessors were Revs. George Richardson, Edward\\nBallard, Darius Barker, Henry S. Smith and\\nEdward Livermore.\\nFrom 1841 to 1860 there were no regular services\\nheld in town. In that year services were com\\nmenced, and March 23, 1863, a parish organization\\nwas effected with the following officers: Porter\\nSpencer, senior warden George Olcott, Jr. and\\nRichardson Robertson, vestrymen. The church\\nedifice was erected in 1863, and consecrated De-\\ncember 11 th of that year. It was beautified and\\nenlarged in 1869. The first rector of the church\\nwas Rev. Fi-ancis Chase, who remained until May,\\n1874 He was succeeded by Rev. R. M. Berkeley,\\nwho officiated until May 30, 1882 Rev. Charles\\nF. Sweet was rector from October 1, 1882, to May\\n1, 1883; Rev. Henry L. Phillips was in charge\\nfrom July 1, 1883 to September 9, 1884 since\\nwhich time the parish has had no settled rector.\\nWooDSiDE Charlestown is, as a town, not\\nonly of interest on account of the reminiscences of\\nthe exploits of earlj (^33^3, when the valor of its\\ninhabitants saved it from extermination by the\\nmerciless savages not only from the stern integ-\\nrity, the industry, the perseverance and the intel-\\nligence of its settlers, the wealth of its productive\\nfarms, the charms of the picturesque mountain\\nscenery and ever-changing views which so _divers-\\nify the lovely Connecticut Valley not only from\\nthe massive intellects which, reared under the\\nshadow of its hills and on the borders of its waters,\\nhave attained the fullness of ripe maturity and\\ngone forth to occupy prominent positions of honor\\nand distinction in the service of the State, and in\\nthe fields of law, literature, religion and science,\\namong whom the names of Gilchrist, Cushing, Ol-\\ncott and Hubbard are conspicuous, but on account\\nof the cultured taste that, combined with the kiiad\\nprofusion of nature, have made it a summer re-\\nsort which those who are to the manor born,\\nand the stranger, tarrying for a brief period amid\\nits beauties, alike pronounce one of the most en-\\njoyable and attractive to be found in many a mile\\nof distance, and to combine many of the lovely\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2features found by Dr. Johnson in his fabled Val-\\nley of Rassclas. The magnificent elms, towering\\nin arching columns of strength and beauty over\\nthe broad, clean streets, the quiet calm and restful-\\nne.ss that here comes to soothe the tired spirit, the\\nperfect healthfulness of the climate and the taste-\\nful residences and their artistic surroundings, all\\nblend in painting upon the canvas of the mind a\\npicture of rural joy and sylvan happiness which\\nwill not soon be obliterated.\\nAmong the loveliest of the homes so pleasantly\\nand thickly scattered through the village is\\nWoodside, the residence of Sherman Paris, a\\nbusiness man of New York City, who, while\\ntraveling in 1867, pa.s.sed a few days in Charles-\\ntown, became acquaincd with its beauties and pur-\\nchased the Old Olcott Place, with the view of\\nkeeping it as a country-seat, but, perceiving the\\nrare advantages of the locality, he remodeled and\\nenlarged the house for a permanent residence, laid\\nout the grounds according to the most approved\\nmethods of modern landscape gardening, built ex\\ntensive green-houses and graperies, a jiavilion,\\nor summer-house, which, for lightness, neatness\\nand beauty of its architecture, is, perhaps, unsur-\\npassed by any structure of its kind in the country\\nand, with his artistic tastes and the means to grat-\\nify them, he has made Woodside audits sur-\\nroundings a thing of beauty and a joy to every\\npasser-by.\\nFloriculture is here brought, as near as possible,\\nto perfection, and the garden is not surpassed by\\nany in New Hampshire. Imagine thousands upon\\nthousands of the finest green-house flowers and\\nplants, with their varied hues, placed into the open\\nground, and one may get something of a concep-\\ntion of the sight which awaits the visitor. The\\nluxuriant hedges are the wonder of the country\\nrivaling those of England and are an object of\\ninterest to many English tourists, who are drawn\\nto Charlestown especially to see them. But the\\npen of the writer cannot, in any adeijuate manner,\\ndescribe the beauties and i;erfections of Wood-\\nside. It shouhi be seen and enjoyed by every\\nlover of the picturescpie.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0805.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "34\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nCHARLESTOWN\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (CoiKi jmerfJ.\\nEducational First Schools\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Early Votes of the Town\\nPrivate Schools Masonic History Faithful Lodge, No.\\n12 List of Physicians Lawyers Connecticut River\\nBank Connecticut River National Bank Robbery of\\nBank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Town Hall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Civil History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Town Clerks\\nfrom 1753-1885\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Representatives from 1768-1885.\\nEducational. The first reference on the old\\ntown records to the subject of schools is under date\\nof August 12, 1763, when it was\\nVoted 1st, on the 4th Article that the town will\\npay for schooling psust, viz. Doct. Taylor and Samuel\\nStevens, Esq. Dissent entered, viz. James Porter,\\nSeth Walker, Jr., Simon Sartvvell, Jos. Willard, Lieut.\\nJohn Sawyer, James Nutting Willard, Moses Willard\\nand James Farnsworth, all appeared and objected\\nagainst the foregoing vote and paid for entering the\\nsame.\\nVoted 2d, on the 4th Article that there shall be a\\nschool kept in the town for the future.\\nVoted 3d, on 2d Article that the school shall be\\nkept in different parts of tlie town, in proportion to\\nwhat each part shall pay towards said school.\\nVoted 4th, on 2d Article, that Messrs. Ebenezer\\nPutnam, Samuel Stevens, Esq., and Simon Sartwell\\nbe a committee to see that the school be proportioned\\nagreeable to the foregoing vote.\\nVoted 5th, on the 4th Article th.at the aforesaid\\ncommittee be empowered to provide such school mas-\\nters or mistresses from time to time in the several\\nparts of the town as shall be needful till our next an-\\nnual meeting.\\nIn October, 1764,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted that the school shall be kept in the differ-\\nent parts of the town, in proportion to what each part\\nshall pay towards said school. Voted, that John Hast-\\nings, Jr., James Porter and Thomas Putnam be a\\ncommittee for regulating the above said school.\\nThere was a school by the vote of the town also\\nin 1765. There is no further record of any school\\ntill 1769, when the following votes were passed at\\nthe annual town-meeting\\nVoted on the 4th Article, thatthere shall be a school\\nkept in the town.\\nVoted 2d, on said Article, that the school be kept\\nin the different parts of the town, in proportion to\\nwhat each part shall pay towards said school.\\nVoted 3d, on said Article, that it shall be left with\\nthe selectmen to proportion the school in the different\\nparts of the town, and also to provide a school-mas-\\nter.\\nIn March, 1770, the sixth article in the town\\nwarrant was To see if the town will provide for\\na school the wliole or part of the ensuing year and\\nto vote on any other matter that shall be thought\\n(u- found necessary.\\nOn this it was voted that a school be kept and\\nthe sum of twenty-seven pounds should be raised\\nand assessed on the inhabitants for its benefit and\\nthat the town should be divided into three districts,\\neach of which should draw its projjortion of the\\nmoney raised according to its other assessment,\\nand, provided either district should fail to appro-\\npriate its proportion to the use of a school, such\\nproportion as was not thus appropriated was to be\\nforfeited to such district or districts as should ap-\\npropriate it to that object. Simon Sartwell, Cap-\\ntain John Church and Elijah Grout were the\\ncommittee to divide the town into districts. Messrs.\\nEbenezer Putnam, Elijah Grout and Peter Laba-\\nree were appointed a committee to provide a school\\nfor the north district Messrs. Simon Sartwell,\\nSeth Walker and Joseph Willard for the south\\ndistrict, and Messrs. John Church, Lemuel Hast-\\nings and Abel Walker for the middle of the town.\\nIn the November following these votes the mid-\\ndle district took measures to provide themselves\\nwith a school-house. The following is a list of\\npersons employed upon the house from November\\n5 to November 12, 1770, and also an account of\\nsome materials furnished by individuals for the\\nbuilding\\nOn this house Abel Walker worked eight days\\nJoseph King, bricklayer, six Lemuel Hastings,\\nfour and a fraction Sylvanus Hastings, four John\\nSimons (Sinionds), Jonathan Wetherbe and Taylor\\nSpencer, three each Peter Page, Elijah Parker,\\nPeleg AVilliams, Landou Priest and Aaron Wil-\\nlard, two each Bradstreet Spaftljrd, Barrat (pro-", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0806.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "CIIARLESTOWN.\\n35\\nbiibly John Barrett) and Elisha Farrt ell, one\\neacli Stephen Alvord, three hours Samuel Hunt\\nfound five hundred feet of boards.\\nIn 1772, \u00c2\u00a350 were voted for schools in 1773,\\n\u00c2\u00a340; 1774, \u00c2\u00a340; 1775, \u00c2\u00a345 1777, \u00c2\u00a345; 1778,\\n\u00c2\u00a3100; 1780, \u00c2\u00a345; 1781, \u00c2\u00a345; and 1782, \u00c2\u00a360\\nThe schools have been lilierally su))j)ortcd from\\nthat time to the present.\\nAmong the private schools which have existed\\nin the town were those of Rev. Samuel Crosby,\\nRev. Daniel Foster, Mrs. Gilchrist and Mi.ss Pratt.\\nMASONIC.\\nThe first Masonic body in this town was called*\\nVermont Lodge, which met for the first time here\\nNovember 2(5, 1781. It was moved to Springfield,\\nVt, in 17\u00c2\u00ab8.\\nFaithful Lodge, No. 12, was chartered by the\\nGrand Lodge of Massachusetts February 23, 1788.\\nA second charter was granted by the Grand Lodge\\nof New Hampshire April 30, 1800. It was in-\\ncorporated June, 1821. No convocations of the\\nlodge were held from 1828 to 1862. The lodge\\nwas revived in 1862.\\nList of Physicians. Jolin Hastings was one of\\nthe early inhabitants, and the earliest physician\\nand surgeon of the township, and also one of its\\nmost distinguished and useful citizens Among\\nothers were David Taylor, William Page, Oliver\\nHastings, Thomas Bliss, Joseph Roby, Edmund\\nPelouze, Putnam Barron, Jacob Adams, John\\nDuncan, Dr. Webber, Horace Saunders, Pliny\\nSafl^jrd, Alexander Campbell, Hiram Hoyt, John\\nW. Furbur, S. E Hale, Otis Russell Freeman,\\nDavid H. Marden, Daniel Pierce, James Monroe\\nWhitaker, David Comstock Moore, N. Grout\\nBrooks, Dr. Frink, Dr. Leech, Dr. Pollard, Dr.\\nHall and Dr. Chandler.\\nLawyers. Simeon Olcott, Benjamin West, Jo-\\nseph Denuie, (a short time), Frederick A. Sumner,\\nJohn C. Chamberlain, Samuel West (a short time),\\nSamuel Hunt, Jr. (a short time), William Briggs,\\nHenry Hubbard, George Olcott, John James\\nGilchrist, Edmund L. Cushiug, Henry Hubbard,\\nJr., Alfred T. Batchelder (firm of Colby Bat-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2chelder, since May 1, 1874).\\nBanks. The first bank in Charlestown was\\nchartered July 2, 1823, to continue until March\\n1 1844, under the name of The President,\\nDirectors and Company of the Connecticut River\\nBank. Capital, $60,000, in one thousand shares of\\n860 each. The first meeting of the corporators\\nwas held in Hassam s Hotel July 10, 1824. The\\nbank commenced business September 1, 1824.\\nSeptember 11, 1824, William Briggs was appointed\\na committee to build the vault and stone-work,\\nand Horace Hall, Enos Stevens and Vyrling\\nLovell a committee to build the building, which\\nwas completed in 1825, and cost in all, including\\nthe vault, about $2100.\\nGeorge Olcott was cashier during the existence\\nof the bank. He was appointed August 21, 1824.\\nPresidents.\\nAaron Dean, from July 24, 1824, to December 5,\\n1824.\\nHorace Hall, from December 5, 1824, to March 16,\\n1842.\\nEnos Stevens, from March 10, 1842, to March Ki,\\n1843.\\nSamuel Crosby, from March 16, 1843, to the end.\\nDirectors.\\nAaron Dean, from July 10, 1824, till 1829.\\nHorace Hall, from July 10, 1824, to March 16,\\n1842.\\nRobert Rand, from July 10, 1824, to the end.\\nWilliam Briggs, from July 10, 1824, to the end.\\nHenry Hubbard, from July 10, 1824, to March 7,\\n1842.\\nEnos Stevens, from July 10, 1824, to March 3,\\n1845.\\nVyrliug Lovell, from July 10, 1824, to March 10,\\n1843.\\nSamuel Crosby, from March 1, 1830, to the end.\\nIsaac H. Wetherbe, from March 7, 1842, to the end.\\nDavid Holton, from March 6, 1843, to the end.\\nSamuel Webber, from Jlarch 6, 1843, to the end.\\nHenry Hubbard, re-elected March 3, 1845, and\\nserved to the end.\\nSeven directors were required by the charter.\\nThe average dividends of this bank during the\\nBy George Olcott, Esq.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0807.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "36\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntime it was in operation were 7.10B per cent, per\\naununi. On final settlement it returned to the\\nstockholders its capital and twenty-four and seven-\\ntenths per cent, surplus profits.\\nAt the time of the general suspension, in 1837,\\nthe bank determined not to suspend, and redeemed\\nall its notes in specie reducing their circulation\\nto $3000, re-issuing their bills in August and Sep-\\ntember, 1838. Bills of a new impression were\\nissued in the latter month.\\nThe second bank in Charlestown was chartered\\nJune 18, 1844, under the name of the Connecti-\\ncut River Bank, to continue until January 1,\\n1865. In approving the charter Governor John\\nH. Steele says, I have signed the charter with\\nreluctance a reluctance arising from a doubt as\\nto the constitutional right of any State to create a\\nbanking company. See Article 1, Section 10, of\\nthe United States Constitution. The capital stock\\nwas originally $60,000 in one hundred shares of\\n$600 each, which was increased in 1848 to $90,-\\n000, and in 1855 to $100,000. The bank com-\\nmenced operations January 1, 1845.\\nGeorge Olcott, Esq was cashier from the be-\\nginning until his death, February 4, 1864. His\\nson, George Olcott, Jr., entered the bank as clerk\\nin August, 1853, was elected assistant cashier in\\n1862, and at the death of his father was appointed\\ncashier in his place, which office he held to the end\\nof the charter.\\nPrenidenti.\\nWilliam Briggs, from July 11, 1845, to 1847.\\nJohn W. Tappan, from I\\\\Iarch 1, 1847, to March,\\n1848.\\nHenry Hubbard, from ]March G, 1848, to March 5,\\n1851.\\nSamuel Webber, from March 5, 1851, to March 5,\\n1855.\\nHope Lathrop, from March 5, 1855, to the end.\\nDirectors.\\nWilliam Briggs, February 11, 1845.\\nSamuel Hubbard, from February 11, 1845, to March\\n4, 1850.\\nJohn W. Tappan, from February 11, 1845, to March\\n6, 1848.\\nRoswell Robertson, from February 11, 1845, to\\nMarch 1, 1852.\\nSamuel Webber, from February 11, 1845, to March\\n5, 1855.\\nHenry Hubbard, Jr., from February 11, 1845, to\\nMarch 3, 1851.\\nSamuel Walker, from February 11, 1845, to Marcli\\n6, 1854.\\nSamuel St. John, Jr., from March 1, 1847, to March\\n0, 1848.\\nHope Lathrop, from March 6, 1848, to the end.\\nHenry Hubbard, from March 6, 1848, to March 1,\\n1851.\\nJoseph W. Colburn, from March 4, 1850, to March\\n1. 1852.\\nRoyal Shumway, from March .3, 1851, to March 1,\\n18.52.\\nLanson Robertson, from March 3, 1851, to March\\n1,1852.\\nAnsel Glover, from March 1, 1852, to the end.\\nAshbel Hamlin, from March 1, 1S52, to the end.\\nRobert Elwell, from March 1, 1852, to the end.\\nGeorge M. Dickinson, from March 1, 1852, to\\nMarch 6, 1854.\\nRoswell Robertson, from March 0, 1854, to March\\n1, 1868.\\nJonathan Baker, from March 5, 1855, to the end.\\nJohn W. Tappan, from March 5, 1855, to March\\n2, 1857.\\nJohn M. Glidden, from March 2, 1857, to the end.\\nSamuel Walker, from March 1, 1858, to April 21,\\n1S58.\\nEdmund L. Gushing, from April 21, 1858, to March\\n6, 1864.\\nCharles Willard, from March 6, 1864, to the end.\\nThe number of directors was seven.\\nNovember 1, 1845, a dividend of $10 a share\\nwas declared; March 2, 1846, $20; September\\n7, 1846, $24; March 1, 1847, $27; September\\n6, 1847, 4J per cent.; March 6, 1848, 4* per cent.\\nFrom this time to March 3, 1851, the semi-\\nannual dividends were four per cent. From Sep-\\ntember 1, 1851, to the end, in September, 1864,\\nthey were three per cent. The bank, on final settle-\\nment, returned to the stockholders the full amount\\nof the capital stock.\\nThe third bank in Charlestown was organized", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0808.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "f HARLESTOWN.\\n37\\nunder the laws of the Uuited States as The Cou-\\nnecticut River National Bank, October 21, 1804.\\nCapital, \u00c2\u00a7100,000. President, Hope Lathroj)\\nCashier, George Olcott.\\nRobert Elwell was president from January,\\n14, 1879, to Januar.y, 1884 John G. Dinsmore\\npresident since January 23, 1884 Richard Rob-\\nertson, vice-president since January 2. 1884.\\nDirectors.\\nHope Lathrop, September 28, 18G4; died December\\n31, 1878.\\nAnsel Glover, September 28, 18(54 died ]March,\\n1879.\\nAshbel Hamlin, from September 28, ISlU, to .Taii-\\nuary 18, 1873.\\nJonathan Baker, from September 28, 18(54, to Feb-\\nruary 2(5, 18(57.\\nJohn M. Gliddeu, I rom September 28, 18(54, to\\nOctober, 1872.\\nJoseph G. Briggs, Jr., from September 28, 18G4, to\\nMarch 20, 186r); re-elected January 9, 1872; resigned\\nin 1877.\\nEnoch Hammond AVest, from September 28, 18(54,\\nto January 10, 1865.\\nWilliam Dana, from January 10, 1865, to Novem-\\nber 18, 1870.\\nBenjamin Whipple, January 9, 1866; died May\\n1879.\\nGeorge Olcott, April 8, 1867.\\nCharles Willard, January 9, 1877, to Octolier 29,\\n1883.\\nJohn G. Dinsmore, .January 14, 1879.\\nRobert Elwell, .January 14, 1879; died January,\\n1884.\\nWilliam A. Band, January 13, iS80.\\nRichard Robertson, October 29, 1883.\\nRoswell Huntoon, January 23, 1884.\\nThe dividends up to and including July, 1880,\\nvrere ten per cent, per annum. Since that time\\nthey have been eight per cent.\\nThe charter of the third bank expired Septem-\\nber 15, 1884, and on that same day the bank\\nstarted on its fourth twenty years charter with the\\nsame officers, viz. John G. Dinsmore, president\\nRichard Robertson, vice-president George Olcott,\\ncashier John G. Dinsmore, Richard Robertson,\\nGeorge Olcott, William A. Rand and Roswell\\nHuntoon, directors.\\nThis bank was broken into on the night of the\\nloth of June, 1850, and all the money abstracted\\nfrom the vault. The robbery was committed by\\nAiiijah Larned and his brother, the former of\\nwhom was subsequently arrested by Sheriff Baker,\\nof Grafton, and Hon. Henry Hubbard, who was\\npresident of the bank that had been robbed.\\nLarned was brought to Charlestown, where he\\nfound the evidence against him to be so strong\\nthat he concluded it would be the part of wisdom\\nto make confession of his guilt to the officers and\\ndirectors of the bank, which he did.\\nThe burglars arrived at Charlestown about nine\\no clock on the evening of the 10th, and at about\\nmidnight their work was done. In this time they\\nhad picked four locks and secured in money about\\ntwelve thousand dollars. The premises were\\nthoroughly searched, and every trunk and box that\\nhad been deposited in the bank for safe keeping\\nwas broken open, and all that was valuable to them\\nin its contents taken. On leaving, both the doors\\nof the vault and the l)ank were re-locked, and\\nthere was no appearance, on entering the building,\\nthat anything had been disturbed, and it was only\\nwhen they found the locks so out of order that\\nthey could with difficulty be opened that jMr.\\nOlcott suspected the evil that had been done.\\nBut tlie remarkable part of the matter is to\\ncome. After securing their booty, aided by an\\nexceedingly fast horse, they started for home and\\nintended to arrive there in the shortest possible\\nspace of time, so that no suspicion should be excited\\nby their absence.\\nWhen reaching the base of a hill between Drews-\\nville and Marlow they both alighted to walk up\\nthe hill and so ea.se their horse; while one walked\\nmuch faster than the horse, the other fell some\\ndistance behind. The foremost arrived at the top\\nof the hill, and after waiting some minutes the\\nbrother emerged in sight through the darkness,\\nbut t le horse was not there.\\nThey retraced their steps, but horse, buggv and\\nmoney had disappeared. They perceived a light", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0809.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "38\\nmSTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfrom a neighboring fariii-hoiise, but uo tracks\\ncould be discovered whereby they could trace the\\ntruant animal. Daylight coming on, they were\\nobliged to give up their search and seek their own\\nsafety. It seems that the horse, after toiling some\\ntime in ascending the hill, discovered a narrow\\npath leading from the main road at right angles,\\nand, having no one to guide him, followed his in-\\nclination and took the side track rather than pur-\\nsue his course up the hill. A man in Marlow who\\nhad been out to watch with a sick neighbor, and\\nwas riding home with his brother at about four\\no clock in the morning, was surprised to see ahorse\\nand buggy without any driver coming up behind\\nthem. He said to his lirother, Some one has lost\\nhis horse and wagon let us hitch them in sight, as\\nthe owner will be along soon. But as they led\\nthe horse along they saw in the bottom of the\\nwagon some loose pieces of gold, and upon ex-\\namination they found all the money which had\\nbeen taken from the bank, with a number of bags\\nof tools and false keys, which immediately led\\nthem to suspect a robbery. The alarm was given,\\nand at Paper-Mill village they found runners who\\nhad come from Charlestown, to whom they com-\\nmunicated the news of what they had discovered,\\nand, moreover, that the money was safe at the\\nhouse of their informant, at Marlow. This infor-\\nmation was soon communicated to Mr. Ulcott and\\nGovernor Hubbard, who, as soon as possible, took\\nmeasures to identify the money and restore it once\\nmore to the vault of the bank.\\nThe burglars paid all the expenses of the bank\\nand were put under two thousand five hundred\\ndollars bonds, which were forfeited. Abijah\\nLarned was afterwards arre-ted and tried for rob-\\nbing the bank at Cooperstown, N. Y., and was\\nsent to State s Prison, where he died before the ex-\\npiration of the sentence.\\nThe Town Hall was erected in 1872 at an\\nexpense of about twenty thousand dollars. It is\\nforty-two feet by ninety, two stories high, and is\\na neat and commodious structure.\\nTown Clerks. The following is a list of town\\nclerks from 1753 to 1885\\nJohn Hastings, 1753 to 1762.\\nWilliam Haywood, 1762 to 1803, except 1788.\\nElijah Grout, 1788.\\nF. A. Sumner, 1803 to 1819, and 1823.\\nGeorge Olcott, 1819 to 1823 and 1824.\\nHenry H. Sylvester, 1825.\\nWilliam Gordon, 1826, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38.\\nHenry Hubbard, 1828.\\nEnos Stevens, 1829, 30, 31, 32.\\nSimeon O. Cooley, 1839, 40, 42, 43, 44. 45, 4G,\\n47, 48.\\nGeorge Hubbard, 1841.\\nS. L. Fletcher, 1849.\\nS. L. Wilder, Jr., 1850, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57.\\nCharles Messenger, 1854.\\nCharles C. Kimball, 1858, 59, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71,\\n72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81.\\nF. W. Putnam, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66.\\nSumner C. Foster, 1882, 83, 84.\\nHerbert W. Bond, 1885.\\nRepresentatives. The following is a list of\\nrepresentatives from 1768 to 1885:\\n1768. Simon Stevens.\\n1769. Simon Stevens.\\n1770. Simon Stevens.\\n1771. Simeon Olcott.\\n1772. Simeon Olcott.\\n1773. Simeon Olcott.\\n1774. Samuel Hunt.\\n1775. William Heywood.\\n1776. Elijah Grout.\\n1777. David Taylor.\\n1778. Samuel Hunt.\\n1779. William Haywood.\\n1780. Benjamin West.\\n1781. Elijah Grout.\\n1782. John Hubbard.\\n1784. Elijah Grout.\\n1785. Elijah Grout.\\n1786. John Hubbard.\\n1787. John Hubbaid.\\n1788. William Page.\\n1789. William Page.\\n1790. William Page.\\n1791. William Page.\\n1792. Benjamin Moore.\\n1793. Samuel Stevens.\\n1794. Samuel Stevens.\\n1795. Elijah Grout.\\n1796. Samuel Stevens.\\n1797. Samuel Stevens.\\n1798. Samuel Stevens.\\n1799. Samuel Stevens.\\n1800. Eph. Carpenter.\\n1801. Eph. Carpenter.\\n1802. Samuel Hunt.\\n1803. Oliver Hastings.\\n1804. Oliver Hall.\\n1805. Oliver Hall.\\n1806. Oliver Hastings.\\n1807. Benjamin Labaree.\\n1809. Benjamin Labaree.\\n1810. Horace Hall.\\n1811. Horace Hall.\\n1812. Henry Hubbard.\\n1813. Henry Hubbard.\\n1814. Henry Hubbard.\\n1815. Henry Hubbard.\\n1816. Enos Stevens.\\n1817. Enos Stevens.\\n1818. J. C. Chamberlain.\\n1819. Henry Hubbard.\\n1820. Henry Hubbard.\\n1821. Enos Stevens.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0810.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "CHARLESTOWN.\\n39\\n1822. Enos Stevens.\\n1823. Henry Hubbard.\\n1824. Henry Hubbard.\\n1825. Henry Hubbard.\\n1826. Henry Hubbard.\\n1827. Henry Hubbard.\\n1828. Vryling Lovell.\\n1829. Enos Stevens.\\n1830. Enos Stevens.\\n1831. Joseph Heaton.\\n1832. Jonathan L. Mack.\\n1833. Jonathan L. Mack.\\n1834. William Gordon.\\n1835. Isaac Silsby.\\n1830. John J. Gilchrist.\\n1837. John J. Gilchrist.\\n1838. Putnam Barron.\\n1839. Seth Meacham.\\n1840. Seth Meacham.\\n1841. Ashbel Hamlin.\\n1842. Ashbel Hamlin.\\n1843. Benjamin Challis.\\n1844. Benjamin Challis.\\n1846. William McCrea.\\n1847. William McCrea.\\n1848. William A. Rand.\\n1849. William A. Rand.\\n1850. Edm. L. Gushing.\\nRichard Holden.\\n1851. Richard Holden.\\nBrooks Kimball.\\n1852. Edm. L. Gushing.\\n1853. Edm. L. Gushing.\\n1854. John M. Glidden.\\n1855. John M. Glidden.\\nS. L. Wilder, Jr.\\n1856. S. L. Wilder, Jr.\\n1857. S. L. Wilder, Jr.\\nBrooks Kimball.\\n1858. Brooks Kimball.\\nGyles Merrill.\\n1859. William McCrea.\\n1860.\\n1861.\\n1862.\\n1863.\\n1864.\\n1865.\\n1866.\\n1867.\\n1868.\\n1869.\\nSamuel Walker.\\n1870.\\nGeorge Olcott.\\nJohn\\nJ. Hanson.\\nAbel Hunt.\\nChas.\\nC. Kimball.\\n1871.\\nGeorge W. Hoyt.\\nHarvey Abbott.\\nHerbert B. Viall.\\nChas. C. Kimball.\\nHarvey Abbott.\\nBenj. Whipple.\\nBenj. Whipple.\\nJohn M. Glidden.\\nJohn M. Glidden.\\n1873.\\n1874.\\n1875.\\n1876.\\nIra M. Perry.\\nMatt. W. Green.\\nNo Kep. elected.\\nChas. C. Kiml)all.\\nNath. W. Howard.\\nChas. C. Kimball.\\nNath. W. Howard.\\nHorace Hubbard.\\n1877.\\nLorin H. Royce.\\nHorace Hubbard.\\nBrooks Kimball.\\nCharl\\nes H. West.\\n1878.\\nLorin H. Royce.\\nWilliam Dana.\\nBrooks Kimball.\\nCharl\\nes Gay.\\n1879.\\nSamuel Walker.\\nWilliam Dana.\\n1880.\\nRobert R. Allen.\\nCharl\\nes Gay.\\n1881.\\nRobert R. Allen.\\nWilliam Dana.\\n1882.\\nGeorge H. Messer.\\nNath\\nW. Howard.\\n1883.\\nGeorge H. Messer.\\nNath.\\nW. Howard.\\n1884.\\nR. W. Robinson.\\nF. W\\nPutnam.\\n1885.\\nR. W. Robinson.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0811.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CLAREMONT.\\nISY OTIS F. U. WAITE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe town of Claremont is boundud on the north\\nby Coniisli, east by (Iroydon and NewiRirt, south\\nby Unity and Charkstown and west l)y Wcatheis-\\nfield, Vl. The priueipal vilhige is sitiiattd about\\nthree and a halt miles due east from C onneeticut\\nRiver, occupies a hirge anil varied area, and through\\nit runs Sugar River. It is not pretended that the\\nfollowing is a complete history of this town. The\\nspace allowed in this work, lli iugh liix ral in com-\\nparison with that given to some other towns, does\\nnot admit of a full history. Many topics arc not\\ntouched upon at all, while others are pretty I ully\\ntreated. The facts havt^ been gathered from rec-\\nords, public documents, traditions and every avail-\\nable reliiible source, all of which has boon freely\\nused many times without credit being given.\\nWith old records iiicomplete and imperfect, and\\nmany traditions lost or buried with the remains of\\nthe earlier inhabitants, this sketch is perhaps as\\naccurate as any that could be nuide at this time.\\nThe territory on th(! westerly side of Conn(, cticut\\nRiver, which had been granted by Governor Went-\\nworth, having been declared to be beyond the\\njurisdiction of the province of New Hamj)shire,\\nthe government of New York resorted to many\\nmethods to dispossess all those who had derived\\ntheir titles from Governor Wentworth. Otticers\\nwere sent among them, connnanding them to de-\\nliver up their premises landlords claimed rent,\\nand attempted to collect it actions wen c(}iu-\\nmeneed against the occupants, which, being brought\\n40\\nin the courts of New York, were invariably decided\\nagainst the defendants. Long and bitter contro-\\nversies arose, and the sturdy settlers, determined\\nnot to yield, resorted to arms in defense of their\\nestates. Acts of violence were frequent, and the\\nofficers of New York often found the physical\\npower was on the side of the settlers. There were\\namong the inhabitants many daring, intrejiid men,\\nready to encounter danger, if necessary, and by no\\nmeans scrupulous of the observance of points of\\nlaw, as settled by the courts of New York.\\nThe early settlers of New Hampshire, especially\\nthe western portion of the province, as well as\\nthose of Vermont, were not, like the Plymouth\\ncolonists, actuated solely in their enterprises by\\nreligious motives. Their association consisted pri-\\nmarily more in the regulations of mercantile com-\\npanies than in civil legislation though, fi-om the\\nnecessity of the case, the latter became their con-\\ndition in the process of time. Speculation and the\\nac(iuisition of wealth formed the basis of their move-\\nments and it is thought that, judged in accord-\\nance with the ])rinci])les of sound morality and\\nlaw, their acts would in some instances have been\\nconsidered opjiressive and unjust. The institutions\\nof religion were not disregarded. In many cases,\\namong the first of their legislative corporate acts\\nwas the [)roviding for a minister to come and\\nsettle among them. Particidarly was this the\\ncase with the first settlers of Claremont.\\nSoon after the Declaration of American Inde-\\npendence the inhabitants of the territory in ipics-\\ntion assembled to take into ccmsideration their", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0812.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n41\\npeculiar condition, and to provide means of safety.\\nThe situation of the country created, as they be-\\nlieved, a radical change in their political connec-\\ntions. By the dissolution of the bonds which had\\nsubjected America to the rule of Great Britain,\\nthey imagined that all acts sanctioned by the\\nauthority of the mother-country were abrogated,\\nand no longer binding and hence, concerning\\nthemselves free from the government of New York,\\nto which they had never willingly submitted, and\\nbeing, as they declared, reduced to a state of na-\\nture, they insisted that they had a right to form\\nsuch ass elation as was agreeable to themselves.\\nAccordingly, they made the declaration that they\\nwould at all times consider themselves as a free\\nand independent State, capable of regulating their\\nown internal police that they had the sole, ex-\\nclusive right of governing themselves in such man-\\nner as they should choose, not repugnant to the\\nresolves of Congress and that they were ready to\\ncontribute their proportion to the common de-\\nfense. Guided by these principles, they adopted\\na plan of government, established a code of laws\\nand petitioned Congress to receive them into the\\nUnion.\\nThe inhabitants of the eastern valley of the\\nConnecticut Kivcr, both on account of location\\nand sympathy, were strongly inclined to unite\\nwith those on the western side in the formation of\\na new State. They claimed that the original\\ngrant to Captain John Mason was limited by the\\nline drawn at a distance of sixty miles from the\\nsea that all the lands westward of that line were\\nroyal grants, which, being under the jurisdiction\\nof New Ilampshiie merely by the force of the\\nroyal commission, were vacated by the assumed\\nindependence of the American colonies, and\\ntherefore, that all the inhabitants of this territory\\nhad reverted to a state of nature. By this it\\nwas understood that each town retained its\\ncorporate unity, but wws wholly disconnected\\nfrom any superior jurisdiction. They made a dis-\\ntinction between commissions derived from the\\nKing, revocable at his pleasure, and incorpora-\\ntions granted on certain conditions, which con-\\nditions having been performed, the powers and\\nprivileges incident to or resulting from the\\ncorporate bodies were perpetual.\\nThey asserted that when the power of the King\\nhad been rejected and no longer recognized, the\\nonly legal authority remaining was vested in their\\ntown incorporations, and that the majority of each\\ntown had a right to control the minority. These\\nviews, however, did not meet with universal\\napproval. Sixteen of the towns along the eastern\\nbank of the Connecticut were in favor of the\\nunion with those on the western, and, having\\npresented a petition to the new State, which had\\na isumed the name of Vermont requested that they\\nmight be received into union with it, and alleged\\nthat they were not connected with any State\\nwith respect to their internal ])olice. After\\nmuch .strife these sixteen towns were received, the\\nAssembly of Vermont having passed a resolution\\nthat other towns on the eastern side of Connecti-\\ncut River might be admitted on procuring a vote\\nof a majority of the inhabitants, as in the election\\nof a re])resentative.\\nIn ITTiS great effort was made to secure the\\nfavor of Claremont and other towns below in\\nbehalf of this movement, but without success. The\\ntowns thus admitted gave notice to the govern-\\nment of New Hampshire, and expressed their\\ndesire for an amicable adjustment of a jurisdic-\\ntional line and a friendly interchange. Bitter\\nanimosities and confusi(m were the offspring of\\nthis act. The President of New Hampshire, as\\nthe Executive was then styled, resorted to per-\\nsuasion and threats in order to reclaim the\\nseceders. Vermont was slow to give up an\\nacquisition so valuable, and at last both parties\\nappealed to Congress for aid. After long delay,\\nCongress declared it an indispensable prelimi-\\nnary to the admission of Vermont as a member of\\nthe United States, that she should explicitly\\nrelinquish all demands of lands and jurisdiction\\non the east side of Connecticut River and on the\\nwest side of a line drawn twenty miles eastward of\\nHudson s River to Lake Chami^lain.\\nThis resolution being laid before the Assembly", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0813.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "42\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof Vermont, iu sessif)n at Charlestown, they voted\\nto reniaiu firm iu the priociples on which they\\nhad firet assumed goverumeut, and to hold the\\narticles of union inviolate that they would not\\nsubmit the question of their independence to the\\narbitrament of any power whatevei- but they\\nwere willing at present to refer the question of\\ntheir jurisdictional boundary to commissioners\\nmutually chosen and when they should be ad-\\nmitted into the American Union, they would\\nsubmit any such disputes to Congress.\\nThis state of things produced, as it naturally\\nwould, deep resentment between the people of\\nNew Hampshire and Vermont, which, on slight\\noccasion, would break forth in acts 6f hostility.\\nAn example is furnished in an affray which had\\nits beginning at Chesterfield in 1781. A\\nconstable, under authority of Vermont, had a\\nwrit against a man favorable to the interests of\\nNew Hampshire, and went in pursuit of him. He\\nfound him in a dwelling-house, surrounded by his\\nfriends, and attempted to arrest him. The owner\\nof the house interfered and ordered the officer to\\ndepart. The constable produced a book, which he\\nsaid contained the laws of Vermont, and began to\\nread. The householder commanded him to desist.\\nThreatening words followed, and, finally, the\\nofficer was compelled to retire. Under a writ\\nissued by a Vermont justice, the householder and\\nanother of the company were arrested and com-\\nmitted to prison at Charlestown. The prisoners\\nsent a petition to the Assembly of New Hamp-\\nshire for relief. The Assembly authorized the\\nCommittee of Safety to direct the sheriff of\\nCheshire County to relieve the prisoners and,\\nfurther, empowered the committee to cause to be\\ncommitted to prison, in any of the counties, all\\npersons acting under the pretended authority of\\nthe State of Vermont, to be tried by the courts of\\nthose counties where they might be confined and\\nfor this purpose sheriffs were directed to raise the\\nposse corfiitatus.\\nThe sheriff of Cheshire County, in the attempt\\nto release the two prisoners, was himself arrested\\nand imprisoned by the Vermont sheriff. The\\nimpris ned sheriff now appealed to a brigadier-\\ngeneral of New Hampshire to raise the militia for\\nhis liberation. The Vermonters were aroused,\\nand the Governor immediately issued orders to\\nhis militia to repel the invaders. A committee\\nfrom Vermont was sent to Exeter to agree on\\nmeasures to prevent hostilities. One of the com-\\nmittee was the Vermont sheriff, who was immedi-\\nately arrested, thrown into prison at Exeter and\\nheld as a hostage for the release of the sheriff of\\nCheshire.\\nThere were many instances of collisions and\\nopen violence, in attempts of officers from each of\\nthe two States to collect the taxes and enforce\\nother restrictions upon the people. Such was the\\nmenacing aspect of affairs at this juncture that\\nCongress, from motives of general policy, deter-\\nmined to settle the difiiculties, if possible. General\\nWashington wrote the Governor of Vermont, ad-\\nvising the relinquishment of the late extension of\\nboundary, as an indispensable pre-requisite to the\\nadmission of Vermont into the Union, and inti-\\nmating that, upon non-compliance, coercion on the\\npart of Congress, however disagreeable, would be\\nnecessary. The effect of this letter was salutary.\\nThe Assembly of Vermont, in the absence of the\\nmembers from the east side of Connecticut River,\\npassed a vote approving the preliminary, and\\nresolved that the western bank of Connecticut\\nRiver, on the one part, and a line drawn from the\\nnorthwest corner of Massachusetts northward to\\nLake Champlain, on the other part, be the eastern\\nand western boundaries of the State of Vermont\\nand that they relinquish all claim of jurisdiction\\nwithout these limits.\\nThe members of the Assembly from the east\\nside of the river, finding themselves thus virtually\\ncut off from the legislative body, took their leave\\nwith chagrin and feelings of resentment. Though\\nexcluded from their recent connection, the excluded\\ntowns did not at once peaceably place themselves\\nunder their former jurisdiction, but for some time\\ncontinued to keep alive the difficulties and ani-\\nmosities which had so long existed. During these\\nstrifes the courts of New Hampshire had held", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0814.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "CLA11E3I0NT.\\n43\\ntheir regular sessions, with but little opposition,\\nthough the officers of Vermont claimed and exe-\\ncuted jurisdiction in the same territory; but when\\nthe latter were deprived of authority by the act of\\nthe Assembly of Vermont, a spirit of resistance\\nagainst the former became apparent.\\nIn September, 1782, during the sitting of the\\nInferior Court at Keeue, several persons attempted\\nto stop its proceedings, and succeeded in effecting\\nan adjournment. Three of the leaders were\\narrested and bound over to the Superior Court.\\nMeanwhile, efforts were being made to resist and\\noverpower the Superior Court. Reports were\\ncirculated that two hundred men had combined\\nand armed themselves for that purpose. On the\\nmorning of the opening of the court several of the\\nleaders went to the chambers of the court and\\npresented a petition, praying that the court\\nmight be adjourned, and that no judicial proceed-\\nings might be had while the troubles in which the\\ncounty had been involved still subsisted. They\\nwere told that the judges could come to no de-\\ncision upon the subject but in open court. The\\ncourt was opened in due time, the petition was\\npublicly read and its consideration postponed to\\nthe next day. The court then proceeded to its\\nbusiness. The grand jury were impaneled, and,\\nwith open doors, the attorney-general laid before\\nthem the case of the rioters at the Inferior Court.\\nA bill wa.s found against thcni they were\\narraigned, pleaded guilty and threw themselves\\nupon the mercy of the court. The court remitted\\ntheir punishment on condition of future jseaceable\\nbehavior.\\nThis method of firmness and lenity at once dis-\\narmed the disturbers, and they quietly dispensed.\\nFrom this time the spirit of insubordination\\ngradually died away, and the jieople quietly\\nreturned to their allegiance to New Hampshire.\\nNew Hampshire was first settled in 1628, by\\nEdward and William Hilton, brothers, from\\nLondon, and David Thompson, from Scotland.\\nFor eighteen years after the first settlement the\\npeople in the several plantations were governed\\nby agents appointed by the jiroprietors, or by\\nmagistrates chosen by themselves. In 1641 they\\nwere united with Massachusetts, and so continued\\nuntil 1680, when New Hampshire became a royal\\nprovince, and continued a provincial government\\nuntil the Revolution, with the exception of the\\ninterim from 1688 to 1692, when the people, in\\nconsequence of the disorders and confusion which\\nattended the short but oppressive administration\\nof Sir Edmund Andros, again placed themselves\\nunder the protection of Massachusetts. Massa-\\nchusetts was made a province in 1692, and the\\nsame person was Governor of both provinces from\\n1699 to 1741, when a separate Governor was ap-\\npointed for New Hampshire; and this was the\\nbeginning of Governor Benniug Weutworth s\\nadministration He was a son of Lieutenant\\nGovernor Wentworth, was a merchant of good\\nreputation in Portsmouth, and well beloved by his\\npeople. He had represented his town in the\\nAssembly several years, and had been a member\\nof the Council.\\nDuring the commotions excited by the Stamp\\nAct he was careful not to make liimself con-\\nspicuous in the ranks of either party. At that\\ntime he had been in the executive chair twenty-\\nfive years, and expected that his successor would\\nsoon be appointed. The long terra of his adminis\\ntratiou gives reason to believe that his acts, as a\\nwhole, were not oppressive or dissatisfactory to the\\npeople. He had become quite wealthy, though it\\nwas not charged that he filled his coffers by\\nextortions from the people. His grants of land,\\nprofuse and unauthorized, perhaps, in some\\ninstances, proved to be of great advantage to New\\nHampshire in filling up her waste places with\\nindustrious and enterprising men, and in laying\\nthe foundation for that prosperity which, ever\\nsince his day, has marked the jirogress of the\\nState. Under his admiuistratiou the town of\\nClaremont was incorporated.\\nIt is stated in the New Hampshire Gazetteer,\\npublished at Concord, by Jacob B. Moore, in\\n1823, that Claremont was granted, October 28,\\n1764, to Josiah Willard, Samuel Ashley and\\nsixty-eight others, and received its name from the", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0815.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "44\\nHISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIEE.\\ncountry-seat of Lord Clive, an English general.\\nThe following is a verbatim copy of the charter\\nfrom the proprietors book of records\\nProvince of New Hampshire.\\nGeorge /he Third, by the Grace of God of Great\\nBritain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the\\nFaith, d o.\\nTo all persons to whom these Presents shall come\\ngreeting, know ye that we of our Especial Grace\\ncertain knowledge and mere Motion for the Due\\nEncouragement of Settling a New Plantation within\\nour s d Province, by and with the Advice of our\\nTrusty and well Beloved Benning Wentworth, Esqr.,\\nour Governor and Commander-in-chief of s d Prov-\\nince of New Hampshire, in New England, and of\\nour Council of the s d Province, have, upon the Con-\\nditions and Reservations hereinafter made, given and\\nGranted, and, by these presents, for us, our heirs and\\nSuccessors, Do give and grant in Equal Shares unto\\nour loving subjects, Inhabitants of s d Province of\\nNew Hampshire and our other Government, and to\\ntheir Heirs and Assigees forever whose names are\\nentered in this Grant, to be divided to and amongst\\nthem into 75 Equal Shares, all the Tract or Parcel of\\nLand Situate, Lying and Being within our s d Prov-\\nince of New Hampshire, containing, by adineasure-\\nment, 24,000 acres, which Tract is to Contain about\\nSix Miles square and no More, out of which an\\nallowance is to Be made for highways and unim-\\nproved Lands, by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and\\nRivers, 1040 acres, free, according to a Plan and\\nSurvey thereof made by our Said Governor s order\\nand returned into ye Secretary s office, and hereunto\\nAnnexed, Butted and Bounded as Follows (viz.):\\nBeginning at a marked Tree Standing on the\\nEasterly Bank of Connecticut River, which is in the\\nNorthwesterly Corner bounds of Charlestown from\\nthence running South 78\u00c2\u00b0 Easterly about 6 miles,\\nand one-half mile to the Southwesterly angle of New-\\nport; from thence Turning off and running North 8\u00c2\u00b0\\nEasterly about 5 miles, and seven-eighths of a mile\\nby Newport, aforesaid, to the Southwesterly angle of\\nCornish; thence turning off again and running North\\n77\u00c2\u00b0 Westerly about miles, by Cornish, aforesaid, to\\nConnecticut River, aforesaid thence Down the said\\nRiver, as that runs, to the Bound Begun at, together\\nwith the Islands lying in the Said River opposite to\\nthe Premises, and that the same be and hereby is\\nIncorporated into the Township by ye name of\\nClaremont, and the Inhabitants that Do or shall\\nhenceforth Inhabit the said Township are hereby\\nDeclared to be Enfranchised with and Entitled To,\\nall and Every, the Privileges and Immunities that\\nother Towns within our Province by Law Exercise\\nand Enjoy, and Further, that the s d Town, as soon\\nas there shall Be iifty Families Resident and Settled\\nthereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs,\\none of which shall be on the and the other\\nin the annually, which Fairs are not to be\\ncontinued longer than the Following the said,\\nand that, as soo:; as the said Town shall consist of\\nFifty Families, a market May be opened and kept\\none or more Days in Each Week, as may be thought\\nmost advantageous to the Inhabitants also, that the\\nFirst meeting for the choice of Town Officers, agree-\\nable to the Law of our said Province, shall be held\\non ye Second Tuesday of March Next, which s d\\nMeeting shall be Notified by Samuel Ashley, who is\\nhereby appointed the Moderator of s d first Meeting,\\nwhich he is to Notify and Govern agreeably to Law\\nand Customs of our s d Province, and that the annu.al\\nMeeting forever hereafter for the Choice of such\\nofficers for the said Town shall be on the Second\\nTuesday of March, annually. To Have and To\\nHold the s d Tract of land as above Expressed,\\ntogether with all the Privileges and Appurtenances to\\nthem, and their Representative Heirs and Assigees\\nforever, upon the following conditions (viz.)\\nIstly. That every grantee, his heirs or assigees,\\nshall plant and cultivate Five acres of Land within\\nthe Term of Five years for every fifty acres Con-\\ntained in his or their .share or proportion of Land in\\nsaid Township, and Continue to Improve and Settle\\nthe Same By additional Cultivations, Penalty of the\\nForfeiture of his grant or Share of Land in said\\nTownship, and of its Reverting to us, our heirs and\\nSuccessors, to be by us or them Regranted to such of\\nour Subjects as shall Effectually Settle and Cultivate\\nthe same.\\n2dly. That all white and other pine Trees within\\nye s d Township fit for Masting our Royal Navy be\\nCarefully Preserved for that use, and none to be Cut\\nor Felled without our Special License for so doing\\nfirst had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the\\nForfeiture of the Rights of such grantee, his heirs\\nand assigns, to us, our heirs and successors, as well\\nas being subject to the Penalty of any act or acts of\\nParliament that now and hereafter shall be Enacted.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0816.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n45\\n3dly. That before any Division of s d Land be\\nmade to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land, as\\nnear the Centre of ye s d Township as the Land will\\nadmit of, shall be Reserved and marked out for Town\\nLots, one of which shall (be) allotted to each Grantee\\nof the Contents of one acre.\\n4thly. Yielding and paying, therefore, to us, our\\nheirs and successors for the Space of Ten Years, to\\nbe Computed from the Date hereof, the rent of one\\near of Indian Corn only, on the Twenty-fifth day of\\nDecember, annually, if Lawfully Demanded, the\\nFirst payment to be made on ye 25th Day of De-\\ncember, 1764.\\nr thly. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant\\nShall Yield and pay unto us, our heirs and successors,\\nyearly and every year forever, from and after the\\nexpiration of Ten Years from the above s d 25th Day\\nof December, namely, on the 25th Day of December,\\nwhich will be in the Year of our Lord 1774, one\\nShilling Proclamation Money for every hundred\\nacres he so owns, settles or Possesses, and so in pro-\\nportion for a greater or lesser Tract of ye s d Land,\\nwhich money shall be Paid by the Representative\\nPersons above s d, their heirs or assigns, in our\\nCouncil Chamber at Portsmouth, or to such officer or\\nofficers as shall be appointed to Receive the same,\\nand this is to be in Lieu of all other rents and\\nservices whatsoever.\\nIn Testimony whereof, we have caused the Seal\\nof our s d Province to be hereunto affixed.\\nWitnet^s Benning Wentworth, Esq., our Governor\\nand Commander-in-Chief of our said Province, the\\nTwenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our\\nLord Christ 1764.\\n(Signed), B. Wentworth.\\nBy his Excellency s command,\\nWith advice of Council,\\nT. Atkinson, Jun r, Sec ij.\\nNames of the Grantees of Claremont.\\nJosiah Willard, Esq., Samuel Ashley, Jeremiah\\nHull, Josiah Willard, Jr., Thomas Frink, Esq., John\\nEllis, Samson Willard, Abraham Scott, Henry\\nFoster, Solomon Willard, Jonathan Hammond,\\nWilliam Heaton, Prentice Willard, Samuel Ashley,\\nJr., James Scott, Samuel Scott, Oliver Ashley, Abijah\\nWillard, Micah Lawrence, Abel Lawrence, Michael\\nMetcalf, Ephraim Dorman, James Lord, William\\nWillard, Jeremiah Powers, John Arms, David Field,\\nJonathan Hawks, Samuel Field, Henry Bond, Simon\\nChamberlain, Elijah Alexander, Ebenezer Dodge,\\nJonathan Cass, Joshua Hide, Nathaniel Heaton,\\nGideon Ellis, Jonathan Grimes, Joseph Cass, John\\nScott, William Richardson, John Pierce, Thomas\\nLee, Stephen Putnam, Timothy Taylor, Benjamin\\nFreeman, Oliver Fairwell, John Searles, Oliver Fair-\\nwell, Jr., Ephraim Adams, Phineas Wait, Samuel\\nWells, John Hunt, William Smead, Colonel John\\nGoffe, Esq., Daniel Jones, Esq., Hon. John Temple,\\nEsq., Mark H. Wentworth, Esq., Theodore Atkin-\\nson, Jr., Colonel William Symes and Solomon Davis.\\nThe Governor s reservation, which he invariably\\nmade in his grants, and also reservations of lands\\nfor other purposes, as appears by the records, were\\nas follows\\nHis Excellency, Benning Wentworth, Esq., a\\nTract of Land to contain 500 Acres, as marked B. W.\\nin the Plan, and also a small Island lying in the\\nRiver, opposite s d 500 acres, which are to be\\naccounted two of the within Shares one which\\nshares for the Incorporated Society for the propaga-\\ntion of the Gospel in foreign parts one whose share\\nfor a Glebe for ye Church of England, as by law\\nestablished one whole share for ye first settled\\n(minister) of the Gospel, and one share for the Benefit\\nof a school forever, in said Town forever.\\nGovernor Wentworth s share was located in the\\nsouthwesterly corner of the town, and included\\nwhat has long been known as the Isaac Hubbard\\nfarm, now owned and occupied by Isaac H. Long,\\na grandson of Isaac Hubbard, and by the widow\\nof the Rev. Isaac G. Hubbard, D.D., who was. a\\nson of Isaac Hubbard, Esq. The island referred\\nto in Connecticut River is known as Hubbard s\\nIsland. A portion of the school lands are situated\\non the east side of Broad Street, beginning at\\nSugar River, and extending southerly to and\\nincluding the present residence of the widow of\\nGeorge \\\\V. Blodgett. Of the land reserved for\\nthe Society for the propagation of the gospel in\\nforeign parts, one hundred acres lie in the north\\npart of the town, and are owned by Solon C.\\nGrannis, Esq., and others. About one hundred\\nacres of the glebe land are located on the northerly\\nside of what is called the new road from Clare-", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0817.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "46\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nniont to Newjrort, about three miles from Clare-\\nmont village, and was purchased several yeare ago\\nby the Monadnock Mills Corporation. Another\\nportion of the glebe lands lies near Union\\nChurch, West Claremont.\\nAs appears by the records, the first meeting of\\nthe proprietors of Claremont was held at ye\\nhouse of Lieutenant Hilkiah Grout, inn-holder, in\\nWinchester, on Monday, ye second day of Febru-\\nary, A.D. 1767. An organization was formed,\\nas provided by the charter. The first act is\\nrecorded as follows Voted, Istly, and choose\\nSecretary Samuel Ashley Moderator for this meet-\\ning. 2d, Voted and chose Colonel Josiah\\nWillard proprietors clerk. They then laid out\\nthe Governor s two shares\\nBeginning at j-e southwest corner of ye Town, on\\nthe bank of ye river, running East 12 deg. south\\non ye line between Claremont and Charlestown, 360\\nrods, to a pillow of stones then runs West 12 de-\\ngrees North, 260 rods to ye river, and then runs\\ndown ye river as that runs to where it begins, includ-\\ning the Island in said river opposite ye two shares\\naforesaid.\\nIt was afterwards ascertained that the tract\\nthus laid out did not contain the required\\nquantity of five hundred acres, and an addition\\nwas accordingly made of a triangular jjiece of\\nland on the easterly side of the lot first set off. At\\nthis meeting shares were set off by metes and\\nbounds to many of the proprietors. They then\\nappointed William Parker, of Portsmouth\\nSamuel Livermore, of Londonderry Josiah\\nWillard, of Winchester\\nall of ye Province of New Hampshire, Esqs. and\\nSamuel Ashley, of Winchester in s d Province, agents\\nand attorneys for ye Proprietors in all suits and\\nControversies moved or to be moved for or against\\ns d Proprietors and in their behalf to appear, plead\\nand pursue to find judgment and Execution, with\\nfull power of Substitution and power to compound\\nand settle such actions and controversies wherein s d\\nProprietors are or may be concerned, the s d Pro-\\nprietors hereby ratifying, confirming and holding\\nvalid whatever s d Agents and Attorneys, or any two\\nof them, shall legally do or cause to be done in or\\nabout the Premises.\\nThis precautionary step was, doubtless, taken to\\nmeet whatever difficulties might arise in the\\nprogress of the settlement of the town. So far as\\nrecords or traditions inform us, there was no im-\\nmediate prospect that the proprietors would be\\nmolested in the settlement and disposal of the\\ntownship. There were but few squatters, and\\nthese were generally content to receive, as full\\ncompensation for all improvements each might\\nhave made, a deed of sixty acres of land in such\\nlocations as the proprietors might select. Among\\nthe squatters were David Lynde and Moses\\nSpafford, who were the first settlers within the\\nlimits of the town as described by the charter. In\\n1763, Elijah, son of Moses Spafford, was born,\\nbeing the first native English child born in town,\\naccording to the New Hampshire Gazetteer. Ac-\\ncording to the same authority, Lynde and\\nSpafford settled in Claremont in 1762. In 1763\\nand 1766 several other inhabitants arrived, and in\\n1767 a considerable number of the proprietors,\\nand others from the towns of Farmington, Hebron\\nand Colchester, in Connecticut, made settlements\\nin different parts of the town. Lynde and Spaflx)rd\\nbuilt a rude cabin in the easterly part of the town,\\nand began the work of clearing the forest, and\\ncontinued to make improvements for several\\nyears, until they were induced to accept sixty\\nacres each from the proprietors for their improve-\\nments. Lynde s tract was in the vicinity of\\nGreen Mountain, so called, and Spafford s was in\\nthe west part of the town, which is now owned\\nby Mrs. Charles Leland.\\nSince the termination of the French and Indian\\nWar, in 1760, the Indians had not troubled the\\nsettlements along the Connecticut River. Game\\nand fish were very abundant, and occasionally they\\nresorted in small numbers to their old hunting and\\nfishing-grounds, but their visits were few and short.\\nProbably they never occupied the territory in this\\nvicinity as a permanent or habitual abode, as no\\nrelies of the race have ever been discovered in the\\nneitrhborhood which would indicate it. At the", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0818.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n47\\ntime I eferred to a single Indian still lingered in\\ntlie neighborhood. Tradition has it that he had\\nbeen chief of a tribe, who were once lords of the\\nsoil, but now were either exterminated or had re-\\nmoved to Canada. But he seemed determined not\\nto relinquish the possessions of his ancestors to the\\naggressive paleface. Though he continued to re-\\nmain here for several years after the settlement of\\nthe town, and at last died on what he termed his\\nown soil, 3 et he sought no intercourse or friendship\\nwith the new occupants, but followed his favorite\\npursuits fishing and hunting. It was known that\\nhe had borne a consjiicuous part in the lilood} and\\ndevastating expeditions against Charlestown, Keene\\nand other English colonies, and it was feared that\\nhe might be still lurking about, watching an op-\\nportunity to enact similar scenes. The story of\\nhis tragical end was furnished by Mr. L. A. Grannis\\nto George Ticknor, Esq., who prepared with great\\nlabor and pains several chapters of the annals of\\nClaremont, which were printed in the National\\nEagle in 1854, then being published by the author\\nof this history, who has drawn largely from them,\\nbelieving them to be as reliable as anything attain-\\nable at this day.\\nThough a solitary Indian, he seemed inflated\\nwith that jealousy against the whites so peculiar to\\nhis race. When the frame of Union Church was\\nbeing raised, in 1773, he was present, and expressed\\ngreat displeasure at the presumption of the new-\\ncomers in thus erecting so large a building, and\\nthreatened to shoot any white hunter who should\\nintrude on his hunting-ground. At last he became\\nso furious, maddened, probably, by a too free use of\\nstrong water, that it became necessary to con-\\nfine him. Be that as it may, the threat proved his\\ndestruction. Among the strong and vigorous men\\nassembled there was one of gigantic size and\\nmatchless strength, and, more than all, whose\\nspirit felt no fear. His quick ear caught the\\nthreat of Tonsa, and he at once resolved to hunt\\non his ground, and it is said that previous to this\\nday they were enemies. Shortly after this scene\\nthe white hunter, with loaded gun in hand, visited\\nthe forbidden ground alone. As soon as he had\\narrived at the spot he gave a shrill whistle, which\\nwas quickl) answered by a whistle which, from its\\npeculiar sound, he knew came not from a white\\nman. The same sound was repeated and an-\\nswered. Rapidly he advanced in the direction of\\nthe sound, and soon came in sighl of his foe. At\\nthe same time he was seen by Tonsa. And now\\nbegan the struggle for victory. Each summoned\\nall his art and skill to secure an advantage which\\nwould betray the life of one to the other. Fiercely\\nthey rushed forward, leaping over fallen trees and\\nnow dodging behind standing ones, and using those\\nstratagems so familiar to the backwoodsman and\\nthe savage. Now they had come within shooting\\ndistance. At once they raised their guns and\\nsimultaneously fired. The shot of the white man\\ntook effect, and Tonsa fell. Beneath one of the\\ntall pine-trees which grew luxuriously on his\\nbeautiful hunting-ground the victor buried him,\\nand his resting-place no man knew precisely until\\nMay, 1854.\\nOn the twentieth day of that month Mr. Josiah\\nHart, while digging on land of John Tyler, Esq.,\\ndiscovered a skeleton, which, from its immense\\nsize, was supposed to be that of Tonsa. It is hinted\\nthat the more timid hunters, on being assured by\\ntheir strong brother that Tonsa would trouble them\\nno more, breathed more freely, and even ventured\\nto go to his favorite haunt. This was on the north\\nside of Sugar River, where the farms of Messrst\\nJohn Tyler, Dr. S. G. Jarvis and the late Dan-\\nford Rice are situated. The strong hunter, to\\nthose acquainted with the men of those times, and\\nwho have heard the story, will be remembered as\\nbeing a man by the name of Tim Atkins. Thus\\nfell Tonsa, the last Indian of Claremont, a noble\\nspecimen of his race.\\nIn 1767 the proprietors, as we have already seen,\\nbegan to take active steps toward the settlement of\\nClaremont. At a meeting of the proprietors at the\\nhouse of Colonel Josiah Willard, on the eighteenth\\nday of March, Captain Enos Atwater, Captain\\nBenjamin Brooks, Colonel Josiah Willard, Es(i.,\\nJotham Hitchcock and Asa Lent were appointed a\\ncommittee to lott out ye remaining part of said", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0819.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "48\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nTown in such manner as they shall judge proper,\\nand return a plan thereof to the proprietors. It\\nwas also Voted and agreed that Benjamin Tyler\\nhave two acress of Land for a Mill Yard and Con-\\nvenience for Building Mills in the most conve-\\nnient Place on Sugar River in Claremont, with\\nye Privilidge of s d Stream, on Condition the said\\nTyler doth Build a Mill or Mills and Keep the\\nsame in Repair for ye space of Ten Y ears. In\\nthe same year Mr. Tyler erected a saw-mill and\\ngrist-mill in what was then the most Convenient\\nPlace on Sugar River in Claremont. The mills\\nand dam were built on the same spot where sim\\nilar works have since been maintained in West\\nClaremont. This enterpri.se was a very important\\none, and imparted new vigor and gave a decided\\nimpetus to the progress of the settlement. Aii yet\\nthere were but few inhabitants, and these lived in\\nrude cabins scattered along Sugar River and about\\nJarvis Hill. Both houses and barns were built\\nof logs roughly hewn and hastily put together the\\nfloors of earth, pounded hard, and their chimneys\\nmade of sticks laid in clay. These habitations,\\nhowever, quickly gave place to more convenient\\nand inviting ones. Excellent timber was abundant,\\nand the activity of Mr. Tyler was soon apparent in\\nthe erection of framed houses. The proprietors\\nhad not generally taken up their residences in\\ntown, and it does not appear that the principal\\n\u00c2\u00abne, Colonel Josiah Willard, was ever a resident\\nhere for any considerable length of time. He was\\na large landholder in Keene and Winchester,\\nwhere the first meeting of the proprietors of Clare-\\nmont was held.\\nThe Willard and Ashley line, beginning on the\\neasterly line of the town, at a distance of five hun-\\ndred and fifty rods from its southern extremity,\\nextended westerly, parallel with the south line of\\nthe town, to Connecticut River. Ashley s tract\\nwas limited on the south by the share of John\\nTemple, and on the north by the line just de-\\nscribed. It comprised a tract varying not much\\nfrom four hundred rods in width through the town\\nfrom east to west Willard s claim was all that\\npart of the town north of the Willard and Ash-\\nley line. Thus it will be seen that, with the ex-\\nception of the shares of the Governor and Council,\\nWillard and Ashley wei-e the actual owners of the\\nentire township, and their object was to find pur-\\nchasers, which, it seems, was not difficult, as settle-\\nments were made quite rapidly after the year 1767.\\nBut as late as 1787, Willard was the owner of\\nfifteen shares, ecjual to four thousand eight hun-\\ndred acres. This is on the supposition that the\\ntown was divided into seventy-five equal shares,\\naccording to the provisions of the charter. Whether\\nsuch division was ever actually made does not ap-\\nperr from any known record, though the shares\\nset off to the Council included each three hundred\\nand twenty acres.\\nThe method first adopted by the proprietors in\\nlaying out the township into lots, was to set off\\nfifty acre meadow-lots for tillage, the same quan-\\ntity of upland for pasturage and three-acre lots\\nfor house lots. They next proceeded to draw by\\nlot, taking care to have several more lots of each\\nkind than there were persons to draw, so that if\\nany were dissatisfied with the result, they might\\nrelinquish those assigned by the drawing, and se-\\nlect from those remaining. The first meeting for\\nthe selection of lots was in Winchester, April 14,\\n1767. The committee appointed at the former\\nmeeting, having performed the duty imposed upon\\nthem acceptably, were desired by a vote to lay\\nout ye Glebe for ye Church of England and ye\\nSchvool in some Convenient place, ye whole Right\\ntogether. This was accordingly done, and the\\nwhole were located in the west part of the town.\\nExchanges were afterward made, so that we now\\nfind the glebe lands and school lands situated in\\nvarious parts of the town. A tract was also set off\\nfor a fair and market-ground. This included the\\nburyingground in the West Parish, and, it is be-\\nlieved, the grounds about Union Church.\\nOn the eighth of March, 1768, was held the first\\ntown-meeting in Claremont, not exactly in accord-\\nance with the terms of the charter, which provided\\nthat the first meeting for the choice of Town\\nOfficers agreeably to the Laws of our said Prov-\\nince shall be held on ye Second Tuesday of March", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0820.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n49\\nnext [17t)5], which s d nieetiug shall be Notified by\\nSamuel Ashley, who is hereby also appointed the\\nModerator of s d first meeting. But in view of the\\nmutual interest of the Governor and Willard and\\nAshley in the town, the latter two gentlemen\\nprobably felt secure in acting when and in such\\nmanner as their convenience and interest might\\nsuggest. They were in no hurry for the settle-\\nment of the town, as they looked upon it as a val-\\nuable acquisition, both for the purpose of agricul-\\nture and manufacturing, and they therefore deter-\\nmined to be governed in their proceedings by the\\ndegree of earnestness manifested by those who\\nsough I to purchase. Another object was to in-\\nduce such jjersons to settle as would be sure to be\\nIciyal and faithful subjects of the Crown.\\nThe first town-meeting, above-named, was held\\nat the house of Captain Benjamin Brooks, in the\\nvicinity of Jarvis Hill. Ten voters were present.\\nThere were twelve families in town but, as their\\nnumber was small, their needs were few, and by\\nchoosing one man to fill several offices they suc-\\nceeded in forming a proper town organization.\\nThis is the record\\nAt the same meeting. Captain Benjamin Brooks\\nwas chosen Moderator. At the same meeting, Joseph\\nIves was chosen Town Clerk. At the same meeting.\\nCaptain Benjamin Brooks, Ebenezer Skinner, Ben-\\njamin Tyler, Thomas Jones and Amos York were\\nchosen Selectmen. At the same meeting, Benjamin\\nBrooks, Jr., was chosen Constable.\\nAt a subsequent adjourned meeting, Amos\\nYork and Benedick Roys were chosen tithing-\\nmen. At the same meeting, Asa Lent and Eben-\\nezer Skinner was chosen Surveyor of Highways.\\nAt the same meeting, voted to raise a Kate of Ten\\nPounds, Lawful money ($13.33), to defray Town\\ncharges. It was also voted to take off tw o acres\\nof land from North-west corner of the Fair for a\\nBurying-Place.\\nOne of the first acts of a public nature was the\\nlaying out of a highway to Newport, and Captain\\nBenjamin Brooks and Benjamin Sumner were\\nchosen a committee for that purjxise. They began\\nabout half a mile south of the middle point of the\\nwest line of the town, and jiroceeded easterly in a\\nstraight line to Sugar River. The course was not\\nvaried by hills or valleys. The width of the\\nhighway was uniformly ten rods. This road\\npassed through what is now the south part of the\\nvillage, near the Stevens High School building.\\nIt was the custom to reserve strips of land ten\\nrods in width between adjacent tiers or divisions\\nof lots, with the intention that whenever lands\\nmight be taken for actual highways, the owners of\\nlands so appropriated could be compensated from\\nthe reservations. Hence it is found that the\\none-hundred-acre lots generally contain one hun-\\ndred and five acres each.\\nIn 17(3!) the settlement of the town had so fin-\\nprogressed that husbands, w ho had provided coin-\\nfi^rtable cabins, sent for their wives and children,\\nand single men began to consider the subject of\\nmatrimony. Mr. Barnabiis Ellis and Miss Eliza-\\nbeth Spencer were the first eoujile married in the\\ntown of Clareiuont, in accordance with the usages\\nof civilized society. There being no magistrate or\\nminister in town, the Rev. Bulkley Olcott, of\\nCharlestown, was sent for and oflSciated at the\\nnuptial ceremonies. As there were no roads\\nthrough the wilderness, the messenger who was\\nsent for Mr. Olcott, being a brother of the bride,\\nwas to act as pioneer for the clergyman, and to\\nprocure a quantity of new rum to be used on the\\noccasion. The whole town were invited to the\\nwedding, and as many as could come with con-\\nvenience attended. The place of assembly was a\\nlog cabin, which, though rude, seemed to claim\\nsome degree of prominence over the surrounding\\nhabitations, from the fact that it contained three\\nrooms, besides a clean spruce ladder, which con-\\nducted to a chamber above, carpeted with brush\\npoles. The loving couple were seated in two\\nplain oak chairs, while the guests occupied\\nbenches, stools and blocks. In front of the\\nhappy pair was a chair and stand, upon which\\nwas placed a Bible and hymn-book and a full\\nglass of the sealing beverage. The j)arties being\\nseated in order, the minister approached the stand,\\nand, taking up the glass with becoming dignity,", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0821.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "50\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlessened it of its contents, adding graciously, I\\nwish you joy, my friends, on this occasion. A\\nchapter from the Bible was read, after which a\\nhymn was sung, the minister reading a line, and\\nthose present singing each line as read. The mar-\\nriage knot was then tied, a long prayer wa of-\\nfered and the ceremonies closed. Toasts, jokes\\nand merriment followed, interspersed with black-\\nstrap. Mr. Ellis was one of the first inhabitants,\\nhaving settled here in 1767. He purchased a\\ntract of land in the west part of the town, where\\nhe lived until 1837. His house was nearly on the\\nsame spot on which that of the late William Ellis,\\nhis youngest son, stands, and where the latter\\ndied, on September 29, 1880, at the age of sev-\\nenty-three years. Barnabas Ellis was a man of\\nsome prominence, and filled several offices in the\\ntown. He held a lieutenant s commission in the\\nContinental army, and performed service in the\\nexpeditions against Forts Ticonderoga and Crown\\nPoint, beside taking the lead of several scouting-\\nparties in search of Tories and Indians. William\\nEllis represented Claremont in the New Hamp-\\nshire Legislature two years, and held several town\\noffices.\\nIn August of that year (1761)), at a meeting of\\nthe proprietors, it was,\\nVvted to lay out a third Division of upland, con-\\ntaining one hundred acres in Each Lot in the best\\nLands and in the best manner they can.\\nVoted and chose Misures Jeremiah Spencer, Ben-\\njamin Sumner and Asa Jones a committee to lay out\\ny Lotts. Voted, that the afore said Committee shall\\nhave full power to Rectifye any mistakes in the for-\\nmer Layings out Bouth in Lotts and in Highway.\\nIn October, 1770, Governor Benning Went-\\nworth died, leaving no children, and bequeathing\\nto a young wife, whom he married in his declining\\nyears, nearly all of his estate, instead of constitu-\\nting his nephew, John Wentworth, a son of Mark\\nHunking Wentworth, his ^n-incipal heir, as it was\\ngenerally supposed he would do. John Went-\\nworth succeeded his uncle in the office of Gover-\\nnor. Being thus cut off from his uncle s estate,\\nhe determined, if possible, to oust the latter s\\nwidow from the possession of property and rights\\nbequeathed to her by the will of her husband.\\nLong-forgotten claims against the late Governor s\\nestate were revived, suits at law were commenced,\\nand, in some instances, forcible entries were made\\nupon the lands devised. Soon the new Governor\\nbegan to turn his attentitm to the reservations\\nmade by his deceased uncle in his grants of town-\\nships. He at last submitted the question to the\\nCouncil, whether the reservations of five hun-\\ndred acres in several townships, made to the late\\nGovernor Benning Wentworth, in the charter\\ngrants, conveyed the title to him. The Council\\ndetermined this question in the negative. The\\nGovernor then asked whether they would advise\\nhim to grant the said tracts to such of His Majes-\\nty s subjects as should settle and culiivate the\\nsame? To this they gave their assent. Seven of\\nthe councilors ou this occasion were relations of\\nthe Governor.\\nThe next steji was to dispossess all those who\\nhad derived their title to the reserved lots through\\nthe late Governor. The occupants of the disputed\\nlands at once determined to defend their estates at\\nwhatever cost. The officers of the government\\nwho were enqaloyed used every artifice in their\\npower to accomplish the object of their mission,\\nbut the settlers remained firm and uncomjiromis-\\ning. A few, alarmed at the j^rospect of a lawsuit\\nand intimidated by the measures of the officers, re-\\nlinquished their titles, and at no slight expense\\nrepurchased their pos.sessions. Comphiints at last\\nwere sent to the Lords of Trade in England and\\nthe acts and conduct of the Governor were in-\\nquired into, and it declared before the King in\\nCouncil that the lands granted to the Governor\\nwere granted in the name of the King, which was\\nsufficient to empower him to convey a title, and\\nthat the Council was mistaken in deciding other-\\nwise.\\nIn accordance with this decision, the Governor\\nwas directed not to disturb the title or interest of\\nthose who had purchased their lands of the late\\nGovernor and had complied with the conditions of\\nthe charter by actually occupying and improving", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0822.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n61\\nthe land. Lieuteuant George Hubbard, father of\\nIsaac Hubbard, Esq., before named, was the\\nowner of the Governor s reservation in this town.\\nHe was an early settler and had made considera-\\nble improvements upon his lauds. The possession\\nof these was considered by the Governor and his\\nemissaries of jiaraniouut importance. They were\\nfavorably lo ated, and the common jwediction that\\nClaremont was destined to be a wealthy and im\\n])ortant town rendered them cjuite desirable.\\nHence great efibrts were made to oust the occu-\\npant of this particular tract. Mr. Hubljard was\\nnot to be deluded, driven or persuaded to an ac\\neeptauce of the terms or inducements held out to\\nhim to vacate in favor of the Governor. His re-\\nply, when approached upon the subject, almost\\ninvariably was The law sustains nie, if -law is\\ncommon sense, and neither the Governor nor His\\nMajesty King George shall drive me from the\\nsoil. Mr. Hubbard had early been informed by\\nPeter Leivins, Esq., one of the Council, that prep-\\narations were making to lay this matter, with\\nothers, bef irethe Kings s Council, and doubtless felt\\nqujte sure that the acts of the late Governor, un-\\nless clearly illegal, would not be discountenanced\\nby the King- The title of the late Governor to\\nthe lands in question being confirmed by the King\\nin Council, the owners were relieved from further\\nanxiety.\\nIn 1771 the entire number of the inhabitants of\\nthe town was less than fifty, and of these only a\\n]K)rtion remained here during the winter. Up to\\nthis time no steps had been taken to secure the\\nIK rraaneut settlement of a minister. The greater\\npart of the settlers belonged to the Congregational\\nChurch, the prevailing theological system of New\\nEngland, and unless a person was connected with\\nsome ecclesiastical body of a different denomina-\\ntion, he was compelled to pay taxes for the sup-\\nport of this society, and was considered as under\\nits spiritual guidance, and to some extent subject\\nto its jurisdiction, and the authority was exercised\\nto enforce the collection of taxes without regard to\\nthe condition of membership.\\nFrom an early period of the settlement of the\\ntown a portion of the inhabitants had formed\\nthemselves into an ecclesiastical body and observed\\nreligious services regularly on the Sabbath.\\nSamuel Cole, Esq., who came here in 1767, was\\nappointed their reader, and to some degree sup-\\nplied the lack of a settled minister. He was a\\ngraduate of Yale College, and lor many years was\\nvery useful as an instructor of youth. At a meet-\\ning of a few of the inhabitants interested in the\\nCongregational denomination early in the sjiring\\nof 1771, Thomas Gustin suggested that it was a\\nduty binding upon all to adopt immediate meas-\\nures for the settlement of a minister of the gospel\\nthat the settlement was sufficiently large and able\\nto sujjport a religious teacher and, besides, the\\nshare of land reserved by the charter for the first\\nsettled minister W Ould enable him to furnish him-\\nself with a portion of his subsistence, and to some\\nextent lighten the burden of the community. He\\nurged immediate action, lest the share of three\\nhundred and twenty acres of land should fall to\\nsome other society by a prior compliance on its\\npart with the terms of the charter.\\nAccordingly, at a town-meeting held May 9,\\n1771, it was voted that we will call a minister to\\ncome and preach the gospel among us on probation,\\nin order to settle in the gosjiel ministry among\\nus. Nineteen voted in favor of the call and\\nthree against it. Captain Benjamin Sumner,\\nThomas Gustin and Samuel Ashley, Esq., were\\nappointed a committee to invite a minister to\\ncome and settle among them. They also voted\\nto apjjly to Mr. Elijah Parsons to come and\\npreach the gospel among us, on probation. But\\nif he fails, to apjjly to Dr. Whealock Ibr advice\\nwho to apply to in his room.\\nAt a town-meeting held December 10th, of that\\nyear, it was voted to give Mr. George Wheaton a\\ncall, and do call Mr. Wheaton to settle among us\\nin the work of the gospel ministry, agreeable to\\nthe Congregational or Camljridge platform. For\\nencouragement for Mr. Wheaton to settle with us,\\nwe do agree and vote to give Mr. Wheaton the\\nministerial right of laud, given to the town by\\ncharter for the first settled minister, and also fifty", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0823.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "52\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\npounds, lawful mouey fifteen to be joaid in money\\nand the rest to be paid in spruce for building at\\nmoney price. It was also voted to give Mr.\\nWheatou a salary of fifty-five pounds per annum,\\nand to increase the sum five pounds annually until\\nit should amount to eighty pounds, one-half of\\nwhich must be paid in money, the remainder in\\nprovisions at mouey price.\\nMessrs. Phineas Fuller, Captain Benjamin Sum-\\nner, Ebeuezer Skinner and Dr. William Sumner\\nwere chosen a committee to lay before Mr. Whea-\\nton the doings of the town, to make suitable\\narrangements for his immediate settlement, and at\\na future day to make a report of their proceedings\\nto the town. Then voted to adjourn this meet-\\ning until next Tuesday, Come seven night, at ten\\no clock in the morning. At the time of adjourn-\\nment the committee were ready to report, and laid\\nbefore the meeting Mr. Wheaton s acceptance of\\nthe call.\\nMr. Wheatou was quite a young man, is said to\\nhave been pure and upright, and possessed of con-\\nsiderable talent. He was ordained February 19,\\n1772, and died June 24, 1773, aged twenty-two\\nyears.\\nAt the ordination of Mr. Wheaton the sermon\\nwas preached by Rev. Abiel Leonard, of Wood-\\nstock, Conn. The exercises were performed in the\\nSouth School-house, a building forty feet long\\nby thirty wide, on land now owned by Col. Russell\\nJarvis, and near his residence. It was a frame\\nbuilding covered with rough boards, with rude\\nbenches for seats and a floor of earth. It was used\\nboth for a school and a place of worship by the\\nCongregational Society until 1770, when a meeting-\\nhouse was erected on a phjt of ground on the road\\nfrom Claremont village to the junction of the Sul-\\nlivan and Concord and Claremont Railroads, and\\nabout three-quarters of a mile from the latter.\\nOwing to local divisions, meetings were held in\\nvarious parts of the town prior to the erection of\\nthis meeting-house.\\nAt the annual town-meeting of 1772 it was\\nvoted to raise a rate of \u00c2\u00a335, lawful money ($116.-\\n55), towards the amendment of highways, and to\\nallow three shillings equal to about fifty cents\\nper diem for labor.\\nBy a law then in force it was imperative upon\\nthe selectmen to take due care that tithingmen\\nbe aunually chosen at the general meeting for\\nthe choice of town officers, whereof at least two\\nshall be in each town, and not above ten in any,\\nwhose duty it was to inspect all licensed houses,\\nand to inform of all disorder therein committed\\nand also to inform of all idle and disorderly per-\\nsons, profane swearers and Sabbath-breakers. Each\\nwas to carry a black staff two foot long, tip d at\\none end with brass or pewter about three inches,\\nas a badge of their office, the same to be provided\\nby the selectmen at the expense of the town.\\nEither by virtue of their office or by common con-\\nsent, they seemed to have been invested with\\npower to inflict punishment at once upon such as\\nthey might find engaged in any misdemeanors dur-\\ning public worship, or between the morning and\\nafternoon services on the Sabbath. They were\\nvigilant and, if tradition may be relied upon, rigid\\niu their notions of order and sobriety, especially on\\nSundays. On one occasion when meetings were\\nheld in the South School-house, John, a son of Mr.\\nThomas Gustiu, was obliged to stand strate upon\\nthe bench during the singing of the last p.salm, and\\nthere to remain until the meeting is dismissed and\\nthe people have left the house, for turning round\\nthree times, and for not paying attention to Mr.\\nWheaton while he is preaching. It was not usual\\nfor the tithingman to call out the offender, pro-\\nnounce sentence u])on him and put it iu execution\\nduring the performance of the various exercises of\\npublic worship, but it seems it was sometimes\\ndone.\\nIt does not appear that any appropriation was\\nmade by the town for the support of schools until\\nthe annual town-meeting of 1773. It was then\\nVofed to i-aise a rate of twenty pounds, lawful\\nmoney, for that purpose, which would be about\\n$66.66 in our currency. At this time there were\\ntwo school-houses iu town, viz.: the South School-\\nhouse, before referred to, and the other was situa-\\nted near Union Church, at the West Parish. At", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0824.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n53\\nthis meeting it was voted that swine may go at\\nlarge yockt and ringd as the law directs.\\nAs before stated, Kev. Mr. Wheaton died on the\\nli4th of June, 177- His death was a source of\\ndeep and sincere regret to his pecjple, by whom he\\nwas very much beloved, and he enjoyed the respect\\nif tlie entire population. The death of j\\\\Ir.\\nWheaton raised the question as to whether or not,\\nas the first settled minister in town, he was the ab-\\nsolute owner of the three hundrcjl and twenty\\nacres of land provided for in the charter, (^nthis\\nsubject there was much discussion and various\\nopinions, which, however, it did not become neces-\\nsary to settle, as Mr. Wheaton, in his last will and\\ntestament, gave to the town of Claremout all his\\nreal estate in the town, and all that was due him\\nfrom particular persons, for the use and support of\\nthe Congregational minister in the town forever.\\nClareujont received the following, and made the\\nfollowing return\\nPortsmouth, October th, 1773.\\ni^ir,\\nI am to request an exact list of the luuuber of in-\\nhabitants in the town of Claremout, distinguished int j\\ndifl erent Ranks or Chisses, according to the schedule\\nbelow, which I shall be glad to have returned to mc,\\nauthenticated, as soon as ])ossilile.\\nJohn Wentworth.\\nUnmarried men IG to GO years of age 41\\nMarried men 10 to GO years of age GG\\nBoys IG yearsand under 121\\nMen GO years and u|iwards 2\\nFemales unmarried 125\\nFemales married GG\\nWidows 2\\nMale slaves\\nFemaleslaves\\nT ital 423\\nAsa Jones,\\nBen.iamin Brooks, i Sc7erlmcii.\\nJoseph Tavi,or, J\\nOn August lb, 1773, Phineas Fuller was chosen\\ngrand juror to serve in His Majesty s Superior\\nCourt, to be holdeu at Keen on the 3d day of 8ep-\\nteniber next.\\nIn 8epteml)er of that year the peojile a.ssembled\\nin town-meeting for the purpose of making a public\\nexpression of resi)ect for the late Mr. Wheaton.\\nThey voted to send a letter of condolence to Dr.\\nGeorge Wheaton, of Mansfield, Mass., the father\\nof the Rev. George Wheaton, deceased, and to\\npresent the thanks of this town to Dr. Wheaton\\nfor his goodness in counseling his son to prose-\\ncute his good intentions respecting us, and also\\nto erect a respectful monument on the grave\\nof our late Rev. Pastor with an inscription\\nthereon expressing his worth, character and our\\natlection f)r him, at our cost and expense. In\\nthe warrant calling that meeting an article was\\ninserted, To see if the town will raise money for\\nthe defraying of the debts of the late Rev. George\\nW^heaton.\\nReports had been circulated that the estate of\\nMr. Wheaton would be insufficient for the payment\\nof his debts, but it was deemed imprudent to as-\\nsume responsibilities which would be beneficial to\\nnone but a few creditors, the greater part of whom\\nwere not residents of the town. The proposition\\nwas therefore rejected. Facts subsequently brougiit\\nto light proved that the re])orts of his indebted-\\nness were not true. His debts were but trifling,\\ncompared with the amount of property devi-sed by\\nhim to the town for the benefit of the C(ingrega-\\ntional Church. Mr. Wheaton named Mr. Beuj.\\nSummer, an active and intelligent business man, as\\nhis executor. To meet deceased s small liabilities\\nand expenses of settling the estate, it was found\\nnecessary to sell his lands, and they were accord-\\ningly advertised and sold at auction. Land was\\nvery cheap at that time, and there had been several\\nadjournments of the sale, for various reasons so\\nthat the people had lost interest in it, and the\\nestate was sold for l)arely sufficient to cover the\\nexpenses of administration A friend of Mr. Sum-\\nner was the purcha.ser, and soon after the settle-\\nment of the estate the land fell into the possession\\nof Mr. Sumner, and the town did not derive any\\nbenefit from the generosity of the testator. The\\nconduct of Mr. Sumner in the settlement of this\\nestate was considerai)ly criticised, but no irregulari-\\nties were discovered in his proceedings; he retained", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0825.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "54\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhis influence in the community and was subse-\\nquently elected to othces of responsibility in town.\\nEarly in January, 1774, measures were taken\\nl)y the town to secure the services of Rev.\\nAugustine Hibbard. It was voted in town-\\nmeeting to engage him to preach among them\\nsix Sabbaths, on trial. The perplexities attending\\nthe settlement of Mr. Wheaton s estate were the\\noccasion of discord and divisions among his flock,\\nand it was found diflicult to collect taxes and sub-\\nscriptions, which were cheerfully made in his\\nbehalf before his death.\\nBy the records, copied verbatim, it appears that\\nAtt a legal Town meeting of the Inhabitants of the\\nTown of Claremont, hoklen at the meeting House\\n[South school house] in said Town on the 16th day\\nof May, 1774, Mathias Stone was chosen moderator.\\nVoted to adjourn this meeting for the space of half an\\nhoure, to witt, nntill ten niiuits after foure o clock,\\nthen to meet att this place. Voted to neglect the\\nsecond article in the Warning att the same meeting.\\nVoted to give Mr. Augustine Hibbard A regular Call\\nto Settle with us in the Wcu k of the Gospel ministry.\\nAtt the same meeting Fote/ to appoint a Committee\\nto acquaint Mr. Augustine Hibbard of the Doings of\\nthis meeting and make their Returns to the Town as\\nsoon as may bee. Deak. Mathias Stone, Deak. Jacob\\nKeyes and Capt. Benj. Sumner waire appointed a\\nConnnittee for the purpose aforesaid.\\nTest Mathias Stone, Moderator.\\nAtt a legal Town meeting of the Inhabitants of\\nthe Town of Claremont, holden at the meting house\\nin said Town on June the 7, 1774, Deak. Mathias\\nStone was chosen Moderator. Voted to give Mr. Au-\\ngustine Hibbard, for his Incouredgement to settle\\nwith us in the Work of the Gospel ministry one Hun-\\ndred Pound, m y; to be paid in following manner,\\nviz.: Fifty Pounds, m y, to be paid within si.t\\nmonths, the one-half of itt in Cash, the other half of\\nitt in Graine att Cash Price, and the other fifty\\nPounds to be paid within Twelve months, one-half of\\nit in Cash, the other half of itt in Grain at Cash price.\\nThirdly, Voted to give Said Hibbard for a further In-\\ncouredgement to settle with us in the work of tlie\\nGospel ministry, fifty Pounds, m y ($133.20), for\\nthe first year, and to rise five Pounds, m y, Pr year\\ntill it shall amount to seventy-five Pound, m y, and\\nthat to be his Stated Salery Per anmim as long as he\\ncontinues to bee our minister; the aforesaid Salery to\\nbe paid in the following manner: namely, the one-\\nhalf of itt to be Paid yearly in Cash; the other half\\nof itt in Provisions att money Price, Said Salery to\\nbegin from the Day of the Date of this meting.\\nFourthly, Voted that Cajit. Benj. Sumner, Deak.\\nMathias Stone, and Deak. Jacob Keyes, be appointed\\na Committee to Waite on Mr. Hibbard, Present the\\nDoings of their Town to him, Receive his answer and\\nmake returne to the Town aforesaid as soon as may\\nbe. Fifthly, Voted to reserve to ourselves the Bene-\\nfits of the use of all the Lands that was the late Rev.\\nGeorge Wheaton, for the Suport of a Congregational\\nMinister in this Town, and ajiply itt yearly for the\\nlessening the annual Salery in favor of said Town.\\nSi.vthly, Voted to adjourn this meeting to hear the re-\\nports of the Committee aforesaid that we appointed\\nto Wait on the aforesaid Mr. Hibbard, till the first\\nTuesday in July next, att three o clock p.m., then to\\nmeet att this place.\\nTuesday, July 5th, 1774. Mett according to the\\nabove adjournment. The meeting was opened by Ma-\\nthias Stone, moderator. Voted to adjourn this meet-\\ning till the first Tuesday in August next, at 3 o clock\\nP.M., then to meet att this place. Tuesday, August\\n3d, 1774. The above meeting was opened according\\nto adjournment, by Mathias Stone, Moderator, then\\nvoted Reconsider the time for the beginning of the\\nSalery of Mr. Augustine Hibbard as above said itt\\nbeing fixed to begin the seventh of June Last. Itt is\\nnow voted and agreed that the said Sallery shall be-\\ngin on the Day of said Hibbard s ordination, which is\\nto be on Wednesday the 18th day of October next.\\nAtt the same meeting voted and chose Captain Benja-\\nmin Sumner, Doct, Thomas Stiner and Asa Jones to\\nbe a Committee to provide for the ordaining Counsell\\non said 19th of October next, at the Town s cost.\\nVoted to dissolve this meeting after the Answer of\\nSaid Hibbard was publicly Red.\\nTest Mathias Stoxe, Moderator.\\nThe following is Mr. Augustine Hibbard s\\nanswer to the town of Claremont:\\nGentlemen: Whaire as you have seen fitt to give\\nme a call to settle with you in the work of the Gos-\\nel ministry, I do hereby accept of your Generous\\ncall, Relying upon Divine (Jrace for :issistauce in so\\nGrate and so glorious a W irk.\\nAugust 3d, 1774.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0826.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n65\\nThe ordination of Mr. Hibbard took place,\\nagreeably to the vote of the town. Although the\\nconnection thus formed continued eleven years, it\\nproved of no very great benefit to the flock. In\\nintellectual strength and in social (jualities and\\nintluence for good he proved inferior to his prede-\\ncessor. He was eccentric in his character and\\nstern and morose in his disposition and deport-\\nment.\\nDuring the Kevolutiouary War lie was very\\nloud in his i\u00c2\u00bbrofessions of loyalty and devotion to\\nthe .cause of liberty yet, soon after the war was\\nclosed, lie removed to Canada, where he remained\\nuntil his death. So fearful was he lest iu some\\nway in his ministerial acts he should give coun-\\ntenance to the Tories, that, on one occasion, when\\nan infant was brought to him for baptism, he\\nrefused to administer the rite, because he had\\nsuspicions that the father one of the most\\nrespectable citizens of the town was a Tory, and\\nyet it is said that he did not scruple to seize the\\nlast cow of a poor widow as payment for the tithe\\nsecured to him by law, although the cow was more\\nthan double the widow s tax. He could refuse to\\npartake of a blackberry pudding at his Sunday\\ndinner, because the fruit of which it was made,\\ngrowing in his own yard, was gathered on that\\nday, and yet he did not hesitate to desert his wife\\nand children and elope with his maid-servant to a\\nneighboring State, where he resided several years\\nin degrading and criminal relations. This con-\\nduct on the part of their minister was a deep\\nmortification to the members of his church and\\ncongregation, from the demoralizing efiects of\\nwhich it took a long time to recover.\\nAll who were not actual members of some other\\nreligious denomination were obliged by law to pay\\ntaxes for the support of the Congregational Society\\nand the power to tax gave to the taxed a voice in\\nthe deliberations of the body. It is easy to see,\\nthat in a society made up in part of those who\\nwere compelled, against their will, to contribute to\\nits maintenance, many things would be done ad-\\nverse to its true interests. The position of this\\nchurch, while under the guidance of Mr. Hibbard,\\ncould not be otherwise than weak, and its move-\\nments retrograde.\\nIn the fall of 1773, Kev Raima Cossitt com-\\nmenced his labors a.s rector of the Episcopal Church\\nin the West Parish. During the year previous\\nhe took a voyage to Englantl and was ordaiuf d by\\nthe Hishop of London. He was a firm Royalist,\\nand when difficulties arose between the American\\ncolonies and the mother-countrj-, he at once took\\nthe side of the latter, and was unwearied in his\\nefforts to instil into the minds of the people the\\ndoctrine of the divine right of Kings, and his ser-\\nmons were often but discourses upon the duty of\\nobedience to the Crown. He became so entangled\\nin the meshes of political controversy iis in a great\\nmeasure to impair his usefulness and to render\\nhimself odious, even to tho.se who believed that\\nopposition to the soverign power was, if not treason,\\nat least dangerous. The church prospered but\\nlittle under his charge, and in the summer of 1775,\\nat his ow n request, he was recalled by the Bishop\\nof London and sent to the Isle of Cape Breton.\\nFor more than a year the oppressive acts of the\\nBritish Parliament, which led to the Revolutionary\\nWar, had agitated the public mind. It was now\\nthe general belief that war with the mother-country\\nwas unavoidable, and to this sentiment was added\\na firm determination to resist further encroach-\\nments upon the sacred rights of liberty, and also\\nto demand and regain the enjoyment of those\\nprivileges which had been taken away. Although\\nthe greater part of the people were in favor of\\nopen hostility with England, yet there were some\\nwho not only regretted the existence of difficulty,\\nbut also regarded violent resistance as dangerous\\nand probably unavailing. A stnall portion avowed\\nthemselves Tories, and labored to furnish aid and\\ncomfort in various ways to the King and his army.\\nIn Claremout the two latter classes were larger\\nthan in most towns in New Hampshire, of the same,\\nor nearly equal, population. The town was com-\\nparatively new, and many of the settlers were\\neither recently from England or the sons of English-\\nmen, and their attachment to the old country would\\nnaturallv be stronger than that of tho.se who could", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0827.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "56\\nHISTORY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntlieu behold in their midst the graves of their an-\\ncestors covered with the tui-f of a century. 8till,\\nthe spirit of resistance against the tyranny of Eng-\\nland was jjopular, and the neutrals fud Tories were\\ngreatly in the ininoi iiy. About this time many\\nfamilies, some of whose descendants are now in-\\nhabitants of this town, disgusted with the opposition\\nof the Whigs, removed to a large township in\\nCanada, called Shipton, in which is now a parish\\nor borough bearing the name of Claremont.\\nThither also many who remained here during the\\nwar resorted after its close. Many also removed\\nto New York State, keeping themselves under the\\nprotection of the British until the war was ended,\\nsoon after which most of them returned to Clare-\\nninnt.\\nIn accordance with an order of the Provincial\\nCongress, the census of New Hampshire was taken\\nin 177 The following is the verbatim return of\\nClaremont.\\nMales under 1(5 years of age 148\\nMales from 16 to 50 not in the arjny 125\\nAll males above 50 years of age IS\\nPersonsgone in the army 1\\nAll females 231\\nNegroes, and slaves for life\\nTotal 523\\nThe number of tire-arms in the Town of Clare-\\nmont fit for actual service, 60 stand 65 wanted.\\nColony of New Hampshier, Claremont, (Jct r 13th,\\n1775.\\nA true Number. Attest,\\nMatthias Stoxe,\\nOliver Ashley,\\nSelectmen.\\nThe order for this census required a return of\\nThe Number of Fire Arms in the respective Dis-\\ntricts fit for use, and the Number wanting to com-\\nplete one for every person capable of using them,\\nand it was further strictly enjoined upon all\\nSelectmen and Committees to endeavor to prevent\\nall persons from burning their Powder in shooting\\nat Birds and other Game.\\nThe records are very meagre in relation to the\\nmovements which now agitated the country. It\\nappears that Oliver Ashley, of Claremont, was a\\nmember of the first Provincial Congress, which\\nassembled at Exeter, May 17, 1875. He was an\\nardent W^hig, and during the sitting of that boily\\nwas active in devising niea.sures for the defense of\\nthe colony, and suggested methods for raising and\\nequipping men for military service. At a town-\\nmeeting, holdeii on the 15th of June following, a\\nvote was i)assed That the town is fully satisfied\\nwith the doings of oure member, Mr. Oliver Ash-\\nley, at the Provincial Congress, holden at Exeter,\\non the 17th of May last. Captain Joseph W^aite,\\nEnsign Oliver Ashley, Thomas (nistin, Asa Jones\\nand Jacob Roys were appointed a Committee of\\nSafety. This comnuttee was invested with almost\\nabsolute power in certain ca.ses. In a sudden\\nemergency, they might adopt such measures as\\nthey should deem conducive to ])ublic safety, take\\narms and ammunition, wherever found, when\\nneeded for the ecpiipment of soldiers, arrest and\\nimprison all Tories, without warrant, and communi-\\ncate with the (General Committee of Safety in all\\nmatters pertaining to the public welfare. So far\\nas Tories were concerned, the labors of this com-\\nmittee were not slight\\nOn the 15th of December following. Captain\\nJoseph Waite was chosen a representative to the\\nProvincial Congress, to be held in Exeter in a few\\ndays. It was voted that he should have full power,\\nwith the other citizens of the colony who might be\\nmembers of that Assembly, to resolve themselves\\ninto such a house as the Continental Congress shall\\nrecommend, for the taking up Government lands\\nin this Colony. In 1776, Captain W^aite was\\nappointed lieutenant-colonel of a regiment raised\\nfor the purpose of invading Canada. The com-\\nmand of the regiment devolved upon him, the\\ncolonel with a small nundier of soldiers being de-\\ntailed from the main body, and sent in another\\ndirection. Lieutenant Joseph Taylor, afterward\\ncaptain, who had taken an active part in the\\nFrench and Indian War, was taken prisoner, in\\nthe summer of 1775, by the Indians, carried to\\nMontreal, and there sold to the French. For a\\nlong time he was closely confined, so that his", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0828.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "CLAKEMONT.\\n57\\nfriends could learn nothing of him. After many\\nfruitless attempts, he at last succeeded in effecting\\nhis escape. He wandered through the woods, sub-\\nsisting as he could, and after an absence of several\\nmonths reached his home in safety.\\nIn this year the number of inhabitants in Clarg-\\nmont was five hundred and twenty-three. In the\\nyear 1776 the number of new settlers fell so far\\nshort of the number of removals that in the win-\\nter of 1777-78, according to tradition, there were\\nonly forty families in town, which, being estimated\\nat eight persons in each family, considerably\\nmore than the subsequent and present average,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0we find a reduction of two hundred in the popu-\\nlation in the short space of two years. Among\\nthose who left about this time was Colonel Ben-\\njamin Sumner, who took up his residence on\\nLong Island. He was suspected of being on\\nfriendly terms with the Briti.sh. He occasionally\\nmade short visits to this town, when on his jour-\\nneys to and from Canada, carefully avoiding any\\ncontact with his former townsmen, excepting cer-\\ntain known and well-tried friends. Several at-\\ntempts were made by the Committee of Safety\\nand other ardent Whigs to arrest him when on\\nhis flying visits, but without success. One Wil-\\nliam McCoy, a noted Tory, was his confidential\\nfriend and adviser. So artful and shrewd was\\nthis McCoy in this sort of shy diplomacy, that it\\nwas impossible to fasten upon him any act of a\\ntreasonable nature, although the effort was often\\nmade to do so. Among others who left town\\nabout this time were Captain Benjamin Brooks,\\none Spencer, several by the names of Lent and\\nNutting, and John Brooks, son of Captain Benja-\\nmin Brooks. John Brooks actually joined the\\nBritish army, and served during the war. His\\nfarm and all his property in town was confiscated\\nand sold but, after the close of the war and the\\ntreaty with Great Britain, his property, or the\\nvalue of it, was restored to him. No favor was\\nshown to the Tories, or those suspected as such,\\nby the mass of the people. Public indignation\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was aroused to so great an extent that Tories and\\nsuspicious persons \u00e2\u0096\u00a0were continually in imminent\\ndanger of the loss of liberty, and even life itself,\\nwithout the formality of legal proceedings.\\nThere was in existence a small company of reso-\\nlute men, among whom were Timothy Atkins\\nand two or three of his brothers, all men of un-\\nusual size and remarkable strength and activ-\\nity, who had formed a determination to rid the\\ntown entirely of Tories.\\nThese men solemnly promised to give each\\nother immediate information if a Tory was dis-\\ncovered to be lurking about, and to pursue him\\ninstantly; and if capture was impossible, to shoot\\nhim, if that could be done. In the neighborhood\\nof such men there could be but little repo.se or\\nsecurity for the enemies of freedom. Summer\\nwas the season when the secret agents of the\\nBritish were scouring the remote parts of the\\ncountry, picking up, here and there, whatever in-\\nformation they could find respecting the condition\\nand movements of the people, and carefully\\nnoting everything which they judged important\\nto the interests of their employers. Scattered\\nalong the route, from New York to Canada, were\\ncertain places of rendezvous, where any one of\\nthem on his mission might be safely concealed\\nand find ready means of communication with his\\nconfederates in his neighborhood. About fifty\\nrods below what is known as the Rich Place, on\\nthe right-hand side of the road as you go toward\\nRed Water Brook, is a place famous in Revolu-\\ntionary times as a favorite resort for Tories, and\\nhas since been known as Tory Hole. So per-\\nfectly adapted was this spot to the purposes and\\nwants of its occupants that, for a long time, they\\nhad assembled there without exciting the least\\nsuspicion among the active and vigilant Whigs.\\nInaccessible on three sides by a swamp covered\\nwith a thick growth of alders, and pi otected, on\\nits fourth side, by a steep bank about thirty feet\\nhigh, it was, notwithstanding, easily approached\\nby those who were familiar with the ground.\\nThe side of the precipice toward the retreat was\\nnearly circular in form, and was intersected by a\\ndeep ravine, which aflbrded means of access from\\none direction. Another way began a little below", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0829.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "58\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe Rich Place, and wound along the foot of the\\nbank. The surface of the ground, including the\\nspot, was irregular and slightly elevated. A few\\nyards distant was a cool, bubbling spring of water.\\nIt was customary for the Tories in the neighbor-\\nhood to convey thither provisions and whatever\\nelse might be needed by the transient visitors to\\nthe place. The performance of this important\\nduty led to the discovery of the retreat. One\\nnight, in the autumn of 1780, a man, with a huge\\npack on his shoulders, was seen passing along the\\nroad by the Rich Place. His singular movements\\nattracted attention, and he was closely watched.\\nTurning into the woods a short distance from the\\nhouse of Mr. Rich, he was instantly out of sight.\\nInformation of the fact was quickly communi-\\ncated, and soon many persons were collected at\\nthe spot. The grounds were carefully reconnoi-\\ntered, and the secret was discovered. As the night\\nwas very dark, the further search was postponed\\nuntil the next morning. A watch was posted by\\nthe path, with instructions to seize or shoot any\\none who should attempt to pass. Several hours\\nbefore sunrise a party had assembled and renewed\\nthe search. As they approached the rendezvous,\\ntwo men suddenly started up, and ran toward the\\nravine and now the race began. The pursued\\nhad several rods the start of the pursuers, beside\\nthe advantage of the dense forest and the scanty\\nlight. The course of theformer was toward Con-\\nnecticut River. It required much time and close\\nattention and scrutiny t.) keep on their track, and\\nthe Whig party were often on the point of giving\\nup the search as fruitless. Then some uew trace\\nwould be discovered, and they would go forward\\nwith renewed vigor. At length they had reached\\nConnecticut River, where they found that the\\nfugitives had swam across. Fastening their arms\\nupon their backs, they plunged into the stream,\\nand on gaining the opposite side, they found the\\ntracks of the other party. At night they en-\\ncamped in the woods at the base of Ascutney\\nMountain, and in the morning began its ascent\\nfrom different points. On arriving at the sumnjit\\nthey discovered the fugitives asleep. They were\\neasily captured, and gave their names as Johns\\nand Buel. Having arms with them, they could\\nnot, according to the rules of war, be treated as\\nspies, and were therefore held under the more\\nhonorable distinction of prisoners of war. They\\nwere taken to Charlestown, from thence to Bos-\\nton, and afterward exchanged. One Kentfield\\nwas also pursued from the Tory Hole, and\\ndriven across Connecticut River. He managed\\nto escape from his pursuers at this time but in a\\nfew days after was discovered by Isaac Hubbard,\\nEsq., then but a child, while re-crossing the river\\ninto New Hampshire He was again pursued,\\ncaptured after a fierce resistance, and taken to\\nCharlestown. He was confined for some time\\nbut as it was impossible to prove him a spy, he\\nwas released. Afterward he joined the Conti-\\nnental army, deserted in a few days, was captured\\nand hung.\\nOn April 12, 1776, the Committee of Safety for\\nthe Colony of New Hampshire issued the follow-\\ning mandate, as appears from documents arranged\\nby John Farmer, Esq., agreeably to an order of\\nthe Legislature of New Hampshire, in 1837. We\\ncopy verbatim from State Papers of New Hamp-\\nshire, vol. viii.\\nColony of New Hampshire.\\nIn Committee of Safety, April 12, 177().\\nIn order to carry the underwritten Resolve of the\\nHon blo Continental Congress into Execution, you\\nare required to desire all Males above Twenty-one\\nyears of age (Lunaticks, Idiots and Negroes excepted),\\nto sign the Declaration on this Paper; and when so\\ndone, to make Return thereof, together with the\\nName or Names of all who shall refuse to sign the\\nsame, to the General Assembly or Committee of\\nSafety of this Colony.\\nM. VVeare, Chairman.\\nIn Coxgeess, Jlarch 14, 1776.\\nResniceil, That it be recommended to tlie Several\\nAssemblies, Conventions and Councils, or Commit-\\ntees of Safety of the United Colonies, immediatebj to\\ncause all Persons to be disarmed, within tbeir respec-\\ntive Colonies, who are notoriously disatfected to the\\ncause of America, or who have not associated and re-\\nfuse to associate, to defend by Arms, the United", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0830.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n59\\nColonies against the Hostile attempts of the British\\nFleets and Armies.\\n(Copy) Extract from the Minutes.\\nCharles Thompson, Secrefari/.\\nIn consequence of the above Resolution of the\\nHon. Continental Congress, and to show our Deter-\\nmination in joining our American Brethren in de-\\nfending the Lives, Liberties and Properties of the\\ninhabitants of the United Colonies.\\nWe the Subscribers, do hereby Solemnly engage\\nand promise, that we will to the utmost of our Power,\\nat the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with Arms\\noppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets\\nand Armies against the United American Colonies.\\nREMAEKiS CM THE FOREGOING BY THE LATE JOHN\\nFARMER, ESQ.\\nThe preceding text was the Declaration of Inde-\\npendence by the People of New Hampshire. It was\\na Similar act to that of the Patriots who signed the\\nNational Declaration on the Fourth of July, 1776.\\nIt preceded that event, and seems to have been a\\nsanction or an encouragement to those who contem-\\nplated it. It was a bold and hazardous step in sub-\\njects thus to resist the authority of one of the most\\npowerful Sovereigns in the world. Had the cause in\\nwiiich these men pledged their Lives and Fortunes\\nfailed, it would have subjected every individual who\\nsigned it to the pains and penalties of treason to a\\ncruel and ignominious death.\\nIt is not to be understood that all who declined\\nsigning it were Tories or were disaffected to the\\nAmerican cause Some of them were Friends, whose\\n]irinciples forbade their signing a pledge to oppose\\ntheir enemies with Arms others who were really\\nfriends to the cause of opposition to the British, had\\nconscientious scruples, and others doubtless were in-\\nfluenced by their timidity. Among those whose con-\\nscientious scruples prevented them from giving such a\\npledge, was Eleazer Russell, Esq., of Portsmouth,\\nwho, in a letter to President Weare, says, It was,\\nand is, merely to secure the morality of my mind that\\nI was reluctant to put my name to it. Solemnly to\\nbind myself to the performance of what nature and\\nnecessity rendered impossible, I started at the\\nthought of, and though my health is mended, so\\nwrecked are my nerves, that I could not do one\\nhour s military duty to save my life. The article of\\nshedding blood, in me is not a humor, but a princi-\\nple not an evasion, but a feet. It was received in\\nearly life, and has grown with my growth, and\\nstrengthened with my strength. Not a partiality for\\nBritish more than Savage blood for, all circumstan-\\nces considered, I think the latter more innocent than\\nthe former.\\n.SIGNERS IN CLAREMONT.\\nCLAREMONT, May 30th, 1776.\\nIn compliance to the above Declaration, we have\\nShone the Declaration to All the Inhabitants of this\\nTown, and the Associate are those who have signed\\nto this paper.\\nMatthias Stone,\\nAsa Jones,\\nSefecftnen.\\nThe following Names of those who are twenty-\\none years of age and upward\\nThomas Goodwin,\\nJoseph York,\\nMatthias Stone,\\n.Jacob Rice,\\nWilliam Osgood,\\nAsa Jones,\\nJohn Spencer,\\nLemuel Hubbard,\\nChristopher York,\\nDavid Bates,\\nT. Sterm,\\nBarnabas Ellis,\\nJoel Roys,\\nSamuel Tuttle,\\nStephen Hige,\\nCharles Higbe,\\nEdward Goodwin,\\nEphraim French,\\nJoseph Ives,\\nElihu Stevens, Junior,\\nIchabod Hitchcock,\\nEbenezer Dudley,\\nDaniel Curte,?\\nJosiah Rich,\\nOliver Ellsworth,\\n.Jonathan Parker,\\nEdward Ainsworth,\\nNathaniel Goss,\\nJoel Matthews,\\nOliver Tuttle,\\nAmos Conant,\\nSamuel Ashley,\\nJohn Sprague,\\nAdam Alden,\\nJames Alden,\\nDavid Lynd,\\nOliver Ashley,\\nEleazer Clark,\\nEleazer Clark, Junior,\\nJoseph Hubbard,\\nAma.sa Fuller,\\nJerime Spencer,\\nPatrick Fields,\\nGideon Lewis,\\nJosiah Stevens,\\nSeth Lewis,\\nJohn Kilborn,\\nJohn Peake,\\nJohn West,\\nDavid Rich,\\nEbenezer Washburn,\\nBill Barnes,\\nJohn Adkins,\\nAmaziah Knights,\\nJohn Goss,\\nEzra Jones,\\nWilliam Sims,\\nDavid Adkins,\\nTimothy Adkins,\\nMoses Spaford,\\nBenjamin Towner,\\nSamuel Lewis,\\nAbner Matthews,\\nElihu Stephens,\\nJonas Stuard,\\nBeniah Murry,\\nThomas Duston,\\nTimothy Duston.\\nTotal, 84.\\nN. B. These are the Names of those wdio have", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0831.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "60\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nactually taken up arms and are now in the Continen-\\ntal Army\\nLieut. Col. Joseph Waite, Benjamin Towner, Jr.,\\nLieut. Joseph Taylor, David Laynes, Jr.,\\nEns. Thomas Jones, Charles Laynes,\\nS. Abner Matthews, Jr., Henry Stephens,\\nJames Gooden, Jonathan York,\\nJonathan Fuller, Joseph York, Jr.,\\nPeter Fuller, The Rev. Augustin Hib-\\nEeuben Spencer, bard, Chaplain, c.\\nGersham York,\\nTotal, 16.\\nRev. Mr. Hibbard was appointed chaplain on\\nColonel David Hobart s staff, by vote of the New\\nHampshire Legislature, April 4, 1777, and subse-\\nquently of General Stark s brigade.\\nThe Names of those who Refuse to sign the Decla-\\nration\\nJohn Thomas, William Coy.\\nCapt. Benjamin Brooks, Enoch Judd,\\nBarnabas Brooks, Ebenezer Judd, Jr.,\\nCapt. Benjamin Sumner, Lieut. Benjamin Taylor,\\nRev. Ranna Cosset, Timothy Granis,\\nCornelius Brook, Hezekiah Roys,\\nSamuel Cole, Esq., Asa Leat,\\nDaniel Warner, Benjamin Leat,\\nLevi Warner, Ebenezer Judd,\\nJames Steal, Benjamin Peterson,\\nAmos Snow, Benjamin Brooks, Jr.,\\nJohn Hitchcock, Doct. William Sumner,\\nDavid Dodge, Ebenezer Roys,\\nSamuel Thomas, Joseph Norton,\\nAmos Cole, Total, 31.\\nEbenezer Edson,\\nClaremont, May 30th, 1776.\\nThe Declaration having ben shone to the within\\nnamed persons, they Refuse to Sign.\\nAttest,\\nMatthias Stose,\\nSelectmen.\\nAsa Jones, j\\nWhen the returns were all in, it was found that\\nthere were 8999 names upon the Declaration, and\\nthe names of 773 persons who had refused to sign\\nit were mentioned.\\nThe following papers are copied from the\\noriginal minutes of the Episcopal Church, and are\\ngiven as published in The History of the Eastern\\nDiocese\\nThe joint Com tee of Safety from the Towns of\\nHanover and Lebanon, having received a Letter from\\nthe Com tee of Safety for Claremont, requesting the\\nassistance of said Com tees in examining sundry Per-\\nsons in said Claremont who were suspected of being\\ninimical to the Liberties of America, convened with\\nsaid Com tee of Claremont and the Com tee of Safety\\nfor the Town of Cornish, at the House of Mr. Joseph\\nYork, in said Claremont, on Tuesday the 5th day of\\nDecember, A. D. 1775. At which time and place\\nwere present\\nCaptain Oliver Ashley, Captain Joseph Waite,\\nLieutenant Asa Jones, Lieutenant Joseph Taylor,\\nEnsign Ebenezer Clark, Deacon Jacob Royce, Com\\ntee of Claremont\\nSamuel Chase, Esq., Colonel Jonathan Chase,\\nDeacon Hall, Mr. Commins, Captain Spalding,\\nCom tee of Cornish\\nDeacon Neheh Estabrooks, Major John Griswold,\\nMr. Silas Waterman, Lieutenant Jedah Hibbard,\\nCom tee of Lebanon\\nCaptain Edmond Freeman, Lieutenant David\\nWoodward, Lieutenant John Wright, Com tee of\\nHanover.\\nOn which the Com tee of said Claremont re-\\nquested that all these Com tees might (for sundry\\nreasons) form into one general meeting for the exam-\\nination of sundry Persons whom they had previously\\ncited to appear before this Board for that Purpose,\\nwhich request being complied with\\n1st. Chose Deacon Nehemiah Estabrook, Chair-\\nman.\\n2d. Chose Lieutenant Jede ah Hibbard, Clerk.\\nSam l Cole, Esq., Captain Benjamin Sumner, Rev.\\nRanna Cossit, Captain Benjamin Brooks, Lieuten*nt\\nBenjamin Tyler, Asa Leet, Eben r Judd, Eben r Judd,\\nJu r, Enoch Judd, Ebn r Royce, Hez. Royce, John\\nThomas, Sam l Thomas, Benjamin Brooks, Jr., Barne\\nBrooks, Ebenezer Edson, Joseph Naughton, Daniel\\nWarner, Jr., Benjamin Leet, James Steel, Ephraim\\nPeterson, John Brooks, Azel Brooks, Levi Warner,\\nZebal Thomas, all of said Claremont. After which\\nthe Persons whose names are annexed appeared be-\\nfore said Com tee in consequence of the aforemen-\\ntioned Citation, who on examination testify and\\ndeclare, as follows\\n1. The Rev d Ranna Cossit on examination says,\\nI believe the American Colonies in their dispute\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0with Great Britain, which has now come to blood,", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0832.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n61\\nare unjust, but will not take up arms either against\\nthe King or Country, as my office and circumstances\\nare such that I am not obliged thereto; respecting\\nwhom the following evidence further appears, viz.\\nDr. Thomas Sterns testifies and says that the Rev d\\nMr. Cossit says: We (meaning the Americans) are\\nin a state of Rebellion and are altogether in the\\nwrong, and that if we should give up our Head man\\nto justice, we should do well, and that the King and\\nParliament have a right to make laws and lay taxes\\nas they please on America both internal and external.\\nCaptain Oliver Ashley testifies the same, and adds\\nthat such like language is frequent. Mr. Cossit in\\npresence of this meeting agrees to the foregoing depo-\\nsition respecting him, and adds I mean to be on the\\nside of the administration and I had as lives any\\nperson should call me a damned Tory or not, and\\ntake it as an affront if people don t call me a Tory\\nfor I verily believe the British troops will overcome\\nby the greatness of their ])ower and justice of their\\ncause.\\n2d. Sam l Cole, Esq., on examination, says: It is\\na rebellion to take up arms or fight against the King\\nor his Troops in the present dispute; yea, tis more\\nit is Treason to fight against the King, in addition to\\nwhich, that he is bound by his oath not to fight\\nagainst the King. Sam l Chase, Esq r, testifies and\\nsays, That about a fortnight ago, Esq r Cole was at\\nhis house and he offered said Cole a bill of paper\\nmoney of the Congress in payment of a debt on\\nwhich said Cole says, I will not take said bill for it is\\nof no more value than if you or I had made said bill.\\nEsq r Cole finally consented to the above, and adds, I\\ndon t value the Congress money more than the sole of\\nan old shoe.\\n3d. Captain Benjamin Sumner, on examination,\\nsays, As to the proceeding and conduct of the\\nAmerican Colonies in their contest with Great\\nBritain, upon the whole I cannot agree with them,\\nbut I will not take up arms on either side, and if\\nany of you gentlemen can in private or publick\\ndebate convince me of my error no man on earth\\nshall be more ready to hear than myself.\\n4th. Sam l Thomas, James Steel, Daniel Warner,\\nJr., Asa Leet, John Thomas, Benjamin Leet, Ebn r\\nRoyce, Levi Warner, Ebne r Edson, Azel Brooks and\\nZebal Thomas, on examination declare their senti-\\nments the same as those exprest by Capt. Benjamin\\nSumner.\\n5th. Hez Royce, on examination, shews great\\ncontempt in equivocating in regard to questions\\nasked him by the Cora tee, but in reply to one query\\nsays he likes the King s Proclamation hxst issued.\\n(5th. Captain Benjamin Brooks, on examination,\\nsays I am not settled with regard to the dispute be-\\ntween Great Britain and her Colonies. But accord-\\ning to what I understand of the dispute, I rather\\nthink the Americans are in the wrong, but will not\\ntake up arms on either side.\\n7th. Ephraim Peterson, Barne Brooks and Joseph\\nNaughton on examination concur with Captain Benj.\\nBrooks.\\n8th. Leiut. B. Tyler on examination says I am of\\nthe prevailing sentiment that the American Colonies\\nin tlieir contest with Great Britain are not just, but\\nwill not take up arms on either side.\\n9th. Cornelius Brooks and Ebenezer Judd on\\nexamination say that tliey will not take up arms on\\neither side.\\n10th. Benjamin Brooks, Jr., Enoch Judd and\\nEbenezer, Jr., on examination say that America is\\nunjust in her contest with Great Britain, and we will\\nnot take up arms on either side.\\nlltli. John Brooks, when asked how he feels when\\nhe thinks of the quarrel between Great Britain and\\nher Colonies that has caused the blood of our Amer-\\nican Brethren to be shed as well as Briton s, says I\\nfeel for the King s troops and against the Colonies.\\nAdjourned till to-morrow moining nine o clock.\\nDecember 6th, met according to adjournment.\\nPresent as yesterday. Voted that it appears to us on\\nexamination that Captain Benjamin Sumner, Samuel\\nCole, Esq., and the Reverend Ranna Cossit have been\\nchief advisors and dictators to those other persons\\nwho have been under examination, and it is our\\nopinion that they might with propriety be confined,\\nas having endeavoured to stir up sedition in said\\nClaremout, and also were against the united Colonies\\nand their names ought to be returned to the Honor-\\nable Provincial Congress for their determination,\\nwhich the Clerk is hereby directed to do, which we\\nbelieve may as well serve the general cause as to\\nconfine all these persons examined by us. Motioned\\nto those persons who have been examined that they\\nvoluntarily resign their fire-arms and ammunition\\ninto the hands of the Com tee of said Claremont\\nwhich they unanimously agreed to comply with, and\\nproposed to bring them in to-morrow morning.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0833.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "62\\nHISTORY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n3dly, at the request of the Com tee of Claremont,\\nvoted that the above mentioned arms and ammuni-\\ntion be deposited in the hands of Mr. Barne Ellis, of\\nsaid Claremont, and said Ellis is not to let any person\\nhave any of s d arras without order from the Com tee\\nof said Claremont. Voted to adjourn till to-morrow\\nmorning, nine o clock. Dec r 7th, met according to\\nadjournment. Present as yesterday.\\n1st. Received the fire-arms and ammunition of\\nthose persons who have been examined, and delivered\\nthem to the custody of Barne Ellis agreeable to the\\nvote passed yesterday, for each of which the Com tee\\nof said Claremont gave their receipt to the owners.\\n2dly. Voted That this meeting be dissolved and it\\nwas dissolved accordingly. True copy from the\\nminutes.\\nAttest: Nath l S. Prentice.\\nIn Congress at Exeter, Jan y 3d, 1776: Voted,\\nThat Benjamin Giles, Esq r, Major John Bellows,\\nCapt. Nath l Sartel Prentice, Mr. Thomas Sparhawk\\nand Mr. Elijah Grout, be a Committee to Examin\\nand Try Capt. Benjamin Sumner, Sam l Cole, E^q r,\\nthe Rev d Ranna Cossit and Eleazer Sanger persons\\nreputed to be enemies to the Liberties of this Coun-\\ntrey, and, on conviction thereof, to inflict such Pen-\\nalties or Punishments as they shall see fit not to\\nexceed Fine or Imprisonment, saving an appeal to\\nthis House or General Court.\\nEXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE CONGRESS.\\nColony of New Hampshire\\nChesire, ss.\\nPursuantto the fourgoing resolve, I do hereby give\\nnotice to the above mentioned Benjamin Sumner,\\nSamuell Cole and Ranna Cossit of Claremont in said\\ncounty and Eleazer Sanger of Keene in s d county to\\nappear at Charleston at the House of Abel Warner,\\nInnholder in said Charleston on the second Wednes-\\nday of April next at one of the clock, P. M., to an-\\nswer the allegations brought against them by sundrie\\nEvidences before the Commities of Saftie for the\\nTowns of Claremont, Cornish, Lebanon and Hanover,\\non the 5th day of Decem r last as appears by an ex-\\nhibition thereof, to the late Congress at Exeter.\\nBenj n Giles, PresldH,\\nIn behalf of the Committ.\\nCharleston, March 28, 1776.\\nCharlestown, April 10th, 1776.\\nColony of\\nNew Hampshire, ss-\\nAregreeable to a resolve of the Hon ble Congress\\nappointing Benj a Giles, Esq r, Major John Bellows,\\nCapt. Nath l Sartell Prentice, Mr. Thomas Sparhawk\\nand Mr. Eliiah Grout a Com tee to examine and try\\nCapt. Benj a Sumner, Sam l Cole, Esq r, Rev d Ranna\\nCossett and Eleazer Sanger, persons reputed to be\\nEnemies to the Liberties of this Country, etc.\\nWe, the subscribers, having notified the aforesaid\\nSumner, Cole, Cossett and Sanger to meet at time\\nand place above mentioned, for the purpose afores d,\\nand Mr. Ranna Cossett, Sam l Cole, Esq r, and Capt.\\nBenja. Sumner, appearing upon examination, by\\ntheir own Confession and Evidences in the Case,\\nhaving maturely considered the same. Judge that the\\nevidence and fact exhibited by the Joint Com tees of\\nClaremont, Cornish, Lebanon and Hanover unto the\\nafores d Congress against the afores d Cossett, Cole\\nand Sumner are well supported.\\nWe, the Subscribers, are of Opinion that the s d\\nMr. Ranna Cossett and Sam l Cole, Esq r, be, from\\nand after the 12th day of this, instant, April, con-\\nfined within the Limits of the Township of Clare-\\nmont, in s d Colony, during the present Contest\\nbetween Great Britain and the Colonies, unless they\\nor either of them shall be released by certifying their\\ngood Behaviour in future to the Com ee of Clare-\\nmont, or the Subscribers, or upon Application, if\\nthey see Cause, to the Hon ble Council and Assembly\\nof this Colony.\\nAlso, that Capt. Benj a. Sumner be subjected in\\nthe same manner and within the same Limits as\\nCossett and Cole above mentioned, or give sufficient\\nbonds, to the acceptance of the Com tee of Clare-\\nmont, for the time being, obligididing and binding\\nhim to his good behaviour, and that neither of the\\nabove named persons be seen conversent together\\nujjon any occasion whatever, except meeting together\\nat Publick Worship.\\nFurthermore, if either of the above named per-\\nsons shall not strictly and uprightly keep the above\\nDetermination, and, being fairly convicted thereof\\nbefore the Com tee of Safety of Claremont, that they\\nl)e and hereby are directed to committ the offender to\\nthe Common Goal, there to abide untill released by\\nOrder of this Com ee or the General Assembly of this", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0834.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n63\\nColony, and that their fire arms be still retained in\\nCustody of the Com ee of Claremont, afores d\\nProvided, Nevertheless, that if the afores d Mr.\\nRanna Cossett shall be call d by any of the people of\\nhis perswasion specially to officiate in his ministerial\\noffice in preaching, baptizing and visiting the sick,\\nthis order is not intended to prohibit him therefrom.\\nA Coppy Exam nd.\\nAttest. Nath l S. Prentice, Clerk.\\nIn the month of February, 1778, Elihii Stevens,\\nEsq., was chosen Representative. At this meet-\\ning Articles of Confederation, appointed by the\\nHonorable, the Continental Congress, were\\nadopted.\\nIt was also voted that said Stevens proceed\\nwith justice to use his influence to call a full\\nand free representation of the people of the\\nState of New Hampshire to meet in convention,\\nhas been desired by the House of Representatives\\nof said State. Voted and chose Lieutenant\\nJoseph Ives selectman in the room of Captain\\nJoseph Taylor, as he expects soon to join the\\nAmerican army.\\nElihu Stevens came to Claremont in 1775. He\\nwas an active and ardent Whig;, and being; a\\nt\\njustice of the peace, an office of considerable dig-\\nnity in those days, was frequently called to sit at\\ntlie trial of persons arrested on suspicion of being\\nTories. So bitter were bis feelings toward that\\nclass of persons, that according to his judgment it\\ndid not require the most conclusive proof to\\nconvict a person charged with being a traitor to\\nhis country. It often happened, therefore, that of\\nthe many trials and convictions before him, nearly\\nall were discharged at the highest courts.\\nComplaints were often made against the\\npurest patriots in town. A complaint having\\nbeen once entered, it was thought that no other\\ncourse could be taken than to arraign and try the\\nparty accused. Among others thus complained\\nagainst was Ichabod Hitchcock, an early settler in\\ntown. He was a thorough working Whig, and al-\\nthough engaged in no actual service himself, yet he\\nhad on certain occasions employed and paid at the\\nsame time no less than three persons for service in\\nthe war. At that time he was the only master-car-\\npenter and builder in town, and his services in\\nthis line being very much in demand, he chose to\\nsend others in his stead. Some evil-minded person\\ncirculated the report that Hitchcock had turned\\nTory. The report having reached the ears of Mr.\\nStevens, he immediately determined to arrest him.\\nAccordingly, he started out very early one morning\\nin company with his .son, both being well armed,\\nin pursuit of Hitchcock. A few rods beyond\\nHitchcock s house liveil a man who was also sus-\\npected and had been complained against. It was\\nthe intention to arrest both at the same time and\\nmarch them to the village, where they were to be\\ntried. On arriving at the house of Hitchcock they\\nfound him at breakfast, and arrested him in the\\nname of the Continental Congress. The son wae\\nstationed as guard before the only outsiile door,\\nand the prisoner was safely confined. The father\\nwent to secure the other person. Hitchcock, having\\nfinished his breakfast, asked the guard if he had\\neaten anything that morning, who answered that\\nhe had not, and he was politely invited to come in\\nand partake of the good cheer of his prisoner,\\nwhich invitation he readily accepted, laid aside his\\ngun and sat down at the table whereupon Hitch-\\ncock seized the gun and coolly observed to his\\nastonished guest that he might eat all he wanted,\\nfor nobody should molest him, a.s he had been\\ntaken prisoner while in the discharge of his duty\\nto his country as well as himself\\nSoon the father returned with the other pcr9on,\\nand seeing Hitchcock pacing to and fro before\\nthe door in true military style, immediately ordered\\nhim to lay down his arms. Hitchcock being some-\\nthing of a wag, assumed an air of innocent igno\\nrauce, suddenly replied, Oh, yes, I made him\\nsurrender arms some time ago, and I ve got him\\nsafe. I m satisfied he is a Tory and wish that he\\nmay be taken from my house as soon as possible.\\nIt required considerable explanation before he\\ncould be convinced that he was the person actually\\nunder arrest but after having received satisfactory\\nevidence, as he termed it, that such was the fact,\\nhe at once yielded and accompanied his captors to", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0835.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "64\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe village. The ceremonies of a trial resulted in\\nthe discharge of the prisoners, who, as before,\\navailed themselves of every opportunity to aid in\\nthe struggles for the couutry. A few days after\\nthis trial the people were alarmed by loud reports,\\nin rapid succession, apparently of fire-arms. Mes-\\nsengers were at once dispatched in the direction of\\nthe sound.?, with orders to ascertain the cause and\\nreturn as quickly as possible. Meeting with two\\nor three of their townsmen, the messengers in-\\nquired of them if they had heard the noise, and if\\nthey knew the cause. They replied that they\\nheard it, that it proceeded from British scouts, and\\nthat a large body of the enemy were encamped at\\nCavendish, Vt., and before noon would be in Clare-\\nmont. The messengers turned their horses and\\nhastened back with the news. Among some of the\\nfamilies great consternation and confusion pre-\\nvailed. Hastily they gathered up their movables\\nand hurried away to the fort at Number Four\\n(now Charlestown). But the majority of the\\npeople determined to await the result. It was\\nsubsequently ascertained that the noise which had\\noccasioned the alarm was caused by some one\\ndiishing one upright board against another lying\\nflat on the ground.\\nAt the annual town-meeting in March, 1778, it\\nwas voted to divide the town into school districts,\\nand accordingly a division was made, constituting\\nseven school districts. Hitherto, as we have seen,\u00c2\u00bb\\nthere were ouly two school-houses in town, and this\\nstate of things existed until near the close of the\\nwar; the Whigs patronizing the school on Jarvis\\nHill, and the Tories sending their children to the\\nhouse situated near Union Church.\\nIn 1779 the prosperity and growth of the pop-\\nulation had been such that a new meeting-house\\nfor the Congregational Church was required.\\nUpon this point there seemed to be no difference\\nof opinion, but as to the best location there was\\nmuch diversity of sentiment, and was the occasion\\nof considerable feeling and controversy. The\\nmatter was agitated in several town-meetings. At\\none it would be voted that the meeting-house should\\nbe located in a particular sp t, and at the next\\nmeeting the vote would be reconsidered, and a\\ncommittee would be chosen to select a spot and\\nreport at a subsequent meeting, and, when the time\\narrived, the people would refuse to accept the re-\\nport. Then it was agreed to refer the matter to a\\ncommittee comprised of men from neighboring\\ntowns. This committee appeared and discharged\\ntheir duty, and made a report, which the town\\nvoted not to adopt. The main cause of these dif-\\nficulties was that among the church-members\\nthemselves there was a division and, of those\\ncompelled by law to pay taxes for the support of\\ntlie standing order, there were not a few who\\nhad at heart no interest of the welfare of the Con-\\ngregational Society, and were ready to give their\\ninfluence to promote confusion and increase the\\nalready existing difficulties. From 1779 to 1792\\na large portion of the records of the town consists\\nof memoranda of the votes and acts of the town\\nrespecting the selection of a spot to sett the new\\nmeeting-house on. In 1791, Deacon Matthias\\nStone, at his own expense, erected a meeting-house\\non a spot of ground near what was known as the\\nHarvey Draper house, on the road from the vil-\\nlage to the Junction. In the petition for a\\ntown-meeting, called at Deacon Stone s request,\\nwas the article To see if the town will accept\\nof the new meeting-house as a present. Although,\\nfrom anything which appeared to the contrary,\\nthis oflfer was made with motives of pure benevo-\\nlence, the town refused to accept the gift.\\nIn the records of a town-meeting held August\\n23, 1779, is the following:\\nThen red the Proclamation of the Cnntiaeutal\\nCongress; att the same meeting red the Bill of rights\\nand Rejected the same by a vote.\\nIn town, at this time, was one William\\nMcCoy, before mentioned, shrewd, cunning\\nand active, who was more than suspected\\nof rendering service to the spies and emis-\\nsaries of the British, and was a source of an-\\nnoyance and vexation to every good Whig. Many\\nefforts had been made to detect him in the com-\\nmission of some treasonable act, but he succeeded\\nin keeping beyond the reach of his persecutors.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0836.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "CI.AREMONT.\\n65\\nFinally, one evening, he was discovered going in\\nthe direction of Tory Hole, in company with a\\nstrange, suspiciouslookiug person. This was\\nenough. He was arrested and brought before Elihu\\nStevens, Esq., for trial. Notwithstanding that he\\nsucceeded in making the principal witness against\\nhira contradict himself in several important par-\\nticulars, yet he was found guilty of treason and\\nordered to be imprisoned to await trial at the next\\nterm of the Superior Court. When the sheriff,\\nIchahod Hitchcock, who had, a short tiuie before,\\nbeen arrested for the saiue offence and discharged,\\nwas about to start off with the prisoner for jail,\\nlie asked the justice if he had prepared the mitti-\\nmus. The justice, with some impatience, replied,\\nTake my hoi se and carriage. If they will hold\\nout long enough to get him to jail, it will be all\\nthe miHiniiis he deserves. It seems, however, that,\\nin addition to the team, the court furnished the\\nrequisite papers of committal, as will ap])ear from\\nthe following\\nTo Ichahod Hitchcock in Claremont\\nCheshire ss. Claremont, August 16, A. u. 1779.\\natt a Justice Court held in Claremont Before me\\none of the Justices of the Peace for ye Couuty of\\nCheshire, at the house of Edward Goodwin upon a\\nComplaint made to me by Edward Goodwin of s d\\nClaremont against one Wm. McCoye of s d Clare-\\nmont of Being (luilty of treason against the States of\\nAmerica; and the judgment of the Courtis that ye\\nsaid Wm. McCoye be committed to Goal for tryal att\\nNc.\\\\t Superior Court to be held in s d County.\\nE. S., J. P.\\n[LS] Cheshire SS. to the Constable of Claremont\\niu tlie Cnunty of Cheshire; and to the keeper of the\\n(rDal att Charlestown in s d County: these are to\\nComand in the name of the Governor and people of\\nthe State of New Hampshire: forthwith to convey\\nand deliver into the custody of the keeper of the said\\nroal) the Body of Wm. McCoye charged Before me\\nwitli being Guilty of Treason against the States of\\n.\\\\inerica; the sd keepers are hereby Required to Ee-\\nceive the sd McCoye into yourcustody in thesd Goal:\\nand him the sd Wm. McCoye their safely to keep\\nuntil the Next Superior Court to be heb:l at keen.\\nUnless he shall before that time lie tlience Delivered\\nby Due Corse of Law hearof fail Not as you will\\nanswer for your Contempt at your peiul. Given under\\nmy hand and Seal att Claremont this Sixteenth Day\\nof august in the year of our Lord one thousand seven\\nhundred and seventy nine.\\nE. S., J. r./orsd County.\\nWai.pgle, augst ve 17, 1774.\\nSir,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nM. How-ard lias Wm. McCoye Delivered him to\\nConfine in ye Goal at Charlstown, theGoal professant\\nto hold him: I have advised him to Convey him to\\nyou to be Confined in the Goal at Keen, the mittimas\\nis Not very well drawn but if you will take him into\\nyour Custody and Indever to keep him Safe, You\\nshall come to no harm I vour Humble Servant\\nB. B.\\nto Mr. Si/as Cook at keen.\\nIn the month of ^lay of ITTK the people were\\nalai med by the intelligence of a messenger from\\nVermont, that a party of Indians, Tories and-\\nEnglish had made an attack upon Royalston, where\\nthey had destroyed several houses and taken a\\nnumber of prisoners; that their course, so far as\\ncould be ascertained, was toward Connecticut River.\\nThe prospect of the approacli of a large body of\\nmen friendly to the Tories, who infested this town\\nin considerable numbers, could not but excite un-\\npleasant feelings in the breasts of those who would\\nbe treated as rebels by the advancing army. The\\nTories, on the other hand, were in high sjiirits.\\nFor a long time they had anxiously looked for the\\ncomplete triumph of the British, and now they\\nregarded the wished-for event as near at hand.\\nBut the weak and defenseless condition of the\\nWhigs by no means diminished their courage.\\nImmediately a party of men was selected and sent\\noff, with Lieutenant Barnabas Ellis at their head,\\nin the direction of the rendezvous of the enemy.\\nThey had not ]jroceeded far, however, when news\\ncame that the foe had retreated to Canada. Before\\nthe company started on the expedition it was very\\nprudently determined to examine Tory Hole,\\nwhere a considerable (piautity of provisions were\\nfound concealed. These discoveries led to the be\\nlief that the movements at this spot had some", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0837.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "66\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nconuection with the designs of the party which\\nmade the descent upon Royalston.\\nIt appears, by a vote passed in town- meeting in\\nApril, 1781, that the inhabitants of Claremont, for\\na sliort time, at least, took sides with those towns\\nwhich had seceded from New Hampshire and\\nformed a union with Vermont. The apportion-\\nment of the State tax for Claremont had been\\nmade by the proper authority and sent to the se-\\nlectmen of the town for collection. The selectmen\\nneglected to comply with these directions, alleging\\nthat they owed allegiance to another State. Still,\\nthey did not feel safe in assuming such a position,\\nand, accordingly, the town voted that the inhab-\\nitants of Claremont will indemnify the selectmen\\nof s d Town from cost or damages arising on ac-\\ncount of their neglect to make up rates for the tax-\\nbills now on hand, or that shall hereafter come to\\nhand from the State of New Hampshire.\\nClaremont was not one of the sixteen towns\\nwhich had petitioned for admission into the union\\nwith Vermont, and had been received as early as\\n1778. It will be recollected that the original\\nterritory of New Hampshire consisted of various\\ngrants to John Mason from the Council of New\\nEngland, a body made up of several of the\\npnncii)al nobility of Great Britain, to whom,\\nunder that corporate name, all the land in\\nAmerica, lying between tlie fortieth and forty-\\neighth degree of north latitude had been\\ngranted. These grants were made between the\\nyears 1621 and 1635, and were limited on the\\nwest by a line sixty miles from the sea. This line,\\nbeing straight, would pass through the towns, of\\nEffingham, Wolfborough, Concord and Rindge.\\nThe territory between this line and Connecticut\\nRiver was granted suhseipiently to the Governors\\nof New Hampshire. As soon as Vermont had a\\ngovernment, which took place in 1777, a strong\\ndesire was manifested on the part of many of the\\ninhabitants of the territory between the Mason\\nline and Connecticut River to unite with the\\npeople of this new State. To justify a separation,\\nthey contended, as we have already seen, that all\\nthe lands west of the Mason line, being royal\\ngrants, were subject to the government of New\\nHampshire by force of the royal commissions,\\nwhich were rendered null by the assumed inde-\\npendence of the American colonies. They, there-\\nfore, claimed that their social condition was but\\na state of nature, and that they had a right to\\nform a separate government, or connect them-\\nselves with such others as would consent to a union\\nwith them.\\nAccordingly, sixteen towns on the east side of\\nConnecticut River, on the 12th of March, 1778,\\npresented a petition to be admitted into the union.\\nThe matter having been submitted to the people\\nat large, a majority were found to be in favor of\\nadmitting the petitioners. As soon as this question\\nwas settled, the sixteen towns took a formal leave\\nof New Hampshire. The step, however, was not\\nwithout its troubles and embarrassments to the\\nState of Vermont as well as to these sixteen towns.\\nAn address of Meshech Weare, president of the\\nCouncil of New Hamjjshire, to Governor Chitten-\\nden, of Vermont, seemed to bring the Assembly of\\nthe latter State to a stand in the union measure.\\nThey saw at once that, at most, it was a hazardous\\nexperiment, Iraught with all the evils and in-\\njustice exhibited by New York in her oppressive\\nacts toward their own State, when struggling for\\nbirth. By a series of votes they declared their de-\\ntermination to give up further encouragement to\\nthese sixteen seceding towns. Such address excited\\nthe jealousy of the members from these towns, who,\\nseeing that they were in danger of being sent back\\nto their former allegiance, drew up the following\\nprotest, which is copied from the Vermont State\\nPapers\\nWindsor, October 22d a.d. 1778.\\nState of Vermont ss. We, whose names are\\nunder written, members of the Council and general\\nassembly of said State, beg leave to lay before the as-\\nsembly the following as our protest and declaration\\nagainst their proceedings on Wednesdaj the twenty-\\nfirst instant in passing the following votes or resolu-\\ntions First, that the counties in this State shall re-\\nmain as they were established by the assembly of this\\nState in March last.\\nSecond, That the towns on the east side of the", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0838.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "CLAKEMONT.\\n67\\nriver, included in the union with this State, shall not\\nbe included in the county of Cumberland.\\nThird, That the towns on the east side of the\\nriver shall not be erected into a distinct county by\\nthemselves. As by said votes, on the journal of the\\nhouse may appear, which votes are illegal, and in\\ndirect violation of the Constitution of the State and\\nthe solemn engagements and public faith, pledged by\\nthe resolutions of said assembly as by the following\\nol)servations will plainly appear, viz.\\n1. That as the towns on the east side of the river\\nwere never annexed to any county in said Slate, they\\nare consequently, by said votes, entirely excluded\\nthe liberties, privileges, protection, laws and jurisdic-\\ntion of said State all which were granted them by\\nthe State, by an act or resolve of assemlily, passed at\\nBennington, in June last, containing the union and\\nconfederation of the State and said towns by which\\nact or resolve of assembl) every town included in\\nthe union received by grant from the then State of Ver-\\nmont, all the rights, powers and privileges of any other\\ntown in said State; which they cannot be deprived\\nof without their consent, as it is a maxim that the\\ngrantor or grantors cannot reassume their grant with-\\nout the surrendry of the grantee or grantees.\\n2. That said votes are in direct opposition to a\\nsolemn resolution of this assembly, passed on the 20th\\ninst., establishing the report of the committee of both\\nhouses, in which report the assembly have solemnly\\ncovenanted to defend the whole of the State, entire,\\nas it then was, including said towns.\\n3. That the Constitution of the State, especially\\nthe sixth article in the bill of rights, Government is\\ninstituted or declared to be a right of every part of\\nthe community, and not a part only; said votes are\\ntherefore a violation of the Constitution.\\n4. That, so far as the assembly have power, they\\nhave, by said votes, totally destroyed the confedera-\\ntion of the State by depriving those towns included\\nin the union of the exercise of any jurisdiction, power\\nor privilege granted them in the confederation; by\\nwhich the towns in the State are combined and held\\ntogether as one body. And as no political body can\\nexercise a partial jurisdiction, by virtue of a confed-\\neration, or agreement of the people to exercise gov-\\nernment over the whole, it is therefore either void or\\ndestroys both the confederation and the Constitution.\\nWe do, therefore, hereby publicly declare and make\\nkniiwn that we cannot, consistent with our oaths and\\nengagements to the State, so long as said votes stand\\nand continue in force, exercise any office or place\\neither legislative, executive or judicial in this State;\\nl)Ut look upon ourselves as being, thereby, discharged\\nfrom any and every former confederation and associ-\\nation with the State.\\nThis protest was signed by the Lieutenant-\\n(ioveriior of Vermont and twenty-six others, most\\nof whom were residents upon the east side of the\\nriver. The protesting members immediately with-\\ndrew, leaving in the A.ssenibly hardly enough to\\nform a quorum. However just may have been\\ntheir grounds for this bitter comj)laiut, the As-\\nsembly of Vermont, now fully aware of the\\ndanger, as well as the injustice of aiding in the\\ndismembenneut of New- Hampshire, determined to\\nretrace their steps and rid themselves wholly of\\nthe connection. Accordingly, it was decided in\\nsession, February 1 2, 1779, that the said union\\nought to be considered as being null from the be-\\nginning. This decisive step only added to the\\nexcitement and chagrin of the protesting members,\\nwho immediately took measures for calling a con-\\nvention at Cornish, to which they invited all the\\ntowns in the vicinity of Connecticut River to send\\ndelegates. The convention met as suggested, but\\nnothing important was done, and the i eeling of\\nresentment soon died away.\\nDoubtless, this would have been the end of the\\ndifficulty, had New Hamp.shire, after having re-\\nclaimed her revolted territory, nuinifested the\\nsame regard for justice toward ermout which\\nshe had demanded and received from that State.\\nAlthough the former union had been recently\\ndissolved through the agency of Vermont people,\\nyet many towns east of the river were desirous of\\nforming a second connection.\\nAt a convention of delegates from the several\\ntowns in the county of Cheshire, in the State of New\\nHampshire, held at Waljiole, in said county, on the\\n15th day of November, in the year of our Lord one\\nthousand seven hundred and eighty,\\nVoted, That Dr. Page, Colonel Hunt, Captain\\nHolmes, Daniel Jones, Esq., and Colonel Bellows be\\na committee to confer with gentlemen from any parts\\nof the territory called New Hampshire grants, con-", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0839.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "68\\nHISTORY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nceniiug the jurisdiction of said grants, and to con-\\nsider what is proper to be d ine liy the inhabitants\\ntliereof relative to their jurisdiction, that the same\\nmaybe ascertained and established.\\nThis committee, after due consideration, reported\\nfavoring the union with Vermcmt, and in conclusion\\nsaid\\nWe, therefore, earnestly recommend as the only\\nmeans to obtain a union, preserve peace, harmony\\nand brotherly love and the interest of the community\\nin neutral, that a convention be called from every\\ntown within the said grants, to be held at Charlestown\\non the third Tuesday of January next, at one of the\\nclock in the afternoon and that one or more mem-\\nbers from each town be ajjpointed with proper in-\\nstructions to unite in such measures as the majority\\nshall judge most conducive to consolidate a union of\\nthe grants and effect a final settlement of the line of\\njurisdiction.\\nThis report was signed by B. Bellows, S. Hunt,\\nD. Jones, L. Holmes and W. Page, as committee,\\nand was accepted by the convention.\\nIn accordance with the recommendation of this\\nreport, a convention was held at Charlestown,\\nJanuary 16, 1781, consisting of delegates from\\nforty three towns. In this movement Claremont\\nplayed a part, and for a .short season was regarded\\nas within the jurisdiction of Vermont. On the\\n10th of February following, tlie convention made\\napplication to the Assembly of Vermont for a\\nunion of the grants on both sides of Connecticut\\nRiver, .setting forth the importance, necessity and\\njustice of a permanent union of the grants on both\\nsides of the river. They had good reasons for\\nurging such measures. And, among others, it is\\nto be remembered that only those towns which\\nhad been granted by Governor Benning Went-\\nworth were engaged in the conflict with New\\nYork, which, ever since 1764, had attempted, not\\nonly to swallow them up in her jurisdiction, but\\nalso to compel them to rei)urchase their own fire-\\nsides and acres, for the purj)ose of gratifying the\\ninsatiate avarice of the greedy minions of arbi-\\ntrary power, at which time these towns were\\ncordially received by the State of Vermont, whose\\npolicy it certainly was at that time to gain such\\nvaluable accessions, in order to prevent the tear-\\ning asunder of what she already possessed.\\nThe Assembly of Vermont determined to\\nreceive the forty -three towns into her jurisdiction,\\nand report was made as follows\\nThat this assembly is willing to receive the in-\\nhabitants of the New Hampshire grants, east of Con-\\nnecticut River and west of the Mason line, into union\\nwith this state, if we can agree on terms that shall I c\\nsafe for the State and beneficial to the whole.\\nA minority of the delegates to the convention\\nat Charlestown, among whom were Oliver Ashley\\nand Matthias Stone, the delegates from Claremont,\\nprotested against the action of the conventiiin as\\nfollows\\nIX CONVEXTIOX AT CHARLESTOWN, Jan. 18, 1781.\\nWe, the subscribers, delegates from the several\\ntowns to which our names are affixed, wishing for\\nand endeavoring to fcjrm a union of the New Hamp-\\nshire grants on both sides of Connecticut River, and\\ncontented that they be annexed to New Hampshire\\nor be a separate State, as Congress may judge proper;\\nbut thinking ourselves not authorized by our constit-\\nuents to unite with the said grants, in the method re-\\nsolved by the said convention, and being of opinion\\nthat their proceedings have a tendency to weaken the\\nreins of government to retard the exertions of those\\nwho are engaged to oppose the public enemy to in-\\ntroduce irregularity and disorder in the county of\\nChe-shire, and not conducive to the end proposed\\nthink it our duty to protest against the proceedings of\\nsaid convention.\\nThe other delegates, besides Messrs. Ashley and\\nStone, of Claremont, who signed this protest, were\\nthose from AViuohcster, Walpole, Charlestown,\\nRichmond, Keene, Alstead and Newport.\\nAbout this time a petition was presented to the\\nVermont Assembly, by inhabitants living to the\\nwest of Vermont, for a like union with that State\\nof the territory lying to the east of Hudson River.\\nIn this tiie petitioners prayed for protection against\\ntheir enemies in Canada. It was the evident de-\\nsign of the Assembly of Vermont to form a large\\nCopied from Provincial and State Papers of New\\nHampshire, vol- x-, p. 39.3.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0840.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "CLAREMOXT.\\nG9\\nand powerful State out of their own territory, all\\nthe territory situated east of Counecticut Kiver,\\nuorth of Massachusetts and south of latitude forty-\\nHve, and all the territory north of the line of Mas-\\nsacliusetts, and extending to Hudson River.\\nVermont having asiced for admission to tiie\\nUnion, Congress did not look favorably upon her\\nreijuest while her controversies with New Hamp-\\nshire and New York were unsettled, and, accord-\\ningly, on the 7th of August, 1781, passed the fol-\\nlowing:\\nResolved, That a committee of five be appointed to\\nconfer with such person or persons as may be ap-\\npointed by the people residing on the New Hampshire\\ngrants, on the west side of the Connecticut River, or\\nby their representative body, respecting their claim\\nto be an independent State and on what terms it\\nmay be proper to admit them into the Federal Union\\nof these States, in case the United States, in Congress\\nassembled, shall determine to recognize their inde-\\npendence, and thereof make report.\\nResolved, That in case Congress shall recognize the\\nindependence of the said people of Vermont, they\\nwill consider all the lands belonging to New Hamp-\\nshire and New York, respectively, without the limits\\nof Vermont, aforesaid, as coming within the mutual\\nguarantee of territory contained in the articles of\\nconfederation and that the United States will, ac-\\ncoi-dingly, guarantee such lands, and the jurisdiction\\nover the same, against any claims or encroachments\\nfrom the inhabitants of Vermont, aforesaid.\\nThe committee chosen under the foregoing reso-\\nlutions were jNIr. Boudinot, of New Jersey; Mr.\\nandyke, of Delaware Mr. Carroll, of Maryland\\nMr. Montgomery, of Pennsylvania and Mr. Ran-\\ndolph, of Virginia. Mr. Madison was on the com-\\nmittee who had drafted the resolutions.\\nAbout the middle of August, Messrs. Jonas Fay\\nand Ira Allen, representing Vermont west of the\\nConnecticut River, and Bazaleel Woodbury, of\\nDresden (Hanover), representing the towns of the\\neastern union, who, on the 22d of June, immedi-\\nately after the formation of the western union, had\\nbeen ajjpointed agents to apply to Congress for the\\nadmission of Vermont into the Federal union, ar-\\nrived in Philadelphia to gain their tirst knowl-\\nedge there of what had been going on. The con-\\nference took place on the 18th of August, and,\\nafter a hearing upon and consideration of the sub-\\nject, the committee recommended to the adoption\\nby Congress of the following:\\nResolved, That it be an indispensable preliminary\\nto the recognition of the independence of the people\\ninhabiting the territory called Vermont, and tlieir ad-\\nmission into the Federal Union that they explicitly\\nrelinquish all demands of lands or jurisdiction on the\\neast side of the west bank of Connecticut River, and\\non the west side of a line beginning at northwest cor-\\nner of the State of Massachusetts thence running\\ntwenty miles east of Hudson river, so far as the river\\nruns northeasterly in its general course thence by\\nthe west bounds of the townships granted by the late\\nGovernment of New Hampshire to the river running\\nfrom South Bay to Lake Champlain thence along\\nthe said river to Lake Champlain thence along the\\nwaters of Lake Champlain to latitude 45 degrees\\nnorth, excepting a neck of land between Massiskoy\\nbay and the waters of Lake Champlain.\\nThis resolution was adopted by Congress, twelve\\nStates, being all except New York, voted for the\\nadoption of the resolution.\\nThe Legislature assembled at Charlcstowu in\\nOctober and in committee of the whole for the\\nconsideration of the Congressional resolutions, the\\nsubject was discussed for three days, when the fol-\\nlowing resolution was adopted\\ni?eso/ref/, That this committee recommend to the\\nLegislature of this State to remain firm in the princi-\\nples on which the State of Vermont first assumed\\ngovernment; and to hold the articles of union which\\nconnect each part of the State with the other invio-\\nlate.\\nTliey then afHrmed for the information of Con-\\ngress that they would not submit the question of\\ntheir independence to the arbitrament of any power\\nwhatever; but that they were willing, at present,\\nto. refer the question of their jurisdictional bound-\\nary to commissioners mutually chosen and when\\nthe State should be admitted into the American\\nUnion they would submit any such disputes to\\nCongress. They elected nine commissioners on", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0841.jp2"}, "759": {"fulltext": "70\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntlu-ii- ]):irt to meet with siiiiilar cdmniissioners from\\nNew Hainpshii-e and New York.\\nA long and, at time.*, bitter controversy fol-\\nlowed, with but little prospect of a settlement of\\nthe difficulties. Finally, Governor Chittenden\\nwrote a long and confidential lettei dated Decem-\\nber 14, 1781, to General Washington, giving a full\\nhistory of the troubles and the causes of them. On\\nJanuary 1, 1782, General Washington rejjlied at\\nlength, which had the etiect to bring about a full\\nand final settlement, and the admission of Ver-\\nmont into the Federal Union, substantially on the\\nbasis of the resolution of Congress above quoted.\\nThe following is copied i-rrbatim from Provincial\\nand State Papers of New Hampshire, vol. x. page\\n483.\\nPETITION OF SUNDRY INHABITANTS OF CLARE-\\nMONT, PRAYING FOE SPEEDY RELIEF FROM DIF-\\nFICULTIES OF VERMONT INTERFERENCE.\\nTo the Honorable General Assembly or Committee of\\nSafety for the State of Neiv Hampshire\\nWe, the Inhabitants, as individuals, of the Town\\nof Claremout Laboring under great difficulties on ac-\\ncount of the pretended claim of Vermont, not\\nbeing able to Hold Town meetiugsunder New Hamp-\\nshire, we Humbly Eequest Directions how to proceed,\\nas we are threatened in person property, by their\\ntaxes and Laws, which we utterly refuse to sul)mit\\ntoo, they carry so high a hand that we must have\\nspeedy relief or must submit to their jurisdiction\\nwhich will be very grievous to your petitioners and\\ntherefore we Humbl} pray for a speedy answer. We\\nare short in words particulars as l^eing sensible\\nyou are in some measure knowing to our circum-\\nstances, we your petitioners iu Duty Bound shall\\never pray.\\nClaremout, Jan y 14, 1782.\\nElihu Everts\\nHenry Stevens\\nRoswell Stevens\\nReuben Petty\\nJosiah Rich\\nJohn Peck ens\\nW Strobridge\\nGideon Lewis\\nDavid Rich\\nJosiah Stevens\\nElihu Stevens\\nT. Sterne\\n.Jesse Matthews\\nThomas Jones\\nJoseph Ives\\nBartlitt Hinds\\nJohn West.\\nThe VeruKuit Legislature met at Bennington,\\nand on the 11th of February, 1 782, the business\\nrelating to the east and west union was brought up\\nfor consideration, and Governor Chittenden laid\\nbefore the House the letter of General Washiufftou\\no\\nand other papers relating to the subject. On the\\n19th the Governor and Council and House of Rep-\\nresentatives met in committee of the whole to take\\ninto consideration the resolution of Congress of the\\n20th of August and other matters relating to the\\nunion controversy.\\nWhile in committee of the whole a motion was\\nmade That the sense of the committee be taken\\nupon the following question, viz. Whether Con-\\ngress, in their resolutions of the 7th and 21st of\\nAugust last, in guaranteeing to the respective\\nStates of New York and New Hampshire all ter-\\nritory without certain limits therein expressed, has\\nnot eventually determined the boundaries of this\\nState?\\nAVhich ([Ucstion, being put, was carried iu the\\naffirmative. The committee of the whole reported\\nits doings to the House, which report, being read,\\nwas accepted and adopted, when on motion it was\\nthen resolved, That this House do judge the Ar-\\nticles of Union completely dissolved.\\nAnd thereupon it was Resolved, That the west\\nbank of the Connecticut River, and a line beginning\\nat the northwest corner of the Massachusetts State\\nfrom thence northward twenty miles east of Hudson s\\nRiver, as specified in the Resolutions of August last\\nshall be considered as the east and west boundaries of\\nthis State and th.at this Assembly do hereby relin-\\nquish all claims and demand to and right of jurisdic-\\ntion in and over any and every district of territory\\nwithout said boundary lines and that authenticated\\ncopies of this Resolution be forthwith officially trans-\\nmitted to Congress and the States of New Hampshire\\nand New York respectively.\\nThus by the act of the Vermont Assembly the\\nunions east and west were dissolved, under circum-\\nstances and in such a manner as to preclude the\\nprospect of their being again renewed.\\nThere were some in Clarenu)ut who were\\nchagrined at the turn matters had taken in Ver-", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0842.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n71\\nmont, and the Tories were ever ready to play upon\\nany emergency which gave the least indication of\\ndiscord and disunion among the Whigs. Four\\ndifferent times in 1782 the first March 12th, and\\nthe last July 1st, did the people meet before the\\nhusiness usually transacted at the annual meeting\\nin March was fully accomplished. The last meet-\\ning was held in ye barn of Msrs. Thomas and\\nTimothy Dustin in said town after being legally\\nwarned. Elihu Stevens, Esq., was chosen mod-\\nerator. Here it was Voted to look into ye state\\nof ye treasury.\\nIn 1784, by the treaty of peace with Great\\nBi itain, the Tories were allowed the privilege of\\nreturning to this country to collect their debts and\\ndispose of their property. This was a favor valua-\\nl)le to many in Claremout, who had left in the be-\\nginning of the war and had kept themselves alooi\\nor out of public view during its continuance.\\nJohn Brooks, l)cfore spoken of, returned early this\\nyear, lor the jiurpose above named. But he found\\nno friends among his former acquaintances. In-\\nsults and ridicule were heaped upon him whenever\\nhe went abroad. Disappointed, humbled and, it\\nmay be, vexed at this reception, he disposed of his\\nettects and quickly left town.\\nAt the annual town-meeting this year Captain\\nBenjamin Sumner was chosen to represent the\\ntown in General Assembly to be held at Concord,\\non the first Wednesday in June following. At a\\ntown-meeting held August 9, 1784, it was voted to\\nappoint a committee to treat with Captain Oliver\\nAshley to know of him whether he has fulfilled\\nthe demands of the State upon him for soldiers,\\nand likewise to desire him to make out the pa}\\nroll for the sudden alarm to guard the Frontier in\\nthe late war.\\nAt a town-meeting held in December, 1785, it\\nwas voted to give the Rev. Augustine Hihbaid a\\ndismission from his church, and recommendation\\nas a gospel minister. Also that all his estate,\\nl)oth real and personal that he now po.?.se.\u00c2\u00abses be\\nfreed from all taxes during his residence in Clare\\nmont.\\nThe Baptist Society was first formed in this\\ntown during this year, but there was no stated\\npreaching until the following year, when Rev.\\nJohn Feckins was ordained. The formation of\\nthis new religious .society increa.sed the l)itterness\\nof feeling against the ministerial tax system. The\\nmembers of the new society firmly but calmlv re-\\nfused to conform to this requirement of the law,\\npleading that they were of a different denomina-\\ntion. It was therefore deemed advisable to strike\\nthem from the grand list, and a vote was passed at\\na town-meeting that those people that call them-\\nselves Baptists pay no more rates to the Congrega-\\ntional order for the fewter.\\nAt a town-meeting held in August, 17 S0, it was\\nvoted that we lay our claims for our private ex-\\npenditures in the late war on special claims in-\\ncluding our Vermont services. The town also\\nvoted that the State make a bank of paper cur-\\nrency. A committee of five was also chcsen to\\ngive instructions to Sanford Kingsbury, Esq., the\\nRepresentative to the General Court, how and in\\nwhat manner s d money shall be made to answer\\nthe public best and also in what manner s d\\nmoney shall be drawn out of the treasury to\\nanswer the most valualde purposes. These steps\\nwere in accordance with a plan proposed by the\\nGeneral Court Committee for emitting a paper\\ncurrency. It would seem that there was not per-\\nfect unanimity in regard to this plan, for on the\\n21st day of November a town-meeting was held in\\nwhich the question was again tried and settled in\\nfavor of the plan, eighteen voting for and five\\nagainst it. At this period the general govern-\\nment, as well as the States, wa.s deeply involved in\\ndebt. Silver and gold, which had been exten-\\nsively circulated during the last years of the war,\\nwere now returning by the usual course of trade\\nto those countries whence large quantities of nec-\\nessarv and unnecessarv commodities had been im-\\nported.\\nThe country was entirely drained of specie, and\\nCongress then possessing no power to lay imposts,\\nthere was no check to this universal flow from the\\npublic treasury. To remedy existing evils, taxa-\\ntions upon polls and estates were resorted to, and", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0843.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "72\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthus almost insupportable burdens were thrown\\nupon the husbandman and the laborer.\\nHence arose a clamor tlirougliout the State for\\nthe establishment of a paper currency. In every\\ntown was a party in favor of this measure. It\\nwas insisted that through this method life would\\nbe imparted to commerce and encouragement to\\nagriculture, that the poor would thereby be pro-\\nvided with means for the payment of their debts\\nand taxes, and finally that it would work as an\\neffectual check to the operations of speculators avd\\nmonopolists.\\nIn conformity with a resolution of the New\\nHampshire Legislature, passed March 3, 178(i,\\ncalling upon the selectmen of the several towns,\\ndistricts and parishes in this State to make a\\nreturn of all the inhabitants within this State, on\\nor before the second Wednesday of June next,\\nviz. the whole number of white and other free\\ncitizens inhabitants of every age, sex and condi-\\ntion, including those bound to servitude for a term\\nof years and also in a separate column, or class\\nall other persons not comprehended in the foregoing\\ndescription, except Indians not paying taxes. The\\nfollowing was the return from Claremont\\nMales 4S7\\nFemales 427\\nSlaves 3\\nNot inhabitants transient persons now\\nresiding in said town.\\nMales 23\\nFemales 2.5\\nTotal 0(!5\\nTo still the clamor and ascertain the real sense\\nof the people upon this .subject, the (leneral As-\\nsembly, in session at Exeter, September 13, 1786,\\nformed a plan for the emission of fifty thousand\\npounds, to be loaned at fotir per cent, on land se-\\ncurities, and this to be a tender in payment of\\ntaxes, and for the fees and salaries of public offi-\\ncers. The plan was sent to the several towns, and\\nthe people were requested to give their opinions in\\ntown-meeting for and against it, and to make re-\\nturn of the votes to the Assembly at its next ses-\\nsion. The plan did not meet with public appro-\\nbation, a majority of the people having voted against\\nit. The uneasiness grew to disturl)ance and riot,\\neven so fiir that a band of men, armed with swords\\nand muskets, attempted to intimidate the Legisla-\\nture during its session at Exeter. A few of the\\nringleaders were seized, the mob dispersed, and the\\npeople gradually settled down with the conclusion\\nthat industry in developing the resources of the\\ncountry would soon aflfijrd adequate relief from\\npresent embarrassments and insure prosperity and\\n|)ermanent wealth.\\nIn 1787 the difficulties respecting the location\\nof the Congregational meeting house were still\\nunsettled. The town voted this year to hold public\\nworship in the school-house that stands a few rods\\nsouth of Atkins Bridge. This is now. and fi)r\\nmany years has been, known as the Upper Bridge.\\nAbout this time Josiah Stevens, fi;ither of Josiah,\\nAlvah and Paran Stevens, commenced trade in a\\nlittle shed or temporary out-building, near where\\nthe Keyes house, now owned by Henry C. Noyes,\\nstands. Young Stevens came to town with his\\nfather, Elihu Stevens, Esq., in 1775. He com-\\nmenced business with a very small stock of sucli\\ngoods as he thought would be most needed by the\\nsettlers, and increased his stock from time to time\\nto meet the requirements of his customers. The\\nbringing of the first hogshead of molasses and chest\\nof tea into town was the occasion of wonder and\\nexcitement throughout the neighborhood, and some\\nof the more prudent settlers, as tradition has it,\\ndeclared that it was a piece of foolish extrava-\\ngance that would certainly come to no good. But\\nthe new merchant still kejit on meeting with a\\nmoderate degree of success. In a few years, the\\ntide of business having shifted, Mr. Stevens moved\\nhis small store building across Sugar River on tlic\\nice, ami located it near the Atkins Bridge, on the\\nsite now occupied by George N. Farwell s large\\nbrick block. Mr. Stevens built up a large busi-\\nness, and in many ways contributed to the growtli\\nand pros|)erity of the towu, and for many years\\nwas the leading merchant of this vicinity.\\nThis year the town voted to raise 80 pounds for", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0844.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n73\\nthe repair of highways, and to allow 3 shillings per\\ndiem to able-bodied men, 18 pence per diem for a\\nyoke of oxen, 8 pence for a plow, and 8 pence for\\na cart.\\nSauford Kingsljury was a prominent citizen of\\nClaremont, and in 1789 was a member of the Ex-\\necutive Council, of the State Senate in 1790 and\\n1791, and of the convention to revise the Consti-\\ntution in 1791 and 1792.\\nFrom the Town Papers of New Hampshire\\nwe copy the following petition for the incorporation\\nof the Episcopal Society, verbatim\\nTo the honorable the Senate and House of Rep-\\nresentatives in General Court convened Humbly\\nshew\\nBenjamin Sumner Ebenezer Rice Members\\nof the Protestant Episcopal Church in Chiremont in\\nthe County of Cheshire that said Church has laboured\\nunder many and great inconveniences for want of an\\nincorporation, they therefore pray yimr hdnors to in-\\ncorporate said society by law and make them a body\\npolitic capable of receiving and holding property both\\nreal and personal and to have enjoy all the privi-\\nleges and immunities belonging to a corporate body,\\nand as in duty bound will ever pray\\nClaremont December 26th, 1793.\\nBenj. Sumnee, in behalf o;\\nEbenezer Rice, f the Church.\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nIn the House of Representatives Jany 21 1794.\\nUpon reading and considering the foregoing peti-\\ntion the report of a Committee thereon, Voted that\\nthe prayer thereof be granted and that the Petitioners\\nhave leave to bring in a Bill accordingly.\\nSent up for Concurrence.\\nNathl. Peabody, Speaker.\\nIn Senate the same Day Read and Concurred.\\nNathl. Parker, Z e/jy. Seni/.\\nIn 1790 a complete census of the State was made\\nby towns, and the following is the return from\\nClaremont, as appears by the Town Papers of\\nNew Hampshire:\\nMales above 16 years of age 348\\nMales under 10 j ears of age 391\\nFemales 692\\nOther free persons 2\\nSlaves 2\\nTotal 1435\\nIn 1783 the whole number of ratable polls in\\nClaremont was 163. In 1885 the whole number\\nof voters on the check-list in town was 1250.\\nThe steady but gradual growth of the town will\\nbe seen from the census of population each decade\\nsince 1775, when it was 523. In 1790, it was\\n1435; in 1800,1889; in 1810, 2,094; in 1820,\\n2,290 in 1830, 2,526 in 1840, 3,217 in 1850,\\n3,606 in 1860, 4,026 in 1870, 4,053 in 1880,\\n4,704.\\nWATER-POWER AND MANUFACTURES.\\nOne of the great advantages and sources oi\\nwealth of Claremont is its superior water-power,\\nderived mainly from Sugar River. This river is\\nthe outlet of Sunapee Lake, which is nine and a\\nhalf miles long and from half a mile to two and a\\nhalf miles wide, and is eight hundred and twenty\\nfeet above Connecticut River, into which it empties\\nin the town of Claremont. Sugar River is about\\neighteen miles long from its source to its mouth.\\nIt passes through the towns of Sunapee, Newport\\nand Claremont. It is fed by what is called South\\nBranch, which has its source in Lempster, Unity\\nand Goshen the North Branch, coming from\\nSpringfield, Grantham and Croydon, both of which\\nit receives in the town of Newport after passing\\nthe village of that town and other smaller streams\\nalong its course. But the river is chiefly supplied\\nwith water from Sunapee Lake, especially in dry\\ntimes. The Sunapee Dam Company was incorpor-\\nated by the New Hampshire Legislature, Decem-\\nber 4, 1820. This company is composed of mill-\\nowners in Claremont, Newport and Sunapee, who\\nderive their motive-power from Sugar River.\\nAmong the rights granted by the Legislature was\\nthe right to sink the outlet of Sunapee Lake at\\nthe sjurce of Sugar River to the depth of ten feet\\nbelow the low-water mark of said Lake, and to\\nerect and maintain a dam there, with suitable gates\\nand flumes, to the height of said low-water mark,\\nfor the benefit of the mills and mill privileges.\\nFor many years Sugar River has furnished the\\npower for a very large nundjer of mills, represent-\\ning very many different industries in the towns\\nthrough which it runs, and, at the present time, is", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0845.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "74\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe principal source of their \u00e2\u0096\u00a0wealth. Upon this\\nwater-power they depend for their future growth\\nand prosperity. As above stated, the fall of this\\nriver is eight hundred and twenty feet. In the\\ntown of Claremont it falls three hundred feet or\\nmore, and there are thirteen excellent mill privi-\\nleges on these falls. Upon many of these privileges\\nare mills upon both sides of the river, thus afford-\\ning opportunity to utilize the whole power. It is\\nestimated that each foot of fall is capable of turn-\\ning one thousand spindles. There is a fall of two\\nhundred and twenty-three feet in these thirteen\\nprivileges. The Sunapee Dam Company was duly\\norganized immediately after the charter was\\ngranted, and suitable dam and other appliances\\nwere erected for the purpose of holding the water\\nof Sunapee Lake in reserve for use at times of low\\nwater in the river, by mills along its course. This\\ncorporation has been kept up and the dam and\\nother appliances erected have been maintained and\\nimproved from time to time. Whenever the lands\\nabout the lake have been flowed, cr other damage\\naccrued from the erection of this dam, those in-\\njured have been compensated by the company,\\nand in not a few instances the right to flow has\\nbeen purchased. Without this great natural res-\\nervoir and the right to use it, granted by the Leg-\\nislature, neither Claremont, Newport or Sunapee\\ncould have reached their present condition of\\nwealth and consequent importance.\\nAlthough this company has the right to draw\\nthe lake down ten feet below low-water mark, it\\nhas never been drawn to anything like that extent.\\nThe capital stock in mill property in Claremont is\\n$685,000. The annual product from the different\\nmills and manufacturing establishments is $1,2.56,-\\n000. The number of hands employed males,\\nfemales and children -is 912, and the annual pay-\\nrolls amount to $275,000. Since 1820, when the\\nSunapee Dam Company was incorporated, the\\nmanufacturing business of Claremont, dependent\\nupon water-power, with a few pauses and lapses,\\nhas gradually, but steadily, grown to its present\\nproportions. The first real, earnest start in man\\nufacturing business did not occur until 1832.\\nIn 1879 the venerable Simeon Ide, who for many\\nyears from 1834 was prominently identified with\\nthe manufacturing interests of Claremont, pre-\\njjared and published a little book, entitled, The\\nIndustries of Claremont, New Hampshire, Past\\nand Present, containing many valuable statistics,\\nand but for him, probably, would not have been\\npreserved for the benefit of present and future\\ngenerations of such as are interested in the history\\nof the growth of the town. From this publica-\\ntion we gather many facts, it being the most relia-\\nble known source of information upon the subject\\nembraced in it.\\nMr. Ide says, speaking of the water-power\\nFrom the statistics I have at hand, it would seem\\nthere was comparatively but very little use made of\\nit previous to the year 1833-34. There was then at\\nthe upper fell. No. 1, a grist-mill on the south side of\\nthe river; on the third fall. No. 3, south side, a\\nwool-carding and fulling-mill, carried on by Wood-\\nman Elmer, and a furnace by Roswell Elmer\\nand on the north side a small hand-making paper-\\nmill, having two 120 lb. pulp-engines, and other\\nnecessary appliances of that day, in proportion, for\\nmaking paper, owned and operated by Fiske Blake,\\nsuccessors of the first paper-maker in Cheshire\\nCounty, Colonel Josiah Stevens. On Fall No. 4 was\\na seven-feet dam, and till the 1st of January, 1833,\\nonly water enough was drawn from it to move\\nTimothy Eastman s bark-grinding machine. The\\nClaremont Manufacturing Company s stove-fac-\\ntory, on the south side, had recently been put in\\norder to receive its machinery. On the fifth fall, east\\nside of the river, was the Tyler saw and grist-mill;\\non the west side, a wool-carding, spinning, weaving and\\ncloth-dressing factory. On the sixth fall, west side,\\nFarwell s cotton-factory, with Billings machine-shop\\nin the basement or L, first put in operation in\\n1831; and on the west side, in the gully, a small\\nslate-sawing and planing-mill, operated by Curtis\\nStoddard. On Falls Nos. 7, 8 and 9, in 1832, not even\\na dam had been built, so far as I can learn.\\nFollowing the above order in a more minute\\nhistorical descriptive view of the several present and\\nformer mill-sites in the village proper of Claremont\\nthe earliest date at which I find there had been any\\nuse made of that at Fall No. 1, norihside of the river,\\nwas about the year 1800, when Stephen Dexter erected", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0846.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "CLAREMOxNT.\\n75\\na small building there, and he and his brother,\\nColonel David Dexter, carried on in it a scythe-making\\nconcern till about 1824. They also owned grist, saw\\nand oil-mills, located on and near where the Monad-\\nnock Mills Company s saw-mill now stands, which were\\nrun by water drawn from a low dam then standing\\nabout midway between Dams Nos. 1 and 2. On the\\ndecease of Colonel Dexter, in 1830, his son-in-law,\\nMoses Wheeler, in 1831, succeeded the Messrs. Dexter\\nin the several branches of business above stated, ex-\\ncept the scythe-factory, as sole proprietor, and carried\\nthem on for several years.\\nIn 1837-38 a two-story brick building took the\\nsite of the old Dexter scythe-shop, and was owned\\nand occupied by the Claremont Carriage Company\\ntwo or three years. Hard times finally put a stop to\\nthis company s operations, and soon afterwards their\\nIniildings were destroyed by fire. Paran Stevens,\\nTimothy Eastman, Moses Wheeler, A. J. Tenney,\\nT. J. Harris (agent), were of the company. In 1843-\\n44 the present three-story brick building was erected.\\nIt stood empty a few years, when John Fiske put into\\nit cotton machinery run it two or three years then\\na Mr. Cozens bought the property, continued business\\nbut a short time, when the Monadnock Mills Company\\nbought and continued its use as a cotton-mill until\\n1863, and then substituted the woolen for the old\\ncotton machinery. This is the only factory on the\\nnorth .side of the river operated by power from Fall\\nNo. 1.\\nOn the south side, in olden time, Colonel Josiah\\nStevens, it is said, built a one-story wooden building at\\nthe south end of the upper bridge, and put it into\\nm.achinery for making paper. This must have been,\\naccording to Mr. Ide, prior to 1810. The building\\nwas burned about 1812, and the present two-story\\nwood structure erected there, which, in 1831, was\\nowned and occupied by David W. Dexter as a grist-\\nmill. It was afterward used for various purposes, and\\nis now the repair-shop of the Monadnock Mills Com-\\npany.\\nMonadnock Mills Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This company\\nwas organized and commenced business in 1844.\\nAccording to Mr. Ide, in 1831, Dr. Leonard Jar-\\nvis obtained a charter from the Kew Hamp.shire\\nLegislature for a manufacturing company in Clare-\\nmont, called the Upper Falls Company. This\\ncompany expended about twenty-five thousand\\ndollars in the purchase of land, water-power, the\\nerection of a large four-story factory building,\\ntenement-houses, etc. They liad only put up the\\nwalls, put on the roof and put in the windows and\\ndoors of the factory building, when their capital\\nwas exhausted. Then followed several years of\\ndiscouraging times for all kinds of business, and\\nthese expensive buildings were unoccupied and\\nwere, of course, going to decay until 1843, when\\nthe whole property was sold to Messrs. Parker,\\nWilder Co., of Boston, who organized the\\nMonadnock jVIills Company, put cotton nachinery\\ninto the mill and commenced business in 1844.\\nHenry Russell was agent and general manager for\\nthis company about two years he was succeeded\\nby Jonas Livingston, who filled the place for\\nseventeen years, when he resigned, and was suc-\\nceeded by Daniel W. Johnson, the present agent.\\nThis company has had a general prosperity from\\nits first organization, subject, of course, to fluctu-\\nations in trade, with other similar establishments.\\nIts business facilities have been very greatly ex-\\ntended by the purchase of water-power and land,\\nthe erection of new buildings and making improve-\\nments from year to year to meet the requirements\\nof the times, until it is now the largest manufac-\\nturing establishment in this part of the State. It\\nmanufactures cotton-goods, sheetings from a yard\\nto three yards wide, and Marseilles quilts. An\\nextensive bleachery was added to the establishment\\nin 1875. In addition to their own, they bleach\\nlarge quantities of goods sent here from other\\nStates. This mill produces annually 2,255,500\\nyards of cotton cloth, from one to three yards wide,\\nninety-four thousand Marseilles quilts, employs\\nfive hundred hands, and its average pay-roll is ten\\nthousand dollars per month.\\nThe Sullivan Machine Company. This\\ncompany occupies the water-power from Fall No. 3,\\nthirteen feet, which was formerly owned by Ros-\\nwell Elmer, who carried on a small iron-foundry,\\nmaking castings for plows, stoves, potash kettles,\\netc. Mr. Elmer was succeeded by George W.\\nEmerson, in a similar kind of business up to 1850,\\nwhen he built a machine-shop, now a part of one", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0847.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "76\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof the buildings occupied by the present company.\\nIn 1851, D. A. Clay Co., consisting of D. A.\\nClay and James P. Upham, leased the machine-\\nshop and started a general machine business. Sub-\\nsequently James P. Upham purchased the water-\\npower and real estate, including the foundry of\\nMr. Emerson, made extensive additions to the\\nbuildings and facilities for doing business, which\\nwas continued for a few years by D. A. Clay\\nCo. In 1868 the Sullivan Machine Company,\\nwith a capital of two hundred thousand dollars,\\nwas organized, and purchased this property, J. P.\\nUpham (president), R. W. Love (tre^urer), and\\nAlbert Ball (superintendent). These gentlemen\\nowned most of the stock of the company. Mr.\\nLove subsequently sold his interest to Charles B.\\nRice, who took Mr. Love s place as treasurer, and\\nsuch is the organization at the present time (1885).\\nThis is an extensive and important establishment\\nits buildings occupying an area of three or four\\nacres. They manufacture a great variety of ma-\\nchinery and machine tools. They manufacture the\\nDiamond drill, extensively used for quarrying\\nmarble and other stone, and take contracts for\\nquarrying. They also manufacture the Tyler and\\nWitmore turbine water-wheels, water-wheel regu-\\nlators, shafting, gearing, pulleys, and all kinds of\\nmill irons, paj)er roving-cans, flexible cop-tubes,\\nand do mill iron repairing. They generally give\\nemployment to about seventy-five men, most of\\nthem first-class skilled workmen.\\nThe Claremont Maxufacturing Company.\\nThis company s factory building, are located at\\nFall No. 4, twelve feet. Authorized capital, one\\nhundred thousand dollars. It was chartered by the\\nNew Hampshire Legislature in 1832, and was\\nthe first company for manufacturing purposes\\norganized by citizens of Claremont, and has been\\nin continuous operation since its organization.\\nIts factory buildings and tenement-houses were\\nerected in 1832 and 1833. The walls of the\\nfactory buildings and a large two-story tenement-\\nhouse are of stone, quarried within a few rods of\\ntheir location. The original largest stockholders\\nand most active managers of this company were\\nAustin Tyler, Dr. Timothy Gleason, William Ros-\\nsiter and Timothy Eastman. They purchased\\nabout fifteen acres of land on the south side of the\\nriver. The business originally contemplated by\\nthis company was the manufacture of cotton and\\nwoolen goods, and printing and writing-papers,\\nand about the 1st of January, 1833, they\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0were prepared, with the requisite machinery and\\nother appliances, to commence the manufacture of\\nsatinets and printing and writing-papers. In De-\\ncember, 1834, Simeon Ide, then a bookseller, printer\\nand publisher of a weekly paper at Windsor, Vt.\\nsold to the Claremont Manufacturing Company\\nhis entire stock of books and the printing establish-\\nment, taking his pay in the stock of the company\\nand came to Claremont and took the agency and\\ngeneral management of the concern, which he\\ncontinued until 1858, and was succeeded by his\\nbrother-in-law, Edward L. Goddard. Mr. Ide\\nsold his stock to his two sons, George G. and\\nLemuel N. Ide. Mr. Goddard continued iis agent\\nuntil 1867, when George G. Ide succeeded to the\\nplace, and continued in it until his death, in 1883,\\nand he was succeeded by his brother, Lemuel N.\\nIde, who has since occupied the position of agent\\nand manager. To make room for presses and\\nother printing apparatus, the satinet machinery\\nwas sold to the Sullivan Manufacturing Company,\\nan outgrowth of this company, then just started,\\nat the lower fall. No. 8. After Mr. Simeon Ide took\\nthe management of the Claremont Manufacturing\\nCompany s affairs, its business was the manufacture\\nof books, making the paper and doing the printing\\nand binding. This business was continued until\\n1880, when the paper-mill building was destroyed\\nby fire, since which it has not been rebuilt, but\\nthe printing and book-binding has been continued.\\nFor many years from fifty to eighty hands were\\nemploj ed in this establishment, but of late years\\nthe number has been considerably less.\\nSl gar River Mills Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The mills of\\nthis company are at Fall No. 5, on the east side of\\nthe river.\\nFrom the LTpper Bridge, or from Fall No. 1,\\nSugar River runs nearly due west, but, between", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0848.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n77\\nthe Claremont Manufacturing Company s privi-\\nlege and the next one below it, the river turns and\\nruns nearly due south hence the reader will un-\\nderstand why a part of the privileges named are\\nsaid to be on the south and a part on the north\\nside of the river, and so of those named as being\\non its north and west side. This Fall No. 5 has\\nbeen known for several generations as the old\\nTyler Mills privilege. Benjamin Tyler, before\\nreierred to, one of the first settlers of the town,\\nonce owned all the water-power from Fall No. 1 to\\nNo. 9, both inclusive. He erected the first grist\\nand saw-mills in town, at the west part, in 17G(J,\\nand the old Tyler Mills on this privilege in\\n178.5. He gave the latter to his son Ephraim on\\nhis coming of age, who continued to own them un-\\ntil 1836, when a company, consisting of three gen-\\ntlemen of Keene and three of Claremont, bought\\nthe mills and mill-yard and appurtenances with\\nthe intention of removing the buildings, which\\nwere very old and dilapidated, and putting in\\ntheir place suitable buildings for a first-class calico-\\nprinting establishment. In the spring of 1837 they\\ncommenced their preparations for building, but\\nbefore they had proceeded far the financial panic\\nstruck the country, and the project was abandoned,\\nnever to be resumed. The old nulls remained\\nstanding, and were rented to Mr. Tyler, their for-\\nmer owner, and, by his administrator, to Lewis W.\\nRandall and others until 1854, when the property\\nwas purchased by E. W. Sanborn, of Boston, and\\nAbner Stowell, Aaron Dutton, Edward Brown and\\nGeorge Hart, of this town. In 1855 they erected\\nthe large three-story brick building for a grist-\\nmill, and the saw-mill adjoining, now standing and\\nin active operation. They put into the grist-mill\\neight run of stone, four flou ring-bolts, and, to pro-\\npel them, eleven Tyler turbine water-wheels. The\\nwork was done under the superintendence of John\\nTyler, then of West Lebanon, but now of this\\ntown, patentee and manufacturer of the Tyler tur-\\nbine water-wheel. This mill was designed for cus\\ntom grinding and to manufacture flour from West-\\nern wheat, and it was said to be capable of making\\nten thousand barrels of flour per annum. These\\nmills have been leased to various parties since\\nthey were built. The saw-mill is now leased and\\nrun by Messrs. Freeman, O Neil Tilden, and the\\ngrist-mill is being run by its owners.\\nThe Sugar River Paper-Mill Company.\\nThis company (cajjital stock, one hundred thousand\\ndollars), owned mostly by citizens of Claremont,\\nerected mills on Fall No. 6, twenty- two feet, east side\\nof Sugar River, for the manufacture of print-paper,\\nand commenced business in 1868. Since then some\\nof the surplus earnings of the company have been\\nustd for extending their works and adding modern\\nimprovements. It is now one of the most com-\\nplete establishments of its kind in New Hamp-\\nshire, and is capable of producing eight tons of\\nexcellent print-paper per day. This mill is now\\n(June, 1885), filling a contract for four of five hun-\\ndred tons of paper for J. C. Ayer Co., of Lowell,\\nMass. They have had this contract for several\\nyears. The paper made by this mill is of such ex-\\ncellent quality that it finds a ready market. John\\nTyler, before referred to, is a large stockholder,\\nsuperintended the erection of the mill, and is pres-\\nident of the company John L. Farwell, trea.surer;\\nJohn T. Emerson, agent. These gentlemen have\\noccupied their positions since the organization of\\nthe company. This company has recently jiur-\\nchased of Reuben Shtpardson what has been\\nknown as the Lafayette privilege, on the Gully\\non the west side of the river, and have tunneled\\nthrough the rock of the island, formed by the main\\nstream and this Gully, two hundred and four\\nfeet, the tunnel being six feet square, taking the\\nwater that runs in the gully into their j)ond, thus\\ngetting the use of all the water that runs in the\\nriver. The Lafayette privilege had the right to\\ntake from the river, above the dam on privilege\\nNo. 6 and down this gully, one-half the water of\\nthe river, and return it to the main stream below\\nthe paper-mill dam. By this arrangement this\\ncompany obviate, to a considerable extent, the use\\nof steam to supplement their water-power.\\nThe Emerson-Heyward Privilege. On Fall\\nNo. 7, south side the river has taken another\\nturn and runs westerly about 1842, George W.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0849.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "78\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUxXTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nEmerson put up a one-story brick building, carried\\non the furnace business a few years, when it passed\\ninto the hands of Simeon Heyward, who did some\\nfurnace work, made horse and hand-rakes and va-\\nrious other farm implements. The building was\\ndestroyed by fire in 1866, and the dam connected\\nwith it by flood soon afterward, since which no use\\nhas been made of this privilege.\\nThe Sullivan Manufacturing Company.\\nThis company s drills are located on Fall No. 8,\\nsouth side of the river. It was chartered about\\n1833 for manufacturing woolen goods, and its\\nbuildings erected the next year. The machinery,\\nas before stated, was taken from the Claremont\\nManufacturing Company s mill, and they com-\\nmenced the manufacture of satinets In 1836 Or-\\nmond Dutton, of Keene, was appointed agent of\\nthe company, and continued as such about three\\nyears. During the hard times, from 1836 to 1840,\\ngoods did not sell readily a large stock was accu-\\nmulated, which was sold for less than it cost to\\nproduce it, and the mill was closed. Its capital,\\nfifty thousand dollars, was exhausted, and the com-\\npany settled with its creditors in the best way\\nit could. In 1844 Thomas Sanford and William\\nRossiter got possession of the real estate and some\\nof the machinery, and manufactured satinets and\\ncassimeres until 1857, when the entire property was\\npurchased by George L. Balcom, who has manufac-\\ntured woolen goods there ever since. During the\\nlate war Mr. Balcom was very successful, and one\\nyear, under the United States internal revenue\\nlaw, he paid the largest income tax of any man in\\nNew Hampshire.\\nThe Old Knife-Factory Privilege. This\\nprivilege is on the north side of the river, on Fall\\nNo. 8. The large three-story wooden building on\\nthis privilege was erected in 1836-37, by Dr.\\nJohn S. Spaulding, but for what purpose it was to\\nbe used is not known. It stood empty, its inside\\nbut partially finished, until 1853, when Thomas\\nSanford, William Rossiter and some other gentle-\\nmen formed a company and manufactured table\\ncutlery there for about five years, without pecuni-\\nary advantage to those engaged in the enterprise,\\nand the business was abandoned Next, in 1866,\\nthe Claremont Linen Company put in ma-\\nchinery for making linen toweling from the raw\\nmaterial, by a new process, but this was not a\\nsuccess, and, after two or three years of experi-\\nment, this business was closed up, and the mill\\nwas unused until 1877, when Herbert Bailey, of\\nEnfield, this State, bought the property and en-\\nlarged, repaired, fitted the buildings and put in\\nmachinery for manufacturing knit-goods, employ-\\ning about forty hands and turning out goods to\\nthe amount of one hundred thousand dollars\\nannually. Mr. Bailey has made this property\\ninto a fine establishment.\\nThe Lower Falls Company. In 1836 this\\ncompany, composed of gentlemen from out of\\ntown, bought a small farm of Jonathan Read,\\nlocated below Fall No. 8, with the design of mak-\\ning a ninth fall of about twelve feet, by taking\\nthe water from the river by a canal. The canal\\nwas dug, a good foundation for a large factory\\nbuilding put in and building materials got upon\\nthe ground, when, in view of the threatened hard\\ntimes for manufacturers, the enterprise stopped,\\nthe building materials were disposed of, and the\\nninth privilege has never been utilized.\\nThe Lafayette Privilege. Going up the\\nriver, on the west side, the next privilege is at\\nFall No. 7, on the Gully. In 1828 Arad\\nTaylor bought this privilege of Bill Barnes. In\\n1836 the property was put on the market in\\nthirty-two shares, of one hundred dollars each,\\nwhich were soon taken, but it was not improved\\nuntil 1844, when Chester Dunkley bought most of\\nthe shares and erected upon the privilege a two-\\nstory wood building, which was used for various\\npurposes until 1866, when Reuben Shepardson\\nbought it, made extensive improvements, used it\\nfor various manufacturing purposes until the fall\\nof 1884, when he sold it to the Sugar River Paper-\\nMill Company, as before stated.\\nThe Old Meacham Factory was on Fall No.\\n5, opposite the Tyler Mills, and this factory is said\\nto have been the first one built in Sullivan\\nCounty for the manufacture of woolen goods. It", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0850.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n79\\nwas built in 1813, by Asa Meacham. It was a\\ntwo-story wood building, and was occupied suc-\\ncessively by Asa Meacham, Asa Meacham, Jr.\\nWoodman Rockwell, Wilson Earl, and\\nWilliam Earl, all of whom manufactured woolen\\ngoods, until the spring of 1854, when the main\\nbuilding was destroyed by fire. The following\\nyear Simeon Ide bought the property a dry-shop\\nand store-house escaped the fire the first he fitted\\nup with water-power and rented it for various\\nmechanical purposes, while he converted the other\\ninto a dwelling-house to rent. In 1859 Mr. Ide\\nerected, on the site of the old factory building, a\\nround brick structure, two stories high, and fitted\\nit up with machinery, printing-presses, etc., for the\\nmaking of books on contract fur city publishers.\\nThe breaking out of the war in 1861, and other\\nunforeseen events, operated against this enterprise,\\nand the building was rented for different mechan-\\nical purposes. It was purchased by Reuben\\nShepardson in 1883. What was the dry-shop was\\npurchased by Ira Proctor and occupied by him as\\na sash, blind and door-shop until about 1873,\\nwhen it was destroyed by fire.\\nFreeman O Neill Manufactory. In\\n1874 Messrs. Charles N. Freemen and David W.\\nO Neill purchased the site of the Ira Proctor\\nshop and erected upon it extensive wooden build-\\nings, and fitted them up with the most approved\\nmachinery and other appliances at an expense of\\nabout ten thousand dollars, for the manufacture of\\nstair-builders supplies, of black walnut and other\\nexpensive woods, and telegraph pins and brackets\\nof oak. They did a large and prosperous business,\\nemploying about forty hands, and marketing their\\nproducts in almost every part of the country, until\\nDecember 23, 1882, when their main building,\\nvaluable machinery, stock of foreign and domestic\\nwoods, manufactured goods, etc., were destroyed by\\nfire. The loss was twenty-five thousand dollars\\ninsurance, twelve thousand dollars. They im-\\nmediately commenced the erection of new build-\\nings, which were completed and ready for occu-\\npancy in August, 1883. Byron T. Tilden was\\ntaken into the firm soon after. They employ\\nabout seventy men, and do a business of one\\nhundred and twenty-five thousand dollars per\\nannum. The style of the firm is Freeman, O Neill\\nTilden.\\nThe Home Mill. The three-.story brick\\nbuilding now standing at Fall No. 4, north side of\\nthe river, was erected by the Claremout Mauu-\\nfaciuring Company in 1836, with the intention of\\nusing it for making fine writing-papers. The\\ntimes did not favor the completion of the project,\\nand the building was only so far finished as to\\nprotect the walls with roof and windows, until\\n1849, when a few of the stockholders of the Clare-\\nmont Manufacturing Company bought it, together\\nwith one-half of the water-power, fitted it up with\\nmachinery for manufacturing cotton cloth, and\\nsold the whole to George D. Dutton, of Boston.\\nIn 1852 Mr. Dutton sold a part interest to Arnold\\nBriggs, a practical cotton manufacturer, of Woon-\\nsocket, R. I., and under the firm style of Arnold\\nBriggs Co. The business of manufacturing\\ncotton goods was carried on until 1875, when, by\\nreason of there being but a limited demand for the\\ngoods made by this firm, the business was stopped.\\nIn 1876 Mr. Briggs died, subsequent to which the\\ninterest of Mr. Briggs estate in the mill was pur-\\nchased by Pierce, Harding Co of Boston, who\\nran it but a few months. In 1883, Messrs. May-\\nnard and Washburn, gentlemen from Massachu-\\nsetts, bought the property, repaired the buildings,\\nput in machinery for the purpose and have since\\nbeen manufacturing shoes there.\\nThe Eastman Tannery. In 1811, Timothy\\nEastman established a tannery on Fall No. 4, north\\nside of the river, continued the business there un-\\ntil his death, in 1859, and was succeeded by his\\nson, Charles H. Eastman. In 1870 the old build-\\nings were burned and new and larger ones were\\nerected on the site. Charles H. Eastman con-\\ntinued the business until his death, in 1879, since\\nwhich the property has been unused. The real\\nestate is now owned by Lyman Barnes.\\nAt Fall No. 1, north side of the river is the saw\\nmill of the Monadnock Mills Company, and what", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0851.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": "80\\nHISTOliY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwas known as the Suuapee Mill, on the site of\\nthe Claremont Carriage Company s works, before\\nreferred to, which is now owned and operated\\nas a cotton-mill, by the Monadnock Mills Com-\\npany.\\nBetween Fall No. 9 and the confluence of Sugar\\nRiver with the Connecticut it is claimed that the\\nformer river falls about one hundred eet. On the\\nnorth side of Sugar River, a mile or so below Fall\\nNo. 9, in 1852, Henry Russell and Dr. F. T.\\nKidder built a dam twenty feet high, erected a\\nlarge one-story brick mill, put into it machinery\\nfor the purpose, and manufactured carpets there\\nfor a few months, wlieu the business ceased and\\ndam and buildings have disappeared.\\nAt West Claremont, Sugar River furnishes ex-\\ncellent water-power. The fall there is about nine-\\nteen feet. On the south side of the river, at this\\nfall, about 1813, Dr. Leonard Jarvis erected a two-\\nstory wood building, and in it manufactured\\nbroadcloth for about fifteen years. After his\\ndeath, which occurred in 1848, this property\\npassed into the hands of his son, Russell Jarvis,\\nwho is its present owner. The broadcloth-factory\\nwas converted into a paper-mill more than twenty-\\nfive years ago it has been operated by the Clare-\\nmont Manufacturing Company, N. Whitney, J.\\nPeirce Co., and is now run by its owner, making\\nhanging and some other kinds of papez On the\\nsame side of the river, and on the same privilege,\\nRussell Jarvis has a saw mill and a grist-mill, now\\noperated by H. W. Frost.\\nThe Farrington Paper-Mill. On the same\\nprivilege, and drawing water from the same pond,\\nbut on the north side of the river, is a large, well-\\nappointed paper-mill, owned and operated by the\\nS. T. Coy Paper Company. This mill has been\\nbuilt within the last two years, on the site occupied\\nfifty years ago, more or less, by Leonard and\\nHiram Gilmore, brothers, for a blacksmith-forge\\nand triphammer shop, where they made axes and\\nother edge-tools, carried on a general blacksmith-\\ning business and made heavy mill-irons for many\\nyears. Subsequently on this same spot was a\\npaper-mill where straw wrapping-paper was made.\\nowned and operated successively by Daniel F.\\nMaynard and John S. Farrington.\\nCoLo fEL Benjamin Tyler s Smelting and\\nIron- Working Establishment. Simeon Ide is\\nauthority for the statement that soon after build-\\ning his grist mill, in 176fi, as before noted. Colonel\\nBenjamin Tyler put a dam across the river, a few\\nrods where the Sullivan Railroad Company s\\nHigh Bridge now stands, and built a small\\nshop in which he had a forge, a trip-hammer and\\nother tools for manufacturing mill irons and other\\nheavy articles, from iron ore, which (I am told by\\none of his grandsons) he drew from a lot of\\nground just below the sc-called Dry Saw-Mill,\\ntwo or three miles north of Charlcstown Street.\\nHere he did a large and lucrative business for\\ntwenty years or more, employing (my said in-\\nformant says), a great part of the time, some\\ntwenty or thirty hands. He died in 1814, aged\\neighty-one.\\nIn 1800 Colonel Tyler put in operation, at or\\nnear the site of the Jarvis paper-mill, what\\nwas known as the Flax-Mill in those days,\\nthe use of which was to prepare flax for the\\nold hand spinning-wheel.\\nbanks.\\nThe Claremont Bank, capital, $fiO,000,\\nwas in operation as early as 182(i. The date\\nof its charter is not known to the writer. Geo.\\nB. Upham was president James H. Bingham,\\ncashier directors, Gjo. B. Uphara, John Tap-\\npan, Samuel Fiske, Leonard Jarvis, David Dex-\\nter, Phiueas Haiiderson, Godfrey Stephens.\\nAbout 1842 Erastus Glidden became cashier.\\nHis business was wound up between 1844 and\\n1846. The officers at that time were George B.\\nUpham, president Erastus Glidden, cashier\\nDirectors, George B. Upham, George N. Farwell,\\nAmbrose Cossit, William H. Farwell, John W.\\nTappan, Nicholas Farwell, Samuel Glidden.\\nClaremont Bank, chartered and organized\\nin 184S. Ambrose Cossit, president Uriel\\nDean, cashier Directors Nicholas Farwell, Am-\\nbrose Cossit, Issac F. Weshorbe, William Ros-", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0852.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n81\\nsiter, George N. Farwell, Worchester Jones,\\nThomas Sanford. In April, 1851, Mr. Dean\\nresigned and George N. Farwell was elected\\ncashier in this place, and in March, 1853,\\nhis son, John L. Farwell, was elected assistant\\ncashier. In March, 1856, Mr. Farwell resigned\\nand John L Farwell was elected cashier.\\nOn November 22, 1864, the organization was\\nchanged to the Claremont National Bank, under\\nthe laws of the United States. George N. Far-\\nwell, president John L. Farwell, cashier; Di-\\nrectors, George N. Farwell, Thomas Sanford,\\nNathaniel Tolles, Aureliiis Dickinson, Lewis Perry,\\nJotham G. Alkls, Charles H. Eastman. Present\\ncapital, 8150,000. In October, 1881, provision\\nWius made for a vice-president, and John L.\\nFarwell was elected to that jxisition, and his\\nS(m, George N. Farwell (2d), was elected cash-\\nier.\\nNicholas Farwell, who was a director in\\nthe old bank, was the father of George N.,\\ngrandfather of John L., and great-grandfather\\nof George N. Farwell 2d. It will thus be\\nnoticed that four generations of the Farwell\\nfamily have been successfully and prominently\\nconnected with the financial history of Clare-\\nmont and that at the present time the un-\\nusual record is made of three generations occupy-\\ning official positions in the Claremont National\\nBank, viz. George N. Farwell, president his\\nson, John L. Farwell, vice-president, and his\\ngrandson, George N. Farwell (2d), Cashier.\\nSullivan Savings Institution was chartered\\nby the New Hampshire Legislature in 1838;\\norganized in 1847, and commenced business in\\n1848. President, Ambrose Cossit Treasurer,\\nGeorge N. Farwell. After the institution was\\norganized and well started in business, Mr. Far-\\nwell resigned and Samuel C Bailey was elected\\ntreasurer in his place. January 7th, 1882, Mr.\\nCossit resigned the presidency, and Timothy East-\\nman was elected president, and George N. Far-\\nw^ell was again chosen treasurer. On January\\n2d, 1856, John L. Farwell was elected trea.surer.\\nAt that time the deposits amounted to $134,265.24.\\nJanuary 5th, 1859, Albro Blodgett was elected\\npresident, in place of Timothy Eastman, deceased.\\nJannary 2d, 1861, Albro Blodgett resigned and\\nJonas Livingston was chosen in his i)lace. Mr.\\nBlodgett was re-elected January 4th, 1865. Dan-\\niel W. Johnson was elected president January\\n5th, 1870. February 7th, 1874, Mr. Farwell\\nresigned the treasurership, and Albert Rossiter\\nwas elected in his place. December 27th, 1882,\\nMr. Rossiter resigned, and John L. Farwell was\\nre-elected.\\nAt the last annual meeting, January 7, 1885,\\nthe report of the treasurer showed Deposits, $1,-\\n116,932.91 surplus, $10,065.64 guaranty fund,\\n$60,000. The whole number of depositors was\\n2852.\\nThese banks were originally located on Broad\\nStreet, on the site of the present residence of\\nGeo. L. Balcom. In 1853 they were removed to\\nthe north end of Farwell s Block, Tremont Square.\\nIn 1870 these corporations united in erecting the\\nbuilding now occupied by them at a cost of $28.-\\n000. This was constructed with esi)eeial reference\\nto the needs of the banks, and they took posses-\\nsion in 1877.\\nECCLESIASTICAL.\\nCongregational Chuech. \u00e2\u0080\u0094As has been stated\\nthe first denomination to have stated i)reaching\\nand to settle a minister in Claremont was the\\nCongregational, and the inhabitants of this faith\\nwere by far the most uuttierous when the town was\\nfirst settled. Rev. George Wheatou was ordained\\nand settled here Februar}- 19, 1772; died\\nJune 24, 1773. Rev. Augustine Hibbard was\\nsettled October 19, 1774; dismissed December 28,\\n1785.\\nThe most reliable account we have of the first\\nmeeting-house is, that a building to be used as a\\nCongregational meeting-house was erected near\\nwhat is known as the Harvey Draper place, on the\\nroad to the Junction, in 1785 that in 1790 it was\\ntaken down and removed in pieces to the location\\nof the present town-house, and there put together\\nagain, and the next year was finished inside. In\\n1808 the east tower and the front, or circular por-", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0853.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "82\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntion were added. From that time until 1835, when\\nthe new Congregational Church, on Pleasant Street,\\nAvas erected, this building was used both as a church\\nand town-house. After that date its use for a\\nchurch was abandoned.\\nThere was no settled pastor from the time of ISIr.\\nHibbard s dismission until March 9, 1796, when\\nJohn Tappan was ordained. He was dismissed iu\\n1802. He was excommunicated from the church\\nthe following year, entered mercantile life, and\\nremained in town until his death. For about two\\nyears, from August, 1803, Rev. Elijah Brainerd\\nwas acting pastor. Under him the church was re-\\norganized by the adoption of more explicit articles\\nof Faith and Covenant, and Rules of Discipline.\\nThe members of the church were enrolled for the\\nfirst time, so far as appears, in 1 804. The names\\nof sixteen male meuil)er8 and of twenty female\\nmembers are recorded at that time.\\nRev. Stephen Farley was installed December 24,\\n180G. His pastorate closed April 4, 1819. The\\nChurch Manual, published in 1879, says:\\nThe first marked revival occurred in 1816 as a\\nresult fifty-four were added to the church on pro-\\nfession of faith in that year. This work of grace,\\nhowever, brought no peace. The pastor s attitude iu\\nrelation to it was not satisfactory to those most active\\nin promoting it, and he seems not to have enjoyed the\\nconfidence of the new converts. The result was\\ndivisions in the church and a painful want of har-\\nmony between tlie church and the society, the latter\\nsympathizing strongly with the pastor. During the\\nyears 1819 and 1820 no new members were received.\\nNot long after his dismission Mr. Farley became\\nopenly a Unitarian.\\nThe Claremont Congregational Society was\\nformed February 20, 1806, and held its first meet-\\ning June 9th of that year. Up to this time parish\\nmeetings were called by the selectmen of the\\ntown, and the records kept by the town clerk.\\nThe Congregational Society of Claremont was\\nincorporated June 20, 1815.\\nThe society took the lead in calling the next\\npastor, Rev. Jonathan Nye. He received and accepted\\nthe society s call in the autumn of 1820. But it was\\nnot until the May following that the church was pre-\\nvailed upon to accept him, and then not without\\nmany misgivings. He was installed June 6, 1821,\\nnot, however, to enjoy a quiet ministry. Those were\\nday of discipline in more than a single sense, of which\\nthe aged speak with sorrow. The misgivings of the\\nchurch proved too well founded. Mr. Nye was dis-\\nmissed in 1828.\\nTradition has it that after Mr. Nye was dis-\\nmissed from his pastorate, charges were preferred\\nagainst him as an unworthy member of the church,\\nand he submitted to a trial of considerable length.\\nThe charges seemed to have been substantiated by\\nproof, and Mr. Nye was called upon for auy\\nanswer which he might have to make. He arose,\\nand in a very cool and respectful manner said, in\\nsubstance, that he had listened very attentively\\nto the proceedings, and while doing so it had oc-\\ncurred to him that if he was to be turned out of\\nthe church, it might be necessary for him to join\\nfirst. The fact was that he had never been\\nadmitted as a member of the Congregational\\nChurch.\\nDifficulty arose again iu the choice of a new\\nminister. In a meeting of the society forty-two\\nvotes were cast in favor of calling Mr. Moses\\nThomas, a Unitarian, and but forty-four against.\\nMr. Elijah Paine was finally called by the church\\nwith the concurrence of the society, and ordained\\nApril 1st, 1829. His ministry was marked by\\nearnest, evangelical preaching, and eighty were\\nadded to the church on profession of faith in\\n1830 and 1831. Strong ground was taken in the\\ncause of temperance. It was voted iu 1833,\\nThat this Church admit no more members to\\nher Commuuiou as regular members, unless they\\nfirst sign a pledge to abstain from all use of ardent\\nspirits as a beverage. Mr. Paine was dismissed\\nNov. 14th, 1833.\\nRev. Tertius D. Southworth was installed June\\n18th, 1834. A Mr. Burchard was laboring as\\na revivalist at this period with neighboring\\nchurches, and Mr. Southworth was opposed to\\nhis methods, and was thought to have hastened\\nthe termination of his pastorate, which occurred\\nJuly 31st, 1838.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0854.jp2"}, "772": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n83\\nRev. Robert F. Lawrence was installed January\\n16tli, 1839. His labors seemed to be crowned\\nwith success, and more than forty were added to\\nthe cluireh in that year. In 1842, in union\\nmeetings, the entire town was moved, and forty-\\none were added to this church. Another revival\\noccurred in 1853.\\nIn 1840 twenty- eight members of the church,\\nmany of whom were thought to be good Christians,\\nwere suspended from church privileges, on ac-\\ncount of their having subscribed to a Covenant\\nof Christians, who, irrespective of religious denomi-\\nnations, decide on cultivating unitedly holiness of\\nheart and a millenial spirit. Some were sub-\\nsequently restored, but thirteen were finally ex-\\ncommunicated September 15th, 1841. ^Ir. Law-\\nrence s ministry continued until January 24th,\\n1863, twenty-four years.\\nRev. Edward W. Clark was installed February\\n25th, 1864, and on account of failing health was\\ndismissed June lOtb.lsyo. The following year\\nthe meeting-house was remodeled inside, and\\nnewly fui nished. Rev. Levi Rodgers was or-\\ndained and installed pastor October 19th, 1871.\\nMr. Rodgers resigned April 10th, and was dis-\\nmissed May 5th, 1880. Rev. A. J. McGown was\\ncalled April 19th, 1881 installed pastor Novem-\\nber 10th, 1881 resigned on account of the death\\nof his wife, September 24th, 1882 dismissed\\nOctober 24th, 1882.\\nRev. Frank P. Tompkins was called to the\\npastorate December 26th, 1881, and was installed\\nJune 19th, 1883, since which he has labored with\\nthis church.\\nEpiscopal Church. On the 28th of April,\\n1769, a memorial of the inhabitants of Clare-\\nmnnt, addressed to the Reverend Clergy of\\nthe Church of England and Missionaries of\\nthe venerable S. P. G. F. P., to be con-\\nvened at New Milford, in the Colony of Con-\\nnecticut in Trinity week, and signed by Abel\\nBachehir, Her. Rice, Micah Potter, Cornelius\\nBrooks, Benjamin Tyler, Ebeuezer Price, Daniel\\nWarner, Levi Warner, Asa Leet, Benjamin\\nBrooks, Benjamin Brooks, Jr., and Benjamin\\nRice, it was represented that\\nThe land here is exceedingly bui dened with tim-\\nber, which renders the cultivation of it very laborious.\\nHowever, the little wo have brought under cultivation\\nis abundantly fruitful, so that (God willing) most of\\nthe necessaries of life will be plentiful. That some\\nof us have numerous families of small children fit\\nfor schooling. The number of children under 16\\nyears of age is 35. There are about two families of\\ndissenters to one of ours. AVe are grieved at the\\nthought of having them brought up in ignorance,\\nand dread their becoming a prey to enthusiasts and\\nbeing carried away by every wind of doctrine. We\\nbelieve a good school lays the foundation for a sober,\\ngodly and righteous life; and since Samuel Cole,\\nEsq., has been much employed in keeping school and\\nis an inhabitant and proprietor among us (wliose\\ncharacter and qualifications some of you know well),\\nwe humbly desire you would be jileased to represent\\nour state to the venerable Society, and endeavor that\\nhe may be appointed Catechist and Schoolmaster\\namong us a few years till we have got over the first\\ndifficulties and liardships of a wild, uncultivated\\ncountry.\\nDuring the two years preceding the date of this\\nmemorial the [lopulation had largely increased.\\nThe accessions were mainly Congregationalists,\\nand that continued to be the rule in after-vears.\\nThe first minister of the Episcopal Church, who is\\nknown to have officiated here, was the Rev. Sam-\\nuel Peters, of Hebron, Conn. He was a mission-\\nary of the Society fin- the Propagation of the Gos-\\npel, and, several years subsequently, was chosen\\nBishop of the Diocese of Vermont, though never\\nconsecrated. As early as 1768 he made an exten-\\nsive missionary tour through Vermont, and, in the\\nfall of 1770, be visited the towns along the Con-\\nnecticut River, both in New Hampshire and Ver-\\nmont. Of the latter journey he gave the follow-\\ning account\\nUpon the 10th of September I left Hebron, taking\\nmy clerk with me. We arrived among the poor im-\\nmigrants upon the 16th of .said month. The hank of\\nthe west side of the river is in the government of\\nNew York, lately taken from New Hanqishire gov-\\nernment a territory now suflicient for two large", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0855.jp2"}, "773": {"fulltext": "84\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncounties, viz.: Cuiuberland and Gloucester; tlie latter\\nhaving only one independent teacher (poor enough),\\nthe former without any kind of a teacher. Yet in both\\ncounties are several thousand souls, who live without\\nthe means of grace, destitute of knowledge, laden\\ndown with ignorance and covered with poverty. On\\nthe east side of the river are many settlements begun\\nwhose inhabitants much resemble their neighbors in\\nevery uncomfortable property. Among these people\\nI spent four weeks, traveling from place to place,\\npreaching and baptizing, the people being careful to\\nattend divine service, many waiting for a clergyman\\nto reside among them, viz.: in the towns of Clare-\\nmont, Strafford, Thetford, Moretown, Windsor, Orford,\\nHaverhill, and being so nigh one another that one\\nclergyman might accommodate the whole.\\nThere is no meution iu this narrative of hi.s\\nhaving organized tlie church in Claremont at that\\ntime. In an article iu the Churchman s Marjazine,\\nof August, 1805, it is stated that this church\\nwas organized by the Rev. Samuel Peters, in or\\nabout the year 1771, and in the documentary\\nhistory of the church in Vermont, it is positively\\nasserted that iu 1771 he was ou missionary duty\\niu the western part of New Hampshire and organ-\\nized the church in Claremont.\\nThe first record of a parish or vestry-meeting\\niu this town is as follows\\nNovember, 1773. Being the first Vestry-meeting\\nholden after the Rev. Ranna Cossit returned from\\nEngland with Holy orders, at which Samuel Cole,\\nEsq., was appointed clerk Captain Benjamin Brooks\\nand Lieutenant Benjamin Tyler were chosen war-\\ndens Daniel Warner, Asa Leet and Ebenezer Rice\\nwere chosen vestrymen.\\nThe late Rev. Isaac G. Hubbard, D.D., then\\nrector of Trinity luirch, Claremont, in an histor-\\nical address, delivered at Uniou Church, West\\nClaremont, ou the occasion of the centenary of\\nthe Protestant Episcojial Church iu Claromout,\\nSeptember 27, 1871, and from which address\\nnuicli of our data is derived, said\\nThe discouragements and privations attending\\nthe position of a missionary over such an outpost in\\nthe wilderness may readily be conceived. They\\nmust have been great enough in periods of ordinary\\nquietness, for his ])eople were struggling, with small\\nresources, under the necessity of lifting oif, before\\nthey could mark the ground from which to derive\\ntheir support, the burden of a dense forest, the growth\\nof centuries. They had, also, first to pay their rate\\nor tax, as did all the people of the town, for the sup-\\nport of the Congregational order.\\nMr. Cossit said\\nDr. Hubbard was surrounded by constantly in-\\ncreasing numbers who were hostile to their taith and\\nworship, which he was commissioned to uphold and\\ndefend. And, as for support for himself and family\\n(to say nothing of the lu.xuries with which ministers,\\nin those days, were in no danger of being pampered),\\nhe might pray for his daily bread, but, so far as human\\neye could see or human help appeared, the prospect\\nwas very dismal. We find, in the records, no men-\\ntion, at the time of his settlement, of any salary be-\\nyond the sum of thirty pounds sterling .allowed him\\nas missionary by the venerable society. But in 1777,\\nat the Easter meeting, it was agreed by the Vestry to\\ngive the Rev. Ranna Cossit thirty pounds lawful\\nmoney for preaching the last year. This proved too\\nheavy a burden, and in 1778 they agreed to give Mr.\\nCossit fifteen pounds for the year ensuing.\\nIu January, 1781, they agreed with the Rev.\\nllanna Cossit to give him thirty ]iounds for a year\\nending at Christmas, allowing him four Sundays\\nto visit vacant churches. And the Rev. Rauna\\nCossit agrees to throw by all other business and\\napply himself to the work of the ministry. This\\n|)robably continued to be his salary until he left.\\nThe support, however, proved inadequate, with\\nthe utmost economy, to protect him from the galling\\nbondage of debt. An anecdote is related of him,\\nwhich appears authentic, and which I give as show-\\ning the power of patient endurance to develop a\\nnoble magnanimity. He liad given his note to a\\nprominent man and landholder in the town, to an\\namount about equal to his yearly income. He had\\nalready paid some small instalments upon the note,\\ntogether with the interest, when, one day, his\\ncreditor called upon him and demanded the whole\\namount. Mr. Co.ssit replied that it was out of his\\npower to pay any portion of it immediately, but that\\nwhen his salary became due he would pay a definite\\nsum, which he named. This answer was not satis-\\nfactory the whole sum must be paid at the time", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0856.jp2"}, "774": {"fulltext": "CLAKEMONT.\\n85\\nmentioned. The minister replied that it would be\\nimpossible. He must reserve enough to buy bread\\nfor his family. Unless you promise to pay me Ae\u00c2\u00ab,\\nsaid the creditor, I shall sue you at once and take\\nall you have. You can do that, he answered. You\\ncan attach my furniture, my library and my horse;\\nyou can confine me in jail. But you will not obtain\\nnearly enough from my effects to satisfy your claims,\\nand you will put it out of my power, not only to sup-\\nport myself and those dependent upon me, but to re-\\ndeem my pledge to you, which, God being my helper,\\nshall certainly be fulfilled in a reasonable time.\\nBut the creditor clung to the pound of flesh, and, as\\nhe departed, he loudly proclaimed his intention to\\nbring an execution that very night. Seeing him\\ninexorable and blank ruin staring him in the face,\\nthe good man went to the door and called back the\\nhard usurer, and said, My friend, if you are deter-\\nmined to carry out this purpose you will need your\\nnote. When you were here to get the last payment\\nwhich is indorsed on it, you inadvertently left it on\\nmy table. I have kept it safely. Here it is, sir. It\\nis hardly necessary to say that the note was not sued,\\nand that the minister took his own time in which to\\npay it. But greater trials than these awaited both\\nminister and people.\\nWe can hardly estimate aright at this distant\\nday, and in the midst of circumstances so greatly\\nchanged, the position in which churchmen found\\nthemselves at the breaking out of the Revolutionary\\nWar. The period of religious toleration had not\\narrived, and the spirit of ancient contests, whicli had\\nraged for centuries in the old world and in a measure\\nspent their force, was here revived in all its intense\\nbigotry and malignity. It was not any fear of such\\nmen as Samuel Cole and Ranna Co.ssit, in a civil\\npoint of view, that led to their cruel persecution and\\nabuse. Doubtless, they were loyal to the government,\\nand most warmly attached to the Church of England.\\nBut they were peaceable, law-abiding men. There\\nwas no treachery or sedition in them. Their own\\nprinciples taught them to obey the powers that be.\\nWhile the great struggle was going on they could not\\nbe hired nor driven to take up arras against the\\nKing, neither would they take up arms, nor ])lot nor\\nconspire against the lives and happiness of their\\nfellow-citizens. They desired to remain quiet and\\nawait the deci.sion of Providence. And when that\\ndecision came, if it were adverse to their hopes, they\\nwould be as faithful and obedient to the new govern-\\nment as they had been to the old.\\nThe sjieaker is not attempting to defend their\\npolitical position. His own ancestors, though church-\\nmen, were on the other side. The blood of a Revolu-\\ntionary soldier flows in his veins, and he has been\\nnurtured from infancy on the bread of liberty. It\\nwas not incompatible with church principles to\\nespouse the cause of the Republic. When the civil\\npower was shaken, under which they had reposed in\\nsafety, when the Provincial Governor had fled to the\\nnorthern dominions of the Crown, then the storm\\nburst on their defenseless heads.\\nDr. Hubbard read two letters, the first from\\nColonel John Peteis to his brother, the Rev. Sam-\\nuel Peters, in London, and the other from the Rev.\\nRanna Cossit. Colonel Peters letter was dated\\nQuebec, July 20, 1778, and was as follows:\\nRev. Dr. Wheelock, President of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege, in New Hampshire, in conjunction with Deacon\\nBayley, Mr. Morey and Mr. Hurd, all justices of the\\npeace, put an end to the Church of England in this\\nState, so early as 1775. They seized me, Capt. Peters\\nand all the judges of Cumberland and Gloucester, the\\nRev. Mr. Cossit and Mr. Cole, and all the Church\\npeople for 200 miles up the river (Connecticut), and\\nconfined us in close goals, after beating and drawing\\nus through water and mud. Here we lay some time\\nand were to continue in prison until we abjured the\\nking and signed the league and covenant. Many died\\none of which was Capt. Peters son. We were re-\\nmoved from the goal and confined in private houses\\nat our own expense. Capt. Peters and myself were\\nguarded by twelve rebel soldiers, while sick in bed,\\nand we paid dearly for this honor and others fared in\\nlike manner. I soon recovered from my indisposi-\\ntion, and took the first opportunity and fled to Cana-\\nda, leaving Cossit, Cole, Peters, Willis, Porter, Sumner,\\nPaptin, etc., in close confinement, where they had mise-\\nry, insults and sickness enough. My flight was in 1776,\\nsince which my family arrived at Montreal, and in-\\nform me that many prisoners died; that Capt. Peters\\nhad been tried by court-martial and ordered to be\\nshot for refusing to lead his company against the\\nKing s troops. He was afterwards reprieved, but still\\nin goal, and that he was ruined both in health and\\nproperty that Cossit and Cole were alive when they\\ncame away, but were under confinement, and had", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0857.jp2"}, "775": {"fulltext": "86\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmore insults than any of the loyalists, because they\\nhail beeu servants of the Society, which, under pre-\\ntense (as the rebels say) of propagating religion, had\\npropagated loyalty, in opposition to the liberties of\\nAmerica.\\nMr. Cossit s letter to the secretary of the Society\\nfor tlie Prof)agation of the Gospel was as follows\\nNew York, June 6, 1779.\\nI arrived in this city last Sunday, by permission,\\nwith a flag, and am to return in a few days. I trust\\nthe Society cannot be unacquainted with the perse-\\ncutions the loyalists have endured in New England.\\nI have been by the committee confined as prisoner,\\nin the town of Claremont, ever since the 12th of\\nApril, 1775; yet God has preserved my life from the\\npeople. I have constantly kept up public service,\\nwithout any omissions, for the King and royal family,\\nand likewise made use of the prayer for the high\\ncourt of parliament, and the prayer to be used in\\ntime of war and tumults; have administered the\\nLord s Supper on every first Sunday in the month,\\nexcept two Sundays that we could not procure any\\nwine. The numbers of my parishioners and commu-\\nnicants in Claremont are increased, but I have been\\ncruelly distressed with fines for refusing entirely to\\nfight against the King. In sundry i laces where I\\nused to officiate, the church people are all dwindled\\naway. Some have fled to the King s array for protec-\\ntion S3Q1J were banisheJ and many died.\\nNotwithstanding these persecutions, many of the\\nmost prominent inhabitants of Claremont sought\\nthe society and communion of the Episcopal\\nChurch. Amongst these were Benjamin Sumner,\\nDaniel Dodge, John Marsh, John Marsh, Jr.,\\nJohn and Ichabod Hitchcock, James Steel, Bill\\nBarnes, Joseph Norton, Abner Cole, Asa Jones,\\nTimothy Grannis, AVilliam McCoy, Daniel Curtis,\\nAbuer Meiggs and Ambrose Cossit sixteen fam-\\nilies.\\nIn 1785 the Rev. Rauua Cossit left this church\\nand was appointed missiouary at Sidney, in the\\nIsland of Cape Breton, where he remained until\\nhis death, in 1815.\\nUnion Church was erected in 1773, two years\\nbefore the war.\\nIt was built according to a plan furnished by\\nGov. John Wentworth. The Master Carpenter was\\nIchabod Hitchcock. The Governor promised to fur-\\nnish the glass and nails when the work had reached\\na certain point. He also pledged them a good bell\\nand organ. But the state of the country compelled\\nhim to flee before his promise was fulfilled. It also\\ninterrupted the work of building. Only the frame\\nwas erected and the roof and outer boarding put on,\\nthe floor laid and some temporary arrangemeuta made\\nfor holding service in it in summer. And so it re-\\nmained until August, 1789, when, according to a pre-\\nvious vote, twenty-five pews were sold, in order to\\npurchase the nails and glass wherewith to finish it.\\nTlie frame of the church, constructed of the mighty\\nforest trees then abundant, is exceedingly heavy and\\npowerful, made of the strongest and best kinds of\\ntimber. It is said that on one occasion, in the early\\npart of the present century, a tornado swept over the\\ncountry while the people were assembled for divine\\nworship. Among them was a Mr. Dodge, who had\\nbeen employed as a carpenter when the frame was\\nraised. He was a very large and strong man and had\\na seat near the door. When the trees began to fall\\nabout the building, many were greatly alarmed, and\\nrushed for the door, where they found Mr. Dodge\\ndefending the passage, denying all egress, and with\\nhis brawny arm pushing back the crowd, saying I\\nknow this frame. No wind can demolish it. Your\\nonly safety lies in keeping beneath its shelter. I\\nmay as well mention here that the tower and belfry\\nwere added in the year 1800, and the whole church\\nwas re-covered, except the north side and part of the\\neast end, and the entire exterior was painted. A\\nbell weighing six hundred and eighty-two pounds Wi(s\\nprocured and hung in 1806, and an organ, whose\\nwhistling pipes were the wonder of our childhood,\\nwas subsequently placed in the gallery. In 1820 an\\naddition of twenty feet was made at the east end of\\nthe church, to accommodate the increased congrega-\\ntion. The original size of the church was fifty\\nfeet in length, and one hundred in width, with posts\\ntwenty feet high.\\nAfter the departure of the Rev. Mr. Cossit the\\nchurch continued vacant several years, but the ser-\\nvices were kept up by lay reading. Mr. Ebenezer\\nRice was chosen to keep the records, and also to read\\nprayers and sermons, witli liberty to call in what as-\\nsistance he should think proper.\\nIn 1784 the town voted to lay out four acres for", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0858.jp2"}, "776": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n87\\nthe use and benefit of the Episcopal Church, com-\\nmonly called the Church of England, for a church-\\nyard, including the ground on which the Church now\\nstands. In 1785 a service for the Holy Communion\\nwas ])rocured, of pewter, which continued to be used\\nuntil another of more valuable material was pre-\\nsented by Hon. S. Kingsbury and Mr. Dustin in 1822.\\nIn 1787 an agreement was made with Mr. Abraham\\nTowmlinson, a clergyman as I suppose, to read prayers\\nand preach for a term of seven months, from the 8th\\nof September to the next Easter.\\nJuly 14, 1785. It was voted to send letters to the\\nclergy of Connecticut for better satisfaction about\\ntheir connection with Bishop Seabury. October,\\n1785. Voted, to choose Mr. Bill Barnes to represent\\nthe Church of Claremont at the adjourned Conven-\\ntion to be holden at Boston on the 26th of October\\ninst. Voted to send our united thanks to the Conven-\\ntion for taking pains to send us their doings. Voted\\na concurrence with their progress. April 28, 1791.\\nVoted not to accede to the Constituti m formed at\\nBoston. Voted to adopt the doings or alterations of\\nthe Book of Common Prayer as proposed at Phila-\\ndelphia. In 1788 an arrangement was made with\\nthe Kev. Solomon Blakeslee to officiate as minister of\\nthe Church, on a salary of fifty-two pounds, with the\\nuse of the glebe, together with the rents then due\\nthereon.\\nMr. Blakeslee is represented as au eloquent\\npreacher, of easy address and exemplary conduct,\\npossessing an unusual faculty for attracting peojjle\\nto him and the church. Such was his influence\\nthat thirty families from the Congregational So-\\nciety conformed to the Episcopal Church in one\\nday. Mr. Blakeslee, at his own request, obtained\\na dismission in 1791, and removed to Ea.st Had-\\ndani. Conn.\\nIn the town records of 1796 are certificates of\\nthe following gentlemen, most of whom professed\\nto have united with the Episcopal Church, protest-\\ning against paying any more taxes for the sujsport\\nof the Rev. John Tappan, then minister of the\\nCongregational Society, viz.\\nElisha Shelden, Francis Chase, John Cotton, Peter\\nRussell, Benj. Swett, Walter Ainsworth, Matthias\\nStone, Jonathan Emerson, John Stone, Asa Duns-\\nmore, Samuel Atkins, Joseph Wilson, Abel Dustin,\\nJonathan Shaw, Jr., Nicholas Carey, Christopher\\nYork, Josiah Rich, Stephen Barber, Roger Philips\\nand Lemuel Dean.\\nIn the year 1794 this church was incorporated\\nby act of the New Hanipsliire Legislature, with\\ntlie name of Union Church. The records show\\ntiiat a parish meeting was warned for May 13,\\n1794, to take into consideration a proposition\\nmade to them by Congregational people to join\\nwith them in hiring Mr. Whiting to be the min-\\nister for both Congregationalists and Episcopa-\\nlians. Mr. Whiting was a Congregational min-\\nister. At the meeting referred to it was voted\\nthat they would join with the Congregational\\npeople, provided they could agree upon the\\nterms. Then it was voted to choose seven men\\nas a committee to meet the other committee.\\nChose Messrs. Bill Barnes, Ebenezer Rice, Am-\\nbrose Cossit, David Dodge, Sanford Kingsbury,\\nJohn W. Russell and Captain George Hubbard.\\nVoted, to authorize them to hire Mr. Whiting to\\nofficiate for s uch term as they should agree upon,\\nas a candidate for settlement over the whole town,\\non the following conditions, viz. 1st, That he re-\\nceive Episcopal ordination (as he had done Con-\\ngregational), and 2d, That he officiate alternately\\nat the church and at the meeting-house. That\\non these terms this society will agree that Mr.\\nWhiting be settled over the whole town, and that\\nthe town reap the benefit of the public lands be-\\nlonging to the church so long as he continues to be\\nour minister. The meeting was adjourned to the\\n20th of I\\\\Iay. It then met and heard the rejiort\\nof the committee, which was, in substance, that the\\nCongregational Society would not comply with the\\nterms.\\nThe Rev. Daniel Barber became rector of this\\nchurch in 1795, and continued here as such until\\n1818. He was a native of Symsbury, Conn., the\\nbirth-place of Bishop Griswold. ]Mr. Barber was\\nborn and educated a Congregationalist. He was\\nordained by Bishop Seabury at Middletown, Conn.,\\nOctober 29, 1786. He is reported to have been an\\neccentiic character, doing and saying many queer\\nthings, and quite wanting in dignity. It is due to", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0859.jp2"}, "777": {"fulltext": "88\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhim to say, however, that he kept the church to-\\ngether for many years, and that it increased very\\nconsiderably under his ministry,\\nThe rectorship of Mr. Barber ended disastrously\\nto himself. In 1817 his son, Virgil Barber, who\\nhad been already ordained both deacon and priest,\\njoined the Roman Catholic Church. Soon the\\nfather began to use what influence he had in favor\\nof that church, and to try to unsettle the minds of\\nthe jjeople. While Mr. Barber still remained rec-\\ntor but rumors having arisen respecting his de-\\nfection, and not a little dissatisfaction existing in\\nconsequence at a meeting called for this purpose\\nexpressly (September 29, 1818), it was Voted that\\nthe Rev. James B. Howe be hired to preach\\namong us for such time as he will agree to, not ex-\\nceeding one year. November 12, 1818, Voted to\\ndismiss the Rev. Daniel Barber from the rectorship\\nApril 19, 1819, called the Rev. James B. Howe to\\nthe rectorship, on a salary of seven hundred dollars.\\nMr. Barber remained here a few years and then\\nwent to Connecticut, and, finally, to Georgetown,\\nD. C, where his daughter-in-law and two grand-\\ndaughters were in a convent.\\nHis son, Virgil, came here as a Romish priest,\\nwith tlie evident design to proselyte and build the\\nchapel opposite this cluirch, with a school-room\\nabove, where he officiated on Sundays and taught the\\nsons of his father s former parishioners during the\\nweek, for a number of years, without fruit:* so far as\\nconversions to Romanism were concerned the only\\nfamily from this Church, I believe, that followed Mr.\\nBarber in his apostacy was that of Mr. Noah Tyler,\\nwhose wife was a sister of Mr. Barber. The son of\\nMr. Tyler, William, became a Roman Catholic Bishop,\\nand the daughter, Rosetta, the Lady Superior of a\\nnunnery. Sanford Spaulding, also, who had married\\nan Irishwoman, concluded to join his wife, and two\\nladies by the name of Alden wont to the Roman\\nCatholic Church.\\nThe Rev. James B. Howe, who succeeded Mr\\nBarber, was born in Dorchester, Mass. He had\\nbeen a successful classical teacher in Boston for some\\nyears previous to his ordination, which took place not\\nlong before his call to this parish. He was recom-\\nmended by the Rev. Dr. Eaton, the venerable and\\nexcellent Rector of Christ s Church, Boston. About\\nthe time he assumed the rectorship, a large, round\\nbrick building, erected by a sort of ecclesiastical union,\\nin which I believe Universalism was the predominant\\nelement, standing on the present site of Trinity\\nChurch, Claremont village, was purchased as a chapel\\nof Union Church, and therein, during the greater part\\nof Mr. Howe s ministry, services were held alter-\\nnately, one Sunday in this church, and the next in\\nTrinity Chapel. Mr. Howe was a man of very differ-\\nent quality from his predecessor. He was truly a\\ngentleman of the old school. Like Bishop Griswold,\\nhe continued to wear as long as he lived the long\\nstockings and short clothes of the olden time. He\\nwas open, frank, hearty, courteous, sincere, true to his\\nconvictions of duty, earnest in his religious feelings.\\nIn short, he was a man to win the confidence and\\naffection of his peojde. Until the unfortunate strife\\narose as to the rights and interests between the two\\n^arts of the pari.sh, in which, from his position and\\nresidence, he was necessarily involved, no parish was\\nmore united or more cordially attached to their Rec-\\ntor. There may have been individual exceptions,\\nbut they were rare. I believe that those who in the\\nheat of controversy were bitterly opposed to him, will\\nnow, when these feelings have subsided, be ready to\\nacknowledge his good qualities, his high-minded and\\nnoble Christian character. Very soon after he com-\\nmenced his ministry a large number of persons,\\nheaded by Colonel Josiah Stevens, a deacon in the\\nCongregational Society, joined this parish. I find the\\nuames of over forty men, mostly heads of families, re-\\nsiding in or near Claremont village, enrolled in 1819\\namong the voters in the parish meeting. The first\\nconfirmation during the rectorship, September 15,\\n1819, numbered forty-six. In 1824 this parish came\\ninto possession of a fund amounting to over five thou-\\nsand five liundred dollars, devised by will of Major\\nOliver Ashley, one of the original proprietors of the\\ntown. The income of this fund was given for the\\nsupport of a clergyman of this church. Thus this\\nchurch, with the Ashley fund and the income of\\nchurch lands, was provided with the means of abun-\\ndant self-support, amounting to more than eight\\nhundred dollars.\\nThere were local and other causes which finally\\nresulted in a division of the parish. Mr. Howe s\\nconnection with the controversy which preceded", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0860.jp2"}, "778": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n89\\nthe division was such that the last years of his rec-\\ntorehip was made very unpleasant fur liim and un-\\nprofitable for the church. He was dismissed\\nperemptorily by the majority, who sympathized\\nwith the western portion of the parish, because they\\nsupposed him to sympathize wholly with the vil-\\nlage portion, and, after a hearing before the stand-\\ning committee of the diocese, he was advised, on\\ncertain conditions, to resign. A new parish was\\nformed in the village, and the Rev. H. S. Smith\\nwas called as assistant to the rector of Union\\nChurch Parish, and began his services there after\\nEaster in 1838, officiating alternately there and in\\nTrinity Church, Cornish, and so continued four\\nyears. After the resignation of ]Mr. Howe, Mr.\\nSmith was elected rector of Union Church, which\\nhe held twenty-eight years, ending in 1871. He\\nresigned on account of his age.\\nTrinity Church. The subject of a division of\\nUnion Parish, and establishment of a church at\\nthe village having been agitated for some time,\\nat a special meeting at Union Church, August 26,\\n184.3, it was Voted that the Wardens are hereby\\nauthorized and directed in the name of Union\\nChurch, to convey by assignment of lease or other-\\nwise, all the right, title and interest of Union\\nChurch, and all privileges and appurtenances\\nthereof, to Trinity Church in Claremont, in pur-\\nsuance of an article in the warrant.\\nOn September 20, 1843, the parish of Trinity\\nCliurcli, Claremont, was duly organized. Thirty-\\nseven gentlemen, at that time, signed the Articles\\nof Association others signed at later dates. Sep-\\ntember 30th, of the same year, having adopted a\\ncode of bylaws, the parish proceeded to elect the\\nfollowing officers James P. Brewer being clerk;\\nCharles M. Bingham and Lewis Perry, wardens\\nPhilander C. Freeman, James M. Gates, Josiah\\nRichards, David W. Dexter and Charles Mitchell,\\nvestrymen John W. Tappan, treasurer; Thomas\\nLeland, delegate to the Special Convention of the\\nDiocese, at Concord, October 4, 1843. It was\\nthen cited, That the Wardens of this Church\\nprocure if they think practicable, from Union\\nChurch, a conveyance of Trinity Chapel and the\\nland and all the appurtenances belonging to the\\nsame, to Trinity Church. April 8, 1844, P. C.\\nFreeman was appointed by the parish meeting an\\nagent to attend to the transfer of Trinity Chapel,\\nto the society of Trinity Church, from the mem-\\nbers of Union Church, Claremont, N. H. The\\ntransfer was made prior to June 26, 1844.\\nAccording to the History of the Eastern Dio-\\ncese, Trinity Church was received into union\\nwith the Diocese of New Hampshire, at the Spe-\\ncial Convention at Concord, October 4, 1843, and\\nit.s delegate took part in the election of the Rev.\\nCarlton Chase, D.D., Bishop.\\nThe Rev. Eleazer A. Greenleaf officiated at\\nTrinity Church from November, 1843, to Easter,\\n1844. On December 30, 1843, at a special\\nmeeting of the parish of Trinity Church, the fol-\\nlowing resolution was offered by Thoniiis Leland,\\nEsq and was unanimously adopted\\nResolced, As the sense of this Society, that the\\nWardens and Vestiy of this parish be instructed to\\ninvite the Rev. Carlton Chase, D.D., to become Rec-\\ntor of said parish, and to make such contract for his\\nsalary as they may think for tlie best interest of the\\nSociety. And, in case he accepts of such a call, to\\nmake all other arrangements proper for raising means\\nfor his salary, and for his institution as Rector.\\nDr. Chase accepted the rectorship of Trinity\\nChurch, and entered on its duty at Easter, 1844.\\nHis salary from the parisli was five hundred dollars.\\nAt the annual convention in June, 1844, he re-\\nported sixty families, three baptisms and eighty-\\nfour communicants.\\nThe old Trinity Chapel, after having been used\\nfor the church service thirty-four years, was taken\\ndown in the early part of 1852. The corner-stone\\nof the present edifice, on the same site, was laid on\\nJune 16, 1852, by Bishop Chase, assisted by the\\nRev. Henry S. Smith, rector of Union Church,\\nClaremont, and the Rev. Marcellus A. Herrick,\\nrector of St. James Church, Woodstock, Vt.\\nUnder the corner-stone the following-named\\narticles were deposited:\\n1. Printed copies of the journals of the Diocese\\nof New Hampshire from 1843 to 1851, inclusive.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0861.jp2"}, "779": {"fulltext": "90\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n2. A list of the communicants of Trinity Church\\nfrom its organization in September, 1843, to June,\\n1852 the whole number being one hundred and\\nseventy two.\\n3. One number each of three religious newspapers\\npublished severally on or near the 12th of June, 1852,\\nto wit: The Churchman, The Christian ]Vifness and\\nAdvocate and The Calendar.\\n4. One number each of the newspapers published\\nin Claremont village the National Eagle and the\\nNorthern Advocate.\\n5. A declaration, of which the following is a copy:\\nI, Carlton Chase, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of\\nNew Hampshire, in the fifty-ninth year of my age,\\nand in the eighth year of my episcopate Millard\\nFillmore being President of the United States, and\\nNoah Martin being Governor of New Hampshire\\nthis sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord,\\none thousand eight hundred and fifty-two,\\nLAY THIS CORNER-STONE OF\\nTRINITY CHURCH,\\nand with my own hand make this deposite.\\n6. A schedule of donations from churches and in-\\ndividuals abroad, to aid in the erection of Trinity\\nChurch.\\n7. An account of the organization of the parish,\\nwith a list of officers for the year 1852. Also, the\\nnames of the architects, Messrs. Wills Dudley,\\nof the city of New York; of the builders, Messrs.\\nWashburn Nichols, of Albany, N. Y.; of the\\nBuilding Committee, Messrs. Charles M. Bingham,\\nLewis Perry, Charles F. Long and Alvah Stevens.\\n8. A paper coataiaing the names of subscribers\\nand donors to the Building Fund, and stating gener-\\nally the terms of the contract for erection.\\nt\\nThe chancel window was the gift of All Saints\\nChurch, New York. The cost of this church edi-\\nfice was about seven thousand dollars. Additions\\nand alterations since made have added consider-\\nably to that sum. It was duly consecrated by\\nBishop Chase, in the presence of the Convention\\nof the Diocese, May 25, 1853.\\nBishop Chase resigned the rectorship of this\\nchurch June 1st, 1868, as follows:\\nDiocese of New Hampshire.\\nTo the Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church.\\nDear Brethren Proceedings in the late Conven-\\ntion, by which the Diocese assures my full support,\\nand solicits for itself my undivided cares and labors,\\nmake it my duty to resign the Rectorship of your\\nChurch. This I beg leave now to do. And in doing\\nit, I assure you. Brethren, that my connection of\\nnineteen years with Trinity Church has afforded me\\ninnumerable occasions of happy and grateful remem-\\nbrance. As your Bishop I shall still be in your\\nservice, and shall be most happy at all times to do\\nwhat I can for Trinity Church.\\nWith much affection and respect,\\nYours in most holy bonds,\\nCarlton Chase.\\nAt an adjourned meeting of the raembei s of\\nTrinity C hureh corporation, June 22, 1863, it was\\nVoted that the ^Vardens and Vestry be author-\\nized to tender the Rev. John M. Peck, of Warren,\\nR. 1., an invitation to officiate in this church as\\nPastor one year for the consideration of 800 Dol-\\nlars as Salary. Mr. Peck accepted this invitation,\\nand entered on his duties August 2, 1863. Subse-\\nquently his salary was increased to one thousand\\ndollars and the use of the rectory. He resigned\\nin June, 1867. Mr. Peck reported to the con-\\nvention in June, 1867, twelve baptisms, twenty\\nconfirmations and one hundred and sixty commu-\\nnicants.\\nOn the 1st of August, 1867, the Rev. L G.\\nHubbard, D.D., took charge of Trinity Church.\\nIn 1871 the parish sold its rectory for three thou-\\nsand dollars, and purchased the Dr. Robert Glea-\\nson house and grounds adjoining the church lot\\nfor four thousand five hundred dollars. In 1884\\nthe old buildings on this lot were sold for about\\none hundred and fifty dollars, to be removed, pre-\\nparatory to building new. To the Convention of\\n1868, Dr. Hubbard reported ten baptisms, eleven\\nconfirmations, two hundred and one communi-\\ncants and one hundred Sunday-school scholars.\\nIn September, 1866, George G. and Lemuel N.\\nIde presented to Trinity Church a bell weighing\\none thousand and fifty-seven pounds, and costing,\\nwith mountings, etc., five hundred and thirty-one\\ndollars and sixiy-two cents, for religious and\\nchurch uses only.\\nThe following explains itself:", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0862.jp2"}, "780": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n91\\nClaremost, N. H., Dec. 19, 1871.\\nTo the Rector^ Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church\\nGentlemen: I bave had prepared a Memorial\\nTablet in memory of Et. Rev. Carlton Chase, D. D.,\\nour late worthy Bishop and Rector, which I herewith\\noffer for your acceptance, to be placed in the Chancel\\nof the Church.\\nVery truly your associate in the Vestry,\\nGeo. L. Balco.m.\\nDr. Hubbard, on account of ill health, was\\ngranted a vacation, his place being supplied by\\nthe society, and went to Europe, bis expenses\\nbeing paid by contributions of membere of his\\nparish and others.\\nBy reason of continued ill health. Dr. Hubbard\\nresigned his rectorship March 31, 1875, to take\\neffect the 1st of the following May. The Rev. C.\\nR. Batchelder, Rev. Mr. Pearson and othei-s sup-\\nplied until the Rev. Henry Ferguson was called\\nand comraenced his labors as rector the 3rd of\\nMarch, 1878. On account of the poor health of\\nMrs. Ferguson, Mr. Ferguson resigned in Decem-\\nber, 1880. The Rev. Charles S. Hale w is called,\\nand commenced his rectorship at Easter, 1881.\\nHe resigned March 9, 1885, his resignation to\\ntake eflect after Trinity Sunday, May 31, 1885.\\nIn February, 1882, a new organ was placed in\\nthe church, at an expense of $3150. In 1881 a\\nchoir-room was added to the church, which, with\\nfurnishing, cost $1375. A chancel choir of men\\nand boys was organized in February, 1882. In\\nAugust, 1884, a legacy of \u00c2\u00a78000 was received\\nfrom the estate of Mrs. Carrie Evans, of Boston,\\nwith which to build a rectory for Trinity Parish,\\nand it will be erected, at no very distant period,\\non the site adjoining the church lot.\\nFirst Baptist Church. In 1785 a Baptist\\nsociety was formed in Claremont. There was no\\nstated preaching, however, until the following\\nyear, when Rev. John Pickens was ordained.\\nThe formation of this new religious society in-\\ncreased the bitterness of feeling against the minis-\\nterial tax system. The members of the new\\nsociety refused to conform to the requisitions of\\nthe law, pleading that they were of a different\\ndenomination.\\nThe town records show that on September 6,\\n1785, The Inhabitants of the Town of Clare-\\nmont assembled at the dwelling-house of Mr.\\nEbenezer Rice in s d Town, and Voted on the\\nfourth article in the warning that those people\\nthat call themselves Baptists pay no more rates to\\nthe Congregational order for the fewter.\\nThis secured from taxation, by the terms of the\\nlaw, such persons as were conscientiou.sly of a dif-\\nferent persuasion, and attended constantly public\\nreligious worship on the Lord s day.\\nIn July, 177(;, a church of seventeen members\\nwas constituted and recognized. Mr. Pickens re-\\nmained but a few months, under whose ministry\\nthe society flourished but after his removal, and\\nfor various reasons, it became extinct in a few\\nyears. In the fall of 1820, Rev. John Kimball\\nlabored three months as a missionary in Clare-\\nmont. In January, 1821, the scattered members\\nwere brought together, and a church with seven-\\nteen members was constituted. The names ot\\nthese members were as follows Joseph Cum-\\nmings, Thomas Warner, Ezra Smith, Jesse Bun-\\nnel, Mehitabel Dodge, Milly Bunnel, Eunice\\nSmith, Prudence Sweet, Betsey Bunnel, Ruth\\nBond, Prudence Richards, Hannah Cummings,\\nBetsey Patrick, Lydia Wilkins, Sally Draper,\\nMehitabel Bunnel, Charlotte Petty.\\nUnder Mr. Kimball s labors the church mem-\\nbership increased to fifty-fbur. The six following\\nyears the church was without a pastor and wor-\\nshiped in a hall connected with Clark s tavern, on\\nthe north side of Sugar River. Notwithstanding\\nthe disadvantages endured in this time, there was\\nan accession of several men of standing and\\nwealth. In 1827 the First Baptist Society was\\nformed, and a small chapel was built on the east\\nside of High Street, which was occupied six years.\\nIn January, 1829, the Rev. Leonard Tracy was\\nsettled as the fii-st pastor of the church, and his\\nconnection with it continued eight years, during\\nwhich the Manual, published in 1884, from\\nwhich much information is derived, says the", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0863.jp2"}, "781": {"fulltext": "92\\nHISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfoundation of much of its future prosperity were\\nlaid. In 1833-34, encouraged by the growth of\\nthe church and society, a lot at the junction of\\nMain and Central Streets, where their handsome\\nhouse of worship now stands, was purchased, and\\nthe erection of the building was commenced,\\nwhich was completed and dedicated in November,\\n1834.\\nThe Rev. Darwin H. Ranney succeeded Mr.\\nTracy, and began his labors in March, 1838, and\\ncontinued them until September, 1839, after\\nwhich the pastorate was vacant until September,\\n1840, when Rev. J. M. Graves became pastor.\\nHe held the office about three years, during\\nwhich it is recorded that the church gained in\\nstrength and efficiency, although it did not\\nincrease in members.\\nThe Rev. William B. Jacobs succeeded to the\\npastorate in November, 1843, and filled the\\noffice with fidelity for about three years. His\\nsuccessor was Rev. Thomas G. Wright, who\\nbegan his labors in July, 1847. Though the\\nnumber of members decreased during this period,\\nyet the character of the church was greatly im-\\nproved, and a foundation was laid for future suc-\\ncess. Some long-standing difficulties were settled,\\ndisorderly members were removed, and the body\\nbecame more homogeneous and harmonious. He\\nclosed his labors with this church in June, 1851.\\nThe Rev. Oliver Ayer was settled in July, 1851.\\nHis pastorate was the longest the church has yet\\nenjoyed, thirteen years, and was blessed with\\nseasons of refreshing from on high. The year\\n1858 was especially memorable in the number of\\naccessions by baptism. Mr. Ayer, though not a\\nnoisy or very attractive preacher to the generality\\nof hearers, was a man of culture and refinement\\nhis sermons were finished, sound and logical,\\nsetting forth in no questionable terms his belief in\\nthe doctrines he preached. No one who heard\\nhim could doubt his sincerity and no one who\\nknew him, whether they subscribed to his peculiar\\ndoctrines or not, could fail to respect him as a\\ncitizen and clergyman.\\nIn October, 1864, Francis W. Towle was called\\nto the pastorate of this church and ordained the\\nfollowing month. During his pastorate the\\nchurch enjoyed steady growth in numbers and\\nresources. Early in 1872 the society began the\\nwork of enlarging and repairing its house of\\nworship. A new vestibule, tower and chapel were\\nbuilt, the interior of the main house remodeled,\\nrefurnished and frescoed. The whole cost of the\\nrepairn exceeded nine thousand five hundred\\ndollars. The service of dedication was held\\nJanuary 2, 1873. Mr. Towle resigned in July,\\n1873.\\nCharles A. Piddock served as supply from\\nOctober, 1873, became pastor in March. 1874, and\\nwas ordained the same mouth. His pastorate ex-\\ntended to July, 1877; and was characterized by\\nrevival spirit and work, and by numerous acces-\\nsions to the church.\\nRev. Joseph S. Swaim was called to the pas-\\ntorate in October, 1877, and, having been ordained\\nin Cambridge, Mass., continued his labors until\\nFebruary, 1883, the church during this time being\\nunited and prosperous and steadily increasing in\\nnumbers.\\nRev. T. G. Cass was next called, and began his\\nlabors as pastor in April, 1883, and resigned, and\\nwas dismissed March 27, 1885. He was succeeded\\nby Rev. Joseph H. Robbin, who was settled June\\n7, 1885.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. The follow-\\ning facts are gathered mainly from a Historical\\nSketch by Rev. M. V. B. Knox, published in\\n1882:\\nOn the strength of hearsay, it is reported that\\nthe first sermon preached in Claremont by a\\nMethodist was by Rev. Mr. Daniels, the first\\nMethodist preacher who died in New England.\\nHe was buried in the adjoining town of Unity.\\nOthers say that the eccentric Lorenzo Dow, at\\nthe age of nineteen years, preached the first\\nsermon delivered by a Methodist in this town, in\\nthe neighborhood known as Packershire. It is\\nknown that in the winter of 1798 Lorenzo Dow\\npreached once in four weeks in what is called the\\nGreen Mountain District, and that his labors", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0864.jp2"}, "782": {"fulltext": "CLAKEMONT.\\n93\\nresulted in some conversions and the formation of\\na class at the house of Mr. Robertson, who some-\\ntimes acted as leader. Dow s eccentricities were\\nfinally thought unbearable, and be was advised\\nto leave the town, which he did in quite a charac-\\nteristic manner. Kiding to its line, with thoughts\\nand maledictions, the results of which it may be\\ninipo.ssible to tell, and the nature of which the last\\nday alone may reveal, he dismounted and, rapping\\nhis shoes together, shook the dust of Clareraont off\\nthem, solemnly declaring that he should never\\nenter the town more until solicited by those who\\nwere anxious for his labors as a minister of the\\nLord Jesus Christ. Never being invited, he never\\ndid return, and his testimony thus feelingly given\\nstill remains.\\nThe first organized Methodism in Claremont\\nwas a class formed of those who were converted\\nunder the labors of Dow, in the Green Mountain\\nDistrict. The leader was Eliakim Stevens. In\\n1801 Claremont was included in the new circuit\\nof Hanover. A Quarterly jNIeeting is reported in\\nClaremont, May 7, 1801, connected with which\\nwere nine baptisms. In 1802 the membership in\\nClaremont consisted of Eliakim Stevens, Prudence\\nStevens, Eliphalet Robertson, Mary Robertson,\\nSusanna Stevens, John Amidon, Dorcas Tolmau,\\nSusanna Stoddard, Cynthia Fiske, Hezekiah Mills,\\nPhebe Farrington, Amos Stoddard and Betsey\\nHowell.\\nUnder Rev. Elijah Willard s preaching a re-\\nvival of religion occurred at Draper s Cornera,\\nseveral families being converted. Mrs. Mason, an\\ninfluential lady, encouraged the work by opening\\nher house to meetings. She became a Methodist,\\nas also her daughter Ethana, afterward the wife\\nand widow of Rev. Caleb Dustin. A class was\\nformed under the leadership of Jacob Smith, of\\nUnity, a local preacher.\\nIn 1806 Rev. Caleb Dustin labored here suc-\\ncessfully. From this time up to 1815 the Method-\\nists held theij meetings at private houses, and\\nwherever else they could find accommodations.\\nIn that year the Methodists, Universalists and\\nBaptists united and erected a meeting-house on\\nthe spot where Trinity Church now stands. Dur-\\ning the year 1821 the Baptists and Universalists,\\nwho had owned and occupied this meeting-house\\njointly with the Methodists, sold their shares to\\nthe Episcopalians, who at once put the house\\nunder alterations and repairs. This was a great\\ndisappointment and inconvenience to the Method-\\nists, as the Episcopalians, owning two-thirds a\\ncontrolling interest refused its occupancy to the\\nMethodists for their fourth Quarterly Meeting,\\nwhich was appointed for the 18th of August. As\\nthe day approached, Mr. Chase, of the Sullivan\\nHouse, tendered the use of a large, new horse-\\nbarn, which he had just finished, for the meeting,\\nand his dance-hall for the love-feast, and they\\nwere accepted.\\nAfter this meetings were held for a time at\\nDraper s Corner then in an old, red cabinet-shop\\nat the north side of the Upper Bridge, on Wash-\\nington Street, and finally in the hall of the Old\\nClark Tavern, on North Street, which was occu-\\npied about two years. In this hall Wilbur Fisk\\nand other able, godly men preached the word.\\nIn 1826 the Methodists of Claremont undertook\\nto build for themselves a meeting-house, and in\\nQuarterly Conference, held January 4tli, it was\\nvoted to raise a committee of three to estimate\\nthe sum and obtain subscriptions to build a meet-\\ning-house in Claremont. Nathan Howard,\\nThomas Davis and EH Draper were appointed\\nsaid committee. Eliakim Stevens, Nathan\\nHoward, Thomas Davis, Asa Dinsmore and Eli\\nDraper were constituted trustees. The enterprise\\nwas at once begun.\\nA subscription paper, dated January.,26, 1826,\\nand headt d as follows, was circulated\\nWhereas, it is the duty of all that have means and\\nopportunities to promote the public worship of Al-\\nmighty God, and, whereas, the Society of the Metho-\\ndist Episcopal Church in Claremont, N. H., labors\\nunder many inconveniences and embarrassments for\\nwant of a house of public worship, therefore we, the\\nsubscribers, promise to pay the sum set against each\\nof our n.imes, respectively, to the said Methodist So-\\nciety, or a committee which they shall appoint, to be\\nby them appropriated for the erecting a free house of", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0865.jp2"}, "783": {"fulltext": "94\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\npublic worship in or near the village, in said Clare-\\nmont, of such dimensions as shall by them be judged\\nsuitable, and upon such principles as shall accord\\nwith the discipline and usages of their church.\\nAt an adjourned meeting held January 26,\\n1826, the following board of oiBcers was chosen\\nEliakim Stevens, president Nathan Howard,\\nsecretary Thomas Davis, treasurer and agent\\nAsa Dinsmore, Nathan Howard, Eliakim Stevens,\\nThomsis Davis, Harvey McLaughlin, trustees. At\\nthis meeting the society voted to proceed to\\nbuild a chapel for public worship, and that\\nThomas Davis, Eliakim Stevens and Nathan\\nHoward be a committee, whose duty it shall be to\\npurchase a site for and superintend the building\\nof said chapel.\\nMr. Austin Tyler, a man of no particular de-\\nnominational affinities, magnanimously offered\\nthem a very eligible site on Sullivan Street, as a\\ngift, which was gratefully accepted. When the\\ntimber was collected, the brethren, desirous of\\nsecuring the blessing of God upon their humble\\neffort, solicited the services of the Rev. Mr. Nye,\\nthe Congregational preacher, as their own was too\\nremote on other parts of the circuit to be con-\\nveniently called. Mr. Nye met them in the lot\\ncontaining the scattered materials for the chapel,\\nand solemnly invoked the divine aid on the\\nworkers and work. The meeting-house was\\nraised, partly finished, and occupied for service\\nthrough the summer season in this condition, the\\ncongregation sitting on rough seats, men on one\\nside of the house, women on the other, while the\\ncarpenter s bench made the minister s pulpit. The\\nhouse wae finally completed and dedicated in De\\ncember, 1829, the sermon being preached by Rev.\\nB. R. Hoyt.\\nThe official members of Claremont voted, in\\n1833, a request to be separated from the other\\nplaces, and constituted a separate appointment.\\nAt a Quarterly Conference, held at Unity, June 29,\\n1833, it was voted that Charlestowu and Clare-\\nmont become stations. But the Quarterly Con-\\nference included Unity, Claremont and Charles-\\ntown until the Conference year of 1835-36.\\nAt the first Quarterly Conference the new sta-\\ntion had formed itself into a missionary society.\\nThe first stationed preacher was C. W. Levings,\\nbut matters were not prosperous, and, at the\\nQuarterly Conference of June 25, 1836, his dis-\\nmission from the charge, at his own request, was\\nassented to, and he left.\\nJohn Jones, who followed Mr. Levings, was\\nsuccessful in his work, but was greatly impeded\\nby a long course of sickness. The people helped\\nhim in a characteristic manner. To meet the ex-\\npenses of his illness, the sum of seventy-three dol-\\nlars and eighteen cents was raised, over and above\\nhis regular salary, and awarded him as a gift\\nthis being the whole amount of expenses incurred\\nby his sickness. He reported one hundred and\\nnineteen members.\\nThe next year Moses Chase was the preacher,\\nand the place was favored with a revival of great\\npower. So many were the additions, that he re-\\nported the membership at two hundred and twenty-\\none.\\nAt the annual meeting of the society, Septem-\\nber 4, 1837, Charles H. Mann, Erastus Clark\\nand Frederick A. Henry were made a committee\\nto see how a house-lot could be bought and a par-\\nsonage-house built. An adjourned meeting, held\\nSeptember 16th, of the same year, Voted to proceed\\nin the building of a house as soon as four hundred\\ndollars should be raised. This sum was soon\\npledged, and Samuel Tutherly, William Proctor\\nand Frederick A. Henry were appointed a build-\\ning committee. It was found necessary to enlarge-\\nthe meeting-house, and it was decided to abandon\\nthe parsonage project for that time.\\nThe Quarterly Conference, in January, 1838,\\nresolved itself into a domestic missionary society,\\nauxiliary to the Domestic Missionary Society of\\nNew Hampshire. In that year Rev. William\\nHatch succeeded Mr. Chase in the pastorate. The\\nQuarterly Conference, in May, Resolved, in the\\nopinion of the Quarterly Conference, that our Dis-\\ncipline prohibits the use of intoxicating liquors,\\nexcept as a medicine, and that no person ought to\\nbe received into the church unless he will live up", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0866.jp2"}, "784": {"fulltext": "CLAKEMONT.\\n95\\nto this rule. The same Conference, in April,\\n1839, resolved,\\n1. That iu our opinion the use of intoxicating\\ndrinlcs as a beverage is sin.\\n2. Tliat if any member of our cliureli in tliis place\\nshall be guilty of so doing, such member or members\\nought to be dealt with according to the rules of disci-\\npline, unless speedy reformation renders it unneces-\\nsary.\\nRev. James M. Fuller, in 1839, succeeded Mr.\\nHatch, and, at the close of the fiist year, reported\\na Sunday-school, with twent} four officers and\\nteachers, one hundred and eleven scholars, and\\nthree hundred volumes in the library.\\nMr. Fuller stayed two years, and reported the\\nnumber of members of the church at two hundred\\nand one. He was succeeded by Rev. Eleazer\\nSmith.\\nAbout this time the Second Advent or Miller ex-\\ncitement, manifested itself, threatening the interests\\nof the church. In a Quarterly Conference, April\\n15, 1843, it was Voted that those brethren who\\nsustain meetings abroad are requested to refrain\\nif not, they are invited respectfully to withdraw\\nfrom the church, and G. W. Wilson, E. Clark,\\nA. M. Billings and others immediately withdrew.\\nAt the close of his second year Mr. Smith reported\\ntwo hundred and ninety members of the church.\\nThe New Hampshire Annual Conference then\\nincluding Vermont as well as this State met at\\nClaremont, for the first time, in June, 1843. The\\npublic services were held in the town hall. On\\nthe Sabbath an immense audience assembled, fill-\\ning not only the town hall, but the grounds\\nabout it. The venerable Bishop Waugh, standing\\non a platform erected for that purpose at the south\\ndoor, proclaimed with masterly effect, in behalf of\\nthe ministry, We preach not ourselves, but Christ\\nJesus the Lord.\\nMr. Smith was succeeded in 1843 by Rev. Elihu\\nScott. His first year s pastorate was greatly in-\\njured by the desolating influence of Millerism,\\ndefections in the membership multiplying so that\\nhe reported but one hundred and eighty members\\nat the close of that year. At the end of his sec-\\nond year, Millerism having collapsed, Mr. Scott\\nreported two hirndred members of the church.\\nAt the close of Mr. Scott s term the (Quarterly\\nConference, having tested the station system,\\nVoted to request the bishop to form CI reinont\\nStation into a circuit, by adding oire or more towns,\\nand to send two or more pr eachers. But the ex-\\nperience of a year or two under this plan reversed\\nthe request, and Claremont has since remained a\\nstation.\\nIn 1845 Rev. Silas Quimby siteceeded Mr. Scott,\\nand at the end of the year reported the member-\\nship at two hundred and thirty-three. Rev. Jus-\\ntin Spaulding succeeded Mr-. Quimby, remaining\\none year, and was succeeded by Rev. Jacob\\nStevens, in 1847, remaining on the chai ge about\\nthree-quarters of the year, when he retired on ac-\\ncount of poor health, and the year was filled\\nout by Rev. Matthew Newhall, a supernumerary\\npreacher. This year the Quarterly Conference\\nVoted to adopt a number of resolutions against\\nthe circus soon to be exhibited in this place. It\\nalso voted to admit a seraphim in the gallery.\\nRev. Joseph C. Cromack was the next preacher\\nDuring his pastorate the church bought the house\\non Pleasant Street, now owned and occupied by\\nDr. F. C. Wilkinson, for a parsonage. In 1850\\nRev. Lewis Howard succeeded Mr. Cromack, and\\nin 1851 the Quarterly Conference ordered twenty-\\nfive dollars to be paid to Jonathan Miner for\\nleading the singing. On February 23, 1852, the\\nsociety Voted to build a new meeting-house, and\\nthat Samuel Tutherly be a committee to obtairr\\nsubscriptions. Plans for the house were presented\\nand adopted, and, at a meeting on March 6th, it\\nwas Voted that the rent of pews go toward the\\npreaching and, at another meeting, a week later,\\nT. Sanford, S. 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Kuloly it\u00c2\u00bb luiyt il uiyil\\nllyyi tUllyiyylii|i N(iv*\u00c2\u00bbi\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abl t\u00c2\u00bbi yvi\u00c2\u00bbt miyn y \u00c2\u00abnliMl hy Uy\u00c2\u00bbv,\\nil, U, Ailiyyyw, yvlyn otmllnyiwl \\\\ww Urtumy i\\\\ui(y||yii,\\nl\\\\i v vlulm Nlcluili ii\u00c2\u00bbiiiu (linliilv lli|li yyi il Mr", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0869.jp2"}, "787": {"fulltext": "98\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NK\\\\V IIAMrSHIRE.\\nAdiinis mid remained here until 184o. Rev. R.\\n8. Snuboru followed jNIr. Adams, and was imme-\\ndiately succeeded in July, 1844, by Rev. O. H.\\nTillotson, who roniained one year. Hev. Sanuiol\\nWillis was settled in Jlay, 1S45, and remained\\nabout five yeai-s, during which special attention\\nwas given to Sunday-school work and to the per-\\nfection of the organization of the church. Ac-\\ncording to the records, The form of church\\ngovernment contained in the Univei salist. (iuide,\\nwas adopted December 7, 184r), as the Constitution\\nof the Uuiversalist Church, of Claremout. Mr.\\nWillis closed Ids jiastorate in the fall of 184i).\\nFlip the next few months the jnilpit was supplied\\nby Kevs. A. A. jMiner, 11. Tillotson, AV. S.\\nBaleh and Mr. Clark. Rev. J. D. Pierce was\\nsettled iu February, 185t), and continued until\\nMay, 1855, juid for about a year and a half the\\nchurch was without a regular pastor, the pulpit\\nbeing supplied by Revs. H. A. Philbrook, S. A.\\nSpencer and some othei-s, and by lay reading.\\nRev. Giles Bailey was settled in 1857 and\\ncontinued until 18110. Rev. Carlos Marstou fol-\\nlowed iu the spring of 1861. Rev. E. S. Foster\\nwas pastor I rom 1863 to 1865, and Rev. ^Ysher\\nMoore from July, 1867 to 1870. For a while\\nRev. T. Barron preached here and at North\\nCharlestown, half the time at each place and\\nin the early part of 1871 Rev. Eli Ballou occu-\\npied the pulpit.\\nOn ^lay 7, 1871, Rev. C. E. Sawyer, having\\naccepted a call to settle, preached his first sermon\\nas pastor, and, on the morning of June 2Sth of the\\nsame year, he, with bis young wife and wife s\\nfather, Mr. Sylvauus Gushing, of Abiugtou, Mass.,\\nwas drowned at Ashley s Ferry, iu Connecticut\\nRiver. 3Ir. Cushing came here to visit his\\ndaughter, who had been but a few weeks married,\\nand on that morning,, the skies being bright and\\nthe air balmy, Mr. Sawyer took a two-seated, cov-\\nei ed ciU riage, with one hoi-se from a livery stable,\\nand set out witli his wife and father-in-law for a\\ndrive. They I rosscd Claremout Bridge into Ver-\\nmont, drove down tiie river to Weathei-sfield Boro\\nand, it is supposed, attempted to ford Connecticut\\nI River at Ashley s Ferry with the sad result above\\nstated. No one saw them enter the river, and no\\n1 one of the party survived to tell how the distress-\\ning calamity happened. It was only left for con-\\njecture. The hoi-se was also drowned.\\nThe following November Rev. S. P. Smith began\\na pastorate, which continued until Scjitember,\\n1873, and was followed iu June, 1874, by Rev.\\nEdward Smiley, who remained until March, 1881.\\nDuring his pastorate special and elective work\\nwas done in the Sunday-school. Rev. J. M.\\nj Johns was pastor from August, 1881, to October,\\nI 1883, and was instrumental in causing the\\nchurch to be remodeled at an expense of over\\nseven thousand dollars, so that now it is one of the\\nI most complete church edifices in the State. The\\nI dedicatory services took place August 1, 1883, and\\nj were participated in by Di s A. A. ^liner and\\nO. L. Demarest and Reverends J. M. Johns, E.\\nSmiley, J. Eastwood and R. T. Polk.\\nOn .lanuary 6, 1884, Lee S. M Collester\\npreached here for the first time, and soon after\\nreceived and accepted a call to settle as pastor.\\nHe was then pui-suing his theological course, which\\nwas not completed until the following June, when\\nhe came here and settled pernumently. The New\\nHampshire Univei-salist Sunday school and State\\nConventions met here on September 2!)th, contin-\\nued in session until October 2, 1884, and con-\\ncluded with the ordination of Mr. il Collester,\\nwho has since continued a most acceptable pastor.\\nThe church has given much care and attention\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2to the Sunday-school connectetl with it. It was\\nfii-st inaugurated in 1832, during the pastorate (if\\nRev. W. S. Balch, and for several yeai-s was kept\\nup only during the warm seasons. In 1861 it\\nbegan to hold its sessions through the whole year,\\nI and has so continued without intermission, whether\\nI the church had a settled pastor or preaching, or\\nI not, and is one of the valued institutions of the\\ntown.\\nSt. M.\\\\kys Chukch, (Catholic.) An eligible\\nlot on the north side of Central street was pur-\\nchased and ground was broken in 1870 for the\\nChurch of St. Mary, under the pastorate of Rev.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0870.jp2"}, "788": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n99\\nG. Deronie. lu 1S71 Father Derome was suc-\\nceeded by L. L Moer, who in 1872 wii.s replaced\\nl)y Kev. M. Goodwin. Futiu r Goodwin remained\\nin Clareniout but four mouths. Kev. M. Laporte\\ntook charge of the parish in .Inly, 1X72, and re-\\nmained a.^ pastor until Novenihcr, 187. at which\\ntime Rev. Cornelius O Sullivan was appointed\\npastor. Rev. P. J. Finnegan has been in charge\\nof the ])arish since that date. The church is not\\nvet conipietcd. It lias alrca ly cost fully thirty\\nthousand dollars. It is of brick. The style of\\nthe church is gothic, one hundred and forty-five\\nfeet long and forty-five feet Avide. Within the\\nlast few years it has been thoroughly renovated\\nnew pews have replaced the old ones; nc\\\\v altars\\nhave been built and set in place and the whole in-\\nterior painted in fresco; ga,s fixtures have been\\nput in and the whole interior woodwork remodeled\\nunder the supervision of Architect Hira K. l?eck-\\nwith, of Clareniout. Under the pastorate of\\nFather Finucgau this church seems to be very\\nprosperous and nsel ul.\\nMiVSONIC OR(!A^ lZATION.S.\\nHiram Lodok, No. F. and A. M., instituted\\nJune 25, 1798. The first officers of tiiis lodge\\nwere Ithamer Chase, W. M. Daniel J5arber,\\nS. W. Ebenezer Rice, J. W. Stephen Dexter,\\nTreas. Ambrose Cossitt, Sec. The officers for\\n1885 are Levi Johnson, W. M. Iviward F.\\nHoughton, S. W. W. A. Redficld, J, W. A. W.\\nHawkes, Treas. John W. Collins, Sec. Dudley\\nT. Chase, Rep. to Grand Lodge; Herbert E.\\nFitch, S. D. James Richardson, ,1. D. Jacob\\nWoodbury, Chap.; Charles H. Long, Mar.; Nor-\\nman S. Bryant, S. S. Fi cderick M. I armelee,\\nJ. S. George O. Woodcock, Tiler. Number of\\nmembers, one hundred and twenty-one.\\nUnion Mark Lodge, No. 1, held by di.speusa-\\ntion from De Witt Clinton, G. G. H. V. of Gen.\\nG. K. A. Chapter of U. S. A. First meeting\\nJuly 13, 1818, at Zeuas Hitchcock s Hall.\\nPresent, Stephen Blanchard, M. Stephen Rice,\\nS. W. Natnan Bingham, J. W. T. T. Saxton,\\nM. O. Zenas Hitchcock, S. O. R. Elmer, J. O.\\nJ. Rice, Treas. J. Alden, Sec; Charles Higbee,\\nJr., John Hitchcock, Jr., Stwds. John Tyler,\\nTiler; B. Tyler, S. Higbee, J. H. Anilrews.\\nWkhh Royai. Arch Chai tek, instituted July\\ni 11, 1821, by Thomas S. Bowles, G. II. V. of\\nG. R. A. hapter of New Hampshire. Jonathan\\nNye ap])ointed liiuh Priest; Nathan Bingham,\\nKing Godfrey Stevens, Scribe. The officers fitr\\n1885 are Francis F. Haskell, 11. 1 Wyllys A.\\nRedficld, E. K. Levi Johnson, E. S. Frederick\\nHanbrich, Treas. John W. Collins, Sec. Mollis\\nA. Jenne, C. IT. Roswell W. Silsbee, P. S. Her-\\nbert E. Fitch, R. A. C. Edward F. Houghton,\\nCha]). Austin M. Webster, M. 8d V. Byron T.\\nTilden, M. 2(1 V. Frederick M. I armelee, M. 1st\\nv.; (icorge H. Stowell, S. S. ,Iohn Lynch, J. S.\\nGeorge O. Woodcock, Tiler. Number of uicin-\\nbers, seventy-eight.\\nI oi.tlMBIAN CoHNCII,, No. 2, R. AND S. M., iu-\\nstitute l April 15, 1822. Tlu^ following is a copy\\nof the record of the organization of (-olumbian\\nCouncil at Claremont, on the 15th of April, 1822,\\nand of the meeting held May 20, 1822:\\nAt a iiieeling held in Masonic Itall, Claremont, on\\nMonday, 15tli April, A. L. 5822, for tlie imrpoHo ofcs-\\ntalilishing a Council oC Royal and Select JIasters, the\\nfollowing Select Masters being present, viz.: James\\nF. Dana, James Poole, (iodfrey Stevens, Roswell\\nKbner, Nathan liingliani, .fonathan Nye, Joseph Al-\\nden, Stephen Rice ami Iiarlcs JFifjlx! James F.\\nDana presiding,\\nVoted, That it is expedient to form a Council of\\nRoyal and Select Masters at this place, in connexion\\nwith Webb Chapter, by the name of Columbian\\nCouncil.\\nOpened a Council of Select Masters in due and\\nancient form.\\nConferred the Degree of Royal Master and Select\\nMaster on C inip. Stephen Starhird and Daniel Taylor\\nin due ibrm. Received $;i each from (Jonip. Slarbird\\nand Taylor.\\nProceeded to choice of Officers result was as fol-\\nlows, viz.: Companion Jonathan Nye, T. I. G. M;\\nNathan Bingham, D. I. G. M.; Godfrey Stevens, P. C.\\nRoswell Elmer, C. of G. Stephen Starhird, G. S.\\nStephen Rice, Recorder Daniel Chase, Treasurer.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0871.jp2"}, "789": {"fulltext": "100\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nVoted, To choose a Committee of Three to prepare\\na Code of By-Laws.\\nJonathan Nye, Nathan Bingham and Godfrey\\nStevens were chosen.\\nVoted, That the Fees for the Degrees conferred by\\nthis Council be Three Dollars One Dollar for the\\nRoyal Master s and Two Dollars for the Select Mas-\\nter s Degree.\\nConferred the Degrees of Royal Master and Se-\\nlect Master on Comps. Daniel Chase and Daniel Bond,\\nJr., in due form.\\nReceived Three Dollars each from Chase and\\nBond\u00e2\u0080\u0094 $6.00.\\nComps. Stevens, Nye and Bingham were chosen a\\ncommittee to return thanks to Companions Dana and\\nPoole for their assistance in establishing this Council\\nalso, to make them such compensation as shall be\\ndeemed proper.\\nClosed the Council in due form, and adjourned to\\nthe third Monday of May next.\\nAttest, G. Stevens.\\nMay 20, 1822. Met according to adjournment, and\\nopened the Council in due form.\\nPresent\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Nye, T. I. G. M. N. Bingham, D. I.\\nG. M.; G. Stevens, P. C. R. Elmer, C. of G.; S.\\nStarbird, G. S. D. Chase, Treasurer S. H. Sabiu,\\nRecorder, ^ro tern.; also, Daniel Bond, Jr., and Sam-\\nuel S. Mather.\\nConferred the Degree of Royal and Select Master\\non Peter Niles, David Parker, James A. Gregg, Joel\\nGoss and William F. Munger in due form.\\nConferred the Degree of Select Master on David\\nHale in due form.\\nVoted, to accept the code of By-Laws presented by\\nComp. J. Nye.\\nClosed the Council in due form.\\nRecorded by Godfrey Stevens.\\nThe officers of Columbian Couucil for 1886 are\\nEdward F. Houghton, T. L M Leland J.\\nGraves, D. M. Hollis A. Jenue, P. C. W. Fred-\\nerick Haubrich, Treas. John W. Collins, Recor-\\nder Hiram G. Sherman, C. G. Wyllys A. Red-\\nfield, C. C. James Holt, Chap Hosea W.\\nParker, Mar. James Y oung, Stwd George O.\\nWoodcock, Sent. Number of members, thirty-\\nuine.\\nSullivan Commandery, No. 6, instituted\\nJanuary 23, 1866, by Charles A. Tufts, G. C. of\\nGrand Commandery of New Hampshire. Leland\\nJ. Graves, appointed E. C. Henry A. Redfield,\\nGeneralissimo Rev. A. K. Howard, C. G. The\\nofficers for 1885 are Hosea W. Parker, E. C.\\nGeorge H. Stowell, G. Fred erick Hanbrich,\\nC. G. James Holt, Prel. Charles H. Long,\\nS. W. Hollis A. Jenue, J. W. John T. Emerson,\\nTreas. John W. Collins, Recorder Henry Tubbs,\\nStd. Br. Hiram G. Sherman, Std. Br. George\\n0. Woodcock, Warder Edward F. Houghton,\\n3d G. John J. Dudley, 2d G. Hira R. Beck-\\nwith, 1st G. Edward H. Jaques, A. and S.\\nNumber of members, ninety-three.\\nODD-FELLOWS.\\nSullivan Lodge, No. 12, I. O. O. F., insti-\\ntuted October 23, 1845; resuscitated March 21,\\n1872. On the 13th of October, 1845, C. Williams\\nand five others, members of White Mountain\\nLodge, No. 5, of Concord, and residents of Clare-\\nmont, petitioned S. H. Parker, M. W. G. W.,\\npraying for a dispensation to form a lodge in\\nClaremont, and on the 23d of that month the\\nMost Worthy Grand Master deputized the R. W^.\\nGrand Secretary, G. H. H. Silsby, to open said\\nlodge, by the name of Sullivan Lodge, No. 12,\\n1. O. 0. F. Among the early members of the\\norder in towu were W. O. C. Woodbury, Joseph\\nWeber, Stephen Carleton, John Hendee, F. A.\\nHenry, William Clark, Daniel J. Livingston,\\nLewis W. Randall, S. F. Redfield, John M.\\nGowdey, Philemon Tolles, Milon C. McClure and\\nNathaniel Tolles. The lodge continued in active\\nand prosperous work for about twelve years, when,\\nfor various causes, the organization was abandoned.\\nOn March 21, 1872, the lodge was resuscitated\\nby Amos Jones, the Most Worthy Grand Master\\nat that time, and a new charter was granted to W.\\nO. C. W^oodbury, John Hendee, Joseph Weber,\\nStephen Carleton, F. A. Henry, William Clark,\\nD. J. Livingston and L. W. Randall; and the\\nlodge has been in good and prosperous condition\\nsince then. In the summer of 1885 its hall was\\nremodeled and refurnished, at an expense of about", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0872.jp2"}, "790": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n101\\ntwelve hundred dollars, aud it has $2427.55 cash\\nou hand. The officers, Jul} 1885, were H. E\\nWhipple, N. G. W. E. Griffin, V. G. George\\nD. Wolcott, Sec. Frederick Jewett, Treas C.\\nM. Leet, Conductor E. H. Woodman, Warden\\nE. S. Carleton, I. G, M. B. Carjienter, O. G.\\nC. E. Peabody, R. S. N. G. George H. Walling\\nford, L. S. N. G.; T. R. McQuade, R. S. V. G.\\nS. I. L. Woodbury, L S. V. G. G. F. Spaulding,\\nR. S. S. S. G. Straw, L. S. S. F. M. Par-\\nmelee, Chap.\\nGRAXD ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.\\nSoon after the close of the War of the Rebellion\\nJarvis Post, Xo. 12, G. A. R., was organized in\\nClaremont, but after a few years was disbanded.\\nIt was reorganized June 29, 1880, by W. H. D.\\nCochran and J. C. Linehan and comrades from\\nPost No. 10, of Newport. It started the second\\ntime with twenty charter members. It had, in the\\nsummer of 1885, between seventy and eighty\\nmembers owned the furniture of their hall\\nhad a good historical library, and a fund of about\\nthree hundred dollars.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nNew school districts have been formed from time\\nto time in town, as the population ha.s increased.\\nThere are now, or rather were before the union of\\nNos. 1, 15 and 17, in the village, by majority\\nvote of each district, in 1884, nineteen districts,\\nwhich supported twenty-hve schools the three\\ndistricts now consolidated had graded schools, j\\nviz. a primary, intermediate and grammar\\nschool each. In many respects the educational\\nadvantages of the town of Claremont are ex-\\ncellent.\\nStevens High School. In the summer of\\n186fi, Paran Stevens, Esq., of New York City, a\\nson of Josiah Stevens, one of the early inhabitants\\nof Claremont, whose ancestors and relatives spent\\ntheir lives here, and whose graves are in our\\ncemeteries, proposed to donate the sum of ten\\nthousand dollars to aid in founding a High\\nSchool, provided that the town would appropriate\\na like sum for that purpose. In the autumn of\\nthat year a town-meeting was called to consider\\nand act upon the subject, and the citizens, with\\ngreat unanimity, voted to accept the donation\\noffered by Mr. Stevens, with the conditions named,\\nand voted to raise and appropriate fifteen thou-\\nsand dollars, which, with the ten thousand dol-\\nlars from him, was to be used to purchase\\na lot and erect a school building. Samuel P.\\nFiske, George N. Farwell, Nathaniel Tolles, Au-\\nrelius Dickinson and Benjamin P. Gilmau were\\nchosen a committee to carry out this object. The\\nhomestead lot of the late Hon. George B. Up-\\nham, corner of Broad aud Summer Streets, and\\nrunning back to Middle Street, containing nearly\\ntwo acres, on which was then no building except\\na small law-office, which had been for many years\\noccupied by the late Mr. Upham one of the\\nmost eligible and valuable lots in town was\\nselected for the school buildiug, and purchased of\\nCol. John S. Walker, a son-in-law of Mr. Upham,\\nfor the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars.\\nMaterials were bought and other preparations\\nmade for the speedy erection of a brick High\\nSchool building, forty-four by sixty-four feet on the\\nground, two stories high, with a French or Man-\\nsard roof, which, as completed, is one of the most\\nelegant, substantial and convenient edifices for the\\npurpose for which it was built in the State. In\\nit are four large school-rooms, large vestibules,\\nbasement for ftirnaces, fuel, etc., and an elegant\\nhall in the upper story, the size of the whole\\nbuilding. The building is ample for the accom-\\nmodation of two hundred students. When com-\\npleted, the cost for site, grading, buildiug, furni-\\nture and iron fence was $27,225.27. It was\\nfinished, furnished, and ready for occujiancy the\\n1st of September, 1868. It is a credit as well\\nto the wisdom and skill of the committee as to\\nthe town and its generous patron.\\nMr. Stevens, not to be outdone by the town,\\npaid for the bricks for the building, for a portion\\nof the iron fence, and in other ways contributed\\nfull half of the cost of the High School building\\nand the lot on which it stands. Soon after the\\ncompletion of the building he gave to the town\\nten thousand doUai s towards a permanent fund", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0873.jp2"}, "791": {"fulltext": "102\\nHISTORY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfor the suppoit of the school, and also presented\\nfull life-size oil portraits of George Washington\\nand Daniel Webster, painted by the best artists\\nin this country and considered very valuable,\\nwhich now hang in the hall of the school building,\\nand a Chickering full concert grand piano. At\\nhis death, which occurred on the 25th of April,\\n1872, Mr. Stevens by his will bequeathed forty\\nthousand dollars, to be paid within two years of\\nthe time of his death, to be added to the ten\\nthousand dollars before given, for a fund, the\\ninterest of which is to be used for the support of\\nthe school. This forty thousand dollars has not\\nyet been paid over to the town by the executors\\nof the will, but it is said that it will be at no very\\ndistant day. Thus, it will be seen that Mr. Stevens\\ndonations for the school which bears his name\\nwill amount to $65,000, .$50,000 of which must\\nforever remain as a fund for its benefit.\\nAt the annual town-meeting in March, 1868,\\nEdward L. Goddard, John S. Walker, Ira Colby,\\nJr., H. W. Parker and Hiram Webb one\\nfrom each religious society in town were chosen\\nthe High School committee and it was voted\\nto give to this new institution of learning the\\nname of the Stevens High School. It was the ex-\\npressed wish of Mr. Stevens, and indeed of the\\npeople of the town generally most interested in its\\nwelfare and permanent success, that the school\\nshould be kept entirely free from anything like\\nsectarianism, and that its exercises, instruction\\nand management should be alike acceptable to all\\nreligious denominations. The committee accord-\\ningly made a regulation that The morning\\nsessions shall begin with reading the Bible, singing\\nand repeating the Lord s Prayer in concert by the\\nwhole school.\\nThe first term of the Stevens High School com-\\nmenced on the 7th of September, 1868, with nine-\\nty-eight scholars who had reached the age of\\nthirteen years, and had passed the re(juisite exam-\\nination, all but sixteen of whom belonged in town.\\nThere is a regulation that scholars from other\\ntowns may be admitted to this school by paying a\\nmoderate term fee. The teachers were Dr. N.\\nBarrows, of Berwick, Me., principal, assisted by\\nMiss Mary J. Wightman, of Claremont, and Miss\\nH W. Preeley, of Springfield, Vt, and Mr. A.\\nP. Wyman, as teacher of vocal music. At the\\nclose of the first term Miss Freeley resigned, and\\nMiss Ruth P. Perkins, of Pomfret, Vt., filled her\\nplace, and she was succeeded in the third term by\\nMiss A. H. Carleton, of Haverhill, N. H. At\\nthe close of the school year, in June, 1869, there\\nwas an examination by a committee consisting of\\nthe Rev. I. G. Hubbard, D.D., Hon. W. H. H.\\nAllen, Rev. Francis W. Towle, Rev. Francis Chase\\nand James P. Upham, Esq., which was creditable\\nto teachers and scholars.\\nDr. N. Barrows continued as principal, with\\nseveral different assistants, three years, and was\\nsucceeded by Mr. A. J. Swain. The course\\nprescribed in this school is four years, at the end\\nof which scholars who graduate and receive\\ndiplomas are fitted to enter almost any college.\\nAt the close of the fourth school year the examin-\\ning committee reported the school to have been\\neminently successful. The faithfliluess of the\\nteachers and the deportment and diligence of\\nthe scholars were mentioned in highly complimen-\\ntary terms. Seven scholars one boy and six\\ngirls had not been absent or tardy during the\\nyear.\\nA. J. Swain resigned October 4, 1880, his res-\\nignation to take effect the middle of the fall\\nterm. His resignation was accepted, and R. S.\\nBingham was elected principal, and occupied the\\nposition to the end of that school year. In Sep-\\ntember, 1881, L. S. Hastings took charge of the\\nschool as principal and has continued in that\\ncapacity since. The whole number of scholars\\nwho have graduated and been awarded diplomas,\\nis one hundred and fifty-six, viz\\nBOYS.\\nGIRLS.\\nTOTAL.\\n1871 2 boys 10 girls 12\\n2 boys.,\\n....2 boys.,\\n....3 boys.,\\n....1 boy..\\n1876 8 boys..\\n1872..\\n1873.,\\n1874.,\\n1875.,\\ngirls.\\n6 girls.\\n7 girls.,\\n9 girls.\\n8 girls.\\n10\\n10\\n16", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0874.jp2"}, "792": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n103\\nYEAR. BOYS. GIRLS. TOTAL.\\n1877 5 boys 7 girls 12\\n1878 5 boys 5 girls 10\\n1879 2 bovs 4 girls (i\\n1880..\\n1881..\\n1882.,\\n1883..\\n1884.,\\n.5 boys.\\n.4 boys.,\\n.4 boys.\\n.1 boy..\\n..5 boys..\\n6 jrirls 11\\ngirls.\\ngirls.\\nG girls.\\ngirls.,\\n1885 10 boys 5 girls..\\n10\\n13\\n7\\n14\\nMrs. Mar)- B. Alden, ol C liireraont, who died\\non the 11th of November, 18(i9, by her will be\\n(jueathed her entire estate, iiniounting to about\\nthree thousand dollars, which, at the death of her\\nhusband, which occurred in 1874, was to make a\\nfund, the interest of which is paid annually in\\nthree prizes to graduates of the Stevens High\\nSchool. In 1872, Samuel P. Fiske, Esq., a brother-\\nin-law of Paran Stevens, donated three hundred\\ndollars, which, together with one hundred and fifty\\ndollars appropriated by the Umn, was expended\\nfor the purchase of needed apparatus and books\\nfor the school. Others have made valuable dona-\\ntions to the library and cabinet belonging to the\\nschool.\\nMrs. Harriet E. Tappan, of Claremont, who\\ndied October 3, 1873, left a will, in which was\\nthis clause\\nTo the Town of Claremont, iu said County of Sul-\\nlivan, to be Kept Safely invested by said town, and\\nthe income thereof paid over annually to the Pruden-\\ntial Committees of the several school districts in said\\ntown in proportion to the number of scholars, to be\\nexpended by said Committees in their discretion for\\nprizes for best scholarship and to enable indigent\\nscholars to attend the Higli School in said town.\\nThe amount thus bequeathed and jaaid over to\\nthe town by the executor of Mrs. Tappan s estate\\nwas thirty thousand dollars. This amount has\\nbeen kept at interest, and the income exjiended\\naccording to the terms of the will. Prudential\\ncommittees have generally given prizes in money\\nto scholars iu their several districts, for excellence\\nof scholarship, deportment and constancy and\\npunctuality of attendance upon school, so that\\nan} child, however backward or dull as a scholar,\\nmay get a share of this prize money.\\nUnion School Dlstrict. As has been before\\nstated, the three districts in Claremont village, by\\ntheir own act, were consolidated and made one\\ndistrict in 1884, and called Union School Dis-\\ntrict. It is under the management of a Board of\\nEducation, composed of six gentlemen, chosen by\\nthe district. In 1884, O. B. AVay, L. S. Has-\\ntings, H. C. Fay, I. I Hall, E. Vaughau and\\nC. H. Weed were elected. The scholars are, un-\\nder the present arrangement, which may be\\nchanged any time by the Board of Education, in\\nfive primary, three intermediate and one grammar\\nschool. The money apportioned to these three\\ndistricts in 1884 was three thousand three hun-\\ndred and seventy dollars and eighty cents, and of\\nthe Tappan fund for prizes one thousand two\\nhundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-seven\\ncents.\\nFisKE Fr.EE LiBR.iRv. In 1873, Samuel P.\\nFiske, a native citizen of Claremont, founded a\\nfree library in the following manner:\\nDeed of Samuel P. Flske to the Town of\\nClaremont.\\nKnow all men hy these presents, That I, Samuel P.\\nPiske, of Claremont iu the County of Sullivan and\\nState of New Hampshire, do hereby give, grant and\\nconvey unto the town of Claremont, in said county,\\nin trust forever. Two Thousand volumes of Books,\\nnamed and described in a Catalogue or Schedule,\\nhereafter to be made, to constitute, with such other\\nbooks as may hereafter be added by the donor, a lib-\\nrary for the benefit of all the inhabitants of said town,\\nand the members of Stevens High School in said\\nClaremont, and to be known as Fiske Free Library.\\nThis gift is made on condition that the said town of\\nClaremont shall accept the same shall furnish a suit-\\nable building, room or rooms in which to keep the\\nsame, and the same shall be kept in the upper hall or\\nroom of Stevens High School, until a more suitable\\nplace shall be provided therefor; shall at all times\\nkeep the same well insured against lo.ss from fire\\nshall keep said books in a good state of repair, and\\nshall replace with books of equivalent value any that\\nmay be worn out, lost or otherwise destroyed. And", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0875.jp2"}, "793": {"fulltext": "104\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe Committee of Stevens Higli School shall have the\\ncustody, control aud management of said Library;\\npurchase, arrange aud catalogue the books, appoint\\na Librarian and make all needful rules and regula-\\ntions for the management of said Library and the use\\nof the books, all at the expense of the Town of Clare-\\nmont and the said Town shall in like manner keep\\nand care for and replace losses in all additions to or en-\\nlargements of said Library by said donor.\\nIn witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand\\nand seal this seventh day of August A. P. 1873.\\nSamuel P. Fiske [L.S.]\\n(Witness) Ira Colby, Jr.\\nW. H. H. Allen.\\nThe above deed was read at a town-meeting,\\nheld August 15, 1873, wheu the following resolu-\\ntion was passed\\nRaolred by the town of Claremont that we cor-\\ndially accept the munificent gift of Two Thousand vol-\\numes of valuable books from Samuel P. Fiske, Esq.,\\nupon the conditions and terms of his deed of trust to\\nsaid town of Claremont, dated August 7, 1873, hereby\\npledging to the donor that such conditions shall be\\nfaithfully complied with, on the part of the town, for\\nthe use and perpetuation of the Fiske Free Library.\\nThe following resolution was offered by Pren-\\ntis Dow, and passed\\nResolved, That the Selectmen, of the town of\\nClaremont are directed to pay the bills of Stevens\\nHigh School committee for the insurance of the books\\ndonated by S. P. Fiske, Esq., and for any expense in-\\ncurred in providing a suitable location for the same,\\nnot exceeding in all the sum of one hundred dollars\\nper annum.\\nThe location of the library in the upjier story\\nof the Stevens High School building, away from\\nthe centre of business, was found to be inconve-\\nnient for readers, and, as a consequence, was un-\\nsatisfactory to Mr. Fiske. Early in January,\\n1877, Mr. Fiske invited gentlemen supposed to be\\nmost interested in the library to meet him for con-\\nsultation as to the best means for making it more\\naccessible to readers, and accomplish more fully\\ntlie donor s wishes.\\nA committee, consisting of John S. Walker,\\nOtis F. R. Waite and Charles A. Piddock, was\\nappointed to recommend a plan at a subsequent\\nmeeting, who made a report, recommending the pur-\\nchase of the Bailey building, at the junction of Main\\nand Sullivan Streets,for four thousand five hundred\\ndollars, and that the second story be fitted up for\\nthe library at an expense not exceeding one thou-\\nsand dollars the money for the purpose to be\\nborrowed from the Tappan School fund at six per\\ncent, interest. The committee stated that the\\nbuilding was then rented for four hundred and\\nninety dollars that, after taking what would be\\nrequired for the library, the remaining part of the\\nbuilding would rent for more than enough to pay\\nthe interest on the debt incurred After some dis-\\neuission the meeting voted to recommend to the\\ntown, at its next annual meeting, to purchase the\\nBailey building for four thousand five hundred\\ndollars, aud fit it up and alter and repair it at an\\nexpense not exceeding two thousand five hundred\\ndollars.\\nAt the annual town-meeting, in March, 1877, it\\nwas\\nVoted, that a board of five Trustees be chosen by\\nthe Town, and be authorized to purchase in behalf of\\nthe Town the Bailey Building, so called to fit up\\nsuch portion of the second story as may be necessary\\nfor the accommodation of the Fiske Free Library.\\nSuch purchase not to exceed Forty-five Hundred\\nDollars, and such alterations not to exceed the sum of\\ntwenty-five Hundred Dollars. And that the said\\nTrustees be authorized to draw from the Tappan\\nFund for the requisite sum to carry out this order,\\nand pay therefor from the rents of said building\\ninterest at the rate of six per cent, per annum. And\\nthat said Board of Trustees, and their successors\\nhereafter, have the custody of the Fiske Free Library,\\ninstead of the High School Committee. Or that said\\nBoard be further authorized, if in their judgment\\nthey think proper, to purchase and fit up some other\\nbuilding, not to exceed the sum heretofore named for\\nsaid purpose.\\nAt the same meeting Daniel W. Johnson, Otis\\nF. R. Waite, Alfred T. Bachelder, Ormon B.\\nWay and Algernon Willis were elected and\\nqualified as trustees of the Fiske Free Library.\\nThe trustees at once took a deed in the name", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0876.jp2"}, "794": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n105\\nof the tiiwn of the Bailey building, paying there-\\nfor four thousand five hundred dollars. Before\\nanything had been done by them toward altering\\nand fitting up the building for the Library, a\\nspecial town-meeting was held on the 28th of\\nApril, 1877, at which the following resolution was\\npassed\\nResolved, That the Town Treasurer and Select-\\nmen be authorized and instructed to give the note or\\nnotes of the Town, at six per cent, interest, to the\\nTrustees of the Tappan Fund, for the sum appro-\\npriated at the last annual Town-Meeting for the\\npurposes relating to the Fiske Free Library, not ex-\\nceeding in all the sum of Five Thousand Dollars.\\nThe tru.stees did not call for the five hundred\\ndollars authorized to be expended for alterations,\\netc., and made no essential changes in the build-\\ning, and the Library remained in the High School\\nbuilding. At the annual town-meeting in March,\\n1878, the trustees reported\\nReceived and will be due for rents of\\nLibrary building, .A.pril 1st, 1878, S-420.00\\nInterest on $4500, one year, $270.00\\nPaid water rent and repairs, 12.74 282.74\\nLeaving a balance over interest, water\\nrent and repairs of,\\n$137.26\\nAt this meeting the town, on the recommenda-\\ntion of the trustees, re-enacted its vote of 1877,\\nand appropriated two thousand five hundred\\ndollars to alter and repair the Library building.\\nThe trustees procured plans and specifications,\\nand let the contract to do the work to IMessrs.\\nH. R. Beckwith and Levi R. Chase, of Clare-\\nmont. The work was very satisfactorily done by\\nthem for a little more than two thousand three\\nhundred dollars. The balance of the two thou-\\nsand five hundred dollars was expended in furnish-\\ning the Library rooms\\nEarly in September, 1878, the books were\\nmoved from the High School building to the new\\nrooms, about six hundred new books added, re-\\narranged and catalogued. At a meeting of the\\ntrustees on the 16th, Miss Abbie Field was chosen\\nlibrarian, and has served faithfully in that\\ncapacity ever since. Messrs. Batchelder and\\nWillis removed from town, and their places were\\nfilled by Mes.srs H. W. Parker and Ira Corby.\\nMr. Fiske made a will, giving to the town of\\nClareniont nine thousand dollars five thousand\\ndollars to be expended in books as they should\\nbe needed, and as he pleiised, should he live to\\nexpend that sum the balance, if any, at his\\ndeath, to go into the hands of the trustees, to be\\nexpended by them for the same purpose, and the\\nother four thousand dollars to be a fund to be\\ninvested by the trustees, the interest of which\\nwas to be used for the purchase of books. His\\nwife, Miranda S. Fiske, in her will added one\\nthousand dollars to this fund, making it five\\nthousand dollars. Mr. Fiske died February 8,\\n1879, and Mrs. Fiske deceased May 27, 1882.\\nAt the death of Mr. Fiske there was found by\\na detailed account left by him, to be unexpended\\nfor books $1194.68.\\nBooks have been added to the Library from\\ntime to time by Mr. Fiske and by the trustees,\\nso that the whole number of volumes is about\\nfour thousand volumes, many of them expensive\\nbooks for reference. The advantages of such an\\ninstitution as this can be realized only by those\\nfortunate enough to enjoy them.\\nWar OF 1812. Soon after the declaration of\\nwar, in 1812, President Madison ordered the Sec-\\nretary of War to request Governor Plumer, of\\nNew Hampshire, to order into the service of the\\nUnited States, upon requisition of General Dear-\\nborn, such part of the quota of the militia of this\\nState as he should deem necessary for the defense\\nof the sea-coast of New Hampshire. During\\nthis war many Claremout men served for different\\nperiods, most of them in defenses of Portsmouth,\\nand as minute-men, stationed at Concord and\\nother places.\\nThe rolls of the officers and soldiers during\\nthis War of 1812-15 are very imperfect and in\\nsuch a confused state that they are not to be\\nrelied upon, and town records are equally un-\\nreliable therefore, it would be vain for any one,\\nhowever diligent in research, or careful in giving", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0877.jp2"}, "795": {"fulltext": "106\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nresults, to undertake to vouch for the complete-\\nness or accuracy of any record which he might\\nmake of any town s participation in the scenes\\nof that war.\\nBy the New Hampshire Adjutant-General s\\nreport, it therefore a])pears that Captain Joseph\\nKimball, of Plaiufield, commande I a company, in\\nwhich were the following-named men put down\\nas of Claremont. They were all volunteers, and\\nenlisted on the 12th of September, 1814, for three\\nmonths\\nDavid Dean, ensign; James Osgood, sergeant;\\nIsaac F. Hunton, Samuel Stone, John McDaniels,\\nCharles C. Stewart, Benedict Taylor, Shaler Buel,\\nAndrew Bartlet, Henry G. Lane, Benj. Perkins,\\nprivates; Abijah Dean, waiter.\\nCaptain Reuben Marsh, of Chesterfield, com-\\nmanded a company, in which were the following\\nmen from Claremont, who enlisted September\\n26, 1814, for sixty days: Charles A. Saxton,\\nAsa Baker, James McLaffin, James Fisher, and\\nSamuel Petty.\\nGeorge W. Fargo, of Claremont, enlisted in\\nCaptain Samuel Aiken, Jr. s company, for sixty\\ndays, September 26, 1814, and was a waiter.\\nCaptain Aiken was of Chester. Where these\\ncompanies served is not stated.\\nWAR OF THE REBELLION.\\nThe War of the Rebellion in the United States\\nof America opened with an assault upon Fort\\nSumter on the 12th of April, 1861, and closed\\nwith the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, then\\nserving his second term as President of the United\\nStates, on the 14th of April, 1865. It is not\\nnecessaiy now to recount the causes, running\\nthrough many years, which led to the insurrec-\\ntion of the people of a portion of the States of the\\nUnion against the general government, and ar-\\nrayed more than a million citizens in arms, invol-\\nving the expenditure of immense treasure and the\\nloss of the lives of hundreds of thousands of the\\ncountry s bravest and best men on either side, car-\\nrying sorrow and mourning to many hearth-stones\\nand multitudes of loving hearts. The causes have\\npassed away the eifects remain to be recorded on\\nthe page of history.\\nWhile all these momentous events were trans-\\npiring, the people of Claremont had their share in\\nthem. Their coffers were opened their young\\nmen were sent forth with a blessing some of them\\nnever to return, others to come home maimed or\\nbroken in health for life, and a few to return at\\nthe end of the great struggle, weary and worn,\\ncrowned with victorious wreaths. With great\\nunanimity the men raised their voices in behalf of\\nthe cause of their country, and the women gave it\\ntheir unbidden tears.\\nOn the 12th of April, 1861, South Carolina,\\nhaving a few mouths previously, by her Legis-\\nlature, passed an act seceding from the Union of\\nStates, commenced open hostilities by firing from\\nJames Island upon Fort Sumter, garrisoned bj\\nMajor Robert Anderson and about seventy men\\nunder his command. Fort Sumter was besieged\\nfor two days, her sources of supply cut oif,\\nwhen, on the 14th of April Major Anderson sur-\\nrendered the fort to the rebels, himself and his\\ncommand marching out and embarking on board\\nthe United States ship Baltic for New York.\\nOn the 15th of April President Lincoln issued a\\nproclamation, stating that an insurrection against\\nthe government of the United States had broken\\nout in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Ala-\\nbama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas,\\nand declared the ports of those States in a state of\\nblockade. On the same day the President issued\\na call for seventy-five thousand three months vol-\\nunteers, to aid in suppressing the rebellion against\\nthe government, and called upon New Hampshire\\nfor a regiment of militia.\\nIn response to this call of the President, on\\nApril 17th, Ichabod Goodwin, then Governor of\\nNew Hampshire, issued an order to Joseph C.\\nAbbott, adjutant-general, to make proclamation,\\ncalling for volunteers from the enrolled militia of\\nthe State for one regiment of ten companies, each\\ncompany to consist of three commissioned officers,\\nfour sergeants, four corporals and sixty-four pri-\\nvates, with the requisite number of field and staft", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0878.jp2"}, "796": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n107\\nofficers, to be uniformed, armed and equipped at\\nthe expeuse of the State, and to be held in readi-\\nness until called for by the United States govern-\\nment.\\nClaremont was all on fire to do her share toward\\nputting down the Rebellion. On the 18th of April\\nWilliam P. Austin enrolled his name as a soldier,\\ntook the oaths prescribed, and was on that day ap-\\npointed recruiting officer for the town of Clare-\\nmont and vicinity. He at once opened an office\\nfor recruits, and entered upon his duties. Young\\nmen flocked in faster than they could be examined\\nand sworn.\\nNotice was issued for a meeting of citizens at the\\ntown hall on Friday evening, the 19th. At the\\nhour appointed the building was filled to overflow-\\ning, ladies occupying the galleries. It was such a\\nmeeting of the citizens of Claremont, without dis-\\ntinction of party or sex, as had seldom been held.\\nThe meeting was called to order by the venerable\\nGeneral Erastus Glidden, and Hon. Jonas Living-\\nston was chosen president Ambrose Cossit, Eras-\\ntus Glidden, Walter Tufts, Thomas J. Harris, A.\\nF. Snow, Josiah Richards and Albro Blodgett,\\nvice-presidents Edward L. Goddard and John\\nM. Whipple, secretaries. On taking the chair\\nMr. Livingston made an enthusiastic and patriotic\\nspeech. Patriotic speeches were also made by H.\\nW. Parker, Ira Colby, Jr., A. F. Snow, Benjamin\\nP. Walker and Samuel G. Jarvis, who deposited\\none hundred dollars as the nucleus of a fund for\\nthe support of the families of those who should en-\\nlist. Rev. Messrs. R. F. Lawrence and R. S.\\nStubbs, William P. Austin and Henry G. Web-\\nber, of Charlestown, made stirring speeches. A.\\nF. Snow, Otis F. R. Waite, John S. Walker,\\nJoseph Weber, Simeon Ide and George W. Blod-\\ngett were chosen a committee to prepare and re-\\nport resolutions expressive of the sentiments of the\\ntown in regard to the Rebellion. The meeting was\\nadjourned to the next evening.\\nOn Saturday evening the town hall was again\\ncrowded, and the excitement was on the increase.\\nThe meeting was opened with prayer by the Right\\nRev. Carlton Chase, D.D., Bishop of New Hamp-\\nshire. The young men just enlisted by William\\nP. Austin were marched into the hall, where\\nfront seats had been reserved for them, and met\\nwith an enthusiastic reception. As they entered,\\nthe audience rose to their feet and gave three\\nhearty cheers. The president, Mr. Livingston,\\nled the speaking, and was followed by Otis F. R.\\nWaite, from the committee on resolutions, who\\nreported the following, which were unanimously\\nadopted\\nResolved, That all other considerations aud issues\\nare now absorbed in the one vital question, Shall\\nour Government be sustained? a question of national\\nlife and independence, or of ignominious submission\\nto the reign of barbarism and anarchy, or of unmiti-\\ngated despotism.\\nResolved, That the issues forced upon us by the\\nSouth, and the only one presented, is the existence of\\nany Government, and more directly of that Govern-\\nment under which the American people have lived\\nand prospered for a period of eighty years.\\nResolved, That for the maintenance and perpetuity\\nof the priceless boon of civil and religious liberty,\\nbequeathed by our forefathers in the Constitutiou of\\nibis Union and the free institutions it guarantees, we\\nwould imitate their example in Unitedly and unre-\\nservedly tendering to the Government, if need be, our\\nlives, our firtunes and our sacred honors.\\nResolved, That in this first call to defend the Con-\\nstitution and the laws at the point of the bayonet, we\\nview with patriotic pride the ready response of the\\nnoble sons of New Hampshire and of New England,\\nand the Middle and Western States.\\nResolved, That while our neighbors .are called to\\ndefend our flag abroad, we will fill their baskets\\nand their stores, and protect their hearth-stones at\\nhome.\\nSpirited and patriotic addresses were made by\\nCharles H. Eastman, Thomas J Harris, Arthur\\nChase, Simeon Ide, Thomas Kirk, Otis F. R.\\nWaite, Rev. Carlos Marston, Herman H Cum-\\nmings, Oscar J. Brown and Edward D. Baker,\\nwhen, after three rousing cheers for the Stars\\nand Stripes, and three more for the brave young\\nrecruits who were present, on motion of Ambrose\\nCossit, a committee, consisting of Ambrose Cossit,", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0879.jp2"}, "797": {"fulltext": "108\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSimeon Ide and Thomas J. Harris, was appointed\\nto petition the selectmen to call a town-meeting\\nfor the purpose of making an appropriation of two\\nthousand dollars, or more, for the support of the\\nfamilies of those of our fellow-citizens who have or\\nwho may enlist in defense of the countr} The\\nmeeting then adjourned to the following Tuesday\\nevening.\\nOn Tuesday evening, the 23d of April, the\\npeople again assembled at the town hall, which\\nwas densely crowded, and many were unable to\\ngain admittance. This seemed to be the culmina-\\nting point of the excitement. General Erastus\\nGlidden, in the absence of the president, occupied\\nthe chair. Patriotic songs were sung and fervent\\nspeeches made by John S. Walker, Chase Noyes,\\nGeorge W. Blodgett, William P. Austin, Henry\\nFitch and Rev. R. F. Lawrence. Frank S.\\nFiske, of Keene, special aid to the adjutant-\\ngeneral in the recruiting service, was present, and,\\nbeing called upon, made an eloquent and stirring\\nspeech. Mr. Austin was present with fifty\\nrecruits.\\nImmediately after the call of the President for\\ntroops, the ladies of the town bought large\\nquantities of flannel and yarn, and went to work\\nvigorously, making shirts and drawers and knit-\\nting socks for the soldiers. Forty or more met\\ndaily for this purpose at Fraternity Hall.\\nGeorge N. Farwell and Edward L. Goddard\\nauthorized William Clark, chairman of the Board\\nof Selectmen, to furnish the families of volunteers\\nwith such provisions as they might need, in his\\ndiscretion, and they would hold themselves per-\\nsonally responsible for the same. Under these\\ninstructions families were helped to the amount of\\n$222.27, which was afterward assumed by the\\ntown.\\nOn the 20th Otis F. R. Waite, of Claremont,\\nwas appointed by Governor Goodwin general re-\\ncruiting agent for the western part of the State, to\\nact under orders from the military headquarters\\nof the State. On the 29th he received the follow-\\ning telegram from the adjutant-general Close\\nup the stations and come on with the recruits to-\\nmorrow, as proposed. Telegraph me that you will\\ndo so. Cars will be for you at Nashua. The\\nrecruits from other stations having been sent for-\\nward. Major Waite started from Claremont, on\\nthe morning of the 30th, with eighty-five men\\nenlisted by William P. Austin. They left the\\nvillage at six o clock, and marched to the Sullivan\\nRailroad station, followed by large numbers of\\nrelatives and friends of the recruits and other\\ncitizens. At seven o clock, after a most touching\\nleave-taking, which will not soon be forgotten by\\nthose who participated in or witnessed it. the\\ncompany went on board the cars, which moved off\\namid the cheers of the three or four hundred\\npeople who had assembled to see their friends and\\nfellow-citizens depart for the war. They went by\\nway of Bellows Falls, Keene, Fitchburg, Groton\\n[now Ayer] Junction, Nashua and Manchester,\\narriving at Concord about three o clock in the\\nafternoon. At every considerable railway station\\nmultitudes of people were assembled, who gave the\\nmen their blessing and cheered them on their way.\\nBefore leaving Claremont our citizens had pro-\\nvided the recruits with a full day s rations of cold\\nmeats, bread, pickles, etc.\\nIt was understood tiiat the men enlisted at\\nClaremont would go in a company by themselves,\\nand would have the privilege of choosing their\\nown officers from their own number. Accordingly,\\nwhen the company was full, they elected William\\nP. Austin, captain John W. Lawrence, first\\nlieutenant John Dean, second lieutenant Ziba\\nL. Davies, third lieutenant Homer M. Crafts,\\nBaron S. Noyes, George H. Weber, Selden S.\\nChandler, sergeants; Edward E. Story, Charles\\nH. Parmalee, Chester F. Tebbits and Joseph\\nRichardson, corporals. The privates of this com;\\npany from Claremont were\\nOscar C. Allen.\\nLyman F. Parrish.\\nAlfred Talham.\\nEverett W. Nelson.\\nEdwin M. Gowdey.\\nRalph N. Brown.\\nJoseph Levoy.\\nCharles H. Sprague.\\nGeorge P. Tenney.\\nHenry W. Patrick.\\nJoseph Peno.\\nWilliam H. Nichols.\\nEbenezer E. Cummings.\\nAndrew J. Straw.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0880.jp2"}, "798": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n109\\nCharles W. Wetherbee.\\nJohn W. Davis.\\nJohn F. Wheeler.\\nJohn Straw.\\nWyman R. Clement.\\nGeorge W. Straw.\\nAlba D. Abbott.\\nCharles M. Judd.\\nHeman Allen.\\nHenry S. Morse.\\nAlbert P. Russell.\\nCharles E. Putnam.\\nCharles F. Colston.\\nEdward Hall.\\nJerome B. Douglass.\\nJames Dumase.\\nWilliam E. Parrish.\\nHenry F. Roys.\\nWilliam H. Pendleton.\\nJulius E. Haywood.\\nAlanson F. Wolcott.\\nWilliam H. Blanchard.\\nAnson M. Sperry.\\nWarren W. Howard.\\nDennis Taylor.\\nLewis W. Ladneer.\\nAlbert E. Parmalee.\\nMatthew T. Towne.\\nJ. Parker Read.\\nNapoleon B. Osgood.\\nSylvester E. H. Wakefield.\\nThe other members of this company were from\\nAcworth, Charlestown, Cornish and Unity.\\nA finer company of men than those enlisted by\\nCaptain Austin did not enter the army as volun-\\nteers. They enlisted from a sense of duty, the\\npay of privates being then but eleven dollars per\\nmonth, and there was no offer of bounty from the\\ntown, State or United States.\\nBefore leaving town, citizens presented the dif-\\nferent recruits with dirk knives, revolvers, etc.\\nAt a large meeting at the town hall, on the eve-\\nning of the 29th, Lieutenant John ^Y. Lawrence\\nwas presented with a sword by Sherman Living-\\nston. The presentation speech was made by H.\\nW. Parker, and responded to in behalf of Lieu-\\ntenant Lawrence by Ira Colby, Jr. George G.\\nIde, in behalf of the Qaremont Manufacturing\\nCompany, presented each member of the company\\nwith a handsomely bound pocket Testament.\\nThe ladies gave to each two pairs of flannel\\ndrawere, two flannel shirts, woolen socks, towels,\\npocket handkerchiefs and needle-book well filled\\nwith useful articles.\\nOn arrival at Concord the company was sent to\\nCamp Union but, being more than men enough\\nalready there for one regiment, they were sent to\\nCamp Constitution, Portsmouth, where the Second\\nEegiment was being organized. Under the call\\nof the President for one regiment from New\\nHampshire, in ten days men enough had been i\\nenlisted and sent to rendezvous at Concord and\\nPortsmouth for more than two.\\nOn the 3d of May the President issued a call\\nfor twenty thousand volunteers for three years,\\nand New Hampshire was immediately ordered to\\ntake no more volunteers for three months, but to\\nenlist, uniform, arm and hold, subject to orders\\nfrom the War Department, a regiment of three\\nyears men. In consequence of this order the\\nalternative was presented to the recruits then at\\nCamp Con.stitution to re-enlist for three years, or\\nbe discharged. Before this alternative was of-\\nfered, however, the recruits were all re-examined\\nby a surgeon, and those found physically disqual-\\nified for service were discharged. Among these\\nwere Edwin M. Gowdey, Charles F. Colston and\\nJoseph F. Garfield, from Claremont.\\nDuring the organization of the Second Regi-\\nment a misunderstanding arose between Captain\\nAustin and one or two of the other ofiicers and\\nsome of the men, and the company was broken up.\\nNone of the officers chosen before the company\\nleft Claremont were commi.ssioned. Captain Aus-\\ntin and Lieutenant Lawrence returned home, and\\nLieutenants Dean and Davis re-enlisted for three\\nyears as privates. Forty-three of the men also\\nre-enlisted for three years, and were put into dif-\\nferent comjjanies, while the remainder were either\\ndischarged or sent to Fort Constitution, Ports-\\nmouth Harbor, to serve out the term of their en-\\nlistment.\\nOn the 8th of May, agreeably to warrant, a\\ntown-meeting was held, at which a vote was unan-\\nimously passed to appropriate a sum not to exceed\\ntwenty-five hundred dollars, to be paid to soldiers\\nfamilies wherever and whenever it may be needed,\\nand Albro Blodgett was chosen, with discretion-\\nary power, to carry out the vote. Up to March,\\n1862, he paid out for this purpose two thousand\\nseven hundred and ninety-seven dollars and twen-\\nty three cents.\\nIn most of the churches in town sermons were\\npreached against the Rebellion, and prayers offered\\nfor the success of our arms in putting it down.\\nThere was an almost unanimous expression oi", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0881.jp2"}, "799": {"fulltext": "110\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncondemnation of the South, and political party\\nlines seemed for a time to be almost obliterated.\\nEvery man of influence encouraged enlistments,\\nand favored all reasonable projects for rendering\\naid to the families of such as had gone or might\\ngo to the war. Among the most zealous in the\\nwork of raising recruits and aiding families were\\nmany who, as Democrats, opposed the election of\\nAbraham Lincoln for President.\\nThe ladies kept at work making articles needed\\nby soldiers in hospitals and in the field frequent\\nmeetings were held during the summer, and a\\nmost patriotic spirit was manifested among the\\npeople.\\nIn July a company, called the Home Guard,\\nwas organized, consisting of over a hundred men,\\nmany of them past middle age, and among the\\nmost prominent citizens of the town, all desirous\\nto do something for the cause of the country.\\nThe company chose the following officers Arthur\\nChase, captain Edwin Vaughan, first lieutenant\\nJohn M. Whipple, second lieutenant Ira Colby,\\nJr., Francis F. Haskell, Henry S. Parmalee,\\nWilliam D. Rice, sergeants Joseph Weber, John\\nS. M. Ide, D. C. Colby and John Geer, corporals.\\nThe company had frequent meetings for drill, and\\nmade quite an imposing appearance.\\nIn June, 1861, the Legislature passed an act\\nauthorizing towns to raise money by vote to aid\\nfamilies of volunteers.\\nAbout the 20th of July Governor Berry issued\\nan order for enlisting, arming and equipping the\\nThird Infantry Regiment for three years, or\\nduring the war, and Dr. E. C. Marsh was ap-\\npointed recruiting officer for Claremont and vicin-\\nity. He soon enlisted thirty-two men, twenty-two\\nof whom belonged in Claremont. These men left\\nClaremont for the rendezvous at Concord on the\\n19th of Augu.st. These recruits attended the\\nMethodist Church on Sunday afternoon, the 18th,\\nand the Rev. R. S. Stubbs preached a sermon\\nfrom the text, Stand fast in the faith quit you\\nlike men be strong. On other occasions Mr.\\nStubbs had, through his sermons, shown forth his\\nunconditional loyalty and his entire devotion to\\nthe country but, on this occasion, when address-\\ning men who were about to take their lives in\\ntheir hands and go forth to do battle for the coun-\\ntry, he was particularly eloquent and impres-\\nsive.\\nOn the 20th of August the Governor issued an\\norder to raise the Fourth and Fifth Regiments.\\nDr. E. C. Marsh was ordered to recruit for the\\nFourth, and Charles H. Long was authorized to\\nraise a company for the Fifth Regiment, the men,\\nwhen enlisted, to choose their own company offi-\\ncers. All the men accepted and mustered into the\\nservice under this call were to receive from the\\nState a bounty of ten dollars. The men enlisted\\nby Mr. Long, making nearly a full company before\\nleaving Claremont, made choice of the following\\nofficers Charles H. Long, captain Jacob W.\\nKeller, first lieutenant Charles O. Ballou, second\\nlieutenant, who were subsequently commissioned\\nby the Governor.\\nThe last of September Edwin Vaughan was ap-\\npointed recruiting officer, and enlisted several men,\\nwho were put into diSerent regiments then being\\norganized.\\nOn the 17th of February, 1862, news was re-\\nceived by telegraph of the capture of Fort Donel-\\nson. The bells of the village were rung and the\\njoy of the people was manifested in other ways.\\nAt the annual town-meeting in March, 1862, it\\nwas voted that the selectmen be authorized to bor-\\nrow a sum of money on the credit of the town, not\\nto exceed five thousand dollars, as it may be\\nneeded, to aid the families of resident volunteers.\\nEdward L. Goddard, Aurelius Dickinson and\\nAlexander Gardiner were appointed a committee\\nto designate what families were entitled to aid, and\\nSumner Putnam was chosen agent to pay out\\nthe money without compensation.\\nOn Sunday afternoon, June 22, 1862, a public\\nmeeting was held in the town hall as a demonstra-\\ntion of respect for the brave Claremont men who\\nhad been killed at Fair Oaks and in other battles,\\nor died in hospitals, and of condolence with their\\nsurviving relatives and friends. A committee of\\narrangements had been chosen, and other prepara-", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0882.jp2"}, "800": {"fulltext": "CLAREMOXT.\\nIll\\ntions made, at a previous meeting of citizens of\\nthe town. Otis F. R. Waite, chairman of the\\ncommittee, called the meeting to order, briefly\\nstated its objects and presided throughout. Rt.\\nRev. Carleton Chase, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese\\nof New Hampshire, read selections from the Scrip-\\ntures Rev. Carlos Marston made the oj)euing\\nprayer Rev. H. H. Hartwell delivered an address\\nwhich had been carefully prepared, giving some\\naccount of each of those soldiers who had been\\nkilled in battle or died in hospitals, together with\\ncircumstances connected with the death of each.\\nShort addresses were made by Rev. Oliver Aver,\\nRev. R. F. Lawrence and Rev. Mr. Marston, of\\nClareraont, Rev. Mr. Piper, of Vermont, Rev. Mr.\\nGreeley, a native of Claremont, then settled at\\nMethuen, Mass., Rev. Paul S. Adams, of Newport,\\nand others.\\nOn motion of Bishop Chase, Otis F. R. Waite was\\nchosen historiographer to keep a record of events\\nin Claremont, which had or should transpire dur-\\ning the war, having connection with it, with a\\nview to its being published in book form after the\\nwar had closed. During the meeting several ap-\\npropriate pieces were sung by members of the dif-\\nferent church choirs in town. The relatives and\\nfriends of deceased soldiers were assigned front\\nseats, and this was made a kind of funeral occa-\\nsion. The town hall was packed, and, being on\\nSunday, and clergymen of the several churches\\ntaking leading parts, made this one of the largest\\nand most impressive meetings held in town during\\nthe war.\\nEarly in July E. W. Woodell was appointed a\\nrecruiting officer to enlist volunteers for regiments\\nthen being formed. On the 14th, in the evening,\\na meeting was held for the purpose of encouraging\\nenlistments. Walter Tufts was chosen chairman\\nand Joseph Weber secretary. Spirited speeches\\nwere made by D. C. Colby, Rev. Messrs. Lawrence\\nand Marston, E. W. Woodell, George R. Lathe\\nand others.\\nPursuant to a call by the selectmen, a\\nmeeting was held on the evening of the\\n19th of July. Jonas Livingston was chosen\\nchairman and C. C. Church secretary. E. W.\\nWoode l offered a series of resolutions reaffirm-\\ning confidence in the people, the Executive\\nof the nation and in the army, and calling upon\\nthe people to aid in all practicable ways in raising\\nmen to fill the regiments in the field, and form\\nnew ones as they may be needed to meet the exi-\\ngencies of the country. Patriotic speeches were\\nmade by Rev. Messrs. Marston and Lawrence, E.\\nD. Baker, C. C. Church, E. W. Woodell and\\nothers.\\nOn the 25th of the same month another meeting,\\nwith the same object in view, was held. C. H.\\nEastman presided. It was voted to hold a general\\ncounty war meeting at the town hall in Clare-\\nmont, on the afternoon of the 2d of August\\nfollowing, and a committee was appointed to make\\nthe necessary arrangements.\\nOn the 2d of August the town hall was crowded\\nto its utmost capacity, and the village was full\\nof citizens of the county. Henry Hubbard of\\nCharlestown, son of the late Governor Henry\\nHubbard, presided, who, on taking the chair, made\\nsome patriotic and well-timed remarks in relation\\nto the state of the country and the duty of loyal\\nmen. Nathaniel S. Berry, Governor of the State,\\nJames W. Patterson, member of Congress, James\\nW. Nesmith, United States Senator from Oregon,\\nA. H Cragin, United States Senator for New\\nHampshire, Peter Sanborn, State Treasurer, Cap-\\ntain T. A. Barker, of the Second New Hampshire\\nRegiment, Major H. B. Titus, of the Ninth New\\nHampshire Regiment, and other distinguished\\ngentlemen from abroad, were present and made\\nspeeches. The hall was handsomely decorated\\nwith flags and other emblems appropriate for the\\noccasion. This was one of the largest and most\\nenthusiastic meetings ever held in town.\\nAt a legal town-meeting on the 7th of August,\\nthe following votes were unanimously passed\\nVoted, That the Selectmen be authoiized to bor-\\nrow a sum of money, not exceeding five thousand dol-\\nlars, to pay a bounty to citizen volunteers the sum\\nof fifty dollars to each to fill the quota of three hun-\\ndred thousand, when mustered into the United States\\nservice.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0883.jp2"}, "801": {"fulltext": "112\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nFo^erf, That the Selectmen be authorized to borrow\\nasum of money, not to exceed three thousand dollars,\\nto pay a bounty of fifty dollars to each citizen volunteer\\nwho has or may enlist and be mustered into the\\nUnited States service, to fill the last quota of three\\nhundred thousand.\\nDuring the month preceding August 12,\\n1862, recruiting had been opened in town by\\nOrville Smith, of Leinpster, Sylvanus Clogston, of\\nWashington, and E. W^ Woodell, of Claremont.\\nUp to that date tliey had enlisted Mr. Smith,\\nthirty-five men Mr. Clogston, twenty-six men\\nand Mr. W^oodell, ten, a large share of whom\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0were residents of the town. They were taken\\nto Concord to fill old and help to form new regi-\\nments, as the men themselves might respectively\\nelect.\\nAbout the middle of August William H.\\nChaffin was authorized to recruit men in this town\\nfor regiments then being raised in the State, and\\nopened an office that purpose.\\nAt a town-meeting on the 17th of September,\\n1862, it was Voted to pay all resident citizens\\nwho have enlisted under the two last calls of the\\nPresident, and previous to August 11, 1862,\\nfifty dollars each when mustered into the United\\nStates service. Also all those who have enlisted\\nsince August 11, 1862, one hundred dollars each,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0when mustered into the United States service,\\nand the selectmen \u00e2\u0096\u00a0were authorized to borrow a\\nsum not exceeding eight thousand dollars to carry\\nthis vote into effect.\\nAt the annual town-meeting in March, 1863,\\nthe selectmen were authorized by vote to borrow\\nnot exceeding five thousand dollars, to aid families\\nof soldiers, the selectmen to designate who were\\nentitled to aid, and Sumner Putnam was chosen\\nto pay out the money without remuneration.\\nOn Sunday, May 10th, a telegram was received\\nin town anuounciug the capture of Richmond. It\\nwas read in the churches, bells were rung, cannon\\nfired and other demonstrations of joy made. But\\nit turned out that the telegram was not quite\\ntrue.\\nThe surrender of Vicksburg was celebrated in\\nClaremont, July 7, 1863. by the ringing of bells,\\nfiring of cannon, etc Edward F. Johnson, a son\\nabout twenty years old of Edwin Johnson, while\\nassisting to fire the cannon, in Dexter Hill, was\\nvery severely injured by the premature discharge\\nof the gun, losing the right hand and having the\\nother badly mutilated, beside other injuries. Sub-\\nsequently a considerable sum of money was con-\\ntributed by citizens of the town for his benefit.\\nOn the 5th of August what was left of Company\\nG, Fifth Regiment, came home on furlough. Out\\nof eighty-one men who left town under Captain\\nLong, in September, 1861, less than two years\\nbefore, only twelve came home. Twenty-four had\\nbeen killed in battle or died of disease, and the\\nbalance had either been discharged or were left\\nbehind in hospitals An ovation was given these\\ntwelve men at the town hall addresses were\\nmade by several gentlemen, and a handsome\\nsupper was provided at the Tremont House, to\\nwhich about fifty citizens sat down. After the\\neating had been finished spirited speeches were\\nmade, sentiments ottered and the whole affair\\npassed off very pleasantly.\\nOn Thursday, the 6th of August, the President s\\nthanksgiving for the success of our arms was\\nobserved. Business was generally suspended.\\nReligious services were hold at the Baptist Church,\\nthe Congregationalists and Methodists uniting.\\nAll three of the clergymen took part and made\\naddresses.\\nOn the 27th of August, 1863, the first draft in\\nthis Congressional District took place at West\\nLebanon. Ninety-seven men were drafted for\\nClaremont, only four of whom, are William S.\\nSturtevant, Jotham S. Toothaker, Charles H.\\nParmalee, and his brother, Edward A. Parmalee\\nentered the army. All the others were either\\nrejected by the examining surgeon as unfit for\\nduty, paid commutation or furnished substitutes.\\nOn the 21st of September, in town-meeting, it\\nwas voted to pay drafted men, or their substitutes,\\nthree hundred dollars each, and the selectmen\\nwere instructed to borrow the money therefor.\\nOn the 7th of December the town offered a", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0884.jp2"}, "802": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n113\\nboiint} to her citizens who shouhl enliist of three\\nhundred dollars iu addition to other bounties. At\\na previous meeting it had been voted to pay to each\\nvolunteer six hundred dollars, the town taking an\\nassignment of the State and government bounties.\\nAt the annual town-meeting, in March, 1864,\\nthe selectmen were authorized to borrow a sum,\\nnot exceeding six thousand dollars, to aid the fam-\\nilies of volunteers and drafted men. Sumner Put-\\nnam, as agent, had paid to families of soldiers the\\npreceding year the sum of ^.5,558.31).\\nIn May, 1865, there was another draft at the\\n[irovost-marshal s office. West Lebanon, to make\\nup all arrearages, and thirteen men were drafted\\nfor Claremont, all of whom were exempted by the\\nexaminino; surgeon or furnished substitutes. In\\nJune eight more men were drafted for this town,\\nto make up deficiencies in her quota under all\\ncalls, none of whom entered the army.\\nAt a towu-meeting, on the 2.3d of June, it was\\nvoted to instruct the selectmen to pay a sum not\\nexceeding six hundred dollars to any person who\\nhas, or may hereafter, enlist and be mustered into\\nthe service of the United States, and counted on\\nthe quota of this town for the present or any future\\ncall. The selectmen were also instructed to bor-\\nrow a sum, not exceeding six thousand dollars, for\\nthis jiurpose, and to proceed forthwith to enlist\\nmen, as opportunity may offer, in anticipation of\\nfuture calls.\\nIn August, 1864, the selectmen offered, for men\\nto enlist into the army, bounties as follows: Two\\nhundred dollars for one, and three hundred dollars\\nfor three years, besides the bounties offered by the\\nState and United States, amounting in all, for\\nthree years men, to eleven hundred dollars.\\nAt the annual town-meeting, in March, 1865,\\nby vote, the town treasurer was authorized to bor-\\nrow a sum, not exceeding seven thousand dollars,\\nto aid the families of volunteers and drafled men.\\nWilliam E. Tutherly was appointed military\\nagent to provide soldiers to fill all quotas of the\\ntown the ensuing year.\\nOn the morning of the 14th of April, 1865,\\nnews of the taking of Richmond came by tele-\\ngraph, followed on Monday morning, the 19th, by\\nthis telegram\\nOfficial. Lee and his whole army surrendered on\\nSunday afternoon. Gloria!\\nThis was soon follow ed by a telegram from Gov-\\nernor (4ilmore to the selectmen, ordering them to\\nfire one hundred guns, at the expense of the State,\\nin honor of the overthrow of the Rebellion. Busi-\\nness was immediately suspended the stores closed;\\nmen, women and children were upon the streets\\nall the church, mill and school bells were rung\\nand the order of the Governor was executed em-\\nphatically upon the common. Everybody rejoiced\\nat the final overthrow of the greatest rebellion on\\nrecord. A meeting was notified to be held at the\\ntown hall in the evening.\\nAt the appointed time the town hall was filled\\nas it had seldom been filled before. The multi-\\ntude was called to order lay Charles M. Bingham,\\nand Moses R. Emerson was chosen chairman, who\\nstated the objects of the meeting and made some\\npertinent remarks. Rev. Edward W. Clark, 2)as-\\ntor of the Congregational Church, opeued the\\nmeeting with prayer. The congregation then\\nunited in singing, iu a most thrilling manner,\\nPraise God from whom all blessings flow, to the\\ntune of Old Hundred. The glee club, under\\nthe direction of Francis F. Haskell, next sang a\\npatriotic piece. Spirited addresses were made by\\nRev. Messrs. J. M. Peck, Edward W. Clark and\\nE. S. Foster, Hosea W. Parker, Edward D.\\nBaker, Ira Colby, Jr., and others. The audience\\narose and joined in singing America, as it is\\nsung only when its eloquence and beauty are fully\\nfelt by those who sing it. The meeting dissolved\\nto witness a display of fireworks outside. Many\\nof the public buildings and private residences were\\nhand.somely illuminated, and Jefferson Davis and\\n.John C. Breckinridge were burned in effiegy on\\nthe common.\\nOn the morning of the 15th of April came a\\ntelegram announcing the assassination of Abra-\\nham Lincoln, President of the United States, the\\nnight before. This news turned the rejoicing of\\nthe loyal people of the North to sincere and deep", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0885.jp2"}, "803": {"fulltext": "114\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmourning. On Wednesday, the 19th of April, in\\naccordance with recommendation from Washing-\\nton, and special proclamation of the Governor of\\nNew Hampshire, the funeral obsequies of the\\nPresident were observed. Business of every kind\\nwas entirely suspended at twelve o clock the\\nchurch bells were tolled minute-guns were fired,\\nand the people assembled at the town hall to jjay\\ntheir respects to the memory and worth of the\\nmurdered President, Abraham Lincoln. Never\\ndid the people of Claremont more sincerely mourn\\nthan on this occasion. Rev. Edward W. Clark\\nread the Governor s proclamation and made the\\nopening jjrayer. An appropriate piece was sung\\nby the choir, under the direction of Francis F.\\nHaskell. Rev. E. S. Foster read selections from\\nScripture Rev. F. W. Toole offered prayer ad-\\ndresses were made by Rev. Messrs. S. G. Kellogg,\\nMoses Kimball, of Ascutueyville, Vt., Foster and\\nTowle, of Claremont, Albert Goss, of Auburn,\\nN. Y., and Clark, of Claremont. The choir sang\\nthe hymn commencing Why do we mourn de-\\nparting friends? to the tune of China, and\\nRev. Mr. Kimball pronounced the benediction in\\nthe most solemn manner.\\nSUMMARY.\\nWhole number of volunteers from Claremont 370\\nWhole number of drafted men who entered army.. 5\\nWhole number of drafted men who furnished sub-\\nstitutes 74\\nWhole number killed in battle 33\\nWhole number who died of wounds 14\\nWhole numljer who died ot disease 20\\nWhole number who served to the end of the war... 85\\nNumber of families who received aid from the\\ntown and State 173\\nAmount of town and State aid furnished to fami-\\nlies $2fi,219.61\\nThis summary includes all the Claremont\\nsoldiers who were connected with New Hamp-\\nshire and other regiments whose history is known.\\nMany re-enlisted, while others served in more\\nthan one organization, some in three or four,\\nwhich, with substitutes furnished and commutation\\npaid by men who were drafted, make the whole\\nnumber four hundred and forty-nine, of soldiers\\nput down to the town during the war.\\nClakemont s Quota. The enrollment in\\nClaremont, in April, 1865, embracing all male\\ncitizens of the age of eighteen years, and under\\nthe age of forty-five years, liable to do military\\nduty, was four hundred and thirteen. The whole\\nnumber who entered the army and navy, from\\nApril, 1861, to April, 1865, was four hundred and\\nforty-nine. This includes all enlistments, some of\\nthe men having enlisted two or more times, the\\ndrafted men who furnished substitutes and those\\nwho entered the army. The quota required to be\\nsent from each town in the State under all calls\\nfor troops, from July, 1863, was proportioned to\\nthe number of enrolled militia, as above. Clare-\\nmont s quota was set at one hundred and seventy-\\nseven, and she furni.shed two hundred and six\\nrecruits, being an excess of twenty-nine over what\\nshe was required to furnish.\\nLadies Soldiers Aid Societies. Immedi-\\nately after the assault upon Fort Sumter and the\\ncall of the President for seventy-five thousand\\nvolunteers, the ladies of Claremont manifested\\ntheir zeal in the cause of their country by meeting\\nat the house of Mrs. Susan J. Adams, to prepare\\nbandages and other articles needed in army\\nhospitals.\\nIn May, 1861, an urgent call came to the ladies\\nfor hospital stores and garments suitable for sick\\nand wounded soldiers. A notice was published in\\nthe village papers inviting the ladies to meet in\\nFraternity Hall. At the appointed time a large\\nnumber assembled. The meeting was called to\\norder by ]Miss Elizal eth Sprague. Remarks were\\nmade urging tiie importance of organized and\\nearnest effort to minister to the comfort of sick\\nand wounded soldiers, and to give to our men\\narticles of clothing not furnished them by the\\ngovernment.\\nA society called the Ladies Union Sewing\\nCircle was organized by the choice of the follow-\\ning officers: Mrs. M. A. Metcalf, president; Mrs.\\nEdward L. Goddard, vice-president Miss Eliza-\\nbeth Sprague, secretary and treasurer Mrs. Obed", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0886.jp2"}, "804": {"fulltext": "CLAEEMONT.\\n115\\nD. Barnes, Mrs. Otis P. E,. Waite, Mrs. Lewis\\nPerry, Mrs. Charles H. Eastman, IMrs. Edward L.\\nGoddard and Mrs Mary Blanchard, committee to\\nhave special care and direction of the work.\\nThis society met at Fraternity Hall daily. The\\nwork at first was upon flannel garments and other\\narticles for the men enlisted by Captain William\\nP. Austin, a large portion of whom belonged in\\nClaremont. Each man was furnished by this\\nsociety with a pair of woolen drawers, undershirt,\\ntowels, pocket-handkerchiefs, woolen socks, pin-\\nflat and needle-book, well filled with useful\\narticles. By .special contribution they raised\\n$7.5 for rubber blankets, $8.38 for havelocks, and\\n$13.29 for extra pairs of woolen hose.\\nThe ladies kept at work as well at home as at\\ntheir stated meetings, throughout the sununer, for\\nsoldiers and hospitals. In September Charles H.\\nLong enlisted a company of one hundred men for\\nthe Fifth Regiment, all belonging in Claremont\\nand vicinity, and each was furnished with bed-\\nsack, towels, handkerchiefs and woolen hose.\\nAuxiliary Sanitary Commission. Early in\\nOctober, 1861, the United States Sanitary Com-\\nmission sent an appeal to the ladies of Claremont\\nto organize an Auxiliary Sanitary Commission, in\\norder the better to systematize their labors and\\nthe manner of sending forward and appropriating\\nto their proper uses the fruits of their liberality\\nand labor. In response to a call, the citizens met\\nat Fraternity Hall on the 11th of October for this\\njjurpose. Simeon Ide, Tliomas J. Harris, Joseph\\nWeber, Mrs. Edward L. Goddard, Mrs. M. A.\\nMetcalf and Mrs. Charles H. Ea.stman were ap-\\npointed a committee to canvass the town and\\nsecure the co-operation of all loyal women in this\\nmovement.\\nAn adjourned meeting was held on the Ifith of\\nOctober, when the committee submitted a plan of\\norganization, making every lady in town, who\\nwould jjay into the trea.sury one dollar, a member,\\nand proposed the following list of oflicers, which\\nl)lan and report were adopted Simon Ide, presi-\\ndent Mrs. Samuel P. Fiske and Mrs. Leonard P.\\nFisher, vice-presidents Thomas J. Harris, treas-\\nurer Cyrenus S. Parkhurst, secretary Edward\\nL. Goddard, Frederick T. Kidder, Arthur Chase,\\nMrs M. A. Metcalf, Mrs. G. W. Lewis, Mrs. Obed\\nD. Barnes, Mrs. Edward L. Goddard, Mrs Charles\\nH. Eastman and Mrs. Jotham G. Allds, directors.\\nThe directors appointed Mrs. Lewis Perry, Miss\\nMarion Richards, Mrs. Francis Whitcomb, Miss\\nDiantha Sargent, Miss Alice Jones, Mrs. James\\nGoodwin, Mrs. James Brickett, Mrs. Otis F. R.\\nWaite, Mrs. Stephen F. Rossiter, Mrs David F.\\nTuterly, Miss Stella Wallingford, Miss E. M. Bond,\\nMrs. Albert O. Hammond, Mrs. Freeman S. Chel-\\nlis, Mrs. Amos I). Johnson, Mrs. Robert R. Bun-\\nnell, Mrs. Anson S. Barstow, Mrs. George W.\\nLewis and Miss Isabella D. Rice to solicit money,\\nhosjiital stores\u00e2\u0080\u0094 such as preserves, jellies, pickles,\\netc., or clothing to fill a box which the society\\nwished to send forward.\\nFor a time this organization received the active\\nco-operation of the gentlemen holding the princi-\\npal offices, after which they seemed occupied with\\nother mattei-s, and early in the winter of ISfil the\\nladies took the management and funds of the soci-\\nety, Mrs. Samuel P. Fiske acting as president and\\nMrs. Edward L. Goddard as secretary and treas-\\nurer.\\nThe Sewing Circle was a Union Sewing Circle\\nin the fullest acceptation of the term. Love of\\ncountry, love of the brave and noble soldiers who\\nleft their homes to fight our battles, to suffer and\\ndie in prison or hospital, helped these patriotic\\nwomen to surmount every obstacle and forget all\\nopposition and discouragement.\\nA few ladies of Unity sent valuable contribu-\\ntions, which were forwarded in the first boxes .sent\\nto Washington.\\nThe meetings were frequent, well attended,\\nseemed to be pervaded by a solemn sense of the\\nimportance of the utmost diligence in the perform-\\nance of the work in hand, and pleasant to all in-\\nterested in their object. jMany ladies, whose\\nnames do not appear as having any special charge,\\nwere among the most active and efficient workers.\\nAmong the gentlemen in town most active and\\nenthusiastic in aiding the ladies in their work, en-", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0887.jp2"}, "805": {"fulltext": "116\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncouraging enlistments and helping soldiers and\\ntheir families, was Rt. Rev. Carlton Chase, Bishop\\nof the Diocese of New Hampshire. He opened\\nhis house to the ladies, attended and addressed\\npublic meetings, and in other ways showed how\\nmuch he had the cause of the country at heart.\\nThe ladies engaged in this society enlisted for\\nthe war, nor did they cease their efforts until\\nRichmond was taken and the rebel armies had\\nsurrendered. During the existence of this auxil-\\niary society they sent thirty-three large boxes to\\nthe United States Sanitary Commission rooms in\\nWashington and Boston, containing the following\\narticles 15.3 pairs woolen drawers, 195 woolen\\nshirts, 373 cotton shirts, 29 pairs cotton drawers,\\n1029 towels, 901 handkerchiefs, 84 needle-books,\\n624 pairs of woolen hose, 221 woolen blankets,\\n333 quilts, lfi9 sheets, 244 pairs nuttens, 39 com\\nfort bags, 45 vests, 59 pillow-sacks, 139 bed-sacks,\\n261 pillows, 241 pillow-cases, 198 pairs slippers,\\n189 dressing-gowns, 51 havelocks, 2 collars, 1 mil-\\nitary overcoat, 1 military dress coat, 1 pair mili-\\ntary pants, 1 blouse, 1 linen jacket, together with\\nlarse (quantities of dried and canned fruits, pick-\\nles, bandages, lint, linen and cotton pieces, 75\\nquarts of wines and 50 pounds of corn-starch,\\nbooks and other reading matter, all of which was\\nmost generously given by the friends of the soldiers\\nin every part of the town. They also sent to the\\nBoston and Baltimore fairs, for the benefit of the\\nsoldiers, about one hundred and fifty dollars\\nworth of fancy articles, all of which were contrib-\\nuted by the ladies of this society.\\nThe society received of its members and other\\nindividuals about twelve hundred dollars, four\\nhundred dollars of which was realized from exhi-\\nbitions, festivals and concerts. When they closed\\ntheir labors, in the spring of 1S65, there remained\\nin the treasury one hundi-ed and sixty dollars,\\nwhich was placed at interest, to be apj)ropr iated\\nfor the erection of a monument in commemoration\\nof Claremont s brave soldiers, who gave their lives\\nfor the country when she needed such sacrifice.\\nAt the commencement of the war the ladies of\\nWest Claremont formed themselves into a working\\nband for the soldiers, and met together occasionally\\nfor work, though much was done at their homes.\\nLarge numbers of articles were sent to their desti-\\ntation during the first few months through the so-\\nciety at the village, after which they sent the\\narticles of their industry and benevolence direct to\\nWashington. As no officers were chosen, no\\nrecord of the money expended was kept for any\\nlength of time. The money used and articles\\ngiven were from residents at West Claremont, ex-\\ncept fifty dollars from the Sanitary Commission in\\nthe village in the winter of 1864-65, placed in the\\nhands of Mrs. Wyllys Redfield, and expended for\\nmaterials which were made up by the ladies.\\nDuring the war not less than eight or ten barrels\\nand boxes, filled with quilts, shirts, dressing-gowns,\\nsocks, dried fruit, jellies, wines and many other\\narticles, were sent by the ladies of West Clare-\\nmont.\\nThanksgiving to Soldiers Families. In\\nNovember, 1864, Charles M. Bingham, Nathaniel\\nTolles, Otis F. R. Waite, Samuel G. Jarvis and\\nWalter H. Smith were cliosen a committee to col-\\nlect contributions, and distribute to families of\\nsoldiers, and others in town who were considered\\nneedy, provisions for Thanksgiving. Citizens\\ncheerfully contributed from their stores what was\\nvalued in money at $30.31, and, in money, $120.45,\\nmaking a total of $150.76. The money received\\nwas carefully expended for jirovisions, which were\\ndistributed to one hundred and three families, ac-\\ncording as the committee judged of their several\\nneeds. The articles carried to the difierent dwell-\\nings consisted of one hundred and fifty chickens,\\nseventy-five roasts of beef, weighing from seven\\nto fourteen pounds each, several pieces of fresh\\npork, a large quantity of butter, cheese, vegetables,\\ngroceries, etc.\\nSoldiers Monument. At the annual town-\\nmeeting, in March, 1867, it was voted to appropri-\\nate one thousand dolhirs for the erection of a monu-\\nment to those Claremont men who had been killed\\nin battle or died in the army in the War of the Re-\\nbellion, on condition that five hundred dollars\\nshould be raised by subscription, or otherwise, for", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0888.jp2"}, "806": {"fulltext": "CLAKEMONT.\\n117\\nthe same purpose. The Ladies Sanitary Commis-\\nsion appropriated the funds about one hundred\\nand sixty dollars, which they had on hand at the\\nclose of the war to this object; and the committee\\nof arrangements for the Fourth of July celebra-\\ntion in 1865 also appropriated about fifty dollars,\\nwhich they had after paying expenses. In addi-\\ntion to this, the ladies obtained in subscriptions\\nnot exceeding one dollar each heads of families\\ngenerally paid one dollar, and children of all ages\\ntwenty-five cents each a sufficient amount to se-\\ncure the town af)propriation and these several\\nsums, except the thousand dollars appropriated by\\nthe town, were placed at interest. At the annual\\ntown-meeting, in ]Mareh, 1868, the further sum of\\ntwo thousand dollars was voted for this object,\\nprovided that one thousand dollars should be\\nI aised by contribution or otherwise.\\nAt the same meeting Samuel P. Fiske, Benja-\\nmen P. Oilman, Edward L. Goddard, Charles H.\\nLong and John L. Farwell were chosen a com-\\nmittee to have the whole matter of the monument\\nin charge. Early in August, 1868, Frederick A.\\nBriggs, Oliver A. Bond, Hosea W. Parker, A.\\nGeorge Boothe, Wm. P. Farwell, James A. Cowles,\\nAustin C. Chase and some other gentlemen,\\nassisted by several young ladies, gave two very\\ncreditable dramatic exhibitions in aid of the Sol-\\ndiers Monument Fund. A string band extem-\\nporized for the occasion, and under the joint\\nleadership of Messrs. George W. Wait, of this\\ntown, and Henry A. Chiistie, of Christie and\\nWedger s Band, Boston, who had his home in\\nClaremont, furnished some excellent music and\\ncontributed very much to the entertainment. The\\nreceipts from this source were about one hundred\\nand fifty dollars. Subscription-papers were cir-\\nculated, without limiting the amount that each\\nmight pay, and other means used to obtain a\\nsufficient sum to secure the last two thousand\\ndollars voted by the town making up the whole\\nsum of forty-five hundred dollars. Many gentle-\\nmen subscribed very liberally, while others gave\\naccording to their means, and the recpured amount\\nwas secured.\\nThe committee decided to place the monument\\nin the Park, and made a very favorable contract\\nwith Martin Milmore, of Boston, for a bronze\\nmonumental statue of an infantry soldier, at rest.\\nWhen the monument and grf)uuds were so nearly\\ncompleted that a day could be fixed for the dedi-\\ncation, the committee called a meeting of the\\ncitizens of the town, at the town hall, on the even-\\ning of July 17, 1869, to take measures for the\\narranging and carrying out of proper exercises.\\nAt this meeting Edward L. Goddard was chosen\\nchairman, and Hosea W. Parker secretary. The\\nfollowing gentlemen were chosen a committee to\\nhave the whole subject of dedicating the monu-\\nment in charge Sanuiel P. Fiske, Benjamin P.\\nGilman, Edward L. Goddard, Charles H. Long,\\nJohn L. Farwell, Oscar J. Brown, John S. Walk-\\ner, John F. Cossitt, Nathaniel Tolles, Hosea W.\\nParker, J. W. Pierce, Sherman Cooper, Henry\\nPatten, Charles H. Eastman and William H.\\nNichols.\\nAt a meeting of the committee of arrange-\\nments, it was voted to dedicate the monument on\\nthe anniversary of the battle of Cedar Creek,\\nOctober 19, 1864, when General Phil. H. Sher-\\nidan, by his timely arrival on the field, changed a\\ndefeat of our arms into a glorious victory, taking\\nfifty guns from the enemy. It was also voted to\\ninvite Dr. J. Baxter Uphani, of Boston, a native\\nof the town, and a son of the late George B. Ui\\nham, to pronounce an oration. The committee\\nappointed the following officers for the day of\\ndedication: President, John S. Walker; Vice-\\nPresidents, Edward L. Goddard, George N. Far-\\nwell, Samuel G. Jarvis, Albro Blodgett, Daniel\\nW. Johnson, James P. Upham, Arnold Briggs,\\nDaniel S. Bowker, Edward Ainsworth, Charles\\nM. Bingham, William E. Tutherly, Sylvanus S.\\nRedfield, William Ellis, Fred P. Smith, Hiram\\nWebb; Secretaries, Joseph Weber, Arthur Chase\\nChaplain, Edward W. Clark Marshal, Nathaniel\\nTolles, who appointed for Assistants, Edwin W.\\nTolles, Edwarcl J. Teuney, Sherman Cooper and\\nGeorge H. Stowell. He also appointed Otis F. R.\\nWaite, Hosea W. Parker, William H. H. Allen", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0889.jp2"}, "807": {"fulltext": "118\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand Francis F. Haskell to receive and attend to\\nthe comfort of the invited guests.\\nInvitations were extended by circulars to many\\nprominent gentlemen, and by posters to the peo-\\nple generally, to be present and join in the cere-\\nmonies. The day was ushered in by a salute of\\nthirty-seven guns and the ringing of bells at sun-\\nrise. A large concourse of people, variously\\nestimated at from five to ten thousand among\\nthem many distinguished ladies and gentlemen\\nfrom the eastern and middle portions of the State,\\nassembled to do honor to the occasion.\\nAt half-past nine o clock a.m. the invited\\nguests were met at the station of the Sullivan\\nRailroad and conveyed in carriages to the village.\\nAt ten o clock a procession, consisting of invited\\nguests and officers of the day in carriages, fire\\ncompanies, Posts of the Grand Army of the Re-\\npublic and citizens, was formed on the Common\\nunder the direction of the marshal, and escorted\\nby the Stearn Guards of Claremont, headed by the\\nClaremont Cornet Band, marched through Broad,\\nNorth, Maple, Elm, Union, Sullivan, Pleasant,\\nSummer and Broad Streets, to the speaker s\\nstand, at the east side of the Common, and facing\\nthe monumental statue to be dedicated. There was\\nalso a stand for the baud and choir erected against\\nthe south wall of the Universalist Church.\\nArrived at the stand, the band performed a\\nnational air. The marshal, Nathaniel Tolles,\\ncalled the assemlily to order, and introduced\\nSamuel P. Fiske, chairman of the committee of\\narrangements and also chairman of the monument\\ncommittee, who made a short address, giving an\\naccount of the inception of the soldiers monument\\nto be dedicated and the work upon it to comple-\\ntion, announced the officers and introduced the\\npresident, John S. Walker. The president called\\nupon the chaplain, Rev. E. W. Clark, who in-\\nvoked the Divine blessing in fitting and eloquent\\nterms.\\nThe jsresident delivered a short address, wel-\\ncoming, in well-chosen words, all who were\\npresent, as well those of the town anil country\\nas from more distant parts. He said that General\\nPhilip H. Sheridan had accepted an invitation to\\nbe present, and had been expected until that\\nmorning, when a telegram was received from him,\\nexplaining his inability to be with us. It con-\\ncluded\\nPlease .say to my old comrades and the good peo-\\nple in attendance how deeply I regret not being pres-\\nent with them to do honor to the memory of the\\ngallant men from New Hampshire who fell in\\ndefense of the miion and their rights.\\nAt the close of the j) resident s address, the\\nsignal being given, the American flag, which had\\nenveloped the bronze statue, was skillfully lifted\\ntherefrom by Samuel P. Fiske, chairman of the\\nmonument committee, assisted by Benjamin P.\\nGilman, raised to the top of the pole to which it\\nwas attached, and floated in the breeze over the\\nmonument.\\nThe oi-ator. Dr. J. Baxter Upham, was then\\nintroduced, and delivered a very appropriate\\noration, in a voice that could be heard by those of\\nthe vast crowd most remote from the speaker. It\\nwas a most touching and eloquent tribute to the\\ndead heroes commemorated by the monument.\\nThe speaker said,\\nOn the marble tablets in yonder Town Hall,\\nwhich, from henceforth, shall be a memorial hall as\\nwell, we may trace the names of seventy-three 3 oung\\nmen wlio fought in these armies and voluntarily laid\\ndown their lives upon the altar of their country\\nmore than a seventh part of the four hundred and\\nforty-nine, who, from first to last, enlisted here so\\nmany, alas, in number, that there is not room for\\nthem upon the entablature of this or any common\\nmonument. I could wish it were possible to write\\nthem, one and all, in letters of living light, on the\\nsides of those everlasting hills that they might be\\nknown and read of all men.\\nAfter the oration, America was sung by the\\nchoir, under the leadership of Moses R. Emerson,\\nThe president then introduced Governor Onslow\\nStearns, who made a .short address, followed with\\naddresses by ex-Governors Walter Harriman,\\nFrederick Smyth, United States Senator James\\nW. Patterson, Colonel Mason W. Tapjjan and\\nHon. Jacob H. Ela. The exercises closed by the", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0890.jp2"}, "808": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n119\\nsinging, by the choir and all present, of that\\ngrand old ascription, Be thou, O God, exalted\\nhigh.\\nThe procession was then re-formed and marched\\nto the Tremont House, where the invited guests,\\nthe committee of arrangements, officers of the dav\\nand citizens, in all about eighty, ladies and gentle-\\nmen, at four o clock partook of a sumptuous\\ndinner. Members of fire companies and posts of\\nthe Grand Army were liberally provided for b\\\\-\\ncontributions of citizens, at the town hall, where\\ntables were laid for about five hundred. After\\nthese had eaten, the doors were thrown open to\\nthe multitude, and not less than one thousand\\nwere fed in this way. There was a great quantity\\nof food left, which was carefully gathered up and\\ndistributed to such as needed it.\\nThe Monument. The monument consists of a\\nhandsome granite pedestal, seven feet high, sur-\\nmounted by a bronze statute of an infantry\\nvolunteer soldier, in full regulation uniform, lean-\\ning in an easy and graceful way upon his gun.\\nBeneath the statue, on the granite die, is the\\nfollowing inscription\\nERECTED\\nIN HONOR OF THE SOLDIERS\\nOF\\nCLAREMONT,\\nWHO DIED\\nIN THE REBELLION OF 1861-65,\\nBY THEIR GRATEFUL\\nFELLOW-CITIZENS,\\n1869.\\nFINANCIAL STATEMENT.\\nReceipts.\\nE. L. Goddard, for Fourth of July committee\\nof 1865 principal, $47.00 interest,\\n113.00 $60 00\\nMrs. E. L. Goddard, Treasurer Auxiliary\\nSanitary Commission principal, \u00c2\u00a71.50.00;\\ninterest, $41.25 I Jl 25\\nFrom subscriptions of 1867 princijial,\\n$642.72; interest, $95,37 738 09\\nDramatic company 04 00\\nSubscriptions, 1869 970 63\\nTown appropriations for monument and park\\nimprovements, as per vote of 1867-68 3500 00\\nlUsbursements.\\nMartin Milmore, for monument 4000 00\\nE. Batchelder, for granite curbing.... 250 00\\nConcrete walk and grading 807 23\\nFence, $337.14; labor, $159.60 496 74\\nTotal $.5553 97\\nTotal $5,553 97\\nAIemorial TABLET.S. The large number of\\nthose ClarenKint men who were killed in battle\\nand died of wounds or disease while in the service,\\nrendered the inscription of their names ujion the\\nmonument impracticable therefore, marble tab-\\nlets were erected in the town hall bearing the\\nfollowing Roll of Honor, except that the date\\nand manner of the death of each is added hei-e,\\nto perpetuate more fully their record\\nCitizen Soldiers of Claremont who died for their Country\\nin the War of the Reheltion, 1861-65.\\nColonel Alexander Gardiner.\\n14th Regt, N H. Vols. Mortally wounded at the\\nbattle of Cedar Creek, near Winchester, Va.,\\nSept. 19,1864. Died of wounds Oct. 8, 1864.\\nCaptain William Henry Chaffin.\\nCo. I, 14th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nCed-ir Creek, near Winchester, Va., Sept. 19,\\n1864.\\nLieutenant Euel G. Austin.\\nCo. A, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Wounded at the battle\\nof Getty-sburg, Pa., July 6, 1863. Died of his\\nwounds at Baltimore, Md., July 26, 1863.\\nLieutenant Charles 0. Ballou.\\nCo. G., 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nFredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862.\\nLieutenant Robert Henry Chase.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nReam s Station, Va., August 25, 1864.\\nLieutenant Samuel Brown Little.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Wounded at the battle\\nof Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died\\nof wounds at Falmouth, Va., December 24, 1862.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Wounded at the battle\\nof Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died\\nof wounds December 2.3, 1862.\\nLieutenant Henry S. Paull.\\nCo. I, 14th Regt. X. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nCedar Creek, near Winchester, Va., September\\n19, 1864.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0891.jp2"}, "809": {"fulltext": "120\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nLieutenant Henry D. Rice.\\nAlbert G. Dane.\\nCo. G, 9tli Regt. N. H. Vols. Supposed killed at Poplar\\nCo.\\nA, 3d Regt. N. H. Vols. Died while prisoner at\\nGrove Church, Va., September 30, 1864.\\nSalisbury, N. C, February 3, 1865.\\nDaniel S. Alexander.\\nZiBA L. Davis.\\nCo\\nF, 3d Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nCo.\\nH, 2d Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Fal-\\nDrury s Bluff, Va., May 13, 18G4.\\nmouth, Va., January 12, 1863.\\nOscar C. Allen.\\nJajies Delmage.\\nCo.\\nH, 2d Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Phila-\\nCo.\\nG, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\ndelphia, Pa., October 2, 1862.\\nFair Oaks, Va., June 1, 1863.\\nJames P. Bascom.\\nEdward E. French.\\nCo.\\nG, 0th Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Fal-\\nCo.\\nE, Berdan s Sharpshooters. Wounded at the\\nmouth, Va., December 25, 1862.\\nbattle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 19, 1864. Died\\nSamuel 0. Benton.\\nof wounds September 7, 1864.\\nCo.\\nE, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed in battle at\\nReam s Station, Va., August 16, 186-i.\\nCo.\\nJohn Gilbert.\\nF. 3d Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nHorace Bolio.\\nDeep Run, Va., August 16, 1864.\\nCo.\\nCo.\\nF, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nGettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.\\nAmos F. Bradford.\\nG, 9th Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of diphtheria at\\nCo.\\nFrederick W. Goddard.\\nH, 44th Regt. Mass. Vols. Died of disease at\\nPemberton Square Hospital, Boston, .July 3, 1863.\\nParis, Ky., November 10, 1863.\\nLieutenant George Nettleton.\\nJosiAH S. Brown.\\nCo.\\nG, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Wounded at the battle\\nCo.\\nG, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nof Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1863. Died\\nFredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.\\nof wounds at Falmouth, Va., December 24, 1862.\\nJames Burns.\\nCharles B. G randy.\\nCo.\\nG, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nCo.\\nA, 62d Regt. N. Y. Vols. Died of disease at\\nGettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.\\nWashington, D. C, October 16, 1861.\\nCharles F. Burrill.\\nDavid H. Grannis.\\nCo.\\nG, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nCo.\\nA, 3d Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of disease at\\nGettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.\\nHilton Head, N. C, March 4, 1863.\\nCharles E. Ballou.\\nChester F. Grinnels.\\nDied at Washington, D. C, of disease, February 18,\\nCo.\\nG, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\n1864.\\nFredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.\\nSamuel S. Carleton.\\nCharles A. Hart.\\nFourth Battalion, Mass. Rifles. Died at Claremout,\\nCo.\\nG, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nN. H., January 23, 1867, of wounds received in\\nFredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.\\nbattle.\\nElisha M. Hill.\\nLuther A. Chase.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of wounds received\\nCo.\\nG, 5th Regt N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nin battle, October 27, 1862.\\nFredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1863.\\nDamon E. Hunter.\\nWyman R. Clement.\\nCo.\\nG, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Mortally wounded at\\nCo.\\nH, 2d Regt. N. H. Vols.. Died of disease at\\nthe battle of Fair Oaks, Va., June 1, 1862. Died\\nWashington, D. C, August 1, 1861.\\nJune 22, 1862.\\nJoseph Craig.\\nWilliam L. Hurd.\\nCo.\\nG, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nCo.\\nF, 3d Regt. Vermont Vols. Killed at the battle\\nGettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.\\nof Lee s Mills, Va., April 16, 1862.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0892.jp2"}, "810": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n121\\nJohn S. M. Ide.\\nCo. E, Berdan s Sharpshooters. Killed in an en-\\ngagement at Yorktown, Va., April 5, 1862.\\nJoseph W. Kelly.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease on pas-\\n.sage from Fortress Monroe to Washington, in\\nMay, 1862.\\nWalter B. Ke.vd.vll.\\nCo. F, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in front of Peters-\\nburg, Va., June 16, 1864.\\nJ. Fisher Lawrence.\\nCo. H, 7th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at\\nPort Royal, S. C, August 8, 1862.\\nCharles B. Marvin.\\nCo. G, 9th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in the battle\\nof Antietam, September, 17, 1862.\\nNoah D. Merrill.\\nCo. D, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of wounds received\\nin battle, September 16, 1862.\\nEdward F. Mooee.\\nTroop L, First New England Cavalry. Killed in the\\nbattle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.\\nHoratio C. Moore.\\nCo. F, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Mortally wounded in the\\nbattle of James Island, S. C, June 16, 1862. Died\\nJune 19, 1862.\\nRansom M. Neal.\\nCo. A, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Hil-\\nton Head, S. C, October 30, 1862.\\nEverett W. Nelson.\\nCo. H, 7th Regt., N. H. Vols. Wounded and taken\\nprisoner at Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. Died\\nJuly 24, 1863.\\nCharles H. Nevers.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in battle at\\nWhite Oak Swamp, Va., June 30, 1862.\\nFrederick A. Nichols.\\nCo. F, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Mortally wounded near\\nBermuda Hundred, June 16, 1864. Died next\\nday.\\nLyman P. Pareish.\\nCo. H, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at\\nManchester, N. H., February 20, 1863.\\nWilliam E. Parrish.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Wounded and taken\\nprisoner in the battle of the Wilderness, and is\\nsupposed to have died at Andersonville.\\nJoel W. Patrick.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at\\nClaremont, N. H., August 15, 1862.\\nJoseph Peno.\\nCo. C, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nJames Island, June 16, 1862.\\nCharles E. Putnam.\\nCo. H, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in the battle of\\nWilliamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862.\\nGeorge H. Putnam.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in the battle\\nof Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1S64.\\nGeorge Read.\\nCo. G. 5th Regt,, N. H. Vols. Died of disease at\\nNewark, N. J., Sei)tember 9, 1862.\\nHenry W. Patrick.\\nCo. H, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at\\nClaremont, N. H., August 20, 1868.\\nEdgar T. Reed.\\nCo. G, 6th Regt., N. H.Vols. Shot while attempting\\nto arrest a deserter in the autumn of 1864.\\nWillis Redfield.\\n15th Regt., Connecticut Vols. Died of yellow fever\\nat Newbern, N. C, October 11, 1864.\\nCharles D. Robinson.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in the battle of\\nFredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.\\nGeorge E. Rowell.\\nCo. H, nth Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at\\nBaltimore, Md., April 10, 1864.\\nGeorge W. Russell.\\nCo. G, 9th Regt., N. H. Vols. Mortally wounded at\\nthe battle of Antietam, Va., September 17, 1862,\\nand died next day.\\nArd Scott.\\nCo. F, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Taken prisoner at\\nDarbytown, Va., October 1, 1864. Died of star-\\nvation and exposure at Salisbury, N. C, Novem-\\nber 20, 1864.\\nCharles N. Scott.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nFair Oaks, Va., June 1, 1862.\\nEdward E. Story.\\nCo. G. 6th Regt,, N. H. Vols. Died of disease at\\nHatteras Inlet, :\\\\[arch 4, 1862.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0893.jp2"}, "811": {"fulltext": "122\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAndrew J. Straw.\\nCo. H, 2d Kegt., N. H. Vols. Wounded at the battle\\nof Bull Eun, Va., July 21, 1861, and is supposed\\nto have died in the hands of the enemy.\\nRoLAXD Taylor.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Mortally wounded at\\nthe battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, and\\ndied a few days afterward.\\nHorace A. Tyrrell.\\n2d Regt., Mass. Cavalry. Died of disease on his way\\nhome, after discharge, December 30, 1866.\\nHarvey M. Wakefield.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease in hos-\\npital, July 5, 1862.\\nGeorge O. Webb.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at\\nCamp Fair Oaks, Va., June 15, 1862.\\nCharles W. Wetherbee.\\nCo. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of\\nFair Oaks, Va., June 1, 1862.\\nJohn F. Wheeler.\\nCo. A, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Taken prisoner at the\\nbattle of Bull Run, Va., July 21, 18G1. Exchanged,\\nand died on shipboard, between Salisbury, N. C,\\nand New York.\\nNorman F. Whitiiore.\\nCo. A, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease, occa-\\nsioned by wounds, at Jacksonville, Fla., June 9,\\n1864.\\nAugustus E. Woodbury.\\nCo. H, 7th Regt., N. H. Vols. Taken prisoner at\\nOlustee, Fla., February 10, 1864. Died at Ander-\\nsonville, Ga., June 23, 1864.\\nNEWSPAPERS.\\nThe National Eagle. This paper was estab-\\nlished ill October, 1834, under the direction of a\\ncomniittee appointed at a Whig Sullivan County\\nConvention, the year before. The first number\\nwas issued by John H. Warland, editor, and\\nSamuel L. Chase, printer. In 18,36 the establish-\\nment was purchased by John H. Warland and\\nJoseph Weber. In 1842 Mr. Weber bought Mr.\\nWarland s interest, and became sole proprietor\\nand editor, and continued the publication of the\\npaper until October, 1846, when Charles Young\\nand John S. Walker bought the establishment,\\nMr. Walker taking charge of the editorial depart-\\nment. In 1849 Mr. Walker sold his interest to\\nJohn H. Brewster, and the paper was published\\nby Young Brewster until April, 1854, when\\nOtis F. R. Waite bought the establishment, and\\ncontinued the business until 1860, when he sold\\nout to John S. Walker. Mr. Walker sold to\\nSimon Ide, whose successors have been Arthur\\nChase, Thomas J. Lasier, Hiram P. Graudy and\\nH. C. Fay, its jjresent editor and owner.\\nThe Northern Advocate. This paper was\\nstarted in Claremont, in June, 1849, by Joseph\\nWeber, as a Free Soil 2 aper, who continued its\\npublication until November, 1881, when, by rea-\\nson of advancing age, he sold the establishment to\\nthe jDresent editor and proprietor, 11. E. Mussey,\\nwho changed the title of the paper and called it\\nThe Claremont Advocate.\\nThe Compendium. The publication of a liter-\\nary paper with this title was c(unmenced in May,\\n1870, by S. H. Story, and printed one year as a\\nweekly. The publication was then discontinued\\nuntil January, 1872, when it was resumed and\\npublished fortnightly until January, 1875. It\\nwas then changed to a monthly and called The\\nNarrative, under which arrangement it has since\\nbeen continued by Mr. Story.\\nrailroads.\\nSullivan Railroad, from Bellows Falls,\\nthrough Charlestown and Claremont, to Wind-\\nsor, Vt. It connects at Bellows Falls with the\\nCheshire Railroad for Boston, via Keene and\\nFitchburg; the Valley Railroad for New Y ork,\\nvia Springfield and Hartford the Rutland for\\nMontreal and the West; at Claremont Junction\\nwith the Concord and Claremont Railroad for\\nConcord and Boston, anil at W^indsor with the\\nCentral Vermont Railroad for St. Albans, Mon-\\ntreal and the West. The Sullivan Railroad\\nwas finished and opened for business in the fall\\nof 1849. It is owned and operated by the Con-\\nnecticut River Railroad Company, ar is also the", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0894.jp2"}, "812": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n123\\nValley Railroad. It has a double track from\\nBellows Falls to Charlestovvu.\\nConcord and Claremont Railroad, from\\nClaremont Junction, via Newport and Bradford,\\nto Concord, where it connects with the Concord\\nRailroad for Boston, and with the Northern and\\nBoston, Concord and Montreal Railroads. At\\nContoocook it connects with the Monadnock, Pe-\\nterborough and Hillsborough Railroad for Win-\\nchendon, Mass., via Hillsborough and Peterbor\\nough. The Concoi d and Claremont Railroad was\\nopened to Claremont in September, 1872.\\nWindsor and Forest Line Railroad. At\\nthe session of the New Hampshire Legislature, in\\n1870, a charter was granted for a railroad from\\nWindsor, Vt., to Greenfield, N. H., there to con-\\nnect with the Nashua and Wilton Railroad. Soon\\na company was organized by the grantees, and a\\nroute has been surveyed through Cornish, Clare-\\nmont, Unity, Acworth, Lerapster, Washington,\\nMarlow, Stoddard and Hancock, to Greenfield,\\npronounced feasible, and it has been thought that\\na road would be built over this line at no very\\ndistant period.\\nClaremont and White River Junction\\nRailroad. In 1872 the New Hampshire Legis-\\nlature granted a charter for a railroad from Clare-\\nmont to White River Junction the grantees\\norganized a company, and a route was surveyed\\nfrom Claremont village through Cornish, Plain-\\nfield and Lebanon to White River Junction, Xi.\\nIt was found that a road could be built over the\\nroute surveyed at very moderate cost, and it has\\nbeen thought that the many advantages to be\\ngained by this road would ensure its construction.\\nobituary.\\nBrief notices are here given of a few Claremont\\nmen who were prominent in their time. Many\\nothers might be given of those equally deserving\\nof them but for lack of room. Many have been\\nspoken of in other connections in this history.\\nSamuel Cole, Esq., graduated at Yale College\\nin 1731, was among the early settlers of the town\\nof Claremont, read the Episcopal service for\\nseveral years, and was an instructor of youth for\\na considerable period. He died at an advanced\\nage.\\nDr. William Sumner came from Hebron,\\nConn., to Claremont in 1768. He was a usefiil\\nand influential citizen. He died in town in 1778.\\nColonel Benjamin Sumner, one of the early\\nsettlers, was a civil magistrate for many years\\ndied here in May, 1815.\\nColonel Joseph Waite was engaged in the\\nFrench and Indian War, was captain of one of\\nRogers company of rangers, and commanded a\\nregiment in the Revolutionary War, died in\\nOctober, 1776.\\nCaptain Joseph Taylor, who was engaged in\\nthe Cape Breton, the French and Indian and\\nRevolutionary Wars, was taken pri.soner by the\\nIndians in the summer of 1755, carried to Canada\\nand sold to the French, resided in Claremont and\\ndied here in March, 1813, at the age of eighty-\\nfour years.\\nThe Rev. Daniel Barber was born in Sims-\\nbury, Conn., October 2,1756. He was ordained\\ndeacon by Bishop Seabury October 29, 1786. He\\nofficiated in different parishes in New York and\\nVermont until 1795, when he removed to Clare-\\nmont and became the rector of what was subse-\\nquently called Union Church. In 1801 he re-\\nceived the degree of Master of Arts from Dart-\\nmouth College. He continued rector of this\\nchurch until 1818. He then avowed himself a\\nRoman Catholic, and conformed to that church.\\nHe remained in Claremont a few years and then\\nwent to Connecticut, and from there to George-\\ntown, D. C, where he spent the remainder of his\\ndays.\\nThe Rev. James B. Howe was born in Dor-\\nchester, Mass., March 31, 1773. He graduated at\\nHarvard College in 1794. He was ordained\\ndeacon November 25, 1817, by the Rt. Rev.\\nAlexander V. Griswold, and jiriest by the same\\nMay 14, 1819. He was instituted rector of\\nUnion Church, Claremont, September 15, 1819, at\\na salary of seven hundred dollars. He resigned\\nhis parish August 4, 1843. He then resided in\\nBoston about a year with his children, often", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0895.jp2"}, "813": {"fulltext": "124\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nofficiating in Christ Church and in other churches\\nwhere his services were needed. He died of\\napoplexy in a railroad car at Albany, N. Y.,\\nSeptember 17, 1844, while on a journey to\\nIndiana to visit his children.\\nColonel David Dexter was born in Smith-\\nfield, R. I., was a lineal descendant of Gregory\\nDexter and Rev. Chas. Brown of Providence R.\\nI. He was a Captain in 1776 of Colonel Lip-\\npitt s regiment. Soon after the close of the war,\\nprobably between 1780 and 1790, he came to\\nClaremont, married and had several children. In\\n1800 he and his brother Stephen erected a dam\\nacross Sugar River, at the upper fall, put up\\nsuitable buildings for grist, saw and oil mills and\\na scythe shop, all of which were run by water.\\nThis scythe shop was the first established in these\\nparts, and was a great wonder in those days. The\\nscythe business was continued until 1824, and the\\nother branches of business above named by the\\nbrothers until the death of David in 1831, when\\nthey were succeeded by the late Moses Wheeler,\\na son-in-law of David. The Dexters subsequently\\nbecame interested in other manufacturing enter-\\nprises in Claremont. Colonel David Dexter was\\nan enterprising and influential citizen of the town\\nfor about fifty years. He was one of the Select-\\nmen of the town for thirteen years, between 1800\\nand 1818, and chairman of the board every year\\nfrom 1810 to 1818, both years included; repre-\\nsentative in the New Hamjashire legislature in\\n1814, and each succeeding year up to and includ-\\ning 1820 moderator of town-meeting many\\ntimes, and a Director in the Claremont Bank\\nseveral years.\\nColonel Benjamin Tyler, one of the first\\nsettlers of Claremont, before mentioned in con-\\nnectiuu with water power, etc., was a man of\\ngreat jjromiuence in various ways, was the in\\nventor and patentee of the Tyler Tub Wheel,\\nthe first Tub Wheel ever made, it was the only one\\nthat could be used under low heads of water. At\\none time he owned all the water power of Sugar\\nRiver in Claremont. There was a demand for grist-\\nmill stones, and in looking about for rock suitable\\nfor making them, he found it on Ascutney mountain,\\nin Vermont, and bought a large tract of land on\\nthe south side of that mountain where was an\\nabundance of the rock required, and entered into\\nthe manufacture of mill-stones, which he carried\\non for several years. He also manufactured\\nscythes most extensively for those days. His\\nworks were on the south side of Sugar River, at\\nWest Claremont. After his death his two sous,\\nBenjamin, Jr., and John succeeded to the business.\\nThey invented and manufactured a machine for\\nthrashing grain and rice, and went south with it.\\nThis was the first threshing machine ever made.\\nAustin Tyler, son of Ephraim Tyler, Jr., and\\ngrandson of Colonel Benjamira Tyler before men-\\ntioned in this history, was born in Claremont,\\nJanuary 6th, 1790. He was one of the most\\nactive, enterprising and public spirited men in\\ntown in his time. He was several times a repre-\\nsentative in the legislature, chairman of the board\\nof Selectmen, and held other important town\\noffices. He died August 12th, 1844.\\nDr. Leonard Jarvis was born in Boston,\\nJune 22, 1 774 graduated at the Boston Latin\\nSchool and studied medicine with his uncle, Dr.\\nCharles Jarvis, of Boston. He came to Clare-\\nmont and commenced the practice of his profession\\nin the fall of 1795. He was quite famous as a\\nphysician and surgeon, and, for about twenty\\nyears, had a large practice in Claremont and sur-\\nrounding towns. After that he engaged exten-\\nsively in sheep breeding, wool growing and manu-\\nfacturing, but was often called in consultation with\\nother physicians as long as he lived. He died\\nFebruary 9, 1848.\\nAmbrose Cossit, was born in C laremont on\\nAugust 28, 1785 was a son of Ambrose Cossit,\\nand, at the time of the Centennial celebration,\\nJuly 4, 1865, the subject of this notice was the\\noldest native citizen in town. He was president\\nof the Claremont Bank from its organization, in\\n1848, until the organization was changed to Clare-\\nmont National Bank, in 1864. He was appointed\\nside or county justice of the courts for Sullivan\\ncounty, January 8, 1833, and held that position", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0896.jp2"}, "814": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n125\\nuntil the office was abolished by the remodeling of\\nthe courts in 1855. He died April 7, 1866.\\nIsaac Hubbard, sou of George HublMud, a\\nRevolutionary soldier, was born in Tolland, Conn.,\\nJuly 28, ]770. In 1778 he came with hi.s parents\\nto Claremont and settled on the farm in the south-\\nwest corner of the town, now occupied by Isaac H.\\nLong, a grandson of Isaac Hubbard, and the\\nwidow of Dr. I. G. Hubbard, a son of the subject\\nof this notice. Isaac Hubbard spent his whole\\nlife, after eight years old, on that farm. He was an\\nextensive and successful farmer and stock raiser.\\nHe raised a celebrated ox, called Olympus, of the\\nShort Horn Durham breed, which, when .six years\\nold, January 4, 1838, weighed four thousand\\npounds. The following fall this ox was taken to\\nEngland by a Mr. Niles, of Boston, his name\\nchanged to Brother Jonathan, and put on exhi-\\nbition. From England he was taken to France\\nand exhibited there for a time, and then returned\\nto England, where he was slaughtered. Mr. Hub-\\nbard was several times elected to represent his\\ntown in the New Hampshire Legislature many\\nyears one of the selectmen of Claremont; wa.--\\nprominent in the Episcopal Church, and was re-\\ngarded as one of the solid and strong men of the\\ntown. He was a brother of Judge J. H. Hub-\\nbard, of Windsor, Vt. He died January 2cS,\\n1861.\\nRt. Rev. Carlton Chase, D. D., sou of\\nCharles Chase, a well-to-do farmer, was born at\\nHopkinton, N. H., February 20, 17U4. He grad-\\nuated at Dartmouth College, second in his class, in\\n1817. During the last year of his college course\\nhe was baptized at Hopkinton, and united with the\\nEpiscopal Church. He read theology at Bristol,\\nR. I., under the direction of Bishop Griswold was\\nmade a deacon in December, 1818 from May tt)\\nJuly, 1819, he officiated at Springfield, Mass., and\\nin September of the same year commenced his\\nwork at Bellows Falls, Vt., officiating one-third of\\nthe time in St. Peter s Church, Drewsville, N. H.,\\nfor a year or more, after which his whole time was\\ngiven to Imraauuel Church, Bellows Falls. He\\nwas ordained priest by Bishop Griswold in Trinity\\nChurch, Newport, R. I., on September 27th, 1820.\\nIn 1839 he received the degree of Doctor of\\nDivinity from the University of Vermont. He\\ncontinued rector of Immanuel Church until April\\n7, 18-14. On October 4, 1843, Dr. Chase was\\nelected Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire.\\nHe removed to Claremont early in 1844, and com-\\nmenced his duties as rector of Trinity Church the\\nfirst Sunday after Easter of that year. He was\\nconsecrated Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal\\nChurch in the State of New Hampshire, in Christ\\nChurch, Philadelphia, by the Rt. Rev. Philander\\nChase, D. D., on October 20, 1844. By reason of\\nadvancing age and the requirements of the dio-\\ncese, he resigned the rectorship of Trinity Church,\\nJune 1, 1863. He died at his residence in Clare-\\nmont, on January 18, 1870.\\nThe Rev. Henry Sumner Smith was born in\\nNashua, N. H., March 15, 1801. He entered\\nKenyou College, at Gambler, O., but on account\\nof the disorgauized state of that institution, he did\\nnot graduate. He studied theology at Gambler\\nwas made deacon by Bishop Mcllvaine at Gam-\\nbier, September 7th, 1833; ordained j l iest at\\nCleveland, O., September 11, 1836, by Bishop\\nMcllvaine. Following his ordination, Mr. Smith\\nofficiated in sevei al small parishes in the diocese\\nof Ohio. x\\\\t Easter, 1838, he became the assistant\\nof the Rev. James B. Howe in Union Church,\\nClaremont, one-half of the time the other half he\\nofficiated in Trinity Church, Cornish. In 1842\\nMr. Smith officiated in Cornish and Plainfield.\\nHe became rector of Union Church, Trinity\\nChurch havine been organized at the villasre, in\\n1843, and continued in this office until his death,\\nFebruary 16th, 1872 twenty-nine years.\\nDr. Silas II. Sabin, was born at Pomfret,\\nConn., July 3d, 1777. At an early age he went\\nwith his parents to Windsor, Vt., and worked on\\nhis father s ftirm until twenty years of age, after\\nwhich he fitted for college, at Haverhill, N. H.,\\nand graduated at Dartmouth College in 1803.\\nHe studied medicine with Dr. Trask, at Windsor.\\nHe commenced practice at Strafford, Vt., in 1807,\\nsubsequently at Windsor, until 18111, when he", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0897.jp2"}, "815": {"fulltext": "126\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncame to Claremont aud continued in practice until\\n1834, at which time he retired from active prac-\\ntice. When in Vermont he was examining sur-\\ngeon in the war of 1812. In Claremont he was\\nsuperintendent of schools several years. He was\\na man of fine literary acquirements and wrote and\\npublished many essays on various medical t02)ics.\\nHe died in Claremont July 29, 1850.\\nHon. Aloxzo B. Williamson was born at\\nWoodstock, Vt, December 20, 1815. He was\\neducated at Woodstock, Vt., academy studied\\nlaw in Claremont with P. C. Freeman admitted to\\nthe bar in 1837; practised in Claremont from\\n1842 to 1844 then in Cornish, N. H., about a\\nyear, when he was appointed Postmaster at Clare-\\nmont, which office he held four years, at the end\\nof this time he resumed the 2:)ractice of his pro-\\nfession and continued it in Claremont until his\\ndeath. In 1850 he was appointed solicitor for\\nSullivan County, which he held five years. He\\nwas elected State Senator in 1852, and re-elected\\nin 1853. He died March 19, 18(!0.\\nThe Rev. Isaac G. Hubbard, D.D., was\\nborn in Claremont, April 13, 1818, and was a\\nson of Isaac Hul)bard, Esq. He graduated at\\nTrinity College in 1839. He passed from college\\ninto the General Theological Seminary, New\\nY ork, where he spent two years, and finished the\\nprescribed course of study with Bishop Carlton\\nChase. While studying with Bishop Chase he\\nofficiated as lay reader at Drewsville and Bellows\\nFalls, Vt He was ordained deacon in Trinity\\nChurch, Claremont, June 25, 1845. He served\\nhis deaconate at Vergennes, Vt., and received\\npriest s orders from Bishop Chase in March 1847.\\nThe first four years of his priesthood he was rector\\nof a church at Potsdam, N. Y. Then for several\\nmouths he was assistant of the venerable Dr.\\nMuhlenburg, in the Church of the Holy Com-\\nmunion, New York. In March 1852, he became\\nrector of St. Michael s Church, Manchester, N. H.,\\nwhere he remained until February, 186(i. The\\nfield was a missionary one, demanding great self-\\ndenial, patience, energy and wisdom, and affording\\na larjre amount of work. The growth of the\\nparish was real and lasting. The great visible\\nwork of Dr. Hubbard was the erection of a beau-\\ntiful stone church and a comfortable jjarsonage,\\nto accomplish which he wrought with his own\\nhands and superintended every detail. The strain\\nui)on him was very great and produced the usual\\nresult, and in the spring of 1866, by reason of\\nmental and bodily exhaustion, he was compelled\\nto resign his jiarish, and retired to his portion of\\nhis late father s farm in Claremont for rest. In\\nAugust, 1867, he was sufficiently restored to ac-\\ncept the rectorship of Trinity Church, Claremont,\\nwhere he remained until Easter, 1875. During\\nthis period he was forced, by a recurrence of his\\nformer trouble to take a rest of six months, aud\\nthrough the kind instrumentality of a few friends\\nhe visited Europe. Again his health failed, and\\nwhen he resigned and returned to his farm he\\ndid not expect to resume priestly labors. How-\\never, in October, 1876, he began services at Union\\nChurch, without making any permanent engage-\\nment. The Easter following he felt able to accept\\nthe post of minister in charge for a year, and re-\\nnewed the engagement at Easter, 1878. On\\nPassion Sunday, March 30, 1878, he drove to\\nchurch with his family as usual, but on his arrival\\ndid not feel able to perform service, and started to\\nreturn home in a sleigh, and expired very sud-\\ndenly on the way. Dr. Hubbard was one of the\\ntrustees of St. Paul s School, Concord, for twenty\\nyears immediately preceding his death.\\nParan Stevens, a son of Col. Josiah and Ma-\\ntilda Stevens, was born in Claremont, September\\n11th, 1802. He pursued with great energy and\\nperseverance whatever business enterprise he under-\\ntook. He had much to do from 1835 to 1837, in\\nstarting the improvement of the fine water-power\\naflx)rded by Sugar River. One of the first of his\\nbusiness enterprsies was the keeping of the Tremont\\nHouse in Claremont, which was destroyed by fire,\\naud the loss of four or five lives, in March, 1878.\\nHe made it famous for the excellence of its enter-\\ntainment for travelers. In 1843, when thirty years\\nold, Mr. Stevens leased the New England House.\\nBoston, and kept it several years. Subsequently,", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0898.jp2"}, "816": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n127\\nwlien the Revere House was built by the Massa-\\nchusetts Charitable Association, he was selected to\\nmanage it. At that time the Revere House was the\\nmost magnificent hotel in the country, and Mr\\nStevens made it a success. He soon became inter-\\nested in the Tremout House, Boston, Battle House, 1\\nMobile, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, and Con\\ntinental, Philadelphia, all coming under his general\\nmanagement, and he became known iis the great\\nhotel man of America, and accumulated a large\\nfortune out of these enterprises. In 1855 and 1866\\nhe traveled extensively in Europe. In 1867 he\\nwas ajipointed one of the ten Commissioners to rep-\\nresent the United States at the grand Paris Expo-\\nsition. The last part of his life was spent in New\\nYork. For his endowment of the High School, see\\nnotice of that institution.\\nCarl A. Volk, j\\\\I.D., was born in Hamburg,\\nnear Frankfort, Germany, June 18, 1812. He\\ncame to America in 1834, and settled in Ohio. He\\ncame to Claremout in 1844, and had a large prac-\\ntice as long as he lived Dr. Yolk studied in Hei-\\ndelberg, and took the degree of M.D., from Dart-\\nmouth College in 1859. He died in Claremont\\nMarch 3d, 1883.\\nColonel Alexander Gardiner was born at\\nCatskill, N. Y., July 27, 1833 fitted for college\\nat Kimball Union Academy, Meriden studied\\nlaw with Shea Richardson, New York City\\nadmitted to the bar in that city in 1856 was in\\nKansas about two years during the political\\ntroubles there came to Claremont in the spring\\nof 1859, and opened a law-office with Edwin\\nVaughan continued in j)ractice until September,\\n1862, when he was commissioned lieutenant in the\\nFourteenth Regiment of New Hampshire Volun-\\nteers promoted to major September 12, 1863, and\\nto colonel of that regiment September 12, 1864.\\nIn the battle of Cedar Creek, near Winchester,\\nVa., September 19, 1864, Colonel Gardiner was\\nmortally wounded he remained in the hands of\\nthe enemy five hours, when the Union troops re-\\ngained the ground and recovered the dead and\\nwounded. He died of his wounds October 8,\\n1864, and his remains were buried in Claremont.\\nThomas Leland was born at Grafton, Mass.,\\nAugust 5, 1784 graduated at Middlebury, Vt.,\\nCollege in 1809 studied law in the office of Judge\\nJ. H. Hul)bard, at Windsor, Vt. was admitted to\\nthe bar in 1812 was in practice at Windsor until\\n1M34, when he came to Claremont and continued\\nin practice until his death, March 3, 1849. He\\nrepresented Windsor in the Vermont Legislature\\none or more terms.\\nCharles Leland was a son of Thomas\\nLeland; born at Windsor, Vt., July 28, 1817;\\nwas educated in the schools of his native town\\nstudied law with his father was admitted to the\\nNew Hampshire bar, and was in the practice of\\nhis profession at Claremont a few years. For the\\ntwenty-two last years of his life he was salesman\\nfor a New York drug-house. He died at Clare-\\nmont March 28, 1884.\\nJohn Kimball was born at Haverhill, N. H\\nSeptember 30, 179(i. He graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege, and studied law at Bath, N. H in the\\noffice of Hon. Moses Payson, and was admitted to\\nthe bar at Haverhill. He was in practice at\\nClaremont from 1830 to 1839, and at Putney, Vt.,\\nfrom 1839 to 1870. He was twice elected to the\\nNew Hampshire Senate while he lived in Clare-\\nmont. He represented Putney in the Vermont\\nLegislature several years was twice State Senator\\nfor his district, and once president of the Senate.\\nHe died at Putney Februaiy 23, 1884.\\nHon. Philander C. Freeman was born at\\nPlainfield, N. H., August 27,1807. He gradu-\\nated at Kenyou College, Gambler, Ohio studied\\nlaw in the office of Judge J. H. Hubbard, at\\nWindsor, Vt. He came to Claremont about\\n1838, opened an office and commenced the practice\\nof his profession. He was a representative in the\\nlegislature from Claremont, and for several years\\nwas justice of the police court. He died Ajiril 20,\\n1871.\\nHon. Milon C. McClure was boi ii in As-\\nworth graduated at Dartmouth College in 1846\\ntaught in the Claremont Academy two years was\\nadmitted to the bar in 1849 formed a law partner-\\nship with P. C. Freeman in Claremont, which was", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0899.jp2"}, "817": {"fulltext": "128\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncontinued until liis death in 1860. In 1855 and\\n1856 he was a member of the Governor s council\\nin 1857 and 1858 he was a representative from\\nClaremont in the New Hampshire Legislature.\\nDr. William M. Ladd was born in Unity in\\nthe year 1813. He graduated at Kimball Union\\nAcademy studied medicine with his uncle, Dr.\\nCharles Perry, in Rutland, Vt.; attended lectures\\nat the Vermont School of Medicine, where he took\\nhis degree of M.D. For the next ten yeai-s he\\nwas in the active p) actice of his profession at\\nTownshend, Vt. He then came to Claremont.\\ncontinued practice for a time, and then opened a\\ndrug store and continued in that business until his\\ndeath, June 29, 1885. He was postmaster of\\nClaremont for nine years, being appointed by Pres-\\nident Pierce. He was also commissioner of schools\\nfor Sullivan county for several years.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL.\\nDe. Alvah R. Cummings was born in Aeworth,\\nAugust 27, 1826. He fitted for College at Marlow\\nand Hancock academies. He studied medicine\\nwith Dr. William Grout at Camden, Ohio, and\\nDr. J. N. Butler at Lempster. He attended lec-\\ntures and took the degree of M.D. at Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1852. He practiced at Topsham, Vt.,\\nand Washington, N. H., three years in the winter\\nof 1855-56 he attended a cour.se of lectures at the\\nNew Y^ork Medical College, and came to Clare-\\nmont in March, 1856, and has been in practice\\nhere since that time.\\nDr. T. Elwood Parker was born near West\\nChester, Chester county. Pa., December 16, 1854\\nhe graduated March 10, L880, from Hahnemann\\nMedical College, Philadelphia. He practiced at\\nParkerville, Pa., nearly four years, and came to\\nClaremont in 1.S.S4. He formed a business con-\\nnection with Dr. F. L. Mcintosh.\\nDr. Fred. L. McIntosh was born at New\\nMarlboro Mass., November 17, 1S58 was edu-\\ncated in Augusta, Me.; graduated at Hahnemann\\nMedical College, Philadelphia, in 1880. He prac-\\nticed two years before he received his degree, came\\nto Claremont in October, 1881, and in January,\\n1884, associated with him Dr. T. Elwood Parker.\\nDr. James P. Holt was born in Claremont,\\nJune 19, 1853, and is a son of James Holt, late\\nsherifl of Sullivan county. He graduated at\\nStephens High School in June 1873. He entered\\nthe drug store of Dr. W. M. Ladd and remained\\nthere about four years, the last two years of which\\ntime and the following year he studied medicine\\nwith Dr. O. B. Way. He took a medical course\\nat Dartmouth College and graduated there Octo-\\nber 30, 1877. He then commenced practice in\\nClaremont and continued until September, 1880,\\nwhen he entered the Hartford Hospital, Hartford,\\nConn., and was there one year six months as as-\\nsistant and six months as house-physician and sur-\\ngeon. At the end of this time he returned to\\nClaremont and resumed practice. In May, 1884,\\nhe bought a half interest in the drug store of Dr.\\nW. M. Ladd. Dr. Ladd having died he became\\nsole proprietor in July, 1885, and continues the\\npractice of his profession.\\nJohn Tyler is a son of Benjamin Tyler, Jr.,\\nand a grandson of Colonel Benjamin Tyler, before\\nalluded to in different connections in this history.\\nHe (John Tyler) was born in Claremont, April 8,\\n1802, and is in his eighty-fourth year, hale and\\nhearty, with memory clear, especially of events\\noccurring sixty years ago. He is by trade a mill-\\nwright, though he has not worked at it for several\\nyears. He lives upon his farm at West Clare-\\nmont, within fifty rods of the spot where he was\\nborn, and in the first frame house ever built in\\nClaremont.\\nJohn Tyler (2d) is a son of John Tyler, and\\ngrandson of Colonel Benjamin Tyler. He was\\nborn in Claremont March 26, 1818. He learned\\nthe trade of millwright, serving an apprenticeship\\nof seven years, and was then for eight years fore-\\nman of the shop where he learned his trade. He\\nthen came to West Lebanon in 1850, for several\\nyears did a large business buOding mills, some-\\ntimes employing fifty men. He returned to\\nClaremont, where he has since resided, in 1872.\\nIn 1856 he invented and got patented the Iron\\nTyler Turbine Water Wheel, the first iron water\\nwheel ever made, since which he has been granted", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0900.jp2"}, "818": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n129\\nnine patents for improvements on it. These\\nwheels met with great favor from mill owners,\\nand soon took the place of the old cumbrous and\\nexpensive wheels. More than five thousand of\\nthese wheels have been sold, and they are now\\nrunning in most of the States and territories in\\nthe Union and in the Canadas. He is also the\\ninventor and patentee of Tyler s Copper Cylinder\\nWasher, for washing paper stock, and they are\\ngoing into pretty general use. In 1872 Mr. Tyler\\nbuilt what is known as the Bible Hill Aqueduct,\\nto supply Claremont village with pure spring\\nwater. It runs to over two hundred families.\\nDr. Samuel G. Jarvls, was born in Claremont,\\nSeptember 30th, 1816, and is a son of the late Dr.\\nLeonard Jarvis. He studied medicine with the\\nlate Dr. Thos. B. Kittridge, then in jjractice in\\nClaremont, and graduated at Jefferson Medical\\nCollege, Philadelphia, in 1838. Dr. Jarvis com-\\nmenced practice in Claremont in 1840, which he\\nhas since continued.\\nDe. Oemon B. Way, son of Gordon Way, was\\nborn in Lempster, N. H., March 2 2d, 1840 came\\nto Claremont with his parents when four years\\nold, and has since been a resident here, except two\\nor three short intervals. He was educated at\\nKimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H. stu l-\\nied medicine with the late Prof. A. B. Crosby,\\nM.D., of Hanover, N. H., and the late Dr. Nath.\\nTolles, of Claremont, and graduated at Dartmouth\\nMedical College in 1865, receiving the first prize\\nfor scholarship. He was in practice about eighteen\\nmonths at South Acworth, N. H., and returned to\\nClaremont in 1867, where he has since continued in\\nthe practice of his profession. In December, 873,\\nhe was appointed U. S. Examining Pension Sur-\\ngeon, and resigned in May, 1882. He was twice a\\nmember of the New Hampshire Legislature, and\\nhas served more than twenty years as Superinten-\\nding and High School Committee\\nDr. Clarence W. Tolles, son of the late Dr.\\nNathaniel Tolles, was born in Claremont, April\\n30th, 1845. He studied medicine with his father\\ngraduated at Bellevue Medical College in 1868\\nstudied one year at University Medical College,\\nLondon was associated with hLs father in prac-\\ntice until the latter s death, in June, 1879, when he\\nsucceeded to the practice of the firm.\\nEdwin Vaughan was born at Chelsea, Vt., Sep-\\ntember 14th, 1832. He graduated at Kimball\\nUnion Academy, Meriden, N. H., in 1855; com-\\nmenced study of law in 1854 entered the Law\\nUniversity at Albany, N. Y., in 1856, was admitted\\nto the bar from that institution in 1857, and to the\\nbar of the U. S. District Court for New Hamp-\\nshire, in 1870. He commenced practice at Clare-\\nmont, in company with the late Col. Alexander Gar-\\ndiner. Was married on the 20th of June, 1860,\\nto Elizabeth L., daughter of the late Rev. S. G.\\nHenry, of Springfield, Vt. ^Ir. Vaughan enlisted\\nin the New Hampshire Cavalry in December, 1861,\\npassed through the -several grades and was com-\\nmissioned Captain of Co. A., of his regiment, in\\nMarch, 1864. He was Assistant Provost Marshal\\nof the 8th Army Corps the last six months of\\nhis service, and was stationed at Baltimore. He\\nwas discharged June 7th, 1865, and returned to\\npractice in Claremont. He was a member of the\\nNew Hampshire Legislature in 1866 and 1867\\nU. S. Revenue Inspector in 1867 and 1868 mem-\\nber of the Chicago Republican Conveution which\\nnominated Gen. Grant fur President in 1868 was\\nappointed U. S. Consul at Contoocook, Canada, in\\nApril, 1869, which office he held until 1881, when\\nhe returned to Claremont, and was appointed Judge\\nof Probate for Sullivan County, June 7th, 1883.\\nDr. Leonard Jarvis, second son of Dr. Sam-\\nuel G., and grandson of the late Dr. Leonard Jar-\\nvis, was born in Claremont on July 29th, 1852-\\nHe graduated at Dartmouth College in 1873, and\\nat Harvard Medical School in 1882. He was\\nHouse Physician at the Lying-in Hospital, Boston,\\nfour months, and House Surgeon at Rhode Island\\nHospital, Providence, fifteen months. He com-\\nmenced practice in Claremont in May, 1884.", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0901.jp2"}, "819": {"fulltext": "130\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nGEORGE N. FARWELL.\\nThe Farwells of America, in a great measure,\\ndescended from Henry Farwell, the English emi-\\ngrant, who was one of the first settlers of Concord,\\nMass., where he was made freeman May 22,\\n1639. About 1655 he removed to Chelmsford,\\nwhere he died in 1670. He had five children,\\nJohn, Joseph, Mary, Olive and Elizabeth.\\nNicholas Farwell, the first of the family in\\nClaremont, N. H., was born May 5, 1781,\\nprobably in Marblehead, Mass., and removed\\nwith his parents w hile very young to Pickers-\\nfield (now Nelson, N. H.). His father was in\\ngreatly straitened circumstances, and the large\\nfamily of boys were scattered in places that\\nafforded them chances for labor. Nicholas was\\napprenticed to a shoemaker, and, with very little\\nopportunity to avail himself of the meagre educa-\\ntional adyantages afforded in that day, came up to\\nmanhood with a strong physique, a good knowl-\\nedge of his trade, and habits of industry, stead-\\nfastness and frugality a worthy inheritance for\\nhis descendants. He married, April 20, 1803,\\nSusan, daughter of Oliver Corey, and settled on a\\nfarm in the west part of Claremont, but, in 1813,\\nhe moved into the village and began the manu-\\nfixcturing of ladies shoes, and, by perseverance,\\nenergy and close application, was successful,\\nbuilding up an industry of large proportions for\\nthat time and adding much to the prosperity of\\nthe community.\\nHe was also interested in merchandising and\\nthe manufacturing of cotton cloth at the Lower\\nvillage.\\nHe erected a residence on Broad Street, now\\nowned and occupied by Hermon Holt, Esq., who\\nmarried a granddaughter, and lived there until\\nhis death, which occurred October 13, 1852, from\\nheart-disease. His widow died September 25,\\n18G0.\\nGeorge N. Farwell, the oldest of thirteen chil-\\ndren born to Nicholas and Susan (Corey) Farwell\\n(only three of whom are living), was born in West\\nClaremont February 18, 1804, attended the\\npublic schools until he was fourteen, then com-\\nmenced learning his father s trade and receiving\\nthe benefits of the public schools in the winter\\nseason. At his majority he went to St. Albans\\nand engaged in the business of shoe manufactur-\\ning, but, after fifteen months, was induced by his\\nfather to return and enter into copartnership with\\nhim, after which he acquired the whole business,\\nwhich he successfully followed for over thirty-five\\nyears, steadily increasing his productions, the\\nstandard of which was maintained and the reputa-\\ntion of Farwell s shoes throughout Vermont and\\nNorthern New Hampshire, where his products were\\nmarketed by the country merchants, was well\\nknown. He gave employment to about one hun-\\ndred persons. He married Sarah A., daughter of\\nLouis and Rhoda Rathbone McDonald, of Mid-\\ndlebury, Vt., December 25, 1827, at Middlebury,\\nthe late Kt. Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith,\\nBishop of Kentucky, officiating. Their children\\nare James H., born June 25, 1829 John L., born\\nMarch 1, 1834; and Susan L., born May 27, 1841.\\nJames H. is single. John L. married Martha\\nCooper, of Newark, Ohio, March 3, 1857. Their\\nchildren are George Nicholas (2), born January 3,\\n1858; Belle, born May 28, 1860; John L., Jr.,\\nborn May 26, 1865; Sarah Caroline, born June\\n11, 1868.\\nGeorge Nicholas (2) was married, April 18,\\n1880, to Anna L. Grosvenor, of Dubuque, Iowa,\\nto whom was born Susan Breck, February 5, 1885.\\nSusan L., youngest child of George N., married\\nWilliam Breck, October 7, 1868, to whom was\\nborn Sarah McDonald, born January 14, 1873.\\nIt will be noticed that, at the present time, four\\ngenerations are living and all residing in Clare-\\nmont.\\nSarah A., wife of George N., died February 11,\\n1876. She was a woman of superior strength and\\nbeauty of character, abounding in good works,\\ngenerous, gentle and loving, a Christian wife and\\nmother. A reverend acquaintance wrote of her.", "height": "2990", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0902.jp2"}, "820": {"fulltext": "f^byAMFUUhw\\n^O\\nvo", "height": "2984", "width": "1994", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0905.jp2"}, "821": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0906.jp2"}, "822": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0907.jp2"}, "823": {"fulltext": "^c^c^L", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0908.jp2"}, "824": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n131\\nA lady of rare excellence and loveliness of\\ncharacter. God endowed her with superior\\nnatural powers. She possessed quick discernment,\\nsound judgment, good taste, wise discretion, well\\neducated, refined, intelligent, amiable, sympa-\\nthetic, hospitable and a true Christian woman,\\ntaking large Scriptural views of Christ, the re-\\ndemption of sinners and the atonement.\\nIn 1849 the Claremont Bank was incorporated.\\nMr. Farwell, being one of the incorporators, pro-\\ncured the stock subscriptions and took a leading\\npart in its organization afterwards was its cashier,\\nand at this present time is its president, his son\\nJohn L. being the vice-president and George N.\\n(2), his grandson, iis cashier. Mr. Farwell is the\\noldest director living of the original board. He\\nwas active and prominent in the organization of\\nthe Sullivan Savings Institution, was its first\\ntreasurer, and has been an active director since its\\norganization, in 1848 (see chapter on Banks).\\nMr. Farwell has built several buildings in Clare-\\nmont, his present homestead on Broad Street in\\n1851, built on the lot his family only have occu-\\npied since 1828 also built the business block\\nwhich bears his name in 1852; was treasurer\\nof and one of the committee to erect the Stevens\\nHigh School building. He has been one of the\\nleading members of the Congregational Church\\nfor over half a century, represented the town in\\nthe State Legislature in 1868-69, acceptably filled\\nmany offices of trust, and occujjies an exalted\\njjosition in the esteem of a large circle of friends,\\nwho honor him for his many sterling qualities.\\nMr. Farwell is a man of dignified yet pleasant\\nappearance, with clear intellect, happy tempera-\\nment, carries his more than four score years\\nlightly, and, surrounded by his children, grand-\\nchildren and great-grandchildren, who delight in\\ndoing him honor, he is passing the evening of his\\nlife, beloved and reverenced by the whole com-\\nmunity.\\nGEORGE LEWIS BALCOM.\\nIn the words of an old philosopher, All men,\\nwhatever their condition, who have done anything\\nof value, ought to record the history of their\\nlives, and one who, entirely by his own efforts,\\nhas attained affluence and social position, and\\nthrough all the changing events of a long business\\nlife has preserved his integrity unimpaired, well\\ndeserves the pen of the historian.\\nGeorge Lewis Balcom, son of Jonas and\\nMary (Richardson) Balcom, was born in Sud-\\nbury, Mass., October 19, 1819. At the age of\\nfour years he removed, with his parents, to Low-\\nell, and received instruction in the private and\\nHigh Schools of that place, and subsequently at-\\ntended Westminster Academy (Mass.), where he\\nacquired an education, which enabled him to\\nenter Harvard University, at the early age of\\nfifteen, in the class of 1839. At this time he had\\na powerful incentive to study, as his desire w-as to\\nfit himself for professional life, and with his love\\nfor knowledge and natural taste for literary pur-\\nsuits, he might have been successful as a lawyer\\nor theologian but, after two years of college life,\\nthe development of an affection of the throat\\nobliged him to relinquish reluctantly his chosen\\nlife-work, and he left college to put himself in\\ntraining for business. He must have possessed a\\nbrave heart, in the midst of a successful collegiate\\ncour.:e, to break off from all the associations and\\nhabits peculiar to the student and scholar, and\\ncommence at the foot of the ladder of business.\\nAt the age of seventeen, in 1837, he went to Bos-\\nton and entered a hard ware- store, and was the\\nyoungest in rank, although by education amply\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2qualified for a higher position yet, with the thor-\\noughness which was a strong characteristic with\\nhim, he preferred to pass through all the grada-\\ntions from an errand boy to that of salesman, and\\nmastering all the details of the trade.\\nThus prepared to enter the world of activity, on\\nattaining his majority, Mr. Balcom left Boston,\\nand went to Philadelphia, where he found em-\\nployment in the hardware business, and remained\\nuntil 1846, when he returned to his native State.\\nIn 1847 he went to Proctorsville, Vt., and engaged\\nas bookkeeper in the woolen-mill of Gilson Smith\\nCo and held that position until 1848, when.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0911.jp2"}, "825": {"fulltext": "132\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthrough assiduous attention to his duties and a\\nmarked fidelity to the advancement of the inter-\\nests of his emjjloyers, he was soon promoted to the\\noffice of superintendent of the mill, and two years\\nsubsequently (1850) he became an owner and\\njunior partner in the firm, under title of Smith\\nBalcom, and continued business as such for\\nseven years.\\nMr. Balcom married, October 20, 1845, Anna,\\ndaughter of Samuel and Anna West, of Philadel-\\nphia. Their children were, Samuel West, born\\nin Philadelphia, June 2fi, 1849, died July 26,\\n1849 William Smith, born in Proctorsville, Vt\\nAugust 3, 1850, and Mary Anna, born April 28,\\n1854, died October 21, 1854. William Smith\\nBalcom married, first, Mary Euffner Bellas, Octo-\\nber 8, 1874; she died July 21, 1879, leaving one\\nchild, Bessie Richardson, born August 31, 1870.\\nHe married, second, Cecilia Chollett Sower, Janu-\\nary 17, 1883. They have had one child, George\\nLewis Balcom (2d), born August 20, 1884, died\\nOctober (5, 1884.\\nIn 1857 Mr. Balcom purchased the woolen-mill\\nof Sanford Rossiter (see chapter on Manufac-\\ntures), and became a resident of Claremont.\\nSince the mill passed into his ownership until the\\npresent time, a period of twenty-eight years, it\\nhas beeu run without cessation, a notable and\\npraiseworthy fact. He has, from time to time,\\nentirely replaced the old with new and improved\\nmachinerj and has now truly a model mill. For\\nseveral years during and after the War of the\\nRebellion, he also carried on his former manufac-*\\ntory in Proctorsville, Vt., and for a year or two,\\nunder the United States internal revenue laws, he\\npaid a much larger income tax than any other\\nindividual in the State, though doubtless there\\nwas more than one person whose real income ex-\\nceeded his. It is not too much to say that the\\nsuccessful condition of this manufactory, which\\nfor more than a quarter of a century has given\\nemployment to a large number of workmen, is\\ndue, in a great measure, to the financial ability\\nand untiring energy of Mr. Balcom. He takes a\\nkindly interest in his employes, as they can attest.\\ngiving them friendly counsel and advice, and\\noften very substantial proofs of his care. He is\\nnot only a just, but thoughtful employer.\\nPolitically, Mr. Balcom affiliates with the Re-\\npublican party. He represented Cavendish in the\\nLegislature of Vermont in 1855 and 185G, and the\\nextra session of 1857. He was also member from\\nClaremont in the New Hampshire Legislature of\\n1883. In 1868 he visited Europe, traveling\\nthrough France, Italy, Switzerland and Great\\nBritain. He is a member of the Episcopal\\nChurch, is a generous and intelligent su](])orter of\\nits afiairs, and has been one of the trustees of\\nHolderness School from its organization. He was\\na member of the Episcopal General Convention of\\n1871, and an alternate or member of all held\\nsince that year. His early predilections and\\ntastes yet remain he is a student and a discrim-\\ninating reader he takes a great interest in his-\\ntorical research, is a member of New Hampshire\\nHistorical Society, and is making a specialty of\\nworks on American history, of which he has a\\nlarge number. His collection of New Hampshire\\nhistorical works is, with a few exceptions, the\\nlargest in the State, and he has one of the most\\nextensive and most valuable private libraries in\\nSullivan County.\\nAlthough his life has been one of continuous\\nbusiness activity, Mr. Balcom has not remained a\\nsilent observer of events, or of the growth or pros-\\nperity of Claremont, but has borne his part in all\\nenterprises tending to promote the causes of mo-\\nrality, religion and education, to further the inter-\\nests of society and to advance the sway of law and\\nthe prevalence of order. He has always acted\\nupon the principle that whatever is worth doing\\nat all should be done thoroughly and well. Un-\\nostentatious and unassuming, Mr. Balcom stands\\nhigh in the esteem of the leading men in the com-\\nmunity and State, as one of New Hamjjshire s\\nrepresentative manufacturers.\\nJUDGE WILLIAM CLARK.\\nAmong the sons of Claremont, for many years\\nidentified with her mercantile, political and social", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0912.jp2"}, "826": {"fulltext": ":^-0^=^", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0913.jp2"}, "827": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0915.jp2"}, "828": {"fulltext": ":.f vT-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0916.jp2"}, "829": {"fulltext": "CLAKEMONT.\\n133\\nrelations, must be mentioned Judge Clark, who\\ndied in the town of his nativity. May 30, 1883.\\nJudge William Clark descended from two\\nearly and prominent families of New Hampshire,\\nbeing the son of Moses and Fanny (Patterson)\\nClark. His paternal and maternal ancestors were\\namong the pioneers of Londonderry, his father\\nremoving from that town to Claremout, where\\nWilliam was born March 6, 1819, on the home-\\nstead, situated about three miles from the village,\\non the old Newport road His father was\\nengaged in agricultural pursuits, and William\\npassed his time until he became of age working\\non the farm and acquiring a good education\\nfrom the district schools of the town. The in-\\nstruction he received was not seed thrown on\\nstony soil his mind was active, inquiring,\\nretentive and particularly receptive, and his\\nfuture career showed that his advantages were\\nwell improved. At the age of twenty-one, pre-\\nferring mercantile life to that of a tiller of the\\nsoil, he apprenticed himself to Rufus Carlton,\\nin the meat business, and continued with him\\none year, after which he worked for Colonel Phil-\\nemon Tolles, remaining with him three years,\\nattending to his duties with a faithfulness which\\nalways characterized him. Having a good knowl-\\nedge of the business, and being energetic and\\nself-reliant, he entered trade for himself and con-\\ntinued in this line for twelve years. His enter-\\nprise was prospered, and he built up the largest\\nbusiness of the kind in the section had his\\nmeat-wagons running through all the neighbor-\\ning towns the entire year, and in the winter he\\ndrove from Claremont to Concord each week\\nwith supplies. In 1857, Mr. Clark disposed of\\nhis interest to Henry C. Cowles, whom he had\\ntaken as a partner a few years previously, and\\nsoon after entered into partnership with Albert\\nH. Danforth, a wholesale ilour and grain dealer,\\nand continuing in trade until 1871, when he\\nretired from a mercantile life of thirty years.\\nDuring these years, however, Mr. Clark had\\nfound other channels for his active nature. He\\ntook a warm interest in political and public afiairs,\\nand his judgment, discernment and business abil-\\nity were recognized by his fellow-townsmen, and\\nhe was called upon to fill various offices of trust.\\nIn 1853 he was appointed selectman, and held\\nthat office fifteen years, ten of which he was\\nchairman. In 1871, 1872 and 1873 he was town\\nclerk, and the neatness and correctness of the\\nrecords attest his care. He was appointed deputy\\nassessor of internal revenue for this district in\\n1863, which position he held nine years. From\\n1851 he was largely engaged in probate business,\\nand was entrusted with the administration of\\nsome of the largest and most important estates in\\nSullivan County, among them the Cheshire\\nBridge Estate, the estate of Hon. John M. Glid-\\nden and that of .John Tappan. His good judg-\\nment, sagaciousness and keen insight of the char-\\nacters of men, their tastes, sympathies, tempera-\\nment and prejudices, were of great advantage to\\nhim, and his administration in all cases was\\neminently successful, and he acquitted himself\\nwith credit, and to the approval of the interested\\nparties. His adjustment of the Tai pan estate\\nsome fourteen years since, whereby the town of\\nClaremont came into the pos es.sion of the Tap-\\npan Fund, was especially reputable. He was\\nappointed judge of Probate for Sullivan County\\nin 1876, and held the office at the time of his\\ndeath. His twenty-five years of experience in\\nsimilar business was a fine preparation, and he was\\nan able officer in his judicial capacity, and in\\nno instance did the Supreme Court overrule his\\ndecision when appeal was taken.\\nJudge Clark was for many years interested in\\nthe banking institutions of Claremont, was a large\\nstockholder in them, and familiar with the details\\nof their business. He was a director in the Clare-\\nmont National Bank for fourteen yeai-s, and in\\nthe Sullivan Savings Institution for twenty-nine\\nyears, besides being for many years one of the\\nloaning agents, and was first on the list of vice-\\npresidents at the time of his death.\\nJudge Clark married, January 15, 1855, Esther\\nA. Bosworth, an estimable lady, who survives him.\\nIn the death of Judge Clark, Sullivan County", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0917.jp2"}, "830": {"fulltext": "134\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlost one of her best men, and Claremont a man\\nwho probably was more conversant with the\\naffairs and history of the town than any other per-\\nson. In his official capacity he was courteous,\\ngentlemanly and dignified, and in the settling of\\ncomplicated cases gave great satisfaction. In pri-\\nvate life he was social and of pleasing manners.\\nHe did not make friends hastily, but a friendship\\nonce formed was lasting. He was kind to all, and\\nhis counsel and advice were sought and valued by\\nmany. For his prolonged business activities, his\\nfaithfulness to large responsibilities, his quick re-\\nply to the demauds of charity or public weal, his\\nunostentatious manner, his cordial and gentlemanly\\nbearing, Judge Clark will be long held in kindly\\nremembrance by the community of which he was\\nso useful and worthy a member, and may his\\nrecord prove a wholesome model to a rising gener-\\nation.\\nHON. CHARLRS H. EASTMAN.\\nHon. Charles H. Eastman, only child of\\nTimothy and Eunice (Barnes) Eastman, was born\\nin Claremont, N. H., June 20, 1819, and died in\\nthat town, August 4, 1879. Timothy Eastman\\nwas a resident of Claremont for many years, com-\\ning to the town in 1811. He was actively engaged\\nin tanning and other important industries for\\nnearly half a century, and, by the energy of his\\ncharacter and devotion to business, accumulated\\na fortune, and acquired the esteem and friendship\\nof the community. During his latter years he\\nwas president of the Sullivan Savings Institution.\\nHe died in 1859, aged sixty-eight.\\nCharles received the educational advantages of\\nthe schools of Claremont and vicinity, and, inher-\\niting the business characteristics of his father,\\nearly became a valuable assistant to him. From\\nhis mother, a deeply pious and devoted Christian,\\nthe young lad received lessons of piety which\\nbrought early and abundant fruit. When but\\ntwelve years old he united with the Congregational\\nChurch, and ever after was a worker in the King-\\ndom of the Lord. When a little past his major-\\nity, Mr. Eastman became impressed with the con-\\nviction that it was his duty to enter the ministry,\\nand, when he was twenty-four, he had qualified\\nhimself for that labor, was ordained and became a\\nmember of the New Hampshire Conference of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. For over five years,\\nin Manchester and elsewhere, until m aflPection of\\nthe throat caused his withdrawal from continuous\\nministerial labor, Mr. Eastman did earnest and\\nfaithful service in his chosen field. At his father s\\nurgent request, Mr. Eastman then returned to\\nClaremont and became a partner in the tanning\\nbusiness. This was a flourishing industry, employ-\\ning numerous people, and added greatly to the\\nprosperity of the town. After his father s death,\\nMr. Eastman inherited the property and became\\nextensively known as a leather manufacturer. He\\nwas prominent among the business men of this\\nsection and was a director of Sullivan Savings\\nInstitution.\\nMr. Eastman was early identified with the Re-\\npublican party and did much to aid in the dissem-\\nination of the principles of that organization, and\\nwas pronounced in the support of the Union in\\nthe great Civil War. The duties of a member\\nof the State Legislature at that period were ardu-\\nous and full of responsibility, and he did good ser-\\nvice for his town as representative during the dark\\nyears of 1861-62 In the estimation of the people\\nhe Wiis qualified for a higher position and greater\\ntrus s, and, in 1863-64, he was a valued member of\\nthe Executive Council of Governor Gilmore.\\nBut it was not alone as a man of business and\\npublic office that we must speak of Mr. Eastman.\\nHis activity reached into other channels and his\\nbenevolence found many objects for his ready sym-\\npathy and liberal hand. In Methodist circles he\\nwas recognized as one of its strong pillars in Sulli-\\nvan County. As superintendent of the Sabbath-\\nschool of that church in Claremont for many\\nyears, he impressed himself upon the rising gener-\\nation in such a manner that the lessons of his life\\nwill not soon be forgotten. In everything looking\\ntoward the elevation of mankind and the better-\\ning of the world Mr. Eastman was an earnest\\nparticipant. In temperance circles his voice and", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0918.jp2"}, "831": {"fulltext": "^s*\\nb-/AM.BAK\\nA^/^y7-7 ^^i^", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0921.jp2"}, "832": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0922.jp2"}, "833": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0923.jp2"}, "834": {"fulltext": "ZL C^Z (S2\\n^c^", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0924.jp2"}, "835": {"fulltext": "CLAKEMONT.\\n135\\nhis means were equallj given to aid the good work,\\nand his eye was quick to mark and his heart ready\\nto relieve suffering.\\nHe was three times married, first, to Harriet\\nKing, by whom he had one son, Charles E., an\\nestimable young man, who died in the early prime\\nof a life which promised a career of more than\\nordinary usefulness. As a teller of the Claremont\\nNational Rank for six years, the business men of\\nthe place had ample opportunity to know his value,\\nand he was universally considered a thorough gen-\\ntleman, of pleasant companionship, uprightness of\\ncharacter and strict integrity. Mr. Elastman s\\nsecond wife was Abby King, a sister of his first\\nwife. January 1, 1873, he married his third wife,\\nJulia A. Diggins, of Charlestown, who survives\\nhim.\\nAs a speaker Mr. Eastman combined a fine\\npresence and an easy flow of language, and at\\ntimes, when the right conditions were present, was\\neloquent. He often appeared Inusque to strangers,\\nbut further acquaintance showed that he had a\\nkiud and sympathetic heart, which won strong\\nfriendship. He was true to his conception of duty,\\nand the energy and good judgment shown in his\\nbusiness operations were carried with success into\\nhis political, neighborhood, and religious relations.\\nHe was a faithful pastor, a faithful friend, a faith-\\nful thinker and counselor, and an exemplary hus-\\nband.\\nThe Eastman Memorial Chapel, presented to the\\nMethodist Church by Mrs. Eastman, is a pleasing\\nmemorial in being consecrated to good works and\\nthe service of the Lord. He labored and was ap-\\npreciated in his life, and may the recollection of\\nhis labors stimulate others to renewed exertions,\\nand rest like a holy influence upon other hearts\\nand other minds. Better than storied urn or\\nanimated bust is such a monument of tender\\nmemories.\\nNATHANIEL TOLLES, M. D.\\nThere is no more valuable member of any com-\\nmunity than the intelligent and devoted physician.\\nHe is a benefactor of his race, and, when death\\ntakes from our midst an old, tried and reliable\\nmedical practitioner, one whom we have learned\\nto look upon with regard, and whose professional\\nskill and tender care of his suffering patients has\\nwon the esteem and love of all, we feel in our\\nhearts and utter with our lips, A good man is\\ngone. Such an one was Nathaniel To lies, M D.,\\nthe fifth and youngest son of John Tolles. He\\nwas born in AVeathersfield, Vt., September 17,\\n1805, and when thirteen years of age he came to\\nClaremont with his parents, where his father\\nengaged in agricultural pursuits. Nathaniel soon\\nbecame a pupil in the Claremont Catholic Semi-\\nnary, then a flourishing institution, located at the\\nwest part of the town, under the supervision of\\nthe Rev. Daniel Barber. He was fond of study\\nfrom early life, and his time while at school was\\nimproved to the utmost. He was noted for cor-\\nrectness of deportment, strict obedience to regula-\\ntions, as well as fiir his constant attendance in his\\nclasses, and for thoroughness in the preparation of\\nhis recitations. He continued his studies here\\nuntil he was fitted for college, but, naturally of a\\ndelicate organization, this close application im-\\npaired his health, and he was obliged to relinquish\\nhis plan of a collegiate course, and turned his atten-\\ntion to employment better adapted to him, and for\\nseveral years was occupied in various ways teach-\\ning in the winters, and in the summer months\\nassisting his father in the labors of the farm, and\\nalso recreating by travel, but always holding\\nsteadfastly to his prior intentions to advance in\\nthe classics, and other departments of useful\\nknowledge.\\nIn the spring of 1827, at the age of twenty-two,\\nhis health being re-established, he commenced the\\nstudy of medicine under the direction of Dr.\\nJames Hall, of Windsor, Vt., with whom he con-\\ntinued nearly two years, and then was a pupil of\\nDr. Charles G. Adams, of Keene. He attended\\nmedical lectures at Eowdoin College, and after-\\nwards at Dartmouth, where he received the degree\\nof M.D., November, 1830. He then obtained the\\nposition of resident physician in the South Boston", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0927.jp2"}, "836": {"fulltext": "136\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAlmshouse, where he remained for six months,\\nhaving an opportunity to familiarize himself with\\ndisease, which proved of great practical use in\\nafter-life. While there he had the advantage of\\nthe superior medical instruction of the distinguished\\nDr Fisher.\\nThus fitted, Dr. Tolles commenced the practice\\nof his profession in Reading, Vt., September, 1831,\\nand, until March, 1841, was in continuous medical\\nwork. His field of labor was too far removed\\nfrom any physician able to render him much aid\\nin an emergency, or with whom he could advise\\nconsequently, he was obliged to depend upon him-\\nself, and seek counsel of the learned and wise\\nauthors, many of whose publications were in his\\nlibrary. Thus being forced to self-reliance at this\\nepoch of his medical career was the best school for\\nhim, as it developed his latent powers and was the\\nkey to his success. He studied, thought and\\npracticed much in these ten years, and it was a\\nvaluable experience, and aided him in preparing\\nfor the wider and more important field he was\\ndestined to occupy as a physician and surgeon. In\\nOctober, 1841, after six months of rest and recrea-\\nation. Dr. Tolles went to New Y^ork in order to\\nprosecute his studies in the public in.stitutions\\nthere. He witnessed hospital practice, and attended\\nlectures in tlie University Medical College. In\\nMarch, 1842, he located in Claremont, and was\\nsoon in po.s.session of a large and lucrative practice,\\nwhich he retained for nearly forty years. His\\nreputation as a surgeon was quickly established,\\nand he performed most of the surgical operations\\nin this vicinity, and was often called as counselor\\nwith his brethren in the more important cases,\\nboth surgical and medical, coming under their\\ncare. A large number of young men pursued\\ntheir medical studies uuder his direction, and their\\nsuccess reflected credit on their teacher.\\nIn his profession Dr. Tolles possessed all the\\ntraits and qualifications essential to its successful\\npursuit. Well grounded in its study, and keep-\\ning himself informed of the latest methods of\\ndiagnosis and treatment, he also possessed and\\nretained those intuitive perceptions of disease\\nwithout which, however well read, no physician\\ncan become a brilliant practitioner, and which\\nformulated rules and the fashionable methods of\\nmodern professional education are doing so much\\nto obliterate. With keen powers of ol)servation\\nand generalization, as the pilot foretells the\\nweather from signs which his own experience has\\ndetected, but which he cannot describe, he skillfully\\nread the character of a case under treatment, and\\noften irrespective of the laws, which must neces-\\nsarily be fallible as long as the medica sclentla\\nremains doubtful and imperfect. As it had been\\none of the great aims of his life to conquer disease,\\nhe strove to be definite in his observations, and\\ndiligent in the use of his leisure moments, and as\\na surgeon as well as physician he attained recog-\\nnized eminence. Cool, bold, self-reliant, and\\nstrong in nerve, he only needed a wider field of\\naction to win the highest honors in this department\\nof his profession. He died with his armor on,\\nonly ceasing his labors a short time before his\\ndeath, which occurred on the 24th of June 1879,\\nin the seventy-fourth year of his ago.\\nThe high regard in which Dr. Tolles was held\\nby his medical brethren will be best given by an\\nextract from the resolutions adopted by the phy-\\nsicians of Claremont, June 26, 1879\\nResolved, That in the professional life, labors and\\ncharacter of Dr. Tolles; which extended over a full\\nhalf a century, we have a commendable example of\\nindustry, of zeal, of usefulness and professional honor\\nnot often combined in a single life.\\nDr. Tolles was never a political or official aspi-\\nrant, and yet he served ia other capacities than\\nprofessional, as his marked abilities and services\\nwere demanded by his fellow-citizens in represen-\\ntative places of trust and financial responsibility,\\nbut he never suffered any official duties to inter-\\nfere with his life-work. He was chosen Presiden-\\ntial elector at the first nomination of President\\nLincoln (1860), and was a member of the Con-\\nvention in 1876 to revise the Constitution of New\\nHamphire. He was elected a member of the first\\nBoard of County Commis-ioners (1858), and served\\none year as its chairman. He was one of the pro-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0928.jp2"}, "837": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0929.jp2"}, "838": {"fulltext": "II\\n^J_^^m (^rhaxJ~^^JMLJl)^", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0930.jp2"}, "839": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n137\\njectors and committee of the Stevens High School\\nbuilding, was four years on its board of manage-\\nment, and one of the three trustees of the Stevens\\nfund he was one of the directors of the old\\nClaremont Bank, and was chosen a director of the\\nNational Bank in 1864, and re-elected annually\\nuntil his death he also held an official position in\\nthe Sullivan Savings-Bank from its foundation.\\nIn all these business and political relations he bore\\na character of fidelity and integrity, and ever\\nretained the confidence and esteem of his fellow-\\ntownsmen. When a young man, he became a\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity, and ever after\\nevinced the strictest fidelity to its obligations, and\\na very high regard for the order. His religious\\nviews were Scriptural, and though not associated\\nwith any body of Christian believers, he w as a\\nworshipper at the Protestant Episcopal Church,\\nand a generous supporter of the institutions of\\nreligion.\\nDr. Tolles married, first, Frances J. Upham, of\\nWeathersfield, Vt second, Jane Weston, daughter\\nof Ezekiel Weston, Esq., of Rockingham, Vt.,\\nwho survives him. She was a worthy companion,\\nfriend, counselor and assistant to her husband, and\\nher many estimable qualities and Christian char-\\nacter have endeared her to the community. Their\\ntwo surviving children are Dr. C. W. Tolles (see\\nnotice elsewhere) and Frances J. Tolles.\\nLELAND J. GRAVES, M.D.\\nThe old school country doctors are rapidly\\npassing away, and it is well that memories of their\\nhardships, their toils and their eflfbrts to give us and\\nours health, should cluster about them, as ivy\\ngently shields the venerable abbeys of our mother-\\ncountry, and that the autumn of their lives should\\nbe a golden Indian summer, and that a niche\\nshould be kept for them in the history of the\\ncounty and State where their laborious lives have\\nbeen passed.\\nLeland J. Graves, M.D., son of David J. and\\nMary (Leland) Graves, was born in Berkshire,\\nFranklin County, Vt., May 24, 1812. His\\nfather was a native of Ma.ssachusetts, and settled\\nin Berkshire as a farmer. His lot in life was hum-\\nble, his family was large, consisting of nine chil-\\ndren, and living in a section distant from business\\nand educational centres., the opportunities for the\\nadvancement of the children were necessarily lim-\\nited. They were all obliged to labor, and, until\\nhe was nearly seventeen years old, Leland partici-\\npated in the farm-work with no school privileges.\\nThis, however, instead of quenching his desire for\\nan education, only made him long all the more ar-\\ndently for the means of acquiring such knowledge\\nas would lift him above the daily struggle for\\nbread. In April, 1829, he let himself to his uncle,\\nCyrus Boynton, of Weathersfield, a farmer, with\\nthe stipulation that he should have three months\\nschooling per year. ThLs life of hard labor, accom-\\npanied by the utmost economy, was carried on, for\\nfour years, his father receiving all wages beyond\\nwhat Leland needed for clothes. On attaining his\\nmajority, his first thought was school, and having\\nmade a good use of his scanty advantages, he was\\nable to teach, which he did for nine successive\\nwinters, working at farming in the summer, and\\nduring the intervals attending academies at Ches-\\nter, Cavendish and Ludlow, and was fitted for col-\\nlege at Ludlow. But this brave youth who had so\\nmanfully fought against jroverty and hindrances,\\nand was now ju.st at the time when hb hopes .seemed\\nabout to be fulfilled, was doomed to a more bitter\\ntrial. His untiring labor and unceasing exertions,\\nboth in his school and on the farm, proved too\\nmuch for his health, and a long disease held him\\nprisoner during the four years he had propo.sed to\\npass in college. On his recovery, having had am-\\nple time for counsel and deliberation, he decided\\nto become a physician. He entered the office of\\nDr. Lowell, remaining with him for a year, and at-\\ntending medical lectures at Woodstock, Vt He\\nthen, in order for the more speedy advancement of\\nhis studies, became a private student under the\\ncharge of the eminent Drs. Crosby, Peaslee and\\nHubbard, and was graduated from the Medical De-\\npartment of Dartmouth College, Ms y 10, 1842.\\nDr. Graves, at once, May 24, 1842, located for", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0933.jp2"}, "840": {"fulltext": "138\\nHISTORY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRB.\\nthe practice of his profession at Langdon, N. H.,\\nand commenced the arduous duties of a physician.\\nBut his labors were not confined to the little town\\nof Langdon his services were in demand, as his skill\\nbecame known, through a large extent of country,\\nand he had an extensive practice in Langdon. Al-\\nstead, Acworth, Walpole, Charlestown and else-\\nwhere. His life was oft-times hard and dreary,\\ntoiling through summer s heat and winter s cold,\\nwith long, cheerless rides upon rough roads, over\\nhigh hills, going without his needed rest in order\\nto relieve the sufferer. The life of the true physician\\nmust necessarily be a self-sacrificing one, and he\\nwho justly claims this honored name must be en\\ntitled to the esteem and appreciation of the com-\\nmunity, and for more than a quarter of a century\\nDr. Ci raves spent his time and strength in minis-\\ntering to those in need of his skillful care and knowl-\\nedge. He began life at the right end of the ladder,\\nand had a good deal of capital in the shape of\\ncourage, faith and energy. He was honest, patient\\nand manly, and was prospered, and also won the\\nrespect, friendship and love of the people among\\nwhom he had made his home, and after over a\\nquarter of a century devoted to the welfare of the\\ncommunity, he concluded to take a rest from such\\nincessant work, and in 1868 came to Claremont and\\npurchased the home where he has since resided.\\nIt was his intention to retire from general practice,\\nbut he has attended the calls of some of his old\\nfamilies.\\nDr. Graves married, May 24, 1843, Caroline\\nE., daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (McEwen)\\nStrow. Their children are Mary E. (now Princi-\\npal of the Acadia Female Seminary, Wolfville,\\nNova Scotia, a position for which she was unusually\\nwell qualified, and which she has held for six years)\\nHattie M. (Mrs. James M. Coburn, of Kansas\\nCity, Mo. their two surviving children are Mary\\nA. and Grace E.) and Agnes J. (who married\\nPascal p. Coburn, senior partner of Coburn\\nDean, merchants of Claremont they have one\\nchild, Elizabeth A.)\\nMrs. Graves was a woman of superior mental\\nendowments, and previous to her marriage was a\\nsuccessful teacher in the Unity Scientific and\\nMilitary School, where she gave great satisfaction.\\nShe was a highly conscientious and religious work-\\ner, and had many of the Christian virtues which so\\nround and complete character, and was universally\\nesteemed, and when she died (August 29, 1885)\\na large circle mourned her loss.\\nDr. Graves is a member of the Connecticut River\\nMedical Association and New Hampshire Medi-\\ncal Association. Whig and Republican in politics,\\nhe represented Langdon in 1867 and 1868 in the\\nState Legislature. He was not only a physician-\\nAs a laborer in scientific fields, Dr. Graves is known\\nfull well. He has pursued the study of geology and\\nof botany with zeal. His botanical researches have\\nbeen conducted from the forests of Maine to the\\nRocky Mountains, and few have been more conver-\\nsant with the practical details or the scientific\\nanalysis of plants. He has made a large geological\\ncollection, which has taken years to gather. His\\neldest daughter inherits this taste, and has a col-\\nlection of rocks, minerals, etc., systematically ar-\\nranged and labeled, which has been valued at sev-\\neral thousand dollars.\\nDr. Graves has impressed himself in numerous\\nways upon the community. He was a leading\\nman in Langdon always took a prominent part in\\nits public enterprises particularly promoted the\\ncause of education, and was superintendent of\\nschools for fourteen years. In religious belief he\\nis a Baptist, and a valuable and consistent member\\nof that church, in Springfield, for fifty years, but is\\nnow connected with the C lai-emont Church.\\nDr. Graves stands well among his professional\\nbrethren, has honored his social and official rela-\\ntions, and enjoys the esteem of his many friends\\nand acquaintances, and now, at the age of three-\\nscore years and ten, can enjoy the competency he\\nhas acquired.\\nJOSIAH RICHARDS, M.D.\\nThe name Richards is of Welsh nationality, and\\nin Europe it has long been illustrious, and the\\nAmerican family has produced many who have\\nachieved distinction. Edward (1) was the", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0934.jp2"}, "841": {"fulltext": "J^a^ /Lc^a^o^", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0935.jp2"}, "842": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0936.jp2"}, "843": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0937.jp2"}, "844": {"fulltext": "^/S -^-t -PoS^i\\n(7 a l^J^^", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0938.jp2"}, "845": {"fulltext": "CLAREMONT.\\n139\\nfouuder of the branch now resident in Claremout.\\nHe was one of the proprietors of Dedhaui, Mass.,\\nin 1636-37, a man of importance and estate, and\\nlived a blameless life. He bequeathed the\\ngreater part of his estates to his second sou,\\nNathaniel (2). His son Edward (3) inherited tJie\\nhomestead in Dedham, bore the title of lieutenant,\\nand was a leading member of the church. Josiah\\n(4), his second son, born in 1713, married Hannah\\nWhiting. They had fourteen children, eiglit\\nsous and six daughters four of the sons were\\nsoldiers in the Revolutionary War. Josiah\\nwas in the battles of Bunker Hill and Monmouth,\\nand served faithfully; was promoted and received\\na pension. He married, 1778, Sarah Shuttle-\\nworth, of Dedham settled in Washington, N. H.\\nafterwards returned to Dedham, where he died,\\naged eighty-four years.\\nJosiah Richards, M.D., son of Josiah and Sarah\\n(Shuttleworth) Richards, was born at Washington,\\nN. H., May 30, 1784; married, December 17,\\n1816, Emily Haskell, of Weathersfield, Vt., and\\nhad two children, Marion and Helen i^Mi-s.\\nSullivan W. Healy). Dr. Richards died at\\nClaremont January 29, 1871, in his eighty -seventh\\nyear. Mrs. Richards died November 17, 1882,\\naged eighty-seven years and three months.\\nDr. Richards was endowed with an active mind,\\nof much more than ordinary strength and\\nvigorous bodily powers, and, cognizant that his\\nfuture standing in the busy world was dependent\\nujjon his own exertions, at the age of ten years he\\nleft New Hampshire for Massachusetts, where he\\nmade his home among his relatives, and availed\\nhimself of every opportunity to acquire an educa-\\ntion. I)uring his residence there he was especially\\nfavored with the acquaintance of a physician (Dr.\\nAmes) of Dedham, who took a great interest in\\nhim, encouraged him in his studies, and to him he\\nwas probably indebted for the thought of making\\nthe profession of medicine his life-work. He had\\na natural taste for music, was a fine singer, and,\\nby his aptness in teaching, was able to acquire the\\nmeans for the thorough academic education which\\nhe received at Atkinson Academy. His medical\\nstudies were conducted under the charge of and\\nwith Dr. Cogswell, of Atkinson, and he acquitted\\nhimself with honor to his teacher and himself.\\nYoung, ardent and fond of his profession, he\\nbecame known, and soon obtained a situation\\nunder the United States government, in the land\\nand naval hospital at Portsmouth. After faithful\\nlabor for a while, he was appointed assistant-\\nsurgeon in the naval service at Newburyport.\\nThis was during the War of 1812. The monotony\\nof this service being hardly compatible with his\\nactive temj)erament, he secured a discharge, and\\nentered the privateer service, where, on board of\\na daring cruiser, he found more congenial rela-\\ntions. With two yeai-s of profitable experience,\\nhe returned to New Hampshire and attended the\\nJledical Department at Dartmouth College, in\\norder to complete his professional education, and\\nwas graduated in 1815. Jn 1816 he came to\\nClaremont, and soon was in possession of a large\\nand successful })ractice, in which he enjo3 ed the\\nconfidence and esteem of his patients, and, for\\nnearly half a century, was engaged in arduous\\nmedical labors, going in and out among the\\ncitizens as the trusted family friend and skillful,\\nenergetic and successful family physician. It is\\nworthy of note that, in a large obstetric practice\\nof years duration, he never lost a case. In 1823\\nhe built the house which he occupied until his\\ndeath, and where his daughters now reside.\\nDr. Richards was a strong Federalist and\\nWhig in his early years, and as strong a Re-\\npublican during the latter part of his life, and\\nrepresented Claremont three terms in the General\\nCourt. He was a member of the Episcopal\\nChurch for a long period, and a sound and logical\\nreasoner as to his faith. When a young man he\\ntook great interest in iNIasonry, and gave it con\\nsideraljle attention. He possessed great mental\\npowers, his range of reading was extensive, and\\nhe was an independent thinker. He was an\\nactive advocate of the cause of education, constant\\nin attendance upon school meetings, and served\\nfor several years as prudential and superintending\\ncommittee. In all the social relations of life, and\\nin everything pertaining to the interests and ad-\\nvancement of the local prosperity of the town, he\\nwas esteemed, and his influence was of value. He\\nwas a reliable citizen, a stanch friend, a kind\\nneighbor, a devoted husband and father and a\\ngood man.\\nThis is a brief outline of the work and exper-\\nience of one whose services were appreciated,\\nwhose memory is revered by all of the old inhab-\\nitants of Claremont, and whose life marks a\\nprosperous epoch of her existence as a town.\\nLEONARD P. FISHEK.\\nThe ancestors of the Fisher family have for\\ncenturies, in England, held a good position in the\\ngreat middle-class of society. Its members ai-e\\nentitled to bear arms. The name is derived from\\na common occupation, and found in several Ian-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0941.jp2"}, "846": {"fulltext": "140\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nguages, may have been a family name in England\\nbefore the Norman Conquest. Anthony Fisher,\\nson of Anthony Fisher, of Syleham, Suflblk\\nCounty, near the borders of Norfolk, England,\\nsettled in Dedham, Mass., in 1637. He had a\\nwife and five children. It is said of one Thomas\\nFisher, who died in 1638, that he contracted to\\nbuild the first meeting-house in Dedham.\\nAbram Fisher, a descendant of Anthony, of\\nDedham, a native of Natick, ilass., was bom\\nNovember, 1764, and emigrated to Claremont, N.\\nH., about 17 S5. He came on horseback, accom-\\npanied by his wife, Lucy Parkhurst, having lost\\nnearly all of his property by the burning of his\\nhouse in Natick. He engaged board for himself\\nand wife, and at once set to work to make kitchen\\nchairs. The money obtained from the sale of\\nthese was his capital to begin life here, and the\\nsale of his only cow to pay for a frame, which he\\ncompleted for a home, gave him an establishment\\nin the town. He was a cabinet-maker by trade,\\nand pursued that avocation for years, living in a\\nplain, unpretending way, and brought up many\\napprentices. He had a small farm and a cider-\\nmill, which ran by water-power, and at his death,\\nFebruary 3, 1851, left a moderate property (about\\nnine thousand dollars). He was a very indus-\\ntrious and ingenious man, could turn his hand\\nto anything, and in his ways was quiet, social and\\ncheerful, with a happy, tiuaint philosophy. In\\npolitics a Democrat, he, it is said, cast the second\\nDemocratic vote in the town. A Universalist in\\nreligion, it is said he paid one sixth of the cost of\\nerecting the first L^niversalist Church in Claremont.\\nHe once told his grandson, Leonard, When\\nyou hire a boy to plow out corn or anything else,\\nalways pay him a little more than the regular price\\nIt will cost but a few cents, and he will respect you,\\nand remember it when he grows to be a man.\\nMrs. Fisher died in 1815. They had one son,\\nJosiah, born in 1784. Josiah was fond of me-\\nchanics, and became a carpenter. He married,\\nabout 1805, Oreua, daughter of Nathaniel and\\nRachel Goss. They had ten children, of whom\\nseven are now living. By becoming responsible\\nfor the erection of a church, Josiah found his\\nbusiness much involved, and although an ener-\\ngetic man, he was not very stable in his plans; so\\nhe determined to improve his condition in the far\\nwest of the Genesee Valley, N. Y., and went to\\nRochester, where he was ofl^ered a piece of land,\\nnow in the heart of the city, for five hundred dol-\\nlars but he did not remain long there on account\\nof the prevailing ague, and removed to York,\\nLivingston County, which was ever after his per-\\nmanent home, and where he died, in September,\\n1854. His wife survived him some years.\\nLeonard P. Fisher, son of Josiah and Oreua\\n(Goss) Fisher, was born October 6, 1807, in the\\nold-fashioned house in Claremont, N. H now oc-\\ncupied by him. Leonard joined his father in the\\nwilderness of Westei n New York when about ten\\nyears old, and was brought up to be more familiar\\nwith work and tools than with books, and to know\\nabout dealing with logs and lumber, machinery\\nand hard labor than with the learning of schools,\\nof which he had but a limited acquaintance. When\\nabout twenty-two (June 2, 1829) he came to Clare-\\nmont to make his home with his grandfather, and\\nfor over half a century has been a resident of the\\ntown, a jjroducer, in an unpretentious way, and\\nnot a mere consumer of the results of the labor of\\nothers. He inherited his grandfather s estate, and\\nhas, in a large degree, preserved the old-time\\nquaintness of the home-place. The old-fashioned\\nclock, the large open firejilace, and many other\\nfeatures show the manner of life of those of other\\ndays. He has kept with advancing life a cheerful\\ndisposition and a kindly heart, together with a ftuid\\nof tradition and stories of the early days, which\\nhe delights to recount to appreciative listeners.\\nMr. Fisher married Nancy, daughter of Tisdale\\nand Elizabeth (Fisher) Lincoln, who was born in\\nPittsfield, Vt., May 17, 1815. Their six children\\nare Nancy J., married Marvin S. Blood (deceased),\\nhas three children and resides in Charlestown,\\nMass. Charles A., resides in Claremont and has\\none child George L., a commission merchant in\\nNew York City Arba C, in the same business in\\nBoston Albert F., of Worcester, Mass. and Ed-\\nwin C, a photographer, now residing in Hinsdale,\\nN. H., has three children.\\nMr. Fisher, like his grandfather, is a Democrat\\nand a Universalist. He cast his first Presidential\\nvote for Andrew Jackson. He has been greatly\\ninterested in the welfare of the Universalist Church,\\nand has contributed liberally to its support. He\\nis very ingenious, can do a little of many kinds of\\npractical business, has done much in his life in\\nlumbering, has built several houses for himself and\\nothers, and always has been a busy, active, hard-\\nworking man, who will long be cherished by his\\ndescendants, and is a good type of the keen\\nyeomanry of New England.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0942.jp2"}, "847": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CORNISH.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nC0RNI8H lies in the northwestern part of the\\ncounty and is bounded as follows North by\\nPlainfield, east by Croydon, south by Claremont,\\nand west by the Connecticut River, which sepa-\\nrates it from Vermont. The township was granted\\nJune 21, 17(53, to Rev. 8amuel McClintock, of\\nGreenland, and sixty-nine others. A proprietors\\nmeeting was held in Greenland in August follow-\\ning, and the first meeting of the inhabitants was\\nheld in the town March 10, 1767. In 1765 several\\nfamilies, who came from Sutton, Mass., settled in\\nthe town. Captain Daniel Putnam and a family\\nby tliename of Dyke had lived there, the winter\\nprevious, in a camp built for the use of men who\\nhad been cutting masts for the royal navy. At a\\nmeeting of the inhabitants, held June 2, 1778,\\nthey voted to join the State of Vermont, in accord-\\nance with a vote of the convention held at Leb-\\nanon, May 2, 1778. The first meeting-house was\\nerected by the town in 1773, and occupied by the\\nCongregational and Episcopal societies. By an\\nact approved December 3, 1808, the line between\\nthis town and Grantham was establislied and by\\nan act approved June 24, 1809, some territory was\\nsevered from Croydon and annexed to this town\\nDecember 25, 1844, the town was enlarged by the\\nannexation of a portion of Grantham.\\nGeneral Jonathan Chase was for many years a\\nleading citizen of this town. He was muster-mas-\\nter for the men raised fi-om his regiment for the\\nContinental service, and held many important\\noffices in the town.\\nSettlements commenced in 1765, and in 1767\\nthere were thirteen families in the town. It was\\nnamed from Cornish, England, from whence the\\nancestors of some of the proprietors and first set-\\ntlers came.\\nDOCUMENTARY HISTORY.\\nJanus Vinton s Enlistment.\\nI James Vinton due Voluntairly Ecknowlege my\\nSelef to have Inlisted as a Soigear Sarve la tlie State\\nof New hampshear under the Command of Cap\\nSam Pain for the tearm of Sex munthand acknowleg\\nmy selef to bee under the Rules and Regelation of\\nthe mearlity Laws as wetness my hand this 28 day of\\nJune 1780 James Vinton\\nS Vinton is seventeen years of age 5 feet 5 inches\\nhigh Jug to be fit for the sarvis by Jon* Chase Col\\nCornish Men at Saratoga.\\nA Return of Officers and men with their Names\\nInrol Belonging to Col Jon Chases Rig which\\nmarched from Cornish Sept. 20 1777\\nLieu Abel Spalden Cornish\\nSeg Sam Chase do\\nSeg Joseph Spalden do\\nCorp Step Childs do\\nJos Vinsin do Ret Oct 7\\nJabez Spiser do\\nSol\u00c2\u00b0 Wellman do\\nCaleb Plastridge do\\nJames Cate do\\nJohn Chase do\\nSol- Chase do\\nJohn Morse do\\nSim\u00c2\u00b0 Chase do\\nCapt Dyar Spalden do\\nJona Higgins do\\nJames Wellman do\\nEbe Brewer do\\nDaniel Waldron do\\nTotal 19 Abel Spalden Lieu\\n141", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0943.jp2"}, "848": {"fulltext": "142\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOct 2\u00c2\u00b0 1777\u00e2\u0080\u0094 set out from home\\nCapt Abel Stephens Jon Craw\\nEbez Janney W Richardson\\nJoined y 10 Oct 1777\\nGeneral Jona, Chase, concerning Western Frontier.\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nTo the honorable, the Council and House of Rep-\\nresentatives now convened bolden at Exeter in and\\nfor said State. Humbly Sheweth your Petitioner\\nliving on the western Frontiers of said state, that\\nyour Petitioner and others the Inhabitants on said\\nFrontiers, have had, and still have, the greatest\\nreason to fear the inroads depredations of savage\\nEnemy upon them, that they have the fullest reason\\nto believe and assert that the Enemy have several\\ntimes prepared even attempted the same that in the\\nmonth of October last they came upon and almost\\ntotally destroyed the Town of Royalton, spread\\ntheir horrid devastation within less than twelve miles\\nof Connecticut River. That unless some speedy and\\neffectual measures are taken to prevent it, it is more\\nthan probable we shall be distressed with another\\nvisit from them the present winter.\\nThat the Frontier is near one hundred and fifty\\nmiles, in an entire defenceless situation. And that\\nunless some speedy relief assistance present, we\\nhave the fullest assurance that many principal Inhab-\\nitance will remove to places of better security as\\nthat Frontier is now the only object remaining within\\nthe power worthy the attention of the northern\\nEnemy. In this unhappy situation defenceless as\\nwe are, where can we look for relief assistance but\\nto your Honors a body possessed with every feeling\\nof humanity, and sensible that in defending\\nthat western frontier, you secure the state at\\nlarge from the dangers arising from that quar-\\nter. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your\\nhonors to take the dangerous situation of that Terri-\\ntory under your wise serious consideration grant\\nsuch number of men for the defence of that Frontier,\\nas your honors may judge necessary, or grant such\\nother orders on the Premises as in your wisdom may\\nseem best.\\nAnd your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever\\npray c.\\nExeter 12 Jany 1781.\\nJos Chase\\nNumber of Polls, 1783.\\nAccording to order of the general assembly These\\nmay certefy that the Exact number of the male poles\\nin this town of twenty-one years of age and upwords\\npaying taxes for themselves is one hundred and\\ntwenty\\nCornish Decern y 13 1783\\nAttest\\nWiL Ripley\\nReuben Jerald\\nDaniel Chase\\nCaleb Chase J\\nr\\nSelectmen\\nof Cornish\\nWarrant for Town-Meeting.\\nThese are to Notify and warn the freeholders and\\nothers inhabitants of the town of Cornish to meet at\\nthe Meeting House in s Cornish on tuesday the\\ntwelfth Day of March next at ten oclock in Morning\\nto act on the following articles Viz\\n1* to Chuse a Moderator to govern s* meeting\\n2 to Chuse a town Clerk\\n3 to Chuse Selectmen and Constable or Con-\\nstables and other town officers as the town shall think\\nproper\\n4 to see what money the town will Raise for to\\nbe Worked out at the Highways this present year\\n6 to see what money the town will Raise this\\npresent year for Schooling\\n6 to see what money the town will Raise this\\npresent year for to Defray other town Charges\\n7 to Chuse a Committee for the Sole purpose of\\nSettling with the men who went uj) in the 2 alarm\\n8 to see if the town will allow horses to Run at\\nlarge\\n9 to see if the town will allow swine to Run at\\nlarge\\nFeb J^ 26 1782\\nThomas Hall\\nSam Comings\\nElea Jackson\\nDaniel Chase\\nSelect Men\\nPursuant to the foregoing warning the Town met\\nand Chose Moses Chase Esq Moderator Voted to\\nadopt the following Protest against the proceedings\\nof a minority acting under a warning Signed by Sam\\nChase Esq\\nVoted to adjourn to the House of M Francis\\nBatey to meet immedeatly met according to adjourn-\\nment then Voted to adjourn to the House of M", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0944.jp2"}, "849": {"fulltext": "CORNISH.\\n143\\nSam Coinings met according to adjournment and\\nthere proceeded to Cliuse Town officers and do other\\nacts agrcable to the above warning and the Laws of\\nNew Hampshire as may appear upon Record\\nAttest Thomas Chase T Clerk\\nCornish September y\u00c2\u00ab 12 1782\\nProtest against the Action of a Town-Meeting.\\nVoted to adopt the following protest against a\\nminority acting under a warning Signed by Samuel\\nChase Esq\\nW/iereas an annual Town Meeting of the inhabit-\\nants of the Town of Cornish was legally warned by\\nthe Selectmen of Said Town who was legally elected\\nto that office in order to choose Town officers for the\\ninsuing year- and whereiis another warning for a\\nTown Meeting has been set up for the like ]iurposo\\nSigned by Samuel Chase Esq and a Small minorri-\\nter of the Inhabitants presume to act thereon which\\nwe are fully assured is directly Repugnant to the\\npeace of the Town and Contrary to Law^ We there-\\nfore the inhabitants of the said Town of Cornisli\\nthink fit and do hereby Solemnly and unanimously\\nenter our protest against the proceedings of Said\\nmeeting as wholly illegal and destructive of the peace\\nand tranquility of Said Town\\nThe above was Voted in a legal Town Meeting\\nheld March y 12\\nTest Thomas Chase\u00e2\u0080\u0094 rott\u00c2\u00ab Clerk\\nCornish May y= 28 1782\\nRelative to Union with Vermont.\\nThe Deposition of Matthias Stone of Claremont\\nof lawful age on oath saith that about three or four\\nyears ago Esq Sam Chase did send a letter to the\\nselect men of Claremont myself being one that a\\nmeeting of the Town should be called to see if the\\nTown would chuse a man to go the Convention held\\nat the House Moses Chase Esq to come into measures\\nto unite with Vermont but as I did not see the letter\\ntill it was to late to warn a meeting it was not laid\\nbefore s Town but attended myself as a private\\nperson at Convention of which Esq Sam Chase was\\nmoderator at which time in Convention with the s**\\nSam Chase he manifested a great desire that the\\ngrants on both sides of the River should be united\\ninto one Government after the adjournment of s\\nConvention I rec another Letter of like import de-\\nsiring that the Town would Choose a man to attend\\nthe adjournment but rec to late Further about one\\nyear ago last Decern, another letter was sent to the\\nselectmen of Claremont sign Sam ashley and Ben\\nBellows to see if the Town would Choose a man to\\nattend the Convention held at Walpole for the pur-\\npose of uniteing the grants on both sides of the\\nRiver which the Town comply with sent a man\\nthat Convention being adjourned to the Jan following,\\nthe Town was call upon to send Two men which they\\ndid at which Convention the said Sam Chase was\\nChoose President accepted serv altho, there were\\nTen that protested against the proceedings at that\\ntime for special reasons. Yet the s president would\\nnot sign the protest at which tim s* Con [vention]\\nwas adjourned to Cornish and there continud for\\nsom time till the minds of the Town were fully known\\nthe union Compleated the s Sam Chase did accom-\\npany the Representative from East sid of the River\\nto Windsor and see them admitted as members of the\\nCourt of Vermont and approved thereof and I have\\noften heard the s Sam Chase both in public private\\nconversation say in transport that there was a hand\\nof Providence in Disposing the people to unite\\nMatthias Stone\\nCheshire ss: Sept 4 A. D. 1782 then Matthias\\nStone signer of the above Deposition personally\\nappeared made solemn oath that the same was the\\ntruth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,\\nSam Chase Dudley Chase being present\\nbefore Sam Hunt Justice Peace\\nThis deposition opened by me\\nM. Weare\\nSelectmen s Statement.\\nTo the Honorable the General Assembly of the\\nState of New Hampshire\\nWe tlie subscribers Select Men of the Town of\\nCornish for the Current Year, in reply to a Memorial\\nagainst us signed by Moses Chase Reuben Jerald\\nWilliam Ripley, and presented to this hbuse at their\\nlast session, beg leave to suggest, that at the annual\\nMeeting in the Town of Cornish held in March Anno\\nDomini 1781 the Town Officers were chosen in com-\\nmon form that in April following, at an adjournment\\nof the same Meeting the Town did vote that all Town\\nOfficers then in Office shou d act under and Govern\\nthemselves by the Laws of Vermont; accordingly\\nthey iissessed endeavor d to Collect the Taxes called\\nfor by Vermont, and took and imprisoned some who\\nrefused to pay them, by which vote and the subse-\\nquent Conduct of the said Officers it was the general", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0945.jp2"}, "850": {"fulltext": "144\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOpinion that they ceased to be Legal Officers under\\nNew Hampshire, in consequence of this Opinion an\\napplication was made by a sufficient number of the\\nInhabitants of said Town to Samuel Chase Esq as a\\nJustice of the Peace to warn a Meeting of said Inhab-\\nitants in March last for Choosing Town Officers for\\nthe present Year according to the Laws of New Hamp-\\nshire which was accordingly done, and the Officers\\nChosen without regarding a Warrant for a Meeting\\nfor the same purpose: signed by the Select Men\\nchosen A Dom. 1781\\nWe won further observe that as the principle\\ncomplaint in s Memorial is against the Officers last\\nchosen for what they have done in the execution of\\ntheir several Offices, it seems unnecessary to answer\\nfurthur untill the legality of their appointment shall\\nbe ascertained\\nWe would beg leave furthur to suggest that the\\nsituation of the Inhabitants of the Town of Cornish\\nis unhappily such at present, owing to the divisions\\nand animosities which subsist amongst them that a de-\\ntermination of the Master now before the House how-\\never just woud be but a partial remedy, wou d not\\nput the Town in such a situation as would be most for\\nthe benefit of the State, or for the peace, interest\\nhappiness of the said Inhabitants And anxious to\\nrestore peace good order in the Town, We wou d\\non the behalf of those who are in the Memorial called\\nthe Minority propose a general settlement of all diffi-\\nculties in said Town that respect the Town in general\\nby Arbitration in the following manner (viz) That\\nthis House appoint a proper number of Persons to be\\nnominated by the Speaker, to hear the Parties fully,\\nreport to this or some future General Assembly\\nthat some of the principle men of Each party enter\\ninto Bonds to abide and perform the award so made,\\nthat the whole expence be paid by that party that\\nshall be found most faulty^\\nWe do not mean to dictate the House by the\\nabove, but should be willing to comply with any\\ndirection or orders which the House shall think\\nproper to give\\nCornish Sept y 6 1782\\nSam Chase\\nJn\u00c2\u00b0 Mobse\\nBenj Hall\\nDudley Chase.\\nThe exclusive right to a ferry over a certain\\npart of the Connecticut River was granted to\\nGeneral Chase in 1784.\\nWilliMn Deviing s Recommendaiion.\\nTo His Excellency the Presedent and Houerable\\nPrivy Council of the State of New Hampshire.\\nWhereas there is but one Justes of the Peace in\\nthe town of Cornish and very Remote from the Major\\npart of the Inhabetauce we your petitioners Humbly\\nDeseir that M William Deming may be appointed\\ninto that office\\nCornish Sep 9\u00e2\u0080\u00941786\\nNath Carpenter Sam Wickwire\\nDavid Smith Daniel Putnam\\nElisha Herrick Luther Hilliard\\nEbenezer Rawson Sam Hilliard\\nSolomon Chase James Fitch\\nJohn Pike Jun Hezekiah Fitch\\nJoshua page David Higgins\\nElias Cady Lovel Kimbal\\nBenjamin Jackson Samuel Pike\\nDier spaulding Moses Chase\\nJoseph Bartlet Sam Hildreth\\nJabes shapley Caleb Chase\\nJohn Bartlet John pike\\nSam Fitch Peter Chase\\nWilliam Pain Robert Willson\\nEleas. Bingham Sam Wickwire\\nJames Freeman David Orvis\\nReuben Jareld Stephen Chase\\nEben Deming Joseph Edmons\\nSeth Deming William Choat\\nJoseph Chase Zebediah Fitch\\nNichols Cady Eleazer Cate\\nEphriam French Jonathan Higgins\\nJames spaulding James Cate\\nJoseph stark\\nHelative to Vermont Controversy.\\nTo the Honorable Senate and the Honorable House\\nof Representatives of the General Court of New\\nHampshire in General Assembly Convened\\nHumbly sheweth the Petition of the Subscribers\\nSubjects of s State. That the Inhabitants of a cer-\\ntain territory of Land West of Connecticut River on\\nthe Western Borders of this State, and within the\\nboundaries of the United States, have associated to-\\ngether and Assumed Jurisdiction by the name of the\\nState of Vermont Independent of any One of the\\nStates in the confederacy, and without the concent of\\nthe United States in Congress Assembled do Exer-\\ncise many and various Acts of Opression Injustice and", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0946.jp2"}, "851": {"fulltext": "CORNISH.\\n145\\ncruelty towards the good Subjects of the State of New\\nHampshire by seizing and embezzling our property\\nwhich lies within their Limits, and under pretence of\\ndues to them Assesing and levying contributions on\\nour Lands for pretended Services whereby we derive\\nno benefit, but much real, and Escential injury, and\\nsuch Acts of Extortion and Oppression they Sanctify\\nby Laws of their own formation, in Violation of the\\nLaws of Nations and the principles of the confedera-\\ntion of the United States. The most Oppressive of\\nwhich are the Survey Act and the quieting Act so\\ncalled by the former their Surveyor-General is di-\\nrected to Survey s Teritory, and exhibit his Ac-\\ncompts to their Council of his demands for Surveying\\neach Town to be by them Adjusted, and if within\\nthirty days after s Adjustment the Sum Allowed is\\nnot paid in hard money Extents are Issued, and Suffi-\\ncient Land sold for Paying the Same, with cost of\\nLevying without any Equity of redemption. And the\\nlines of s^ Towns that have been Settled upwards of\\nTwenty Years so Altered and Curtailed by the Mere\\nOpinion of s* Surveyor or his Deputy without the\\nright of Trial by Jury, that a new Allotment is Neces-\\nsary, and by the latter a possession of Land however\\nwrongfully Obtained and kept eventually Affects the\\nTittle\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFarther the Inhabitants of s Territory do in a\\nLawless and Riotous Manner make Inroads on the\\nFrontiers of this State, and take from hence the\\npeacable Subjects of New Hampshire to their Prison,\\nin Open Violation contempt of the Good and\\nwholsome Laws of this State which they set at de fi-\\nance, and Screan themselves within s Territory\\nYour Petitioners therefore Humbly Pray that the\\nHonourable Legislature of this State will be pleased\\nto interpose in behalf of the Persons and properties\\nof the Good Subjects of this State, and defend them\\nfrom the Above mentioned and other injurious meas-\\nures of the Inhabitants of s Territory and protect\\nthem from the pernicious Influence of their iniqui-\\ntous Acts of Legislation in such way and Manner as\\nthe Wisdom of this Honorable Court shall direct as\\nthe most proper and Effectual to Obtain the desired\\nEnd. And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall\\never Pray\\nW Deming\\nSolomon Chase\\nJoshua Crosman\\nDavid Orvis\\nDaniel Putnam\\nSam Putnam\\nJeremiah Morse\\nIthamar Chase\\nSeth Demming\\nJoseph Taylor\\nSam Chase Jun\\nAbner Rawson\\nJonathan Chase\\nJohn Cook\\nPet it ion for a Poll Parish.\\nTo the Hon General Court of the State of New\\nHampshire to convene at Concord on the third\\nday of June instant\\nThe petition of the subscribers Inhabitants of the\\nTown of Cornish and Plainfield in the County of\\nCheshire in said State, Humbly sheweth That the\\ngreat diversity of Sentiment, in matters of religion,\\nand the jarring Opinions concerning the most suitable\\nplace for buildings for religious worship, renders it\\nimpossible ever to effect such union in either of said\\nTowns as to enable them happily to settle and main-\\ntain the Gospel Ministry amongst them with that har-\\nmony which ought ever to reign in religious Societies,\\nwithout a division of said Town into Parishes. And\\nwhereas the inhabitants of different sentiments are\\nso intermixed in their Settlements that Parish lines\\nwould not effect the desired end Your petitioners\\ntherefore pray the General Court to grant the Sub-\\nscribers with such others as may hereafter join with\\nthem such privileges and immunities of a Poll parish\\nas may enable them to erect and maintain in proper\\nrepair a place for Public Worship and to raise and\\napply money for the support of the Ministry among\\nthem and with such other privileges as may be neces-\\nsary for the well ordering of parish affair.s.\\nCornish, November the 1st A D 1788\\nCornish May 1786\\nSam Chase\\nRobert Willson\\nJohn Morse\\nJoseph Holland\\nEben Demming\\nMatthias Stone\\nElishaRead\\nJames Hunter\\nWalter Foss\\nThomas Hall\\nNathaniel Higgins\\nThomas Lewey\\nAbel Stone Ju\\nDaniel Freeman\\nJabez Spicer\\nJohn Bartlett\\nBenj Read\\nJohn Lucas\\nJonathan Read\\nJoseph Kinyon\\nJohn Cady\\nChester Chapman\\nNathan Hains\\nHezekiah Fitch\\nNath Bartlet\\nSamuel Read\\nSamuel Bartlet\\nJoel Hildreth\\nSamuel Mackres\\nAbel Johnson\\nJames Ripley\\nDavid Read\\nLevi Stone\\nJoseph Smith", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0947.jp2"}, "852": {"fulltext": "146\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSimon Blanchard\\nJoshua Woodward\\nAbel Stone\\nMoody Hall\\nWill Ripley\\nJesse Johnson\\nReuben JeralJ\\nJohn Whitten\\nDaniel Cole\\nNathan Whiting\\nJames Fitch\\nAndrew Tracy\\nElisha Herrick\\nJohn Spaulding\\nMoses Barrows\\nMoses Barrows, Jun\\nEliphalet Kimball, Jun James Ladieu\\nLovil Kimball Moses Chase\\nJosiah Stone Samuel Fitch\\nWill Lewey David Smith\\nThis Certifies that a Copy of the within Petition\\nand order of the Court thereon was posted up in a\\npublic place in the towns of Cornish and Plaintield\\nand also a Copy of the same delivered to the Select-\\nmen of each Town on the first day of December A D\\n1788 agreable to the order of Court\\nIn behalf of the Petitioners\\nCornish December 20* A D 1788\\nAttest Will Ripley\\nReuben Jerald\\nIn House of Representatives, November 8,\\n1788, a hearing was ordered for the next ses-\\nsion.\\nRelative to Paying Ministerial Rates.\\nCornish Decern 19 1788\\nAt a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of\\nCornish held the 25 of June A D 1783 the following\\nVote was pas Viz\\nThat from and after the 29 of Sept next no\\nperson Shall be held or bound by Civil Contract, to\\npay any taxes for the Support of the Gospel, unless\\nhe Shall previously Consent thereto.\\na true Coppy attest\\nCaleb Chase, Town Clerk\\nWe the subscribers having formerly signed a pe-\\ntition to the General Court for a Poll Parish in the\\nTowns of Cornish and Plainfield having by more\\nmature deliberation considered its prenitious affects\\nand finding there is a promising prospect of this Town\\ngeneraly uniting in one Society and being persuaded\\nthat a Pole Parish established here would grately im-\\npead said Union do hereby resind from the above\\nmentioned petition\\nAs witness our Hands\\nCornish Decern: 21 1788\\nDavid Smith\\nJohn Lucas\\nSamuel Mackees\\nMoses Burrows\\nDocuments relative to Nathaniel Curtice, Soldier.\\nThe diposition of Moses Chase, Jur. of lawful\\nage testifys and says that I was in the Continental\\nservice in general gates Department and was knowing\\nto Nathan Curtice s being a soldier there in Cap\u00c2\u00b0\\nWaits Company and belonged to the artillery.\\nMoses Chase Jr\\nThe Diposition of Nathaniel Bartlet of lawful\\nage testifyes and says that I was in the army in\\ngeneral gates Department and in the year 1777 had\\nknowledge of Nathaniel Curtises belonging to the\\narmy and Did the Duty of a soldier in the artillery\\nNathaniel Bartlet\\nDaniel Chase testifies in a similar manner.\\nThey vfere in General Stark s command. Curtice\\nwas ruptured in the scrotum, so say David\\nHall Sol\u00c2\u00b0 Chase, Physicians, of Cornish.\\nMemoriai of Andrew Wilkins, Soldier.\\nIn a petition dated 1794, Andrew Wilkins,\\nof Cornish, says that he was a soldier in Col-\\nonel Bedel s regiment in Canada in 1776 was\\ntaken prisoner at the Cedars by the Britisii\\nand Indians, and the Indians striped him ot\\nall his clothes except one shirt and one pair of\\nBreeches, also a very valuable gun, etc., all of\\nthe value of \u00c2\u00a310 10s., which he asks the State\\nto pay.\\nECCLESrASTICAL HISTORY.\\nCongregational Church. The first Con-\\ngregational Church in this town was organized\\nSeptember 29, 1768, with Rev. James Wellman as\\npastor, who remained until October, 1785, when\\nthe churcli was dissolved.\\nIn November of the same year a Congregational\\nChurch was organized in the eastern part of the\\ntown, with twenty-one members. Peace prevailed\\nin this society until the subject of building a\\nmeeting-house came up for consideration in 1784.\\nA house of worship was erected in the northwest\\npart of the town in 1787 (never finished), and\\nanother in the centre of the town in 1788. The\\ntwo churches were in a constant state of trouble\\nuntil 1795, when the Rev. Bey Bell was installed\\npastor over both, and, in 1799, the church was\\nunited and harmonious. In this year a house of", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0948.jp2"}, "853": {"fulltext": "CORNISH.\\n147\\nworship was built on the hill in the centre of the\\ntown.\\nThe following is a petition for incorporation of\\na Congregational Society\\nTo the Hon General Court of the State of New-\\nham psh ire.\\nThe petition of the subscribers Inhabitants of the\\nTown of Cornish in the County of Cheshire in s State\\nHumbly Sheweth That the diversity of sentiments\\nin matters of religion (there being an Episcopal and\\na Baptist Society in s Town) renders it difBeult to\\nl)uild a Meeting house settle and maintain the\\nGospel Ministry among them as a Town. And\\nwhereas the People of ditferent Sentiments are so in-\\ntermixed in their Settlements, that parish lines would\\nnot effect the desired purpose\u00e2\u0080\u0094 your petitioners there-\\nfore pray the General Court, to incorporate the Sub-\\nscribers with such others as shall be disposed to join\\nwith them, into a Society by name of the Congregation-\\nal Society in Cornish, with such privileges and im-\\nmunities as may enable them to erect and maintain in\\nproper repair a House for public worship, and to raise\\nand apply money for the support of the Gospel Minis-\\ntry amongst us and with such other privileges as\\nm.ay be necessary for the well ordering of parish\\naffairs,\\nAnd as in duty bound shall ever pray.\\nCornish November the 21st 1798\\nAndrew Tracy Moody Chase\\nJames Gage Eeuben Jerrold\\nMoses Harrington James Ripley\\nW Choate J Benj. Corning\\nAsa Coburn Jonath Bingham\\nLemuel Tracy Nath Huggins\\nPhilip Taber Eben Martindale\\nIchabod Smith J Jabez Spicer\\nElias Martindale Samuel Bartlet\\nJoshua Wyman W Bartlet\\nJacob Whipple Asa Coburn 2\u00c2\u00b0\\nJames Hunter Nathaniel Curtis\\nThomas Williams James Harlow\\nDudley Coburn Frederick Bingham\\nSimeon Butterfield Samuel Whitton\\nJosiar Stone Edward Kimball\\nDaniel Chase Clement Chase\\nDavid Davis W Eipley\\nMoody Hall Eben Cobb\\nDavid Smith Eliphalet Kimball, Jr.\\nThomas Hastings Nathan Rand\\nElisha Herrick Aaron Harrington\\nSamuel Fitch Lovell Kimball\\nBenj\u00c2\u00b0 Smith Hezekiah Fitch\\nSamuel Paine Samuel Wickwire\\n10\\nBenj Dorr Thomas Hall\\nNathaniel Pierce Joseph Tabor\\nSamuel Bartlet 2\u00c2\u00b0^ Isaac Simons\\nRobert Nevins Abel Fairbanks\\nJoseph Smith W Lane\\nTimothy W. Hall W Choate\\nThomas Lucy\\nIt was incorporated June 14, 1799.\\nA new meeting-house was erected in 1841. The\\npastors, since Rev. Mr. Ball, have been as follows\\nRevs. Siloam Short (supply), Joseph Rowell, F\\nW. Clary, A. Spaulding, Philander Bates, C. M\\nPalmer and J. T. Jackson also. Rev. P. D.\\nDeniing, a resident Baptist clergyman, preached\\nfor this people nearly two years.\\nEpiscopal Church. An Episcopal Church\\nwas formed here iu 1795. The following is the\\npetitioi.i for the act\\nTo the Hon the Legislature of the State of New\\nHampshire, in general court assembled. The peti-\\ntion of the subscribers members of the Episcopal\\nSociety in Cornish, in said State, humbly sheweth\\nThat for many years, we who once composed the\\noriginal society in said Town, have been subjected to\\ngreat inconveniences, for want of public religious\\nworship and instruction, by the desertion of a large\\npart of the people of said Cornish, but are now\\nunitedly a.5.sociated, without infringing upon the\\npeace or prosperity of any other society, and hope by\\nthe divine blessing, to become a regular well\\nordered congregation.\\nEncouraged by the Hon* Legislatures indulging\\nother religious societies, with acts of incorporation,\\nwe hereby request that we may also be incorporated,\\nby an act of General Court, by the name of Christ s\\nChurch, with power to receive, and hold property\\nboth real and personal, and to have and enjoy all\\nother privileges and immunities belonging to a cor-\\nporate body. And your Petitioners as in duty bound\\nshall ever pray.\\nCornish May 20\\n1794.\\nCaleb Chase 1\\n-.T t Wardens\\nNathaniel Hall j\\nDudley Chase\\nDiER Spaldixg\\nJonathan Chase Vestrymen\\nAndrew Wilkins\\nSoLosiON Chase", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0949.jp2"}, "854": {"fulltext": "148\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThis church was incorporated December 24,\\n1795, by the name of Trinity Church.\\nBaptist Church. The Baptist Church in\\nCornish owes its origin, under God, to the labors\\nof Revs. Thomas Baldwin, afterwards of Boston,\\nMass., John Peake, of Windsor, Vt., and John\\nDrew, of Hartford, Vt. These worthies made fre-\\nquent visits into the town, preaching under the\\nshade of some favoring tree, or in some barn, or\\nschool house, or private dwelling, as occasion oifered,\\nand, as a result of their efforts, the church was\\nformed in 1789. The organization was effected by\\nthe Rev. Jedediah Hibbard, of Lebanon, N. H.,\\nJuly 1789, in a barn owned by Moses Barrows,\\nabout an eighth of a mile southwest of the summit\\nof Fernald Hill, and about five rods north from\\nthe road. This road, though now little used, was\\nthen the great thoroughfare between Windsor and\\nBoston. There were but nine constituent mem-\\nbers, viz.: Samuel and Rebecca Meekers, Jonas\\nand Zilpah Richardson, Moses and Elizabeth\\nBarrows, Nathaniel Dustin, Elizabeth Thomson,\\nand Charity Harlow. The last named survived\\nall the rest, and died in 1868, in the one hundredth\\nyear of her age. Her memory was remarkably\\nclear and strong, and many facts relating to the\\nearly days of the church were obtained from her.\\nIn 1790 six others joined the little company.\\nTheir meetings were held at private residences in\\ndifferent parts of the town. The oldest church\\nrecords, now known to exist, bear date of June\\n24, 1791. Rev. Jedediah Hibbard was pastor,\\nMoses W^eld clerk and Samuel Hilliard deacon.\\nThey sustained preaching only a part of the time\\nand were thrown wholly upon their own resources\\nby the removal of their pastor to St. Armand,\\nP. Q., in 1795 Owing to the* difficulty of sus-\\ntaining preaching, they attempted, at one time, to\\nunite with the Plaiufield, now the Meriden, Bap-\\ntist Church at another time with the Newport\\nBaptist Churcli and still another time with the\\nCornish Congregational Church, in the support of\\npreaching. But failing of success in each case,\\nthey contented themselves with the services ren-\\ndered by some of their own number Deacon Sam-\\nuel Hilliard at one time improving his gifts,\\nand Brother Uriah Smith at another. This con\\ntinued until 1803, when Rev. Ariel Kendrick be-\\ncame their pastor. He served them eighteen\\nyears, during which time they enjoyed three sea-\\nsons of revival, and were greatly strengthened and\\nblessed. 1 give the names of succeeding pastors,\\nnot including supplies, in their order Simeon W.\\nBeckwith, Gibbon Williams, Oliver Barron, David\\nBurroughs, Nahum P. Foster, Phineas Bond,\\nD. P. Deming, H. C Leavitt, G. S. Smith, G. A.\\nGlines, J. K. Chase, D. Donovan.\\nThe church edifice, erected on a hill near the\\ncentre of the town, was dedicated in 1805. This\\nhouse was taken down in 1818, and removed to its\\npresent site at Cornish Flat, and the sermons at\\nboth its dedication and rededieation were preached\\nby Rev. Aaron Leland, of Chester. Vt. The\\nhouse was remodeled in 1846, and a spire was\\nadded to it and other important repairs made in\\n1883.\\nThe church gave letters of dismission to quite a\\nnumber of its members for the purpose of organ-\\nizing a Baptist Church in Claremont, N. H., in\\nthe year 1821, and sent its pastor. Rev. A. Kend-\\nrick, and three of the brethren, to aid in the organ-\\nization.\\nA goodly number of preachers of the gospel\\nhave also at various times gone forth from this\\nchurch. Prominent among these may be named\\nRev. Geo H. Hough, missionary to Burmah, an\\nassociate of Judson both in labors and in a part\\nat least of his prison sufferings. There were also\\nDaniel F. and Horace Richardson, Calvin Baker,\\nCharles H. Green and D. P. Deming, men of tried\\nfidelity and devotion, of whom the last named has\\nmany times rendered the church valuable service\\nand is still active in his sympathies with it.\\nThe church property includes a convenient and\\ncomfortable parsonage, with a good garden-plot of\\nabout half an acre of land. The grounds surround-\\ning the church are ample for all its wants, and a\\nneat enclosure, adorned with shade trees, fronts it\\nand forms the entrance to it from the centre of the\\nvillage.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0950.jp2"}, "855": {"fulltext": "CORNISH.\\n149\\nThe membership, though greatly reduced and\\ndepleted by frequent removals to business centres,\\nis now about one hundred strong. Regular ser-\\nvices are maintained, the Sunday-school is flourish-\\ning, and the outlook hopeful.\\nGood libraries, to which valuable additions are\\nmade from time to time, are connected with both\\nchurch and Sunday-school. Thus an effort is\\nmade to foster a taste for good reading. May the\\nfoundations thus laid by good men and true sus-\\ntain a superstructure worthy of the zeal and devo-\\ntion of its founders, and continue a source of divine\\nblessing to all future time.\\nA Baptist Church was formed here in 1791.\\nThere is also a Methodist Church in the town at\\nthe Centre. The town has a population of eleven\\nhundred and fifty-seven.\\nPostmaster, Cornish, W. E. Deming; centre,\\nG. E. Hilliard south, G. E. Fairbanks; Cornish\\nFlat, J. C. Boynton; physician, G. W. Hunt.\\nThe town is sixty miles northwest from Concord,\\nand its railroad station is Windsor, Vt.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0951.jp2"}, "856": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CROYDON.\\nBY EDMUND WHEELER.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nCroydon, in Sullivan County, N. H., is situ-\\nated on the highland between the Connecticut and\\nMerrimack rivers, is bounded on the north by\\nGrantham, east by Springfield and Suuapee, south\\nby Newport, and west by Cornish. Area, twenty-\\nsix thousand acres; distance from Concord, the\\ncapital of the State, forty-four miles from Leb-\\nanon, seventeen miles, and from Newport, nearest\\nrailroad station, seven miles. Much of its scenery\\nis wild and picturesque The soil is diversified.\\nThat bordering on Sugar River is rich and pro-\\nductive as we rise gradually back upon the hills\\nit yields excellent grass, wheat and potatoes, while,\\nas we ascend still higher up the mountain sides, we\\nfind only pasturage and forests, and these are over-\\ntopped with lofty piles of granite.\\nMountains.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Croydon Mountain, which extends\\nacross the western part of the town, is the highest\\nelevation in the county, being nearly three thou-\\nsand feet above the level of the sea. It com-\\nmands an extensive and one of the most beautiful\\nprospects in the State, and its charms are attested\\nby its many and enthusiastic visitors. The other\\nelevations are the Pinnacle and Sugar Hill in the\\ncentral. Baptist Hill in the southern, Pine Hill in\\nthe northern, and Baltimore and Camel s Hump\\nin the southeastern part of the town. On the\\nsouthern slope of the latter is a magnificent por-\\ntrait of the human face, known as Aaron, sup-\\nposed to be a sentinel placed there by the hand of\\na wise Providence to guide and protect a chosen\\npeople, the best view of which is obtained from the\\n150\\nold Croydon Turnpike, above the chui ch, at the\\nFlat.\\nPonds. Long, Rocky Bound, and Spectacle\\nin the eastern, and Governor s in the southwestern\\npart of the town, are the principal bodies of water,\\nin some of which is excellent fishing.\\nRiVEPis. The north branch of Sugar River\\nflows through the town in a southwesterly direc-\\ntion, and aflbrds some of the best water-power in\\nthe vicinity, although but little utilized at the\\npresent time. The other principal streams are\\nBeaver, Ash Swamp and Long Pond brooks.\\nVillages. Four Corners, being near the centre\\nof the town and on the Croydon Turnpike, thus\\nthe great thoroughfare, and having a church, tav-\\nern, store, oflices and shops, was once the centre of\\ntrade but railroads, diverting the travel, and the\\nwant of water-power, has caused its decline.\\nEa.d Village. Situated on the north branch of\\nSugar River at the head of Spectacle Pond, and\\non the main road from Newport to Lebanon, con-\\ntains the town hall, a postofiice, store, church,\\nhotel, saw and grist-mill, carpenter and black-\\nsmith s shop. Here, also, is one of the best district\\nschools in the county. Distant from railroad\\nstation, at Newport, seven miles, on the Concord\\nand Claremont railroad.\\nCroydon Flat is situated on the north branch of\\nSugar River at its junction with Beaver Brook, and\\nat the head of the extended meadows below. Here\\nis a church, store, post-office and various mills and\\nshops. From here large amounts of excelsior\\nhandles and lumber are shipped annually. Three", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0952.jp2"}, "857": {"fulltext": "CROYDON.\\n151\\nand one-half miles from railroad station, New-\\nport.\\nCharter. The charter of Croydon, signed by\\nBanning Wentworth, and countersigned by Theo-\\ndore Atkinson, is dated May 31, 1763.\\nTlie following are the names of the original\\nproprietors of Croydon\\nSamuel Chase. Moody Chase.\\nEphraim Sherman. Daniel Marsh.\\nJames Welhnan. Samuel Ayers.\\nAntipas Hollan. Joseph Vinscin.\\nEnoch Marble. Timothy Darling.\\nJonathan Chase. Jones Brown.\\nThomas Dana. David Sherman.\\nJohn Stow. Ebenezer Rawson.\\nMoses Chase. Samuel Sherman.\\nSeth Chase. James Richardson.\\nStephen Hall. Daniel Putnam.\\nDaniel Chase. Samuel Dudley.\\nEphraim Sherman, Jr. William Dudley.\\nJohn Temple. Abraham Temple.\\nSamuel Chase, Jr. Benjamin Morse.\\nEbenezer Waters. James Whipple.\\nDudley Chase. Benjamin Morse, Jr.\\nGershom Waite. Joseph Mirriam.\\nMarch Chase. John Whipj)le.\\nPhineas Leland. Willis Hall.\\nLuke Drury. Benjamin Wallis.\\nThomas M. Clening. Silas Hazeltine.\\nSolomon Aldridge. Jonathan Hall.\\nDaniel Chase, Jr. Richard Wibird.\\nJonathan Aldridge. John Downing.\\nJames Taylor. Daniel Warner.\\nJoseph Whipple. Stephen Chase.\\nSilas Warring. Parsons.\\nSolomon Chase. David Temple.\\nBenjamin Wood. Solomon Leland.\\nCaleb Chase. John Holland.\\nMoses Whipple. William Waite.\\nBenjamin Leland.\\nThey held their first meeting at Grafton, Mas.?.,\\nJune 17, 1763; their first meeting in Croydon,\\nJanuary 17, 1798; their last, January 17, 1810.\\nSettlement. In the spring of 1766 Moses\\nWhipple, Seth Chase, David Warren, Ezekiel\\nPowers and others came to Croydon from Graf-\\nton, Mass., and made some preliminary prepara-\\ntions for a settlement. Soon after their return,\\nSeth Chase, with his wife and child, started for\\nthis place. This was the first family established\\nin town. They arrived June 10, 1766, and three\\ndays after (June 13) commenced the erection of\\ntheir log-cabin. On the 24th of the same month,\\nMoses Whipple and David Warren arrived with\\ntheir fixmilies. The next year Moses Leland and\\nEzekiel Powers came to town. In the autumn of\\n1768, four more families arrived, and in 1769 the\\ntide of emigration, setting this way, soon made\\nthem respectable in numbers. The first town-\\nmeeting was held March 8, 1768.\\nMr. Chase erected his cabin about one-half\\nmile southwest from Spectacle Pond, on the farm\\nnow owned by Moses Barton Mr. Whipple, on\\nthe swell of land between the Four Corners and\\nEast Village, on the farm of Horace S. Fowler,\\nlong known as the Edward Hall place; Mr.\\nWarren, on the north side of the Pinnacle, near\\nthe ceraeter} Mr. Powers, on the Caleb K. Lov-\\nerin farm, near the East Village, and Mr. Leland\\nin the uortli part of the town, on the farm now\\nowned by Charles H. Forehand. The Stowes and\\nMetcalfe settled in the southwest part of the town,\\nin a district called Brighton the Wheelers, Ja-\\ncobs, Townes and Hagars, in the south part, on an\\nelevation known as Baptist Hill the Kemptons,\\nat the Flat the Rj-ders, in the southeast part,\\nand the Goldthwaits and Benjamin Barton, in the\\nnorthwest part of the town. The Putnams settled\\nnear the centre of the town south of the Pinnacle\\nthe Halls, on the jjlace where Peter Hurd now\\nresides, on the west side of Sugar Hill the Coop-\\ners, on the northwest slojse of Baltimore Hill.\\nThe pioneers were intelligent, honest, indus-\\ntrious and frugal, and were distinguished for\\nmore than an ordinary share of physical and men-\\ntal endowments. As a result, it would be ex-\\npected that their descendants would possess more\\nor less of the peculiarities of their parents. As a\\nresult of this inheritance, wherever you find them\\n.scattered abroad over the country, in whatever\\ncalling or profession, they usually maintain a high\\nstandard for proficiency and integrity, and reflect\\nhonor upon their native town.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0953.jp2"}, "858": {"fulltext": "152\\nHISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMILITARY.\\nThe Revolution. The sympathies of the\\nfirst settlers of Croydon were early enlisted in the\\nRevolutionary struggle. Soon after the Battle of\\nLexington, they sent Eleazer Leland and Abner\\nBrigham to join the Provincial army enrolled a\\ncompany of twelve minute-men raised eight\\npounds to purchase a town supply of ammunition,\\nand chose Moses Whipple, Stephen Powers,\\nPhineas Sanger, Abner Brigham and Joseph Hall\\na committee of safety. In 1777 nine men from\\nCroydon joined a company of militia, commanded\\nby Captain Solomon Chase, of Cornish, and\\nmarched to Ticonderoga. Eight men joined the\\ncompany of Captain Hardy, of Hanover, and\\nunited with the forces of General Stark, at\\nCharlestown. Captain Moses Whipple, with a\\ncompany composed partly of men from Cornish,\\nturned out to stop the progress of Burgoyne.\\nCroydon maintained its interest and contributed\\nits full share of men and means until the close of\\nthe war.\\nThe following is an imperfect list of those\\ncitizens of Croydon who served in the Revolu-\\ntionary War\\nBazaleel Barton.\\nBenjamin Barton.\\nAbner Brigham.\\nCornel Chase.\\nJohn Cooper, Jr.\\nJoel Cooper.\\nSherman Cooper.\\nEzra Cooper.\\nBenjamin Cutting.\\nJohn Druce.\\nAmos Dwinnell.\\nEnoch Emerson.\\nTimothy Fisher.\\nEzra Hall.\\nDaniel Emerson.\\nEdward Hall, Jr.\\nAmos Hagar.\\nBazaleel Gleason.\\nJonas Cutting.\\nJames How.\\nAbijah Hall.\\nStephen Powers.\\nUrias Powers.\\nDavid Powers.\\nSamuel Powers.\\nDavid Putman.\\nCaleb Putman.\\nJacob Hall.\\nBenjamin Sherman.\\nEzekiel Rooks.\\nDaniel Rooks.\\nDavid Stockwell.\\nPhineas Sanger.\\nJohn Sanger.\\nIsaac Sanger.\\nRobert Spencer.\\nBenj. Swinnerton.\\nBenj. Thompson.\\nGresborn Ward.\\nAaron Warren.\\nMoses Warren.\\nMoses Whipple.\\nJames Hall.\\nJoseph Hall.\\nSamuel R. Hall.\\nEleazer Leland.\\nRufus King.\\nRufus Kemptou.\\nPhineas Newton.\\nThomas Whipple.\\nAaron Whipple.\\nIsaac Woolson.\\nNathaniel Wheeler.\\nSamuel Whipple.\\nSeth Wheeler.\\nWar of 1812. The following is an incomplete\\nlist of the citizens of Croydon who served in the\\nwar of 1812.\\nMajor, Abijah Powers. Ensign, Amasa Hall.\\nPrivates.\\nN.athaniel Wheeler. Samuel Powers.\\nCharles Cutting. Elijah Darling.\\nLevi Winter. Sibley Melendy.\\nIsaac Cooper. Abijah Dunbar.\\nTyler Walker.\\nThe Rebellion. The following is an imper-\\nfect list of those citizens who served in the Union\\narmy during the Rebellion\\nChaplains Robert Stinson, Anthony C. Hardy\\nCaptains John W. Putman, E. Darwin Comings\\nLieutenants Paine Durkee, Albert Miner, (wounded\\nat Fair Oaks) Sergeants Oscar D. Allen, (wounded\\nat Antietam, killed at Gettysburg), Lloyd D. Fore-\\nhand, (wounded at Fair Oaks), John Blanchard,\\n(wounded), Hiram K. Darling, William D. Angell,\\n(died in the service) Corporals George E. Frye,\\n(killed at Chaucellorsville), Alvah K. Davis, Henry\\nH. Haynes, Irving D. Tobie, Ephraim Plympton\\nPrivates, Alouzo Allen (wounded at Fair Oaks),\\nThomas Ames, (died in service), George Angell, Jr.,\\nSanford T. Barton, (wounded at Fair Oaks), Henry\\nBarton, (killed in battle), Frederick J. Burge, William\\nBushy, Charles Baggatt, Charles L. Bryant, Rufus W.\\nClark, Alonzo C. Crooker, John Cabner, James P.\\nDarling, (wounded), Warren K. Darling, Walter P.\\nDarling, George S. Davis, (died), Robert Dinsmore,\\nLeroy Forehand, Stephen G. Ford, George H, Good-\\nhue, Jeremiah Haynes, Charles C. Howard,\\n(wounded), Franklin J. Hersey, (killed at Fair Oaks),\\nPhilip Harding, (killed at second battle of Bull Run),\\nEdward Hall, Hiram C. Hall, Charles N. Harridon,\\nHerman Jacobs, Ambrose Jerome, Charles K. Jack-\\nson, (died), John A. Johnson, W. Wallace Kidder,\\nThomas Mack, Abraham Nutting, Elias F. Powers,\\n(died at Poolesville, Md., February 17, 1863), Charles", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0954.jp2"}, "859": {"fulltext": "CROYDON.\\n153\\nS. Partridge, Theodore H. Payne, Nathan Peyton,\\nIsaac P. Rawson, George H. Ross, Albert F. Robbins,\\nJohn Riley, Henry H. Stockwell, (killed at Fair\\nOaks), John G. Stockwell, (died at Harper s Ferry),\\nHenry H. Squires, Charles L. Stockwell, (mortally\\nwounded), George N. Smith, George Tasker, Austin\\nL. Whipple, (died in service), Eraile Warren, (died\\nat Andersonville Prison).\\nA few of the above were substitutes, and not\\nactual citizens of the town. Twenty-five of them\\nenlisted in the early part of the war, and received\\nbut ten dollars bounty. They were all volunteers.\\nThe highest bounty paid by the town was one\\nhundred dollars per year. No citizen of Croydon\\nis known to have deserted from the army during\\nthe war Many of them re-enlisted and served\\nuntil the close of hostilities.\\nThe following are a few of the many natives of\\nCroydon who enlisted from other places during\\nthe war:\\nChaplain Joseph Sargent, (died in the service);\\nSurgeons Ira W. Bragg, (naval surgeon, died in the\\nservice), Sherman Cooper, David C. Powers, Marshall\\nPerkins, Willard O. Hurd, Willard C. Kempton\\nCaptain Walter Forehand Lieutenant Edward Dow\\nSharp-Shooter Sergeant Walter P. Blanchard Priv-\\nates Leonard Barton, (mortally wounded in battle),\\nPeter Barton, Hiram E. W. Barton, Edward W. Col-\\nlins, (wounded at first Bull Run battle), David R.\\nEastman, Marshall P. Hurd, (killed at Antietam),\\nHenry Humphrey, (died in the service), Orren\\nMarsh, Simeon Partridge, Dexter Stewart, Stephen\\nM. Thornton, John Thornton, George H. Thornton,\\n(died in the service), Horace P. Hall.\\nCroydon has furnished to the militia of the\\nState the followiug officers\\nM.oj.-Gen. N. Emery.\\nColoneh.\\nJarvis Adams. Calvin Keniptou.\\nOtis Cooper. Samuel Powers.\\nFreeman Dunbar. Nathan. Wheeler, Jr.\\nDaniel R. Hall. Moses Whipple.\\nMajors.\\nAbijah Powers. Lemuel P. Cooper.\\nPeter Stow.\\nThe Croydon Light Infantry, and subsequently\\nthe Rifle Company, with their tasty uniforms and\\nequipments and fine drill, were for many years a\\nsource of pride to the town\\nCHURCHES.\\nCoNGREGATiONALisTs. The first cliurch was\\norganized September 9, 1778, and was of the Pres-\\nbyterian order. The following are the names of\\nits members Moses Whipple, Stephen Powers,\\nIsaac Sanger, John Cooper, Joseph Hall, Jacob\\nLeland, John Sanger, Catherine Whipple, Rachel\\nPowers, Mary Cooper, Anna Leland, Lydia Hall,\\nHannah Giles and Lucy Whipple. The first meet-\\ning-house was built in 1794, and in 1828 it was\\ntaken down and converted into a town hall. The\\nfirst minister, Rev. Jacob Haven, was settled June\\n18, 1787, and he continued pastor until 1834, after\\nwhich he remained senior pastor until the time of\\nhis death, which occurred March 17, 1845, at the\\nadvanced age of eighty-two years. A new and\\ncommodious church edifice was built in 1826,\\nwhich was regularly occupied by the society until\\n1874 when it w-as closed. Rev. Eli W. Taylor, a\\nnative of Hine.sburg, Vt., was installed pastor\\nJune 10, 1834 and was dismissed December 27,\\n1837. Aurelius S. Swift, of Fairlee, Vt., was or-\\ndained May IG, 1838, and dismissed in 1841.\\nAfter his removal the desk was supplied by Rev.\\nJoel Davis, a native of Massachusetts, for several\\nyears, after which it was supplied by various\\nclergymen until 1881. At the latter date the\\nMethodists at East village united with them and\\nsettled Rev. D. W. Clark, who remained until\\n1883. He was succeeded by Rev. H. A. Goodhue.\\nJohn Cooper, Esq., left a legacy of $350 to this\\nchurch and Mrs. Rebecca Kendall one of $300.\\nFree-Will Baptist. In 1810 some thirty\\nindividuals united and formed a Free-will Baptist\\nChurch, with Elijah Watson as elder Eli Davis\\nand David Putnam were appointed deacons. It\\ncontinued to flourish for some time. At length it\\nwas given up and a larger portion of its members\\nunited with a then flourishing church at North-\\nville, in Newport.\\nMethodist. Preachers of the Methodist order", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0955.jp2"}, "860": {"fulltext": "154\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhad often visited the town and organized classes,\\nbut it was not until 1853 that a church was formed.\\nAt that time a society comprising some thirty-six\\nmembers, was organized. In 1854 they erected a\\nmeeting-house at the East Village, in which their\\nservices have since been held. The Rev. C. H.\\nLovejoy was their first pastor. He has been suc-\\nceeded by the Rev. Messrs. Hays, Russell, Tilton,\\nWhidden, Griffin, Hardy, Draper, Rogers, Quim-\\nby, Bradford, Fi.ske, Spaulding, LeSeur, Pickles\\nand Windsor. In 1881 this church united with\\nthe Congregationalist and settled the Rev. D. W.\\nClark of the latter denomination. After a pastor-\\nate of two years he was succeeded by the Rev. H.\\nA. Goodhue.\\nUniversalists. From its earliest settlement\\nCroydon contained many Universalists, and in\\n1832 a society was formed embracing .some fifty\\nmembers, who held their meetings in the town hall\\nuntil 1854, when Paul Jacobs, Esq., a wealthy and\\nliberal citizen of the town, built a house of worship\\nat the Flat and gave it to the society. Rev. Rob-\\nert Stinson was the only settled pastor, but the\\ndesk has been supplied by able ministers of the\\ndenomination.\\nCalvinistic Baptist. Many individuals of\\nthis town have connected themselves with the\\nCalvinistic Baptist society at Newport Village.\\nCivil History.\\nTown Clerks. The following is the list of\\ntown clerks from 1768 to 1885 inclusive.\\nMoses Whipple, from 1768 to 1772.\\nJohn Cooper, from 1772 to 1775.\\nMoses Whipple, from 1775 to 1781.\\nFrom 1781 to 1783, no records.\\nStephen Powers, from 1783 to 1789.\\nJesse Green, from 1789 to 1795.\\nJacob Haven, from 1795 to 1798.\\nReuben Carroll, from 1798 to 1805.\\nBenjamin Barton, from 1805 to 1806.\\nReuben Carroll, from 1806 to 1807.\\nJacob Haven, from 1807 to 1815.\\nStephen Eastman, from 1815 to 1816.\\nJacob Haven, from 1816 to 1837.\\nBenjamin Skinner, from 1837 to 1841.\\nDaniel R. Hall, from 1841 to 1850.\\nNathan Hall, from 1850 to 1861.\\nDaniel R. Hall, from 1861 to 1862.\\nDellavan D. Marsh, from 1862 to 1864.\\nNathan Hall, from 1864 to 1865.\\nDellavan D. Marsh, from 1865 to 1866.\\nAlonzo Allen, from 1866 to 1883.\\nMilon C. Cooper, from 1883 to 1885.\\nRepresentatives. The following is a list of\\nthe Representatives of Croydon, from 1800 to\\n1885, inclusive.\\ni\\n1800 Benjamin Barton.\\n1801 Samuel Powers.\\n1802 Samuel Powers.\\n1803 Benjamin Barton.\\n1804 Samuel Powers.\\n1805 Samuel Powers.\\n1806 Samuel Powers.\\n1807 Samuel Powers.\\n1808 Samuel Powers.\\n1809 Peter Stow.\\n1810 James Breck.\\n1811 James Breck.\\n1812 Samuel Goldthwait.\\n1813 James Breck.\\n1814 James Breck.\\n1815 Obed Metcalf\\n1816 Natb. Wheeler, Jr.\\n1817 Stephen Eastman.\\n1818 Stephen Eastman.\\n1819 Stephen Eastman.\\n1820 Abijah Powers.\\n1821 Abijah Powers.\\n1822 Obed Metcalf.\\n1823 Abijah Powers.\\n1824 Amasa Hall.\\n1825 Amasa Hall.\\n1826 Carlton Barton.\\n1827 Briant Brown.\\n1828 Briant Brown.\\n1829 Zina Goldthwait.\\n1830 Carlton Barton.\\n1831 Paul Jacobs.\\n1832 Hiram Smart.\\n1833 Ziua Goldthwait.\\n1834 Samuel Morse.\\n1835 Paul Jacobs.\\n1836 Alexander Barton.\\n1837 Alexander Barton.\\n1838 Joseph Eastman.\\n1839 Joseph Eastman.\\n1840 John Putnam.\\n1841 Calvin Hall.\\n1842 (None.)\\n1843 Alexander Barton.\\n1844 Lemuel P. Cooper.\\n1845 Lemuel P. Cooper.\\n1846 Ruel Durkee.\\n1847 Ruel Durkee.\\n1848 Lester Blanchard.\\n1849 Lester Blanchard.\\n1850 (None.)\\n1851 Pliny Hall.\\n1852 Pliny Hall.\\n1853 Alfred Ward.\\n1854 Alfred Ward.\\n1855 Freeman Crosby.\\n1856 Wm. M. Whipple.\\n1857 Martin A. Barton.\\n1858 Freeman Crosby.\\n1859 No choice.\\n1860 No choice.\\n1861 Paine Durkee.\\n1862 Daniel R. Hall.\\n1863 Daniel R. Hall.\\n1864 Den. Humphey.\\n1865 Den. Humphrey.\\n1866 Worthen Hall.\\n1867 Worthen Hall.\\n1868 Albina Hall.\\n1869 Albina Hall.\\n1870 Eras. D. Comings.\\n1871 Eras. D. Comings.\\n1872 Otis Cooper.\\n1873 Otis Cooper.\\n1874 Nath. P. Stevens.\\n1875 Nath. P. Stevens.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0956.jp2"}, "861": {"fulltext": "CROYDON.\\n155\\n1876 John Blanchard.\\n1877 John BLancharil.\\n1878 George W. Dunbar.\\n1879 George W. Dunbar.\\n1880 George W. Dunbar.\\n1881 Hubbard Cooper.\\n1882 Hubbard Cooper.\\n1883 Daniel Ide.\\n1884 Daniel Ide.\\n1885 Sylv. G. Walker.\\nThe following is an imperfect list of those who\\nhave been called to represent other towns, and who\\nreceived their political training in Croydon\\nSolomon Clement, Springfield, N. H.\\nOrra C. Howard, Springfield, N. H.\\nAmos Hall, Grantham, N. H.\\nAdolphus Hall, Grantham, N. H.\\nWilliam Melendy, Springfield, N. H.\\nJames Breck, Newport, N. H.\\nJohn B. Stowell, Newport, N. H.\\nJames Hall, Newport, N. H.\\nZina Goldthwait, Newport N. H.\\nEdmund Wheeler, Newport, N. H.\\nLevi W. Barton, Newport, N. H.\\nPaul J. Wheeler, Newport, N. H.\\nHenry Breck, Cornish, N. H.\\nOrlando Powers, Cornish, N. H.\\nHorace Powers, Morristown, Vt.\\nJohn L. Marsh, Jefl erson Co., N. Y.\\nMoses Humphrey, Concord, N. H.\\nAaron Barton, Piermont N. H.\\nHiram Smart, Jr., Plaistow, N. H.\\nOrra Crosby Hardwick, Vt.\\nLuther J. Fletcher, Lowell, Mass.\\nJoshua B. Merrill, Barnstead, N. H.\\nSherburne Merrill, Colebrook, N. H.\\nAlvin Sargent, Sanbornton, N. H.\\nCharles Rowell, Allentown, N. H.\\nJohn Ferrin, Morristown, Vt.\\nHarrison Ferrin, Morristown, Vt.\\nNathaniel Cooper, Leon, N. Y.\\nAlexander Barton, Ludlow, Vt.\\nJonas C. Kempton, Nashua, N. H.\\nJames W. Putnam, Danvers, Mass.\\nGeorge F. Putnam, Warren, N. H.\\nWilliam Breck, Claremont, N. H.\\nStillman Humphrey, Concord, N. H.\\nAlvin Sargent, Holderness, N. H.\\nJoseph Sargent, died in army.\\nDaniel Warren, Waterbury, Vt.\\nSelects! EN.^The following is a list of the Se-\\nlectmen of Croydon, from 1768 to 1885 inclusive\\n1768.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moses Leland, Moses Whipple, David Warren.\\n1769. Moses Leland, Moses Whipple, Stephen Pow-\\ners.\\n1770. Isaac Sanger, Moses Whipple, Stephen Pow\\ners.\\n1771. Moses Whipple, Stephen Powers, David War-\\nren.\\n1772. John Cooper, Moses Whipple, Stephen Pow-\\ners.\\n1773. John Cooper, Moses Whipple, Benjamin Swin-\\nnerton.\\n1774. Mo.ses Whipple, John Cooper, Stephen Pow-\\ners.\\n1775. Moses Whipple, Stephen Powers, Phineas\\nSanger.\\n1776. John Cooper, Moses Whipple, Benjamin Swin-\\nnerton.\\n1777. Moses Whipple, Stephen Powers, Phineaa\\nSanger.\\n1778. Stephen Powers, Benjamin Swinnerton, Joseph\\nHall.\\n1779. Moses Whipple, John Cooper, Stephen Pow-\\ners.\\n1780. Moses Whipple, John Powers, Benjamin Pow-\\ners.\\n1781. Stephen Powers, Phineas Sanger, David Put-\\nnam.\\n1782. John Cooper, Moses Whipple, Stephen Pow-\\ners.\\n1785. Edward Hall, Stephen Powers, Phineas San-\\nger.\\n1786. John Cooper, Edward Hal), Moses Whipple.\\n1787. Stephen Powers, Benjamin Barton, Simeon\\nPartridge.\\n1788. Benjamin Barton, Jesse Green, David Putnam.\\n1789. John Cooper, Benjamin Powers, Ezra Cooper.\\n1790. Benjamin Barton, Abijah Hall, John Cooper,\\nJr.\\n1791. Benjamin Barton, David Putnam, John Cooper.\\n1792.^Benjamin Barton, David Putnam, Samuel\\nPowers.\\n1793. Benjamin Barton, David Putnam, Samuel\\nPowers.\\n1794. Benjamin Barton, John Cooper, Jr., Nathaniel\\nWheeler.\\n1795. Benjamin Barton, John Cooper, Jr., David\\nPutnam.\\n1796. Benjamin Barton, Thomas Whipple, David\\nPutnam.\\n1797. Samuel Powers, Simeon Partridge, Peter Stow.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0957.jp2"}, "862": {"fulltext": "156\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1798. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Benjamin Barton, John Cooper, Jr., Thomas\\nWhipple.\\n1799. Benjamin Barton, Samuel Powers, Simeon\\nPartridge.\\n1800.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Barton, John Cooper, Jr., Samuel\\nPowers.\\n1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Cooper, Jr., Peter Barton, John Nelson.\\n1802. Benjamin Barton, Peter Barton, John Nelson.\\n1803.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Powers, Peter Stow, Peter Barton.\\n1804. Peter Stow, Peter Barton, Barnabas Cooper.\\n1805. Peter Stow, Samuel Goldthwaite, Peter Bar-\\nton.\\n1806. Benjamin Barton, John Nelson, Stephen East-\\nman.\\n1807.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Peter Stow, Obed Metcalf, Stephen Eastman.\\n1808.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Peter Stow, John Cooper, Asaph Stow.\\n1809. John Cooper, James Breck, Asaph Stow.\\n1810. Join Cooper, James Breck, Stephen Eastman.\\n1811. James Breck, Stephen Eastman, John Hum-\\nphry.\\n1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Breck, Stephen Eastmafl, Abijah Pow-\\ners.\\n1813.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Barton, Stephen Eastman, Abijah\\nPowers.\\n1814.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Humphry, Obed Metcalf, Solomon Clem-\\nent.\\n1815. James Breck, Benjamin Barton, Nathaniel\\nWheeler, Jr.\\n1816.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benj.imin Barton, Obed Metcalf, Stephen East-\\nman.\\n1817. Stephen Eastman, Abijah Powers, Ezra Gus-\\ntin.\\n1818. John Humphry, Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr.,\\nElisha Partridge.\\n1819.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., Edward Putnam, Zina\\nGoldthwait.\\n1820. Stephen Eastman, Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr.,\\nHenry Breck.\\n1821. Nathaniel Wheeler, John Humphry, Obed\\nMetcalf.\\n1822. Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., John Humphry, Obed\\nMetcalf.\\n1823. Stephen Eastman, Samuel Morse, Edward\\nHall.\\n1824. Stephen Eastman, Abijah Powers, Edward\\nHall.\\n1825. Abijah Powers, Stephen Eastman, Carlton\\nBarton.\\n1826.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., Zina Goldthwait^\\nDavid Whipple.\\n1827. Abijah Powers, Carlton Barton, Edward Hall.\\n1828. Abijah Powers, Carlton Barton, Hiram Smart.\\n1829. Carlton Barton, Benjamin Barton, Johu Bar-\\nton.\\n18.30. Hiram Smart, Briant Brown, John Barton.\\n1831. Hiram Smart, Carlton Barton, Moses East-\\nman.\\n1832. Carlton Barton, Paul Jacobs, Zina Goldthwait.\\n1833.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hiram Smart, James Hall, Jr., Lemuel P.\\nCooper.\\n1834. Hiram Smart, Zina Goldthwait, Moses East-\\nman.\\n1835.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Breck, Zina Goldthwait, Moses East-\\nman.\\n1836. Carlton Barton, Lemuel P. Cooper, Calvin\\nHall.\\n1837.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lemuel P. Cooper, Calvin Hall, John Put-\\nnam.\\n1838. Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., John Putnam, Sher-\\nburne B. Kowell.\\n1839.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lemuel P. Cooper, Calvin Hall, Peter Barton.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Calvin Hall, William C. Carroll, Sherburne B.\\nRowel 1.\\n1841. Hiram Smart, Ruel Durkee, Calvin Kempton.\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William C. Carroll, Ruel Durkee, Freeman\\nCrosby.\\n1843. Hiram Smart, Lemuel P. Coojier, John C.\\nLoverin.\\n1844. Ruel Durkee, John C. Loverin, Timothy G.\\nPowers.\\n1845. Ruel Durkee, Timothy G. Powers, William\\nDarling.\\n1846. John Putnam, Jo.siah Ide, Moses Haven.\\n1847.^Timothy G. Powers, Moses Haven, Ariel Hall.\\n1848. Lemuel P. Cooper, John Putnam, Martin A.\\nBarton.\\n1849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Paul J. Wheeler, Edmund Row-\\nell.\\n1850. Ruel Durkee, Dellavan D. Marsh, Dennison\\nHumphrey.\\n1851. Martin A. Barton, Ruel Durkee, Paine Dur-\\nkee.\\n1852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Dellavan D. Marsh, Hiram C.\\nBrown.\\n1853. Ruel Durkee, Hiram C. Brown, Lemuel P.\\nCooper.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0958.jp2"}, "863": {"fulltext": "CROYDON.\\n157\\n1854. John Putnam, Dellavan D. Marsh, Caleb L.\\nBarton.\\n1855. Daniel R. Hall, Otis Cooper, Elias Powers.\\n185(5. Hiram C. Brown, Erasmus D. Comings, Mar-\\ntin C. Bartlett.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Martin C. Bartlett, Welcome P.\\nPartridge.\\n1858. Erasmus D. Comings, Dellavan D. Marsh,\\nAlbert G. Barton.\\n1859. Ruel Durkee, Nathaniel P. Stevens, Hiram P.\\nKempton.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Nathaniel P. Stevens, Hiram P.\\nKempton.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, John W. Putnam, Martin C.\\nBartlett.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Nathan Hall, David E. Ryder.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Nathan Hall, William W. Hall.\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, William W. Hall, Daniel Ide.\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, William W. Hall, Elias Powers.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Elias Powers, Oliver C Fore-\\nhand.\\n1867. Ruel Durkee, Caleb K. Loverin, Joshua A.\\nCodman.\\n1868.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Oliver C. Forehand, John\\nBlanchard.\\n1869. Ruel Durkee, John Blanchard, James W.\\nDavis.\\n1870. Ruel Durkee, James W. Davis, George N.\\nSmith.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, William W. Ryder, Andrew J.\\nSawyer.\\n1872. Ruel Durkee, Dennison Humphrey, Francis\\nDodge.\\n1873. Ruel Durkee, Dennison Humphrey, Francis\\nDodge.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Francis Dodge, William W.\\nRyder.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, William W. Ryder, Frederick\\nBarton.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, William W. Ryder, Frederick\\nBarton.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, William W. Ryder, Frederick\\nBarton.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Frederick Barton, Sylvester G.\\nWalker.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruel Durkee, Sylvester G. Walker, Eugene\\nA. Rowell.\\n1880. Ruel Durkee, Sullivan J. Brown, Harrison\\nStockvyell.\\n1881. Ruel Durkee, Sullivan .1. Brown, Harrison\\nStockwell.\\n1882. Ruel Durkee, Harrison Stockwell, Dana W.\\nBarton.\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hezekiah E. Hanson, William B. Kibby, Ruel\\nD. Loverin.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hezekiah E. Hanson, Willi.am B. Kibby\\nPrentis S. Blanchard.\\n1885. George W. Stockwell, Charles H. Forehand,\\nJohn C. Loverin.\\nJustices op the Peace and Quorum.\\nThe following is a list of the justices of the\\npeace\\nAlonzo Allen. M.artin A. Barton.\\nBenjamin Barton, Jr. Leonard P. Cooper.\\nJohn Cooper. James C. Grandy.\\nDaniel R. Hall. Worthen Hall.\\nNathan Hall. Albina Hall.\\nPaul Jacobs. Samuel Morse.\\nAbijah Powers. Elias Powers.\\nBenjamin Barton. Henry Hurd.\\nJohn Barton. Dellavan D. Marsh.\\nSolomon Clement. Stephen Power.\\nIsa.ac Cooper. John W. Putnam.\\nOtis Cooper. Sherburne B. Rowell.\\nWilliam Dodge. Benjamin Skinner.\\nRuel Durkee. Hiram Smart.\\nPaine Durkee. Allen Town.\\nStephen Eastman. Moses Whipple.\\nJoseph Eastman. Nathan. Wheeler, Jr.\\nCharles H. Forehand. Paul J. Wheeler.\\nLyman Hall. William M. Whipple.\\nindustries.\\nHotels. Beujamin Barton and Reuben Car-\\nroll at Four Corners, and Nathan Hall, William\\nAllen and David A. Sargent, at the East village,\\nhave been hotel-keepers.\\nStores. The following are among those who\\nhave been engaged in trade William Cheney,\\nSolomon Clement, Henry Breck, Peter Barton,\\nHiram Smart, at Four Corners Putnam Cooper,\\nEdward Hall, Ruel Durkee, Joel Ferry, George\\nDunbar and Rufus Hall, at East village, and\\nJames Breck, Simeon Edson, Stephen Eastman,\\nHenry Hurd, Jaraes and Lyman Hall, Paul J.\\nWheeler, M. L. Barton, D. N. Adams, Daniel R.\\nHall, and Harriet Pillsbury at the Flat; Edward", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0959.jp2"}, "864": {"fulltext": "158\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHall, on the hill between Four Corners and East\\nvillage. A store was run for awhile at the Flat\\nby an association of individuals.\\nFactories. Woolen Nathan Clark, Jr., and\\nSamuel Morse at East village. Knife Joel\\nFerry, East village. Starch Paul Jacobs at the\\nFlat. Kit Factory Moses Humphrey at Flat.\\nExcelsior Pillsbury Brothers at the Flat. There\\nwas a distillery at the Flat, where cider brandy in\\nquantities was made for a number of years by\\nJames Hall.\\nTanneries. Rufus and Ruel Durkee at East\\nVillage, and Silas Kempton at Flat. The former\\nwas continued for many years.\\nBlacksmiths Levi Dodge, Four Corners; Jas-\\nper Back, John Spiller, Harry Leeds, East vil-\\nlage; Jacob Dwinnells, Leavit Humphrey, Obid\\nKempton, Gardner Woodbury, Dennison Hum-\\nphry at the Flat David Fletcher, in Brighton\\ndistrict, William G. Huntley.\\nShoemakers. Perley Dodge at Four Corners;\\nCharles Day, David W. Frye, Mr. Pickernale,\\nEast Village Jeremiah Kempton, Chase Noyes,\\nSilas Kempton at the Flat.\\nCoopers. Folansbee Carroll, John P. Carroll\\nat Four Corners.\\nClothiers. Israel Goodwin and Stephen East-\\nman had an establishment at the Flat, and Nathan\\nClark one at East village.\\nCoRDiNCi. James Perkins had a cording-mill\\nat the Flat.\\nCarpenters. Joseph Kempton, Edward Kemp-\\nton, Obediah Dow, Jarvis Adams, Clark Stock-\\nwell, Joseph Eastman, William Darling, Charles\\nPartridge, Hubbard Cooper, P. G. Minor, S. O.\\nPowers, H. J. Hurd.\\nMills. The first mill in town was a saw-mill\\nat East village soon after a grist-mill at the\\nsame place, both of which have been in continuous\\noperation ever since, owned by William Sherman,\\nColonel Boyce, Joel Ferrey, Dana Boston and\\nothers. In 1815 James Perkins came from Leo-\\nminster, Mass., and built a saw-mill and grist-mill\\nat the Flat. The former, now owned by Humphrey\\nHanson, turns out a large amount of lumber\\nannually.\\nMilliner. Augusta V. Hall.\\nTailors. Elizabeth Sanger, Susan Humphrey,\\nHannah Harding.\\nDr. D. D. Marsh had a laboratory for a num-\\nber of years at Four Corners.\\nLiterature. Among those who have made\\ncontributions to literature are Samuel Read Hall,\\nwho wrote a History of Vermont in 1827, a\\nHistory of the United States in 1836, and\\nnumerous other volumes of interest, relating\\nmainly to schools and educational matters. Baron\\nStow, D.D., was editor of the Columhiaii Star at\\nWashington, D.C and was the author of several\\nbooks and pamphlets, and wrote much for the\\npublic press. John Cooper, Esq., published an\\nHistorical and Statistical Sketch of Croydon\\nin 1852. Alanson L. Cooper, who.se few foot-\\nprints left indicate that, had his life been spared, he\\nwould have been a favorite with the muses. Hon.\\nCyrus Barton edited, with much ability, the New\\nHampshire Spectator, at Newport, N. H., and the\\nNeiv Hampshire Patriot, State Capital Reporter\\nand Old Guard, at Concord, N. H. Vashti\\nTowne, a sister of John, was a vigorous writer, as\\nher contributions to the press, while at Washing-\\nton, D. C, amply testify. Rev. Luther J.\\nFletcher wrote Gloria Patria and several text-\\nbooks, and contributed much to the journals of his\\ndenomination. Augusta Cooper Bristol indulges\\nher pen freely, both in prose and poetry. A\\nvolume of the latter, embracing her choicest gems,\\nwas published in 1868. Alonzo Allen wrote\\nCroydon s Military Record. Edmund Wheeler\\npublished the Croydon Centennial in 1866, and\\nthe History of Newport in 1879. Solomon M.\\nWhipple, M.D., was a member of the editorial\\nstaff of the Neiv Hampshire Patriot for several\\nyears, and his address, while president of the New\\nHampshire Medical Society, and other matters\\nhave been published. Hubbard A. Barton early\\nindicated a taste for literature, and, besides his\\nmany offerings to the press, he has been, and now\\nis one of the editors and proprietors of .the Argus", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0960.jp2"}, "865": {"fulltext": "CROYDON.\\n159\\nand Spectator, at Newport, N. H. Sullivan Barton,\\na brother, has, from boyhood, been a liberal con-\\ntributor to the press. Elizabeth A. Harding, who\\nwrote the Welcome Ode at the Centennial,\\nindulges Iipr pen in prose as well as verse. Marj\\nCooper Gardiner s European Tour, 1884-85,\\nindicates a ready pen and ripe scholarship. Josiah\\nIde makes frequent contributions to the weekly\\npress and also to many popular magazines of the\\nday. James C. Grandy is a ready writer, makes\\nfrequent contributions to the press, and is entitled\\nto credit for valuable as.\u00c2\u00abistance rendered in pro-\\nducing this historical sketch.\\nLibrary. The Croydon Social Library was\\nestablished in 1806. It contained many standard\\nworks of great merit, and exerted a decided\\ninfluence in moulding the character of the young\\nmen of the town.\\nEducation. Early, the wife of Moses Whipple,\\nan intelligent lady, received the children of the\\nfirst sett ers at her house, and taught them free of\\ncharge. The first school-house, a small structure\\ntwenty feet square, was built in 1772, and eight\\npounds was raised for the purpose of education.\\nThe second district was formed in 1780, and one\\nhundred and fifty dollars assessed for school pur-\\nposes. In 1834 the town was divided into ten dis\\ntricts for school purposes. From the beginning\\nCroydon has paid due attention to mental culture;\\nhas taken much interest in the schools, and, for\\nthe m St part, has employed only the most compe-\\ntent and efficient teachers and superintendents.\\nThe following are a few of the many noted\\nteachers the town has furnished\\nSamuel Blanchard.\\nLemuel P. Cooper.\\nMoses Haven.\\nBaron Stow.\\nAbijah Powers.\\nCalvin Kempton.\\nMoses Eastman.\\nSamuel Powers.\\nGriswoid Ward.\\nMrs. Moses Whipple.\\nMrs. General Emory.\\nJohn Wheeler.\\nHorace Powers.\\nJohn Towne.\\nAlexander Metcalf.\\nLevi W. Barton.\\nJames Powers.\\nLyman Hall.\\nAlonzo Allen.\\nMrs. Anna W. Metcalf..\\nMrs. Augusta C. Bristol.\\nVashti Towne. Mrs. Harriet A. Loverin.\\nMrs. M Cooper Gardiner. Mrs. Nellie L. Barton.\\nMrs. Ellen C. Danforth.\\nThe following have been superintendants of\\nschools\\nJacob Haven.\\nMoses Haven.\\nLemuel C. Cooper.\\nJohn Cooper.\\nDellavan D. Marsh.\\nWilliam Barton.\\nHubbard A. Barton.\\nSullivan Barton.\\nHarriet A. Loverin.\\nHarriet Fowler.\\nPhysicians. Reuben Carroll, Nathaniel Leav-\\nitt, Dellavan D. Marsh, Ezra Gustin, Williams\\nBarton, Sherman Cooper, Albina Hall, and Drs.\\nAlden and Cooper, have been resident practicing\\nphysicians. F. S. Putnam, son of Stillnian after\\ngraduation at the dental college, opened an office\\nin town. He is now at Newport, N. H.\\nThe following is an imperfect list of native and\\nformer residents who have turned their attention\\nto the medical profession\\nWilliam Barton, born August 6th, 1820; graduated\\nat Hanover, in 1845 located at Croydon, N. H.\\nIra W. Bragg, born July 28, 1833 graduated at\\nHarvard in 1859 located at Chelsea, Mass., died Oc-\\ntober 21, 1864.\\nAlanson L. Cooper, born October 16, 1804; gradu-\\nated at Brunswick 1827; located at Auburn, N. Y.\\ndied in 1841.\\nWilliam F. Cooper, born September 20, 1801\\ngraduated at Brunswick located at Kelloggsville,\\nN. Y. died in 1847.\\nOrville M. Cooper, born July 28, 1821 graduated\\nat Dartmouth in 1845 located at Hollis, N. H. died\\n1845.\\nElijah Cooper, graduated at Dartmouth in 1845\\nlocated at Newark, O., 1854.\\nSherman Cooper, born August 20, 1833 graduated\\nat New York Medical College in 1856; located at\\nClaremont, N. H.\\nHerman Cooper, born February 6, 1859 graduated\\nat Dartmouth located at Meriden, N. H.\\nReuben Carroll, died in 1840.\\nAlbert Carroll, located at Bo-ton, Mass.\\nAdolphus Cutting, born June 25, 1811 graduated\\nin 1833.\\nJohn L. Cain, born September 26, 1857 graduated\\nat Dartmouth in 1833 located at Grantham, N. H.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0961.jp2"}, "866": {"fulltext": "160\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWilliam B. Cain, born September 26, 1859; gradu-\\nted at Dartmouth in 1883 located at Chesterfield,\\nN. H.\\nWilliam W. Darling, born November 20, 1834 grad-\\nuated at Dartmouth in 1859; located at Newport,\\nN. H.\\nEzra Gustin, born 1788; located at Croydon, N. H.;\\ndied October 29, 1818.\\nWillard P; Gibson, born September 2, 1798; gradu-\\nated at Castleton in 1822; located at Newport, N. H.\\ndied Octt-ber 23, 1837.\\nOtis Gibson, born June 8, 1807; graduated at\\nWoodstock in 1830 located at Wellsborc Pa.\\nBushrod R. Gibson, located at Pomfret, Vt.\\nJohn Hall, born October 3, 1814; graduated at\\nBowdoin in 1842 located at Newark, O. died in\\n1852.\\nSilas Hall, born December, 1792; located at Mon-\\nrovia, N. Y.\\nAlbina Hall, born October 16, 1800; graduated at\\nBerkshire in 1823 located at Croydon, N. H.\\nDellavan D. Marsh, born May 8, 1808; graduated\\nat Dartmouth in 1834; located at Croydon, N. H.\\ndied 1867.\\nWilliam W. Marsh, born July 29, 1850 graduated\\nat Harvard.\\nFrank D. Marsh, born October, 1852.\\nMarshall Perkins, born March 13, 1823 graduated\\nat Harvard in 1850; located at Marlow, N. H.\\nHorace Powers, born October 28, 1807 graduated\\nat Woodstock in 1832; located at Morristown, Vt.\\ndied 1867.\\nDavid C. Powers, born June 30, 1822 graduated at\\nAmherst in 1848; located at Auburn, N. Y.\\nDarwin A. Stewart, born April 5, 1842 graduated\\nat New York Medical College in 1869; located at\\nWinona, Minn.\\nDaniel Ward, born June 6, 1810 graduated at\\nCastleton in 1834 located at Marsailles, 111.\\nGriswold W. Wheeler, born February 22, 1808\\ngraduated at Dartmouth in 1836 located at Perry-\\nville. Mo. died June 7, 1865.\\nSolomon M. Whipple, born July 28, 1820 gradu-\\nated at Woodstock in 1849 located at New London,\\nN. H. died 1875.\\nHenry W. Brown, born November 15, 1847 gradu-\\nated at Harvard in 1873 located at Newport, N. H.,\\ndied 1875.\\nCarlos J. Adams, born September 17, 1837 gradu-\\nated at Ann Arbor in 1868; located at Chicago, 111.\\nWilliam H. Hurd, born August 29, 1829 graduated\\nat Dartmouth in 1854; located at Carlton Place, Ont.\\nWillard O. Hurd, born December 7, 1838 gradu-\\nated at Albany Medical College in 1860 located at\\nGrantham, N. H.\\nWillard C. Kempton, born October 13, 1840 gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth located at Grantham, N. H.\\nLyman Hall, born in 1804 graduated at Dart-\\nmouth in 1833 located at Cornish, N, H. died in\\n1862.\\nLawyers. Samuel Morse was the only prac-\\nticing lawyer that ever located in town. He was\\na native of Dublin, N. H. graduated at Dart-\\nmouth in 1811; came to Croydon in 1815; was\\nelected representative in 1834, and delegate to the\\nConstitutional Convention in 1850; he died Jan-\\nuary 1, 1865, aged eighty-one years.\\nThe following is an imperfect list of natives and\\nformer residents who have turned their attention\\nto the legal profession\\nLevi W. Barton, born March 1,1818; graduated at\\nDartmouth, New Hampshire, in 1848 located at\\nNewport, N. H.\\nJonas Cutting, born November 3, 1800 graduated\\nat Dartmouth, New Hampshire, in 1823; located at\\nBangor, Me. died August 26, 1876.\\nGershom Powers, born June 11, 1789; not a gradu-\\nate located at Auburn, N. Y. died June 25, 1831.\\nFrank. in Putnam, born September 8, 1833; gradu-\\nted at Bowdoin, Maine, 1859 located at Kansas City,\\nMo. died November 3, 1865.\\nGeorge F. Putnam, born November 6, 1841 gradu-\\nated at Norwich, Vt., in 1866 located at Kansas City,\\nMo.\\nWilbur H. Powers, born January 22, 1849 gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth in 1875 located at Boston, Mass.\\nWilliam P. Wheeler, born July 31, 1812; graduated\\nat Harvard, Massachusetts, in 1842 located at Keene,\\nN. H. died May 10, 1876.\\nClergymen. The following are among those\\nwho have given their attention to theology\\nJacob W. H. Ames, born May 7, 1838; graduated\\nat Wesleyan in 1864; located at Chelsea, Mass.; died\\nJune 12, 1866.\\nOtis Dunbar, born June 11, 1812; graduated at\\nDartmouth located at Holderness, N. H.\\nLester H. Elliot, born August 1,1835; graduated\\nat Burlington in 1861 located at Winooski, Vt.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0962.jp2"}, "867": {"fulltext": "CROYDON.\\n161\\nLuther J. Fletcher, born November 25, 1818 grad-\\nuated at Norwich in 1841 located at Bath, Me. died\\nJanuary 20, 1884.\\nSamuel R. Hall, born October 27, 1795 graduated\\nat Academy Bridgeton, Me. located at Craftsbury,\\nVt.\\nJosiah W. Powers, born .Tune 19, 1799; graduated\\nat Andover in 1837 located at Kennebunk, Me. died\\nin 1839.\\nDennis Powers, born May 24, 1808 graduated at\\nAmherst in 1835; located at Abington, Mass.\\nUrias Powers, born May 12,1791; graduated at\\nDartmouth in 1818; located at Big Lick, Va. died\\nin 1870.\\nAustin Putnam, born March 6, 1809; graduated at\\nDartmouth in 1827; located at Harnden, Conn.\\nJames W. Putnam, born December 15, 1822; grad-\\nuated at Norwich; Dan vers, Mass.; died November\\n3, 1864.\\nNathaniel F. Putnam, born February 2, 1839 grad-\\nuated at Bowdoin in 1803 located at St. Johnsbury,\\nVt.\\nBaron Stowe, born June 16, 1801 graduated at\\nColumbian in 1825; located at Boston, Mass. died\\nDecember 27, 1869.\\nBIOGRAPHY.\\nThe following are brief sketches of a few of the\\nproiniuent individuals of the town. We should\\nhave been glad to have given a much more ex-\\ntended list and a fuller account of these. Nearly\\nevery one of the old families have sons or daugh-\\nters, to whose achievements they point with just\\npride.\\nHon. Cyrus Barton was born December 25,\\n1795. He was able and popular as an Editor\\nregister of deeds for Sullivan County from 1827 to\\n1829 Presidential elector in 18.32, 1836 and 1840\\nSenator in District No. 4, in 183.3 and 18,34 Coun-\\ncilor in 1843; U.S. marshal in 1845 a member\\nof the Constitutional Convention and president of\\nthe City Council of Concord in 1845. He died\\nFebruary 17, 1855, at Loudon, N. H., while\\nmaking a political speech, falling into the arms of\\nhis opponent.\\nHon. Levi W. Barton, born March 1, 1818,\\na lawyer, graduated at Dartmouth. He was three\\nyears register of deeds, two years county solici-\\ntor, five years a Representative and two years in\\nthe Senate in 1866 on committee to audit war\\nindebtedness of the State, one of the committee to\\ncodify the New Hampshire laws, member of the\\nConstitutional Convention, 1876, and in 1876 one\\nof the Presidential electf)rs.\\nWilliams Barton, I\\\\I.D. was born August 6,\\n1820. He attended Unity and Kimball Union\\nAcademies, studied medicine with Drs. Coburn,\\nHall and Nichols, graduated at the Medical De-\\npartment of Dartmouth College in May, 1845, and\\nsoon after commenced practice at Croydon, where\\nhe now resides. He was three years commissioner\\nof common schools for Sullivan County, and a\\nteacher of elocution at the Teachers Institute.\\nHon. Lemuel P. Cooper, born July 18, 1803,\\nis one of the most intelligent and progressive\\nfarmers in town. He has always taken a deep in-\\nterest in the cause of religion and education, as\\nwell as politics. He was a popular teacher and\\nsuperintendent, a trustee of the Industrial School\\nof New Hampshire, twice a representative, twice\\nin the Senate, and was at one time a candidate for\\nGovernor of the State.\\nHon. Oea Crosby, son of Prince, born Novem-\\nber 14, 1793, settled at Hardwick, Vt. He was a\\nrepresentative, a justice, judge of the County\\nCourt, director of the Danville Bank and president\\nof the National Bank of Caledonia. As a finan-\\ncier. Judge Crosby had but few equals.\\nJonas Cutting, LL.D., born November 3,\\n1800, graduated at Dartmouth and located at\\nBangor, Me. He had intellectual faculties of a\\nhigh order was conscientious, adroit and learned\\nwas popular as a lawyer, and commanded the\\nhighest respect ss a judge, ranking with the fore-\\nmost among the members of the bench.\\nHon. Ruel Ddrkee, born July 14, 1807, a\\nfarmer, was much in office at home. Shrewd, self-\\npoised, with an instinctive knowledge of human\\nnature, he was for nearly a whole generation one\\nof the most conspicuous managers in the Republi-\\ncan party of the State. His presence was always\\nrequired during the sittings of the Legislature and\\nat all conventions. It has been said that in caucus", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0963.jp2"}, "868": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe lightning usually struck the aspirant towards\\nwhom his magnetic finger pointed. He died in\\nJuly, 1885.\\nTimothy C. Eastman, Esq., born May 30, 1821\\nwas first a former at Croydon, then a milkman,\\nwith a hundred cows, at Cleveland, O., and is now\\nthe cattle-king of New York. He has a beautiful\\nresidence on Fifth Avenue, and, as a financier, he\\nhas been by far the most successful son of the\\ntown. He originated the plan of transporting beef\\nto Europe in refrigerator.?, by means of which he\\npresented the Queen with the quarter of beef as\\nfresh as when taken from the slaughter-house at\\nNew York.\\nRev. Luther J. Fletcher, born February 25,\\n1818, a Universalist clergyman, has been located\\nat Buffalo, Lowell and New Y ork is a man of\\nrare talent, a fine writer and an eloquent talker\\nwas a member of the Massachusetts Legislature,\\nand once a judge.\\nIsrael Goodwin was remarkable for his intel-\\nlectual and social qualities. He lived at the Flat,\\nand was a cloth-dreoser by trade. In 1824 he re-\\nmoved to Plainfield, Vt., where he represented\\nthat town in both branches of the Legislature.\\nHe was appointed judge, and removed to Mont-\\npelier, where he died.\\nNathan Hall, son of Edward Hall, Jr., re-\\nsides at the Flat, and is a farmer by profession.\\nHe was moderator several years, town clerk twelve\\nyears, and County Commissioner three years.\\nCaptain Worthen Hall was born July 11,\\n1802. In 1827 he went to sea, and, being well\\nadapted to the business, he followed that vocation\\nfor twenty-eight years. In 1855 he retired with a\\nfortune, and settled at the Flat. In 1866-67 he\\nwas elected representative, which position he filled\\nwith credit to himself and honor to the town.\\nPliny Hall, son of Martin, born September\\n21, 1817, was a farmer until he was twenty-one; a\\nclerk in the store twelve years was U. S. assistant\\ncensus marshal in 1850, 1870 and 1880; repre-\\nsentative in 1851 and 1852, and county treasurer\\nin 1855 and 1856 U. S. enrolling officer in 1864,\\nand a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in\\n1876. Died January 15, 1881.\\nDellavan D. Maesh, M.D., was born May 8,\\n1818. He graduated from the Medical Depart-\\nment of Dartmouth College in 1834. He was in-\\nterested in agricultural pursuits was treasurer of\\nthe County Agricultural Society in 1848 was\\noften elected to town offices, and in 1839-40 was\\ntreasurer of Sullivan County. He died in 1866.\\nDr. Horace Powers, son of Urias Powers,\\nborn October 27, 1807 graduated at the Wood-\\nstock Medical College in 1832 settled at Morris-\\ntown, Vt. was high sheriff of Lamoille County in\\n1844 and 1845 represented his town in the Con- 1\\nstitutional Convention in 1850 was a Senator in\\n1853 and 1854, and was director in the Lamoille\\nCounty Bank.\\nElias Powers, son of Major Abijah Powers, is\\na man of intelligence, a respected farmer, a lover\\nof fun and story-telling, an adept at angling, trap-\\nping and hunting. He has served the town twice\\nas selectman and has been county commissioner\\nthree years.\\nOrlando Powers was born May 5, 1810. In\\n1832 he removed to Cornish Flat, where he now\\nresides. He has been town clerk of Cornish seven\\nyears was representative in 1844 and county\\ntreasurer in 1849-50. He has also been postmas-\\nter at Cornish Flat.\\nHon. Gershom Powers, son of John, was born\\nJune 11, 1779. After completing his studies he\\nopened a law-office at Auburn, N. Y., where he\\nhad a successful practice. He was assistant jus-\\ntice of Cayuga County Court, and at the end of\\nthree years he was elevated to the position of\\njudge. In 1829 he was chosen Representative to\\nCongress. He died January 25, 1831.\\nAbigail Powers, daughter of Rev. Lemuel\\nPowers, was born in 1798. In February, 1826,\\nshe married Millard Fillmore, late President of\\nthe United States. She was a lady highly re-\\nspected for her intelligence, dignity and many vir-\\ntues.\\nHon. Charles Rowell was born in 1785. He\\nremoved to AUenstown, N. H., and served as", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0964.jp2"}, "869": {"fulltext": "CROYDON.\\n163\\nselectman of his adopted town twenty-four years\\nrepresentative to tlie Legislature four years county\\ntreasurer two years State Senator two years, and\\na justice of the peace from early manhood until\\nhis death, which occurred January 11, 1867.\\nBaron Stow, D.D., born June 16, 1801, grad-\\nuated at Dartmouth and wiis settled in Boston.\\nHaving a j)ure heart, a vigorous intellect, an elo-\\nquent tongue and attractive manners, he was the\\nfavorite son of the town, and was one of the most\\npopular clergymen in the Baptist denomination.\\nJohn Towne, son of John Towne, was born\\nAugust 17, 1805. In June, LS40, he was appointed\\nDeputy Secretary of State, which office he held\\nfour years. He was register of deeds for Sullivan\\nCounty from 1851 to 1854, inclusive. He was for\\nmany years a successful teacher and has been for\\na long time a prominent and respected citizen of\\nNewport.\\nVashti Towne, a sister of John, born May 8,\\n1813, was educated at Kimball Union Academy\\ntaught school in her native town, three years at\\nNorwich Institute, nine years at Portsmouth, Va.,\\nand fifteen years at Washington, D. C While at\\nthe latter place she had under her instruction the\\nsous of President Lincoln and also those of Presi-\\ndent Grant. She was an intimate friend of Mrs.\\nPresident Fillmore, who was a relative. She died\\nin 1869 at Newport, N. H.\\nCaptain Moses Whipple, son of Jacob, born\\nat Grafton, Mass., in 1733, came to Croydon,\\n1766. His was one of the first three families that\\ncame to town. Being well educated, intelligent,\\ndistinguished for energy and decision of character,\\nwarm-hearted, hospitable and generous to all, he\\nwas well calculated to be what he indeed was, a\\nfather to the town. No one in town was ever\\nmore trusted or respected. He filled many im-\\nportant offices, and was chairman of the Commit-\\ntee of Safety during tiie Revolutionary struggle.\\nWilliam P. Wheeler, A.M., born July 31,\\n1812; graduated at Harvard; was for many\\nyears a prominent member of the Cheshire County\\nbar; was twice appointed to a seat upon the\\nbench of the Supreme Court, which he declined\\n11\\nwas twice a candidate for Congress was president\\nof the Keene Savings-Ban k, and was a trustee\\nof the New Hampshire Industrial School and of\\nthe Agricultural College died May 10, 1876.\\nPaul J. Wheeler, son of Ceryl born Decem-\\nber 8, 1820 a merchant of Croydon settled in\\nNewport was cashier of Sugar River Bank was\\nmoderator five years, a representative four years,\\na candidate for Speaker of the House of Repre-\\nsentatives in 1860; in 1862 was a candidate for\\nGovernor. He died in 1802.\\nmiscellany.\\nCasualties. In 1770 Caleb, son of Seth\\nChase, the first settler in town, wandered into the\\nforest, and was lost, and public opinion was di-\\nvided as to the probable fate of the child some\\nbelieved that he was captured and carried away\\nby some straggling band of Indians, while others\\nthought that he met his death at the hands of a\\nvillainous white man.\\nIsaac Sanger, another early settler, perished in\\nattempting to cross Croydon Mountain.\\nAlexander Metcalf, Jr., was killed by the fall-\\ning of a tree.\\nAbijah Hall was drowned at Gliddeu Bridge in\\n1812.\\nTwo boys, sons of Thomas Whipple and Giles\\nStock well, Sr., were drowned in Spectace Pond.\\nOn the 19th of April, 1828, the dwelling-houseof\\nMr. Charles Carroll was burned, and two children\\nperished in the flames.\\nDr. Reuben Carroll was thrown from a carriage\\nin 1840, while going down the hill near where\\nCaleb K. Loverin now lives, and was killed.\\nA son of Nathaniel W. Brown was killed near\\nthe bridge at the East village, by the horse\\nstumbling and falling upon him.\\nIn 1846 the wife of the Hon. Paul J. Wheeler\\nwas burned to death, by her clothes taking fire\\nwhile warming herself by the stove.\\nMr. Cummings, an old gentleman, was found\\ndead between the Flat and Coit Mountain.\\nA sou of Simeon Ames fell from a load of hay\\nunto the handle of a pitchfork, which caused his\\ndeath in a short time.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0965.jp2"}, "870": {"fulltext": "164\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nA son of Ira Bragg fell from a cart-tongue\\nwhile riding, the wheel passing over him, killing\\nhim instantly. Another son was supposed to have\\nbeen murdered out West.\\nZiba, son of John Cooper, was killed by a kick\\nfrom a horse.\\nA daughter of Carlton F. Hall fell into the\\nriver at the East village, and was drowned.\\nA child of Rev. Jacob Haven was scalded to\\ndeath by falling backwards into a pail of hot\\nwater.\\nAsa Kelsey fell from a building and was killed.\\nA son of Leonard N. Kempton fell into tiie\\nmill-pond at the Flat and was drowned.\\nA son of John Melendy was killed by the fall-\\ning of his father s chimney.\\nA daughter of Robert Osburn fell into a brook,\\nwas carried under the causeway and drowned.\\nA son of James Perkins was drowned in a\\nbrook near the Flat.\\nA son of Ezekiel Powers was caught between\\ntwo logs and crushed to death.\\nWillard, son of Urias Powers, fell from the\\nGlidden Bridge, while on his way from school,\\nand was drowned.\\nA son of Jotham Ryder was killed by a cart-\\nbody falling upon him.\\nThe wife of David Rowell was killed by light-\\nning her infant was sleeping on her arm and\\nescaped unhurt.\\nJoseph Smart went out to catch his horse one\\nSunday morning, and soon after was found dead.\\nGriswold, son of Aaron W^hipple, was killed\\nby running under an axe that was thrown from\\nthe frame of a building.\\nIn 18G1 Edwin, son of Moses Whipple, while\\nreturning from the ])ost-office at the Flat, one\\ndark, rainy night, walked off from the bridge and\\nmet a horrible death amidst the rocks and angry\\nwaters below.\\nEpidemics. The canker rash prevailed to\\nan alarming extent amongst the children in 1795.\\nOf twenty-four deaths that year, twenty were\\nunder fourteen years of age. In 1813 the\\nspotted fever made its appearance in a most\\nmalignant form, defying all medical skill, and\\ncutting down the old and the young, the weak\\nand the strong alike. Of thirty deaths in town\\nthat year, eighteen were from that disease.\\nSeces.sion. In 1778 several towns on the\\neast side of Connecticut River (Croydon included)\\nrenounced their allegiance to New Hampshire, and\\nformed a connection with the new State of Ver-\\nmont, which continued four years. Moses Whip-\\nple, Esq., was appointed a delegate to a conven-\\ntion held at Cornish, and also chosen to represent\\nthe town in the Vermont Legislature, but before\\nhis arrival at the seat of government the Vermont\\nAssembly had resolved that the western bank\\nof the Connecticut River should be the dividing\\nline between Vermont and New Hampshire, and\\nthe disaffected towns returned to their allegiance\\nand domestic quiet prevailed.\\nPopulation.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1775, 143; 1790, 5-37; 1800,\\n984; 1810, 862; 1820, 1060; 1830,1057; 1840,\\n956 1850, 861 1S60, 755 1870, 652 1880,\\n608.\\nLoXGEViTY. An incomplete list of those who\\nhave attained to ninety years of age or over\\nWidow Marsh, 90 Mrs. Benjamin Cutting, 90\\nWidow Clement, 93; Mrs. Jotham Ryder, 94;\\nSamuel Metcalf, 93 Widow Giles, 94 Samuel\\nMarsh, 94 Widow A. Stockwell, 95 Capt.\\nNathan Clark, 90 Thomas Blanchard, 98\\nWidow Rumble, 100 Samuel Goldthwait, 93\\nLydia Leland Powers, 92 Mrs. Timothy Fletcher,\\n95 Mrs. Luke Paul, 92 AchsHh Barton, 96.\\nDairies.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Croydon is an agricultural town and\\nfurnishes annually its proportionate share of farm\\nproducts. It is distinguished mainly for the\\namount and excellence of its dairies. Among the\\nearlier inhabitants most extensively engaged in the\\ndairy business were Capt. Zina Goldthwait and\\nJohn Barton, who had some fifty cows each, and\\nCol. Nathaniel Wheeler, Paul Jacobs. Esq., and\\nGen. Nathan Emery, who had but a few les. In\\nlater years, Lemuel P. Cooper, Ruel Durkee,\\nCaleb K. and Ruel D. Lovcrin, Oliver C. and\\nCharles H Forehand, Francis Dodge, Andrew J.\\nSawyer, William W. Ryder, James W. Davis and", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0966.jp2"}, "871": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0967.jp2"}, "872": {"fulltext": "2 ^Ce/^", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0968.jp2"}, "873": {"fulltext": "CROYDON.\\n165\\nFrederick Barton were an.ong the jn omiuent dairy-\\nmen.\\nIn 1849 some fifteen men from this town, lured\\nby the prospect of a golden harvest, embarked for\\nCalifornia, where they engaged iu mining. Their\\nhopes were not fully realized.\\nThe Croydon turnpike was chartered June 2-5,\\n1804, and built iu 1806. It extended from Leba-\\nnon to Washington. It was a fine road and a\\ngreat convenience to travel, but not the pecuniary\\nsuccess anticipated.\\nMusic. The Cmydou Baud, led by Baldwin\\nHumphrey, composed of a large number of fine\\nplayers, ranked among the first iu the old Thirty-\\nfirst Regiment.\\nAmong those eminent as singers are ]\\\\Ioses\\nHaven, H. E. W. Barton, E. Darwiu Cummings,\\nCharles Partridge, ]\\\\Iary Powers and Carrie N.\\nBarton.\\nThe inhabitants of the town are unusually\\nsocial, hospitable, neighborly and fond of entertain-\\nments, and hence the dances, huskings, apple-par\\nings, tjuiltiugs and other neighborhood gatherings\\nare frequent, fully attended and enjoyed.\\nCentennial. The Centennial celebration,\\nwhich occurred June 1.3, 1866, was by far the\\nlargest and most notable gathering ever in town.\\nAll natives and former residents were invited. A\\nsalute was fired at dawn. At ten o clock a pro-\\ncession was formed, under the direction of Cai)taiu\\nNathan Hall, chief marshal, assisted by William\\nW. Ryder, Martin A. Barton and Major Dexter\\nG. Reed, and escorted by the Croydon Band, led\\nby Baldwin Humphrey, marched to the stand.\\nColonel Otis Cooper, chairman of the committee\\nof arrangements, made the welcome speech, and\\nintroduced William P. Wheeler, of Keeue, as\\npresident of the day, who, after an apjjropriute\\naddress, announced, successively, the following\\nprogramme Prayer by the Rev. Luther J.\\nFletcher; Welcome Ode, by Lizzie P. Harding;\\na poem, by Augusta Cooper, Bristol oration, by\\nBaron Stow, D.D., of Boston dinner, a sump-\\ntuous repast. After which other addresses, full\\nof reminiscences, humor and eloquence, were made\\nby Hon. Levi W. Barton, of Newport; William\\nF. Cooper, of Kellogsville, N. Y. Thomas Whip-\\nple, Es(|., of Charlestowu Lemuel P. Cooper, of\\nCroydon Moses Humphrey, of Concord Luther\\nJ. Fletcher, of Maine; Alexander Barton, of\\nBoston Moses Haven, of Plaiufield Solomon M.\\nWhipple, of New London; and Edmund Wheeler, of\\nNewport. The following were the vice-presidents\\nMoses Humphry, Alexander Barton, L. W.\\nBarton, Adolphus Hall, Calvin Hall, Ariel Hall,\\nOra Crosby, Freeman Cutting, Orlando Powers,\\nElom Marsh, Ruel Durkee, Samuel Blanchard,\\nWilliam E. Melendy, Elijah Ryder, Moses Haven,\\nWilliam F. Cooper, Hiram Smart, Jouas C.\\nKempton, Warren M. Kerupton. Committee of\\narrangements: Otis Cooper, Reuben Cooper,\\nDaniel R. Hall, Daniel Ryder, Worthen Hall,\\nBarnabas C. Whipple, Cyrus K. Fletcher, John\\nCooper, Nathan Hall.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nGEORGE WILLIAM DUNBAR.\\nThe first known ancestor of the Dunbar family\\nin America was Robert Duubar, a Scotchman who,\\ncircumstances indicate, was one of the Scotch pris-\\noners sent over to the Massachusetts Colony in\\n1652, by Cromwell after the battles of Dunbar\\nand Worcester. It is certain that this Robert\\nDunbar was the ancestor of the Dunbars of\\nAbington and Bridgewater, if not of all bearing\\nthat name iu New England. The family has\\nalwa3 s shown the characteristics which have so\\nfavorably distinguished the Scotch people. They\\nare good, law-abiding citizens, with a frugal thrift\\nand industry, a careful economy, aud cautious and\\ndiscriminating judgment in all the afiairs of\\nlife.\\nSamuel Dunbar was a native of Bridgewater,\\nMass., a fiirmer, prosperous and respected, aud\\nreared a family there, among whom was Elijah\\nDunbar, born in Bridgewater April 23, 1759,", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0969.jp2"}, "874": {"fulltext": "166\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College, studied for the\\nprofession of law, and began practice at Keene,\\nN. H., 1790. He was at Claremont from 1797 to\\n1804, then reopened his office in Keene, was a\\nmagistrate, and represented Keene in the Legisla-\\nture in 1806-08 and 10. He was an officer for\\nmany years of the old Cheshire Bank at Keene,\\nand one of the leading members of the Keene bar.\\nHe married Mary, daughter of Alexander Ralston,\\nof Keene. His son, George Frederick Dunbar,\\nwas born at Claremont, N. H., September 9, 1793.\\nHe studied medicine with Dr. Twitchell (a famous\\nphysician of Keene, N. H.) and at Dartmouth Col-\\nlege, started practice at Stoddard, but after a short\\ntime removed to Westmoreland, where for fifty\\nyeai-s he was the leading physician of the town.\\nHe married, 1818, Catherine, daughter of Nat\\nFisk, of Westmoreland. They had three sons and\\nthree daughters,\\nMary Ann, married Horace Starkey, of West-\\nmoreland, and moved to Cherry Valley, 111.,\\nwhere she died, leaving two children, Dr. Horace\\nM. Starkey, a noted physician of Chicago, and\\nElla M.\\nAmos T., married Emily Cook, of Boston, had\\ntwo children both died young. He was for many\\nJrears a merchant in Boston. In 1849 went to Cal-\\nifornia, had quite an adventurous career and final-\\nly died there.\\nGeorge W. (subject of sketch).\\nNat F., married Hattie Gregg, an English lady,\\nhas one child living, Frederick resides at the old\\nhomestead at Westmoreland. Most of his life,\\nhowever, since 1852 has been spent in the Califor-\\nnia mining regions.\\nMartha F., married Capt. Lewis Webster, of\\nWestmoreland has four children, Jennie F.,\\nGeorge D., Florence and Kate all are married,\\nand all reside in Dunlap, Morris County, Kan.,\\nwhither Capt. Webster removed and became the\\nproprietor of a large sheep ranch. He is now-\\ndeceased, and the widow resides with one of the\\nchildren.\\nLaura E., the youngest of the six children, died\\nyoung.\\nGc Tge William Dunbar was born in Westmore-\\nland, N. H., February 15, 1822. His education\\nwas obtained at the common schools of his native\\ntown, Keene, and the Academy at Framiugham.\\nHis early life till his fourteenth year was spent\\non the farm. He was then apprenticed to Wil-\\nliam Stowits, of Keene, to learn harness-making,\\nand thus his time was employed till his nineteenth\\nyear, when a love of adventure led him to embark\\nwith Capt Joseph Reynolds on a four years whal-\\ning voyage. The cruise did not difl^er materially\\nfrom the average whaling voyage in those times\\nthere were the usual hardships to be endured, the\\nusual hair-breadth escapes but finally Mr. Dun-\\nbar returned safe and sound to his native land\\nwith his curiosity thoroughly satisfied as to the\\njolly life of a jack tar.\\nHe then went into partnership with his brother,\\nA. T. Dunbar, in millinery business in Boston.\\nThis partnership continued about two years, which\\nbrings us to 1849, that ever memorable period,\\nwhen the prose of life all over the world was\\neclipsed and for a time rendered irksome by the\\npoetry of the newly- discovered gold-mines of Cali-\\nfornia. Mr. Dunbar, like thousands of others, be-\\ncame infected with the gold fever, and disposing\\nof his interest in the millinery business, he em-\\nbarked on the schooner Eudora from Bangor,\\naround the Cape to California, where, after a\\ntedious voyage, they arrived in September, 1849.\\nHe at once sought the mines, and as an Argonaut\\nmet with fair success. After nearly two years\\nspent in mining, the longing to see the wife he had\\nleft behind overcame the attraction of the shin-\\ning dust, and he once more sought the granite hills\\nof his native New Hampshire. After a perilous\\nand adventurous trip across the plague-infected\\nIsthmus he reached home, and for a time was en-\\ngaged in the cutlery manufacturing business in\\nCroydon. He soon exchanged his cutlery business,\\nhowever, for a store, and became a village merchant\\nin Croydon. In 1856 he again sought the land of\\ngold, this time remaining three years and a half.\\nAgain his efforts as a gold-seeker were fairly suc-\\ncessful, and once more returning to New Hamp", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0970.jp2"}, "875": {"fulltext": "CROYDON.\\n167\\nshire, he re-embarked iu trade iu Croydon, where\\nhe continued till 1882, when he retired from active\\nbusiness.\\nMr. Dunbar married, June 21, 1848, Sarah D.,\\ndaughter of Elbridge and Hannah (Derby) Dix,\\nof Hubbardston, Mass. They had four child-\\nren,\\nGeorge W., resides at Andover Mary A., died\\nwhen nine years of age; Infont (unnamed)\\ndead and Charles D., resides at Roxbury,\\nN. H. Mrs. Dunbar died March 31, 1873.\\nMr. Dunbar married, as his second wife,\\nMarietta J., daughter of Abram S. and Lydia H.\\n(Lovering) Philbrick, of Springfield, N. H., Octo-\\nber 8, 1874.\\nMr. Dunbar represented his town in the Legis-\\nlature in the years 1878, 79, 80. He is now\\ntown treasurer, and has held that position since\\n1883. He is deacon of the Congregational\\nChurch, and has been clerk and treasurer of the\\name since the reorganization of the church in\\nCroydon. He has been for a quarter of a century\\na member of Hiram Lodge, F. and A. M., at New-\\nport, N. H., and is a member of the chapter at\\nClaremont. Iu political faith he has always been\\na stanch Republican.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0971.jp2"}, "876": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF GOSHEN.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThis town was formed from portions of Fishere-\\nfield (Newbury), Wendell (Sunapee), Newport,\\nUnity and Lempster, and incorporated December\\n27, 1791.\\nThe act of incorporation provided that the in-\\nhabitants of the portion taken from Lempster\\nshould continue to pay ministerial taxes to the\\nsupport of the Rev. Elias Fisher, and did so until\\nsaid provision was repealed, December 8, 1796.\\nBy an act approved June 22, 1797, the boun-\\ndary lines of the town were established, and the\\nsame were in part changed June 17, 18()fi.\\nA tract of land was severed from Unity, and\\nannexed to Goshen, July C, 1837.\\nThe iiortion of the town taken from Sunapee\\nwas first settled in 1769, by Captain Benjamin\\nRand, William Lang and Daniel Grindle.\\nRev. Eiias Fisher s Certificate.\\nLempster Sc]/ 14, 1796.\\nthis may certify that if in case the Town of Lemp-\\nster see cause to give their consent that the People in\\nthat part of Goshen which was taken from Lempster\\nshould not be liolden to pay any part of my Salary\\nAfter the present Year, that I will not exact of S\\nTown any Augmentation of my Salary on Account of\\nthe increas of list on S Inhabitants\\nElias Fisher\\nThe Above is a true copy of an Original certificate\\nlodged in the Town clerks Office (Lempster)\\nAttest James Bixgham Toum Clei-k\\nPetition for Relief from paying Ministerial Taxes in\\nLempster.\\nTo the Honourable Senate and House of Representa-\\ntives to be Convened at Concord in the state of New\\n168\\nHampshire on the fourth Wednesday of Nov In-\\nstant\\nWe your Petitioners Humbly Sheweth\\nAs their is a Clause in an Act Entitled an Act to\\nIncorporate a Town by the Name of Goshen Empow-\\nering the Selectmen of Lempster to Assess the Inhab-\\nitants of that part of Goshen that formerly belonged\\nto the Town of Lempster towards the Support of the\\nReverend M Fisher so long as he shall remain the\\nMinister of said Lempster and empowering the Col-\\nlector of said Lempster to Collect said Taxes as\\nthough said Act of Incorporation liad not been\\npassed^\\nWe your Petitioners Inhaliitants of that jiart of\\nGoshen (formerly Lempster) being Taxed in both\\nTowns towards the support of the Ministry makes it\\nvery Burdensom and having obtained the Consent of\\nthe Town of Lemster Humbly Pray that the Said\\nClause in Said Act may be Repealed (and your peti-\\ntioners have all the priviledges and Immunities that\\nany other Towns Do Enjoy) or otherwise as your\\nHonours in your Wisdom Seem meet And your peti-\\ntioners as iu Duty bound Shall ever pray\\nGoshen November y 16 1796\\nJohn Tomson Daniel marston\\nMicah Morse Silas Smith\\nReuben Willey Allen Willey\\nJames Philbrook Hez* Emerson\\nCalvin Bingham Nathan Willey\\nW Story Na Beckwith\\nIn the House of Representatives, December 8,\\n1797, the aforesaid clause in the act of incorpora-\\ntion was repealed.\\nVote of Letnpster relative to Ministerial Taxes paid by\\nGoshen.\\nTown Clerks Office Lempster.\\nAt a legal Town meeting held in Lempster on the\\nfirst monday of Nov AD 1796\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0972.jp2"}, "877": {"fulltext": "GOSHEN.\\n169\\nOn reading and considering a Petition from the\\nInhabitants of Goshen Voted that in case the inhab-\\nitants of that part of Goshen wliich was taken from\\nLempster will punctually pay up all the taxes now\\nmade up Against them for the payment of the Rev\\nM Fishers Salary, the Town will release them from\\npaying any part of S Salary in luture\\nThe above is a true copy taken from the Town\\nBook of Record of S** Lempster. Attest\\nJames Bingham Town Clerk\\nThe first settlements were made here in about\\nthe year ITHl), by Captain Benjamin Rand, Wil\\nHam Lang and Daniel Griffin, whose sufferings\\nwere very severe. The crops of the first settlers\\nwere oftentimes entirely destroyed by early frosts,\\nand it was necessary for the feeble settlement to\\nprocure grain from Walpole and other places.\\nMany accounts are related concerning the sufler-\\nings of Captain Rand and family. In 1813 the\\ntown was visited with spotted fever, which carried\\noff many of the inhabitants.\\nChurch services were first held in this town by\\nRev. Josiah Stevens, of the Congregational de-\\nnomination, who came to reside in Goshen in\\nabout 1798. The Congregational Church was\\norganized February 23, 1802, by Rev. Elihu\\nThayer. It consisted of seven members. The\\npresent pastor is Rev. H. H. Morse. There is\\nalso a Baptist Church in the town. Rev. D. M.\\nCleveland, pastor.\\nGoshen responded promptly to the call for\\ntroops during the late Rebellion, and her record\\nduring that struggle is one in which her citizens\\nmay justly feel a patriotic pride.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0973.jp2"}, "878": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF GRANTHAM.\\nBY L. D. DUNBAR.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe first charter for the town of Grantham was\\ndated July 11, 1761, being the second town char-\\ntered in what is now Sullivan County, Charles-\\ntown being the first. Owing to non-compliance\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0with the terms of the charter, a second charter was\\ngranted in 1767. Upon petition to the General\\nCourt by Samuel Duncan, the name of the town\\nwas changed to New Grantham in 1788, which\\nname it retained until 1.S18, when its original\\nname was restored. The town, as originally laid\\nout, was six miles square. About midway through\\nthe town, running northerly and southerly, was\\nCroydon Mountain, making a natural division of\\nthe town into east and west parts, and upon the\\ntop of the mountain was the centre of the town.\\nThe boundaries of the town have been very much\\nchanged since that time, and the Grantham of\\nto-day is very different geographically from the\\noriginal Grantham, and much smaller in area, as\\nwell as in population.\\nIn 1836 a portion of territory lying in the north-\\neast corner of the town was severed and joined to\\nEnfield. In 1844 a portion lying in the south-\\nwest corner was taken off and annexed to Cornish,\\nand in 1858, owing to the inconvenience of doing\\ntown business by reason of the mountain dividing\\nthe town, all that part lying west of the top of the\\nmountain was set off to Plainfield. The following\\nyear a small territory lying between Grantham and\\nSpringfield, called the Gore, which previously\\nhad been classed with Springfield for town busi-\\nness, was incorporated into Grantham, which\\nhelped in part to make up for the loss of territory\\nwe had sustained, and while not being an adequate\\n170\\nrecoiapense in that respect, it made a pretty little\\ntown, containing an area less than two-thirds the\\noriginal size of the town.\\nThe first settlement in Grantham was upon the\\nwest side of the mountain, in 1767. Among the\\nfirst settlers were Ezra Buswell, Elijah Gleason,\\nAbel Stevens, Francis Smith, esq., Ithamer Bart-\\nlett. Job, Stephen and Caleb Colton, Jonathan\\nParkhurst, Jabez Bennett, Isaac Jenny, Elienezer\\nBurr, llob t and Charles Scott, Samuel, John and\\nRou t Duncan, William Moulton, Ebeuezer Steb-\\nbins, Abner Johnson, Parker Carr, Joab V. Young,\\nWillard Marcy, James Smith and William Hun-\\ntington. These were all prominent and active\\nin town and business affairs during their lifetime,\\nand their descendants have been prominent and in-\\nfluential citizens in this town and elsewhere, many\\nof them being scattered into all parts of the\\ncountry. Among the second generation from\\nthe first settlers and others who have been\\nconspicuous among the inhabitants on the west\\nside of the mountain, I will name Samuel Bean\\nCyrus Smith, Elias Smith, William C. Smith,\\nConverse J. Smith, Joel Spaulding, Bryant and\\nAsa Janney, Daniel G. Stickney, W. L. New-\\nton, John P. Chillis, Hiram L. Sleeper, Dan-\\niel L. and G. W. Smith, Orin T. and John\\nEaton, W. L. Martin and Nathaniel Wheeler\\nWilliam Johnson, Samuel Davis, Milton Buswell\\nand Samuel C. Moulton. Ezra Buswell, who came\\nto town in 1767, was town clerk, selectman and\\nrepresentative many years he had a family of\\nnine children, and died at the age of eighty-eight\\nHis sons were all capable business men and filled\\nplaces of public trust in the communities in which\\nthey resided. But two of them are now alive, Oli-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0974.jp2"}, "879": {"fulltext": "GRANTHAM.\\n171\\nver B. and Hiram, the latter a resident of Warner,\\nN. H. Oliver has always been a resident of Grant-\\nham, being now a venerable man of eighty-four\\nyears, hale and active. He has been respected and\\nhonored by his townsmen to a great degree has\\nbeen town clerk for many years, selectman for four-\\nteen years, a representative three years and Sena-\\ntor two years.\\nThe settlement on the east side of the mountain\\nwas not made until a few years later than that on\\nthe west side.\\nThe first settlement was made on Dunbar Hill,\\nso-called from name of first settler, John Dunbar,\\nwho came with his family from Bridgewater,\\nMass., and at about the same time came Henry\\nHoward. John Dunbar bought six hundred acres\\nof land on this hill. In 1796 Ezekiel and Sylves-\\nter Dunbar and Isaac Newell came in 1797, Rich-\\nard Dodge in 1798, Daniel Stime in 1800, Abiel\\nHoward, Uzziel Hay ward, Barzeliu Hay ward came,\\nall settling on or near Dunbar Hill. A few years\\nlater came Bradford Dunbar, Jonathan Nichols,\\nJohn and Jesse Marsh and others. In 1793\\nLeavitt Hill was settled by Nathaniel Leavitt,\\nwho came from Exeter, N. H. He liad eight sons\\nand two daughters; all settled in the same neigh-\\nborhood. Soon after Mr. Leavitt came, Samuel\\nAlexander settled near him. Howe Hill was settled\\nin 1813 by Ezekiel Howe. Among the early settlers\\non this side of the mountain were Francis Williams,\\nBenjamin Clifford, Stephen Judkins, Daniel Britt,\\nJohn and Joseph Sargent, Joseph Bean, David and\\nJonas Hastings, John Stocker, Richard Smith,\\nThomas Whipple, Deacon Joseph Goss John Mel-\\nlendy and Henry Eastman. Most of the early\\nsettlers lived to a good old age, as have their chil-\\ndren. I will mention one instance of longevity\\namong the early families. Abiel Howard had\\nseven children, viz. Inanthe, born February\\n25, 1799 Lewis, born December 4, 1802; Rachel,\\nborn May 29, 1805 Susan, born March 27, 1807\\nAbiel Howard, born October 16, 1810; Nathan\\nHoward, born May 6, 1813 and Emma Howard,\\nborn April 8, 1815. They are all living at this\\ndate, the oldest being nearly eighty-seven and the\\nyoungest nearly seventy-one yeai-s. Rev. Lewis\\nHoward, one of the number, being the oldest\\npreacher in the New Hampshire Conference. Na-\\nthan Howard is a preacher in Iowa. Three of the\\nabove named are now living in Grantham.\\nTiie Leavitt families were very large, and at one\\ntime there were nearly fifty of them who attended\\none school on Leavitt Hill. Seventeen of the Leav-\\nitts were school-teachei-s, three were physicians, and\\none, William B., a professor of practical astronomy.\\nHe now resides in Grantham, and since the death\\nof Dudley Leavitt, the originator of the Leavitt\\nAlmanac, in 1858, he has made the calculations\\nfor this almanac, and has the copies all complete\\nto 1897, and intends soon to have calculations\\ncompleted to 1900. Nathaniel Leavitt died at the\\nage of ninety three years. Samuel Alexander had\\ntwo sons Ezekiel and Henry. Ezekiel died in\\n1881, aged eighty-eight years; he was a soldier in\\nthe War of 1812. Henry Alexander is now living\\nin town at the age of eighty -six years.\\nAmong the men most prominent in town in\\nbusiness afiairs, who have lived in Grantham (and\\nwho are now dead), in addition to those above\\nnamed, were Reuben Winter, Amasa and Adol-\\nphus Hall, Deacon Seth Littlefield, Arden Hay-\\nward, Captain Nicholas Shaw, Colonel Francis\\nHoward, Cajitain John Sargent, John N. Brown,\\nDavid and John Frye, Carlton Barton, William\\nStrocker, Captain Jonathan Brown, Henry How-\\nard and Edwin Sargent, and George Fowler, Eben\\nHayward, Oilman Colby, John Clark, Nathaniel\\nL. Shedd, John Smith and George W. Bus-\\nwell. The first settlers of Grantham were an in-\\ntelligent, industrious and enterprising class of peo-\\nple, and they left many worthy descendants and\\nthe town has ever been noted for the sobriety and\\nmorality of its people.\\nThe first town-meeting ever held in Grantham\\nwas called upon the petition of ten of the inhabit-\\nants, and was held for the election of town officers,\\non the 12th day of March, 1776, at the house of\\nAbel Stevens.\\nThe following were the officers elected Abel\\nStevens, moderator Elijah Gleason, town clerk", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0975.jp2"}, "880": {"fulltext": "172\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAbel Stephens, Ithamer Bartlett aud Elijah\\nGleason, selectnieu Job Colton, town treasurer\\nJonathan Parkhurst, constable Caleb Colton,\\ntithingman Stephen Colton, hog-reeve.\\nIt appears that in its early infancy the town\\nwas called upon to furnish men for the Continental\\narmy, and a Committee of Safety was elected each\\nyear during the war. At a town-meeting held\\non the 7th day of December, 1776, the town voted\\na tax of five pounds to pay for military stores.\\nAt a town-meeting held on the 16th day of\\nApril, 1777, a call for men having been made, the\\ntown Voted to give a bounty of fourteen pounds\\nto each man the town had to furnish for three\\nyears, or during the war with Great Britain.\\nSubsequently, on the 7th day of May, 1777, the\\nabove vote was repealed and instead, a vote was\\npassed to give every man yearly eight pounds for\\nthe two first years of service, and ten pounds two\\nshillings for the third year. It appears that\\nthere was another call for men, for a town-meeting\\nwas called to be held at the house of Abel\\nSpaulding, early candle-lighting to-morrow\\nevening, July 23, 1779. It was voted to give\\nsix pounds to any man who will go into the service\\non the present call, and a committee was chosen\\nto procure a man.\\nIn the early history of the town money was\\nscarce, and in 1778 the town voted to pay the\\nselectmen for their services in produce and two\\nor three years later it was voted to raise fifty\\nbushels of wheat to pay town expense.?.\\nIn 1779, at a meeting held for the purpose, it\\nwas voted to allow the west part of the town to\\njoin the east part of Plainfield to form a religious\\nsociety, and that the highth of the ridge on the\\nmountain in this town be the easterly line of said\\nsociety.\\nIn 1779 a warrant was issued for the inhabit-\\nants to bring in their votes for Peleg Sprague or\\nHon. Woodbury Langdon for member of Con-\\ngress. There could not have been any third\\nparty men in those days.\\nIt appears that as early as 1779 there might\\nhave been tax-dodgers, judging from a vote\\npassed that year, by the town, to put every man\\nunder oath when he brings in his list.\\nlu 1781 it was voted to raise, victual and pay\\none man for one month, unless sooner discharged,\\nfor scouting on the frontier. It was voted to\\ngive ten silver dollars per month, or ten bushels of\\nwheat, for the time the man remains in the service.\\nIn those days men got three shillings a day, find\\nthemselves, and oxen one and sixpence, for work\\non roads, estimating corn at three shillings per\\nbushel. The tax collector got four dollars a year\\nfor his services.\\nIn 1782 the town was divided, by vote of the\\ntown, into two classes, in order to raise the men\\nfor the Continental army, and a committee was\\nchosen for the purpose Abel Stevens, Elijah\\nGleason and Robert Scott.\\nIt appears that, in 1793, a requisition was made\\nby the State upon this town for beef, and a com-\\nmittee was chosen to procure it, Robert Scott,\\nJob Colton and Nathan Parkhurst.\\nIn 1793 the town was first divided into school\\ndistricts, aud twelve pounds was voted to maintain\\nschools in the town.\\nThe first vote cast in Grantham for President of\\nthe colony of New Hampshire and for Senators was\\nin 1784. The votes for President were: For\\nWoodbury Langdon, twenty for George Atkin-\\nson, one. In 1787 Samuel Duncan was chosen agent\\nto go to the General Court, and a committee of\\nthree was chosen to give him instructions.\\nFrom 1790 to 1804 this town was classed with\\nProtectworth (afterward called Springfield) for the\\nelection of representative to the General Court,\\nand the representative was taken, on alternate\\nyears, from each town. It appears that, after-\\nward, Grantham was classed with Cornish for the\\nsame purpose. A meeting was called to elect a\\nrepresentative for the two towns, and it was voted\\nnot to elect but, immediately thereafter, Cornish\\ncalled a meeting and elected a representative, and\\nafterward asked the town of Grantham for a share\\nof the expense. Grantham refused to pay and\\nappealed to the General Court for relief, and it\\nwas granted.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0976.jp2"}, "881": {"fulltext": "GRANTHAM.\\n173\\nAbout the year 1800 a dis|)iite arose between\\nthis town and the town of Croydon in relation to\\nthe boundary line between them, both towns\\nclaiming certain territory. After a long contro-\\nversy, the selectmen of Grantham appealed to the\\nGeneral Court for a committee to establish the\\nline. The petition was granted, but the committee\\nfailed to settle the dispute, and a second committee\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was appointed in 1 S07, who effected a settlement\\nby dividing the territory in dispute, giving each\\ntown a part of it.\\nThe first public-house kejit in town was on top\\nof the mountain in 1802, and, as lum was an in-\\ndispensable article in a hotel in those days, the\\nselectmen gave the proprietor, John Quimby, a\\nlicense to sell spirituous liquors and to entertain\\ntravelere in a public manner, as the law directs.\\nSoon after this a second house was opened, and,\\nfor several years, there were two public-houses on\\nthe mountain. After these houses were closed\\nno hotel was kept in town until about 1860, when\\none was opened in the village, which was kept\\nopen until 1877, when it was burned down and\\nhas never been rebuilt. During the War of 1812\\nthis town furnished its share of soldiers. It was\\nvoted by the town to make up, to the detached\\nmilitia, ten dollars per month, including what they\\nreceive from the government, to each private,\\nfrom the time they are called into actual service,\\nand the non-commissioned officers are to receive\\nas much from the town as the privates.\\nThe following-named persons, citizens of Grant-\\nham, served in the army during the War of 1812\\nHenry Howard, Jr. Josiah Leavitt (2d), Ezekiel\\nAlexander, John Gage, Jason Trumbull, Thomas\\nSmith. Isaac Drake and Allen Kidder, who soon\\nafterward became citizens of the town, served at\\nthe same time. These are all dead. The widows\\nof Allen Kidder and Ezekiel Alexander are yet\\nalive and are residing in this town, each more than\\nninety years of age. At the time the old State\\nmilitia of New Hampshire was in its glory, the\\ntown of Grantham took (julte an active part in\\nmilitary affairs, having had two companies of fifty\\nmen each the Rifle Company and the Light In-\\nfantry Company. The Rifle Company was nicely\\nuniformed and equipped was well discii)lined,\\nand, under its first captain and organizer. Captain\\nFrancis Howard, who was a splendid officer, was\\nconsidered the best military company in the old\\nTliirty-first Regiment. Through the influence of\\nCaptain (afterward Colonel) Howard, the regimen-\\ntal muster was held on Dunbar Hill one or two\\nyears. At that time about 1828 and for many\\nyeai-s thereafter, Dunbar Hill was the c- ntre of\\nbusiness in town, there being a store and black-\\nsmith-shop located there. Francis Howard was\\nthe store-keeper for many years. In those days\\nall store goods were brought from Boston by horse-\\nteams. Rum was sold in all the stores at that\\ntime The town had no railroad, but gave a thou-\\nsand dollars to help build the Sugar River road,\\nfrom which we are ten miles distant. The town\\nof Grantham, during the late war, did her full\\nshare toward supporting the government, for she\\nfurnished more than her quota of men for the\\narmy. She furnished sixty-four men she paid\\nliberal bounties, and, as a result, the town came\\nout in debt about twenty-five thousand dollars,\\nwhich has been gradually reduced until it is now\\nten thousand dollars.\\nBelow are the names of citizens of the town\\nwho enlisted into and served in the army\\nStephen M. Thornton.\\nJonathan Merrill.\\nAlmon G. Lowell.\\nAlbert Eastman.\\nBeri Tobiue.\\nNewton Clough.\\nDaniel Clough.-\\nDauiel C. Currier.\\nJohn S. (rault.\\nLvraaii P. Saunders.\\nBenjamin F. Kinnerson. William H. H. Cowles.\\nSamuel Currier.\\nVan Bureu Woodbury.\\nFrancis Howe.\\nFrederic H. Howe.\\nOrlando W. Corliss.\\nGeorge H. Thornton.\\nJohn G. Shedd.=\\nRoswell B. Walker.\\nLt. Lucius A. Buswell.\\nDaniel Kennedy.\\nSimeon R. Smith.\\nDavid B Frye.\\nAlbert B. Stocker.\\nOrrin A. Stocker.\\nWashington L. Howe.\\nNathan J. Hastings.\\n1 Several of these men re-enlisteJ, so that they were\\ncounted twice in making our number sixty-four.\\n2 Died in service.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0977.jp2"}, "882": {"fulltext": "174\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCharles H. Leavitt.\\nWareham Miller.\\nLt. Dudley J. Pillsbury.\\nThomas J. Morrill.\\nHorace Brown.\\nLeonard F. Shaw.\\nHubert Sleeper, M.D.\\nThomas B. Alexander.\\nAlmon O. Leavitt, M.D.\\nThere was a Methodist Cluircb in Grantham as\\nearly as the year 1800. Isaac Newell, Ezra Bus-\\nwell and Jacob Perkins were its stewards. The\\nmeetings were held in private houses or school-\\nhouses, and when these would not accommodate\\nthey were held in barns. In 1826 a meeting-house\\non Dunbar Hill, also one on the mountain, were\\ncompleted and were dedicated. Rev. Giles Camp-\\nhell preached the dedication sermon of the former,\\nand Rev. J. W. Hardy that of the latter. Reuben\\nWinter was the moving spirit in the building of\\nthe house on Dunbar Hill, and he was a liberal\\ncontributor to the support of ]ireaehing in the\\nhouse for many years The house upon the moun-\\ntain was huilt near where the road to Meriden\\ncrosses the turnpike. Upon this turnpike in those\\ndays there was much travel, six-horse stage-\\ncoaches, heavy teams, etc., this being the main\\nthoroughfare through town and ou the direct route\\nto Boston. There was a store and a hotel quite\\nnear, and a considerable population in the imme-\\ndiate vicinity. The hou.se upon the mountain was\\noccupied about twenty years, when the population\\nhad so changed as to make it necessary to move\\nthe church to North Grantham, which was done\\nin ISHri and a neat and commodious house was\\nhuilt at a cost of one thousand two hundred\\ndollars The hou.se on Dunbar Hill was occupied\\nuntil 18(30, when it was moved to the village, en-\\nlarged by the addition of a story underneath for\\na town hall. Previous to this the town had never\\nhad a town-house. This was made a very neat\\nand pleasant church, remaining, as at the begin-\\nning, a union house.\\nRev. Paul S. Adams, of Newport, preached the\\ndedication sermon and supplied the pulpit for sev-\\neral months. Elder J. W. Osborne, of the Chris-\\ntian Church, East Grantham, supplied the desk for\\nDifed in service.\\nsome time. Since 1866 the Methodist Society has\\noccupied the house most of the time. There is a\\nchurch edifice at East Grantham, built and oc-\\ncupied by the Christian Baptists. This house was\\nbuilt about 1840, and meetings were regularly held\\nin it many years, but of late it has not been used,\\nexcept occasionally. The settled pastors over this\\nchurch, wei-e Rev. Mr. Palmer, Rev. J. W. Os-\\nborne and Rev. Clark Symonds. Rev. John\\nYoung, of Sunapee, has supplied the desk for quite\\na share of the time when no minister has been set-\\ntled over the church. I append herewith the\\nnames of the preachers and the date of their pastor-\\nate with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Gran-\\ntham,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\nMay,\\n1801, to\\n1802, to\\n1803, to\\n1804, to\\n1805, to\\n1806, to\\n1807, to\\n1808, to\\n1800, to\\n1810, to\\n1811, to\\n1812, to\\n1813, to\\n1814, to\\n1815, to\\n1817, to\\n1818, to\\n1819, to\\n1820, to\\n1821, to\\n1822, to\\n1823, to\\n1825, to\\n1827, to\\n1828, to\\n1829, to\\n1830, to\\n1831, to\\n1833, to\\n1834, to\\n1836, to\\n1838, to\\nMay, 1802, Rev.\\nMay, 1803, Rev.\\nMay, 1804, Rev.\\nMay, 1805, Rev.\\nMay, 1806, Rev.\\nMay, 1807, Rev.\\nMay, 1808, Rev.\\nMay, 1809, Rev.\\nMay, 1810, Rev.\\nMay, 1811, Rev.\\nMay, 1812, Rev.\\nMay, 1813, Rev.\\nMay, 1814, Rev.\\nMay, 1815, Rev.\\nMay, 1817, Rev.\\nMay, 1818, Rev.\\nMay, 1819, Rev.\\nMay, 1820, Rev.\\nMay, 1821, Rev.\\nMay, 1822, Rev.\\nMay, 1823, Rev.\\nMay, 1825, Rev.\\nMay, 1827, Rev.\\nMay, 1828, Rev.\\nMay, 1829, Rev.\\nMay, 1830, Rev.\\nMay, 1831, Rev.\\nMay, 1833, Rev.\\nMay, 1834, Rev.\\nMay, 1836, Rev.\\nMay, 1838, Rev.\\nMay, 1841, Rev.\\nMartin Rutter.\\nOliver Real.\\nJohn Broadhead.\\nElijah Wiliard.\\nHezekiah Field.\\nCaleb Dustin.\\nWarner Bannister.\\nCaleb Dustin.\\nThomas Asbury.\\nPhilip Ayer.\\nCharles Virgin.\\nHarry Mowrey.\\nBenjamin Shaw.\\nWarren Bannister.\\nCaleb Dustin.\\nErastus Otis.\\nJon. Paine.\\nOrin Roberts.\\nJoseph Kellum.\\nEzra Kello!;.\\nV\\nHershel Foster.\\nJoseph Kellum.\\nCaleb Dustin.\\nBenjamin Paine.\\nJ. Sylvester.\\nG. Putnam.\\nJ. Hazeltine.\\nN. Ladd.\\nAmos Kidder.\\nE. A. Rice.\\nB. C. Eastman.\\nWilliam J. Kidder.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0978.jp2"}, "883": {"fulltext": "GKANTHAM.\\n175\\nMay, 1841, to May, 1842, Rev. Jessie Boyden.\\nMay, 1842, to May, 1844, Rev. B. C. Eastman.\\nMay. 1844, to May, 1846, Rev. William Moran.\\nMay, 1846, to May, 1848, Rev. Abel Heath.\\nMay, 1848, to May, 1850, Rev. Daniel Lee.\\nMay, 1850, to May, 1852, Rev. Josiah Searritt.\\nJune, 1852, to June, 1853, Rev. C. H. Lovejoy.\\nJune, 1853, to June, 1855, Rev. S. S. Dudley.\\nJune, 1855, to June, 1857, Rev. G. P. Warner.\\nJune, 1857, to June, 1859, Rev. 0. W. Watkins.\\nJune, 1859, to May, 1860, Rev. L. H. Gordon.\\nMay, 1860, to April, 1865, Rev. Richard Newhall.\\nMay, 1865, to April, 186G, Rev. D. W. Barber.\\nMay, 1866, to April, 1868, Rev. Hugh Montgomery.\\nMay, 1868, to April, 1869, Rev. Silas Quimby.\\nMay, 1869, to April, 1872, Rev. B. P. Spaulding.\\nMay, 1872, to April, 1873, Rev. G. A. Tyrell.\\nMay, 1878, to April, 1875, Rev. Noble Fisk.\\nMay, 1875, to April, 1877, Rev. B. P. Spaulding.\\nMay, 1877, to April, 1879, Rev. G. S. Wentworth.\\nMay, 1879, to April, 1881, Rev. Thomas Winsor.\\nMay, 1881, to April, 1883, Rev. J. Wesley Bean.\\nM.ay, 1883, to April, 1885, Rev. G. H. Hardy.\\nAt the church at the village,\\n1866 to 1868, Rev. Hugh Montgomery.\\n1868 to 1870, Rev. Silas Quimby.\\n1870 to 1872, Rev. W. H. Eastman.\\n1872 to 1873, Rev. G. A. Tyrell.\\n1873 to 1875, Rev. W. H. Eastman.\\n1875 to 1876, Rev. Noble Fi.sk.\\n1876 to 1878, Rev. W. W. Le Seur.\\n1878 to 1880, Rev. F. M. Pickles.\\n1880 to 1881, Rev. Thomas Winsor.\\n1881 to 1883, Rev. J. W. Bean.\\n1883 to 1885, Rev. G. H. Hardy.\\nThe following list coutaius the names of all the\\nmen who have represented the town in the General\\nCourt of New Hampshire\\nSamuel Duncan, 1787.\\nNathan Young, 1788.\\nSamuel Duncan, 1789-92.\\nJoab Young, 1794.\\nR. Duncan, 1796-1800.\\nIsaac Clement, 1804.\\nEzraBuswell, 1805-6.\\nJames Smith, 1807-13, in-\\nclusive.\\nEzra Buswell, 1814-15.\\nJames Smith, 1816.\\nEzra Buswell, 1817.\\nJames Smith, 1818.\\nUzziel Haywood, 1819.\\nJames Smith, 1820.\\nUzziel Haywood, 1821.\\nCharles Gleasou, 1822-23.\\nUzziel Haywood, 1824.\\nJames Smith, 1825.\\nJohn Gove, 1826-27.\\nAbiel Howard, 1828-29.\\nCharles Gleasou, 1830.\\nJohn Gove, 1831.\\nAmasa Hall, 1832.\\nJohn Gove, 1833.\\nAra.a.sa Hall, 1834, 5, 6.\\nOliver B. Buswell, 1837-\\n38.\\nSamuel Bean, 1839-40.\\nSamuel C. Moulton, 1841\\n-42.\\nWilliam C. Smith, 1843-\\n44.\\nJonathan Brown, 1845-\\n46.\\nNicholas Shaw, 1847-48.\\nArden Hay ward, 1849-50.\\nCyrus Smith, 1851-52.\\nReuben Winter, 1853.\\nJonathan Leavitt, 1854^\\n55.\\nGeorge W.Smith, 1856.\\nJohn Frye, 1858.\\nJohn Leavitt, 1859.\\nAdolphus Hall, 1860-61.\\nWilliam Stocker, 1862-63.\\nJos. P. Fowler, 1864-65.\\nJohn Clarke, 1866-67.\\nWm.H.Eastman, 1868-69.\\nBenj. F. Goss, 1870-71.\\nAaron L. Brown, 1872-73.\\nLorenzo D. Dunbar, 1874\\n-75.\\nEdwin G. Eastman. 1876.\\nThos. B.Alexander, 1877.\\nJoshua D.Hemphill, 1878\\n-79.\\nJoseph Hastings, 1880.\\nAlbina H. Powers (bien-\\nnial,) 1881-82.\\nRufus Hall, (biennial)\\n1883-84.\\nWilliam H. Miller, (bien-\\nnial), 1885.\\nJohn Leavitt, 1857.\\nSENATORS.\\nSamuel C. Moulton, 1845-46.\\nHon. Oliver B. Buswell, 1854-55.\\nHon. John P. Chellis, 1857-58.\\nThis town has furnished two State Senators, viz.,\\nHon. Oliver B. Buswell and Hon. John P. Chellis,\\nboth now living and a former citizen of the town\\nwas at one time in the Minnesota Senate F. J.\\nStevens, now of South Framingham, Mass., is the\\ngentleman. The town has furnished three county\\ntreasurers; viz., Samuel C. Moulton Adolphus Hall\\nand William C.Stroker; the last-named, however, at\\nthe time of his election was living in Sunapee.\\nIt has furnishod also one high sheriff, Jolin\\nP. Chellis, while W. H. H. Cowles, who was\\na high sheriff of the county, had previously\\nbeen a citizen of the town two county com-\\nmissioners, viz., Adolphus Hall and Horace\\nF. Goss. The present solicitor of Rockingham\\nCounty, Edwin G. Eastman, is a native of the\\ntown. The present register of deeds of Sullivan\\nCounty is a native of Grantham. A. H. Powers,\\nrecently of the Board of Fish Commissioners of the\\nState, is a citizen of the town. Leander F. Dodge", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0979.jp2"}, "884": {"fulltext": "176\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\npresident of the Citizens National Bank, of Newport,\\nN. H., was born here and resided here until 1868.\\nAlmo O. Leavitt was a surgeon in the U. S. Navy\\nduring last war. Hubert Sleeper was a surgeon in\\nthe Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment, and was\\ntaken prisoner. Only three of the natives of this town\\nhave adopted the law as a profession, viz., Hiram L.\\nSleeper, George Davis, and Edwin G. Eastman. Ten\\nhave chosen the medical profession. No physician\\never settled in town until Dr. Sleeper came here\\nabout 1860. The people of the town being noted for\\ntheir sobriety and law-abiding character, no lawyer\\never deemed it wise to locate in the town until\\n1882, when one came but stayed only a few weeks,\\nleft, and has not been heard of in these parts\\nsince.\\nBut very little manufacturing of any kind has\\nbeen done in town, for the reason that the water-\\npower has never been developed, so as to make it\\naccessible and permanent. There are many ponds\\nin town, and with a comparatively small outlay of\\nmoney, could he made a permanent water supply,\\nsufficient for much business. There was at one\\ntime, and for many years, a tannery on the road\\nfrom North Grantham to the mountain, occupied\\nby the Clements and their successors. Later,\\nabout 1860, there was a hame manufactory at the\\nvillage, owned by L. F. Dodge and W. H. H.\\nCowles; this afterwards went to Sunapee. Saw-\\nmills have been very numerous, and immense\\nquantities of lumber have been cut and drawn\\nfrom town. Much of the soil of the town is good,\\nbut in parts rough and uneven. There is a very\\npretty little village, containing school-house, grist\\nand saw-mill, two blacksmith-ships, three stores,\\nbeside a drugstore, church and town-house.\\nPopulation of the town at different periods has\\nbeen as follows 1775, 74 1790, .333 1800, 713;\\n1810,864; 1820,1032; 1830, 1079; 1840,1036;\\n1850, 784 1860, 649 1870, 608; 1880, 540.\\nSuiciDE.s IN Town. Joseph Eastman, drowned\\nhimself in Eastman Pond in 1812.\\nThe wife of Dvaid Stockwell committed suicide,\\n1817.\\nMarch 13, 1865, Nathaniel Fisher cut his\\nthroat.\\nAccidental Deaths in Town. About the\\nyear 1791 two men by the name of Anderson\\nwere drowned in Anderson Pond, \u00e2\u0080\u0094so called after\\nthis occurrence.\\nIn 1809 a Mr. Miller was drowned in Miller\\nPond.\\nIn 1817 two sons (Bera and Jesse) of Jesse\\nMarsh were drowned in the village mill-pond.\\nIn 1848 a son of Hollis Husey was drowned in\\nthe same pond.\\nAbout the year 1860 a man by the name of\\nHeath was killed by a log rolling upon him.\\nIn April, 1863, Eugene Brown, a son of Na-\\nthaniel Brown, was killed by being thrown from\\na horse.\\nOctober 22, 1867, Lieutenant Lucius A. Bus-\\nwell was fatally injured in a saw-mill in the town\\nof Sunapee.\\nIn 1863 a son of Jonathan B. Hastings was\\nfatally scalded.\\nAugust 26, 1(S72, Wilmer Leavitt was drowned\\nin Stocker Pond.\\nJanuary 19, 1874, Edwin Sargent, first select-\\nman of the town at the time, was killed by being\\nrun over by a sled.\\nAjjril 13, 1874, James W. Nelson was found\\ndead, having perished from cold while returning\\nfiom the village the night before.\\nOctober 15, 1874, Mrs. Lovina West was fatally\\ninjured by being thrown from a carriage.\\nApril 9, 1880, Lucy Green was found dead in\\nbed.\\nSeptember 9, 1880, Sanborn Brown died in\\nconsequence of being thrown from a carriage.\\nFebruary 26, 1881, Joseph C. Burpee fell from\\na loft in his barn, and was fatally injured.\\nApril, 1882, Charles Wallace, son of William\\nWallace, was fatally scalded.\\nOctober 15, 1884, George, son of George E.\\nHatch, was killed by the falling of a cart body\\nupon him.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0980.jp2"}, "885": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0981.jp2"}, "886": {"fulltext": "^.^\u00e2\u0082\u00acyyiJccnmAy)Z^ c\u00e2\u0080\u0094Jr", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0982.jp2"}, "887": {"fulltext": "GRANTHAM.\\n177\\nBENJAMIN FRANKLIN G08S.\\nBenjamin F. Goss was born August 13, 1811,\\nin that part of Springfield, N. H., now Grantham.\\nThe first known of the Goss family in America\\nis that they were among the early settlers in the\\nold Rye and Greenland colonies (so called). From\\nthere, as the tide of emigration set westward, their\\ndescendants emigrated from time to time until\\nnow the name, though not a common one, is found\\nwidely scattered throughout the States.\\nJoseph Goss, the grandfather of Benjamin F.,\\nresided in Pittsfield, N. H., duriug the latter part\\nof the last century. He was born April 5, 1758,\\nand died in May, 1811. lie twice married, first,\\nto Keziah Meades their children were AVilliam,\\nDeboiah, Betsey, Joseph, Robert, Molly, Lydia\\nand Nathan. His second wife was Molly Towles\\ntheir children were Miriam, Delia, Huldah,\\nHannah, Jonathan, David and Daniel. His\\nwill bears date 1809\\nJoseph Goss, Jr., the father of Benjamin F.,\\nwas born in Pittsfield February 6, 1786. When\\nhe was a young man his father purchased a tract\\nof laud in Springfield, N. H., then comparatively\\na w ilderuess, and gave it to him. The deed to one\\nhundred acres bears date 1803, and is from John\\nWendall, of Portsmouth, to John Goss, of Spring-\\nfield. He came from Pittsfield on horseback, with\\nthe usual equipment of a frontiersman trap, gun,\\nkettle, etc. strapped on behind him. He was then\\nabout nineteen years of age he used to spend the\\nsummer mouths in Springfield clearing land and\\npreparing a home for himself, and in winter return\\nto his father s house, in Pittsfield.\\nSeptember 10, 1810, he married Mary Judkins,\\nand from that time made his permanent home in\\nSpringfield. He was a feir representative of the\\npioneer yeomanry of the land, hardy, energetic,\\ncourageous and hopeful, and was, for those days, a\\nsuccessful man, and died possessed of a considera-\\nble property. In addition to his farming, he\\nfollowed coopering, at which he did a good deal\\nduriug the latter years of his life.\\nIn politics he was a Democrat until the organi-\\nzation of the Republican party, when he became\\na Republican and so continued till his death.\\nBeing an uneducated man, he never sought\\nofiice, although he was at one time selectman of\\nhis town, and held at other times various minor\\noffices. He was for more than thirty years deacon\\nof the Christian Church, and was a man much\\nrespected in the town.\\nHis children were Benjamin F. (subject of illus-\\ntration) Joseph H., born May 21, 1819 Lewis H.,\\nborn April 2, 1827. Mrs. Goss died January 11,\\n1832 he died November 21, 1866.\\nBenjamin F. Goss was brought up on the farm\\nand also worked at coopering with his father. He\\nlearned carpentering and joining, and when about\\ntwenty-four years old spent one year in Charles-\\ntown, Mass., working at brick-making. This occu-\\npation, however, did not prove congenial to his\\ntastes, and he returned to his native town, pur-\\nchased a tract of land adjoining his father s farm,\\non which he erected a saw-mill, and later on a\\nresidence. This was in 1838. In 1841 he sold\\nthe mill, and turned his attention to farming in\\nthe summer and coopering in the winter months,\\nand in the mean time did something at lumbering.\\nMr. Goss has done more or less at coopering, and\\nquite an extensive business at farming to the\\npresent time. About April, 1849, he exchanged\\nfarms with his father, and Benjamin F. built a\\nlarge barn at the old homestead, and conducted\\nthe farm about five years, when the old gentleman\\nsold the farm to his son Harrison, and Benjamin\\nF. returned to his own place, his father removing\\nto an adjoining farm which he had previously pur-\\nchased.\\nIn March, 1864, Mr. Goss sold his home place,\\nand moved to Ryder s Corner, Croydon, where\\nhe resided two yeai-s he then purchased a farm iu\\nGrantham, on which he lived till his father s death,\\nwhich occurred soon after. He then purchased\\nthe interests of the other heirs to the place on which\\nhis father died, removed there and has since made\\nthis his home.\\nMr. Goss was selectman of the town three years,\\nand collector one year, when the territory now", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0983.jp2"}, "888": {"fulltext": "178\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncomprising Grantham was a part of Springfield.\\nHe was one of the first Board of Selectmen when\\nthe new town of Grantham was organized, and the\\nfollowing year was chosen chairman of the board.\\nHe then moved out of town. Upon his return to\\nGrantham he was made selectman in 186(S, 1869,\\n1870, 1871, 1872 and 1873, and was also town\\ntreasurer all these years. He then positively re-\\nfused a re-election, and has since devoted himself\\nexclusively to his private business. Prior to this,\\nhowever, he twice represented the town in the\\nState Legislature (1870-71), and was justice of\\nthe peace four years. He was executor of the\\nwills of both his father and mother.\\nHe is a Republican in politics, and an attendant\\nof the Christian Church. He has been an indus-\\ntrious and enterprising, and, where his judgment\\napproved, a liberal man, helping forward every-\\nthing which he deemed calculated to advance the\\ninterests or elevate the morals of the community.\\nHe married, March 4, 1831, Eliza, daughter of\\nZaccheus and Judith Pettengill, of Enfield. Her\\nfather died when she was but four years old, and\\nMrs. Goss spent most of her childhood and youth\\namongst strangers. When Mr. Pettengill died,\\nthe widow was left with six children to care for,\\nthe eldest a girl of twelve years, the youngest an\\ninfant of six months the latter she kept with her,\\nbut for the rest she was compelled to find homes\\namong strangers. She was a Sanborn before\\nmarriage, and a native of Deerfield, N. H.\\nilrs. Goss is a sprightly, cheerful and intelligent\\nlady, and remarkably well preserved for one of\\nher age. She was born October 26, 1807.\\nThey have had but two children Horace F.,\\nborn March 24, 1832, and Mary J., burn October\\n22, 1838. She married David E. Ryder, of\\nCroydon they have one child, a daughter, Meora\\nE., born July 15, 1865. Horace F. married\\nAlmira J., daughter of Thomas and Fanny East\\nman, of Springfield, May 15, 1858. They have\\nthree children Fannie E., Mary E. and Adelbert\\nW. the latter is now (1885) in a store in Chicago.\\nFannie E., the oldest daughter married Kirk D.\\nSmith, of Grantham.\\nHorace has twice represented the town of\\nSpringfield in the Legislature has been president\\nof the Board of Selectmen several years, and county\\ncommissioner ten years. He was educated at\\nKimball Union Academy, at Mei-iden. His\\nsister attended Union Academy, at Meriden,\\nProctor s Academy, at Andover, and Colby\\nAcademy, at New London. Both brother and\\nsister have taught school several terms.\\nHorace F. spent several years of his life in\\nSpringfield, but now resides in the village of\\nGrantham. He has been very successful in\\nbusiness, and is an influential, useful and re-spected\\ncitizen.\\nEUFUS HALL.\\nThe emigrant ancestor of Rufus Hall was\\nEdward Hall (1), who was in America as early as\\n1636, at Duxborough, Mass. After residing at\\nseveral places in Eastern Massachusetts, he finally\\nsettled at Rehoboth, Mass., in 1655, where he was\\nnumber forty-one out of forty-nine persons who\\ndrew lots for meadow lands in the north part i)f\\nthe town. His wife was named Esther or Hester.\\nThey had eight children, of whom Benjamin (2)\\nwas the youngest. He was born in Rehoboth\\nAugust 7, 1668; married Sarah Fisher, of Wrent-\\nham, by whom he had eight children. He died\\nin Wrentham August 26, 1726. His third child\\nwas Edward (3), born March 1698 he married,\\nFebruary 7, 1721, Hannah, daughter of Eleazer\\nFisher, of Wrentham. He was a sergeant, ensign\\nand lieutenant, commissioned by the crown, and\\nwas in the colonial service. He removed to Ux-\\nbridge, 1740, where he purchased two hundred\\nacres of land for two thousand pounds. He died\\nbetween November, 1764 and 1765. Of his\\nseven children, Edward (4) was second, born July\\n18, 1727, in Wrentham married, 1748, Lydia,\\ndaughter of John and Sarah (Taft) Brown. They\\nhad a family of ten children, all of whom were\\nborn in Uxbridge. Four of his sons served in the\\nContinental army. He, himself, was a Royalist\\nfrom principle, was commissioned by the crown,\\nand was a lieutenant in the colonial service.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0984.jp2"}, "889": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0985.jp2"}, "890": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0986.jp2"}, "891": {"fulltext": "GRANTHAM.\\n179\\nAbout, or shortly prior to 1774 he removed to\\nCroydon, N. H., with his ten children and a\\nniece, Elizabeth Hall. Here he was frequently\\nchosen to town offices, being constable, collector,\\nmoderator, and, in 1784,1785 and 1786, selectman\\nof the town. He died in Croydon December 28,\\n1807, aged nearly eighty. Abijah (5) was the\\nthird child of Edward Hall, and was born June\\n7, 1754, and met death by drowning August 19,\\n1812. He married, first, about 1780, Sarah Read\\n(or Reed) she died 1791. He married, second,\\nAugust 12, 1792, Mary Read, of Northbridge,\\nwho survived him. He had the numerous family\\nof seventeen children. He held the rank of\\ncaptain, and was constable, collector, selectman,\\netc., of his town.\\nAmasa (6), the sixth child, was born February,\\n1789 married, February 26, 1811, Rebecca L.\\nMelendy. They had butthree children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus,\\nRufus and Sally Read. Captain Amasa Hall was\\none of the most prominent men of his town. He\\nserved in the War of 18 1 2-1 5 represented Croydon\\nin the Legislature in 1824 and 1825 removed to\\nGrantham, N. H., in 1829, where he served as se-\\nlectman eight years represented Grantham in the\\nGeneral Court in 1832, .34, 35, 36, and was\\nroad commissioner for Sullivan County in 1841,\\nand was a director of the First National Bank of\\nNewport from its organization to the time\\nof his death. As a business man he was very\\npushing and energetic and was more than ordi-\\nnarily successful for those times. He farmed quite\\nextensively, traded in cattle, loaned money, and\\nin various ways added to his possessions, and at\\nhis death left a large property. He died in Grant\\nham August 22, 1869.\\nAdolphus Hall (7) was born in Croydon, N.H.,\\nDecember 7, 1811. He removed to Grantham\\nwith his father in 1829, where he married, June 1,\\n1836, Sally Leavitt. Like his father, he was a\\nsuccessful and enterprising business man and a\\nleader in all the public afl^airs of the town. He\\nwas selectman of Grantham from 1859 to 1862,\\nand represented the town in the critical period of\\n1860 and 1861, when the tocsin of war had\\nsounded and each State gathered together her\\nwisest men for council. He was treasurer of Sul-\\nlivan County in 1865 and 1866, and was county\\ncommissioner and selectman of his town for the\\nthree years preceding his death, and was an in-\\ncumbent of both offices at the time of his decease,\\nOctober 12, 1876. He was a farmer, trader and\\nlumber-dealer, and, for two years prior to his death,\\nowned, in partnership with his son, and operated a\\nsaw and grist-mill in the village of Grantham.\\nHe had but two children, Rufus and Elvira. He\\nwas a stanch Republican in politics, and an\\nearnest, aggressive, active man in whatever he\\nundertook.\\nRufus Hall (8) was born in Grantham, N. H.,\\nMarch 18, 1844. His boyhood and youth were\\nspent in the employments usual to the sons of well-\\nto-do and industrious New England farmers, and,\\nas his father was also a merchant in a country\\nvillage, remote from railroad facilities, considera-\\nble teaming was necessary to transport the goods\\nto the store, and the country produce that was\\ntaken in exchange had to be conveyed to the rail-\\nroad. Rufus did much of this teaming, and, at\\nintervals, was emjjloyed behind the counter in his\\nfather s store. In these various ways his time was\\nemployed until his majority, when he purchpsed\\nhis father s interest in the store, and, in company\\nwith Lorenzo Dunbar, who had purchased the in-\\nterest of the other partner, Mr. Dodge, he began\\nmerchandising. This partnership continued about\\nsix years, when he sold his interest in the store to\\nMr. Dunbar, and for the four succeeding years de-\\nvoted himself exclusively to farming. All the\\ntime he had been conducting the store he had also\\nbeen interested in the farm.\\nIn 1874 he, in company with his father, came\\ninto possession of a saw and grist-mill in Grautham,\\nand they together operated this till his father s\\ndeath, two years later. They were engaged quite\\nextensively in milling and lumbering. Upon his\\nfather s decease he sold the mill and returned to\\nfarming. In 1882 he, in company with Chester\\nWalker, purchased the store of G. W. Dunbar in\\nCroydon, and very soon after purchased Walker s", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0987.jp2"}, "892": {"fulltext": "180\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ninterest, and from that time to the present has con-\\nducted the business ahine. His residence is still in\\nGrantham, while his place of business is Croydon.\\nMr. Hall has held and faithfully discharged the\\nduties of many positions of office and trust in his\\ntown. He was elected town clerk of Grantham in\\n1869, and, with an interim of two or three years,\\nhas held the position continuously since.\\nIn 1882 he represented Grantham in the State\\nLegislature. He holds a directorship in the First\\nNational Bank of Newport, of which his grand-\\nfather was so long a valued officer. In politics he\\nhas not deserted the faith of his fathers, but is an\\nardentRepublican. He married, January 12, 1868,\\nFranciua D. Smith of Springfield. They have four\\nchildren, Leon A., born June 4, 1869; Villa E.,\\nborn August 17, 1874 Earl R born May 10,\\n1876; and Ralph A., born August 22, 1879.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0988.jp2"}, "893": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF LANGDON.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe town of Langdon lies in the southwestern\\npart of Sullivan County, and is bounded as follows\\nNorth, by Charlestown east, by Alstead and Ac-\\nworth south, by Walpole and Alstead west, by\\nCharlestown.\\nThe town was formed from territory taken from\\nthe towns of Charlestown and Walpole, and incor-\\nporated January 11, 1787. It was named in honor\\nof Hon. John Langdon, at that time Speaker of\\nthe House of Representatives.\\nSettlements were made on territory now in this\\ntown by Seth Walker in 1773, and by Nathaniel\\nRice and Jonathan Willard the year following.\\nRev. Abner Kneeland, who was ordained over a\\nUniversalist Church here in 1805, was one of the\\nleading men in that denomination in New Eng-\\nland for some years, and published a periodical de-\\nvoted to his peculiar tenets, called the Boston\\nInvestigator. In 1795 the town might have been\\nextended to Connecticut River, but it refused, by\\nvote, to accept the proffered addition.\\nThe following is a petition for authority to tax\\nnon-residents, 1879\\nState of New Hampshire May 27 1789\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTo the Hon Senate and house of Representatives\\nConveined at Concord June 4 1789\\nThe petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of\\nLangdon Humbly Sheweth\\nThat your petitioners are few in number and\\ninhabit a new Town or District of land a con-\\nsiderable part of which Is owned by nonresident\\nproprietors and that they are not able to make\\nthe necessary public Roads and Bridges and in\\nparticularly a Bridge over Cold River so called\\nwhich is very Rapid and in the Spring and Fall\\nat high water is not passable and the Expence of\\nbuild the Bridge and making said roads exceeds\\nthe ability of your petitioners They therefore\\nmost Humbly pray your Honors to Impower them\\nto Leavy a Tax of one penny on each acre of\\nthe non resident proprietors Land in said town\\nfor the purposes aforesaid or grant your petitioners\\nsuch other Relief as you in your Wisdom sh.all\\nthink Propper and your Petitioners as in Duty\\nBound Shall ever pray\\nJohn Prouty I ie/ect Men for and In he-\\nEzra Read V half of the Inhohitants\\nJeremiah Howard J of the Town of Langdon\\nLangdon May 27 1789\\nThe Committee on the within petition Report a\\nTax of one penny be laid on each Acre of Land\\nin said Town for one Year they have leave\\nto bring in a Bill accordingly\\nNat Rogers for the Com\\nIn House of Representatives, June 11, 1789, the\\nreport was adopted. Senate concurred.\\nPetition for Special Tax to build a Meeting- House,\\n1793.\\nTo the Honourable General Court of the State\\nof New Hampshire to be holden at Concord\\non first Wednesday of June Next\\nThe petition of the Select men of Langdon\\nHumbly Sheweth that whereas the Inhabitants\\nof said town are aboute to Build a meeting\\nHouse for the better Conveannance of meeting\\nfor publick worship c as soon as thay think\\nthem Selves in a Sittuation to accomplish it and\\nConsidering that there is in said town Considerable\\nLand of Non-residents which by building said\\nmeeting house will be likely to be more Value-\\n181", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0989.jp2"}, "894": {"fulltext": "182\\nHISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nable, these are therefore to pray your Houuours\\nto Grant Liberty for said town to Tax said Lands\\ntwo pence on Each acre which money to be laid\\nout toward said building whenever said town shall\\nsee fit to build said house or otherways Do as\\nyour Honours in your wisdom think best and your\\nPetitioners as in Duty bound will Ever Pray\\nJames Egeeton Select men\\nSam Peouty of\\nJohn Pkentiss J Langdon\\nLangdon May 27 1793\\nVote of Town relative to extending its North Line,\\n1795.\\nAt a Legal Town meetin in Langdon the\\nthird Day of march 1795 the following Vote was\\ntaken for extending Langdon North Line to the\\nRiver Connecticut thare appeared to be thirty\\nthree Votes for extending said Line to said River\\nand thirty against Extending said Line to said\\nRiver at A Legal town meeting in Langdon May\\nll 1795, Called at the Requst of a Number of\\nFree Holders to know the mind of the Town if\\nthay Will have Langdon North Line Extend to\\nthe River Connecticut acording to the Vote Re-\\ncorded at our Last annual meeting or Not thare\\nappeared to be thirty seven Votes Not to Extend-\\ning said Line to s* River and twenty three Votes\\nfor extending said Line to said River\\nA Trew Coppey Record\\nattest James Egerton Town Clark\\nLangdon May 13 1795\\nThe town of Charlestown had giveu its consent\\nto the annexation of that portion of its territory\\nlying between Langdon and Connecticut River to\\nthe latter town, and the inhabitants residing there-\\non petitioned as follows to be thus annexed. Had\\nthis project succeeded, both towns would have been\\nmore symmetrical, and Langdon would have had\\na river front and a railroad within its borders.\\nPetition in favor of Annexing Part of Charlestown\\nto Langdon.\\nTo the Honorable the General Court of the\\nState of New Hampshire to meet at Hanover\\nthe first Wednesday of June next\\nWe the Inhabitants of that part of the Town\\nof Charlestown which lies between the west Line\\nof the Town of Langdon and Connecticut River,\\nHumbly Shew, that the Town of Charlestown, and\\nthe Town of Langdon having voted that the north\\nLine of Langdon be extended to Connecticut\\nRiver, your Petitioners Therefore Humbly pray\\nthat said north Line of Langdon may be extended\\nwestwardly to said river, and that all the Lands\\nand Inhabitants of that part of Charlestown\\nwhich lies west of Langdon west Line may be\\nannexed to the Town of Langdon, and your peti-\\ntioners as in duty bound shall ever pray\\nCharlestown May 27 1795.\\nPeter Bellows Jr Rufus Guild\\nAsahel Hunt W Drown\\nAsahel C. Porter Samuel Guild\\nM. W. Hastings Samuel Bellows\\nElisha Putnam John Hodgkin\\nPeter Bellows\\nBut Langdon subsequently voted against the\\nannexation, and the project failed.\\nCongregational Church. This church was\\norganized in 1792 in a room in a grist-mill owned\\nby Obediah Kingsbury, a short distance northward\\nof the middle of the town. Among the early min-\\nisters were Revs. Lazel, Hartwell, Spaulding and\\nTaft.\\nApril 20, 1803, the town voted to raise one\\nhundred dollars for preaching, and that one-half\\nbe laid out for the Congregational order and the\\nother half for the Universalist order.\\nOctober 30, 1805, Rev. Abner Kneeland was set-\\ntled as pastor, and remained until 1811. In 1810 he\\nwas chosen representative to the General Court.\\nThe last money voted by the town for preaching\\nwas in 1819\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one hundred and fifty dollars.\\nIn 1820 Rev. Ezekiel Rich was here as mission-\\nary, and the church was reorganized. From 1820\\nto the fall of 1834 there was no preaching. In\\n1834 Mr. Nelson Barbour, a student at Audover\\nTheological Seminary, preached here; in 1835,\\nRev. S. Rogers. In this year a Union Church\\nwas formed with residents of Paper-Mill village\\nand Drewsville, called the Union Congregational\\nChurch, and in 1838 services were held alternately\\nat each of these two places. In 1839 Rev. John", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0990.jp2"}, "895": {"fulltext": "LANGDON\\n183\\nWood came here as pastor. A writer in the work\\nentitled New Hampshire Churches, published in\\n1856, thus refers to Laogdon in 1839,\\nThe Sabbath was desecrated by hunting, fishing,\\nand riding rum drinking general the only store-\\nkeeper in the town stated in a public meeting that\\nfor twelve years he had sold but a little short of\\none thousand dollars worth of ardent spirits each\\nyear, and though some that he sold was carried out of\\ntown, yet he did not doubt but that enough had been\\nbrought into the town, to more than counterbalance\\nwhat had been carried out, and this in a town of less\\nthan 700 inhabitants. The store was open on the\\nSabbath, and the minister, as he stood in the pulpit in\\nthe old meeting-house, could see carried away from\\nthere, jugs, scythes, codfish and other articles of mer-\\nchandise. This view, togetlier with tlie sliouting of\\nthe boys and young men as they entered the galleries\\nof the old church and seated themselves with their\\nhats on, with Abner Kneeland s paper as an instru-\\nment and disturbance, their often distorted faces\\nand loud whisperings of approbation or disapproba-\\ntion of the truths he (Rev. John Wood) uttered, led\\nhim to feel that he had not exactly found the valley\\nof the prophet Ezekiel s vision, but the land of stern-\\nest missionary necessities. A neighboring minister\\nexchanged with him one Sablsath and was greatly\\nannoyed by the improper conduct of thr young people,\\nand upon meeting Mr. Wood on the following morn-\\ning said, How is it possible that you stay in Lang-\\ndon? I would not stay there for one thousand dollars\\na year. This same writer states that on the following\\nSabbath, just as Mr. Wood was speaking his text, a\\nyoung man came and rapjjed very liard with his fist\\nupon the front-door, opened it, made a low bow, and\\nsauntered to a seal, evidently expecting to witness a\\ngeneral smile.\\nIn 1839 the meetings of this church were held\\nin Langdon, and February 11, 1840, the name\\nwas changed to the First Evangelical Congrega-\\ntional Church of Christ in Langdon.\\nThe first house of worship was dedicated Octo-\\nber 29, 1842. Rev. Mr. Wood remained until Jan-\\nuary, 1819. Other clergymen have been Revs. N.\\nBarbour, Edwin Jennison, S. R. Arms.\\nRev. C. Taylor closed his labors with February,\\n1856. Rev. E. Jennison, March 12, 1856, to\\nMarch 8, 1857. For the greater part of the year\\n1857 the pulpit was supplied by Rev. S. R. Arms,\\nof Springfield, Vt. Rev. J. L. Arms, from March\\n11, 1858, to 1st of November, 1859. Andrew\\nJaquith then supplied and was ordained April\\n25, 1860, and preached here until August 27,\\n1864, when death removed him. Six Sabbaths\\nwere then supplied by as many different ministers,\\nwhen Rev. Mr. Field preached three months, Rev.\\nJob Cushman three months, Rev. Mr. Fisk, of\\nFisherville, N. H., two Sabbaths, when Rev.\\nMoses Gerould became pastor, moving here No-\\nvember 23, 1865, and preached until April 25,\\n1869. July, August, September of 1869 a\\nstudent from Andover Seminary, a Mr. Sprowls\\npreached. In November, 1869 Clem A. Wilson,\\na Baptist, commenced and preached sixteen\\nSundays. William H. Cobb, a student of\\nPrinceton, (N. J.) Theological Seminary, held\\nservices for sixteen weeks, commencing the second\\nSabbath in May, 1870. Seth Hinkley, of the\\nChristian denomination, then followed from May,\\n1871, to November, 1872. Rev. George F.\\nChapin commenced April 1, 1873, and continued\\nuntil April 1,1884. In thesummer of 1884, Prof.\\nSolon Albee held services from the middle of May\\nuntil July, when J. M. Bufliim was employed and\\nheld services until December. No services were\\nheld until May, 1885, when Rev. G. H. French\\ncommenced his labors and still continues.\\nLangdon and Alstead Universalist So-\\ncieties. Perhaps we can in no better way com-\\nmence this brief article than by quoting a few ex-\\ntracts from an early history on Universalism.\\nAfter speaking of Thomas Fessenden, who was\\npastor at Walpole from 1767 to 1813, as being a\\nUniversalist though over the orthodox society\\nthe historian says: Rev. Jacob Mann, ordained\\nand settled at Alstead in 1782, was dismissed\\nMay, 1789, in consequence of his erroneous and\\nunsettled sentiments, he having embraced Univer-\\nsalism. His successor, Samuel Mead, ordained\\nand settled in 1791, was dismissed, in 1797, on\\nBy M. Addie Morse.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0991.jp2"}, "896": {"fulltext": "184\\nHISTORY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\naccount of his unsettled doctrinal views, he having\\nbecome a Universalist, publishing in 1796, a pam-\\nphlet entitled, A /aithiul hint on the final reduc-\\ntion and restoration of sinners.\\nWe find this reference to Langdon Rev. Mr.\\nTaft also became a Universalist.\\nThese items indicate the beginnings of the Uni-\\nversalist sentiment in these towns which ended in\\nthe organized societies.\\nBy consulting the only record that we have\\nbeen able to secure, we find that as early as March\\n14, 1791, the first jjublic meeting relative to a\\nbelief in Universalism was called at the house of\\nSeth Walker, in Langdon, where a constitution\\nwas framed and adopted by thirty-four heads of\\nfamilies. Among the articles recorded at this\\nmeeting we read: Agreed, if any (me of our\\nsociety should be oppressed or obliged to defend\\nhimself by law, on account of his religious senti-\\nments, that we will each one of us bear a part\\naccording to his ability. From this time forth\\nmeetings were held, many baptized, and the\\nLord s Supper observed. Among the ministers\\nthat from time to time labored with them we find\\nRev. Thomas Fessenden, Revs. Samuel Mead and\\nAbuer Keeland. The latter was ordained as the\\nfirst pastor of the Langdon Church and society,\\nDecember 10, 1805, remaining until September 22,\\n1810, at which time he preached his farewell\\nsermon. Rev. Robert Bartlett was next settled\\nover the society, remaining many years, preaching\\nalso one-third of the time at Alstead.\\nMarch 5, 1821 the Langdon society, through a\\ncommittee, agreed to receive the Alstead society\\nas brethren in the faith, although it was not until\\nOctober, 1839, that a constitution was adopted\\nuniting the two societies, and since known as the\\nUnion Universalist Society of Langdon and Al-\\nstead. In 1828 we find Rev. William Skinner\\nsettled here. After him. Rev. Mr. Randolph, who\\nfirst resided in Langdon, and afterward at Alstead,\\nsevering his connection with the church in 1843.\\nIn September, 1844, the new church edifice at\\nAlstead was dedicated. Rev. Joseph Barber being\\nselected as pastor, preaching one-quarter part of\\nthe time in Langdon, which custom has con-\\ntinued until the present time.\\nFather Barber, as he is now reverently styled\\nthroughout the denomination, labored with this\\nsociety for eleven years, and the old and the\\nmiddle-aged here testify to the good accomplished\\nby him during his pastorate. He resigned in\\n1853. At this time the society was the largest\\nUniversalist denomination, with one exception, in\\nthe State. Perhaps it will not be ami s to say\\nhere, that in 1877, Father Barker, having closed\\nhis labors as a pastor, at the ripe age of seventy-\\nsix, returned to make Alstead his home. Here he\\nlived for the remaining five years of life, beloved\\nand respected by all parties and all denominations,\\nand here he calmly and peacefully sank to his\\nfinal sleep, and here his body was lain, among the\\npeople he loved and by whom he was admired.\\nIn 1857 Rev. Edwin Davis was settled. After\\nhim Rev. Judson Fisher, who remained five years,\\nclosing his pastorate in 1866.\\nRev. O. D. Miller next labored a number of\\nmonths. Then Rev. Ephraim A. Read came one\\nyear. Then came Rev. Mr. Crosley for one year.\\nThen Rev. Mr. Jenks, who remained three years.\\nLater, Rev. L. F. Foriuey, who reorganized the\\nchurch, it having, from various causes, become\\nweakened and separated, and he sought and did\\nmuch to strengthen the society, and make the\\nweak places strong. After some three years with\\nthis people he sought another field, and Rev. S. H.\\nMcCollester, D.D., who was the settled pastor at\\nBellows Falls, Vt., came here every Sabbath after-\\nnoon, and was to all intents and purposes as much\\nthe pastor here as at his own particular parish.\\nWhen his labors closed at Bellows Falls, and his\\nplace was filled by Rev. J. N. Emery, the same\\nplan has been observed. Mr. Emery, though\\nsettled at the above-named village, speaks each\\nSabbath afternoon for this society, and at present\\nthe people are very harmonious and united. The\\nsociety is becoming strong, and the church gain-\\ning new members the good work of universal\\nsalvation is going bravely and faithfully onward.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0992.jp2"}, "897": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF LEMPSTER.\\nBY HELEN BINGHAM.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe township of Lernpster, originally six miles\\nsquare, has an irregular surface, diversified with\\nhills, valleys and mountains, affording, at different\\npoints, very fine and extensive views on a clear\\nday. Mount Washington may be seen from an\\nelevation on the estate of D. B. Wheeler, Esq., a\\nshort distance east of the village. From whence\\nthe town received its name we are not informed,\\neither by history or tradition, but, as the ancestors\\nof the early settlers came from England, we may\\ninfer it had an English origin.\\nFrom the State records we learn that the town-\\nship was granted January 1, 1753, to Samuel\\nClark Paine and others, under the name of\\nDupplin. No settlement was attempted or ex-\\npected under this grant, but, October 8, 1761, a\\nre-grant of the territory was made to Benadum\\nGallup and others. The conditions of this grant\\nnot being fiilfilled in the matter of settlements,\\nanother was made, January 5, 1767, to Dudley\\nWoodbridge and others, in sixty-seven equal\\nshares and tradition hath it that General\\nSpencer, to whom this territory had been awarded\\nfor some military achievement, sent a young\\ncolored man named Tattan from East Haddam,\\nConn., as a pioneer to explore the then wilderness,\\nwith permission to settle if he pleased.\\nThis energetic son of Africa made his way by a\\nline of marked trees, and, arriving near the banks\\nof Cold River just at nightfall, weary and foot-\\nsore, encamped with his dog and gun. When the\\nrays of the morning sun lighted up the forests and\\nhills, the place pleased him, and he commenced at\\nonce to erect a rude cabin, returning shortly for\\nhis wife his glowing accounts of the new El\\nDorado induced the immigration of other families,\\nboth from East Haddam and Windham, Conn.\\namong the earliest was Deacon Elijah Bingham\\nand Jabez Beckwith (first colonel appointed in the\\ncounty). The apple-trees gnarled, and hoary\\nwith age, are still standing, the seeds of which\\nyoung Tattan brought from his home, and\\nTattan s spring still quenches the thirst of man\\nand beast as they pass along the highway.\\nIn 1772 there were eight families in town, and,\\ntwo years later, they held their first town-meeting\\nat the house of Elijah Frink, iunholder, called by\\norder of Benjamin Giles, justice of the peace.\\nThe legal voters were John Perkins, William\\nStory, Timothy Nichols, Major Linkham, Silas\\nBingham, Elijah Bingham, Allen Willey, Elijah\\nFrink, William Markham, William Carey and\\nJabez Beckwith. The first settlers were remark-\\nable for their mental as well as muscular develop-\\nment, and for their independence of thought and\\naction, as we see in their decided rejection of the\\nplan of government of the State, which was re-\\nceived August 12, 1779. Why rejected, history\\ndoes not tell.\\nTheir early homes were rudely built of logs, the\\nsunshine of hojje gilding the otherwise dark\\ninteriors, glass windows being a too expensive\\nluxury. Tradition informs us that the young\\nbride of Captain Timothy Miner, possessed of\\nmuch mechanical skill, whittled from soft, straight\\npine (of which there was an abundance in those\\ndays) some window-sashes, tying them with stout\\nlinen thread, and then substituting oiled paper for\\n185", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0993.jp2"}, "898": {"fulltext": "186\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nglass, a pin-hole aftbrding glimpses of the outer\\nworld In time, these primitive homes were sup-\\nplemented by substantial framed dwellings the\\nearliest, being built by Colonel Jabez Beckwith\\nin 1780, is still standing, with its gambrel roof and\\npicturescjue dormer-windows, although the six\\nLombardy poplars which graced its front have\\nlong since passed away.\\nJames, the son of Deacon Elijah Bingham,\\nerected the most expensive house in town, having\\nexpended one thousand dollars on the foundation\\nwhen it was ready for tlio frame. Tliis old\\nmansion is still standing, reminding one of the\\nhomes of the old English esquires, with its square\\nroof, wide halls, spacious rooms and lofty ceilings\\nhere in the early days was heard the hum and\\nbuzz of wheels, and click-clack of loom, for the\\nwool and llax raised on the large farm was manu-\\ntactured in the home. And not only was this\\nmusic heard, hut the family, possessing great\\nmusical talent, were in themselves both orchestra\\nand choir, rendering with ease the works of\\nHandel, Haydn and Mozart, piano, violin and\\nflute being skillfully played.\\nThe settlement, in its infancy, suflered from the\\nincursion of wolves; they made the nights hideous\\nwith their howls, often having severe battles, the\\nmorning light revealing the killed and wounded.\\nA certain locality is still known as Wolf\\nSwamp.\\nIn 1778 the following vote was passed by the\\ntown\\nVoted, that if any person, that belongs to the town,\\nshall, by trapping, or any other way. Shall kill a\\ngrown wolfe in the town, or shall take a wolfe track in\\nthe town and follow him till he kill him, shall be en-\\ntitled to thirty Dollars for every such wolthe killed;\\nto be paid out of the town Treasury.\\nUntil about 1782 the town joined with Acworth\\nand Marlow in sending a representative to the\\nGeneral Court. During this time the following\\npetition for a civil officer was seut to the Honor-\\nable Council\\nAs their is a Veakencv in Lancaster for a Justice\\nof the Peace, I, as a Representative for that Town, I\\nhave taken Sum pains to Inquire who is the fittest\\nperson for that Office, and the people Differ sum in\\nsentiment.\\nBut wm. Gary and nir. Elijah firink is held up to\\nvew as proper persous, Either of them, for that otlice.\\nLeaving it to your Honours to apint One of them, as\\nyou in your wisdom think fit.\\nConcord, february 17th, 1785.\\nDaniel grout.\\nFrom the early records we judge that Elijah\\nFrink received the appointment, and, together\\nwith Colonel Jabez Beckwith, Elijah Bingham\\nand Oliver Booth, were the prominent business\\nmen of the settlement.\\nThe second Xew Hampshire turnpike from\\nWindsor, Vt., to Amhei-st, incorporated December\\n26, 1709, passing directly through the site chosen\\nfor the village, at ouce brought thrift and activity\\nto the place, as it was the main thoroughfiu-e to\\nBoston for farmei-s and merchants from the\\nnorthern portions of Vermont and New Hamp-\\nshire. It was nothing uncommon to see thirty\\nand forty teams in line, many having four and six\\nhorees This ailbrded ample custom to the three\\ninnkeepei-s of the village, besides, en route to\\nWashington, one inn at the foot of Lempster\\nMountain and the other at the summit.\\nIn 17! 1 jiortions of Lemj ster, Newport, Unity\\nand Sunapee were incorporated into a town by\\nthe name of Goshen, but not without much oppo-\\nsition from the citizens of Lempster, on account\\nof the extra tax on those who remained to support\\nRev. Jlr. Fisher, and it was not agreed to until\\nthe persons living in the said northeast corner\\npromised to continue their tax as formerly, and\\nMr. Fisher was to preach there a certain portion\\nof the time.\\nThe following Continental soldiers were fur-\\nnished by the town Abner Bingham, Asahel\\nRoundy, William Tattan, Matthew Grear and\\nBethuel Beckwith. Tradition informs us that\\none Niles Beckwith was at the battle of Bunker\\nHill, and cai-ried the gallant Warren from the\\nfield. In amusing contrast to this was the con-\\nduet of one Peter Lowell, who was also there, but", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0994.jp2"}, "899": {"fulltext": "LEMPSTER.\\n187\\nwho, at the first booming of cannon, turned and\\nfled, never stopping till he reached his home,\\nninety miles away\\nThe following persons enlisted in the War of\\n1812, under the leadership of Lieutenant William\\nGary (then a youth of nineteen), and were sta-\\ntioned at Portsmouth: Daniel Rogers, Jeremiah\\nParker, Leonard Way, Jerome Strickland, Luther\\nKeed, Silas Chamberlain, Benjamin Chamberlain,\\nCharles V. Ames, Timothy Scott, George Way,\\nWillard Rogers, John Wheeler, Anson Wheeler.\\nAfterward Captain William Cary was made\\nmajor-general of the Tliird Division of New\\nHampshire Militia, for which position he seemed\\nwell-fitted by nature, a ma.ssive frame, well-pro-\\nportioned and of coniniiinding presence.\\nThe attack upon Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861,\\naroused all the cultivated and inherited patriot-\\nism of Lempster s sou?, and there were earh en-\\nlistments. The town voted a bounty of one\\nhundred dollars to each volunteer, and three\\nhundred dollars to each drafted man. Many\\nmeetings of the citizens were held, testifying of\\ntheir interest in the welfare of the country. Nor\\nwere the wives and mothers less interested, organ-\\nizing quite soon a Soldiers Aid Society, in which\\nwere gathered from chest and closet the treasures\\nof linen, spun and woven by the dear old grand-\\nmothers; and many a box of bandages and dain-\\nties found its way to hospital and camp. A neat\\ngranite monument, erected by the town, commem-\\norates the memory of the fallen heroes.\\nQuite early in the settlement, November 13,\\n1781, the First Congregational Church was organ-\\nized by the following members Elijah Bingham,\\nThomas Scovell, Nathan Sewell, William Car}\\nSamuel Nichols, Sbubael Hurd and Samuel\\nRoundy. It is a matter of regret that the\\nchurch records were lost when the old parsonage\\nwas burned in 1844.\\nIn March, 1779, the citizens agreed to unite\\nwith Acworth in hiring a minister, and to meet\\nfor Sabbath worship at the dwelling of Elisha\\nBeckwith also agreed to raise one hundred\\npounds of money on the ratable estate and polls\\nDea. Elisah Bixgham\\nUzzEL Hurd\\nCap James Rogers\\nCap Jabez Beckwith\\nof the inhabitants. At this meeting three choris-\\nters were chosen, Timothy Nichols, James Bing-\\nham and Joseph Wood, Jr. June -5, 1787, the\\nfollowing call was given to Rev. Mr. Fisher:\\nVoted to give the Rev. Elias Fisher a call to settle\\nin this town as a Gospel Minister. To give the Rev.\\nMr. Fisher thirty pounds in addition to the Minis-\\nterial right of Land the one half to be paid in Sep\\n1788 the other half to be paid in Sep 1789 to be paid\\nin Labour and Materials for building As Incourage-\\nment for settlement. And forty pounds the first year\\nas Sallery, and rise Annually with the List Until it\\nAmounts to Seventy pounds with the addition of Cut-\\nting and Drawing his fire Wood to the door Annually,\\nhis Sallery to be paid in Wheat at Six Shillings, Rye\\nat four Shillings pr. Bushel, flax at Eight pence pr.\\npound, Sheeps Wool at two Shillings pr. pound and\\nany other kind of produce in like proportion.\\n1 Chosen a Commit-\\ntee to transmit a\\nCoppyof the abo ve\\nproceedings to the\\nSd. Mr. Fisher,\\nand to treat with\\nhim in conse-\\nj quenceofthesame\\nOliver Booth, Moderator.\\nA true copy, attest,\\nJames Bingham, Town Clerk.\\nRev. Elias Fisher was ordained pastor over the\\nFirst Congregational Church, September 26, 1787,\\nand held this relationship till his death, March\\n22, 1831. In 1828 Charles M. Brown was in-\\nstalled as colleague, and to meet the increased ex-\\npense the members of the church were assessed\\nseventy-five per cent.\\nAt the time of Mr. Fisher s ordination there was\\nno church edifice, and the services were held at the\\nnorth end of the village, in front of the residence\\nof Mr. Oliver Booth (now owned by John O Brien),\\na platform being erected for the ministers and\\nchoir.\\nTwo choristers aspired to the honor of wielding\\nthe baton on that memorable occasion, the matter\\nbeing decided by one of the authorities of the day.\\nThose who knew Mr. Fisher in those early days\\ndescribe him as having a petite figure, set off to fine", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0995.jp2"}, "900": {"fulltext": "188\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nadvantage by his style of dress. Short breeches,\\nlong .silk stockings, shoe and knee-buckles, and in\\nlater years, when hair grew thin, the now fashion-\\nable black silk cap adorned his head. He had a\\nfund of humor, and was quick at repartee. At\\ntimes he was quite absent-minded and the old par-\\nsonage floor had a well-defined path worn in its\\nsurface, where he used to pace back and forth,\\ntalking rapidly to himself; on one such occasion\\nhis wife says To whom are you t.ilking,\\nray dear? quickly came the reply the wisest\\nman in town. He was very successful as a min-\\nister and much beloved by his people, as his long\\npastorate attests. He requested that his place of\\nburial should be on the western border of the cem-\\netery, that he might, as he said, rise at the head\\nof his people.\\nRev. Charles M. Brown, although a man of strong\\nintellect and an excellent sermonizer, remained but\\na little over two years, his eccentricities proving a\\nhindrance to his usefulness. For a space of four\\nyears the church was without a settled pastor, em-\\nploying the services of Rev. Broughton AVhite\\nduring the time of his stay there was a very exten-\\nsive and interesting revival. Rev. Ebenezer Cole-\\nman was installed December, 1834 dismissed\\nSeptember 25, 1838.\\nIn 1835 the Second Congregational Church was\\nformed by the withdrawal of some of the members\\nfrom the First, on account of disaffection at the lo-\\ncation of a new church edifice built during Mr.\\nColeman s pastorate.\\nRev. S. H. Tolman succeeded Mr. Coleman, re-\\nmaining about five years, his ministry eminently\\nsuccessful. Rev. Daniel Sawyer was ordained May\\n13, 1846 it was during his ministrations that the\\nparsonage was burned and rebuilt. Rev. Robert\\nPage came in 1851, remaining five years, and dur-\\ning the time there were many additions to the\\nchurch of young people. Rev. Robert Fuller suc-\\nceeded him, commencing his labors July 13, 1856\\na very talented man, but a constant suflferer from\\nbodily infirmities, so that he left preaching in 1860.\\nRev. Augustus Chandler came next in 1861. Rev.\\nWilliam H. Barrows, 1865. Rev. Benjamin Howe,\\n1867, succeeded by Rev. John Le Bosquet, who\\nremained seven years; a very genial man and fine\\nwriter. He was followed by Rev. A. E. Hall who\\nwas ordained and installed November 12, 1880;\\ndismissed June, 1881, a change necessary for the\\nrestoration of health.\\nThe following jjersons have held the office of\\ndeacon Samuel Roundy, Elijah Bingham, Jacob\\nSmith, Aaron Hardy, William Gary, Eliot Cary,\\nJohn Taylor, Alvah Smith, James H. Collins, A.\\nB. Sabin, A. J. Mitchell, Joseph Marshall and\\nJames A. Evans. Reuben Roundy and Collins\\nHurd were deacons of the Second Congregational\\nChurch, which worshipped in a church edifice\\nerected at the East village, in 1835.\\nIn 1822 Truman Booth, Nathan Booth, Charles\\nMore and Thomas More petitioned not to be\\ntaxed for Mr. Fisher s support, as they were not of\\nthe same belief Their jietition was followed by\\nthat of twenty-eight others, and since about that\\ntime the minister s support has been by voluntary\\ncontribution, and, after the death of Mr. Fisher,\\naided by funds arising from the parsonage and\\nfarm bequeathed by him to the church and society.\\nUntil about 1794 the Sabbath services were\\nheld in private houses and school-houses. Then\\nthe town voted to build a meetinghouse but it\\nwas not until after repeated meetings and adjourn-\\nments that a site was at length decided upon,\\nwith which, it seems, no one was pleased, it being\\na rocky hill some rods northwest of Elijah Frink s.\\n(The house is now owned by heirs of Oliver\\nDavis.) After ground was broken and pews were\\nsold, a vote was passed to change the location, but,\\non consultation with a lawyer, it was found that\\nthe change would nullify former contracts, and so\\nthe massive beams and rafters of the structure\\nwere raised on the hill dimensions, forty by\\nfifty feet, with two porches. Like all the old-time\\nchurches, it had square pews above and below\\nhigh, bird s nest pulpit, resting upon one ornamental\\npilaster seats to the pews hung on hinges, so that\\nthey might be raised to afford convenient standing-\\nplace in prayer time. The Amen was the sig-\\nnal for a rapid succession of slams, like the firing", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0996.jp2"}, "901": {"fulltext": "LEMPSTER.\\n189\\nof musketry at old-fashioned trainings. The gal-\\nlery ran around upon three sides, supported by\\nfluted pillars. Here the people literally went\\nup to worship, regardless alike of heat or cold,\\nease or fatigue. In winter- time the house of\\nElijah Frink, at the base of the hill, would be\\nfilled with young and old seeking the fire at noon,\\nthe women replenishing their little foot-stoves from\\nthe large, open fire-place. The minister s foot-\\nwarmer was twice the usual size to admit of his\\nstanding upon it in the pulpit. In 1822 this\\nbuilding was taken down and re-erected on the\\nvillage green, with added bell-tower and spire,\\nwhere it now stands, having defied the winds and\\nstorms of almost a centur}\\nThis building, belonging, as it did, to the town,\\nheld the interests of other denominations, who felt\\nit their right to have the u.se of the house a portion\\nof the time. This led in time to the building, by\\nthe First Congregational Church and Society, of a\\nnew house of worship in the year 1835, and the\\ndisaffection resulting from its location (as has been\\nmentioned) caused the withdrawal of some mem-\\nbers, who, uniting with Methodists and Universal-\\nists, built a new church at the East village. Since\\nthen a small chapel has been erected by the Uni-\\nversalists, nearly opposite, in wliich are held Sab-\\nbath services during a portion of the summer, sup-\\nported by a fund left the society by Asa Way.\\nNothing very definite can Ije learned as to the\\nearly formation of a Methodist society. It appears\\nthere were quite early in the settlement occasional\\nmeetings conducted by itinerant clergymen. In\\n1823 Dr. Fiske, a presiding elder, came in town\\nand visited every family. There followed soon\\na wonderful revival one hundred conversions.\\nMany joined the Methodist Church, and not a few\\nthe Congregational.\\nSince 1835 the New Hampshire Conference has\\nsupplied the society with preaching, and they now\\nhave control of the house of worship at the East\\nvillage. Among the prominent men in that so-\\nciety, we may mention, as the earliest, Edmund\\nPerley, Abner Chase and Alden Cary; more re-\\ncently, Henry Hurd and Albert Noyes\\nMr. Perley had a large family of daughters,\\nthree of whom married distinguished ministers\\nBishop O. Baker, A. A. Miner, D.D., and Rev.\\nMr. Field.\\nAbner Chase s family has been styled the family\\nof Levites, on account of its ministerial connec-\\ntions. The eldest son, Charles Henry, has been a\\nvery successful clergyman for many years Miuerva\\nE. married Rev. L. D. Barrows, D.D. Eliza C,\\nfor many years a teacher both at Newbury, Vt.,\\nand Tilton, is the wife of Prof. C. S. Harrington,\\nof Middleton College many of the grandchildren\\nhave married clergymen. Mr. Chase was one of\\nthe prominent business men of the town not only\\nhad a store, but cari ied on a farm, and in the\\nearly days paid some attention to raising mules,\\nwhereby hangs a tale. It will be remembered\\nthat in the early days of Methodism everything\\nsuperfluous about dress was laid aside. Mr. Chase\\nwas conscientiously strenuous in the matter, often\\narguing the same with his neighbors On one such\\noccasion his eldest daughter, about five or six\\nyears of age, listened quite attentively, till at last,\\nreasoning in her own little mind, she says, Why\\ndon t you cut ofl^ Jack s ears then?\\nThe early settlers were wide-awake and alert in\\neducational mattei-s. School-houses were erected,\\nnot like those of the present day, but rude, like\\nthe dwellings ceilings low, devoid of paint or\\nplaster, the .seats and desks rough -hewn slabs, with\\nsupports at either end, the chimney and wide-open\\nfire-place fashioned of stones; but, rude and rough\\nas they were, they sent forth bright and energetic\\nmen and women, whose descendants have occupied\\npositions of eminence and trust, and whose influ-\\nence will be felt to the latest generation It wsis\\nnot until 1795 that the town passed a vote to raise\\nmoney for building school houses.\\nThe schools were large, for in those days each\\nhome was blessed with many sons and daughters.\\nThe elder William Cary had seventeen children;\\nDeacon Elijah Bingham, thirteen; and John\\nSabin, who moved from Franklin Ct., in 1790,\\nbrought with him eleven children, and jierhaps, as\\na bit of antique history, it will not be amiss to give", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0997.jp2"}, "902": {"fulltext": "190\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe names of the latter Lydia, Azariah, Jerusha,\\nCynthia, Temperance, Nabby, Panielia, Wealthy,\\nJohn, Jehediah and Benejah. Alden B. Sabin, a\\ngrandson of the elder John, is still living at the\\nadvanced age of eighty-one; served three years as\\ncounty commissioner; elected 1857.\\nHis only son, Wm. C.,has held positions of trust\\nin the town, and a granddaughter given satisfaction\\nas superintendent of the school committee. As far\\nas known, the earliest graduates from Dartmouth\\nCollege were John Gary, Aaron Hardy and James\\nHarvey Bingham, the latter graduating in 1800,\\nbeing class-mate, room-mate and life-long friend of\\nDaniel Webster, their correspondence covering a\\nspace of fifty years to a day. Mr. Bingham opened\\na law-office in Alstead, N. H., became cashier of\\nClaremont Bank in 1826, and the last fifteen years\\nof his life was a clerk in the Treasury Depart-\\nment, Washington, D. C. He was at one time es-\\nteemed the best bass-viol performer in New Eng-\\nland. Aaron Hardy went to South Carolina as\\nteacher, and there died on the island of Edisto.\\nJohn Cary was a teacher in New Y^ork. Other\\ngraduates from Dartmouth have been Homer\\nTaylor, whose promised life of active usefulness\\nwas ended while at Audover Theological Seminary;\\nHolmes T. Fuller, perhaps the most scholarly of\\nLempster s sons, now principal of the Polytechnic\\nSchool in Worcester Mass., (he has twice made\\nthe tour of Europe) Anson Keyes, a teacher in the\\nFar- West George A. Butler, civil engineer in\\nChicago George F. Perley, a lawyer and music-\\nteacher in Moorhead, Minn. Fred. C. Parker,\\na graduate from the Agricultural Department,\\nHanover, now a merchant in Acworth our\\nlatest graduate, Bertrand T. Wheeler, civil engi-\\nneer, now in the employ of the Old Colony Rail\\nRoad Company. Hon.H. W, Parker, a prominent\\nlawyer in Claremont, and for one term member of\\nCongress also AValter Beckwith, teacher and\\nsuperintendent of schools in North Adams, Mass.,\\npursued their studies at Tufts College. Daniel B.\\nWheeler, a descendant of Deacon Elijah Bingham,\\nwas educated at various private schools in addition\\nto what was furni-hed by the public schools of\\nLempster, including Unity Academy as taught by\\nRev. A. A. Miner, and finishing his school course\\nat Kimball Union Academy, Meriden.\\nHe soon commenced teaching, a vocation which\\nhe has made his life-work, and in which he has\\nbeen eminently successful. His connection with\\nthe public schools of Massachusetts covers a period\\nof thirty years, the last fifteen of which was as\\nmaster of the Shepard School, Cambridge. He was\\nappointed by the Governor and Council, in 1863,\\na member of the New Hampshire Board of Educa-\\ntion, being school commissioner for Sullivan\\nC lunty. Like the Swiss mountaineer, Mr. Wheeler\\nhas returned to his native hills, and by taste and\\nindustry has made very attractive one of the\\npleasantest residences vf the village, which, each\\nsummer, welcomes within its maple-shaded portal,\\nCora, the only daughter, a successful teacher of\\nelocution. Tradition informs us of one Benjamin\\nWay, a fine scholar, and one of the earliest teachers\\nof Sanbornton Academy.\\nEight young men have become physicians,\\nJesse Smith, Truman Abell, Justice Hurd, Eras-\\nmus D. Abell, Yorrick Hurd, Wm. Hurd, AVil-\\nlard Hurd and Carl A. Allen and the three de-\\nnominations, Congregationalists, Methodists and\\nLTniversalists, have sent out twelve ministers; all\\nefficient and successful perhaps the most distin-\\nguished of the number is the Rev. A. A. Miner,\\nD.D., of Boston. The earliest physicians of the\\ntown of which there is any record were Dr. Mer-\\nrill and Dr. Mather. ^Ve are informed by tradi-\\ntion that the wife of Col. Jabez Beckwith sup-\\nplied the place of physician in the early settle-\\nment, oftentimes making her visits by the aid of\\nsnow-shoes. Truman Abell succeeded Dr. Mather,\\nand practiced until the failure of sight, when for\\na time his son Erasmus filled the position. About\\n1842 or 1843 Dr. Pillsbury moved into town, remain-\\ning but a short time, his successor being J. N.\\nButler, who, for forty years, has held the post of\\nphysician in the town. Dr. Truman Abell was\\nthe author of an almanac, which was for many\\nyears issued from the press in Claremont. After\\nhis death it was arranged by his youngest son,", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0998.jp2"}, "903": {"fulltext": "LEMPSTER.\\n191\\nTruman Wales. Dr. Abell had much mechanical\\nskill, and, with the aid of Deacon John Taylor,\\nconstructed a piano, which, in tone, compared\\nfavorably with those of the early days. It should\\nhave been mentioned before this, when alluding to\\nthe educational advantages, that much is due a\\ntown library of some two hundred volumes,\\nowned as early as 1800, solid, substantial works\\nof hi.story and travel. These were read wiih avidity\\nby even the children. Tradition informs us of the\\nreading of Josephus and the eight volumes of\\nRollin s Ancient History by Arethu.sa Miner, at\\nthe age of nine years. The long winter evenings\\nwere whiled away in many a family in reading\\nthese books, aided, perhaps, by the comments and\\ncriticisms of the district school-teacher, who in\\nthose days was one sought from classic halls and\\nable to teach as well as govei-n. In 1844 a room\\nfor select schools was made in the upper story of\\nthe old meeting-house, supj)orted at first by\\ntuition afterwards the town voted a certain amount\\neach year for the purpose, and after a town-house\\nwas built at the East village, schools alternated be-\\ntween the two places. Teachers have been sought\\nfrom Dartmouth and Meriden. Carl A. Allen,\\none of Lempster s sons, taught a number of terms\\nvery successfully, as also George E. Perley.\\nThe manufacturing interests of the town were\\nnever very extensive. The first mills built were\\nsaw and grist-mills. One in 1780, located on a\\nbranch of Cold River, in Cambridge Hollow,\\nowned by Oliver Booth the second, a mill privi-\\nlege allowed Samuel Locke, on a branch of Sugar\\nRiver, in 1791. A tannery and shoe-shop were\\nowned and carried on by Captain Timothy Miner.\\nThe tannery consisted of a few uncovered vats, and\\nthe shoe-shop the gude wife s kitchen. As\\nmeans increased, a building was erected for lime,\\ncurry and shoe-shop. At Captain Miner s death,\\nin 1816, the business was continued by the late\\nHon. Alvah Smith and gradually increased until\\nthere were one hundred employes. It was here\\nthat calf-skins were first tanned with the hair on,\\nbeing made into overshoes and boots, which found\\nan extensive market. In 1854 the establishment\\nwas burned by an incendiary; the loss, thirty thou-\\nsand dollars The busines.\u00c2\u00ab seemed so necessary\\nto the prosperity of the place that, aided by the\\nefforts of the citizens, the shop w-as rebuilt on a\\nlarger scale and with the modern appliances for\\nboth shoe-shop and tannery. Subsequently this\\nwas burned, having been ignited by a spark from\\nthe furnace chimney. It has never been rebuilt.\\nAbout sixty years ago John Cambridge and\\nson, Philip, owned a factory in Cambridge Hol-\\nlow for dressing cloth said to be the best in the\\ncounty turning out eight thousand yards an-\\nnually. A blacksmith s stand and trip-hammer\\nwere owned by James Mitchell. Since then, fur\\nsome years, there has been a carding-raachine and\\nmachinery for manufacturing butter tubs; more\\nrecently the Keyes Brothers erected a large build-\\ning with .steam-engine, where they made carriages\\nand various other articles, but now there is no\\nbusiness there. At present the town has four\\nshingle-mills, one on a branch of Sugar River,\\nowned by William T. Thissel one at the outlet\\nof Cold Pond, owned by Charles Putnam Lewis\\nCutler s, run by steam another on the mountain,\\nowned by the Pollards and a fourth in Cam-\\nbridge Hollow.\\nPerhaps there are none of the natives of the\\nplace whose life has been so closely identified with\\nits interests and those of the county as that of the\\nlate Hon. Alvah Smith, son of Jacob Smith, one\\nof the early settlers, and born in 1797. He re-\\nmained upon his father s fiirm until eighteen years\\nof age, only attending district school in winter\\nbut each hour of study was improved and many\\na mathematical problem he solved by the light of\\npine-knots. At the age of eighteen he was ap-\\nprenticed to Captain Timothy Miner (whose\\ndaughter Arethusa he afterward married) as tan-\\nner and currier. At the death of his employer\\nthe business came into his hands; but even now\\nwe find him employing each leisure hour in read-\\ning and study, and he always has a dictionary at\\nhand. Although, by law, not liable to military\\nduty, he was induced to take command of a vol-\\nunteer company in the militia, from which he rose", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_0999.jp2"}, "904": {"fulltext": "192\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nby regular gradation to the office of inspector, and\\nperformed the duty of inspecting the Third Divi-\\nsion of the New Hampshire Militia as reviewed by\\nGovernor David L. Morrill and Major-General\\nWilliam Cary. He served in many town offices\\nas superintending school committee, selectman,\\nRepresentative, justice of the peace and quorum\\nthroughout the State; active delegate to the con-\\nvention at Buffalo, N. Y., which gave birth to the\\nFree Soil party also a delegate to the Presiden-\\ntial Convention in Philadelphia in 1856 two years\\nmember of the Governor s Council and of the\\nboard of trustees of the Insane Asylum eleven\\nyears Probate judge, only resigning, as the law\\nrecjuired, at the age of seventy one year Senator\\na director of Cheshire Mutual Fire Insurance\\nCompany from its commencement to the time of\\nhis death, in 1879 for four years State pension\\nagent thirty-five years deacon of the First Con-\\ngregational Church, with which he united at the\\nage of twenty. His strong. Christian faith has\\nbeen a sure support in every time of trial even\\nwhen he saw the labor of years reduced to ashes,\\nhe could thankfully say, The Lord reigns A\\nprecious heirloom in the old home is a gold-headed\\nebony cane bearing the following inscription\\nPresented to Senator Alvah Smith for his un-\\nwavering fidelity to principle and right, by Republi-\\ncan members of the Legislature, June Session, 1871.\\nHiram Parker, Esq., a brother of Hon. H W.\\nParker, of Claremont, is one of our successful\\nfarmers and prominent citizens has been for some\\nyears a member of the State Board of Agricul-\\nture, which position he fills satisfactorily. He\\nis at present our village merchant.\\nWe would not forget that the town has had its\\nhermit and its antiquarian. Some years since,\\nthe traveler, in making his way up Silver Moun-\\ntain, would have found a rude hut, the home of\\none Jacob Hewes, who, through disappointment\\nin matrimonial overtures, although well educated,\\nrelinquished the luxuries and even necessaries of\\nlife, and buried himself in the solitude of its\\nrugged grandeur nor do we think he ever\\nbestowed one thought on the lovely views by\\nwhich he was surrounded.\\nReuben Roundy, a grfindson of one of the early\\nsettlers, had a pa.s.sion for old literature, and\\nwould travel miles to find the complete set of any\\nold magazine, pamphlet, almanac or spelling-book.\\nWhen found binding them in volumes, a short\\ntime previous to his death, he refused one thou-\\nsand dollars for the library thus collected, which\\nnow is scattered to the winds.\\nThis history would be incomplete if no word\\nwas written of the pleasant township, of its at-\\ntractive drives, either winding in and out along\\nthe valleys, giving an intense sense of quiet and\\nrepose, broken by occasional glimpses of distant\\nscenery, or over the hills and mountains, where\\ncan be had a bird s-eye view of the valleys, with\\ntheir patches of cultivated ground and woodland,\\ntheir lakelets set like gems among the greenery of\\nthe hills, the view bounded in the far distance by\\nthe range of the Green Mountains; Ascutney, in\\nthe northwest, standing a little in advance, like a\\nsentinel on duty. The principal village has but\\none street, running north and south, lined with elms\\nand maples, among which the neat and tasteful\\ncottages seem playing bo-peep with the passer-by.\\nAround the village green are clustered the\\npost-office, hotel, store, church and, towering\\nabove all, the old meeting-house, with its lofty\\nspire and weather-vane, which has ever been true\\nto all the wiuds of heaven.\\nA little north of the village is a continuous line\\nof lofty, wide-spi-eading maples, extending one-\\nfourth of a mile, set out, about forty years ago, by\\nCaptain Martin Beckwith, a son of Colonel Jabez\\nBeckwith, and the first white child born in the\\nsettlement, who lived to the advanced age of one\\nhundred and one years and one month. These trees\\nare a beautiful monument to his memory.\\nThe Ea.st village is nested at the foot of the\\nmountain, and is rendered attractive by Dodge s\\nPond, on the western border of which is the old\\ntown cemetery, much enlarged and improved the\\nlast few years, and containing many fine tablets\\nand monuments.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1000.jp2"}, "905": {"fulltext": "LEMPSTER.\\n193\\nThe village has its two churches, town- house,\\nhotel, post-office and store here also is the home\\nof the poet, G. B. Griffith. The little hamlet on\\nthe western border of the town, formerly Cam-\\nbridge Hollow, has for the past year had its\\npost-office called Keyes.\\nThus have the threads and thrums of the town s\\nhistory been woven into an imperfect tissue, it\\nmay be, but one of perfect truthfulness, so far as\\nthorough search of records and facts elicited by\\ninquiry of the oldest citizens could make it. If\\nany who should have a place here have been\\nomitted, it has been through ignorance and the\\nlimited space allowed for the history, which, if\\nwritten in detail, would itself fill a volume.\\nEEPRESEXTATIVES OF LEMPSTER.\\nOliver Booth, 1778.\\nElijah Frink, 1781-83.\\nElijah Frink, 1788.\\nJames Bingham, 1791-98.\\nJabez Beckwith, 1798-\\n1800.\\nJames Bingham, 1800-06.\\nJacob Smith, 1806-14.\\nShubael Hurd, 1814-17.\\nJacob Smith, 1817.\\nHarris Bingham, 1818-\\n21.\\nJohn Way, 1821-24.\\nWilliam Gary, 1824-27.\\nAbner Chase, 1827-30.\\nAlvah Smith, 1830-32.\\nDaniel M. Smith, 1832-\\n35.\\nMartin Beckwith, 1835-\\n38.\\nAlvah Smith, 1838.\\nMatthew Parker, 1839.\\nDaniel M. Smith, 1840.\\nNo choice, 1841-42.\\nMartin Beckwith, 1843.\\nBenjamin Parker, 1844.\\nNo choice, 1845.\\nNathaniel B. Hull, 1846.\\nNo choice, 1847.\\nLemuel Miller, 1848-50.\\nAaron Miller, 1850-52.\\nWilliam B. Parker, 1852\\n-54.\\nJacob B. Richardson,\\n1854-.56.\\nJames Booth, 1856.\\nJacob B. Richardson,\\n1857.\\nHarvey Dudley, 1858.\\nH. W. Parker, 1859-60.\\nRausom Beckwith, 1861-\\n-63.\\nHiram Parker, 1863-65.\\nDennison Nichols, 1865.\\nNathan George, 1866-68.\\nAbram Bean, 1868-70.\\nGeorge Dame, 1870-72.\\nE. B. Richardson, 1872-\\n74.\\nTOWN CLERK.? OF LEMP.STER.\\nAllen Willey, 1774-77.\\nElijah Frink, 1777.\\nAllen Willey, 1778-82.\\nJabez Beckwith, 1782-8(\\nJames Bingham, 1786-9!\\n1798-\\nDr. Asa Merrill\\n1803.\\nUzzel Hurd, 1803-10.\\nDr. Truman Abell, 1810-\\n16.\\nUzzel Hurd, 1816.\\nNath.Brainard, 1817-21.\\nAbner Chase, 1821-26.\\nAlvah Smith, 1826-30.\\nDaniel M. Smith, 1830-\\n35.\\nAmasa A. Gould.\\nAbner Chase, 1836-39.\\nDavid Thornton, 1839-\\n42.\\nJohn S. Bingham, 1842.\\nDavid Thornton, 1843-\\n45.\\nAbner Chase, 1845^7.\\nJ. N. Brown, 1848.\\nJames Booth, 1849.\\nT. Wales Abell, 1850.\\nAbner Chase, 1851-58.\\nBenoni Fuller, 1858.\\nDavid Thornton, 1859-\\n60.\\nLemuel Miller, 1860-65.\\nE. B. Richardson, 1865.\\nBenoni Fuller, 1866.\\nE. B. Richardson, 1867-\\n79.\\nH. L. Thompson, 1879-\\n82.\\nJosiah Hooper, 1882.\\nF. C. Parker, 1883-85.\\nWilliam A. Bowen, 1885.\\nSOLDIERS ENLISTED IN THE LATE CIVIL WAR.\\nThe following were three mouths men, and\\neach received ten dollars from the town\\nGeorge S. Fletcher, re-enlisted in the Fifth Regiment.\\nGeorge Youugman.\\nJudson Tandy.\\nCarlos Wellman.\\nHenry Morse, re-enlisted for three years, Second New\\nHampshire Regiment; killed in the lirst battle\\nof Bull Run.\\nHenry Adams.\\nMarshall P. Hurd, re-enlisted; killed at Antietam.\\nTimothy W. Bruce.\\nElisha A. Bruce, wounded at Fort Wagner.\\nNathan Calkins.\\nJohn S. Currier.\\nOn another call for four thousand men, the fol-\\nlowing enlisted\\nWilson Thompson.\\nJerome Thompson.\\nStephen C. Smith.\\nCharles B. Davis, wounded in foot; taken prisoner\\nand released.\\nT. J. Davis.\\nHenry J. Davis, taken prisoner exchanged died\\nfrom starvation.\\nA bounty of one hundred dollars was offered to\\nfill the town quota, and the following enlisted\\nIsaac M. Dodge, died of disease in camp.\\nWilliam E. Way.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1001.jp2"}, "906": {"fulltext": "194\\nHISTOKY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWilliam H. Wilcox.\\nJohn Wilcox.\\nEmerson D. Hurd, served one year; discharged for\\ndisability.\\nGeorge C. Bruce, died in camp.\\nAhnon J. Fletcher, discharged for disability.\\nGeorge Gunnison, died in camp.\\nLuman Spencer, died in camp.\\nOrville Smith, lieutenant, Company G; afterward\\ncaptain killed in battle at Spottsylvania.\\nLucius A. Spencer, went into camp in Concord, and\\nthere died.\\nGeorge W. Libby, died in Washington, D. C.\\nFrancis P. Fletcher.\\nFrank G. Pollard.\\nWalter Scales.\\nAlbert Hutchinson, taken prisoner, but died at home.\\nOn another call two hundred dollars bounty\\nwas offered, and the following enlisted\\nJackson B. Herrick.\\nCharles M. Carey.\\nWilliam Welsh.\\nJoseph Barrett.\\nCeylon M. Dodge, three hundred dollars bounty.\\nBenjamin T. P. Leeds, Heavy Artillery, stationed at\\nPortsmouth.\\nAlbert B. Corey, Heavy Artillery, stationed at Ports-\\nmouth.\\nThe following were drafted September, 1863\\nJohn G. Smith.\\nHenry Makepeace, stationed at Portsmouth.\\nWilliam C. Sabin.\\nLeander Hill.\\nHorace Gee.\\nGeorge Sargent.\\nLevi C. Taylor, provided substitute.\\nAlanson B. George, provided substitute.\\nHenry Spalding.\\nAlden Honey, provided substitute.\\nFreeman Gordon, provided substitute.\\nHiram Parker, provided substitute.\\nAugustus Chandler, provided substitute.\\nKimball Pollard, provided substitute.\\nIsaac Blanchard, provided substitute.\\nJames Evans, provided substitute.\\nHenry E. Huntley, provided substitute.\\nWilliam W. Huntoou, enlisted in cavalry and re-\\nmained till close of war.\\nWilliam Bruce, drafted accepted; paid his bounty,\\nthen enlisted in cavalry.\\nAbrara Bean, enlisted in cavalry remained till close\\nof war.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nHON. ALVAH SMITH.\\nIt is both interesting and instructive to trace the\\nhistory of families to note the jjeculiarities of\\ncharacter that are transmitted from one generation\\nto another. In searching the genealogical record\\nof Hon. Alvah Smith on the maternal side, we\\nfind him descended from the Hurdfi, also written\\nHerd and Heard. This family has been\\nsomewhat noted for physical strength, long life and\\nmilitary tastes. About 1635 John and Adam\\nHurd brothers came from England to Stratford,\\nConn. John appears to have been a land surveyor,\\nand was a man of education and influence. In\\n1644 he was appointed by the General Court to\\ncollect money in Connecticut for the maynten-\\nance of scollars at Cambridge. He was for sev-\\neral years member of the Legislature in New\\nHaven. Among his sons was Ebenezer, who re-\\nmoved to East Haddam, Conn., where he had a\\nson, Justus, the maternal grandfather of the sub-\\nject of our sketch, and who emigrated with his\\nwife and ten children to Gilsum, N. H., between\\n1770 and 1780 (.date not certain).\\nAsenath, his fourth daughter, born October 15,\\n1766, married, in 1790, Jacob Smith, born in the\\npleasant old township of Middleborough, Ma.ss., and\\n.son of John and Sarah (Chipman) Smith. They\\nboth dying of small-pox when Jacob was but eight\\nyears of age, he was early apprenticed to a shoe-\\nmaker.\\nWe have not the date of his removal to Lempster,\\nbut it was probably soon after his marriage. His\\ndevotion to public interests is shown by the various\\nresponsible positions to which he was chosen by\\nhis townsmen. He was their representative from\\n1806 to 1814, and again in 1817. We learn his\\nloyalty to the polls by his being taken from his", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1002.jp2"}, "907": {"fulltext": ".^^^^C-^^C", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1003.jp2"}, "908": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1004.jp2"}, "909": {"fulltext": "LEMPSTER.\\n195\\nsick room of months and carried on a bed to cast\\nhis vote. He was deacon of the Congregational\\nChurch till 1822, when he moved to Potsdam,\\nN. Y. There he was active in building up social,\\npolitical, educational and religious interests in the\\nthen new county of St. Lawrence.\\nAVe do not wonder, then, that Alvah, fourth son\\nof Jacob and Asenath (Hurd) Smith, inheriting\\nfrom the mother a vigorous constitution and strong\\nwill-power, and from the father sound judgment\\nwith moderation, should po.ssess a character worthy\\na record in the history of the county.\\nHis early education was limited to the district\\nschool, never attending in summer after his ninth\\nyear, remaining at home until eighteen, freely\\nlending his assistance in the maintenance of the\\nfamily, his father being in feeble health, with lim-\\nited means, pecuniarily, but rich in the love and\\ndevotion of a wife and eight children of those\\neight but one is now living, the youngest, Eliza\\nbeth (Smith) Banister, now in her seventy-ninth\\nyear, feeble in body, but with strong mental facul-\\nties unimpaired. Young Alvah, arriving at the\\nage of eighteen, was apprenticed to Captain Timo-\\nthy Miner, tanner, currier and shoemaker. He\\ndying the first year of service, the young apprentice\\nwas retained in business by Mrs. Miner, and served\\nhis time.\\nOn arriving at his majority he contracted for\\nthe tannery and shoe-shop, and was eminently\\nsuccessful, in time building up a large business,\\ngiving employment to one hundred operatives\\nnew dwelling-houses were erected, and a store\\nopened for the accommodation of his employes\\nHe made sales in Vermont, Massachusetts, New\\nYork and Illinois, and some of the time work was\\nsent to the Southern States via Boston. It was\\nin his tannery that calf-skins were first tanned\\nwith the hair on, the first one being an experiment\\nby Joseph Marshall, one of Mr Smith s earliest\\napprentices, to oblige a townsman. This soon be-\\ncame quite a lucrative business, the skins thus\\ntanned being made into overshoes and boots, which,\\nbeing impervious to the water and very warm,\\nfound a ready market. On November 19, 1854, the\\n13\\nshoe-shop and tannery were burned by an incen-\\ndiary, involving a loss of thirty thousand dollars.\\nThe business being so nece.ssary to the interests of\\nthe town, the people lent their aid in rebuilding\\nit on a large scale, adding the modern appliances\\nand improvements.\\nIn April of 1863 this building was burned, hav-\\ning been ignited by a spark from the furnace chim-\\nney, and was never rebuilt. In all these years of\\nbusiness activity Mr. Smith neglected no opportu-\\nnity for the improvement of his mind, but spent\\nall leisure moments in gaining information both as\\nto political and religious movements. Not infre-\\nquently the morning light revealtd the scorched\\nnewspaper, telling all too plainly that Mornheus\\nhad been robbed of rightful hours. His fellow-\\ntownsmen were not slow in appreciating his busi-\\nness capacities, bestowing upon him the honors ot\\noffice in their gift. He was town clerk from 1826\\nto 1880; Kepreseutative from 1830 to 1832; for\\nsome years selectman and superintending school\\ncommittee, and often chosen to administer on and\\nsettle estates. While being thus favored by his\\ntown, he was made justice of the peace and\\nquorum two yeare member of the Governor s\\nCouncil and of the board of trustees of the Insane\\nAsylum one of the directors and agents of the\\nCheshire Mutual Fire Insurance Company from its\\ninception, retaining both until two years before his\\ndeath, when he relinquished the agency. In 1856\\nhe received the appointment of Probate judge, re-\\ntiring in 1867 at the age of seventy, having ful-\\nfilled the trust with honesty and fidelity. He was\\nalso delegate to the Presidential Convention in\\nPhiladelphia in 1856.\\nAt the annual election in 1871 he received a few\\nvotes on the temperance ticket for Senator in Dis-\\ntrict No. 10. The person elected to that office (a\\nDemocrat) died before the Legislature met, and ac-\\ncording to the Constitution, the vacancy must be\\nfilled by joint vote of Legislature, for one of the\\ntwo highest candidates voted for at the an-\\nnual election; he therefore became a candidate.\\nThe Democrats and Labor- Reformers united were\\na majority in the Legislature, and hoping he might", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1005.jp2"}, "910": {"fulltext": "196\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfeel under obligation to go with tliem if elected by\\nthem, elected him.\\nAlthough offered any office in the gift of the\\nLegislature or Governor and any amount of money\\nif he would vote with them in their I evolutionary\\nmovements (as he held the balance in the Senate),\\nhe stood aloof from all their offers, and remained\\nfirm and true to the principles of liberty and equal-\\nity he had ever supported from early manhood.\\nA precious heirloom in the old home is a gold-\\nheaded ebony cane, bearing the following inscrip-\\ntion\\nPresented to Senator Alvah Smith, for his un-\\nwavering fidelity to principle and right, by Repub-\\nlican members of the Legislature, June session,\\n1871.\\nHe was State pension agent for finir years, which\\nwould have proved a more lucrative jsosition had\\nnot the infirmities of years made it necessary for\\nhim to employ extra help in the office.\\nHis well-known sound judgment procured him\\nmany calls as referee in difficult cases, not only in\\ntown, but in others in the county and after ma-\\nture deliberation he was always ready to give his\\nopinion, except in cases where the differing parties\\nwere man and wife, where he considered a third\\nparty like the fifth wheel to a coach, and advised\\nfor both forbearance and conciliation. Making\\nhimself well acquainted with points of law, he was\\nmany times solicited to enter the bar, but knowl-\\nedge of his own acquirements modestly forbade.\\nAlthpugh the law would have exempted him\\nfrom military duty, he was induced to take com-\\nmand, in early life, of a volunteer company in the\\nmilitia; from which he rose in military gradation\\nto the office of inspector, and performed the duty\\nof inspecting the whole of the then Third Division\\nof New Hampshire Militia, as reviewed by Gover-\\nnor David Morrill and General William Carey, a\\nfellow townsman. Mr. Smith was an active poli-\\ntician in the State, but not what would be termed\\na bigoted, zealous parti.sau, always advocating and\\nvoting for those principles, measures and men that,\\nfrom candid consideration, he thought were for the\\nbest good of the country and nation. In early days\\nhe was a Whig, and so great was the influence that\\nwent out from his manufactory that it obtained the\\nname of Whig Fort. At the birth of the Free-\\nSoil party, at the Buffalo (N. Y.) Convention, to\\nwhich he was sent as active delegate, he adopted\\nFree-Soil principles as best suited to carry out his\\nideas of right, from which he could not be moved.\\nHis firm principles made him proof against politi-\\ncal bribery, though the temptation once came when\\nin straitened circumstances and declining years.\\nWhen told at the time, It is .said every man has\\nhis price, he made quick reply, One man has\\nnot. Feeling from his own experience the disad-\\nvantages arising from a limited education he was\\nthoroughly awake in educational matters, giving\\nhis children every help in his power, not only pat-\\nronizing the district and select schools of his own\\ntown, but giving them academical advantages.\\nHe was much interested in the Teachers Insti-\\ntutes in the county, and used his influence in\\ntheir favor also was ever ready to procure the\\nlatest and most.approved text-books for his fam-\\nily, and it was rarely that a book or map agent re-\\nceived from him the cold shoulder if his wares\\npromised assistance in gaining knowledge. Being\\nfully persuaded by what he read by his own obser-\\nvation and experience, that there was no nourish-\\nment in alcohol, and that an individual could do\\nmore and better work without it than with it,\\nhe early espoused the cause of temperance, becom-\\ning one of its most earnest advocates. His shop,\\nraised in 1831, was the first building in town raised\\nwithout rum.\\nWhen he proposed the idea to the master-work-\\nman, he at once said It cannot be done. Then,\\nreplied Mr. Smith, It shall not be raised. The day\\ncame and with it scores of people, some from out\\nof town, fully expecting a failure but, contrary to\\nall expectation, every joist, beani and brace came\\nin position with no other stimulant than hot coffee.\\nIt was a success in every respect and was not the\\nlast building raised on temperance principles.\\nMr. Smith was known throughout the county\\nand State as an earnest temperance man, and was\\nsent as county delegate to the World s Temperance", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1006.jp2"}, "911": {"fulltext": "LEMFSTER.\\n197\\nConventiou in New York in 1^53. He avoided\\nthe formation of bad habits. Being ordered by\\nhis physician at one time to smolce, as soon\\nas he realized he was becoming a slave to the\\nvile weed, he at once and forever abandoned its\\nnse and, as an instance of his self command, he\\nlaid pipe and tobacco where he would see it each\\nday. At another time he forsook the use of mor-\\nphine, given to ease the pain of a fractured hip,\\nalthough it cost him more than a week of sleepless\\nnights. It is said by those who knew him from\\nhis earliest days that no profane or indelicate word\\npassed his lips, and rarely an expletive, obeying\\nthe Scriptural injunction, let your communication\\nbe yea, yea, and nay, nay, etc. His great will-\\npower, guided by Christian principles, enabled\\nhim to keep in control a naturally violent temper,\\nan inheritance, perhaps, from his grandfather\\nHurd, of whom it is related by Gilsum s his-\\ntorian that at one time, before the settlement of the\\nfirst minister, a black man came and offered him-\\nself to preach. He was sent to Mr. Hurd (first\\nclerk of the church), who was at work in the field.\\nWhether thinking the proposal an insult to the\\npeople, or a sacrilege to the ministerial office, is\\nnot known but, in his indignation at the pre-\\nsumption, he drove him out of the field with his\\ncane. This same historian also states that Mr.\\nHurd s family are well remembered by the elder\\npeople for their activity in church and town\\naffairs. A love for Christian principles, therefore,\\nseemed hereditary in Mr. Smith. In early life\\nhe became a disciple of Christ, uniting at the age\\nof twenty-three with the Congregational Church,\\nunder the pastoral care of Rev. Elias Fisher, the\\ntown s first mini.ster. His Christian character was\\na consistent one, carrying religion into the every-\\nday acts of life, making him solicitous for the\\nspiritual welfiire of those around him, especially\\nthose in his employ and members of his household\\na constant attendant on divine service, despite heat\\nor cold, sunshine or storm, taking his place as\\nSabbath-school superintendent, teacher or scholar,\\nnot only attending himself, but sending his team\\naround for those who had no conveyance for\\nover thirty years performing the office of deacon,\\nresigning only when so obliged by infirmities.\\nHis seat in the weekly prayer-meeting was rarely\\nempty, considering the hour thus spent among the\\nmost precious of the week, although there were\\ntimes when these duties involved a great sacrifice\\nof bodily comfort; but that these were appreciated\\nby his pastors will be shown by the following ex-\\ntract from a letter received from Rev. J. Le Bos-\\nquet on his eighty-second birth-day I thank you\\nfor your unfaltering friendship and assistance in the\\nwork of God during the seven years of my resi-\\ndence in your vicinity. Mr. Smith was remark-\\nable for his fortitude, the severest pain seldom\\nextorting a groan, never a complaint, his favorite\\nexjiression at such times being the Lord reigns,\\nthus showing his belief and trust in an overruling\\nProvidence,\\nAs a neighbor and friend he was ever ready to\\noblige, often lending his name to his own detri-\\nment, as in one instance, in combination with\\nother circumstances, it occasioned his failure, from\\nwhich, owing to the perfidy of the assignee, he\\nnever recovered.\\nVery free from suspicion, trying to do right\\nhimself, he thought the same of others showed\\nno favoritism, using the same hospitality and\\ncourtesy to the jjoor as to the rich. It can with\\ntruth be said, that at his death, August 7, 1879,\\nthe town lost one of its most public-spirited men,\\nfor he not only lent his influence to all good\\nschemes and measures, but aided pecuniarily\\nnever giving grudgingly.\\nOf Mr. Smith s personal appearance we have\\nsaid nothing the likeness accompanying this\\n.sketch was copied from a photograph, taken at\\nthe age of sixty-nine. He had a fine military fig-\\nure, some inche.s over six feet in hight, strong feat-\\nures and a smile full of benevolence. The im-\\npression he left upon the minds of the youth of\\nfifty years ago may be learned by an extract from\\nBackward Glances, written by L. P. Frost, for\\nthe Cold River Journal, of May 8, 1885 In\\nlooking the Journal all thro I found but one\\nfamiliar name, Hon. Alvah Smith how well I", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1007.jp2"}, "912": {"fulltext": "198\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nremember him I used to think, nor has my\\nmind changed since, he was the best-looking man\\nJ ever saw whether at church, as conductor of a\\nfuneral, or officiating at funerals when there was\\nno clergyman in town, or standing in front of the\\npulpit in the old church on the common as mod-\\nerator of the town-meeting, he had the same\\nattractive, beneficent, noble, manly look take him\\nall in all, I shall never look upon his like again.\\nMarch 8, 1820, when twenty-three years of\\nage, Mr. Smith married Arethusa, fourth daughter\\nof Captain Timothy and Polly (Ames) Miner, a\\ncompanion well fitted for the position she assumed\\nat the early age of nineteen. Eight children were\\ngiven them, seven sons and one daughter.\\nGENEALOGY.\\nI. ]\\\\Iilo (Smith), born Lerapster, March 9, 1822\\nmarried, May 14, 1850, Mary Ann Chaffin, of\\nEnfield, N. H.\\n1. George Alvah Smith, born Lempster, Feb-\\nruary 21, 1851 married, firet, November 28, 1872,\\nAlfaretta Sophronia Tyler, Manchester, N. H.\\ndied November 22, 1882; married, second, Delia\\nAdelaide Clement, Manchester, June 18, 1884.\\n2. Ella Frances (Smith), born Lerapster, Janu-\\nary 6, 1853 married, October 24, 1874, George\\nAugustus Jackson, Boston, Mass.\\na. Milo (Jackson), born Boston, Mass., January\\n16, 1876; died, January 19, 1876.\\n3. Gertrude Fremont (Smith), born Lempster,\\nMay 11, 1857 died Manchester, July 17, 1875;\\nmarried, July 4, 1874, Leroy Alphonso Bartlett.\\n4. Ira Percy (Smith), born Hillsborough Bridge,\\nOctober 12, 1859 married, July 14, 1881, Alice\\nPearson Chase, of Hillsborough Bridge.\\na. Gertrude Emma (Smith), January 1882.\\nII. Norman (Smith), born Lempster, February\\n25, 1824 marrried, first, September 30, 1845,\\nEebecca Ward, Plainfield, N. H. died January\\n22, 1864.\\n1 Helen Arethusa (Smith), born Lempster,\\nNovember 23, 1847 died Boston, Mass., March\\n18, 1875 married, October 19, 1870, Josiah Baker\\nSmall.\\n0. Hila Helen (Small), born Boston, Mass.,\\nOctober 4, 1873.\\nb. Ada Rebecca Smith, born Lempster, July 20,\\n1824 married, December 24, 1879, Josiah Baker\\nSmall died, April 1(5, 1882.\\n2. Grace Ada (Small), born April 10, 1882.\\nNorman married, second, Julia Etta Hammond,\\nJuly 2, 1864, Framingham, Mass.\\n3. Minnie Etta (Smith), born Boston, October 1\\n1865 married, January 12, 1882, Solomon Lafay-\\nette Bradley.\\n4. Edward Alva (Smith), born Netawakee,\\nKan., December 31, 1870.\\nIII. Truman (Smith), born Lempster, February\\n6, 1827 married, December 21, 1852, Arvilla\\nJane Gregg, Deering, N. H.\\n1. Imogene Virginia (^Smith), born Lempster,\\nOctober 27, 1853; married, June 18, 1872, Benja-\\nmaiu Emons, Wilmot Flat, N. H.\\nrt. Amelia (Emons), born Wilmot Flat, August\\n14, 1876.\\nb. Lina (Emons), born Wilmot Flat, February\\n19, 1879.\\nc. Eva (Emons), born Wilmot Flat, October 16,\\n1883.\\n2. Wallace Dana (Smith), born Lempster,\\nApril 14,1856; married, January 12, 1879, Mary\\nLizzie Allen, Concord, N. H.\\nIV. Alvah (Smith), born Lempster, March 22,\\n1830; died there, January 17, 1833.\\nV. Orville (Smith), born in Lempster, March\\n11, 1832; died May 12,1864, at Spottsylvania,\\nVa married, February 19, 1869, Julia Ann\\nPollard, Lerapster.\\nVI. Edward Payson (Smith), born in Lempster\\nMay 21, 1834 died there April 24, 1875 married,\\nJanuary 10, 1858, Jane Amelia Chester, Duds-\\nwell, C. E.\\n1. Frank Herbert (Smith), born in Athens,\\nOhio, May 19, 1863; died there January 29,\\n1865.\\nVII. Dwight C. (Smith), born in Lempster\\nSeptember 20, 1836 married, September 20, 1859,\\nHelen Maria Tracy, Acworth, N. H.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1008.jp2"}, "913": {"fulltext": "LEMPSTEE.\\n199\\n1. Frederick Austin (Smith), born in Acworth\\nJune 9, 1861.\\n2. Willie Edward (Smith), born in Acworth\\nSeptember 10, 1864; died there November 19,\\n1864.\\n3. Alvah Dwight (Smith), born in Worcester,\\nMass., January 20, 1807 died there March 0,\\n1867.\\nVIII. Marianna (Smith), born in Lempster\\nSeptember 8, 18o8.\\nMr. Smith s descendants are filling honorable\\nand useful positions in society. The eldest son,\\nMilo, has, for many years, been in the employ of\\nthe United States and Canada Express Company,\\nat Manchester. His son George Alvah is a\\nskilled machinist for the railroad Ella Frances,\\na book-keeper in Boston and Ira Percy, the\\nyoungest, is salesman for an agricultural house in\\nBoston. Normau, the second son, was associated\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0with his father in business since its closing up has\\nbeen in the employ of diflerent parties. His\\neldest daughter, Helen Arethusa, was a graduate\\nfrom the Normal School, Westfield, Mass., and a\\nvery successful teacher. The second, Ada Re-\\nbecca, was, for some years, book-keeper for\\nEverett Small, Boston, Mass. Minnie Etta,\\nthird daughter, is a fine pianist, while young\\nEdward Alvah is still a student. Truman, now a\\nfarmer in Pittsfield. N. H., was a successful\\nteacher also rendered his father invaluable\\nservice in the Pension Office. His sou, Wallace\\nDana, is a clerk in railroad office. Concord. The\\ndaughter, Imogene, a model wife and mother.\\nOrville, the fifth son, entered Wesleyan Univer-\\nsity, Middletown, Conn., but was forced to leave\\non account of some trouble of the eyes. Was in\\nKansas at the time of her great trial, and, although\\nprostrated ith chills and fever, was carried upon\\nhis bed to the polls. Returning home, was chosen\\nprincipal of Hopkinton Academy, which pleasant\\nsituation he left when our country called to\\narms. Enlisting in the Ninth New Hampshire\\nRegiment, was promoted to the captaincy of\\nCompany B, and fell in the battle of Spottsyl-\\nvania, Va., while leading his men to charge, for\\nhe always said come, boys. As soon as safety\\nwould permit, his remains were found by his\\ncomrades and buried at the head of his brave\\nmen who had fallen with him they now repose in\\nthe beautiful National Cemetery on Marye s\\nHeights.\\nEdward Payson, being in Ohio at the com-\\nmencement of our Civil War, enlisted, and was\\ncommissioned lieutenant of the One Hundred and\\nForty-first Regiment, Company B, of Ohio Volun-\\nteer Infantry was one of the Home Guard at the\\ntime of the Morgan raid afterward provost-\\nmarshal in West Virginia. At the close of the\\nwar, by reason of impaired health, went to St.\\nPaul, Minn., and there became one of the con-\\ntractors of the Northern Pacific Railroad. His\\nhealth failing, he came to his father s home Feb-\\nruary, 1875, passing away the following April, a\\nnoble Christian man.\\nDwight C, the youngest son, employed in his\\nfather s shop, became an expert in the cutting of\\nsole leather subsequeotly found employment in\\nHopkinton and Worcester, Mass. is now super-\\nintendent in the shoe-factory of Critchell Sibley,\\nBelfast, Me. His only sou, Frederick Austin, is a\\nclerk in the Marine Insurance Company, Boston.\\nMarianna, the youngest, is the only one of her\\nfather s family left in the eld home, whose walls\\nhave echoed and re-echoed to the music of patter-\\ning feet, to the gleesomeness of childhood, to the\\nmany home gatherings on the nation s feast-day,\\nand to the sadder home-comings when the loved\\nwere laid to re^t. Hers has been the blessed\\nmission to care for the aged parents as they passed\\nso gently from earth to heaven.\\nMr. Smith had resided in the village of his na-\\ntive town ever since his apprenticeship, erecting\\nin 1824, an unpretentious brick cottage, shaded\\nnow by luxuriant maples, set out and fostered by\\nhimself and wife Within, there has always been\\ntrue republican simplicity, and to the hospital)le\\nboard the stranger and friend, the poor and needy\\nwere always welcomed.\\nThis home in the summer months is not only\\npleasant with the song of birds and perfume of\\nfloweis, but vocal with the merriment of childhood,\\nit still being the flivorite resort of the grandchil-\\ndren and great-grandchildren, as well as many\\nother family friends.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1009.jp2"}, "914": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NEWPORT.\\nBY JOSEPH W. PARMELEE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nIt is matter of interest that in this year of\\ngrace, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-\\nfive, there are living many persons in the town\\nof Newport whose grandfathers and grand-\\nmothers were the disloyal subjects of George\\nIII. King, etc. It is also matter of interest\\nand consideration to all residents of the town,\\nnative or adopted, and must so continue to be to\\nthe latest generation, that its local history\\nreaches back into the colonial era, when New\\nHamjishire was a royal province of Great\\nBritain, with a royal Governor, whose pom-\\npous edicts were based upon a sovereignty that\\nwas not of the people.\\nThe first settlement of our town of Newport\\noccurred at a most interesting period in Conti-\\nnental affairs. The great contest for supremacy\\nin America, between England and France, had\\nbeen terminated by the results of the old\\nFrench and Indian War, and the. treaty of\\nParis, 1756-63. France sullenly retired and\\nEngland dominated on the North American\\nContinent from the Gulf of Mexico to the\\nArctic Zone, and from ocean to ocean.\\nThe Indian tribes after nearly a hundred\\nand fifty years of contact with the pale-faced\\ninvaders of their hunting-grounds worsted at\\nall points unable or unwilling to mingle with\\nor oppose the progress of the civilization that\\nhad planted itself in New England had taken\\nup their dreary and desultory march towards\\nthe western sea an anabasis that has continued\\nfor another hundred and fifty years.\\n200\\nA sentiment of dissatisfaction was gaining\\nstrength among the people of the colonies that\\nin the near future was to burst out in revolu-\\ntion and deliver them from the tyranny of the\\nBritish government.\\nWith the peace to which we have referred\\nthere came to the people of the New England\\ncolonies a renewal and enlargement of their\\ndomestic industries. The populous condition\\nof the older settlements invited an extension of\\ntheir boundaries. The war-whoop and the war-\\ndance, and the dusky savage, as a local element\\nof population, had forever disappeared a great\\nand peaceful wilderness, full of magnificent\\npossibilities, beckoned to their hardy sons and\\ndaugliters, from its primeval solitudes.\\nThe shout that broke the silence when that\\ngreen island of the southern sea first dawned\\nupon the vision of Columbus, Land land\\nhas been the kej -note of American progress\\nand civilization. It was only when the hand of\\nlabor appeared on the scene that permanent and\\nvaluable settlements were made in the New\\nWorld. It was then that the forests began to\\ndisappear, and farms were opened and towns\\nand villages were settled. It was land that the\\nwise old fiirmers of ]\\\\Iassachusetts and Connec-\\nticut wanted for themselves or their stalwart\\nsons, and to this end they sought out the fairest\\nvalleys and the best-timbered uplands for in-\\nvestment and occupation.\\nThe desirable character of the region of coun-\\ntry now known as Western New Hampshire\\nbecame known to the people of the older and", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1010.jp2"}, "915": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n201\\nmore jxipulous colouies as early, at least, as the\\ntime of the French and Indian War, when the\\nvalley of the Connecticut River, from INIassa-\\nchiisetts to Canada, was traversed by scouts and\\ncompanies of armed men and captives, as the re-\\nquirements of savage warfare sent them to and\\nfro, between Southern New England and the\\nSt. Lawrence River.\\nAgain, the wealth derived irom tiie capture\\nof fur-bearing animals, as well as the excite-\\nments of the chase, has tempted men into re-\\ngions beyond the confines of civilization and\\nthus the hunter and trapper have become pio-\\nneers in the discovery of new lands and\\nstreams and regions hitherto unknown.\\nIt was undoubtedly in this way, and for this\\npurpose, that the territory of the present town\\nof Newport was first visited.\\nSome time about the middle of the last cen-\\ntury a famous hunter and trapper, Eastman\\nby name, of Killingworth, Conn., is said to\\nhave left his home on a hunting expedition.\\nPushing his way up the Connecticut River, he\\ncame to a very considerable sti cam of water\\nflowing in from the east, now known as Sugar\\nRiver. Following the coui-se of this tril)u-\\ntary, he penetrated these wilds, and, doubtless,\\ncame to the place where Newport village now\\nstands, and set his traps in the meadows of the\\nSouth Branch and its affluents.\\nHe was successful in his trapping, and, in\\ndue time, returned to Connecticut, laden with\\nthe skins of otter, beaver, mink and musquash,\\nthe spoils of these streams.\\nThe glowing accounts he gave of the natural\\nresources of this section in fertility of soil, water-\\npower, timber, healthfulness of climate, pictur-\\nesque scenery and accessibility, made a deep im-\\npression upon his friends and induced them to set\\nabout securing a charter for a township in the\\ninterest of their families.\\nHe set out again on a similar expedition,\\nfrom which he never returned. At an early\\nperiod in the settlement of the town a human\\nskeleton was found on land about a mile west\\nfrom Newport village, now the ilirm of Reuben\\nHaven, near a small stream of water much fre-\\nquented by rodents and aquatic animals.\\nThis discovery was supposed to solve the\\nmystery in regard to the fate of the unfortunate\\nEastman, the first white man that set foot\\nupon the soil of Newport.\\nIn the mean time the Colonial Governor at\\nPortsmouth, through his SuFveyor-Gcueral,\\nIsaac Rindge, had caused surveys of many\\ntownships to be made in the valley of the Con-\\nnecticut, claiming jurisdiction on both sides of\\nthe river, and was not without good knowledge\\nof the (piality and value of these lands.\\nMr. Barstow, in his History of New Hamp-\\nshire, makes the following statement as re-\\ngards the Governor and people in relation to\\nthis matter\\nThe soldiers perceived the fertility of the soil, anil\\nimmediately upon the cessation of hostilities a great\\ncrowd of adventurers and speculators made applica-\\ntion for these lands. Applications increased and the\\nsurveys were extended so rapidly that during the\\nyear 1761 not less than sixty townships were granted\\non the west and eighteen on the east side of the river.\\nThe Governor s coffers were filled by the fees; and\\nscarcely had two years more elapsed before the num-\\nber of townships on the west side of the river amount-\\ned to one hundred and thirty-eight. A stream of emi-\\ngration poured northward from Charlestown to Lan-\\ncaster and Northumberland, and settlements were\\nsoon extended to Claremont and Plainfield, Lebanon,\\nHanover, Lyme, Oxford, Newport, Lempster, Marlow\\nand Alstead. The passion for occupying new lands\\nseemed hardly exceeded by the passion for granting\\nthem. The soldiers to whom they had been promised\\nfor their meritorious services in conquering the coun-\\ntry from France were forgotten in the hasty covetous-\\nncss of an avaricious Governor. Wentworth retained\\nlive hundred acres of land in each town to himself\\nThe last statement may be correct in regard\\nto other towns, btit to mitigate his selfishness as\\nmuch as possible, we may state that his acauisi-\\ntion in Newport was a lot of two hundred\\nacres.\\nWe may here observe incidentally the influ-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1011.jp2"}, "916": {"fulltext": "202\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nence of the more important water-courses of\\nNew Hampshire as reo;ards its first settlement\\nand how the Piscataqua and the Merrimack and\\nthe Connecticut, and their more important trib-\\nutaries, became water-ways and liigli-ways far-\\nther and farther into the interior, and their allu-\\nvial borders were first dotted with settlements.\\nWe may also perceive how entirely convenient\\nit was for the people of Central Massachusetts\\nand Connecticut to push their settlements up the\\nvalley of the beautiful river that came down to\\nthem from the borders of Canada. Of the set-\\ntlers on the Merrimack and its western tributa-\\nries, the greater ])art were from Eastern Massa-\\nchusetts. For years the peculiarities of these\\ndifferent classes of people were of so decided a\\ncharacter as to identify their origin. Both\\nclasses were in Newport.\\nIn view of the demands for progress and the\\ngeneral situation, a number of the enterprising\\ncitizens of New London County, Conu., and\\nmore particularly of Killingworth, one of its\\nimportant towns, had obtained from the royal\\nGovernor of New Hampshire a charter for a\\ntownshij) of land, as follows\\n[Seal.]\\nProvince of New Hampshire George\\nthe Third by the Grace of God, Great\\nBritain, France and Ireland; King De-\\nI fender of the Faith c.\\nTo all persons to whom these presents shall come\\nGreeting.\\nKnow Ye that We of our special Grace certain\\nKnowledge and Meer Motion for the due encourage-\\nment of Settling a New Plantation within Our Said\\nProvince by and with the advice of Our Trusty and\\nWell-beloved Benning Wentworth Esqr: Our Gov-\\nernor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province\\nof New Hampshire in New England and of Our\\nCouncil of the said Province, Have upon the Condi-\\ntions and Reservations hereinafter Made, Given and\\nGranted and by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and\\nSuccessors do Give and Grant in Equal Shares Unto\\nOur loving Subjects, inhabitants of Our said Province\\nof New- Hampshire and Our Other Governments and to\\ntheir Heirs and Assigns for Ever, whose names are\\nentered on this Grant to be divided to, and amongst\\nthem into Sixty Eight Equal Shares, all that Tract\\nor Parcel of Land Situate lying and Being within Our\\nsaid Province of New Hampshire Containing by Ad-\\nmeasurement Twenty Three Thousand and Forty\\nAcres, which Tract is to Contain Six miles square\\nand no more Out of which an Allowance is to be made\\nfor Highways and unimprovable Land by Rocks,\\nPonds. Mountains and Rivers One Thousand and\\nForty Acres free according to a Plan and Survey\\nthereof made by Our said Governors order and re-\\nturned to the Secretarys Office and hereunto annexed\\nButted and Bounded as follows. Viz, Beginning at a\\nStake and Stones w-hich stands South 78 degrees East\\nat the distance of Six Miles and One Half Mile from\\nthe North Westerly Corner of Charlestown a town\\nformerly Granted in this Province, and runs from the\\nsaid Stake and stone North Eight degrees, East Five\\nMiles and Seven Eighths of a Mile to a Stake and\\nStones, then South 60 degrees East Eight Miles and\\nOne Quarter of a Mile, then South Ten degrees West\\nSix Miles to a Stake and Stones, then North Sixty\\nThree degrees West Six Miles and One Quarter of a\\nMile to a Stake and Stones the Bound first mentioned\\nbeing Six Miles and One Half Mile from the Bank\\nof Connecticut River.\\nAnd the same be and hereby is Incorporated into\\na Township by the Name of Newport. And the In-\\nhabitants that do, or shall hereafter inhabit the said\\nTownship are hereby declared to be Enfranchised\\nwith and Intitled to all and Every the privileges and\\nimmunities that other Towns within Our Province by\\nLaw Exercise and Enjoy And, further, that the said\\nTown as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident\\nand settled therein, shall have the liberty of Holding\\ntwo Fairs, One of which shall be on the And\\nthe other on the annually, which Fairs are not\\nto continue longer than the respective follow-\\ning the said and that as soon as the said Town\\nshall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be\\nopened, and kept One or more days in each week, as\\nmay be thought most advantageous to the Inhabit-\\nants.\\nAlso, that the first Meeting for the choice of Town\\nOfficers Agreeable to the Laws of Our said Province\\nshall be held on the third Tuesday of November next,\\nwhich said Meeting shall be notified by Mr. George\\nHarris who is hereby appointed the Moderator of the\\nsaid First Meeting, which he is to Notify, and Govern\\nAgreeably to the Laws and Customs of Our said Prov-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1012.jp2"}, "917": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n203\\nince, and the animal Meeting forever hereafter fur\\nChoice of such Officers for the Said Town shall be on\\nthe second Tuesday of March Annually To Have\\nand to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed,\\ntogether with all Privileges and Appurtenances to\\nthem and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever,\\nupon the following Conditions, viz.\\n1st. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns\\nshall plant and Cultivate Five Acres of Land within\\nthe Term of Five years, for every Fifty Acres con\\ntained in his or their share or proportion of Land in\\nsaid Township, and to continue to improve and settle\\nthe same by Additional Cultivations, on Penalty of\\nthe forfeiture of his (frant or Share in the said Town\\nship, and of its Reverting to Us Our Heirs and Suc-\\ncessors to be by LTs or Them regrauted to such of Our\\nSubjects as shall etfectually Settle and Cultivate the\\nsame.\\n2dly. That all white and other Pine Trees\\nwithin the said Township fit for Masting Our Royal\\nNavy, be carefully preserved for that Use and none\\nbe Cut or foiled without Our Special Lease for so do-\\ning first had and obtained upon the Penalty of the\\nforfeiture of the right of such Grantee, His Heirs and\\nAssigns, to Us Our Heirs and Successors as well as\\nbeing subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts oi\\nParliament that now or hereafter shall be Enacted\\n3dly. That before any of the Land be made to and\\namong the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Cen-\\ntre of said Township as the Land will admit of, shall\\nbe reserved and marked out for Town Lotts, One of\\nwhich shall be Allotted to each Grantee of the Con-\\ntents of One Acre.\\n4thly. Yielding and Paying therefor to us Our\\nHeirs and Successors for the space of Ten j-ears to be\\ncomputed from the date hereof the Rent of One Ear of\\nIndian Corn only. On the Twenty-Fifth Day of\\nDecember Annually, if lawfully demanded the first\\npayment to be made on the Twenty-Fifth day of\\nDecember, 1702.\\n5thly. Every Proprietor, Settler, or Inhabitant\\nshall yield and pay unto Our Heirs and Successoi-s\\nyearly and every year forever from and after the Expi-\\nration of Ten years from the above said Twenty-fifth\\nday of December, which will be in the year of Our\\nLord 1772, One Shilling Proclamation Money for\\neverv hundred Acres he so owns settles or possessesi\\nand so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of\\nthe Land, which Money shall be paid by the respec-\\ntive Persons abovesaid their Heirs or Assigns in Our\\nCouncil Chamber in P irtsmouth or to such Oflicer or\\nOfficers as shall be appointed to receive the same,\\nand this to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services\\nwhatsoever In Testimony whereof we have caused\\nthe Seal of Our said Province to be hereunto affixed.\\nWitness, Renning Wentworth, Esqr., Our Gover-\\nnor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Province the\\n6th day of October in the Year of Our Lord Christ\\nOne Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-One and in\\nthe First year of Our Reign\\nR. Wentworth.\\nBy His E.xcellency s Command with advice of\\nCouncil.\\nTheodore Atkinson, Sec y.\\nProvince of New Hampshire Recorded in the\\nBook of Charters, Page 221-222, 1761.\\npr Theodore Atkinson, Sec y.\\nA true C opy.\\nBenjn. Giles, Propritrs Clark.\\nThe proprietors record has a phinof the town\\nclra\\\\\\\\n in accordance with tlie roval grantas given\\nhy I.saacRindoe, surveyor-general of the province\\nand copied hy Benjamin (iiles, tlie proprietors\\nclerk. Tliere were some provisions afterwards\\nconsidered by the proprietors, though not speci-\\nfied in the charter, as follows\\nA lot of two hundred acres was reserved in\\nthe south^Nestern part of the town to be ac-\\ncounted as two of the before-named shares for the\\nbeuefitof Governor Went wort li. In addition, one\\nshare was reserved for the Incorjwrated Society\\nfor the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign\\nParts one share for a glebe for the Church\\nof England as by law establisiied one share\\nfor the first settled minister of the gospel and\\none share for the benefit of a school in said\\ntown.\\nThat the grant of this township was origin-\\nally a matter of sjieculation is a])parent from\\nthe fact that of the names of the si.xty-oue\\ngrantees to whom the charter was given, but one\\nappears as an actual settler of the tnwn. The\\nsettlers and owners of 1766 had evidently\\npurchased their rights from the original gran-\\ntees.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1013.jp2"}, "918": {"fulltext": "204\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe township of Newport thus irjranted is\\nsituated in the western ])art of the State, some\\nforty miles northwesterly from Concord.\\nMathematieally described, it is about 43\u00c2\u00b0\\n30 north latitude, and 4\u00c2\u00b0 30 longitude east\\nfrom Washington City, and is bounded on the\\nnorth by Croydon south, by Unity and Go-\\nshen east, by Sunapee and west by Clare-\\nmout.\\nIn regard to its physical aspects, the first\\npoint of interest and value is the splendid river\\nsystem by which it is watered and drained, and\\nfrom which Newport derives its imjiortance as\\na manufacturing town. We have reference to\\nthe Sugar River and its branches.\\nThe main stream of the Sugar has its source\\nin a great natural reservoir of water lying some\\nfive or six miles to the eastward of the town,\\nknown as Sunapee Lake. This lake covers an\\narea some ten miles long from north to soutli\\nand on an average about three miles in M-idth.\\nIts resources are deep among the granite knobs\\non the great back-bone or ridge known as a part\\nof the Apalachiau system of iiigh lands between\\nthe Merrimack and Connecticut Valleys, and its\\nslopes forming on either side water-sheds to\\nthe rivers that How through those valleys.\\nThe surface of the lake is estimated by com-\\npetent engineers at an altitude of one thousand\\none hundred and three feet above mean tide-\\nwater in Boston Harbor, and some eight luin-\\ndred and sixty feet above the bed of the Con-\\nnecticut River on a line eighteen miles due\\nwest in the town of Claremont.\\nThe fall of the river between the gates of the\\nSunapee Dam Company, at its lake outlet,\\nand the valley at Newport is estimated at from\\nthree hundred and fifty to four hundred feet.\\nMuch of this power has been employed to good\\nadvantage by mills and manufactories; and\\nmore remains unimproved, awaiting the coming\\ncapitalist or man of enterprise and skill to build\\nhis shop or mill and control its idle force to\\nsome good purpose.\\nIn the Newport meadows the Sugar receives\\nthe waters of its South Branch, flowing north-\\nwardly from Goshen, with its afiiuents from\\nLempster and Unity, and goes on for about three\\nmiles by the course of the stream to receive\\nanother principal tributary, the North Branch\\nfrom Croydon and Springfield. The course of\\nthe stream then tends westerly to the rapids at\\nNorth Newport, where it again takes up its\\nrollicking career to Kellyville, and from thence\\nto the meadows and fall in Claremont, and its\\nconfluence with the Connecticut.\\nThere are several other lesser tributaries of\\nthe Sugar in Newport, of which are Reed, Kim-\\nball, Perry and Comstock Bi ooks -some of tliem\\nwith water sufficient to turn a mill, and all of\\nthem in times past the delight of the angler.\\nThe length of the Sugar River in its circui-\\ntous course is estimated at about twenty-five\\nmiles, to accomplish some eighteen miles in a\\nstraight line. The waters we have sought to\\ndescribe drain an area of some two hundred\\nthousand acres of territory, and flow from\\ntwelve different towns.\\nSpreading out along- the margins of these\\nbrooks and larger streams are ample meadows\\nrising into uplands, and highlands, and hills,\\nand ridges affording fertile lands for tillage,\\nsweet jiastures for sheep and cattle and horses,\\nabundant wood-lots and orchards of sugar-\\nmaple, on all of which efficient labor would find\\na reward.\\nAnother pleasant feature of the township is\\nits diversified and beautiful scenery. It would\\nseem the result of design, rather than a chance\\nsurvey, that so many desirable features should\\nbe found in a certain tract or parcel of land,\\nas regards meadow-lands, water-power and gen-\\neral situation.\\nWe might ask, Why did not the compass of\\nthe original surveyor send the boundary lines\\nin such a manner as to divide our meadows and\\nwater-power with Croydon or Goshen, instead\\nof locating them in the heart of Newjjort\\nThe only answer to such a query would be that\\nthese lines, which have fallen to us in such", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1014.jp2"}, "919": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n205\\npleasant places, wei e iudicated by the finger of\\nProvidence, and we have a goodly heritage.\\nAmong the most prominent elevations outly-\\ning about the valley of Newport is Pike Hill,\\nwhich appears to have been used as a signal\\nstation iu the triangulation of the State by the\\nCoast Survey, as shown b} the weather-beaten\\nstaff upon its top.\\nTJiere appears also a geological %\\\\i)ndcr on\\nthe top of this liill, known to the natives as\\nthe Klephant llock, on account of its resem-\\nblance in color and ])roportions to that huge\\nAsiatic pachyderm. It rests upon the surface\\nof the ground, and measures nearly one hun-\\ndred feet in circumference and twenty-four feet\\nin height. The altitude of its location is esti-\\nmated at about one thousand five hundred feet\\naliove sea-level. When ami how it was landed\\nupon that granite knob is matter uf grave\\nspeculation. It is known t()ante late the arrival\\nof any other first settler, and is at jireseut the\\nonly original occupant of that hill. A little\\nfartlier to the southwest is Wilmarth Ledge, a\\nbold ridge, easily accessible and worth visiting\\nfor the sake of the magnificent views presented\\nand the geological specimens that may be found\\nthere.\\nAnother inuuensc conglomerate bonkier or\\nloggan, estimated to weigh from thirty to forty\\ntons, receives many callers at its lodge on lare-\\nmont Hill, about forty rods north of the road.\\nThis rock is so poised upon the ground that it\\nmay be moved to and fro by the ordinary force\\nof one liand. It is supposed to be a choice\\nspecimen lost out of tiie cabinet of some passing\\nglacier in the olden-time.\\nOf other curiosities in stone, reference might\\nbe had to tlie \\\\iut or well-holes in the ledges of\\nthe South Branch at Southville.\\nTiiere is no locality in XewiKirt where the\\nage of tlic world is more emphatically dis-\\nplayed no Sermons in Stones more im-\\npressive than are to be found there. Some time\\nsince a couple of village philoso])hers selected\\none of the pot-holes, to whidi we have referred.\\nfor investigation. They prejjared for the duty,\\nand with syphon and other facilities for bailing\\nand digging they removed the water and sand\\nand gravel from a circular hole in the solid\\nledge to the depth of six feet, and varying from\\ntwenty-seven inches in diameter at the surface\\nto forty-two inches at its greatest size. The\\nshape of the chamlier or cavity thus disclosed\\nwas somewhat like that of an egg, if made to\\nstand upon its largest end and its capacity\\nmust have been at least one hundred and\\ntwenty-five gallons. The inside of this immense\\njug, so to speak, clearly indicated the spiral\\nsweep of tile water and pebbles as the wearing\\nprocess went on during the ages and ages.\\nIn the northwestern p;irt of the town, over-\\nlooking the valley of the Sugar on the south,\\nstands a rugged elevation know as Blueberry\\nLedge, which, extending into Claremont, be-\\ncomes Green Mountain. In this remote corner,\\nsometimes known as the Cat Hole, are mines of\\nplumbago and mica, wiiich mav attract further\\nattention in the future. Tiic views thei e are\\nvery fine.\\nIn the northern part of tlie town, beyond the\\nbend in tlie river and its adjacent meadows,\\nrises a huge swell of land known as Baptist\\nHill. Such ti acts of upland, originally cov-\\nered with a growth of hard-woods, such as\\nbeech, birch, maple and oak, were considered\\nvery desirable by the early settlers as affording\\na soil of great strength and fertility, and not\\neasily exhausted by cultivation.\\nAcross the valley of the North, or Croydon\\nBranch of Sugar, in the nortlicasteru section of\\nthe town, rising to an elevation of one thousand\\nfive Innidred and eighty-eight feet above sea-\\nlevel, is a rugged hill known as Coit Mountain;\\nand further on in an easterly direction is a simi-\\nlar knob, distinguislied as Bakl Abiuntain.\\nThe tops of these hills are very delightful, af-\\nfording, as they do, fine outlooks and desirable\\nsituations for summer parties.\\nIjving along on the eastern side of the town\\nand vallev arc the East Mountain and Thatcher", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1015.jp2"}, "920": {"fulltext": "206\\nHISTORY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHill, devoted to farms and agriculture, and\\nabounding with pleasant situations.\\nFrom many of the points thus described\\nwithin the town lines, the observer may, with\\nthe natural eye, or aided by a field-glass, rise\\nout of his local lioundaries of town, county and\\nState, to the contcnipl;iti(in of far-off views of\\nsurpassing interest and grandeur. Some eight\\nmiles to tlie north the summit of Croydon\\nMountain, the highest point of land in Sullivan\\nCounty, looks down upon tlie Newport Valley\\nfrom an altitude of two thousand seven hun-\\ndred and eighty-nine feet alxive soadevel and\\nfurther to the northeast the clustering pinna-\\ncles of the AVhite Mountain group are dis-\\ntinctly visible. On the east we have Kearsarge\\nin serene individuality, and the far-oflp lands of\\nMaine. To the southeast the dark and rugged\\nbrow of Sunapee seems watcliing its own shadow\\nin the crystal lake at its base. On the south\\nare the Washington, Unity and Lempster hills,\\nwhile tlie western horizon is outlined liy a clear\\nand well-defined view of the Green Mountain\\nrange of Vermont.\\nReturnina; to the business aifairs of the\\ngrantees no action appears to have been taken\\nin resrard to the distribution of these shares un-\\ntil some three years after the date of the charter.\\nOn December 25, 1 764, a meeting of pro-\\nprietors was held at Killingworth, and a com-\\nmittee appointed, consisting of Stephen Wilcox,\\nRoliert Lane, John Crane and Isaac Kelsey,\\nto proceed to Charlestowu (No. 4) and attend\\nto the allotment of the shares, which ulti-\\nmately took place at the house of John Hast-\\nings, Jr., on July 6, 1765.\\nThis committee was also authorized to locate\\nthe Town Plott in accordance with the pro-\\nvisions of the charter, and arrange convenient\\nhighways for the accommodation of the lot-\\nowners.\\nAt a meeting held on the second Tuesday in\\nMarch, 1766, another committee, consisting of\\nEbenezer Merrit, Deacon Jeremiah Clement\\nand Stephen Wilcox, was appointed to open\\na cart-road in Newport, and also a road to\\nthe west end of said lotts, extending from lot\\nNo. 64, owned by Ezra Parmelee, northward\\nto what was afterward, and still remains, the\\nJenks place.\\nIt was also Voted that Mr. Morgan sell the\\nboat owned by the proprietors, and that Stejihen\\nWilcox proceed to Portsmoutli and procure an\\nextension of the charter, wliich was in hazard\\nof forfeiture, through tiie non-compliance with\\nits provisions twenty-one shares had already\\n(April, 1765) been sold at auction for this\\ncause.\\nIt is matter of regret that we know nothino;\\nmore, eitlier by record or tradition, in regard\\nto the l)oat owned b} the proprietors, for\\nwhat purpose it liad been used, and why it was\\nsold.\\nUp to this time, 1765-66, all that had been\\nin settlement of the township was preliminary.\\nThe surveys, the grant, the allotment of shares,\\nthe trading and planning had mostly been ar-\\nranged, and all the characteristics and privileges\\nand beauties of the new township were thor-\\noughly examined and understood.\\nIt is said that in the fall of 1765, after the\\ndrawing took place, a number of the men in-\\nterested came to the promised laud to spy it\\nout, and make arrangements for the company\\nthat were to come the next spring that three\\nof them remained to finish some extra work\\nafter their companions had left.\\nAt night they went to Bragg s camp,\\nwhich was at the northwest corner of the\\nroads at the foot of Claremout Hill. The\\nnext morning a severe snow-storm came on.\\nThey were without food and obliged to folloM\\ntheir comjtanions to No. 4, or remain and\\nstarve. While traveling through Unity, Mer-\\nritt, one of the party became fatigued and\\nchilled, thought he could go no farther, and\\nlaid down to die. Kelsey, another of the party,\\nwho believed in severe remedies in such cases,\\ncut sprouts and applied them vigorously to\\nMerritt s person, whereupon he arose in his", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1016.jp2"}, "921": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n207\\nwrath to pursue and take vengeance on his\\npersecutor. The exercise restored him to tiie\\nuse of his limbs and probably saved his life,\\nand they reached Charlestown in safety.\\nEarly in the month of .Tune, 17(3G, the first\\nparty of actual settlers and workers made their\\nappearance in Newport.\\nThey came in from Charlestown (No. 4),\\nwhich for several years had been the most\\nnorthern outpost of civilization on the Con-\\nnecticut River. The descent on this place in\\nSepteml)er, 1700, when the Willard family\\nwere ca]itured and taken to Canada, was among\\ntlie very last of the French and Indian depre-\\ndations in New England. It was at this time\\na resting-place and base of supplies for the\\nsu rrou nd i ng country.\\nFrom that point a traveled road and civil-\\nization disappeared from their view, and they\\ntook their way through the woods for about\\ntwenty miles, guided l)y blazed trees, on foot,\\nas may be supposed, Ijcaring their guns, am-\\nmunition, provisions, axes and extra clothing\\non their backs. It has been erroneously stated\\nby writers on this subject that the wives of\\nseveral of the party weri with them at this\\ntime but such is not the fliet, as will appear in\\nthe further progress of this sketch.\\nIn regard to the peisonnel of the party whom,\\nas individuals, we now welcome to Newport, it is\\nmatter of regret that so little is known. They\\nt(jok no thought for their descendants and suc-\\ncessors, and were not posing before a future\\nhistorian. Had it been otherwise, their private\\nlecords would have been more ample.\\nThe oldest member of the party was Deacon\\nStephen Wilcox, whose ancestors were settled\\non the eastern end of Long Island, visible from\\nthe Connecticut shore, as early as 1(J8 Me\\nwas born July 5, 170t) married. May 10, 1 73.3,\\nMary Hurd, and with their family of twelve\\nchildren li\\\\ed in Killingworth. He was at\\nthis time about si.vty years of age. With him\\nwere two sons, -Jesse, born October u, 1 744\\nPhineas, born January 14, 1747. Uriah, who\\nwas not of the party, but came afterward, was\\nl)orn March i: 174!), and consequently was\\nabout seventeen years of age. Here came also\\nSamuel Hurd, whose wife (married 17 )7) was\\nLydia, the daughter of Stephen Wilcox.\\nStephen Wilcox was never a jiermanent\\nresident of this town. His interest here and\\nbusiness was to place these sons and the son-in-\\nlaw on lands\u00e2\u0080\u0094 three hundred acres to each he\\nhad acfpn red in accordance with the terms of the\\ncharter, or by j)urehase.\\nHis name is several times mentioned in con-\\nnection with proprietary and town affairs, but\\nhe ultimately i-eturned to Killingworth.\\nHere came also Absalom Kelsey, about twen-\\nty-four years of age, who afterwards married\\nMercy Hill, of Killingworth, and Jesse Kelsey,\\nhis brother, born February 1746, married.\\nMay 12, 1709, Hester Hurd, a sister of Samuel\\nHurd, before mentioned.\\nOf this party was Ezra Parmelee, whose father\\nwas a neighbor of the Wilcoxs, Hurds and Kel-\\nseys, and we believe a connection of some of\\nthem by marriage. Ezra, Jr., afterward mar-\\nried, May 1, 1769, Syl)il Hill, a daughter of\\n.lames and Hannah (Nettlelon) Hill, of Killing-\\nworth, and a sister of Mercy, the wife of Absa-\\nlom Kelsey.\\nWe have been careful in rciiard to these sen-\\nealogies, as frequent errors have been made\\nwhich we dcsii e to correct.\\nWe have thus specified seven members of the\\nsettling party, who appear to have been person-\\nally related or (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0onnecte l, and wiio made up a\\nkindof family ])arty undertlu su])orvisi((nof Dea.\\nWilcox. The tradition in ivgard to this matter\\nis that there were eight that they arrived at a\\npoint near the present funr corneis at liii/ foot of\\nClaremont Hill late on a Saturday evening.\\nThe probability is that they came to Bragg s\\nunoccupied camp, abandoned the j)revious fall,\\nand that Bragg himself was now one of tlieii-\\nnuml)er. We would have know-n more about\\nthis matter had a generation of Braggs cinue\\ndown to the present from that early stock.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1017.jp2"}, "922": {"fulltext": "208\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSlirUE.\\nThf tradition also runs, and we have no\\ndoubt of tiie trutii of it, that tlie next day be-\\ning tlie Sabbath, religions services were held\\nin the shade of a large birch-tree, and I on-\\nduetcd by Deacon Stephen Wilcox.\\nxis to there being eight in the party, it niat-\\ntei-s not otliers were on tlu ir way iiitlier, of\\nw nnni wereZephaniah Clark, Ebenezer Merritt,\\nDaniel Dudley and others whose names will\\nappear hereafter.\\nThe individuals of the party soon left the gen-\\neral eneanipnient to occupy cabins or camps of\\ntheir own construction, on their own lot.s. Jesse\\nWilcox came to lots 12 and IM, now the home-\\nstead of Freeman Cutting; SanuicI Hard to\\nlot I I, on the north end ol the plain, so-called;\\nJesse Kelsey to lands at tiie locality now known\\nas Kelleyville. .The place has since been owned\\nby Deacon John Kelley, Ivii hard Kverett, John\\nS. I armelcc and ieo. 11. Towle. That nei rh-\\nborhood was soon knmvn as New City.\\nEzra Parmelee made his cani]i on lot No. (i-l,\\nat the soiUh end of tlii meadows, on the South\\nUrancli, nut t;ir iVoin the present residence of\\nGeorge E. Dame. The nuadnw lands in that\\nlocality have been greatly ehanged in later\\nyears by tiie action of the water in times of\\nfreshet. Absalom Kelsey located at the south-\\nwest corner, and Benjamin Bragg at the north-\\nwest corner, at tlic cross-roads. Zephaniah\\nClarke erected a log cabin on the ])lain,\\nwhere R. 1*. Claggett now lives. It was the\\nhostelry of the settlement. Ebenezer Merritt\\ntook |)ossession of lot No. o, aft( rwards owned\\nby Benjamin (liles, and in later times by Jonas\\nCutting and Win. Davis.\\nThe stalwart settlers wrought inilustriously\\nthrough the season, cho|)piug, burning, clear-\\ning and planting each on his five acres or more,\\nas nominated in the bond.\\nThe conunittee, of which Stejihen Wilcox\\nwas chairman, undoubtedly pushed the (i|)cning\\nof the cart-road towards Charlestown, their\\nbase of sup])lies. The road extended in a\\nsouthwesterly direction o\\\\er the .\\\\cw[ ort and\\nUnity hills, with more regard to straight lines\\nthan grades, and was the lirst thoroughfare\\nopened, though others had been projected.\\nAt that time the woods abounded in game\\nsuitable fur food, and the streams with trout\\nand other kinds of fish. The breadstufis,\\ngroceries and salt meats were transported with\\nmuch labor from No. 4, as it was almost al-\\nways called, and each settler took his turn iu\\ntaking the trip and returning tiierewith. In\\nthe autumn of that year, 17()(), they sowed win-\\nter grains iu their clearings, raking it iu as best\\nthey could by hand, and late in the season\\nclosed their camps, and returned to Killing-\\nworth to spend the winter with their tiuuilies\\nand friends. Referring tu the names and ages\\nheretofore statcil of .several of the young men, it\\nmay reasonably Ik- supposed that more or less of\\nold-fashioned New England courting was before\\nthem during the winter. That the time was\\nwell aj)j)lied the records hereafter will sliow.\\nThere is very little doubt but that the new set-\\ntlement was deserted during the tirst winter, as\\nClark, Ilurd, Bragg aud Mcu-ritt had left\\ntheir wives and all the yoiuig men their sweet-\\nhearts iu Connecticut.\\nIt may be observed in this cunneetiun that\\niu the primitive days of Newport, and New\\nEngland generally, the married state was en-\\ntered u])on early in life. The nuui aud the\\nwoman who were to be made one ficsh came\\ntogether with a suitable e([uality of age and\\ncondition, and were thus better lifted to aid and\\ncomfort each other iu all the possibilities of life\\nthat were l)efore them.\\nThey reared hu-ge families of eliildr ii, and\\nwere able to see them grow n|i aruuiul the\\nfamily hearth-stunc under good training and ex-\\nam})le, and finally push out into new fields of\\nlabor and usefulne.ss, while yet the homestead\\nwas in full vigor, as a base uf oj)eratious and\\nencouragement.\\nIt was nt)t, perhaps, good judgment that the\\nsickly aud weak-kneed members of the flock\\nwere oftcncst edututed and turned into the pro-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1018.jp2"}, "923": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n209\\nfessions hut from tlio stamlpniiit of tlic\\nparent of that period, muscle was tlie pre-emi-\\nnent quality, and it was not considered wisdom\\nor good policy to waste a healtliy and vigorous\\nyoung man in an ottice or a profession while\\nthere were savages to fighl, or I orests to hew\\ndown and farms to open and cultivate.\\nIt was in those good old times that liimilies\\nwere founded, as well as States; and the men\\nand women of the present turn with reverence\\nand pride to the genealogies and memories o!\\ntheir New England ancestors and the old home-\\nstead or ])urial-])lace, possibly to become a\\nshrine or a Mecca, to some distinguished de\\nseendaut from the Far Wt st, who would estal)lisli\\nhis lineaiie, or who has found his way to hiirli\\nofficial position perhaps the Presidency.\\nIn the spring of 17ii7 the Newport colony\\nreturned to their cabins and laboi s, in the build-\\ning up of their colonial town. They found\\nthat during their absence the \\\\vil l animals that\\nhover about the l)orders of civilization had\\nanticipated them in the gathering of thi crops\\nthey had planted; but undiseouraged, they pro-\\nceeded as before to chop and dig and build in\\nthe line of sul)stantial [)rogress.\\nSeveral additional settlers were added to their\\nnumber this year, among whom was Benjamin\\nGiles, who came to be an inportaut factor in the\\ngeneral progress. He at once aj(pre( iatt d the\\nwants of the settlement and proposed the build-\\ning of saw and grist-mills, at an eligible privi-\\nlege on the main branch of Sugar Ivivcr in the\\neastern jiart of the town.\\nThe want of facilities for the grinding of\\ncorn and grain and the sawing of logs into\\nboards was very great, for reasons already\\nstated.\\nIt may be of interest here to state that the\\npresent Granite State JMills, at Guild post-office\\nand station, occupy the site of the (xiles mills.\\nReferring to the old records, we find that the\\nfirst regular meeting of the proprietors in New-\\nport was held October 13, 17(j7, at the house of\\nJesse Wilcox. The meetiug was called to order\\nby Benjamin Bellows, of Wal])ole, one of His\\nMajesties .Tustic,(. S.\\nStephen Wilcox was chosen moderator Ben-\\njamin Giles, clerk Samuel Hurd, Charles\\n.Vvery, Zephaniah ClarU were chosen assessors;\\nand Benjamin (riles, jVnios Hall, Ebcn Mer-\\nritt, Samuel Kurd and James Church, a com-\\nmittee to lay out a second division of land.\\nIt is understood that the first division ex-\\ntended across the meadows east and west, and\\nthe lots contained each (iitccn acres. This\\nmeeting votes To lay out to each proprietor\\nthirty-five acres, either at the east or west end\\nof the lots already lai l out.\\nThis meeting adjourned to thelfith inst., at\\ntiie house of Ze| haniah Clai k, inn-holder, etc.,\\nwhere it was Voted That Zcphaniah Clark,\\nEl)en Merritt, I enj Bragg, Sam Hin d and\\nJesse Wilcox, having families now in Newport,\\nhave each SO acn S of land, and also that any\\njicrson who is a |iroprictor and becomes an in-\\nhabitant, \\\\\\\\itli his wife, in said Newjiort by the\\nfirst of July, 17(!8, shall be entitled to 80 acres;\\nOthers who have been in town, to improve the\\nfirst division, ot) acres.\\nThis year (1 7(17) there came a marked im-\\nprovement to the condition and prospects of the\\ninfant settlement conse(iuent u[ on the arrival\\nof the wives of several of the leading men, as\\nindicated by the action of the town in awarding\\npremiums to those having wives j)re.sent, and\\nto families who might be induced to .settle in\\nthe town.\\nOf those [)resent, with wives, there ap-\\npears one newly constituted flimily Jesse and\\nThankful (Stevens) Wilcox, who were married\\nin Killingworth, June 11th, [ircvious to their\\ndeparture on their wedding-tour to Xewj ort.\\nA tradition is extant that the ladies of a party,\\non ai)proaehing the town by the new cart-\\nniad, were oflered a premium in a race for a\\nboundary-tree, pointed out as on the town-line;\\nthat two of the ladies won, and that Jesse Wil-\\ncox thus became liable for two silver crowns,\\nEnglish money, to the two winners. This also", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1019.jp2"}, "924": {"fulltext": "210\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmay have been the party that is said to have\\nbroken down somewhere on Pike Hill, in their\\neiforts to reach Newport over the said cart-\\nroad, and were comi elled to camp out for the\\nnight. That these may have been the ex|)eri-\\nences of that wedding-party is altogether within\\nthe bounds of proljability.\\nWe have heretofore announced the arrival of\\nBenjamin Giles in the settlement, and his pro-\\nposal to build mills. The following act uf the\\ntown has reference to this proposition\\nAt an adjourned meeting holden on the 29th day\\nof October, at the house of Zephaniah Clark, afores\\nby the Proprietors of Newport afores ilr. Stephen\\nWillcocks, Moderator, Voted, that Benjamin Giles,\\nnow Resident in Newport, have one hundred Acres\\nof Land laid out by the proprietors committee, to\\nhim, his heirs and assigns Forever, and to be so laid\\nout as to secure to said Giles, his heirs and Assigns,\\nthat part of the East Branch of Great Sugar River,\\nso called, near where said Giles is about to sett up a\\nCorn-Mill and a Saw-mill, so that said Giles may build\\na Damm aCross said River with all the privileges of\\nsaid River, so far as is necessary for the benefit of s\\nMills, with the laud Adjoining said River, so as to\\ntake in a sufficiency of Land for to sett said Mills and\\nwhat may be convenient around the same, and also to\\nbe so laid out as to take a part of the White Pine\\nTimber, and also to Procure a Pair of Mill Stones for\\nsaid Giles at said Mills. Also that said Giles have a\\nTax, or Rate, to the Vallu of Four Days Labor on\\neach Proprietors Right, or Share, the afores Grants\\ngiven for s Giles Encouragement towards his build-\\ning the afores Mills in Newport, afores\\nIn view of the.se considerations, the mills\\nwere built and ready for operation September\\n24, 1768. We have it traditionally that Ezra\\nParmelee, who was one of the youngest men of\\nthe settlement, took great interest in these\\nmills and worked out his Tax, and even\\nmore, with a great deal of cheerfulness; that,\\nwhen Sfjuire Giles proposed to send to\\nCharlestown for a mechanic competent tn file\\nand hang the saw, young Parmelee came for-\\nward and said he could do it as well as any-\\nbody he could get from No. 4. He was, ac-\\ncordingly, entrusted with tlie job.\\nHe improvised a vise by cutting a small tree\\nso as to leave a high stump, the top of which he\\nsplit in a manner to receive and wedge in the\\nsaw for filing; after which it was properly\\nplaced in the works, and the first log was made\\ninto boards in the presence of an applauding\\ncrowd, comprising, we believe, every man in\\ntown.\\nThe name and character of Benjamin Giles\\ndeserves more than a passing notice, and it mav\\nas well have attention in this place as any other.\\nIt is matter of regret that the data extant from\\nwhich to construct a sketch of his life is so\\nmeagre and desultory. It is thus with many\\nother interesting lives, whose only written his-\\ntory is found upon the .stone that marks the\\nplace of their long-buried remains. He died in\\n1787, at the asre of .seventy vears. He must,\\ntherefore, have been born in 1717, and at the\\ntime of his arrival in Newport was fifty years\\nof age. He was an Irishman by birth, and in\\nthe course of wanderings by sea and laud had\\ncome to (jroton. Conn., where he was settled,\\naud from whence he came to Newport. His\\nfamily consisted of daughters two l)y a first\\nmarriage, and one by a second wife, lately de-\\nceased. Of the first, Mary married Christopher\\nNewton, and Hannah was the wife of Isaac\\nNewton. These Newtons were cousins and\\ncame to Newport in 1779, with their families,\\nwhere they lived and died. The daug-hter of\\nthe second marriage, Ruth, came with her father\\nto tills town. She was possessed, in Jier own\\nright, of considerable property, inherited from\\nher mother. A third wife, whom he married\\nafter coming here, was Abigail Hubbard, of\\nCharlestown, who survived him. There were\\nno children by the last marriage.\\nBenjamin Giles was a man of good natural\\nability, well educated, a fair estate with nmch\\nexperience in liuman affiiirs. He was, for the\\ntime and place in whicii he acted, a strong man,\\nand his influence in all matters social, political\\nand religious was controllins; and recognized\\nin all the aifairs of the community. No name", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1020.jp2"}, "925": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n211\\napi)ears witli more frequency upon the town\\nrecords tlian tliat of Benjamin Giles.\\nHis influeni\u00c2\u00ab was not confined to his own\\ntown, but extended to other towns, and was\\nfelt in the councils of the State.\\nThe differences between the colonies and the\\nmother country already foreshado\\\\\\\\ed revolu-\\ntion, and wisdom and intelligence were needed\\nin all counsels. He was a lover of liberty, an\\nenthusiastic friend of the patriot cause, a true\\nIrishman with pronounced American proclivi-\\nties.\\nAfter the downfall and flight of the royal\\nGovernor, John Wentworth, New Hampshire\\nwas without an organized State government.\\nBy a concerted movement on the part of the\\ntowns, a convention was called to meet at Exeter,\\n1775, 76, for the pur2)ose of organizing a pro-\\nvisional government for the time, or during the\\nwar. To this convention Benjamin Giles was\\nsent as representiitive by the six classed towns\\nof Newport, Unity, Acworth, Lempster, Croy-\\ndon and Saville (now Sunapee).\\nHe was chosen by the House of Representa-\\ntives (so called) of the State, or colony, one of\\na committee of twelve to constitute an Upper\\nHouse, or Senate. Meslieeh Weare, the first\\nGovernor of the State, was the presiding officer\\nof this body, an assembly to which only the\\nablest men in the State were called.\\nIn the year 1778 the controversy between\\nNew Hampshire and Vermont, in regard to\\nthe boundary line, assumed formidable propor-\\ntions. Conventions were held at Cornish, Wal-\\npole and Windsor, Vt., to consider the matter.\\nTo these conventions he was sent as a delegate.\\nHe favored the claims of Vermont, as in-\\nstructed by the town, at a meeting held March\\n29, 1781, when it was voted That the town of\\nNewport join in Union with Vernwnt. That\\nBenjamin Giles, Esq., be a delegate to represent\\nthe town of Newport in the General Assembly\\nof the State of Vermont, to be held at Windsor\\nin April next ensuing. That Aaron Buel,\\nJesse Wilcox and Josiah Stevens be a commit-\\nU\\ntee to give instructions ti) the representative\\nabove named for his direction in the General\\nAssembly of Vermont.\\nAt another town-meeting, held the same\\nyear, the town voted for State officers of Ver-\\nmont, and the meeting was called in the name\\nof the State of Vermont.\\nThe excitement in regard to this matter be-\\ncame so great that troops were called out and\\narrests were made. Benjamin Giles and Nath-\\naniel S. Prentice were arrested by the New\\nHampshire authorities, and Enoch Hale, the\\nsheriff of Cheshire County, was arrested by the\\nauthorities of Vermont. Giles is said to have\\nbeen rescued from the custody of Colonel Hale,\\nin Charlestowu, by the people in a most ex-\\ntraordinary manner.\\nThis difficulty was afterward amicably set-\\ntled and the town of Newport returned to its al-\\nlegiance to New Hampshire.\\nThe annual town-meeting of March, 1782,\\nwas called in the name of the State of New\\nHampshire; otherwise the good people of New-\\nport at this time might have rejoiced as citizens\\nof the Green Mountain State.\\nTo close the eventful history of this most\\nprominent citizen of Newport during the Revo-\\nlutionary period, we may take the reader in\\nimagination to the first burial-place of the town,\\nwhere nearly all the rude forefathers of the\\nhamlet sleep, and read from the stone that\\nidentifies his gi-ave his short and simjile an-\\nnals,\\nErected in memory of ye Honour.able Benjamin\\nGiles, Esquire, wliO, after serving his generation faith-\\nfully in publick life, then departed this, in hopes of a\\nbetter,\\nDecember 9th, 1787.\\nAlthough I sleep in dust awhile.\\nBeneath this barren clod,\\nEre long I hope to rise and smile\\nTo see my Savior God.\\nOther reference is made to Benjamin Giles\\nin the article on Congregational Church.\\nAs the settlement progressed it became necfis-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1021.jp2"}, "926": {"fulltext": "212\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsaiy to lay out and cut out additional roads in\\neveiy direction, in order to accommodate the\\npeople and facilitate communication with other\\ntowns.\\nThis work went on as the community ex-\\npanded. It is not desirable that we go into\\ndetails in regard to this matter.\\nThe present system of well-graded roads and\\nsafe and convenient bridges, over which people\\ntravel with so much satisfaction, in easy and\\nelegant carriages, is a growth and outcome\\nof years of labor and expense, which may not\\nat all times be properly appreciated.\\nIn regard to methods of travel in the early\\ndays of the town, it may be said they were in\\nharmony with the roads and bridges or fording-\\nplaces and the needs of the time. People went\\nabout much on foot and on horseback and the\\nwomen rode on pillions behind the men, or took\\nthe saddle best adapted to their purpose. With\\nthe forehanded, the oxen and cart furnished\\na turnout of great consideration.\\nDuring the year 1768 we find no special\\nrecords to suggest remarks. The inference is\\ntliat the new town was reasonably jirogressing\\nin its civil and social aifaii-s.\\nIn 1769, February 2d, it appears that the\\nproprietors, having failed to perform according\\nto the conditions of the charter, which required\\nthem to cultivate five acres of land, in five\\nyears, for every fifty acres, had a further period\\nof four years granted in which to fulfill these\\nconditions.\\nAt that period, as stated by Governor Went-\\nWorth in his extension of the charter, fifteen\\nfamilies had settled in the town.\\nThis defalcation, and possibility of forfeiting\\nthe town charter, indicates a struggle against\\ndifficulties and obstacles which the people of\\nthis time can hardly appreciate. Whatever\\nmay be said against Governor Wentworth in\\ngeneral terms, it was certainly kind in him\\nto favor them in their efforts for municipal\\nexistence.\\nEzra Parmelee, though a young man, had\\nmade good progress on lot No. 64. He had\\nthus far spent his summers in his camp and\\nclearing.\\nThe partner of his joys and sorrows, for the\\ntime being, was Ephraim Towner, who shared\\nthe comforts of his camp and aideil him in his\\nlabors.\\nTowner s lot, No. 66, was at the southeastern\\nend of the meadows, and not far distant. When\\nthe season was over Mr. Parmelee closed his\\ncabin and returned to his home in Connecticut.\\nIn the neighborhood of the Parmelee home-\\nstead, at Killingworth, lived the Hill family.\\nThey were people in good circumstances, with\\nsous and daughters, the oldest of whom was\\nSibyl, born October 10, 1746. She was now\\nabout twenty-two years of age, and the witcheiy\\nof her name, or charms, had ensnared the\\nheart of the young backwoodsman, Ezra Par-\\nmelee.\\nThey had grown up in the same society, at-\\ntended the same school, heard the same preach-\\ning, and together they thought they might\\njourney, not only to New Hampshire, but\\nthrough life. We accordingly give place to the\\nfollowing record copied from the old church\\nregister at Killingworth.\\nOn ye 1st day of May, 1769, Ezra Parmelee and\\nSibyl Hill were joined in ye Marriage Covenant by\\nRev. William Seward, Pastor of ye 2nd Church of\\nChrist in Killingworth.\\nShortly after his marriage, leaving his bride\\nat her father s, Mr. Parmelee returned to New-\\nport, this time making the trip with oxen and\\ncart laden Avith furniture and housekeeping\\narticles, which, with a heifer that was driven\\nalong with the team, comprised the wife s set-\\nting-out, or marriage portion.\\nAccomplishing this somewhat tedious trip, he\\ncommenced with renewed energy to prepare a\\ncomfortable home for his wife, who was to\\ncome to him in the autumn. His house was\\nplaced on high land, near the Potash Brook,\\nso-called, west of the Unity road, a short dis-\\ntance southward from the residence 188;3 of", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1022.jp2"}, "927": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n213\\nGeorge E. Dame. It wa-s nece.ssarily a homely\\nstructure, one story in heiglit, framed and\\nfashioned bv iiis own hands. Having: sood\\nmechanical al ility, he constructed chairs and\\ntables, which, witli the articles brought from\\nKillingworth, furnished the place very com-\\nfortably. The labors in the field alternated\\nwith the work on the Iniilding, as the summer\\nwent on, and for the complete establishment of\\na home it only remained that a princi])al\\ndivinity should be installed among the house-\\nhold gods. The autumn came, and with it the\\narrival of the bride, accompanied by the senior\\nParmelee. They came on horseback, Sibyl\\nriding behind on a pillion. Tlie distance\\ntraveled was about one hundreil and eighty miles.\\nThere were but few women in the settlement,\\nand as a matter of course the arrival of Mrs.\\nParmelee was an event of great interest and joj\\nThe greeting of the neighbors was most cor-\\ndial, to say nothing of the expectant husliand,\\nand the house-warming that followed was\\namong the events of the twelvemonth. The\\nParmelee family were thus established in New-\\nport.\\nTo Ezra and Siljyl were born, during the\\nyears from 1770 to 1793, three sons and five\\ndaughters.\\nIn 1793 Mr. Parmelee purchased the house\\nand lands of Josiah Stevens, adjoining his\\npremises on tlie north. The house which had\\nsheltered the family for a quarter of a century\\nwas moved from the hill, and annexed to the\\nmore pretentious new house, Iniilt by Deacon\\nStevens, as an L part, where it still remains in\\ngood condition.\\nThe dwelling of tiie Parmelees was a seat of\\nhospitality to visitors and strangers, ministers\\nand people. Ezra and Sibyl lived to a great age,\\nand it is to them and their descendants that we\\nare indebted for much of the social and general\\nhistory of the town. In their comfortable\\nliorae, cared for by their children and friends,\\nthey descended into the vale of years, passing\\nfar beyond the allotted thi-ee-score and ten of\\nhuman life, until, with bended forms and\\nwhitened locks, they stood upon the outer mar-\\ngin of nearly an entire century ere they passed\\naway. Ezra died January 18, 183.S, in the\\nninety-third year of ids age. Sil)yl died April\\n6, 1838, in the ninety-second year of her age.\\nWilliam and Mindwell (Buel) Stanard came\\nfrom Killingworth in 1768-69. The Stanards\\nfarm was on the Croydon road. It descended\\nto his son William, and next to his grandson\\nObed, who sold the estate to James Hall in\\n183(5, and moved to Iowa.\\nThe first social party in the town of Newport\\nwas given by the Stanards, on New Year s day,\\n1770. Every inhabitant of the settlement was\\npresent. We know by heresay that Mrs.\\nEzra Parmelee was there with her first baby,\\nRhoda, born November 1, 1770, and then two\\nmonths old. The occasion was one of much\\nenjoyment.\\nEdwin O. Stanard, son of Obed, and great-\\ngrandson of William, is a prominent citizen of\\nSt. Louis, was Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri\\nin 1868, and a member of the Forty-third\\nCongress from that State. Jeremiah and Lucy\\n(Whipple) Jenks came from Smithfield, R. I.\\nThey are said by their liiographer to have\\narrived in Newport on the 4th of July, 1776,\\nand first established themselves on what is\\nknown as tiie Parmelee place, on the south\\nroad. This nuist have been but a temporary\\noccupation. The deed of Mr. Jenks to lands\\nattests the purchase of one share of three\\nhundred and forty acres on east side of Comiec-\\nticut river (Newport), one sixty-eighth part of\\nits territory a somewhat indefinite descrip-\\ntion and difficult to locate. Between 1778\\nand 1792 he made purchases of land from\\nJosiah Stevens, Aaron Buel, James Church,\\nIsrael Bryan, Uriah Wilcox, Nathan Fisher\\nand Stephen Perry, by which he became the\\nlargest landholder and the heaviest tax-payer in\\nNewport. The Jenks homestead was located\\non what may have been called the North road,\\nand is one of the few estates still owned and", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1023.jp2"}, "928": {"fulltext": "214\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIEE.\\noccupied by descendants of the first proprietor.\\nThe Jenks family have always been prominent\\nand valuable citizens of the town.\\nJeremiah and Love (Buel) Nettleton came\\nfi om Killingworth in 1779, and located in tiie\\neastern pai t of the town. Mr. Netlleton was\\nthe proprietor of Bald Mountain and the\\nadjacent lands to the river. These lands and\\ntheir improvements descended to his son Aaron\\nand his grandson, Jeremiah D. Nettleton, at\\nwhose death, December 8, 1852, the estate\\n])a.ssed to other hands. The Nettletons were\\nalso for many years prominent in the social and\\ncivil affairs of the town. The grandsons of\\nthe first settler, Aaron, Jr., and Bela Nettleton,\\nwere many years in the mercantile business on\\nthe corner of Main and Sunapee Streets, where\\nthe Nettleton Block, so calletl, now stands.\\nThe post-office was for many j ears located in\\ntheir building, and they were successively post-\\nmasters.\\nThe original .store building now fronts on\\nSunapee Street, and is occupied by the United\\nStates and Canada Express Company.\\nThe Stevens family, originally from Killing-\\nworth, were in Newport at an early period\\n1771. Josiah Stevens was born (3ctober 21,\\n1743; married Mary Gray, January 26, 1763.\\nThis family was settled on the place adjoining\\nthat of Edward Parmelee, on the north. There\\nM ere eleven children, mostly daughters, born to\\nthem in the years from 1763 to 1785. Mr.\\nStevens was a well-educated man, a school-\\nteacher, a deacon of the Congregational Church,\\nand occasionally a town officer. He was in\\nmoderate circumstances, occupied a log cabin,\\nand had pretty hard scrabbling to get bread\\nand meat for so large and unproductive a fam-\\nily. Their principal resources were a somewhat\\nunthrifty farm, a potashery, over on the\\nbrook that crossed the LTnity road, not far south\\nof this place, and to which that at present\\nemaciated stream is indelited for its euphonious\\nname, Potash Brook, and possibly some in-\\ncome from his occasional vocation as a teacher.\\nThe excellent wife and mother of all these\\nchildren died September 26, 1787.\\nA few months later Benjamin Giles also de-\\nparted this life, leaving an attractive widow,\\npossessed of considerable property, to mourn\\nhis departure. It is sufficient to state tliat in\\nless than a twelvemonth the vacant chair in the\\nfamily circle of the good deacon was filled by\\nhis wedding. May 15, 1788, the Widow Giles.\\nIn consideration of his more prosperous cir-\\ncumstances. Deacon Stevens set to work and\\nbuilt, for the time, a fine dwelling-house, locat-\\ning the same a few rods south of the old cai)in.\\nThe style of architecture adopted, whether\\nEnglish, French, colonial or Renaissance, was\\npeculiar to that period. The front elevation\\nwas of two stories, surmounted with a short\\nroof, and the rear sloping frorn the ridge-pole,\\nwith a long roof to one story in height. There\\nwere many such constructions in New England.\\nThe north front-room was fitted up for a store,\\nin which he had placed a stock of dry-goods,\\ngroceries, etc., and was doing business as a mer-\\nchant.\\nThere was an apparent prosperity for a time,\\nbut at last it became evident that the combined\\nincomes of his several undertakings were not\\nequal to their advanced style of living and it\\nwas found desirable, if not necessary, to dispose\\nof their real estate and various other interests.\\nThe family removed to Orwell, Vt., where, in\\na short time, their eight daughters were all re-\\nspectably married and settled.\\nIncidental to this, it is said that a wealthy\\nand somewhat eccentric resident of that place,\\nColonel Austen, gave a social entertainment at\\nhis house, at which the eight daughters [and\\ntheir eight husbands were all present by special\\ninvitation, as a social curiosity.\\nDeacon Stevens afterwards took orders as a\\nminister of the gospel, and, returning from\\nVermont, preached for a time in the neighbor-\\ning town of Goshen. His second wife, Abigail\\nGiles, died March 15, 1800. After her decease\\nMr. Stevens went in the interest of the Society", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1024.jp2"}, "929": {"fulltext": "NEWPOKT.\\n215\\nfor the Propagation of tlie Gosjjel in Foreign\\nParts, as a missionary to tlio fishermen on the\\nIsles of Slioals. What remains of iiis some-\\nwhat varied history may be best told by qnoting\\nfrom the marble tablet that covers the remains\\nof himself and a third wife, to be found in the\\nburial-place connected with a dilapidated meet-\\ning-house on Star Island, and which summer\\nvisitors have read and pondered over, and will\\ncontinue so to do as time goes on, as follows\\nIn memory of Josiab Stevens, a faithful instruc-\\ntor of youth, and Pious Minister of Jesus Christ,\\nsupported on this Island by the Society for Propaga-\\nting the Gospel, Died July 2, 1804, aged 64 years.\\nLikewise Mrs. Susannah Stevens, his beloved wife,\\nwho died Dec. 10, 1810, aged 54 years.\\nJosiah Stevens, Jr., son of the foregoing, re-\\nmained a citizen of Newport and was a deacon\\nof the Congregational Church until his death,\\niu 1844. He was the father of Josiah Stevens,\\nsome time Secretary of State, who became a\\ncitizen of Concord, where he died in 1809.\\nAnother son of the fii st Josiah, Edward, was\\ndrowned in returning by sea from Georgia,\\nwhere he had been to visit a third son, Oliver,\\nwho had settled in Liberty County, Ga., where\\nhe has left descendants. The Stevens name, as\\ndescended from the first settler, has disappeared\\nfrom Newport for many yeai s.\\nThe Dudleys, of whom mention has been\\nmade, came from Saybrook. A stone may be\\nfound in the old cemetery bearing the following\\ninscription In memory of Deborah Dudley,\\nwho died February 6, 1780, aged one hundred\\nyears and another in memory of Daniel\\nDudley, who died in 1808, aged ninety-two\\nyears. Her son, who was the father of Daniel\\nDudley, Jr., also born in Saybrook, April 10,\\n1755, and three generations of Dudleys were\\nearly settlers of Newport, and the name still\\ncontinues on the check-list. The Dudleys,\\nfather and son, built the first grist-mill in New-\\nport village, in 1787. The original site is still\\noccujjied for that purpose.\\nEphraim Towner was another of the earliest\\nsettlers. Wi^ find his name comiected with the\\nownership of lot No. 60, at the southeastern\\ntermination of the meadows on the South Branch.\\nHis house and mills were at a point near the\\nGoshen road, where the present Pond Street\\ndiverges towards Soutliville. He left his name\\nwith the brook, while hou.se and mills and all\\nthe Towner tamily have long since dlsapjxjared\\nfrom Newport.\\nMany other names early known in Newport\\nhave no succession. Zephaniah Clark removed\\nfrom here to Newbury was also one of the\\nfirst settlers of that town and its representative\\nin the Legislature in 1785. The Braggs,\\nChurches, Halls, Lanes, ]SIerritts, Stanards,\\nand some others, familiar to the oldest inhabit-\\nants, have disappeared, and can be known to\\nthe present only as we give them life in a town\\nhistory.\\nThe wants of a more thriving community,\\n1772, required better accommodations for the\\ntransaction of the public business. A building\\nwas also wanted for school purposes and a more\\nappropriate place for public worship on Sun-\\ndays. Heretofore the people had resorted to\\nprivate houses or barns for these purposes ac-\\ncordingly, at a meeting of proprietors, held at\\nthe house of Jesse Wilcox, November 2. 5, 1772,\\nDaniel Dudley in the chair, it was voted to\\nerect a building for the use of the town, and a\\ntax of fifteen shillings was levied on each pro-\\nprietor to meet the expense. It was stipulated\\nthat the building should be thirty feet long by\\ntwenty feet wide, with one fire-place, and that\\nit should be ready for use by the next July,\\n1773.\\nThis first town hall of New])ort was uniiine\\nin its style of architecture and rudely con-\\nstructed. Its roof descended from a common\\ncentre to each of the four sides.\\nIt is appropriate that we here present a ile-\\nscription of this building, given by one who\\naw it and used it, a native of Newport. We\\nhave reference to Rev. James Hill Parmelee,\\nson of Ezra, bom May 15, 1783. He was", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1025.jp2"}, "930": {"fulltext": "216\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngradufited at Yale College in 1808, afterwards\\nat the Tiieological Seminary at Princeton,\\nN. J. was ordained to the ministry of the\\nPresbyterian Church and spent the vigor of\\nhis life in connection with the missionary en-\\nterprises of that church in the West and South,\\nand died at his home on the Muskingum River,\\nnear Zanesville, Ohio, April 6, 1872, in the\\neighty-ninth year of liis age. He was a gentle-\\njnan of fine culture and many experiences.\\nThe following is an extract from a letter writ-\\nten by him to the author of tiiis sketch but a\\nfew months before his decease. He says,\\nI know very little about Newport after the year\\n1798, and the few facts prior to that date lie scattered\\nalong the borders of an early memory. When quite\\na small boy, I remember standing round Mr. Reme-\\nlee s knees, with other boys of my own age, in the old\\nProprietors House to learn my letters. That stood on\\nthe Plain on which were the houses of Robert and\\nJesse Lane. It was covered with rough boards,\\nlike a barn, and my recollection is lively that they\\nwere fastened on with wooden pins. It was both\\nschool-house and meeting house.\\nI was among the boys that lay on the boards\\nabove the beams, w ith our faces over the edge look-\\ning down at Mr. Remelee as he was preaching, and at\\nthe people as they sang good old Lenox and Weare\\nand Wells. When the boys were too playful the\\nTithingman, of whom we were much afraid, would\\nlift up his rough stick and rap upon the edge of the\\nboards, when we would be whist as mice.\\nMr. Remelee was a good scholar, an able preacher\\nand a man of much wit and humor.\\nOur neighbors were Absalom Kelsey, Jesse Wil-\\ncox, Jesse and Robert Lane, Dea. Josiah Stevens,\\nDea. Elias Bascom and Uriah Wilcox, all with sons\\nand daughters.\\nHe speaks of the ladies as follows\\nIt was not the fortune of the women of those\\ndays to be clothed in soft raiment, made compara-\\ntively without hands, as is the privilege of the women\\nof this day. For them were the spinning-wheel and\\nthe loom to be run, as regular as the revolution of the\\nseasons. There was the wool in the fleece and the\\ncotion in the seed to be cleansed and carded by hand-\\ncards, and spun thread by thread. There were piles\\nof flax also to be spun and woven into cloth. It was\\ntheir ambition to show the highest pile of linen\\ncloths, flannels and blankets, and their pride to ex-\\nhibit long pieces of dressed cloth for family use. In\\nrecompense of this stern toil, their constitutions\\nwere clear of scrofulous diseases, the effects of indul-\\ngence. They needed not the disguise of cosmetics,\\ntheir teeth were like rows of ivoiy, their beauty\\nbright, their morals free from the corruptions of fic-\\ntion and their minds full of purity and innocence.\\nIn regard to the first newspaper which came\\nto the town, he says,\\nAbout the year 1790 appeared the first newspa-\\nper which visited our community. It was called the\\nFarmers^ Museum, printed at Walpole, at that time the\\nmetropolis of this region. It was carried by post on\\na circuit through Charlestown, Claremont, Newport,\\nUnity, Lempster and Acworth to Alstead.\\nHow impatient were we to see the weekly post\\n(Read Cowper.) He was made welcome to a plate at\\nthe table and lodging all the way round. He was\\nburdened with parcels and errands from one family to\\nanother and from town to towu. In this was fore-\\nshadowed in a small way the great system of ex-\\npresses which extended throughout tlie land.\\nThe new town building became a rallying-\\npoint of great interest to the community. It\\nwas here the proprietors now came together, and\\nthe citizens of the town lo regulate their muni-\\ncipal affairs here the magistrate held his court\\nhere the children collected to receive instruction\\nfrom appointed teachers here gathered on Sun-\\ndays the people in their tidy homespun apparel\\nmany on foot some on horseback the wife or\\ndaughter or sister riding behind, on a pillion,\\nwhile, perhaps, a juvenile of the family may\\nhave had a front seat on the pommel of the\\nsaddle, or in arms, or the long-horned osen\\nhauling a cart prepared with suitable seats and\\ncoverings, were driven fortii a team such as\\nUzza drove out from Kirjalh-Jearim to the\\nthreshing-floor of Chidon in Old Testament\\ntimes, and the whole fiunily, and as many neigh-\\nbors as possible, found transportation.\\nAt the annual meeting March 8, 1774, the\\ntown Voted to build a bridge across the Ea.st", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1026.jp2"}, "931": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n217\\nbranch of Sugar river, near the East End of\\nthe first division of lots. Fifteen pounds were\\nraised to defray the expense, to be paid in\\nlabor or grain at market price. Aaron\\nBuel, Phineas Wilcox and Ezra Parmelee were\\nchosen as a building committee to have charge\\nof this work. The bridge was located on or\\nnear the site of the present bridge on Main\\nStreet.\\nAt the annual meeting March 13, 1775, the\\ntown Voted to build a bridge over the South\\nbranch between lots No. 16 and No. 17 in the\\nfirst division. Twenty-five pounds were ap-\\npropriated for the expense. Amos Hall, J]l)e-\\nnezer Merritt and Aaron Buel were chosen a\\nbuildiny; committee. The bridi^e was built in\\nOctober, 1776. This was the intervale bridge,\\nnow on Elm Street.\\nOn the 22d day of January, 1783, by the\\nconcurrent action of the town, Rev. John\\nRemele was installed as the first pastor of the\\nCongregational Church in Newport.\\nA more particular account of the personal\\ncharacteristics and ministry of Rev. Mr. Remele\\nis given in connection with the article on the\\nCongregational Church, on another page of this\\nsketch.\\nThat the clergy in the early New England\\ntimes were called to secular trusts and duties,\\nas well as sacred, and that they were greatly\\nreverenced by parishioners and people, arose\\nfrom the fact of their superior education and\\nmore general intelligence.\\nDuring the residence of Mr. Remele in this\\ntown, as may be supposed, he mingled some-\\nwhat in political affairs, and it is in this regard\\nthat we refer to him in this place. The colonies\\nhad achieved their independence. The con-\\nvention for the formation of the Constitution\\nof the United States had accomplished its work\\nat Philadelphia, and it was now before the\\npeople of the States for ratification. At the\\nNew Hampshire State Convention held for this\\npurpose at Exeter, in February, 1788, Rev.\\nJohn Remele was chosen by the classed towns\\nof Newport and Croydon as their representa-\\ntive. The bias of public opinion in the State\\nand the temper of the convention rendered its\\nadoption doubtful, and the friends of the Con-\\nstitution, without coming to a vote, caused an\\nadjournment, to be reassembled at Concord in\\nthe month of June following. At the adjourn-\\ned meeting the matter was thoroughly discussed\\nand the Constitution adopted. The vote in the\\nconvention stood 57 for adoption and 46 against,\\nMr. Remele voting with the forty-six.\\nFrom our standpoint of time and intelligence\\nwe can hardly imagine any reasonable ground of\\nobjection to the Constitution under which the\\ncountry has gone fonvard to so much of pros-\\nperity and power. But there was a respectable\\n^minority in the convention, led by Joshua Ath-\\nerton, of Amherst, that opposed its ratification.\\nWe propose to state one or two of these objec-\\ntions in order that the position of our local mem-\\nber may be better luiderstood. The first was\\nthe clause in regard to the African slave trade\\nproviding for its abrogation after the year 1808,\\nand prohibiting any action on the subject, be-\\nyond a trifling tax on the importation of Afri-\\ncans liefore that time. The discussion on this\\noccasion involved the slavery- question, which\\nculminated three-quarters of a century later in\\nthe grandest civil war of modern times. An-\\nother objection was that provision had not been\\nmade for a sufficiently strong government; but\\nthis and some others were of little consequence\\ncompared with the first. New Hampshire be-\\ning the ninth state to ratify, her action secured\\nthe establishment of our general government.\\nTime has vindicated the strength of the Consti-\\ntution and slavery has gone to the wall.\\nIn the year 1790 the census of Newport rep-\\nresented a population of seven hundred and\\neighty souls. This increased population and a\\ngeneral prosperity demanded larger and more\\nsuitable accommodations, both secular and re-\\nligious. The good people of the town had no\\nidea of living in houses of cedar and pine, while\\nthe Ark of the Testimony abode in the old", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1027.jp2"}, "932": {"fulltext": "218\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nProprietors House, which liad served them for\\nnearly twenty years. Accordingly, at a meeting\\nheld November 7, 1791, it was Voied that\\nsome land be procured from Mr. Absalom Kel-\\nsey for the purpose of erecting a meeting-house\\nupon it. Cliristopher Newton, Jeremiah Jenks,\\nPhineas Chapin, Samuel Hurd and Aaron Buel\\nwere appointed a committee to superintend the\\nwork. The site secured was a pleasant elevation\\nof land, lying in ths southeasterly of the four cor-\\nners at the foot of Claremout Hill. The com-\\nmittee reported progressatan adjourned meeting,\\nand the sum of two hundred pounds was appro-\\npriated to pay Mr. Kelsey for the land, and\\ncommence the work. The building was\\nraised June 26, 1793, and was soon in order\\nfor religious services and town-meetings.\\nThe new meeting-house and town hall were\\nin due time appropriately finished. The ap-\\npointments of the interior accorded with the\\nfashion of the times. There was the high pul-\\npit, flanked by the stairs, and the deacons seats\\nabout half-way up the souudiug-board sus-\\npended from the ceiling like a huge inverted\\ntoad-stool the square, high-backed pews, with\\npanels, and open space about the top filled\\nwith turned pieces, which siipjjorted the rail.\\nThis meeting-house was occuj^ied by church and\\ntown for about twenty years, and would prob-\\nably have maintained its position and character\\nmuch longer had not the village or the busi-\\nness part of the town taken an unceremonious\\nleave of it where it stood. The building was\\nafterwards taken down and re-erected as a barn\\nat a homestead on the Unity road, where it\\nstill stands. The ornamental wood-work re-\\nferred to was incorporated into a door-yard\\nfence on Main Street, at the south part of the\\nvillage, where it remained many years.\\nDuring the year 1770, and from that time\\nforward, there was a coming in of new settlers\\nfrom Massachusetts as well as from Connecticut.\\nMany of them gathered upon Baptist Hill in a\\ncommunity which will have special attention\\nin connection with a sketch of the Baptist\\nChurch. The smoke of their cabins and slashes\\narose from Pike Hill and Thatcher Hill, the\\nEast Mountain, from the slopes of Blueberry\\nLedge and the valley of the Sugar, towards\\nClaremont.\\nThey were the Metcalfs, Wheelers, Cham-\\nberlains, Wakefields, Pikes, Perrys, Osgoods,\\nPeabodys, Dunhams, Bowmans, Fletchers, Saw-\\nyers, Noyes, Richardses, Howes, Kelleys and\\nmany others of time-honored and worthy citi-\\nzens, whose labors and influence aided in mak-\\ning for the town of Newport its good reputa-\\ntion and place in comparison with other towns\\nin the western part of the State.\\nThe fathers of the town, as heretofore stated,\\nmade liberal arrangements for a village and\\nbusiness centre on the western side of intervale.\\nOn the magnificent avenue they had pro-\\njected, eight rods in width and extending from\\nCaptain Parmelee s to the Jenks place,\\nwere scattered the homes of the leading and\\nwealthy men of the town. On the plain stood\\nthe Proprietor s House, and after a while, far-\\nther north, at the corners, stood the new Congre-\\ngational meeting-house, and still farther on\\namong the Lorabardy poplars, rose the sightly\\nresidence of liev. Abijah Wines, while stores\\nand shops clustered about the corners at the foot\\nof Claremont Hill.\\nWhile all this was going on so pleasantly, a\\npower they little apj)reciated or feared at the\\ntime was asserting itself among the rocks and\\nalders not more than a mile distant, on the east-\\nern side of the valley, where stood the Dudley\\nmill.\\nThis was no other than a water-power, and\\na mill to which came the farmers with their\\ngrists. And while the grinding was going on it\\nwas convenient to get the horse shod or the\\nshare sharpened, or something mended and the\\nnext thing in order was a blacksmith-shop, and\\nthe mill and the smithy begat other shops and\\ntrades. In the mean time the Ci oydon turn-\\npike, extending from Lebanon to Washington,\\nhad been opened 1806 to travel and traffic.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1028.jp2"}, "933": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n219\\nThis road passed tlirough tlie town north and\\nsouth on the eastern margin of the valley, cross-\\ninir the main branch of Suy:ar River at risrht\\nangles, and had become a thoroughfare between\\ntiie northern towns and Boston.\\nAbout the yi ar 17 J0-92 Isaac Reddington\\nerected on the northeast corner of the present\\nMain and Ma()le Streets, in this village, the firsi\\nframed building that appeared on the eastern\\nside of the intervale, the intervale road at that\\ntime and place tu-ossing a highway that after-\\n\\\\VM\\\\\\\\ became the Croydon turnpike. A store-\\nroom was suitably arranged in the south end of\\nthis liuilding, in which he carried on a mer-\\ncantile business. The premises were otherwise\\noccupied by Reddington as a public-house. In\\n1797 this establishment became, through pur-\\nchase, the pro[ierty of Jesse Wilcox, Jr., who\\ncontinued the hotel and store business, as here-\\ntofore, nntil the time of his decease, February,\\nIS 11. The place remained in possession of the\\nAVilcox fanuly, and in course of time the three\\nsons of Jesse, Jr., Calvin, Albert and Jesse,\\ncame to their majority and revived the mer-\\ncantile part of the business at the old stand.\\nAmos Little was afterward connected with the\\nsenior Wilcox in trade at this stand. About\\nthe year 1835-36 the place was abandoned as a\\nliusiness location and became a tenament-house,\\nknown as the old re.l store. In 1840-43 the\\nstore-room was fitted up as a hall and became\\nthe headquarters of the Millerites. Since 18()5\\nthe old store has given place to a handsome\\nprivate residence.\\nAbout the beginning of the present century\\nSylvanus Richards removed with his family\\nfrom Dcdham, Mass., to Newport, and settled\\nou a tract of land in the western part of the\\ntown, on the main I oad to Claremont.\\nMr. Richards was, for a time, one of the\\nlargest land-holders and tax-payers in the town.\\nI]\\\\ connection ^vith his farming business he kept\\na wayside iim, where rest and refreshment\\nawaited the weary traveler, summer and win-\\nter, man and beast.\\nThis was nearly three-qnarters (jf a century\\nbefore the neigh of the iron horse was heard\\nin this part of New Hampshire, a time when\\nthe people were dependent upon their own re-\\nsources in regard to methods of travel and\\ntransportation.\\nWe may digress to illustrate some phases of\\nlife at this period. In the early winter season\\nthe forehandi d up-countiy farmer loaded his\\nsled, or cutter, or jmng, with pork, poultry and\\nother products of his farm, and drove independ-\\nently to Boston, Salem or Newburyport, and\\nbartered, or sold, and invested the products of\\nhis load in dry -goods, fish, salt, rum, sunt} to-\\nbacco and groceries generally, for llimily use\\nduring the year.\\nThe main roads leading to the sea-ptirts were\\nbusy, and the coiuitrv inns and village taverns\\nliterally swarmed with pungs, sometimes called\\npod-teams, and their drivers.\\nIn course of time, as the country became\\nmore settled and the roads better improved, and\\nbusiness increased, the great six or eight-horse\\nteams or land schooners came to be em-\\nployed in the carrying trade to and from the\\ninterior and the markets.\\nTo meet the wants of this travel and traffic,\\nat convenient distances along the routes the\\nwayside inn, as well as the more pretentious\\nvillage hostelry, opened its hospitable doors.\\nIt was here the teamsters gathered after their\\nday s drive, and around the glowing wood-\\nfire cracked their jokes, while the firelight\\nflashed upon the beams and panels and lattice-\\nwork that guarded the mysterious precincts\\nfrom whence, over a bar of unusual height,\\nwere dispensed to the jolly circle the slings and\\ntoddies that inspired the festive scene, and which,\\nfor the time iK iiig, doubtless, more than\\nmatched the slings and arrow of outrageous\\nfortune.\\nAbout the year 1812, Sylvanus Richards re-\\nmoved to the village and assumed the proprie-\\ntorship of the Rising Sun tavern, a public-\\nhouse erected the year before by Ciordon Buel.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1029.jp2"}, "934": {"fulltext": "220\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHe was succeeded liy his son, Captain Seth\\nTiicliards, wlio continued the business until\\nMarcli 1, 1826, when Captain John Silver be-\\ncame the proprietor of this famous hostelry.\\nMr. Silver afterward removed to the Eagle\\nHotel, and the Rising Sun came to a setting in\\na private house.\\nThe original Newport Hotel was built on the\\nsite of the present Newjiort House, corner of\\nMain and Sunapee Streets, in the year LSI 4 by\\nColonel William Cheney. It was purchased\\nand improved by Captain Joel Nettleton and\\nremained in the hands of the Nettletons, father\\nand sons, for more than a (juarter of a century.\\nIt was burned in 1860, and the present buildiug\\nwas erected the same year by the IMessrs. Cross,\\nthen projn-ietors. The establishment was pur-\\nchased by E. L. Putney, the present owner, in\\n1866, and is widely- known as the Newport\\nHouse. It h;is been a popular hosteliy for\\nmore than seventy years.\\nThe Eagle Hotel, built by James Breek and\\nJosiah Forsaith in 182- remained a fa\\\\orite\\nhouse under various proprietors until 1856,\\nwlien it was converted to business purposes.\\nIt was at the height of its popularity, under\\nthe proprietorship of John Silver, during the\\nhard eider campaign of 1840.\\nAbout the year 1810 Wm. Cheney removed\\nhis business from the west side to a location\\nnorth of the bridge, the site of the present\\nRichartls Block, aud thus the stores came over,\\nand finally the meeting-houses surrendered and\\nthe victory was complete. In 1S21 the Baptist\\nmeeting-house at Northville was aliandoned\\nand a new house of worship erected at the\\nnorth end of the village common.\\nIn 1822 the CV)ngregational Society erected\\nthe brick meeting-house at the south end, and\\nthe old house on the west side w^as left for\\ntown purposes exclusively the union between\\nchurch and state had been abrogated by the\\nLegislature of 1819, and the ministers and\\nchurches of the different denominations were sup-\\nported by their several adherents and societies.\\nThe present county of Sullivan, comprising\\nfifteen towns, was originally a part of old\\nCheshire County, which extended some sixty-\\nfive miles along the Connecticut River. The\\ncourts were held at Keene and Charlestown,\\nalternately. The increased population and busi-\\nness of the upper to\\\\\\\\ns were such that, on\\nDecember 26, 1824, a law was passed by tlie\\nLegislature removing the May term of the\\nSupreme Court of Judicature from Charlestown\\nto Newport.\\nBy an act of the Legislature, June 23, 182(),\\nthe question of dividing the county of Cheshire\\nwas submitted to the 2)eoi le of the several\\ntowns, and decided in favor of division.\\nOn July 5, 1 S27, an act incor[)orating the\\ncounty of Sullivan was passed, to take effect\\nthe September following; and the question of\\nestablishing the shire-town of the new county\\nas between Newport and ClarenKjnt was also\\nsubmitted to the popular vote and decided in\\nfavor of Newport by a majority of three thou-\\nsand seven hundred and twent^ -eight votes.\\nBy consulting a map, it will be clearly seen\\nthat Newport is the geographical centre of the\\ncounty, as nearly as can be practically attained.\\nAnd still it was not without a struggle, even\\nafter so decisive a vote, that the courts were\\nformally established there.\\nOf those who were specially influential in the\\nLegislature and otherwise in the oro;anization\\nof the new county, and in making Newport its\\nshire-town, were Colonel William Cheney,\\nJames Breek, James D. alcott and other lead-\\ning citizens of the town and active business men.\\nAt a meeting held June 13, 182o, the town\\nvoted almost unanimously to raise the sum of\\ntwo thousand dollars to assist in the building of\\na court-house and town hall the remaining one\\nthousand five hundreil dollars necessary to\\nmeet the estimated expense of the building to\\nbe raised by individual subscription. The lot\\non which the building was placed was purchased\\nfrom Aaron Nettleton, Jr., for the sum of four\\nhundi-ed and ten dollars.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1030.jp2"}, "935": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n221\\nA building committee, consisting of William\\nCheney, Juines Breck, James Waleott, was\\napi)ointed to superintend the work. On Feb-\\nruary n, 182G, Oliver Jenks, James D. Wal-\\ncott and David Allen, selectmen of Newport,\\nand Salma Hale, (^lerk of tlie court, certified\\nthat the new court-house was ready for occu-\\npation.\\nThis builclino- with desirable additions and\\nimprovements, was occupied as court-house and\\ntown hall until the year 187;!, when it was con-\\nveyed exclu.sively to the town and by the town\\nto Union School District for a term of ninety-\\nnine years and became the Central School\\nbuilding and the home of the Intermediate,\\nGrammar and High Schools, of the district.\\nThe county jail at Charlestown continued\\nto be occupied imtil April 1, 1842, when it was\\nset on fire by one of the criminal inmates and\\ndestroyed. The same year a new jail was built\\nin Newport at a cost of three thousand three\\nhundred dollars. It was reconstructed and\\nimproved in 1876 and again 1883.\\nThe necessity of a fire-proof building in\\nwhich to locate the public otli(\u00c2\u00abs and their im-\\nportant books of record became more and UKire\\napparent accordingly, on August 1, 1843, the\\ntown voted to lease the southwest corner of the\\ncourt-house common for the purpose of erecting\\na county building f()r officers and safes to be\\nheld so long as used for that purpose.\\nAbout the year 1871-72 the (piestion of a\\nnew court-house became a sulViect for the consid-\\nerutiiin of the penple ol the tnwn. There weri\\nobvious reasons that something must be done in\\nthat directiou. In the first ]ilace, the building\\nof 1825-26 had been in use for nearly fifty\\nyeai-s and had become somewhat dilapitated,\\nout of style and unsatisfaclory to the ppo|)le of\\nthe county.\\nAgain, the town of Claremout, ever on the\\nalert to be(\u00c2\u00bbme the shire-town, stood ready to\\nfurnish more suitable accommodations for the\\ncourts without expense to the county a plaus-\\nible consideration which it was not slow to ad-\\nvance. The State had assumed the war debt of\\nits towns, and the proportion which ame to the\\ntown of Newport was about sixteen thousand\\ndollars. It was thought advisable to appro-\\npriate this money as far as it would go, to the\\nbuilding of a n*^ town hall and county build-\\ning.\\nA meeting was called and plans and estimates\\nwere presented and considered. After a some-\\nwhat exciting controversy, a location was agreed\\nupon, and the plan of Edward Dow, architect,\\nof Concord, was adojited. The work of erect-\\ning the building was accomplished by W. L.\\nDow (fc Co., at an expense of about forty thou-\\nsand dollars. This amount, over and above the\\nvalue of the old county buildings, which were\\nreconv^eyed, was paid by the town.\\nThe new building is said to be one of the\\nmost spacious and convenient for public uses to\\nbe found in the western part of the State. It\\nstands as the concession of the town of New-\\nport to the county of Sullivan.\\nThe Proprietor s House of 1 773 and the\\nspacious town hall and court-house (tf 1873\\nmay illustrate in some degree the progress of\\nthe town of Newport during tlu^ one hundred\\nyears intervening.\\nColonel Williau) C hency, who established\\nhimself on Main Street as early as 1810, and\\nwhose name was so intimately connected witli\\nthe social and |)ublic attlurs of the town for\\nmany years, died June 1. 18. ,(l. He was suc-\\nceeded by his sons in the mercantile business\\nhe had siiccessfidly founded, who continneil the\\nsame until the year I83rj, when they disposed\\nof the Cheney stand and stock, and removed\\nfrom town.\\nCaptain Seth Richards, their successor, was\\na man of great personal ai-tivity and (act,\\nand the business was continued by him,\\nassisted by his sons, until about the year 1867,\\nwhen he retired from active life. He died\\nDestroyed by fire Sumlay tiKivning, .Iiiiie 21, 1885,-\\nsince (lie abuve was writicn.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1031.jp2"}, "936": {"fulltext": "222\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOctober 30, 1871, in tlie eiglitieth year of liis\\nage. Tlie Imsiness was afterwards continued\\nunder the direction of the sous Dexter and\\nAbiathar Richards.\\nAs early as the year 1816 James Breck iiad\\nerected the two-story I) rick store on the corner\\nof Main and Elm Streets, opposite the Wilcox\\nstore and dwelling, and was a promineut mer-\\nchant and man of affairs.\\nFor a long time previous to 1840 the river\\nand the village bridge formed a dividiug line\\nbetweeu rival interests and rival parties in the\\nvillage. The Rising Sun tavern and the Breck\\nand Wilcox stores and some trades and shops\\nclustered about the four corners at the south\\nend and the Newport Hotel and the Cheney\\nand Nettletou stores, with a like following, had\\na centre near the corner of Main and Sunapee\\nStreets, at the north end, near the common. A\\ncontention as to which should be considered\\nthe most popular side of the river, or end of the\\ntown, largely prevailed, and each party had its\\nsupporters. The particular adherents of each\\nside were grouped around these social and busi-\\nness leaders, Breck and Cheney, and the spirit\\nof tlie Montagues and Capulets of Verona\\nseemed to prevail.\\nThe appearance on the nortli sidi of an ur-\\nchin from the south side, and rice versa, amount-\\ned to a challenge at single combat, or the jeers\\nof a crowd. This feeling was carried into social\\nrelations and business affairs. When, on Mon-\\nday afternoon, June 27, 1825, the nation s\\nguest. General Lafayette, was escorted into\\ntown, en route from Coiuwrd to Montpelier, Vt.,\\nit appears from a record of the event found in\\nthe village paper of that time, that he was\\naccorded a double recei)tion, first, by Colonel\\nWilliam Cheney at his residence on the north\\nside of the river, and afterwards by James\\nBreck, Esq., at his residence on the south side,\\nthe crossing at the bridge being under a tri-\\numpiial arch, ornamented with flowers. Speeches\\nand introductions were made at both houses,\\nand Montagues and Capulets, and their wives\\nand daughters and all their friends, were grati-\\nfied and liappy.\\nBut time and effort and capital and railroad\\nproximities are superior to mere j^ersoual influ-\\nences and ambition, and Newport village has\\nshaped itself accordingly in the later vears, and\\nI ivalries of the cliaracter referred to have disap-\\npeared.\\nAs indicating the growth of Newport at dif-\\nferent dates by the census returns, we find the\\npopulation to have been as follows 1767, 29;\\n1775, 107,- 1790, 780; 1800, 1265; 1810,\\n1427; 1820,1679; 18. i0, 1913; 1840,1958;\\n1850,2020; 1860,2077; 1870, 2163; 1880,\\n2612.\\nFrom the first settlement of the town until\\nthe year 1824 no necrological records appear to\\nhave been made. From 1824 to 1837 such\\nstatistics were carefully collected and published\\nby Rev. John AVoods, and from the latter date\\nto January 1, 1885, by Dr. John L. Swett.\\nFrom the facts thus gathered we find that for\\nthe sixty-one years prior to January 1, 1885,\\nthere were 2155 deatiis in Newport, as fol-\\nlows Males, 955 females, 1059 sex un-\\nknown, 141. Of these, 591 were under ten\\nyears of age 184 between ten and twenty 214\\nbetween twenty and thirty; 158 lietsveen thirty\\nand forty 145 between forty and fifty 154 be-\\ntween fifty and sixty 226 between sixty and\\nseventy 250 between seventy and eighty 184\\nbetweeu eighty and ninety 48 between ninety\\nand one hundred 1 over one hundred. It\\nwould be fair to estimate the number of dead in\\nNewport from the beginning at about JOOO.\\nOf those who have reached the greatest lon-\\ngevity siuce 1837 are:\\nMrs. Anna Wakefielil, ninety-one years.\\nMr. Ezra Parmeleo, ninety-two anil a half years.\\nMrs. Ezra Parmelee, ninety-one and a half years,\\nMrs. Widow Dow, ninety-one years.\\nMrs. Brown, ninety -seven years.\\nMiss Peggy Atwood, ninety-seven years.\\nMr. Daniel Stearns, ninety-three years.\\nColonel Phiueas Chapiu, ninety-three years.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1032.jp2"}, "937": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n223\\nMr. Samuel Goldthwait, ninety-three years.\\nDeacon Philip W. Kibbey, ninety-three years.\\nMr. Daniel Wilmarth, ninety years.\\nMr. John Bertram, ninety-seven years.\\nMrs. Ruth Pike, ninety years.\\nMrs. Benjamin Whitcomb, ninety-four years.\\nMr. .Jonathan Wakelielcl, ninety-six years.\\nMrs. Anna Lorke, ninety-one years.\\nMr. John Baily, ninety-four years.\\nMrs. John Blake, ninety-tive years.\\nMrs. Mary Hall, ninety-four years.\\nMrs. Mary Pike, ninety-two years.\\nMr. Joel Kelsey, ninety-nine years, seven months.\\nMr. Benjamin Whitcomb, ninety-four years.\\nMr. Moses Goodwin, ninety-four years.\\nMr. Joel McGregor, one hundred years, eleven\\nmonths, twenty-two days.\\nDeacon Isaac Warren, ninety-one years.\\nMrs. Roxy Newton, ninety-two years.\\nMr. Nehemiah Rand, ninety-two years.\\nMrs. Erastus Newton, ninety-one years.\\nMrs. Lois Colb\\\\ ninety years.\\nMrs. Samuel Barker, ninety years.\\nMrs. Thankful Wheeler, ninety-four years, six\\nmonths.\\nMrs. Mahitable Jiitte, ninety-thrci years.\\nMrs. Luke Paul, ninety-one years.\\nMrs. Sarah Perry, ninety-three years.\\nLemuel Osgood, ninetj -two years.\\nRev, Ira Pearson, ninety-two years.\\nColonel Jessiel Perry, ninety-one years.\\nMi.ss Lovina Reed, ninety-two years.\\nMrs. Lucy G. Rowell, ninety-five years.\\nAmasa Edes, Esq., ninety-one years.\\nMrs. .\\\\bel Rowe, ninety-four and a half years.\\nMrs. Lois Fletcher, ninety-eight and a half years.\\nTlie followino tal le of altitudes was ])re-\\npared a few yi ars siuce by Richard S. Howe,\\na civil eiio iueer of this town, who died Decem-\\nber 5, 1879, in the fifty-eighth year of liis age.\\nFeet\\nSunapee Lake above mean tide-water .at Boston 1103\\nSill, i ront door, new court-house, above mean\\ntide water 822\\nTop Coit Mountain, Newport, above mean tide-\\nwater at Boston 1588\\nCroydon Mountain 2789\\nSunapee 2()83\\nAscutney ASi i\\nKearsarge 21142\\nAgriculture has been a leading interest of a\\nlarge majority of tiic people of Newport. The\\ndiversity of lands from the river-sides to the\\nhill-tops, is such that nearly every crop grown\\nin New P^ngland may find a congenial soil.\\nThe industry of the agriculturist has ever been\\nrewarded by a fair degree of prosperity, but\\nmore so in the earlier years up to about the\\nyear 1840 or 1850 than subse(|uently. Those\\nwho will examine statistii s in regard to this\\nmatter will find that in these later years there\\nhas been a* falling off in the number of sheep\\nand cattle, and in the aggn gate value of our\\nfarm products.\\nThis state of things is not peculiar to New-\\nport, but common to all the agrieultui-al towns\\nin New England, and its explanation is general\\nand beyond the scope of this sketch.\\nThe fact that the valuation of the town of\\nNewport has increased from year to year is due\\nto the advancement of other interests founded\\non the natural resources of the town in the way\\nof water-power. Sugar River has, in fact, se-\\ncured to the town a permanent prosperity.\\nThe inventory of the town of Newport, as\\nexhibited by the report of the .selectmen for\\nthe ear LSS is as follows\\nNiuiiber. Value.\\nPolls 605 $66,500\\nHorses 500 35,354\\nMules 3 250\\nOxen 182 8.010\\nCows 766 18,315\\nOther neat stock 435 6;624\\nShec)) 1440 3,430\\nHogs 86 685\\nCarriages 71 5,110\\nLand and buildings 824,650\\nStock in public funds 11,300\\nStock in banks, etc 67,400\\nB,ank surplus 200\\nMoney on hand and al int r.st 104,788\\nStock in trade 92,186\\nAijueducts, mills, aii l ma-\\nchinery 72,350\\nTotal $1,317,152", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1033.jp2"}, "938": {"fulltext": "224\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIn point of valuation, Newport is the six-\\nteenth of the cities and towns in the State, ac-\\ncording to the new apportii nnient for the as-\\nsessment of public taxes hy act of 1883.\\nThe Sullivan County Agricultural Society\\nheld an annual fair in this to\\\\\\\\n], October 1, 1851.\\nThe Sullivan Grange, No. 8, Patrons of Hus-\\nbandry, was organized in November, 1873, and\\nis now in successful operation.\\nThe Farmers and Mechanics Association was\\norganized in September, 1874, and the first\\ntown fair under the direction of fliis .societ}\\nwas held in September, 1875. With some ex-\\nceptions, these fairs have been continued an-\\nnually, and Iiave been well sustained. The\\ntown hall and its surroundings have been ap-\\npropriated for the exhibition of articles of do-\\nmestic handicraft, w()rks of art, dairy pi oducts,\\nfruits, vegetables, imjilements of iuisbandry,\\netc., while the village park and the sheds\\nof adjacent churches have been tiironged with\\nhorses, colts, liorned cattle, siieep and liogs, all\\nawaiting examination by committees for the\\nawarding of prizes.\\nTiic discussions in the meeting s of the grang-e\\nand the association in regard to ways and means\\nand metiiods in general farming and tlie man-\\nagement of stock have awakened additional\\ninterest on these subjects and stinudatcd to bet-\\nter effort and more of success.\\nWe may refer to a time within the memory of\\nmany people, when the old industries of the\\nhousehold (piictly disappeared wlicn tlio jium of\\nthe spinning-wheel and the clack of tiic loom\\nceased wiien the taiioress was no longer re-\\nquired to cut and fasiiion from home-made cloths\\ntlic garments of the family and the shoe-\\nmaker to come with his kit, and cut and ham-\\nmer and peg until the shoes and boots for all\\nsizes of feet were prepared for the winter sea-\\nson, a time when the hatter s simp, and the\\ncabinet-maker s shop, and the shoe-maker s\\nshop, and the tailor s shop, except so far as\\nmending and cobbling and patching are con-\\ncerned, closed their doors or supplied their\\nshelves and counters and store-rooms with the\\nready-made from the great mills and manufac-\\ntories filled with machinery and driven with\\nsteam or water-power, which as quietly monop-\\nolized these and other industries of the home,\\npeculiar to the first half of the century, and\\nrelegated the spinning-wheels and shuttles of\\nour grandmothers to museums and garrets.\\nIn olden times the trades seemed more im-\\njiortant, and to have been sustained by men of\\nmore intelligenceand ability than at present. The\\ncarpenters and joiners in a double sense helped\\nto build up the town. Of the earliest of these\\nwas Ellienezer Merritt, whose name often appears\\nin the early records.\\nAfter Merritt came Daniel Wilmarth, who\\nwas succeeded in that line by his son, Jonathan\\nM. Wilmarth, who is still a resident (1885).\\nThe lives of these three span the entire age\\nof the town contemporary with them many\\nother worthy names might be mentioned.\\nThe blacksmith s shoj) was perhaps the most\\nimportant place in the neighborhood as a cen-\\ntre of information.\\nUnder the spreading eliestnut tree\\nThe viUiige suiithy stands;\\nTlie smith a mighty man is he\\nWith large and sinewy hands\\nAnd the muscles of his I nnvny arnis\\nArc strong as iron bands.\\nHere came his customers with shares to\\nsharpen, chains to mend, and all sorts of jobs,\\nand while the work was being done the news of\\nthe day, social affairs, politics and religion, were\\ndiscussed in homely phrase, and the snn th be-\\ncame the recejitacle of many opinions and much\\nlocal knowledge. Seth Chase is said to have\\nbeen the first blacksmith in Newport. He was\\nsucceeded by the Churches (Samuel and Sam-\\nuel, Jr.) and the Keiths (father and .son), the\\nDwinels, McGregors, Deacon David B. Chapiu\\nand others.\\nCaptain John Parmelee, son of Ezra and\\nSibyl, served his time with Colonel David\\nDexter, of Claremont, and aijout tlie year 1803", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1034.jp2"}, "939": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n225\\nestablished a homestead and ()]tened a shop for\\nthe manufaeture of seytlies on the South Brancli\\nof Siiuar River at Soiithville, so called. He\\nhad a good water-jiower l)y wliicli to jtropel the\\ntrip-hammer, ni ind-stoiie and other iiiaehinerv\\nneoes.sary to his Imsiness. For inore than\\nthirty years lie i uriiished largely of seythes to\\nall the towns in the eastern ])art of the present\\neounty of Sullivan. Jn connection with this\\nbusiness he also cultivated a small fiirm. He\\nwas a pupil of Parson Remele s in the old Pro-\\nprietors House and in his prime was the first of\\nficer lit well-known Light Infantry company oi\\nthe Thirty-First Regiment New Hampshire Mi-\\nlitia. He is remembered as a successful farmer,\\nan ingenious mechanic and a worthy citizen.\\nHe died October ;i 1 Is;! aged sixty-one years.\\nNewport in its time lias had cabinet-makers,\\ncarriage-makers, brick-makers, shoe-makers,\\nsadillers, tanners, tailors, hatters, coopers, ma-\\n.sons, marble and granite-workers, and all other\\nnecessary workers and machinists and architects\\nto aid in its progress as a town.\\nReuben Bascom, a son of Elias, who came\\nfrom Northfield, Mass., about the year 1779,\\nestablished the first cloth-dressing business in\\nNewport. His homestead was on the South\\nRoad, and his water-power, where he had a\\nfulling-mill and other machinery, on the South\\nBranch, about a quarter of a mile up the stream\\nfrom the mills at Southville. Every vestige of\\nhis enterprise there has long since disappeared.\\nHe married, 1786, Lydia Hnrd, daughter of\\nSamuel, the first female born in the settlement\\n(June 7, 1768), and has descendants in town to\\nperpetuate his name and memory.\\nAl)out the year 1800, Nathan Hurd put up a\\nmill at a privilege a short distance above the\\npresent Sugar River Mills, where he carrietl on\\nthe business of carding, fulling and cloth-\\ndressing until 18 22, when he sold ont to Elisha\\nKempton, who was succeeded by Philo Fuller,\\nOliver Comstoek, Smith and Rockwell. The\\nfalls are now submerged in the upper end of\\nthe Richards mill-pond.\\nOsiiea Ingram, who came to this town abimt\\nthe year 1820, was also engaged as a clotiiier\\nfor many years. His mill was on the canal,\\nne;u the upper tannery.\\nTiie hatting business was first represeuteil\\nhere by James White, who is said to have car-\\nried on the trade in the back jiart of the house\\nof Dea. Jesse Wilcox, as early as 17 S: After\\nWhite was Nathaniel Fisher, and jierhaps\\nothers.\\nIn the year 1818, Amos Little, a native ot\\nSpringfielil, iHirn February 27, 17!)6, who had\\nlearned the trade in Hanijtstead, came to New-\\nport and built a shop near the village bridge,\\nwhere he carried on the business successfully\\nfor more than forty-five years, or up tothe timeof\\nhis decease, August 17, 1S. )1). Since that time\\nthere has been no occasion tbr a iiatting estab-\\nlishment here, the market being fully supplied\\nfrom the large manutiietories in Massachu-\\nsetts and elsewhere. Mr. iJttle was prominent\\nin town affairs, was .selectman in 183!J, and rep-\\nresented the town at the General Court in 1842\\nand 18-13. He was also a liberal and efficient\\nmember of the Ba[)tist Church and society.\\nFrom the time of Daniel Dudley, the first ex-\\npounder of the lapstone and the last in this town,\\nthe shoemaking trade has been represented by\\nable and intelligent men. As a local interest, it\\nhad its climax about the years 1828-30, when\\nJohn Russ and Samuel Belknap erected a build-\\ning opposite the Eagle Hotel, where they em-\\nployed from ten to fifteen hands in the manu-\\nfaeture of boots and shoes. After that time the\\nbusiness was monopolized by the large estab-\\nlishments in the cities and larger towns, to the\\ndetriment of the village mechanic.\\nNewi ort Mills. The first cotton manufac-\\nturing business was establisheil in the town by\\nColonel James D. Walcott, who came from\\nRhode Island in the year 1812, and in 1813\\nerected a factory on the site of the [)resent Dow\\nwood-shoi). He constructed the dam and canal,\\nstill in use, by which the water-power was ap-\\nplied to machinery for the manufacture of cotton", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1035.jp2"}, "940": {"fulltext": "226\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nyarn. Franklin Sinionds afterward purchased\\nthe establishment and continued the business\\nuntil 1S31, when it was destroyed by fire, and\\nMr. Simonds remo\\\\-ed to Warner. Afterward,\\nMoses Paine Durkee placed a building upon the\\nsite of the burnt factory, which was used as an\\noil-mill until 1844, when Ingram A Parks i)ut\\nin machinery for the manufacture of clotlis,\\ncassimeres, etc. It was afterward occupied by\\nSolomon Deane for the manuficturc of (launel,\\nand by him sold to Abiatiiar Kicliards, in whose\\nownership it was destroyed by fire in 1872.\\nIn 1873 Wallace L. Dow Co. erected a\\nspacious building u])on the premises and put in\\nmacliinery I or the manufacture of sash, blinds,\\ndoors and other articles in wood. In 1880 the\\nestablishment passed into the hands of Samuel\\nH. Edes, and so continues.\\nThe EA(iLE Mills were built in the year\\n1822 by Farnsworth Durkee, and first used\\nfor the manufacture of linseed oil afterward\\nliy James Breck Co., for the manufacture of\\ncotton yarn.\\nIn 18.35 a company, incorporated by the\\nLegislature and known as the Newport Me-\\nchanics Manufacturing ompany, occupied the\\npremises for the mauutlicturc of satinets. xVfter\\nrunning about two years the incorjxu-ated\\nbubble burst.\\nIn 1838 Parks Twitchell took the mill\\nand commenced the making of cassimeres. In\\n1844 Thomas A. Twitchell succeeded to the\\nbusiness, enlarged the building and put in\\nmachinery for making l)roadcloths, cassi-\\nmeres, satinets, tweeds, flannels and fancy\\ncloths. He was successful for a time, but ulti-\\nmately became embarrassed, and, in 1854, sold\\nout to the Eagle Mills Company.\\nAfter a long pedigree of unsuccesses the Eagle\\nMills property was, in the year 18(3(), purchased\\nby Samuel H. Edes, and has since been run l)y\\nhim for the manufacture of bhie, mixed and\\ntwilled flannels.\\nThe Sug.\\\\r River Mills were built by\\nPerley S. Cofiin soon after he came to New-\\nport (1840), and John Pufier. The interest of\\nPuffer came, through David G. Goodridge, iir\\n1853, into possession of Seth and Dexter\\nRichards.\\nIn 1867 the senior Richards and P. S. Coffin\\nretire l froiti tlie concern, leaving Dexter Rich-\\nards sole proprietor. In 1872 Seth M. Rich-\\nards became interested in the business, under the\\nfirm-name of Dexter Richards Sou, and so\\ncontinues. Enlargements and improvements\\nhave been made at various times, and the pro-\\nduction of the mills annually exceeds one\\nmillion yards of mixed twilled flannels.\\nThe (tHAMTE State ^Iills were built in\\n18(i7 by Perley S. Coffin and William Nourse,\\nand were occupied by them in the manufacture\\nof woolen goods until about 1881-82, when\\nthey passed into the hands of George C. Rich-\\nardson Co., of Boston, by whom they are\\noperated for the manufacture of various kinds\\nof woolen goods. They occupy the site of the\\nold Giles mills.\\nIn regard to the amount of water-power\\nafforded by Sugar River, and the amount\\nali eady utilized, we gather the following statis-\\ntics from the repoi t to the New Hampshire\\nLegislature, recently made (1885) by John T.\\nAbbott, of Keene, conuuissioner in relation to\\nthe effects of drawing off the waters of New\\nHampshire lakes and ponds to supply mills,\\netc. Regarding Lake Sunapee, lie says that its\\noutlet is the Sugar River, which flows from its\\nwesterly shore at Sunapee Harbor, through Sun-\\napee, Newport and Claremont, about eighteen\\nmiles, to the Connecticut River, in which dis-\\ntance it falls between eight hundred and nine\\nhundred feet.\\nl^ or many years it has furnished the power\\nfor a large number of mills, representing\\ndifferent industries, and is an important soin-ce\\nof wealth to those places. In Sunapee the\\ncapital invested in mill property amounts to\\n\u00c2\u00a731,300; the annual product, $81,000, while\\nthe waterfall connected with mills and their\\nprivileges is 168 feet.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1036.jp2"}, "941": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n227\\nIn Newport tlie capital invested is \u00c2\u00a72!)7,0()0;\\ntlie number of liands employed ol5; stock\\nill trade valued at ^118,200; annual pro-\\nduction, $602,500 monthly pay-roll, $(iOOO\\nand the fall, 218.5 feet. In Clareniont the\\namount of fall utilized by 13 privileges is\\nstated at 22:5 feet in the augreaate 609.5 feet,\\nwhich leaves nearly 300 feet of power riinuing\\nto waste. The capital in these mills has nearly all\\nbeen invested with reference to using Sunapec\\nLake as a reservoir of water supplv. The\\nSunapee Dam Com|iany, which is in the interesl\\nand controlled by the mill-owners, has full con-\\ntrol, according to their charter, of these waters.\\nThe o])posing interest comes from the hotels,\\nsteamboats and riparian proprietors about the\\nlake, and is based on the fact that the region is\\nbecoming largely a summer resort, and niucli\\ncapital has been invested in this view, and it is\\ndamaging to these proprietors that the waters\\nof the lake should be too much drawn out to\\nthe injury of their boating and other interests.\\nThe matter remains without nnich of con-\\ncession on the part of tlie mill-owners, and is\\nvirtually unsettled uj) to this time.\\nUp to the year 1871 the manufacturing and\\nagricultural interests of Newport had achieved\\nall the prosperity it was possible for them to\\nattain without railroad facilities to enable them\\nto compete successfully with other towns in the\\nenjoyment of such facilities.\\n.\\\\s early as the year 1848 the Concord and\\nClaremont Railroad ompany had been incorp-\\norated, and in 1850 the road had been put in\\noperation to Bradford. From Bradford to\\nNewport the rugged character of the route ^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2as\\nappalling to engineers and contractors and par-\\nticularly so to capitalists, who were expected to\\nfurnish money for the construction of the road\\nTiie enterprise here came to a stand. Further\\neflbrts, legislative and otherwise, to continue\\nthe work were made without success, and for\\ntwenty-one years the heavy-laden stages and\\nteams continued to toil on over the weary roads,\\nto and fro, waiting for some able and friendly\\n15\\nhand to establish a new order of thinss and re-\\nlieve them.\\nIn the mean time the War of the Rebellion,\\nthat had absorbed the thought and muscle and\\ncapital of the country, had come and gone, and\\nenterprises of great pith and moment, that\\nhad long slumbered, were again revived, and\\nday again dawned upon the Sugar River Rail-\\nroad Company.\\nIn the year 1866, mainly through the instru-\\nmentality of Dexter Richards, then a mendier\\nof the Legislature from the town, the Sugar\\nRiver Railroad Company, now known as the\\nConcord and Claremout Railroad Company, was\\nchartered. The means to revive and continue\\nthe building of the road through to Claremout\\nwere furnished by the Northern Railroad Com-\\npany, aided by large assessments on the towns on\\nthe route of the road.\\nThe t(jwn of Newport, Ijy otticial act, became\\nresponsible for the sum of $45,000, or about\\nfive per cent, on its valuation at that time. In\\naddition to this amount, the further sum of\\n$20,000 was required to assure the continuance\\nand completion of the work. Of this amount\\nMr. Richards became liable for $11,000 and\\nseveral other parties interested made up the re-\\nmaining $9,000. The assurance of $65,000\\nfrom the town of Newport secured the construc-\\ntion of the road through to Claremout.\\nOn the 31st day of May, 1870, Captain Seth\\nRichards, then in the seventy-ninth year of his\\nage, and Dr. Mason Hatch, in the eightieth year\\nof his age, the former with spade and mattock\\nand the latter with a gaily-painted wheelbarrow\\nin which appeared a shovel, attended by a large\\nnumber of enthusastic citizens, repaired to a\\npoint on the projected road near where the pas-\\nsenger depot now stands, and while the church-\\nbells rang and cannon pealed, and the crowd\\ncheered, tliose veterans picked and shoveled and\\nwheeled the first ground broken in the continua-\\ntion of an enterprise which, in its completion,\\nhas been of incalculable value to Newport and\\nthe neighboring towns north and south.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1037.jp2"}, "942": {"fulltext": "228\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe first train of cars crossed Main Street,\\nin Newport, November 2(J, 1871. The road\\nwas soon after completed to Claremont, and the\\nfirst reguhir train from Concord to Claremont\\npassed through Newport September 10, 1872.\\nA telegraph connection was made by the\\nWestern Union Company with this town, by\\nthe way of Bradford, in July, 186(), and ex-\\ntended to Claremont in October, 187;3.\\nTele])hone lines, connecting with the towns\\nnorth, south, east and west, and local about the\\nvillage, were established in 18x3-84.\\nThe business men of Newport have for\\nmany years enjoyed the facilities afforded by a\\nsound banking institution. The Sugar River\\nBank was incorporated in 18o. i, with a capital\\nof fifty thousand dollars. In 1858, Ralph Met-\\ncalf, the first president, removed from town and\\nwas succeeded bj Thomas W. (iilmore. In\\n1805 it was reorganized as a national bank, and\\nthe capital stock was increased to one hundred\\nthousand dollars. In 1875 Mr. Gilmore re-\\ntired and Dexter Richards was elected presi-\\ndent and F. W. Lewis cashier, and so continue.\\nThe Newport Savings- Bank was incorporated\\nin 1868. This bank has made semi-annual\\ndividends of two and one-half per cent, from\\nits organization. In April, 1 88 o, it reported\\ndeposits, $421, 433.;32; guaranty fund, |20,000;\\nsurplus, 110,538.85.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nNEWPORT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Co/ifuiHerf).\\nIILITARY.\\nWhat we know about Newport during the\\nRevolutionary struggle is confined to a few old\\nrecords and traditions which we have been able\\nto gather up, with a regret that they are not\\nmore complete.\\nThe town was young and small, but active,\\nintelligent and full of patriotism. The popu-\\nlation, in 1775, is stated at 157, and in 1790,\\nfifteen years afterward, 780, so that a gradual\\nincrease must have continued during the seven\\nyears of the war. We are confident in stating\\nthat there was not a resident Tory within its\\nlines.\\nThe first public act bearing upon military\\naffairs appears under date July 20, 1775, sup-\\n])lemented by further consideration on August\\n7th following, when a town Committee of\\nSafety was apjiointed, consisting of Benjamin\\nGiles, Aaron Buel, .Jesse Lane, Josiah Stephens,\\nRobert Lane and Jesse Wilcox.\\nEarly in the year 1776 the Continental Con-\\ngress enacted the following resolution, which\\nwas sent to each of the United Colonies:\\nIn Congress, March 1(1, 1770.\\nResolved, that it be recommended to tlie several\\nAssemblies. Conventions and Conncils, or Commit-\\ntees of Safety of the ITnited Colonies immediately to\\ncause all persons to be disarmed within their respec-\\ntive colonies, who are notoriously disaffected to the\\ncause of America, or who have not associated,\\nand refuse to associate to defend by Arms the United\\nColonies against the Hostile attempts of the British\\nFleets and Armies.\\n(Signed) Charles Thompson,\\nSecyr\\nThe foregoing resolve came through Me-\\nshech Weare, chairman of the Colonial Com-\\nmittee of Safety, and was by him submitted to\\nthe towns as follows\\nColony of New Hampshire.\\nIn Committee of Safety.\\nIn order to carry the Resolve of the Hon ble Con-\\ntinental Congress into Execution, you are requested\\nto desire all Males above twenty-one years of age\\nLunatics, Idiots and Negroes excepted to sign to\\nthe Declaration on this Paper and when so done to\\nMake Return thereof, together with the name, or\\nnames of all who shall refuse to sign the same to the\\nGeneral Assembly, or Committeeof Safety of this Col-\\nony.\\nM. Weare, Chairman.\\nThe document submitted for signature is\\nknown as the Articles of Association, and\\nproceeds as follows", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1038.jp2"}, "943": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n229\\nArticles.\\nIn consequence of the above Resolution of the\\nHon. Continental UongresiS and to show our deter-\\nmination in Joining our American Brethren in de-\\nfending our Live.s, Liberties and Properties of the In-\\nhabitants of the United Colonies.\\nWe the subscribers do hereb) solemnly engage\\nand promise that we will to the utmost of our power,\\nat the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with Arms\\noppose the Hostile proceedings of the British Fleets\\naud Armies against the United Colonies.\\nBenjamin Giles.\\nSamuel Hurd.\\nJesse Kelsey.\\nBenjamin Bragg.\\nJesse Wilcox.\\nAbsalom Kelsey.\\nJoseph Buel.\\nNathan Hurd.\\nRobert Lane.\\nJames Church.\\nAmos Hall.\\nDavid Brown.\\nAaron Buel.\\nJosiah Stevens.\\nEphraim Towner.\\nSemer Kelsey.\\nWilliam Stauard.\\nUriah Wilcox.\\nPhineas Wilcox.\\nNathan Woodbury.\\nJedediah Reynolds.\\nIsaac Newtou.\\nJesse Bailey.\\nJeremiah Jcnks.\\nEzra Parmelee.\\nJoel Bailey.\\nAbraham Buel.\\nJesse Lane.\\nDaniel Buel.\\nJosiah Dudley.\\nDaniel Dudley.\\nJedediah Reynolds, Jr.\\nEbenezer Merritt.\\nJohn Lane.\\nNewport, June 20, a.d. 1776\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Inhabitants\\nof Newport that is requested {sic) have all signed the\\nAssociation.\\n.TcsiAH Stevens, I Selectmen\\nSamuel Hurd, of New-\\nI\\nAaron Buel, port.\\nIt is matter of interest to oonsitler tiie pre-\\nceding tliirty-fonr names not only as patriots,\\nready and willing witli arms to oppose the hos-\\ntile proceedings of the British Heats and armies,\\nlint as the fathers of the town and the male\\nheads of every family then residenit in New-\\nport.\\nFurther on we find that, at a meeting of the\\ninhabitants held on July 24, 177(), yamucl\\nIlnrd was clioseu captain, Jeremiali Jenks lieu-\\ntenant and Uriah Wileox ensign.\\nOn Angu.st 16, 177(i, the Committee of Safe-\\nty certify to the following report\\nThe number of able-bodied effective men in the\\ntownship of Newport is Thirty-Six the number of\\nmuskets fit for service is fourteen -the muskets that\\nare not fit five which will Ije m.ade fit forthwith\\nseventeen muskets wanted.\\nMay 27, 1777, at a town-meeting Voted\\nTo raise eighteen pounds, lawful money, to buy\\na town s stock of ammunition, viz. forty\\npounds powder, one hundred pounds lead and\\nten dozen flints.\\nAbout that time the war-cloud hung dark\\nover Northern New England and New York.\\nBurgoyne, with an army of about eight thou-\\nsand men, was at the north end of Lake Cham-\\nplain, preparing to cut his way through and\\nmeet another British army proceeding from\\nNew York, aud thus separate New England\\nfrom the Confederacy. Ticonderoga was in\\nhis path. Tiie excitement in this particular\\n.section of the country was intense. This was\\nthe nearest approach to us on the north and\\nwest of hostile British armies\\nThe alarm company, or miuute-mon, from\\nthe towns were called out June 17, 1777.\\n(Officers of the alarm company in Newport\\nwere chosen as follows\\nEzra Parmelee, cajit. Isaac Newton, 2d lieut.\\nChristopher Newton, 1st Joshua Warner, ensign,\\nlieut.\\nThe names comprising the alarm company\\nthat left on June 29, 1777, for the defense of\\nTiconderoga are as follows\\nCapt. Ezra Parmelee and Nathiiii Hurd.\\nofficers as above. Absalom Kelsey.\\nMatthew Buel. Ebenezer Merritt.\\nDaniel Buel. Jesse Wilcox.\\n.Fereniiah Jenks. Abraham Buel.\\nJesse Lane. Stephen Hurd.\\nJosiali Stevens. Thomas Lane.\\nJoseph Buel.\\nThe capture of Ticonderoga by Burgoyne\\noccurred Jidy 6, 1777. Our men had started\\nt()r its relief, but were detained at Charlestowu,\\nNo. 4, or Bellows Ealls, in order that (Jeueral\\nBellows might perfect his arrangements iijr the", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1039.jp2"}, "944": {"fulltext": "230\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmarcli,and while tliere news came of tlie evacua-\\ntion of the fortress by tiie Americans; without\\nproceeding farther, they were discharged and\\ncame home.\\nThe names of Revohitionary soldiers credited\\nto this town are nearly as follows\\nThomas Carr.\\nRobert Diirkee.\\nJohn McGregor.\\nPhilip W. Kibbey.\\nJohn Pike.\\nRichard Goodwin.\\nWilliam Haven.\\nJonathan Wakefield.\\nSimeon Buel.\\nDaniel Chapin.\\nTheophilus Goodwin.\\nDaniel Stearns.\\nRobert ^V oodward.\\nSamuel Thompson.\\nSamuel Washburn.\\nAmos Hall, Jr.\\nPhineas Ciiapin.\\nSolomon Dunliam.\\nJoel Kelsey.\\nSamuel Sischo.\\nSilas Wakefield.\\nElias Dudley.\\nJoel McGregor.\\nJesse Kelsey.\\nJosiah Wakeneld.\\nHezekiah Reynolds.\\nJoel McGregor, wliose name occurs in tliis\\nlist, was a native of Enfield, Conn., born No-\\nvember 22, 1760. He enli.sted in the Conti-\\nnental army April 17, 1777, and was five years\\nin the service. He was some eight months a\\nprisoner in the Old Sugar-House in New\\nYork City, where he suffered much from cold\\nand hunger. He died at his home, at North\\nNewport, in November, 1861, aged one hundred\\nand one years.\\nJoel Kelsey, another of these patriots, was a\\nnative of Killingworth, born August 6, 1761.\\nHe enlisted in 1777; was also a British pris-\\noner in the same Old Sugar-Hou.se, in New\\nYork, where he endured great hardships. After\\nthe war he married, January 12, 1786, Jemima\\nBuel, of Connecticut, and .settled on the East\\nMountain, where he died March 6, 1860, aged\\nnearly one hundred years.\\nJoel McGregor and Joel Kelsey, both Joels,\\nand citizens of this town were the two last\\nnames of Revolutionary heroes on the pension-\\nroll of the State of New Hamjrshire.\\nThe War of 1812-14 does not seem to have\\nbeen of particular interest to the people of New-\\nport. We have no means of knowing how the\\nenlistments were made, or auy of the attending\\ncircumstances.\\nThe names of seventeen men are credited to\\nNewport as soldiers in that war as follows:\\nBarnabas Brown.\\nWilliam Carr.\\nCalvin Call.\\nCharles Colby.\\nRobert Durkee.\\nSolomon Dunham.\\nDaniel Dudley.\\nJacob Dwinells.\\nLama McGregor.\\nSamuel Hoyt.\\nJared Lane.\\nDaniel Muzzy.\\nStephen Pike.\\nDavid Reed.\\nZai-cheus Shurtleff.\\nNathan Wilmarth, Sr.\\nHartford Wilmarth.\\nCalvin Coyle, who died July 23, 1880, aged\\neighty-four years, was the la.st survivor of the\\nnumber.\\nThe Mexican War of 1846-47 was regarded\\nonly in its political aspects in this remote cor-\\nner of the Union. This war was the result of\\nthe annexation of Texas, by which the area of\\nslave territory was increased. Fifty thousand\\nvolunteers were called for by the government,\\nand the recruits were mostly from the Southern\\nStates. It resulted, not only iu a settlement of\\nthe Texas question, but in the acquisition of a\\nlarge amount of Mexictui territory on the Pa-\\ncific coast, and, also, the defeat of the Whig\\nparty under the head of Webster and Clay.\\nThe war fi)r the preservation of the Union\\nreceived a most enthusiastic support in the\\ntown of Newport. A long-delayed crisis had\\narrived the time for argument had passed the\\nresort to arms had come.\\nThe call of President Lincoln for seventy-five\\nthousand volunteers received prompt attention.\\nOn the 22d of April, 1861, the citizens of the\\ntown, without distinction of party, crowded the\\ntown hall addresses were made, and with the\\nutmost unanimity of feeling, the sum of fifteen\\nhundred dollars was pledged for the fitting out\\nand support of such as might volunteer to fill\\nthe quota of the town. This action was aiter-\\nward ratified at a meeting of the town legally\\nwarned.\\nIra McL. Barton, a young lawyer of the", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1040.jp2"}, "945": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n231\\ntown, having received authority for the pur-\\npose, recruited the first company of v olunteers\\nfor three months* service and was commissioned\\nits captain.\\nThe company served its time in the First\\nNew Hampshire Regiment, under Colonel\\nM. W. Tap pan. The town made appropria-\\ntions during the war in aid of the volunteers\\namounting to $70,491.78.\\nEach quota was promptly filled witiiout the\\nnecessity of a draft for that purpose.\\nCaptain John B. Cooper did efficient service\\nin recruiting and afterwards in the field during\\nthe war.\\nThe whole number of soldiers enlisted from\\nthe town during the four years of the war was\\ntwo hundred and forty.\\nThose that survived the conflict returned to\\nreceive the j^laudits of the people, and the dead\\nhave not been forgotten. The country has not\\nbeen ungrateful to its brave defenders. Liberal\\nappropriations have been made by the govern-\\nment in their behalf, and for the support of\\ntheir widows and children.\\nThe names of those enlisted are as follows:\\nIra McL. Barton, capt.\\nThomas Sanborn, siir.\\nDexter G. Reed, 2d lieut.\\nEdgar E. Adams, 1st lieut.\\nErvin T. Case, capt.\\nJohn B. Cooper, capt.\\nChas. C. Shattuck, capt.\\nBenj. R. Allen, capt.\\nJ. W. Hastings, capt.\\nEdw. Nettleton, 1st lieut.\\nTruman L. Heath, 1st\\nlieut.\\nSumuer F. Hurd, 1st lieut.\\nP. H. Wellcome, 2d lieut.\\nA. V. Hitchcock, q-m.\\nJohn A. George, 2d lieut.\\nSam Nims, hos. std\\nPaul S. Adams, hos. std.\\nBenj. Howe, 2d lieut.\\nJesse T. Cobb, 1st serg.\\nChas. H. Little, serg.\\nM. W. Home.\\nMoses Hoyt.\\nHem y S. Howard.\\nE. S. Home.\\nAbiel L. Haven.\\nWm. A. Hutchinson.\\nL. B. Hastings.\\nRobert Harris.\\nGeorge Howard.\\nA. C. Home.\\nHugh Higgins.\\nAlamendo Heath.\\nAmos Hastings.\\nAntoiue Hockman, killed.\\nArthur H. Ingram.\\nS. S. Ingalls.\\nF. A. Johnson.\\nE. B. Johnson.\\nChas. A. Jackson.\\nWilliam Kennedy, died\\nof wounds.\\nWni. Delano, com. serg.\\nJas. M. Russell, serg.\\nAustin Reed, 3 mo., died.\\nE. D. Whipple, serg.\\nM. S. Wilcox, serg.\\nGeo. A. Chase, serg.\\nD. W. Home, serg.\\nWm. W. Page, serg.\\nA. J. Hastings, q. -serg.\\nAlvin A. Young.\\nSylvester Spaulding, serg.\\nJohn R. Hall, 1st serg.\\nGilford L. Hurd, serg.\\nR. M. J. Hastings, corp.\\nChas. A. Puffer, corp.\\nChas. C. Gilmore, corp.\\nElijah Hutchinson, corp.\\nPeter C rowel 1, corp.\\nChas. H. Crandall, serg.\\nEdwin R. Miller, corp.\\nHenry M. Haines, corp.\\nJoel S. Blood, corp.\\nHenry Tompkins, corp.\\nE. C. Kelsey, corp.\\nP. C. Hutchinson, corp.\\nBela H. Wilcox, corp.\\nHiram M. Austin, serg.\\nRichard W. Allen.\\nDexter W. Allen.\\nGeorge Anderson.\\nThos. Anderson.\\nJames Armstrong.\\nHenry W. Badger.\\nJohn W. Bradley.\\nNathan T. Brown.\\nGeo. P. Beane, died.\\nHazen Barnard, wgr.\\nNathaniel Bright, corp.\\nB. B. Barton.\\nWm. H. Belknap.\\nJonathan Blake.\\nJosiah H. Bacon.\\nEdgar Boyden.\\nAlbert Boyden, killed.\\nZiba C. Barton.\\nGeorge Bates.\\nClarke E. Craige.\\nJohn Conners.\\nMichael Crumney.\\nMichael Kelliher.\\nGeo. W. Kelsey.\\nJohn C. Kelley.\\nRoswell J. Kelsey.\\nFrank J. Latimer.\\nJoseph Leeds, died.\\nFrederick H. Lull.\\nEdgar Lacy.\\nChester S. Marshall.\\nChauncey Marshall.\\nSullivan Marston.\\nPerry Miner.\\nJidin Munnegan.\\nPeter McGlone.\\nD. M. Marshall.\\nJames McCarty.\\nFrancis Mullen.\\nAndrew J. Moody.\\nFreeman W. Nourse.\\nJo.seph Nelson.\\nPatrick Owens.\\nS. B. Ordway.\\nN. R. Osmer, killed.\\nEdmund Parker.\\nJohn Phillips, died.\\nJames C. Parish.\\nJohn Peterson.\\nJ. S. Preston.\\nWm. H. Perry.\\nEdwin A. Perry.\\nPliilander H. Peck, died.\\nJohn M. Page.\\nClarence F. Pike.\\nJames C. Parker.\\nAsaliel Putnam.\\nJ. A. Putnam, died.\\nSamuel L. Pike.\\nLucius P. Reed.\\nWallace L. Reed.\\nDavis B. Robinson.\\nJohn D. Roberts.\\nElmidore Roberts.\\nAsa Richardson.\\nGeorge C. Rouudy.\\nAlonzo Reed.\\nGeorge Richardson.\\nPreston Reed.\\nJ. P. Reddington, died.\\nD. Z. Robbins.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1041.jp2"}, "946": {"fulltext": "232\\nHISTOIU* OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHial Comstock, died.\\nTruman C Cutting.\\nWarren Colby, Icilled.\\nGeorge Comstock.\\nJames Call.\\nAlva S. Chase.\\nHenry Cutting.\\nEdward Cochran, killed.\\nChas. Collins.\\nGeorge F. C!ram.\\nJonathan Crovvell, died.\\nHenry Currier, died.\\nWm. Collins.\\nC. H. Comstock, died.\\nReuben Craige.\\nE. F. Corbin.\\nDavid Carlisle.\\nJ. R. Corey.\\nJohn Canny.\\nJ. E. Dean, died.\\nP^ank P. Dudley.\\nIra C. Dowlin.\\nDaniel Dowder.\\nLewis Datfer.\\nH. W. Davis.\\nHarry Downs.\\nPat Donohue.\\nW. O. Emerson, died.\\nWm. G. Egan.\\nFrank Elkins.\\nD. W. Fitch, died.\\nGeorge C. Foss, died of\\nwounds.\\nL. J. Fitch.\\nW. H. Flanders.\\nJohn Foote.\\nC. F. Foote.\\nC. M. Farr, serg.\\nJohn Finnigan.\\nC. H. Fellows.\\nIra P. George, wounded.\\nDaniel W. (Jeorgc.\\nA. P. Goodrich.\\nJ. R. Hutchinson.\\nGeo. A. Hutchinson, died.\\nWm. Hoban.\\nC. H. H.all, died.\\nB. F. Haven, died in rebel\\nprison.\\nH. A. Reynolds.\\nJohn Ryan.\\nI^awrence Reath.\\nOliver F. Stearns.\\nAndrew J. Sawyer.\\nGardner Sweet.\\nRuel Swains.\\nIsrael Sanborn, died.\\nDaniel Spaulding.\\nEdward Siddell.\\nWm. S. Sischo.\\nJohn H. Shattuck.\\nDaniel L. Straw.\\nJoseph Sennott.\\nC. H. Stockwell.\\nMoses P. Sinclair.\\nSimon C. Smith.\\nChas. F. Smith.\\nWm. Snow.\\nArthur Sykes, died.\\nWilliam Smith.\\nChas. St. Clair.\\nEli Tompkins, lied of\\nwounds.\\nFrank S. Taylor.\\nSimon A. Tenney, Corp.\\nJohn P. Tilton.\\nPatrick Tufter.\\nD. W. Thompson, died.\\nChas. C. Webber.\\nChas. D. Worcester.\\nSylvester B. Warren, corp.\\nAlbert Wright, died.\\nMarcine Whitconib.\\nRichard A. Webber.\\nA. A. Wynian.\\nGeorge Williams.\\nChas. E. Wiggin.\\nJames P. Wheeler, died in\\nhands of the enemy.\\nCalvin H. Whitney.\\nCalvin W. Wright.\\nWm. Wallace, corp.\\nDavid G. Wihnarth.\\n,Iohn Wilson.\\nCharles Williams, died of\\nwounds.\\nMartin L. Whittier.\\nChas. B. York.\\nJohn H. Hunter.\\nHenry H. Haven, corp.\\nWm. C. Hurd.\\nJohn C. Harris.\\nWm. A. Humphrey.\\nGeorge Williams.\\nThos. A. Gilmore, serg.\\nBela Nettleton.\\nWillard Reed.\\nThe following natives of Newport were en-\\nlisted in other places, and served during the\\nCivil War\\nGeorge H. Cheney, on staff of General Nickerson,\\ndivision provost-marshal.\\nMason W. Tappau, colonel First New Hampshire\\nRegiment.\\nSamuel J. Allen, M.D., surgeon in a Vermont regi-\\nment.\\nBelah Stevens, surgeon at Washington, D. C.\\nJoseph A. Chapin, hospital steward.\\nM. V. B. Wilmarth, Third Michigan Cavalry.\\nMilton E. Pike, Vermont Volunteers.\\nJob Puffer, Fourteenth Connecticut Regiment.\\nEllas B. Bascom, captain in the Fifth Iowa Regi-\\nment.\\nWallace Bascom, Second Massachusetts shot at\\nGettysburg.\\n.lames Parmelce Bascom, Ninth New Il.arapshire.\\nE. M. Kempton, Third New Hampshire.\\nHiram C. Hall, Croydon.\\n.\\\\lbert Nettleton, son of Daniel, Fir.st Regular Army.\\nCommodore George E. Belknap, United States Navy.\\nGeorge W. Brown, volunteer, lieutenant United\\nStates Navy.\\nNathan T. Brown, master s mate.\\nCharles J. Belknap, United States Navy.\\nHenry S. Belknap, captain s clerk United States\\nNavy.\\nBut one native, or citizen of Newport, was\\namontr those marked as deserters.\\nSoon after the close of the war an institution\\nor .secret society, made up of Union soldiers, was\\norganizt d by Dr. B. F. Stoj)hen.son, in Dakota,\\nIII., which proved to be the ilrst po.st of the\\nGrand Army of the Republic, a.s from that\\nits posts and camp-fires have spread all over the\\nland.\\nFrederick Smythe Post, No. 10, was estxib-\\nlish in Newport in the spring of 1868. Its\\ncharter members were Major II. H. Allen", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1042.jp2"}, "947": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n233\\nC;ai)tain .Tulni B. Vn^ rv, 15. Allen, Paul\\nS. Adams, Charles H. Little and utliers,\\nTiiere are about seventy-five veterans connected\\nwith this post. The objects of the institution\\nare To cherish and keep alive the memory of\\nour experiences during the war. To care foi-\\nthe disabled and unfortunate of our number\\nand all worthy Union soldiers, their widows and\\norj)iians. To faithfully oliserve IMemorial Day,\\nMay Otii, and annually strew Howers anil\\nevergreens upon the graves of our de|)arted com-\\nrades. To foster a spirit of loyalty to ourgov-\\nerimient and honor its flag as the emblem of\\nNational Unity. The cardinal principles of tlie\\norder are Fraternity, liarity and Loyalty.\\nThis institution proves to be a source of\\ngreat interest and benefit to the veteran soldiers\\nas they continue to gather at stated times around\\nits camp-fires.\\nThe citizen soldier is indigenous to this coun-\\ntry. The necessity for a defensive attitude\\non the jiart of the colonists of America is\\napparent from the beginning.\\nThey were invaders, and as such were at all\\ntimes subject to the assaults of the Indian\\npeople whose possessions they were grasping.\\nThere was no standing army to protect their\\nadvance as they pushed their settlements into\\nthe wilderness. They were dependent on their\\nown craft and personal valor for tiie defense of\\nthemselves an l tlieir families.\\nThey carried their arms and ammunition to\\nthe clearings where they wrought and to the\\nmeeting-houses where they worshipped God,\\neach individual the embodiment of a War\\nDepartment and terrible as an armv with ban-\\nners.\\nThey fought in the interest of the old coun-\\ntrv through the Indian and French and Inilian\\nWars, and aided largely in driving France from\\nthe possession of the Canadas. They then\\nturned round and fought the mother-country\\nuntil she was we will not say jileased, but\\nobliged to let them go with a benediction of\\nobjurgations. Hence the colonial people were\\na military people a citizen soldiery, in the best\\nsense of the term.\\nAfter the Revolution tlic idea of order at\\nhome and defense from without centred in a\\nn)ilitia system instead of a standing army, and\\nto that end, anil to keep alive and cultivate a\\nmartial spirit among the people, a State militia\\nsystem was organized, which made it obligatory\\nu|ion the citizens at a certain age to enrollment\\nand fill porfornianee of niiiilary (hity. From\\nthis came the May trainings and the regimental\\nfall musters that, ytar after year, for more than\\nfifty years, disposed the citizen soldiery of this\\ntown and State in martial array and brought\\nsuch delisiht to both se.xes and all ay-es andcou-\\nditions of our people as they looked upon the\\ngay uniforms, waving plumes and martial evo-\\nlutions of the companies belonging to the old\\nThirtv-first Regiment upon the common, or\\nlistened to the harangues and witticisms of the\\n[)eddlers and hucksters that swarmed upon its\\nmargins.\\nFinally, the militia system of the State became\\na vehicle l)y which designing politicians sought\\ninfluence and j)referment. Its gr.ind old mus-\\nters came to be little better than jiolitical and\\npartisan mass-meetings, and the system was\\nON erthrowu and abandoned in disgust. This\\nwas the situation when the Civil War burst upon\\nthe country. Since that time a new military\\nsystem has been organized in the State, which\\nhas promise of usefulness tor the time to come.\\nIn the spring of 18S3, under recent legisla-\\ntion, Company D, Second Regiment New Hamp-\\nshire National Guards, was successfully recruit-\\ned and formed in the town of Newport. Col-\\nonel White, of the Second Regiment New Hamp-\\nshire National Guards came from Peterborough\\nto preside at the organization of the new com-\\npany, to be known as tiie Newport Rifles.\\nAshton W. Rounsevel was chosen captain, Fred\\nW. Cheney first lieutenant, and C. E. Dud-\\nley second Lieutenant. The building known\\nas Bennett s Hall has been leased and fitted up\\nas an armorv and drill-room. The martial", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1043.jp2"}, "948": {"fulltext": "234\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nspirit of our people will not be permitted to de-\\ncline. The citizen, under certain regulations,\\nshould l)e instructed in the use of arms and tac-\\ntics, and in nowise consent to delegate the na-\\ntional defense exclusively to a standing army.\\nAmong the citizens of Newport who have\\nheld positions in the State militia are the fol-\\nlowing\\nRalph Metcalt, Governor anil commander-in-chief.\\nEdmund Burke, aid to Governor Hubbard.\\nEdmund Wheeler, aid to Governor Williams.\\nMartin W. Burke, aid to Governor Weston.\\nSamuel M. Wheeler, aid to Governor Stearns.\\nEdward Wyman, brigadier general Third Divi-\\nsion.\\nSimeon Wheeler, Jr., inspector, staff Brigadier-Gen-\\neral Wyman.\\nBela Nettleton, aid to Brigadier-General Carey.\\nBenjamin F. French, quartermaster, Brigadier-Gen-\\neral Glidden.\\nWilliam H. Cheney, aid to Brigadier-General Glid-\\nden.\\nJohn S. Parinelee, aid to Brigadier-General New-\\nton.\\nHenry E. Baldwin, quartermaster, staff of General\\nNewton.\\nDavid Dickey, brigade inspector, staff of General\\nWyman.\\nEdmund Burke, inspector, staff of General Newton.\\nColonels. Phineas Chapin, Erastus Baldwin, Wil-\\nliam Cheney, James D. Walcott, Benjamin Carr, Jo-\\nsiah Stevens, Jr., Edward Wyman, Jessiel Perry,\\nCharles Corbin, Jacob Reddington, Daniel Nettleton,\\nBenjamin M. Gilmore.\\n3laJors. Josiali Htevens, Jesse Wikox, Erastus\\nNewton, John 11. Patch, Josiah Wakefiekl, Cyrus B.\\nHowe, Sullivan G. Pike.\\nAdjutants. Calvin Call, Cyrus Barton, Edmund\\nWheeler, Simeon Wheeler, Francis Boardman, Lewis\\nSmith, Hartford Sweet, John Day, Lyman Gould.\\nThe Thirty-first Regiment New Hampshire\\nMilitia, to which reference has been made, was\\ncomprised of citizens legally qualified to per-\\nform military duty, from the towns of Goshen,\\nSuuapee, Newport, Croydon, Grantham and\\nSpringfield. The annual musters were held by\\nappointment in the different towns, but more\\nfrequently in Newport, on account of its central\\nposition and desirable parade-gi-ound. The\\nscenes and incidents in connection with the.se\\nparades made a lasting impression upon the\\nmind of the writer when a lad, and have been\\nby him committed to verse, which is here pre-\\nsented, to close this chapter on military affairs,\\nin the following\\nHISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE BALLAD.\\nAs Time is ever on the wing\\nWe may as well rehearse,\\nAnd thus preserve, as best we can.\\nIn this our homely verse,\\nThe annals of the Thirty-first,\\nThat regimental corps,\\nThat grandly marched and counter-marched\\nIn tlie good old days of yore.\\nAlready much of interest\\nThai held the local ear.\\nAnd caused a smile to lookers-on,\\nCan never reappear.\\nAnd hence we travel back in time\\nFull fifty years or more\\nTo find a theme on which to rhyme,\\nThat ne er was rhymed before.\\nWe hear again in memory\\nThe booming of the gun\\nThat broke the silence of the morn.\\nAnd hailed the rising sun.\\nWhile wide-awake and listening,\\nI jxpectant youngsters lay.\\nAnd heard the echoes crash along\\nThat told of muster-day.\\nWe hear the deep-toned basso-drum,\\nThe stirring reveille\\nEar-piercing fife, and clarionet.\\nIn martial revelry.\\nWe see the gorgeous Stars and Stripes\\nEmblazoned on the sky.\\nAs from the flag-staff on the mall\\nSo gallantly they fly.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1044.jp2"}, "949": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n235\\nAnon, the Wendall men arrived,\\nAt lilt .Icihn Silver s Inn\\nAnd drnmmer Steplien iSenmton came,\\nAnd fifer Asa Winn.\\nAnd tliere they toolv of sugared grog\\nAnd smoked, and chewed, and spil.\\nAs independent yeomen could\\nAnd plied their rustic wit.\\nIn later times, tlie Knowllon boys.\\nBoth standing si.\\\\ feet four,\\n111 pride of strength and martial mien\\nLed on this valiant corjis.\\nThen came the Goshen Infantry,\\nXo infants sure were there.\\nWith bayonets glittering in the sun.\\nAnd banner high in air.\\nAnd John the Man, and Jidin the Boy,\\nBen Rand an l Walker Lear,\\nAceoutered as tlic law directs\\nIn rank and file appear.\\nSome measnre l fully six feet four.\\nAnd marched with powerful stride.\\nWhile others, scarcely four feet six,\\nLike ducklings, waddled wide.\\nThe canteens dangling at their side\\nSmelt of New England rum,\\nAud tall Scott Tandy played the fife,\\nShort Sammy beat the drum.\\nAnd John C. Calef, then a lad,\\nA youngster full of life.\\nCame with these Goshen fusileers,\\nAnd jtlayed the second fife\\nAnd now, at nearly four-score years.\\nWith recollection clear.\\nThe legends of his early time\\nDelights to nuote and hear.\\n.\\\\iid Belknap Bartlet, known to fame.\\nAnd William Wonder (fulj Pike,\\nWere members of that martial band\\nPrepared to blow and strike.\\nMusicians in the War of 1 812-1 4.\\nThe two John .Sholes, of Goshen.\\n(_)f Gloucester, Mass.\\nonspicuons among the rest\\nWas Captain Maxfield seen,\\nAs in command he proudly strode,\\nAh)ng the village green.\\nHis white duck pants, somewhat too short,\\nWere held by strajis of leather\\nFrom underneath his ample soles,\\nAnd in his hat a feather.\\nIn Croydon, Grantham, all around.\\nThe morning gun was heard,\\nAnd distant Springfield felt the sound.\\nOr Pollard* sent them word.\\nThus early roused, the mountain boys.\\nTo thwart the morning fog,\\nAnd brace their stomachs for the day\\nTook lustily of grog.\\nAnd Captain Stone, the Grantham chief,\\nWas drier than the rest,\\nAnd anxious comrades wiped his chin\\nAnd straightened down his vest.\\nC.VSTO II.\\nAnd on they came, the r.iiik and file.\\nColonel and brigadier.\\nAnd all the country folks that could\\nFrom hamlet far and near.\\nAnd here they met our flood-woods, formed\\nIn orderly platoons,\\nArtillery, Light Infantry,\\nAnd dashing, plumed dragoons.\\nThose gallant troopers certainly\\nEnrapt our youthful gaze.\\nAnd well deserve in this our lay\\nA stanza in their praise.\\nTheir broidered coats and epaulets,\\nBrass buttons, sashes, straps,\\nAnd fiercest thing of all to see,\\nTheir frowning bear-skin caps.\\nWe know that jokes were often made,\\nAnd sometimes gibes and jeers,\\nAt the expense of that brave troop.\\nNot worth their horse.s leers.\\n.V newsy citizen.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1045.jp2"}, "950": {"fulltext": "236\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe troops sometimes lost their wits,\\nOr heedless played the clown\\nTheir stock not all of Morgan breed\\nWould sometimes tumble down.\\nBut horse and rider left their trail\\nAlong the sands of time.\\nElse naught had been to gather up\\nIn this historic rhyme.\\nAdvancing backwards from the line,\\nSee Nathan Wilmarth (Jr.) stand,\\nA stalwart form, an eye like Mars\\nTo threaten and command.\\nAnd stately was the [ilume that waved\\nUpon his glossy tile.\\nBefore the Old South Company\\nWhen formed in rank and iile.\\nHe marched it up and down the street.\\nThat corps so truly brave,\\nAnd when the discipline grew slack.\\nHe wished they would behave.\\nAnother feature of the day\\nThat gave the occasion tone.\\nWas a distinguished windy band,\\nMade up of Pikes alone.\\nAnd Luther, Ransom, Calvin .John,\\nSul, and Abiel D.,\\nEach on his favorite instrument\\nMade thrilling harmony.\\nWhile Major Saxie, mace in hand.\\nMost gorgeously arrayed.\\nPranced high before this pick rell band\\nTo mark the time they played.\\nAnd on the ground was Calvin Call,\\nA man of some renown,\\nA soldier of the War of Twelve,\\nA farmer of the town.\\nA blue dress-coat he often wore,\\nWith buttons bright and flat.\\nAnd on his head was always seen\\nThat famous bell-crowned hat.\\nA man decided in his views,\\nOut-spoken, some would think,\\nHe made his speech town-meeting days\\nAnd sometimes took a drink.\\nBut other things we would discuss\\nInstead of local trifles\\nThe Springfield men that marched so wel\\nAnd then the Grantham Rifles.\\nThe Springfield Infantry came down\\nAnd quartered on the ground.\\nBehind the Baptist Mecling-house\\nWhere ample space was found.\\nTo form tlie company and drill.\\nOr lounge in easy way,\\nAnd find a solace for the tcjil\\nThat came with muster-day.\\nBut when Sam Robie came to griet\\nFrom too much grog, tis said.\\nHis comrades laid his manly fnnu\\nWithin a Baptist shed.\\nWhere, after hours of sweet repose,\\nHe roused himself to find\\nHis company had left for home,\\nAnd he d lieen left behind.\\nHe gazed into the fading light.\\nAnd saw the glare of eyes\\nAt which his visage lengthened out.\\nSo great was his surprise.\\nThe monster proved a simple calf\\nThat in the stall was stayed.\\nAnd like the ass of which we read\\nDeveloped when he brayed.\\nAnd what Sam did, and what he said,\\nWe may not here rej^eat\\nBut from the precincts of the shed\\nHe beat a swift retreat.\\nCAXTO III.\\nIn course of time the Croydoners,\\nFor some unworthy cause,\\nResolved to nullify and spurn\\nOur wise militia laws.\\nThen Captain Mitchell, of our town,\\nBy order of the State,\\nRode gallantly to Croydon Flat\\nWith martial pride elate.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1046.jp2"}, "951": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n237\\nA posse comilaftis went\\nA citizen of great renown\\nThe captain to sujiport,\\nWijs General John McNiel,\\nAnd bring the recreant C riiydi)ners\\nThe same who fought at Chippewa.\\nBy force of arms to court.\\nA soldier true as steel.\\nThe Croydon hidies flew to arms,\\nAnd when our worthy Governor\\nNot Mitchell s we are sure,\\nWould honor John McNiel,\\nBut gaiust his wicked legal wiles\\nHe dubbed him JIajor-General\\nTheir men-folks to secure.\\nWith gorgeous sign and seal.\\nAnd Jlrs. General Emery,\\nNow superseding all our braves\\nA Minerva in command.\\nWide-spread his orders flew\\nWas constituted leader of\\nTo colonel of each regiment,\\nThat Amazonian band.\\nTo muster for review.\\nShe soundly rated Newport folks\\nThen up rose Colonel Reddington,\\nIn w ords unfit to hear,\\nAnd swore whate er betide,\\nAnd said she d drive such trash from town,\\nBefore his gallant Thirty-first\\nAnd splinter ^Mitchell s ear.\\nMcNiel should never ride.\\nAnd short and sharp her orders were\\nAnd John McNiel and Reddington,\\nTo Nathan and the rest,\\nDefiant and irate.\\nThat no delinquent Croydoner\\nRemained, until their names were struck\\nShould sutler an arrest.\\nFrom roster of the State.\\nThe men took refuge in the fields,\\nBut this digression here must end\\nThe women, with much jaw.\\nThe regiment must form\\nStood to obstruct by force of tongues\\nThe common waits the grand parade\\nThe process of the law.\\nThe day is bright and warm.\\nThen Sergeant Crooker, of our sfjuad.\\nC,\\\\NTO IV.\\nPhil. Humphrey to restrain.\\nW^ent charging through a patch of grass\\nThe adjutant, on prancing steed,\\nWith all his might and main.\\nAs deep-toned bass-drum pealed,\\nAnd on his way he overturned\\nA quadruped whose scent\\nWould indicate his general course\\nThe companies in order ranged\\nUpon the muster-field.\\nThe colonel, then, with aids advanced.\\nWhichever way he went.\\nAssuming the command,\\nThe upshot of this matter was,\\nSo runs the last report,\\nAs, well-displayed, full iu his view.\\nThe waiting squadrons stand.\\nThat Mitchell and his men returned\\nAnon the General and statt\\nDisgusted to Newport.\\nAnd of those braves, Charles Emerson,\\nWho with the posse rode.\\nA brilliant cavalcade\\nIn butt and and blue, and nodding plumes.\\nMost gorgeously arrayed.\\nNow lives to read these epic lines.\\nAppear upon the tented field.\\nDown on the Goshen Road.\\nAnd up and down the line\\nAnd now a scheme political\\nWas foisted on the State,\\nThey gr.andly ride, while colors dip\\nAnd flashing swords incline.\\nInvolving rank and patronage\\nThen posted at the front they stand,\\nWe may right here relate.\\nWhile orders prompt an l shrill,\\nAccording to the manual\\nFor regimental drill.\\n1 Brigadier-Geueral Kmery.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1047.jp2"}, "952": {"fulltext": "238\\nHISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nFind quick response along the line,\\nOn loud huzzas the eagle soared,\\nAnd ordered arms respond\\nAs Birds of Freedom can,\\nThe steel that glittered in the air\\nClutching the arrows in his claws.\\nNow thunders on the ground.\\nTo shield the right of man.\\nWe here may note an episode,\\nThen burst the inspiring martial hymn\\nOccurring, as appears,\\nFrom regimental band.\\nWhen Quartermaster Harvey rode\\nSuch as once thrill d the patriot s heart.\\nThat famous horse Childiers.\\nAnd nerved the yeoman s hand.\\nThe steed, excited at the scene,\\nVet rans were listening to those strains,\\nRegardless, it is said.\\nOld men with trembling hands\\nOf bit and spur and pious talk.\\nThat pined in British prison-pens,\\nRushed for the Sanborn shed\\nOr trod the Jersey sands.\\nAnd must have placed his rider liold\\nOnce more they hear the bugle blast\\nIn desperate condition.\\nAnd words of high command.\\nHad he not grasped his ample neck\\nThe muffled tramp of armed men\\nTo strengthen his position.\\nAlong the solid land.\\nSo C hildiers to his stall was sent\\nThey see the serried squadrons move\\nAnother horse was brought.\\nWith gonfalons displayed.\\nOn which the gallant chevalier\\nAs in review they now salute\\nHis waiting comrades sought.\\nThe General and brigade.\\nAgain along the field of Mars\\nThis mimic scene, these martial airs\\nRepeated orders flew.\\nEouse memories of the past\\nWith note of preparation for\\nWithin the breasts of those old men.\\nInspection and review.\\nThe loneliest and the last.\\nThe Inspector-General passed on foot\\nOf that great host of patriots\\nThrough all the rank and file,\\nNone grander can we trace\\nTo view the equipments of the men,\\nWhose life-work made it possible\\nFrom cowhide boots to tile.\\nTo free the human race.\\nTo each and all the companies\\nThey founded deep, they builded strong\\nA ])roper speech he made.\\nA home wide-spread and i ree,\\nAs much to air his eloipience\\nA Sheltering Arms for toiling men\\nAs shine on dress-parade.\\nFrom lands across the sea.\\nNext came a regimental move\\nThey come no more to our parades.\\nA form in hollow square\\nForsooth, in this, our day,\\nAnd, as uncovered heads were bowed,\\nThe man who s seen a Pensioner\\nThe chaplain offered prayer.\\nMust have himself grown gray.\\nThe General, as he had mind.\\nTheir graves are scattered o er the land,\\nWith words of compliment,\\nSome nameless and obscure,\\nOr on some topic of the time\\nBut with the millions they have blest\\nAddressed the regiment.\\nTheir memory will endure.\\nPerhaps he had an axe to grind,\\nAnd to those graves, wherever found.\\nAs politicians siiy,\\nAs sure as comes the spring,\\nAnd wanted votes to turn the crank\\nEach year on Decoration Day\\nOn next election day.\\nFresh laurels will they bring.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1048.jp2"}, "953": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n239\\nCANTO V.\\nWhile rausiug thus ou Pensioners,\\nThe Thirty -first\u00e2\u0080\u0094 called crack\\nHas march d down town, across the bridge,\\nAnd now comes proudly back.\\nAgain deployed, the order rang\\nAlong the bristling line;\\nTention battalion Order arms!\\nThe time had come to dine.\\nAnd now the hungry musketeers\\nTheir burnished fire-arms stack.\\nAnd on the grass all negligee\\nDiscuss the noon-tide snack.\\nFrom haversack and tin canteen\\nThe rations disajipear.\\nAnd as they [lass from hand tu mouth\\nThey revel in good cheer.\\nWe well remember the sham fight\\nThat finished up the day,\\nWhen red-coats and Americans\\nJousted in mimic fray.\\nAnd when we heard the war-like din.\\nThe sounds of fife and drum.\\nAnd saw the tumult all around.\\nWe thought old Mars had come.\\nThe cannon thundered on tiie right,\\nFierce rattled the platoons;\\nAgainst the ranks of infantry\\nCame charge of light dragoons.\\nThen came the painted savages.\\nLed on by Calvin Call,\\nWho ambush d for the regulars\\nBehind a high stone wall.\\nAnd now old Indian Thunderbolt\\nBurst whooping into view.\\nWith tomahawk andscalping-knife\\nAnd all his savage crew.\\nWhile valiant Captain Roby, with\\nThe Wendall Light Brigade,\\nCame down upon them in the rear\\nAnd fearful havoc made.\\nPersonateif by Oliver Emerson.\\nAnd savage and Britishers\\nWere routed in dismay,\\nElse had our ijuiet village been\\nTo ravishers a prey.\\nAnd thus, mimetic of the times\\nOf butchery and woe.\\nThat made Mew England history\\nTwo hundred years ago.\\nNow let us sing, down with a king.\\nAnd long live Liberty\\nA man s a man, as he has mind.\\nWhere all men may be free.\\nAnd thus our verse has wander d on.\\nTo note the grand display\\nOf men, and arms, and things we saw,\\nIn military way.\\nCANTO VI.\\nBut this was scarcely half the sliow\\nThat came that day to town\\nAnd hence we join the motley crowd\\nThat wandered up and down.\\nHere came, in holiday attire,\\nSome quite unique in style.\\nFrom all the regimental towns.\\nThe rural rank and file.\\nComprising tj pes of human kind,\\nFrom infancy to age\\nBoth sexes, all conditions known\\nOu life s uncertain stage.\\nAnd here they played their several parts-\\nSome gentle and well-bred,\\nAnd others arrogant and loud.\\nOr clownish and corn-fed.\\nAnd some by cruel circumstance\\nDeformed, or dumb, or blind.\\nWere making capital of fate\\nTo move the pitying mind\\nTo deeds of charity and alms.\\nAnd chuckling as they went.\\nO er Continental nine-pence made.\\nOr e en a copper cent.\\nThe Tontine on the village green\\nA stately wooden pile\\nPillars and portico in front,\\nIn somewhat ancient style,", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1049.jp2"}, "954": {"fulltext": "240\\nHISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSwarmed then with buxom, merry wives,\\nAnd maidens fresh and fair,\\nWho came to watch their soldier boys.\\nOr rustic hearts ensnare.\\nAlong in front, upon some boards.\\nSpread our for that intent,\\nA jolly party might be seen\\nOf African descent.\\nAnd Tony Clark, a sable wag,\\nPlied well his rosin d bow.\\nWhile Wash, and Lyd, and Charlie Hall\\nMade saltatory show.\\nOld Jesse Sherl)urn, near the inn,\\nDispensed his liquid blacking,\\nAn article that far outshone\\nThe stutf made by McCrackin.\\nThe Ethiop wagged his sooty head\\nIn concert with his Ijrush,\\nAnd gather d in the four pence-haps\\nWith what is termed a rush.\\nBarbaric laces thus were seen\\nAnd Ethiopian style\\nIn dress, dance, mirth and minstrelsy,\\nA gaping crowd beguile.\\nAnd rural lovers, liand-in-hand.\\nRegardless of expense,\\nInvested at tlie candy stand\\nAnd posed against the fence.\\nThe peddler on his painted cart\\nBecame an auctioneer.\\nAnd roared his wit as well as wares\\nTo throngs that gathered near.\\nThus were two-score of lusty throats,\\nSome gruff, some shrill and harsh,\\nDiscordant croaking on a bid\\nLike bull-frogs in a marsh\\nWhen a lad a waiter to General Brooks, of Massachu-\\nsetts, during the Revolution. He died in Warner aged one\\nhundred years a pensioner.\\nSaid to liave been brought to Boston by schooner Star-\\nling in a sugar hogshead, from the coast below Savannah,\\nGa., by a Jlr. Knowlton, a brother-in-law of Deacon Jona-\\nthan Cutting, about 1836. Wash and Lyd were\\nchildren of Tony. Cliarles Hall became the husband of\\nLyd.\\nAnd Barlow knives, and buttons made\\nBy famous Nathan Mann,\\nDutch d quills, and soap, ne er went so cheap.\\nThey said, since time began.\\nAnd Morgan s Book on Masonry,\\nDenounced by JIasous trash\\nSold faster than the auctioneer\\nCould take the ofiered cash.\\nHere gathered round a fancy stand\\nA close, attentive throng,\\nThe game was Rouge-et-Noir, so called\\nAnd some were betting strong.\\nThe more small change the boys i)ut down\\nThe less they gather d up,\\nAnd realized the adage old\\nOf slip twixt lip and cup.\\nCASTO VII.\\nThen came a grand saloon on wheels\\nAnd famous Old Blind Beers,\\nWith violin, and waxen show,\\nHis main support for years.\\nA rustic crowd, with wondering eyes\\nAnd gaping mouths, stood round,\\nAs though they feared his effigies\\nWould meet them on the ground.\\nAnd Jane McCrae, and Helen Marr,\\nAnd Mary, Queen of Scots,\\nith glassy eyes, in wax despair\\nWould wave their gory locks.\\nA henchman tended at the door\\nBeers scraped his violin\\nTlie henchman made persuasive speech\\nThe curious entered in.\\nThe Olympian games were here revived\\nAs once in Ancient Greece,\\nTo test the vigor of their youth\\nIn piping times of peace.\\nApart upon the green sward firm\\nA party formed a ring,\\nWhere athletes strove for mastery\\nIn bouts of wrestling.\\nAnon another crowd appears\\nEngage in such exploits\\nAs jumping, turning somersaults.\\nAnd some were pitching quoits.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1050.jp2"}, "955": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n241\\nWe also noted booth and stands\\nWhere, well disposed for sale,\\nWere giuger-bread in cards, and fruits,\\nAnd pies, and cakes, and ale.\\nThe thrifty farmer might be seen\\nA tapster for the time.\\nServing new eider by the glass\\nTo turn an honest dhne.\\nCrowds gathered at the taverns, stores\\nAnd ilrani-shops on the street,\\nWhere in tieree eontliet with strong drink\\nSome suffered sore defeat.\\nThere was no sham in such a fight.\\nWhen men laid down their arms.\\nAnd yielded in unmanly way\\nTo rum s lieguiling charms.\\nAnd now, in this our history\\nOne point to which we come\\nIs, that the curse of muster-day\\nWas vile New England Rum.\\nAnd as the judgment of this court\\nWe may still further find;\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nIt curses every other day,\\nTo million.s of mankind.\\nEXIT OjrXES.\\nThe revelers, athletes, and the crowd\\nThe showman and his show,\\nThe seller and the sold disperse.\\nIn dusty guise they go.\\nThe pageantry of mimic war\\nNo longer stirs the town\\nWith martial pomp\u00e2\u0080\u0094 no armed host\\nKow marches U[) and down.\\nBut into gray and wrinkled eld I\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nInto the shadowy years\\nThe martial and the social throng\\nForever disappears.\\nAnd as the echo of our song\\nWe hear in mystic chime\\nTheir muffled, solemn tramp tramp tramp\\nInto the jaws of Time.\\nj{f,TE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The old niililia laws of New Hampshire were re-\\npealed by the Legislatm-e in the year 1849, and since that\\ndate there has been no general military parade in Newport.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nNEWPORT.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 tC //i(\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbo/).\\nCHCRCHKS ASH MUSIC.\\nCoN(il!E iATI()NAI,. TllO tiiWU of NoWpurt\\nwas exceedingly fortunate in the per.-onal ciiar-\\nacteristies of its first settlers. Every nieniUer\\nof the party that arrived here from old Killing-\\nworth, in June, IKW, as we have heretofore\\nstated, was in himself an in^titiiticm, with set-\\ntled views on the siibjeets of religion, civil gov-\\nernment and .social affairs.\\nUnlike greedy adventurers who rush for\\nminimi- reo;ii ns to delve and spoil from place to\\nplace for immediate gain, they came to estab-\\nlish homes and a community for themselves and\\ntheir heirs and successors in the generatious to\\ncome.\\nWe have seen how the party, under the di-\\nrection, probably, of Deacon Stephen A^ ilcox,\\nfinished their tiresome journey from Charles-\\ntown and went into quarters, snch as they f lund\\nor improvised for the occasion, in the vicinity\\nof tlie four corners at the foot of Claremont\\nHill.\\nThe next day being the Sabbath, their fir.st\\ncollective act was that of prayer and praise to\\nAlmighty God, who had guided their steps\\nhithcrward. They first sought His blessing on\\nthe new .settlement they were about to commeuce.\\nFor this purpose they are said to have gathered\\nin the shade of a large biroh-tree.\\nIt requires but little of imagination to sug-\\ngest that their place i f worship on that occasion\\nmay have been the site tui which the first\\nCouo-regatioual meeting-house was afterward\\nerected\\nFrom that day they failed not to assemlde\\nand meet together on each Lord s day for so-\\ncial wair.ship after the manner of their auce.stors.\\nThe religion of Christ depends not on the min-\\nistrations of priest or prelate, but may be en-\\njoyed wherever two or three are gathered to-\\ngether in His name. They afterwards met in\\ntheir camps and cabins one of their number", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1051.jp2"}, "956": {"fulltext": "242\\nHISTORY OF SULLH AN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nled the meetings aud sermons were read from\\nprinted volumes. Since that first act of public\\nworship in the town of Newport, the fire upon\\nthe altar has never cea.sed.\\nThis state of things continued for some six\\nyears, the first party being reinforced from year\\nto year by new-comers who addetl strength aud\\nstal)ilitv til the settlement.\\nThe completion of the Pi oprietors House, in\\n1773, afforded a central and public place for re-\\nligious meetings. When the settlers first en-\\njoyed the services of a regular minister is not\\nfully ascertained. It must, however, have been\\nprior to June, 1775, for in a warrant calling a\\nmeeting of the proprietors on the :29th of tliat\\nmoutii was an article, To see if the town\\nwill hire Mr. Ebenezer Sweetland to preach the\\ngospel in Newport some time lomjer and at\\nan adjourned meeting the next day, it was\\nVoted, That Mr. Robert Lane, Mr. Daniel\\nDudley and Mr. Josiah Stevens be a commit-\\ntee to treat with ilr. Eliezer Sweetland in re-\\ngard to our employing him in some future\\ntime. The result of any negotiations with\\nMr. Sweetland does not appear on the record.\\nIt will be seen that the votes aud negotiations\\nin regard to the emjiloyment and compensation\\nof ministers of the gospel were acts of the town\\nas a body corporate.\\nThe support of a Congregational minister\\nwas obligatory upon the people witiiout respect\\nto difference of opinion or creed. After the\\nyear 1803 no compulsory action was taken by\\nthe town upon this subject. In that year a\\nCongi egational Society was incorporated by an\\nact of the Legislature, which continued until\\n1828, when it was superseded by a general law\\nin regard to church corporations.\\nA complete and legal separation betwet u the\\naffairs of church and state came with the Tol-\\neration Act, 1819, the passage of which by the\\nLegislature caused a notaljle sensation tlirough-\\nout the State.\\nIn a warrant calling a meeting of the propri-\\netors, to be held on the l!9th of Ajjril, 1778,\\nwas the following article, viz. To see if the\\nTown will agree to ha\\\\e Mr. Kendall stay and\\nPreach with us.\\nAt the meeting thus M-arned, Robert Lane,\\nBenjamin Giles and Josiah Stevens were chosen\\na committee to confer witii Mr. Thomas Ken-\\ndall to see if he will continue a space of time to\\nPreach the gospel in this town of Newport.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, on May 4th,\\nVoted, That Mr. Thomas Kendall stay aud\\nPreach in this Town, and the town to con-\\ntribute every Sabbath for to Su])p(H t it. Also\\nVoted, That the Com\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 confer with Mr.\\nThomas Kendall to see if he will return to this\\ntown as soon as he can, with convenience, after\\nhe hatli accomplished his purposed journev.\\nWhether Mr. Kendall continued a space of\\ntime, or whether he accomplished his jour-\\nney and returned does not appear on the\\nrecord.\\nAt the annual meeting, March 177!), it\\nwas Voted, To see if the Town will choose a\\ncommittee, in order to look out a candidate to\\nsettle witii us in the work of the gospel min-\\nistry. And at an adjourned meeting, on the\\nlotli of tlie same month, it viati Voted, That\\nAaron Buel and Josiah Stevens be a committee\\nto make application to Rev. Mr. Hall, of\\nKeene, to look out for a candidate to settle in\\nthe work of the gospel ministry in the Town\\nof Newport.\\nSome thirteen years had passed away since\\nthe men of Killiugwortii apj)eared in Newport,\\nand as yet no regular ciiurch organization had\\nbeen effected. In view, therefore, of the present\\nand prospecti\\\\-e welfare of an increased and in-\\ncreasing population, and of greater efficiency in\\nChristian work, and in order that the rites\\nand ceremonies of the churcii might exert their\\nfull and proper influence and be enjoyed in\\ntheir midst, the gixjd people of the town were\\nimpressed witii the necessity of moving forward\\nin this regard. Tiie principles of a stern and\\ntrue religion had been here in spirit from the\\ncommencement of the settlement. The time", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1052.jp2"}, "957": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n243\\nhad now come when they should appear in\\nform and by institution. To this end, on the\\n28th day of October, 1779, a meeting was held\\nin accordance with previous notice and arrange-\\nment, when Rev. Aaron Hall, pastor of the\\nchurch at Keene, and the only clergyman pres-\\nent, was chosen moderator, and Aaron Buel\\nscribe.\\nArticles of fliith and discipline, and a church\\ncovenant previously drawn up, were then\\nadopted as the cauon of the new church.\\nThese rules and regulations exhibit educa-\\ntion, ability and clear views of Christian faith\\nand practice on the part of the founders of the\\nchurch in this town.\\nThe covenant obligations then entered upon\\nwere of the most solemn character, to which\\nwere subscribed the followino; names\\nRobert Lane.\\nDaniel Dudley.\\nDaniel Buel.\\nAaron Buel.\\nEllas Bascom.\\nMatthew Buel.\\nJosiah Stevens.\\nEsther Buel.\\nSusannah Dudley.\\nLydia Hurd.\\nEunice Bascom.\\nMary Stevens.\\nEsther Lane.\\nJane Buel.\\nChloe Wilcox.\\nMary Buel.\\nFollowing this church union it was\\nVoted, That all the parties thus subscribed, upon\\nhearing each one s relation and experience, and ask-\\ning each one s forgiveness, receive each other into\\ntheir love and fellowship.\\nVoted Yt Captain Samuel Hurd, Mrs. Jane Buel,\\nMrs. Chloe Wilcox, having heard their relations and\\nexperiences, and they having asked ye brethren s\\nforgiveness, be taken into love and fellowship.\\nBenjamin Giles received as a member on con-\\ndition that he get his letters.\\nBrother Giles undoubtedly received his let-\\nters, as we hereafter find his name mentioned\\nas one of the active members.\\nOn December 6, 1779, a committee was ap-\\npointed to confer with Mr. Tracy and desire\\nhim to tarry and preach the gospel four Sab-\\nbaths longer, if they could discern a probability\\nof his settling or a disposition in him to settle\\n16\\nwith the jjeople of this town, as a preacher, at\\nsome future time, if circumstances admitted of it\\nif not, to proceed on his way.\\nThough extremeh^ desirous of having a set-\\ntled minister, the people would not insist too\\nmuch on Mr. Tracy s coming, and he was al-\\nlowed to proceed.\\nNot long after this, a young man by the name\\nof Samuel Wood was invited to preach, and,\\nat a meeting held August 7, 1790, it was voted\\nto ask the above-named gentleman to preach\\ntwo Sabbaths longer on probation. On the\\n24th of the same month a call was given to Mr.\\nWood. He was offered \u00c2\u00a3100 as settlement\\nand \u00c2\u00a345 per year as salary, which was to be in-\\ncreased \u00c2\u00a3.5 per year until it reached \u00c2\u00a370. The\\ncall was not accepted.\\nWe learn from tlie town records in reward to\\no\\nvalues that thirty pounds in colonial money,\\nat this time, was equal to one hundred silver\\ndollars.\\nIt would seem, judging from the hints given\\nin the records, that the revi^ al which took\\nplace shortly after the formation of the church\\nwas due to the efforts of Mr. Wood, as during\\nhis sojourn in Newport some thirty members\\nwere added to tiie church.\\nThe ordinary details usually found in church\\nrecords, consisting as they do of dealings with\\nerring and refractory members, are of but little\\ninterest. If such records represented the entire\\nwork of the church instead of its purifying\\nprocesses, our confidence in its efficiency as a\\nleading institution among us would necessarily\\nweaken. But occasionally a matter arises of\\nmore than ordinary interest and such is the\\none to which we are about to refer, as it became\\nthe subject of an ecclesiastical council, to which\\nRev. Aaron Hall, of Keene, and Rev. Pelatiah\\nChapin, of Windsor, Vt., were called to aid in\\nits discussion and settlement.\\nIn the spring of 1781 a complaint was made\\nby Brother Robert Lane, a prominent member,\\nagainst Brother Benjamin Giles, another prom-\\ninent member, in ye following particulars", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1053.jp2"}, "958": {"fulltext": "244\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1st. For causing a book to be read in publick,\\npublished by Mr. Whitefield in which men in an un-\\nregenerate state are represented to be half beast and\\nhalf devil.\\n2d. For speaking against profane swearing in\\npublick.\\nThe record proceeds\\nIn ye first, Brother Giles appeared ready to de-\\nfend Mr. Whitefield s description of unregenerate\\nmen as true. As to ye second charge, Brother Giles\\nvindicated his conduct, in public speaking, against\\nprofane swearing, as no ways out of character.\\nThe record continues\\nThe C* found y nothing in this view on brother\\nGiles part could be considered matter of offence in\\nye charges brought against him.\\nFurther on in the record we learn that\\nRobert Lane, the complaining brother, wa.s so\\nmuch dissatisfied with the verdict of the church\\nthat he requested to have his relationship with\\nit dissolved, and his request was formally\\ngranted.\\nIn considering the matter of the first charge\\nwe are satisfied the complaining brother would\\nhave the unquestioned symp)athy of all sensible\\npeople certainly in this, our time; and how it\\nwas that Brother Giles, who was considered a\\nforemost man as regards intelligence and ability,\\ncould consent to leave such an expression of\\nopinion on the church records the reader of\\nthis generation will be unable to understand.\\nIn regard to the second charge, whereby the\\ncomplaining brother felt aggrieved by being re-\\nstricted in the use of profane language, he\\nwould find no justification in the public or\\nprivate sentiment of our time. We may say,\\nhowever, in explanation or extenuation of the\\nposition taken by Mr. Lane, that, up to the be-\\nginning of the present century, in this country\\nand in England profanity was not regarded as\\nincompatible with a Christian life, or as an out-\\nrage against the church and good manners and\\nan indictable offense at law.\\nThe efforts of the church, by the concurrent\\naction of the town, to settle a minister were at\\nlast crowned with success.\\nOn January 22, 1783, Rev. John Remele\\nwas duly installed as pastor of the Congrega-\\ntional Church of Newport. By this he came\\nin possession of a tiact of land set apart by the\\ncharter of the town to the first settled minister.\\nHis salary was fixed at seventy pounds per an-\\nnum, which, according to a former estimate,\\nwould be $233.33 in silver money.\\nAccording to all accounts, traditional and\\notherwise, Mr. Remele was a well-educated,\\ngenial man, an able preacher and a successful\\ninstructor of youth. Of his personal history,\\nprevious to his coming to this town, we have\\nno knowledge. He was here with his wife,\\nAnna Read, and their five children, the young-\\nest of whom was born in Newport.\\nThe ministry of Rev. John Remele, not-\\nwithstanding his many estimable qualities, was\\nnot a success. During the more than eight\\nyears of his pastorate only thirteen members\\nwere added to the church. Grave charges were\\nmade against him on account of some social\\neccentricities, involving his moral character.\\nHis ministry practically ended some time\\nbefore his dismissal, which formally occurred\\nOctober 10, 1791. He afterward removed to\\nOrwell, Vt., taking with him all the church\\nrecords existing at the time, which must have\\ncontained the doings of the council by which\\nhe was dismissed, and consequently the evi-\\ndences of his improper conduct, and, though\\nmuch effort was made, they were never re-\\ncovered.\\nIn December, 1803, a vote was passed recit-\\ning the facts in the case, and a committee, con-\\nsisting of Jesse Wilcox, Uriah Wilcox, Samuel\\nHurd, Phineas Wilcox and Ezra Parmelee, was\\nappointed to attend to this business, i.e., the\\nrecovery or reconstruction of the church records.\\nOn the 28th of the following March the commit-\\ntee reported that the call of the church was made\\nin December, 1782, that it was concurred in by\\nthe town, and that, on January 17, 1783, the\\ntown, voted to have Mr. Remele ordained on\\nJanuary 22d. The report was accepted. This", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1054.jp2"}, "959": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n245\\nand a few loose papers, found in the archives\\nof the society, partially restored tiie records.\\nThe church was much weakened by these\\ntrials, but their courage was good, and at a meet-\\ning held July 3, 1791, at which the council\\nagi eed on the dismissal of Mr. Remele, it was\\nVoted, y y c^^ will reunite and go on together\\nas a c according to y plan and constitution y\\nit first settled upon in discipline, e.\\nAfter the dismissal of Mr. Remele the church\\nremained without a settled minister some time\\nover four yeai^s. In the mean time a good\\nspirit prevailed. Jesse Wilcox was chosen a dea-\\ncon, and they had availed themselves of the\\nservices of itinerant preachers, or depended\\nupon the ability local to the church, which was\\nby no means of an inferior order.\\nA new town and meeting-house had been\\nerected more commodious in its proportions, and\\nit remained to place a desirable pastor over the\\nchurch.\\nA painful accident occurred at the raising of\\nthe new meeting-house. A raising in those\\ndays, and particularly the raising of a meet-\\ning-house, was a matter of much importance and\\nwas liberally attended by people from the\\nneiffhborins towns. Charles Seamans, a voung;\\nman in the twentieth year of his age, had come\\nover from New London, probably with others,\\nto aid in the work and in so doing lost his life.\\nBackus, in his History of the Baptists,\\nstates that,\\nIn June (26), 1793, an alarming Providence re-\\nsulted in a revival of religion. The eldest son of\\nElder Job Seamans, Pastor of the Baptist Church in\\nNew London, came to Newport to assist in raising the\\nframe of the Congregational Meeting-house. He fell\\nfrom the top of it and soon died. The Spirit of God\\nmade use of it for good.\\nA common gray stone, standing in the old\\nburial-ground, bears record of this sad event as\\nfollows\\nIn Memory of Mr. Charles Seamans, of New Lon-\\ndon, son of Rev. Job Seamans and Mrs. Sarah, his\\nwife, who, on the 26th gf June, 1793, fell from the\\nplate of the Meeting-house and expired in 4 hours,\\naged 19 years and 10 months.\\nBehold and see as you pass by,\\nAs you are now so once was I,\\nAs I am now so you must be,\\nPrepare for death and follow me.\\nOn December 13, 1795, a call was extended\\nto Mr. Abijah Wines to become the pastor of\\nthis church. Abijah Wines was a native of\\nSouthold, on the eastern end of Long Island,\\nborn May 28, 1766. His parents and other\\nmembers of the family came to Newport in 1781.\\nWhen about twenty years of age, Abijah Wines\\nhad married Ruth, the youngest daughter of\\nBenjamin Giles. The youthful couple and\\nnewly constituted family settled on land a short\\ndistance north of the cross-roads, in later years\\nand still known as the Aiken place. After\\nsome years of labor on the farm, ^Ir. Wines,\\nwho was studious iu habits and religiously in-\\nclined, felt called to a higher work than that of\\ngrubbing roots and tilling the ground. It has\\ncome to us that in this new dejiarture he was\\nadvised and encouraged by his excellent wife,\\nand that it was at her suggestion that he entered\\nupon a course of study probably at first under\\nthe tuition of Rev. Mr. Remele, and was finally\\ngraduated from Dartmouth College in the class\\nof 1794. He was the first alumnus of that\\ninstitution from the town of Newport. He\\nafterward pursued a course of theological train-\\ning and study with Rev. Dr. Emmons, of\\nFranklin, Mass. Returning to Newport, he ac-\\ncepted the call and pulpit of the Congregational\\nChurch.\\nDuring this period of study and absence at\\ncollege and in Massachusetts, Ruth, like her\\nhistoric and Scripture namesake, who gleaned\\nin the fields of ancient Boaz, with an energy\\nthat would appall the minister s wife of the\\npresent, wrought in her own fields, carried on\\nthe farm, personally superintending all the de-\\ntails of its husbandry, selling the crops and\\npayinghcr husband s expenses from the proceeds.\\nIt is said of her that she much preferred out-of-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1055.jp2"}, "960": {"fulltext": "246\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ndoor work to the domestic labors of the liouse-\\nhold. In the course of her life in Newport she\\nalso became the mother of ten children.\\nThe pastorate of Rev. Mr. Wines continued\\nuntil November 26, 1816, when he was dis-\\nmissed at his own request and accepted a pro-\\nfessorship in tlie Theological Seminary at Ban-\\ngor, Me., from which he retired at the close of\\nthe first year, and during the remaining years of\\nhis life was engaged in preaching the gospel on\\nDeer Island, off the coast of Maine. Mr. Wines\\nwas a beloved pastor and a highly-esteemed and\\nuseful citizen. He died February 11, 1833,\\naged sixty-seven years.\\nThe church continued without a pastor about\\ntwo years, when, on December 2, 1818, Rev.\\nJames R. Wheelock, a grandson of the first and\\na sou of the second president of Dartmouth\\nCollege, was called to its ministiy. Mr. Whee-\\nlock was an able and scholarly man, as one\\nwould suppose from his genealogy an earnest\\nChristian worker and preacher. It was in his\\ntime that the first Sunday-school was organized\\nin connection with this church. Soon after his\\nordination an extensive revival was experienced,\\nby which one hundred and forty-eight new mem-\\nbers were added to the church. Mr. Wheel ock s\\npastorate continued until February 23, 1823,\\nwhen he was dismissed by a mutual council.\\nMr. Wheelock had many friends in Newport\\nwho felt that he had not been fairly treated in\\nmatters leading up to the council. The charges\\nagainst him were of the most trivial character\\nand were not sustained before the council. He\\nwas dismissed as a matter of policy and not of\\npersonal right, and it is apparent that he left the\\nchurch in a most inharmonious condition.\\nAn ecclesiastical council was again called,\\nwith a view to correct this unhappy state of\\nthings. A fast was appointed on the 6th of\\nNovember a paper was drawn up and signed\\nby members contiiining mutual acknowledg-\\nments and on the 13th the church voted to\\nextend a call to Rev. John Woods, who had\\nalready moved into town from Warner.\\nThe call was accepted and he was installed\\nJanuary 24, 1824. His salary was fixed at\\nfour hundred and fifty dollars per annum.\\nIt was in the year 1822, during the pastorate\\nof Rev. ]\\\\tr. Wheelock, that the present brick\\nmeeting-house was erected.\\nMr. Woods took possession of its pulpit\\nwith the improving confidence of his people.\\nHow well he acquitted himself in all the duties\\nincumbent upon him through a period of more\\nthan twenty-seven years is still in the memory\\nof the Congregational people. There were\\nadded to the church during his pastorate three\\nhundred and twenty-nine members.\\nMr. Woods was the pioneer in the temper-\\nence reform in this town. In 1841 the church\\nadopted rules of total abstinence as a require-\\nment applicable to all members.\\nOn July 16, 1851, an ecclesiastical council\\nconvened for the purpose of dissolving the pas-\\ntoral relation with Mr. Woods at his own\\nrequest, and at the same time Rev. Henry Cum-\\nmings, a late graduate of Andover Theological\\nSeminary, was installed as pastor of the church\\nwith a salary of seven hundred dollars per\\nannum.\\nThe pastorate of Mr. Cumn)ings continued\\nfor a period of fifteen years and was marked\\nby an unusual degree of prosperity to the\\nchurch and people, one hundred and seventy\\nnew members were added.\\nMr. Cummings resigned his eliarge to accept\\na call to another and wider field of labor, and\\nwas dismissed by a council in regular order\\nJuly 25, 1866.\\nAfter the retirement of Mr. Cummings, Rev.\\nG. R. W. Scott, also a graduate of Andover,\\nsupplied the pulpit for a time so acceptably\\nthat he was called to the regular pastorate of\\nthe church and duly installed September 17,\\n1868.\\nIt was during this pastorate, in 1869, that the\\nold-time, elevated pulpit and high-backed pews\\nwere removed and the auditorium reconstructed\\nmore in accordance with modern ideas of com-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1056.jp2"}, "961": {"fulltext": "NEWPOKT.\\n247\\nfort and convenience. A large and fine-toned\\norgan was also placed in the choir, the gift of\\nDeacon Dexter Richards, as a memorial of a\\nbeloved daughter who died in 18(38, at the age\\nof twenty years.\\nIn 1871 an additional structure of brick, of\\nfair architectural proportions, was erected partly\\nin the rear and connecting with the main build-\\ning, for use as a chapel, with parlors and a\\ncuimne arranged for social meetings and gather-\\nings of the church and society.\\nRev. Mr. Scott was dismissed at his own\\nrequest and accepted the pastorate of a church\\nin Fitehburg, Mass., where he still remains\\n(1885).\\nAt his suggestion Rev. E. E. P. Abbott came\\nto supply the pulpit of the church until another\\npastor could be established.\\nMr. Abbott was a native of Concord, born\\nSeptember 20, 1841, was graduated from Dart-\\nmouth College in 18(53. He was for two years\\na student in the Theological Se.minary in New\\nYork City and a graduate from Andover\\nTiieological Seminary in 1807. He was called\\nto the pastorate of the Congregational Church\\nat Meriden, which he resigned in 1872,\\nfor the purpose of travel and study iu Ger-\\nmany, where he spent a couple of years with\\nhis wife. His ministrations were so acceptable\\nthat he was finally called to the pastorate of\\nthe Newport Church and formally installed\\nMarch 24, 1875.\\nAfter a ministry of about ten years duration\\nhe sent in his resignation, to take effect March\\n1, 1884. On Sunday, 24th February, the\\nauditorium and galleries of the venerable South\\nmeeting-house were packed to their utmost ex-\\ntent to listen to his farewell discourse previous\\nto his departure for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where\\nhe now ministers over a Congregational Church.\\nAfter the retirement of Rev. Mr. Abbott a\\ncall was extended to Rev. Charles N. Flauders\\nto become the jjastor of the church, which was\\nduly accepted and the installation services\\noccurred on Wednesday, May 28, 1884. Rev.\\nG. R. ^y. Scott, D.D., of Fitchljurg, Mass.,\\nwas chosen moderator of the council and took a\\nleading jiart in the exercises. Mr. Flanders is a\\nnative of Bradford, Vt., born April 1, 1844,\\nwas graduated from Dartmouth College in 1871\\nand from Andover Theological Seminary in\\n1874. He came to the church from Wapping,\\nConn.\\nBefore closing this sketch, it is fit and proper\\nthat we take a backward glance along tiie line\\nto the beginning in 1779, and call up the\\nnames and memories of the worthy men who\\nhave filled the diaconate of this church, of whom\\nare Josiah Stevens, Sr., Jesse Wilcox, Uriah\\nWilcox, Moses Noyes, Elnathan Hurd, Josiah\\nStevens, Jr., Joseph Wilcox, Henry Chapiu,\\nDavid B. Chapin, whose bodies are buried in\\npeace, but whose names and memories still live,\\nand whose works of usefulness still abide in\\nthe church for which they labored, and whose\\nprosperity and beauty was dear to them and to\\nthe community they sougiit to benefit by their\\ngood example.\\nOur sketch now leaves the Congregational\\nChurch in the hands of Rev. C. N. Flanders,\\nits pastor, and its present deacons. Dexter\\nRichards and Rufus P. Claggett.\\nBaptist Church. During the year 1770\\nthere came to this town and Croydon a number\\nof settlers from Central Massachusetts. Some\\nof them located on the high lands in the north-\\nwestern part of Newport, and others on con-\\ntiguous land in the southwestern part of Croy-\\ndeu, thus establishing an important neighbor-\\nhood or colony across the line of the two towns.\\nThese people were mostly from Worcester\\nCounty, where Baptist Churches had for many\\nyears been established, and as they were nearly\\nall Baptists, the locality soon came to be known\\nas Baptist Hill, and so continues to this\\ntime.\\nTheir centre of business, where they had a\\nstore, a school-house, a tannery and mechanic\\nshops, and where in the course of time timber\\nwas drawn and deposited for the purpose of", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1057.jp2"}, "962": {"fulltext": "248\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nbuilding a meeting-house, was on the road run-\\nning north from the present Northville ap-\\nproaching and crossing the town line. The\\nWakefields, Havens, Metcalfs, Durkees, Cham-\\nberlains and Wheelers of this town, and the\\nStows, Jacobs and others comprised this settle-\\nment a thrifty and intelligent people, strong\\nin the faith of their prototype, Roger Williams.\\nFor eight or nine years they abode in this\\nnew settlement, clearing land, opening farms,\\nbuilding houses and barns and increasing in\\nbasket and in store.\\nAlthough scattered on the hill as sheep with-\\nout a shepherd, they went not astray .ind fell\\ninto no neglect of their i-eligious belief, failing\\nnot under any circumstances to gather in private\\nhouses and barns, and finally in the school-house\\nafter it was built, fur religious services, depend-\\ning upon their own resources with the help of\\nthe Lord for edification and interest.\\nTheir number and wants accumulated until\\nabout the year 1779, when some of tlieir lead-\\ning men and women sought the good offices of\\nRev. Caleb Blood, of Marlow, pastor of the\\nnearest church of their denomination, to procure\\nfor them a qualified religious teacher.\\nAt a meeting of the Warren Association\\n(Rhode Island) of Baptist Churches, held at\\nLeicester, Mass., September 8-9, 1778, a letter\\nwas read from Rev. Mr. Blood, setting forth\\nthe religious condition and necessities of this\\nsection of the country. This appeal, doubtless,\\nreached the minds and hearts of former neigh-\\nhors and friends, still living in the old county\\nof Worcester, from which they had come, mem-\\nbers of the Baptist Churcli in Leicester, which\\nwas then half a century old.\\nThe following is copied from the minutes of\\nthat association for 1778\\nA most prcsssing application being made in be-\\nhalf of a vast extent of country to the northward al-\\nmost entirely destitute of ministerial helps, we have\\nrecommended it to our Elders, Jacobs, Ledoyt, Sea-\\nmans and our Brother Ransome to visit and labor in\\nthose parts; and they have undertaken to go and as\\nthe expense of their journey must be considerable, the\\nChurches are earnestly requested to contribute to\\ntheir support and send it to our next Association.\\nThese brethren proceeded to the task as-\\nsigned them. Benedict, the Baptist historian, tells\\nus, that Elders Job Seamans of Attleborough,\\nMass., and Biel Ledoyt, of Woodstock, Conn.,\\ntraveled up the Connecticut River as far as\\nWoodstock, Vt., preaching on both sides of the\\nriver, but mostly on the New Hampshire\\nside. Their coming was refreshing to the\\nhearts of many, and an evident blessing fol-\\nlowed their zealous and evangelical labors.\\nElder Ledoji; visited Newport and Croydon\\namong other places, and preached to the little\\ncommunity of Baptists on Baptist Hill. It\\nwas undoubtedly through his influence that\\nthey were encouraged to associate themselves\\ntogether in church fellowship, and in May, 1779,\\nthe Baptist Church of Newport and Croydon\\nwas organized. It was, however, soon after-\\nward known only as the Baptist Church of\\nNewport.\\nThere were eight constituent members, as\\nfollows\\nSeth Wheeler.\\nWilliam Haven.\\nMrs. Seth Wheeler.\\nMrs. William Haven.\\nEllas Metcalf.\\nEzekiel Powers.\\nMrs. Elias Metcalf.\\nMrs. Nathaniel Wheeler.\\nIt will be seen that this church was organized\\nin the midst of the Revolutionary period of our\\ncountry, when the minds of the people were\\nabsorbed in political affairs, the movements of\\narmies, American and British, campaigns and\\nbattles, questions of victory or defeat; and\\nevery neighborhood had its representative in\\nthe ranks of the patriot army. The church,\\nhowever, seems to have made some progress, for\\nat the close of the war, 1783, though destitute\\nof pastoral care, it had twenty-two members, a\\ngain of fourteen during the first four years.\\nSeth Wheeler, who is said to have been a man\\nof decided ability and highly respected in the\\ncommunity, was chosen its first deacon, and for\\nits general prosperity the church is greatly in-\\ndebted to his offices. Elias Metcalf was after-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1058.jp2"}, "963": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n249\\nward associated with him in the diacouate, and,\\nunder the leading of these good and wise men,\\nit continned to flourish several years without a\\npastor other than those occasionally comiug to\\nthem from other and more prosperous places.\\nTheir principal strength came from meeting\\ntogether for prayer and Christian conference\\nand exhortation, and the Spirit that is promised\\nwhere two or thi ee are oathered together.\\nIt would seem that Elder Ledoyt continued\\nto hold in remembrance the church he had been\\ninstrumental in founding in this destitute re-\\ngion, and that he revisited the places where he\\nlabored in 1778-79, to sti-engthen and establish\\nthe brethren in the faith.\\nBe this as it may, after a lapse of twelve\\nyears he accepted a call to the pastorate, and\\nwas installed as first pastor of the Baptist\\nChurch in Newport. The sermon on the occa-\\nsion was by Rev. Job Seamans, who afterward\\nbecame pastor of the Baptist Church in New\\nLondon.\\nIt is unfortunate for our sketch that we cim-\\nnot give the exact dates and all the attending\\ncircumstances connected with this matter, from\\nthe fact that, on the night of January 11, 1816,\\nthe dwelling-house of Philip W. Kibbey, an\\nofficer of the church and the custodian of its\\nrecords, was destroyed by fire, with much of its\\ncontents, including the archives of the Baptist\\nChurch and society, covering the first forty-five\\nyears of its existence.\\nThe following passage from Backus History\\nof the Baptists will furnish some idea of the\\ncharacter of that old soldier of the cross, Elder\\nLedoyt, the qualified founder and first pastor\\nof this church.\\nSeptember 16, 1793, he writes in a letter to a\\nfriend\\nIt hath been a long, dark and cloudy night with\\nme and people here, but glory to God, the clouds are\\ndispersing fast. His work is begun among us New-\\nport and Croydon are greatly blessed. There have\\nbeen forty souls hopefully converted in a few weeks\\namong us. I have baptized twenty-nine iu four weeks.\\nThe work appears still going on. I cannot be idle. It\\nis out of my power to answer all the calls I have at\\nthis time but I endeavor to do all I can. Being\\nfavored with health and the spirit of preaching, I as-\\ncend the mountains easy.\\nThere is a prospect of a glorious reformation in\\nthese parts. may it spread far and wide God\\nhath remembered my family also for good. My three\\neldest daughters I hope are converted, the oldest\\nseventeen years, the youngest ten years old are bap-\\ntized. O bless the Lord with me, and let us exalt\\nHis name together I never more sensibly needed\\nwisdom than at present.\\nYou will not cease to pray for me, O dear brother,\\nbe strong in the Lord and the power of his might.\\nIn 1795 the church reported a membership\\nof eighty-nine. Hitherto, as stated, it had wor-\\nshiped in private houses, barns and the school-\\nhouse.\\nA barn is still .standing by the river-side\\nwhere Thomas Baldwin, afterward the dis-\\ntinguished Baptist divine of Boston, preached a\\nsermon which made a deep impression upon\\nthose who heard it.\\nIn 1798 the first meeting-house, in size forty\\nby forty feet, -was erected on land adjoining the\\ncemetery grounds on the south at North New-\\nport.\\nThe following description of that church\\nedifice and the worship and the habits of the\\npeople, as they appeared iu 1810, is from the\\npen of the late Baron Stow, D.D., of Boston\\nI am in that plain edifice with a superabundance\\nof windows, and a porch at each end with its eleva-\\nted pulpit, sky blue in color overhung by the sound-\\ning-board; with the deacon s seat half-way up the\\npuljjit; with the square pews occupied by families;\\nwith a gallery containing one row of pews fronted by\\nthe singers seats.\\nThere is the horse-shed; there is the horse-block\\nthere are the horses with men s saddles and pillions,\\nand a few women s saddles, but not a carriage of any\\ndescription.\\nOn occasions of baptism the whole congregation\\nwould go down the hill and, standing in a deep glen\\non the banks of Sugar River, would witness the cere-\\nmonies. Elias McGregor played the bass-viol. Asa,", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1059.jp2"}, "964": {"fulltext": "250\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\na brother, led the choir, and his sisters Lucy and Lois\\nsang soprano and alto. In that choir were Asaph\\nStow, Moses Paine Durkee, Philip W. Kibbey and\\nmore than one Wakefield.\\nThe churcli contiuiied to prosper, and in the\\nyear 1800 nine were added by baptism.\\nIn 1805 Mr. Ledoyt offered his resignation,\\nwhich was reluctantly accepted, and tluis closed\\na successful pastorate of about fourteen years.\\nHe returned soon after to his former home and\\nfield of labor in Woodstock, Conn. He is de-\\nscribed as a man of moderate education, but\\nof unusual natural ability. He was a shoe-\\nmaker and plied his trade as he found opportun-\\nity with considerable skill. A story is told of\\nan unregenerate hearer, who afterward became\\na Christian, who was greatly annoyed at the\\ngreat length of the hymns in connection with\\nthe public worship, and suggested that if Elder\\nLedoyt would only carry his bench and work\\ninto the pulpit, he might top a shoe while the\\nchoir were singing a hymn.\\nMany people now living well remember when\\nthe Sabbath services continued to much greater\\nlength than at present, and when the sermons,\\nforenoon and afternoon, furnished opportunity\\nfor the exercise of an active patience.\\nElder Ledoyt was an energetic worker, and\\nconsidered one of the most devoted men in the\\ngospel ministry. He often expressed the hope\\nthat he might not outlive his usefulness. His\\nwish was granted: he was suddenly taken away,\\nbeing found dead in his garden, where he had\\nbeen at work.\\nWe know very little of the Ledoyt family,\\nother than what we are able to gather from the\\nrecords of the church. They came, lived, loved,\\nlabored and passed away in the earlier days of\\nthe town far beyond the memory of this gene-\\nration.\\nThere is, however, one other memorial of\\ntheir presence here, to which we may refer, that\\nappeals to our humanity, a grave. It may be\\nfound in the southeastern corner of the first\\nburial-place of Newport, and across an interval\\nof nearly a hundred years the record of a great\\nsorrow may be read from that cold gray stone,\\nas follows\\nIn memory of Miss Esther, Daughter of the Rev d\\nBiel Ledoyt and Mrs. Joanna, his wife, who after a\\nlong sickness, died February 10, 1792, aged 20 years\\nand 10 months.\\nMy loving friend, as you pass by\\nOn my cold grave pray cast an eye,\\nAs I am now, so you must be.\\nPrepare for death and follow me.\\nIn 1806 Rev. Thomas Brown was installed\\nas second pastor of the church. He is said to\\nhave been a man of good ability, and highly\\nrespected in the community.\\nHis pastorate was attended with a good de-\\ngree of success. During the year 1810 sixty-\\nsix were baptized, and eighty-five in all were\\nadded to the church.\\nIn 1812 the church reported to the Wood-\\nstock Association, with which it was connected,\\na total membership of one hundred and eighty-\\nthree.\\nAbout this time some misunderstanding:\\noccurred between Mr. Brown and a number of\\nhis parishioners, which caused him to resign\\nhis pastorate in 1813.\\nIn 1814, Rev. Elisha Hutchinson, formerly\\nof Pomfret, Yt., and for some time a Congrega-\\ntional minister, came to the pastorate of the\\nchurch. He was a member of the first class\\nthat was graduated from Dartmouth College.\\nHe is said to have been a man of great zeal and\\npiety. During his ministry the church was\\ngreatly troubled for reason as follows In\\n1816 a young man, named Solomon Howe,\\nsettled on or about Baptist Hill. His religious\\nsentiments were of the Arminian school, in con-\\ntrast with the Calvinistic views of Mr. Hutch-\\ninson. Their open discussions on this ubject\\ncaused a division of the church. The disaf-\\nfected and larger party withdrew and formed\\nan Independent Baptist Church, with Mr.\\nHowe for their pastor.\\nThe year following, two sets of delegates and", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1060.jp2"}, "965": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n251\\ntlie two ministers were present at the Associa-\\ntion, which met at Mount Holley, Vt., each\\nclaiming to represent the Newport Cluirch.\\nA committee M as appointed by the associa-\\ntion to visit Newport and investigate the matter.\\nThe following year, 1818, the church under\\nthe lead of Mr. Hutchinson was recognized\\nas the legitimate church.\\nAfter the resignation of Mr. Hutchinson,\\n1818, Rev. Leland Howard, pastor of the\\nchurch at Windsor, occasionally supplied the\\npulpit.\\nThe labors of Mr. Howard are held in g-rate-\\nful remembrance. From November 8, 1818,\\nto September 30, 1819, under his supervision,\\none hundred and ten members were added to\\nthe church, among them Alonzo King, who\\nafterward entered the ministry, and, by request\\nof the Baptist Missionary Society, wrote the\\njNIenioir of George Dana Boardman, and Baron\\nStow, afterward Rev. Dr. Stow, of Boston.\\nlu June, 1819, mainly through the efforts of\\nColonel William Cheney, who was a convert\\nunder Mr. Howard, a charter was granted by\\nthe Ijegislature for The First Baptist Society\\nof Newport. The corporators were James D.\\nWalcott, Elisha Hutchinson and Philip W.\\nKibbey.\\nIts first meeting was held August 4, 1819.\\nWilliam Cheney was chosen moderator James\\nD. Wolcott, clerk and William Cheney, Joseph\\nFarnsworth and Ira Walker, wardens. Women\\nwere admitted to membership; the name of\\nDeborah Stow, the mother of Baron Stow,\\nbeing the first one recorded.\\nIn 1819, October, the church ordained Mr.\\nParsons, of Boston, as an evangelist. He jjreach-\\ned several months and was succeeded by Brad-\\nbury Clay, of Nottingham West, who supplied\\nfor a time, but not as pastor.\\nA revival began in June, 1820, in the New-\\nport Academy under the care of Mr. Shedd, of\\nBoston, and some twenty persons were baptized\\nbv Rev. Ariel Kendrick, of Cornish, as the\\nresult of this awakening.\\nDuring the year 1821, through the energy\\nand enterprise of the leading men of the Bap-\\ntist Church and society, a new house of worship\\nof ample dimensions (sixty-four by forty-four)\\nwas ercctetl on its present conspicuous site at\\nthe north end of the village park.\\nOn October 11th the church ceased its Sab-\\nbath services in the old house at North New-\\nport, and set apart the new house at the village\\nas its future place for public worship. Rev.\\nJ. Ellis preached the dedicatory sermon, from\\nHaggai 2 9 The glory of this latter house\\nshall be greater than of the former, saith the\\nLord of hosts and in this place will I give\\npeace, saith the Lord of hosts.\\nIn July, 1821, Rev. Ira Pearson, of Hart-\\nland, Vt., came to the pastorate. He was a na-\\ntive of Windsor, Vt., and was born September\\n28, 1791. It is matter of interest to state\\nthat when Rev. Biel Ledoyt came forward to\\nreceive the right hand of fellowship as the first\\ninstalled minister, October 3, 1791, his dis-\\ntinguished successor in the pastorate was five\\ndays old.\\nUnder the ministry of Rev. Mr. Pearson the\\nchurch increased in number and streno-th.\\no\\nWith a new house of worship and a new minis-\\nter, the 2)eople had a mind to work, and the\\nresults wei e most cheering. In 1824 a mem-\\nbership of two hundred and forty-nine was re-\\nported to the Woodstock Association.\\nIn 1828 the churches on the New Hampshire\\nside of the Connecticut River seceded from the\\nWoodstock Association, and the Newport As-\\nsociation of Baptist Churches was formed,\\ntaking the name Newport on account of the\\ncentral position and standing of this church.\\nSince the Association was thus organized it\\nhas met M ith the Newport Church six times,\\nviz: 183(3, 42, 48, 55, 65, 79. During his\\nfirst pastorate of fourteen years, which ended\\nJuly 1, 1835, Mr. Pearson baptized nearly two\\nhundi ed persons. In all this time the church\\nwas united and prosperous, and the pastor high-\\nly esteemed.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1061.jp2"}, "966": {"fulltext": "252\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe Rev. Mr. Pearson removed to Chester,\\nVt., and became the minister of the church\\nthere. After his retirement from Newport the\\npulpit was supplied for a time by Rev. Edward\\nPeterson, of Moriah, N. Y. In the spring of\\n1836 Rev. Orrin Tracy, of New London, took\\ncharge until January, 1838. In the mean\\ntime the anti-slavery agitation had become a\\nfruitful source of discord in the community.\\nIt invaded the church parties were arrayed on\\neitlier side and it seemed as though the religion\\nof Christ was about to be overwhelmed by the\\nfanatical spirit of the time. In its distracted\\ncondition the church turned to its former pas-\\ntor. Rev. Mr. Peai son, as one who could guide\\nit successfully out of its perilous condition.\\nSeeing its great need he left the church at Ches-\\nter, became a second time pastor, March, 1838,\\nof the Newport Church. In September of this\\nyear Mr. Pearson secured the services of Rev.\\nMr. Grant, and after Grant, Rev. Mr. Waldron.\\nThese were noted evangelists, and the attention\\nof the church was thus diverted from the dis-\\ncussion of ulterior questions and enlisted in a\\ngrand revival which brought unity, peace and\\nconcord to its councils. A hundred and forty\\nnew niembers were added. At the next meet-\\ning of the Association the church reported a\\nmembership of three hundred and sixty-three,\\nthe largest number heretofore reported. The\\nresults stated illustrate the good judgment of\\nMr. Peai son in the settlement of an unhappi-\\nness in the church.\\nIn 1841, the meeting-house was reconstruct-\\ned by raising the auditorium in such a manner\\nas to make space for a lower story, which was\\nfitted up for school purposes, and occupied for\\nseveral years by the Newport Academy. The\\nroom was also used for social meetings. The\\nsecond pastorate of Rev. Ira Pearson continued\\nfour years and eight months, closing in Novem-\\nber, 1842. The two pastorates extended over\\na period of nearly nineteen years, during which\\ntime about four hundred additions were made to\\nthe church. After brief pastorates, at Lowell\\nand Plymouth, Mass., and at Milford, N.\\nH., Mr. Pearson removed, in 1853, to\\nLudlow, Vt where he continued nineteen yeai s\\nas pastor, and in 1872 closed a career as a set-\\ntled minister, aggregating fifty-six years. On\\nhis retirement from active ministerial work,\\n1872, he selected the town of Newport, from all\\nothers known to him in New England, as the\\nhome of his declining years. His ninetieth\\nbirthday was celebrated August 28, 1881, by a\\ngrand ovation at the town hall. It will be\\nseen that his life runs parallel, nearly, with that\\nof our country under the Constitution, and with\\nthat of the Baptist Church during its first hun-\\ndred years. He died August 22, 1882.\\nRev. Joseph Freeman, of Cavendish, Vt.,\\ncame to the pastorate in 1842, and so continued\\nuntil 1846. During his ministry the Millerite\\nexcitement prevailed, and it required much of\\nskill and prudence to tide the church through\\nthe trial, and preserve its unity. Mr. Freeman\\nwas succeeded in 1847 by Rev. William M.\\nGuilford, who continued until February, LST)].\\nAt tliis time the membership had become reduc-\\ned to one hundred and seventy-five. Rev.\\nPaul S. Adams came from Georgetown, Mass.,\\nand commenced pastoral work here October 1,\\n1851. Mr. Adams was pastor of the church\\nfive years. During this time the membership\\nwas raised to two hundred and eighty. He\\nwas dismissed at his own request to the church\\nin Brattleborough, Vt. At this crisis Rev. Ira\\nPearson was called a third time to the jiastorate\\nbut declined. Rev. James Andem was called\\nApril 1, 1857, and installed June 18 and closed\\nhis labors in August of the following year.\\nRev. Mylon Merriam, of Sharon, Mass., was\\npastor from October 17, 1858, until September\\n4, 1859. The pulpit wastiien supplied by Rev.\\n5. G. Abbott, of Bradford.\\nIt appears on the record that on August 17,\\n1859, the church was called to mourn the\\ndeath of Brother Amos Little, one of its most\\nardent friends, firm supporters and main pillars.\\nRev. W. H. Watson, of West Acton, Mass.,", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1062.jp2"}, "967": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n253\\nwas settled in 1860, and dismissed in May, 1861.\\nDavid T. James settled June 4, 1862 dis-\\nmissed in the spring of 1806. Rev. Foster\\nHenry was settled July 8, 1866. He came\\nhere from Danvers, Mass. His hibors were ac-\\nceptable to the people, and quite a number were\\nadded to the church. The parsonage was built\\nduring his pastorate 1867 at a cost of two\\nthousand five hundred dollars, and in 1870 the\\nchurch edifice was rebuilt at an expense of about\\nnine thousand dollars. The corner-stone was\\nlaid by Rev. Mr. Pearson July 8th, with ap-\\npropriate ceremonies.\\nRev. Foster Henry closed his pastorate of\\nnearly six years on June 1, 1872. During his\\nministry thirty-two members were added to the\\nchurch.\\nRev. Halsey C. Leavitt, of Governeur, X. Y.,\\ncame to the pastorate October 1, 1872. The\\nchurch prospered. In 1875 a new vestry was\\nerected at an expense of about one thousand five\\nliundred dollars. Mr. Leavitt closed his labors\\non the last Sunday in September, 1878. Sixty-\\nfive meiubers were added during his ministry.\\nRev. Charles F. Holbrook, of Saco, Me.,\\ncame to the pastorate January 1, 1879. The\\ncentennial anniversary of the church was cele-\\nbrated with appropriate services on September\\n23d of that year. After an inter esting and\\nsuccessful ministry of somewhat over four years,\\nMr. Holbrook was dismissed, at his own request,\\nto accept the pastorate of the Baptist Church\\nat Hallowell, Me. Sixty members were added\\nto the church while under his pa.storal care.\\nRev. Frank T. Latham, of Suffield, Conn.,\\na.ssumed the duties of the pastorate Augu.st 6,\\n1883. His discourse on the occasion was from\\nLuke 22 27 I am among you as one that\\nserveth.\\nThe Bapti.st Church of Newport has the\\nhonor of having furnished tweh e candidates\\nfor the Christian ministry, viz. Baron Stow,\\nD.D., Alonzo King, William Heath, Elias Mc-\\nGregor, Enoch and Elijah Hutchin.son, John\\nLearned, Simeon Chamberlain, F. W. Towle,\\nElijah Baker, Caleb Clark and Julius Leavitt.\\nIt has had fourteen deacons, viz. Seth\\nWheeler, Elias Metcalf, Asaph Stow, Jeremiah\\nNettleton, Abel Metcalf, William Cheney, Jona-\\nthan Cutting, Joseph Farnsworth, Israel Kelly,\\nTimothy Fletcher, Parraenas Whitconib, James\\nTandy, Austin L. Kibbey, Heniy A. Jenks.\\nIt is estimated that about one thousand mem-\\nbers have been connected with it since its organ-\\nization over one hundred years ago. Our sketch\\nleaves its interests, spiritual and temporal, in\\nthe hands of Rev. F. T. Latham, pastor, and\\nHenry A. Jenks, George F. Whitney and E,\\nM. Kempton, deacons. The future will call\\nupon them f _ir an account of their stewardship.\\nThe Methodist Church in Newport traces\\nits origin to an event of minor importance\\nwhich occurred about the year 1815. It .seems\\nthat Peter Wakefield, a resident of Northvillc,\\nthen a member of the Baptist Church, became\\ndissatisfied with the .stringent doctrines ad-\\nvanced by Rev. Elisha Hutchinson, his pastor,\\nin regard to election and the final perseverance\\nof the .saints. All efforts to reclaim him to\\nCalvinistic views failed and he was dismissed\\nfrom the church. At that time he had never\\nheard a Methodist discourse or read a ]\\\\Iethod-\\nist book, but found himself, on examination,\\nunconsciously in sympathy with the leading\\ndoctrines of Methodism. In this state of mind\\nhe sought spiritual aid and comfort from Rev.\\nElijah Hedding, afterward Bishop Hedding,\\nwho at that time preached occasionally in the\\ntown of Wendall (now Sunapee).\\nAt the suffsestion of Father Wakefield he\\nvisited this town and, in all probability,\\npreached the first Methodist sermon ever heard\\nin Newport. In 1830 a class was formed con-\\nsisting of six persons these brethren were af-\\nterwards supplied by preachers from the Goshen\\nCircuit.\\nOf these w ere Eleazer Jordan, Guy Beck-\\nley Nathaniel Ladd, Amos Kidder, Joseph\\nBaker, John Cummings and others, who\\npreached to them in turn most of the Sabbaths", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1063.jp2"}, "968": {"fulltext": "254\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfrom 1829 to 1836. About the year 1840, ob-\\njections being made to their using the school-\\nhouse, Father Walvefield built a chapel in\\nwhich religious services were held and which\\nis still standing at Northville and open for the\\nuse of all evangelical Christians. In 184.3 the\\nMiller excitement brought disaster to this iufant\\nsociety, then in a flourishing condition. The\\nonly male members that proved faithful and\\nconsistent were Peter Wakefield and Nathaniel\\nO. Page. The flock was scattered and they\\nwere cast down cast down, but not destroyed.\\nEvents afterward proved that Methodism had\\nnot yet accomplished its mission in Newport.\\nAbout the year 1850 the dissensions that\\ntroubled the Congregational Church, then un-\\nder the pastoral care of Rev. John Woods, re-\\nsulted in the secession of quite a number of its\\ninfluential members. Whether this departure\\nwas caused by a change of views in regard to\\ncreed or for merely personal reasons, we are not\\nqualified to state. At all events, the seceders,\\nwith some disaffected Baptists, proposed a per-\\nmanent union with the Methodist remnant at\\nNorthville, which, being agreed upon, they\\nasked the New Hamjjshire Conference for a\\npreacher. Accordingly, in May, 1850, Rev.\\nWarren F. Evans was stationed here and the\\nUniversalist Chapel secured as a place of wor-\\nship.\\nOn October 30, 1852, a society was organ-\\nized under the discipline of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, consisting of N. O. Page, I.\\nB. Hurd, N. Batchelder, F. Kelley, James\\nBaker, Abner Whipple, Jacob Robinson, Jo-\\nseph Sawyer, Jr., Thomas A. Twitehell, Elna-\\nthan Hurd, Henry Chapin and their associates.\\nSteps were taken to erect a church edifice, and a\\ncentral site was selected on the east side of\\nMain Street near the south end of the village\\npark. Such was the progress of the work that\\non December 25, 1851, they were able to dedi-\\ncate their house to the worship of Almighty\\nGod. Rev. Mr. Evans remained two years.\\nThey have since enjoyed the pastoral C\u00c2\u00a3\\\\re and\\noffices of Sullivan Holman, A. C. Manson, J.\\nW. Guernsey, D. P. Leavitt, John Currier,\\nJames Thurston, S. G. Kellogg, C. M. Dins-\\nmore, Charles Young, C. W. Mellen, Charles\\nE. Hall, Elijah R. Wilkins, O. H. Jasper, A.\\nW. Bunker, John W. Adams and James\\nNoyes.\\nIn 1854 a lot was purchased and a parsonage\\nbuilt at an expense of about two thousand dol-\\nlars.\\nAbout the year 1880 the church edifice was\\nthoroughly reconstructed at much expense, and a\\nconvenient vestry erected and finished. A fine\\norgan stands in the chancel and desirable im-\\nprovements have been made on the outlying\\ngrounds. The Methodist Church in Newport\\nis one of the best-appointed in this section of\\ntiie State.\\nWith such a record of prosperity, a rapidly-\\nincreasing membership, a large and flourishing\\nSunday-school, great good may be expected as\\na result of the rise and progress of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church in this town.\\nThe Free-Will Baptist Church, which\\nheld a somewhat conspicuous place in this town\\nfor many years, grew out of a division in the\\nBaptist Church at Northville, then under the\\npastoral care of Rev. Elisha Hutchinson,\\n1815-16.\\nThe first pastor of this denomination was\\nRev. Solomon Howe, a disciple of Arminius,\\nand the leader of the opposition to Mr. Hut-\\nchinson.\\nMr. Howe was a native of Hillsborough and\\nwas licensed to preach at Washington, N. H.,\\nin 1815, and ordained in Newport July 5,\\n1819, and was here until 1827, when he re-\\nmoved to Smyrna, N. Y.\\nThat he suffered persecution as an outgrowth\\nof the religious dissensions at Northville may\\nbe inferred from the following certificate, which\\nhas come to the knowledge of the wHter, and\\nwhich was publicly circulated about the year\\n1826. It is just to Mr. Howe that he should\\nI have the benefit of this vindication from a", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1064.jp2"}, "969": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n255\\nnialifious cliarge. He died at tlie age of\\nseventy -two, iu 1858.\\nWe tlie undei signed having been appointed a\\nconimiltee to investigate an accusation brought by\\nMr. David Fletcher against Rev. Solomon Howe for\\ntaking apples from a tree belonging to Mr. W Knapp\\non the 14 Oct. 1824, which accusation was supported\\non the part of Mr. Fletcher by the testimony of three\\nof his children all being under 13 years of age. Mr.\\nHowe in defence brought forward Mr. Knapp, and\\nhis wife, who testified that they gathered the apples\\nfrom the aforesaid tree before the 15 Sept. except-\\ning a few, probably less than one half bushel; and\\nthey further testify that their brother went to the tree\\non the 27* of the same month with a basket to get\\nsome apples and did not bring home but a few. They\\nthought it was impossible that there could be any\\napples there at the time the said Howe was accused of\\ntaking them from the fact that the tree stood in a\\npasture and the apples were ripe in the month of Au-\\ngust. We therefore upon the above stated evidence\\nand several circumstances connected therewith do\\nunanimously report that in our opinion the said\\nHowe is not guilty of the accusation.\\n(Signed) Moses P. Duekee,\\nJoseph Kimball,\\nSilas Wakefield, Jr.,\\nNorman McGregor.\\nNewport, March 27, 1826.\\nOther preachers after Mr. Howe were elders\\nElijah Watson, Mr. Goodale, L. H. Stevens\\nand David Marks. For many years Nathaniel\\nWheeler and Abel Wheeler were deacons of this\\nchurch, and afterwards Abel Wheeler, Jr., and\\nIra Wakefield.\\nThe organization and successful progress of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church in this town\\nhas had a tendency to gather up and appro-\\njn iate to itself the members of the Free-Will\\nBaptist Society, and the organization has not\\nbeen sustained since 1834-.35.\\nThe Uxiveksalist Society of Newport.\\nwas organized February 11, 1830. Meetings\\nwere held at the town hall and court-room\\nuntil 1837, when their chapel was built.\\nAmong those who have ministered to this so-\\nciety are Revs. John Moore, William S. and A.\\nS. Balch, W. S. and Levi Ballon, Walter Har-\\nriman (afterwards Governor of the State), Eze-\\nkiel Dow, Lemuel Willis, Luther Walcott,\\nThompson Barron, J. T. Powers, Joseph Bar-\\nber and James Eastwood. The pastorate of\\nMr. Eastwood closed .January 1, 1885, and the\\npulpit has since been vacant.\\nThe Unitaeian Society %vas formed Se|)-\\ntember 30, 1873. Rev. G. F. Piper was calk d\\nto the pa.storate which he filled for one vear.\\nHe was succeeded by Rev. A. S. Nickerson.\\nDuring 1876-77 the Universalist chapel which\\nthe Society has occupied was reconstructed and\\nmodernized. In 1878 Rev. Geo. W. Patten was\\nengaged as jiastor. He continued about one\\nyear and had no successor.\\nRoman Catholic. In the development of\\nthe various interests which have added to the\\nwealth and importance of the town of Newport,\\nmany people, individuals or in families, of\\nIrish birth and others reared in the faith and\\nforms of the Roman Catholic Church have\\ncome into town at diiferent times as operatives\\nor laborers, and by industry and economy ac-\\nquired property and social standing, and become,\\ncollectively, an important element in political\\nand relig-ious affairs. The Church, ever mind-\\nful of the welfare of her children, has not,\\nhowever, suffered them to wander l)eyon l her\\nprotecting care.\\nThe first Roman Catholic service in this town\\nwas held in the year 1854. A mission was\\nthen established, of which the Rev. Father\\nO Sullivan, the pastor at Claremont, had charge,\\nand regular services at stated times continued\\nto be observed. During the ten years from\\n1873 to 1883 the mi.ssion occupied the old\\nMasonic Hall, in Burke s building, near the\\nbridge on j\\\\Iain Street.\\nAt length the increasing need for more con-\\nvenient accommodations for worship created a\\nsentiment in favor of erecting a church edifice,\\nand active measures for the accomplishment of\\nthis object were commenced. Three lots of", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1065.jp2"}, "970": {"fulltext": "256\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nland two by Dexter Richards and one by\\nPatrick Herrick were donated, on \\\\^liich to\\nerect the building, and on June 22, 1882, work\\non the foundation was coninienced. The work\\nwas carried steadily and successfully forward,\\nand on Christmas, December 25, 1882, services\\nwere held in the new house for the first time.\\nThe architect builder was Kira R. Beckwith,\\nof Claremout. Its entire cost was five thousand\\nsix hundred dollars. The external appearance of\\nthe building is very attractive. It is of the\\nGothic style of architecture, and is located at the\\ncorner of Chase and Winter Streets, in the\\nnortheastern part of the village, and being\\nsituated on a commanding eminence, may be\\nseen at quite a distance from many surrounding\\n^joints and approaches.\\nThe interior appointments of the house are\\nvery attractive. The frescoing, window stain-\\ning and the elegance of the altar, which was\\ndonated to the society by Mrs. Patrick Herrick,\\nare especially noticeable.\\nThe formal dedication of this, (St. Patrick s)\\nchurch took place in accordance witli the forms\\nand ceremonies of the Catholic Church, ou\\nThursday, November 29, 1888. The sermon\\nwas preached by the Rt. Rev. Bishop James\\nA. Healy, of Portland, Me.\\nThe Rev. P. J. Finnegan, of Clareraont, has\\ncharge of the society in connection with his\\nduties as pastor of St. Mary s Roman Catholic\\nChurch at Claremout.\\nMusic was early in Newport. It came with\\nthe fathers and mothers of the town, a jolly\\njiarty, considering their Puritan proclivities.\\nBut men and women must sing or acknowledge\\nthemselves fit for treason, stratagems and\\nspoils.\\nFrom the earliest times the people of old Con-\\nnecticut have been noted as singers and\\nwherever they have gone in all the earth, they\\nhave continued to sing.\\nIn contrast with their vocal organs, to them\\nmusical instruments were high-priced and\\ninconvenient. They had few harps to hang\\nupon the willows. The harp of a thousand\\nstrings, with which they could work and sing,\\nwas all sufficient.\\nThe voice of song was undoubtedly heard in\\nthe worship under the tree on that first Sabbath\\nmorning after their arrival near the road-cross-\\nings across the intervale.\\nWe have heard how they sang Mear and\\nWells and others of these ancient tunes, at\\ntheir meetings in the old Propiietoi-s House.\\nWe have also heard how neighboring families\\nwould come together for an evening, and in a\\ncircle around the great open fire-place, with\\nback-log and fore-stick aglow with light and\\nheat, blend the songs of Zion with their\\nkindly social intercourse. Love-making and\\npsalm-singing went hand-in-hand. In fact,\\nthey are going that way still.\\nThe shows known nowadays as Old Folks\\nConcerts aifect to illustrate the manner ofy\\nolden time in dress, as well as the rendering in\\nnasal vocalization of the old contrapuntal\\nmusic, apparently so exhaustive of breath and\\neifort. Among the early singers were Matthew\\nBuel, Philip W. Kibby and the McGregors\\nand the Elder Aldolphus King. Of those who\\ncame afterward, 1825 to 1840, no one was more\\nconspicuous, or did more for the advancement\\nof musical culture in this community, than\\nEluathan Duren, of Charlestown. He was a\\nman whose whole being was enlisted in his\\nwork, and he had the ability not only to illus-\\ntrate music as an art, but to fill it with spirit\\nand understanding, and clothe it with elo-\\nquent expressiveness.\\nThe music in our churches is, properly con-\\nsidered, a part of public worship, and has been\\ncarefully sustained in all the years. The ma-\\nterial out of which choirs are constructed has\\nsometimes proved combustible, or explosive, and\\nthe cordial relations between minister, singers\\nand people have been much strained, if not out\\nof joint. But the retirement of some, and a\\nwise reconstruction bv those that remained,\\nhave resulted successfully.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1066.jp2"}, "971": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n257\\nSuch trouljles have coiue and arone as clonds\\ntliat sweep the sky, leaving an improved serenity\\nin tlie atmosphere. A hindrance ofyears ago to the\\nculture and progress of church music was an\\nolyoctiou on the part of the more Puritanical of\\ntlie brethren to the introduction of musical in-\\nstruments other than tlie pitch-pipe and tuning-\\nfork, to aid the voices and fill uj) tlie harmony.\\nThe viol, and the harp, and the organ were re-\\ngarded as unsanctified, mechanical and devilish\\naccessories to worship, unnecessary, if not sin-\\nful.\\nTheir inspiration and effect was to cause some\\nof the more sensitive hearers to retire from the\\nliouse of God with an emphasized alacrity. But\\ntliis sentiment in our community has entirely\\ndisappeared, or remains only as a historical\\nfact.\\nThe existence of an instrumental band in tliis\\ntown has been somewhat intermittent, particu-\\nlarly since the old militia system was aban-\\ndoned.\\nBut martial music in tlie later years iias had\\ngood attention, especiall}- since the organization\\nof the Newport Cornet Band, which consists\\nof about twenty ieces, and is handsomely uni-\\nformed and jirejiared to do good work at fairs,\\nfestivals, military jjarades and on otlier public\\nor social occasions. Its services are well ap-\\njireciated in this community.\\nIn 1879 a handsome baud-stand was erected\\nat a central position on the common, which af-\\nfords a desirable opportunity for open-air con-\\ncerts during the summer months.\\nThe Arion Quartett is a society of long\\nstanding, and often appears at social gatherings,\\nand sometimes has charge of the music on fu-\\nneral occasions and at public meetings in the\\ntown hall in connection with the band, and\\nis always well received.\\nWe might follow the musical sentiment of\\nour people to their homes, in many of which\\nare pianos and organs, and choice selections of\\nchurch and secular music, with other evidences\\nof musical culture, which is an important\\nfactor in the social and domestic life of our\\ncitizens.\\nThe first piano in Newport was brought here\\nby Dr. John B. McGregor, about the year 1830,\\nfor the use of his daughters, one of whom,\\nMrs. Marion (McGregor) Christopher, was the\\norganist of tlie Tatiernaclc Church, llev. Dr.\\nTaylo)-, Thirty-fourth Street and Broadway,\\nNew York City, for more than twenty-five\\nyears, up to 1885.\\nThe Sullivan Musical Association grew\\nout of a large singing-school held in the Con-\\ngregational Church in this town in August and\\nSeptember, 1872, under the dircv-tion of Wil-\\nliam P. Dale, of Fitchburg, Mass. It is prob-\\nable that ilr. Dale was here at the sus-srestion\\nor invitation of Kev. Mr. Scott, then pastor of\\nthe Congregational Church. The class was\\nmade up of singers from the church choirs in\\nNewport and the adjoining towns. Two or\\nthree concerts were given and the exercises\\notherwise were of great interest, so much so\\nthat at the close of the school the friends of\\nmusical culture and the lovers of music came\\ntogether and organized the association above\\nnamed.\\nThe officers then chosen were Rev. G.\\nR. W. Scott, president ]\\\\I. R. Emerson,\\nvice-president; Granville Pollard, treasurer;\\nArthur B. Chase, secretary Executive Com-\\nmittee, A. W. Perkins (Claremont), S. S.\\nBowers (Newport), M. B. Presby (Bradford),\\nAlden Sabin (Lempster), E. D. Comings (Croy-\\ndon).\\nIts officers diu ing the succeeding years have\\nbeen 1874-75, M. B. Presby, president Rev.\\nH. C. Leavitt, vice-president. 1876-79, Rev.\\nH. C. Leavitt, president Francis Boardman,\\nvice-president. 1880-85, E. D. Comings,\\npresident George E. Dame, vice-president.\\nGranville Pollard and A. B. Chase have con-\\ntinued to fill the offices of treasurer and secre-\\ntary, excej)ting that Mr. Chase resigned in\\n1884, and H. P. Coffin was chosen in his\\nstead.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1067.jp2"}, "972": {"fulltext": "258\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nExecutive Committee, 1885: Newport, S. S.\\nBowers, A. S. Wait, Seth M. Richards, J. W.\\nParraelee, B. R. Allen, C. S. Partridge, H. P.\\nCoffin CVoydon, E. D. Comings Cornish,\\nE. G. Kenyon Acworth, W. S. Woodbury\\nSunapee, Nathan A. Smith Newbury, M. W.\\nCheney New London, A. C. Burpee Goshen,\\nMrs. James Trow Ciaremout, C. M. Leet,\\nMiss M. E. Partridge Langdon, Martin Bas-\\ncom Lempster, George E. Perley Meriden,\\nJosiah Davis, Converse Cole Sutton, John\\nMerrill, Frederick Keezer Grantham, Rufus\\nHall Springfield, Jonathan Sanborn, Charles\\nMcDaniel Washington, George Brockway\\nPlainfield, Willie Freeman Henniker, A. D.\\nHuntoon Lebanon, D. J. Hurlbut, E. H.\\nThompson Bellows Falls, C. L. Barber\\nBradford, A. W. Chellis Salem, M. B.\\nPresby.\\nMusical Conductors: LS73, Solon Wilder, of\\nBoston; 1874-79, L. O. Emerson, of Boston\\n1880, J. P. Cobb, of Boston; 1881, L. O.\\nEmerson, of Boston 1882-84, Carl Zerrahu,\\nof Boston.\\nPianists: 1873, Mrs. J. P. Cobb, of Bos-\\nton 1874, Mrs. Martha Dana Shepard, of\\nBoston; 1875, T. P. Rider, of Boston; 1876\\nto 1884, Mrs. Martha Dana Shepard, of Bos-\\nton.\\nThe executive committee have, frona year to\\nyear, secured artists of distinguished ability in\\nthe leading vocal parts and as humorists and\\nreaders. The grand chorus of from one hundred\\nand fifty to two hundred voices, comprising\\nsingers from church choii-s and others gathered\\nfor instruction, is a notable feature of the Asso-\\nciation. The conventions are held annually at\\nthe town hall in Newport, and generally oc-\\ncupy the last full week in the month of Au-\\ngust. On account of the destruction of the\\nhall, there was no convention in 1885. The\\nrecord of the Association for thirteen years, finan-\\ncially and otherwise, has been one of distin-\\nguished success. Its tendency has been to im-\\nprove the musical taste and culture of its\\npatrons, and it has come to be one of the\\nsubstantial and well-appreciated institutions of\\nthe town. The new town hall is expected to be\\nin order for the convention of 1886.\\nMASONIC.\\nOn the 12th of June, 1816, a dispensation\\nwas granted by William II. Underwood, Grand\\nMaster of Masons in New Hampshire, to Ar-\\nnold Ellis and ten others, to form anil open a\\nMasonic lodge at Newport, by the name of\\nCorinthian I,odge, No. 28. On the 2Ist of\\nJune following, the first meeting was held,\\nwhen officers were chosen and the lodge was\\nduly organized. The first regular communi-\\ncation of the lodge was held at Colonel Luther\\nDelano s hall on July 2, a.l. 5816, and the\\nlodge was opened on the first degree of Ma-\\nsonry. A charter was afterwards obtained from\\nthe Grand Lodge (November 12, 1816) and\\nthe lodge was duly constituted and its officers\\ninstalled. On the records of this lodge may be\\nfound the initiatory step leading to temperance\\nreform in Newport, wlien, at a regular meeting\\non the 1st day of September, 1818, it was\\nVoted, That no ardent spirits shall be hereaf-\\nter introduced into our lodge during lodge\\nhours.\\nThe Corinthian Lodge was increased by the\\naddition to its membership of many of the\\nleading citizens of Newport and the adjoining\\ntowns, and continued to prosper until the time\\nof the Morgan disclosures and abduction, which\\noccurred in Western New York in September,\\n1826. The lodge continued to hold its monthly\\nmeetings with but feeble support until May,\\n1833, after which the charter was surren-\\ndered.\\nMount Vernon Lodge. Mount Vernon\\nLodge, No. 15, was originally located in the\\ntown of Washington. In the year 1848, by\\nauthority of the Grand Lodge, it was removed\\nto Newport. Its first meeting here was held on\\nthe 10th of July, of that year, Brother Jonas\\nParker being Worshipful Master, Lewis Uu-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1068.jp2"}, "973": {"fulltext": "NEWPOKT.\\n259\\ndor\\\\voo l Seniur Warden nnd .loliii Gunnison\\nJunior M^arden, all residiuj; in the town ot\\nGo.-ihen, and Daniel M. Hmith, of Lenipstcr,\\nSecretary. At this eomraunieatiou Brotlier\\nHarvey Huntoon, of Unity, acted as Senior\\nDeacon; Naylor Starhii-d, of Newport, as Jun-\\nior Deacon Oliver Lund, of Newport, as\\nTreasurer and Johu Carr, of Newport, as\\nTiler; and Brothers John Silver, Ilarvev\\nHuntoon, Naylor Starbird, Amos Little, Seth\\nliiehards, Oliver Lund and Mason Hatch, all\\ntornierly members of the Corinthian Lodge,\\nwere, on a vote by ballot, admitted members of\\nMount Vernon Lodge.\\nOn the removal of the lodge to Newport its\\nmeetings were first held iu a hall prepared for\\nits reception in the building known as Matson\\nBlock, where it remained until the year 1.S72,\\nwhen its increased membership and importance\\ndemanded more ample accommodations. In\\nview of this state of things, arraugements were\\nmade with Dexter Richards, a menil)er of the\\nlodge, who prepared au elegant hall and ad-\\njoining apartments for the use of the lodge, in\\nthe upper story of his building, known as Che-\\nney Block. On the 13th of November, 1872,\\nthis hall was publicly dedicated to the patron\\nsaints of the order by the Grand Lodge of the\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nFrom the period of its removal from Wash-\\nington the career of Mount Vernon I^odge has\\nbeen attended with great prosperity and an ex-\\ntended influence for good as inculcated by the\\nMasonic creed and order. The names of those\\nwho have been Worshipful IMasters of the\\nlodge since its removal to Newport are as fol-\\nlows\\nJoints Tarker, 18-18-tO; Levi Underwood, 1841\u00c2\u00bb-. J0;\\nVirgil Chase, 1850-51 .John Putter, 1851-52; Thomas\\nSauboru, 1852-53; James Karr, 1853-54; Benjainiu\\nM. Gilraore, 1854-55 D. W. Watkins, 1855-56\\nCharles H. Little, 1856-57 Charles Emerson,\\n1857-58; William E. Moore, 1858-60; Thomas San-\\nl)orn, 1860-61; Jonas Parker, 1861-62; John Young,\\nJr., 1862-65 Matthew Harvey, 1865-67 Alberts.\\nWait, 1867-69 David JIcLauchlin, 1869-71 Josiah\\nTurner, 1871-73 Henry M. Ingram, 1873-75; Arthur\\nH.Ingram, 1875-76; John Young, 1876-77; F. A.\\nRawson, 1877-80; A. W. Rounsevel, 188(1-83; Abia-\\nthar Richards, 1884.\\nPresent otflcers, 1885 A\\\\ orshipful Ma.ster,\\nAbiathar Richards Senior Warden, F. P. Me-\\n.serve Junior Warden, E. Hatch Carr, Goshen\\nTreasurer, F. A. Rawson Secretary, William\\nH. Wright.\\nChapter of the Tabernacle. On June\\n19, 1872, a dispensation was granted by Ed-\\nward Gustine, of Keene, Grand High Priest of\\nthe State, to A. S. Wait, of Newj)ort John\\nYoung, of Sunapee Albina H. Powers, of\\nCroydon and nine other Royal Arch Masons\\nof Webl (Jhapter, at Claremont, to open a Roy-\\nal Arch Chapter, at Newport, by the name of\\nChapter of the Tabernacle, in which the\\nthree companimis named were designated, re-\\nspectively, Pligh Priest, King and Scribe.\\nAt the convocation of the (rrand Chapter of\\nthe State in May, 1 873, a charter was gi anted\\nto this chapter, and on the l!)th of the follow-\\ning February it wa.= duly constituted, and its\\nofficers installed. Incumbents as High Priests\\nA. S. Wait, 1872-76; A. W. Rounsevel, 1877\\n-80; George C. Edes, 1881-82; D. G. Chad-\\nwick, 1882-84; Daniel P. (iuimby, 188.\\nPresent officers, 188 High Priest, D. P.\\nQnimby King, F. A. Rawson Scribe, Henry\\nM. Ingram Treasurer, Dexter Richards Sec-\\nretary, Charles H. I^ittle.\\n(II D-FELLO\\\\VS.\\nSufJAR RtvEU LorxjE, I. O. O. F., was\\ninstituted May 25, 1874, under the direction of\\nM. T. Tottingham, Grand Master of the State,\\na.ssisted by S. J. O.sgood, D. G. M.; George A.\\nCummings, Grand Warden Joel Taylor, Grand\\nSecretary; i\\\\.mos Jones, G. R.; R. M. Blancii-\\nard, Grand Marshal; and E. A. Cotting, (Jrand\\nConductor.\\nThe original petitioners for the lodge were\\nObadiah Johnson, W. H. Raymond, S. M.\\nRichards, F. A. Raw.son, George F. Livermore,\\nS. C. Coffin, 11. C. Tenney, W. S. Kemptou,", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1069.jp2"}, "974": {"fulltext": "260\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nL. A. Richardson, A. S. Chase, C. S. Par-\\ntridge, A. W. Clarke, R. W. Tilton, G. H. Dar-\\nricott, H. P. Griswold, M. W. Burke, M. L.\\nWhittier, C. H. Matthews and Charles H.\\nWatts.\\nFrom its institution until August 9, 1880,\\nthe lodge occujiied a hall in the third story,\\nnorth end of Richards Block. Afterwards it\\nremoved to elegantly decorated and furnished\\napartments in the upper story of the town hall,\\nwhere the lodge first met August 16, 1880.\\nThis hall was dedicated October 4, 1880, by\\nGrand Master John H. Albin, assisted by Dep-\\nuty Grand Master Robie, Past Grand Masters\\nGeorge A. Cummings and Joseph B. Smart.\\nThese apartments wei e leased for a term of\\ntwenty-five years, and were the home of the\\nlodge until June 21, 1885, when the town hall\\nand most of its contents were destroyed by fire.\\nThe loss of the lodge in regalias, fixtures, fur-\\nniture, etc., was estimated at about two thousand\\nfive hundred dollars, on which there was an in-\\nsurance of fifteen hundred dollars, which was\\npaid over iu due time. The lodge then eased\\nfor a term of twenty years a spacious hall and\\nother apartments in the south end, third floor\\nof Richards Block, which were appropriately-\\nfitted lip and dedicated to the uses of the (.)rder\\nin December, 1885.\\nIn connection with this lodge the Stony\\nBrook Encampment M as instituted IMarch 30,\\n1880.\\nVisit the sick. The number of weeks of\\nsickness reported during the eleven years of the\\nexistenceof the lodge, and which have been visited\\nas found necessary, is two hundred and fifty-two.\\nRelieve the distressed. The amount of\\ncash paid for the relief of members of the lodge\\nis nine hundred and twenty-one dollars. For\\nsojourners in this jurisdiction of members\\nof other lodges, which amount has been refund-\\ned, .?109.25.\\nBury the dead. Three brothers and ten\\nsisters have been buried in accordance with the\\nrules of the order.\\nEducate the orphan. No call has been\\nmade for this purpose, but tiie lodge stands\\nready to fulfill this injunction whenever it shall\\nbe found necessary.\\nFrank A. Rawson was elected Grand Master\\nof the State iu 1881, and in 1882-83, Grand\\nRepresentative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge,\\nI. O. O. F.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nNEW PORT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 r Cunlinued).\\nEDUCATION, LITKRATIUE ANI THK PRESS.\\nEducation. The value of intelligence flow-\\ning from mental culture was appropriately esti-\\nmated by the founders of New England.\\nThe subject of education received early atten-\\ntion in the town of Newport. Before the fam-\\nilies of the first settlers liad inci eased to any\\na-reat extent arrangements were made for school\\npurposes. The first public liuilding, the Pi o-\\nprietors House, erected in 1772-73, was intend-\\ned iu ])art as a public school-hou.se. Referring\\nto the earliest })ublic record iu regard to schools,\\nwe find the following\\nMarch S, 1784, Voted, That there .shall be four\\npounds, hiwful money, paid out of the towu treasury\\ntowards the support of a school the ensueing sum-\\nmer to be paid in grain at the market price.\\nThe next year arrangements were made for\\ntwo terms of school during the year, as follows\\nMarch 14, 1775, Voted, To pay five pounds law-\\nful money, worth of grain to support a school one-\\nhalf is to support a school in the summer, and the\\nother half in the winter. Wheat at five shillings i)er\\nbushel and Rye at three shillings and nine-pence i)er\\nbushel.\\nJosiah Stevens, who came from Killingworth\\nto Alstead in 1767, and to Newport in 1771,\\nthen a young man about thirty years of age,\\nwas the schoolmaster of that time.\\nDuring the Revolutionary period, which af-\\nter this greatly enlisted the attention and ener-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1070.jp2"}, "975": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n261\\ngies of the people, no public appropriations ap-\\npear to have been made for the support of\\nschools, and for the time they were dependent\\non the private subscriptions of parties inter-\\nested.\\nIn 1783 and for some years after. Rev. John\\nReniele, the first settled pastor of the Congrega-\\ntional Cliurch, officiated as teaclier as \\\\vell as\\npreaciier, anti we are sure that he made good\\nand lasting impressions upon the minds of his\\npupils, of wh(Mn tlie immediate progenitor of the\\nwriter was one. Another, Rev. James Hill\\nParmelee, refers to him as a good scholar and\\nteacher, and a man of mucli wit and humor.\\nThis was School District No. 1. As the years\\nwent on, and the population increased, other\\ndistricts were organized. No. 1 extended from\\ntlie plain to the Unity line. No. 2 covered\\ntiic territory occupied by tiie village. No. 3\\nthe region about Kelleyville. No. 4 the East\\nMountain. No. 5 the neighborhood of (niild\\nPost-Office. No. 6 the vicinity of Northville.\\nThese districts were afterwards subdivided and\\nin 1873 there were eighteen school districts in\\nthe town of Newport.\\nIn the spring of 1874 the village districts,\\nf lur in number, in accordance with legislative\\nacts for the establishment of graded schools in\\nthe larger towns as might be desirable to pro-\\nmote the efficiency -of school- wrirk, voted in\\ntheir several meetings to unite and form one\\ndistrict.\\nTo this end committees of tliree were ap-\\npointed from each district, to confer and settle\\nupon the terms of this union. At a meeting\\nI if the people of the .sevei al districts, held May\\n13, 1.S74, the report of tiiis general committee\\nwas considered and unanimously adopted, and\\nUnion School District was organized. Richard\\nS. Howe, Edmund Wheeler and George R.\\nBrown were, at the same meeting, chosen a\\ncommittee to make arrangements in regard to\\nschool buildings and rooms, and take other\\nnecessary action to put the graded schools in\\noperation.\\nThe erection of the new county building, in\\n1873, had thrown the old town hall and court-\\nhouse out of use. It was apparent that these\\npremises might be utilized for .school purposes\\nwithout much labor or expense.\\nA town-meeting was called, at which it was\\nvoted unanimously to convey the same to Union\\nDistrict for the term of ninety-nine 3 ears, pro-\\nvided they be jjut in suitable order, kept in\\ngood repair and that the district should main-\\ntain therein for a term of not le.ss than twenty\\nweeks each year a grammar school, without ex-\\npense to the town, the inhabitants of other dis-\\ntricts in town having the privilege of sending\\ntheir scholars to any department of the school\\nby jKiying a reasonable tuition fee.\\nBy arrangement tliere were to be f )ur prim-\\nary departments, which were each to occupy\\nthe four school l)uil(lings heretofore used by the\\nformer districts. The old town hall was par-\\ntitioned off and the Intermediate Department\\nwas assigned to the nortli room and the Gram-\\nmar Department to the south rocjm. The .sec-\\nond floor of the building, formerly the court-\\nroom, was fitted uj) for the use of the High\\nSchool.\\nAt first the affairs of the Union District\\ncame under the su])ervision of the superin-\\ntending school committee of the town in com-\\nmon with the iiutlying districts but, having\\nassumed these proportions, it was thought ad-\\nvisable, for the sake of more independent action,\\nto place the management of its affairs in the\\nhands of a Board of Education, elected l)y the\\ndistrict. Accordingly, at tlic next session of\\nthe Legislature, June, 1877, a special act was\\npassed, authorizing such action, and at the an-\\nj una! school-meeting, in 1878, a Board of Edu-\\nciition was elected, consisting of Edmund\\nWheeler, S. H. Edcs, George W. Britton, T.\\nB. Sanborn, A. S. Wait and George E. Dame.\\nAfter some little jiractical experience the num-\\nber of persons comprising the board was found\\nunnecessarily large, and it was reduced to three\\nmembers, agreeably to the act. The term of", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1071.jp2"}, "976": {"fulltext": "262\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\noffice being three years, the construction of the\\nboard is sucii that there is one retiring member\\neach year, the vacancy to be filled by the elec-\\ntion of one new member annually.\\nThe names of those wlm have served on the\\nSchool Board are as follows\\nRichard S. Howe, 1874-75, two years.\\nEdmund Wheeler, 1874-81, eight years.\\nGeorge R. Brown, 1874, one year.\\nS. L. Bowers, 1875-77, three years.\\nS. H. Edes, 1876-78, three years.\\nGeorge W. Britton, 1878-79, two years.\\nThomas B. Sanborn, 1878, one year.\\nA. S. Wait, 1878, one year.\\nGeorge E. Dame, 1878, one year.\\nMrs. L. W. Barlow, 1879, one year.\\nMiss Georgia E. Wilcox, 1880, one year.\\nMrs. Harriet S. Jenks, 1880-82, three years.\\nJoseph W. Parmelee, 1881-85, five years.\\nDana J. Mooney, 1882-85, four years.\\nDavid M. Currier, 188.3-85, three years.\\nThe teachers who have had charge of the\\nHigh-School are as follows\\n1874. George R. Brown, Emily Leavitt (assistant).\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. A. Hutchinson, C. E. Blake, George\\nDodge.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cynthia F. Payne.\\n1876-77.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Herbert J. Barton.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frank S. Hotaling.\\n1879-84.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hartstein W. Page, Mattie M. Chellis\\n(assistant).\\n1884-85.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen A. Snow, Mattie M. Chellis (as-\\nsistant).\\n1885-86.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles O. Thurston, A.B., Carrie M.\\nDeming (assistant).\\nThe onraduates are as follows\\n1877. Fred. Allen, Frank Hanson, Isaac Stone.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Georgie Barnard, Addie Blood, Ella Foote,\\nLois Hurd, Emma Howe, Lillian Wells, Mary Wiley,\\nJohn McCrillis, Frank Chellis, Fred. Nettleton.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sadie Cutting, Etta Fletcher, Lillian\\nFletcher, May Howard, Alice Howe, Lillian Kemp-\\nton, Emma Nourse, Ralph Howard.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Kate Chellis, Nellie Clough, Zilplia Cut-\\nting, May Parker, Carrie Watts, Homer Graves,\\nCharles Emerson, George Lewis, R. Wilkins.\\n1881. Florence Barton, Nellie Chase, Loxa Ellis,\\nEmma Gilmore, Margaret Gilmore, Grace Nourse,\\nGrace Royce, Fred. Aiken, Fred. Carr, George A.\\nFairl)anks, Henry Fletcher, Benjamin Pliny Holbrook\\nRobert Jenks, Charles Royce, William Walker.\\n1882. Alice Carr, Spedie A. Clough, Abbie R. Cut-\\nting, Cora B. Dodge, May E. Emmons, Leslie C. Hun-\\ntress, Mary E. Reardon, Elmer H. Cutts, Charles V.\\nFrench, John Herrick, Herman A- Kibbey, Charles\\nNutting, Philip Robinson, John C. Silsby.\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frances W. Cutting, Rosa Bell Dodge, Julia\\nAnn Herrick, Charles Edward Holbrook, Mary Leslie\\nJenks, Frank Eugene Warren.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John P. Reardon, Ora L. Walker.\\n1885. William Fletcher, Joseph Chapin Kimball,\\nRalph Stevens Pollard, Fred. Truman Pollard, Frank\\nAmasa Robinson, Charles Herbert Towle, Mary Beck,\\nStella May Britton, Viola Almira Cutting, Hattie\\nBurt Haskell, Edith Abbie Mooney, Lizzie Viola\\nWoodbury.\\nTotal, 79\u00e2\u0080\u0094 boys, 38; girls, 41.\\nIn addition to tlie ordinary advantages for edu-\\ncation afforded by the public sciiools, the people\\nof Newport have sometime enjoyed oppor-\\ntunities for a moi e advanced culture. Going\\nback to the year 1819, we find an organization\\nknown a.s tlie Newport Academy.\\nThis institution was authorized by an act of\\nthe Legislature, June 24, 1810. It.s incorpor-\\nators were of the leading citizens of the town.\\nIt was for many years under the supervision\\nof a board of trustees, consisting of James\\nBreck, Jo.seph Farnsworth, James I). Wolcott,\\nJohn B. McGregor, Alexander Boyd and Hub-\\nbard Newton. It had no permanent fund as a\\nbasis of support, but was dependent upon the\\ntuition fees of the scholars, tlie trustees guaran-\\nteeing the preceptor the suui of four hundred\\ndollars per annum.\\nThe home of this institution was a two-story\\nbuildiug, in white paint, occupying a lot on the\\nsouth side of the present Elm Street, near the\\neast end of the bridge across the South Branch.\\nThe lower floor was occupied by the school in\\nDistrict No. 2, and the upper story as the\\nacadcmv. The buildinsj was lono; known as\\nthe W liitc School-iiouse, aud was afterward", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1072.jp2"}, "977": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n263\\nmoved to the present site of tlie Congregational\\nparsonage and used for a vestry and school\\nhouse, and ultimately destroyed by fire No-\\nvember 2, 1843.\\nThus perished the old White Sehool-liouse, a\\nnoted structure in its day, towards which the\\nrecollection of many now living will turn with\\ninterest and pleasure.\\nAfter the year 1 S34 the Newport Academy\\noccupied the court-house, and sometimes the\\nlower story of the Baptist meetiugdiouse,\\nwhich was fitted up for school purposes in 1841.\\ni- rom 1819 till 1873, when the High Sciiool in\\nUnion District took the place of the academy,\\nthere were thirty-five different instructors or\\npreceptors of the academ}\\nThe names of the preceptors of the Newport\\nAcademy are as follows\\n1819.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Shedd.\\n1820.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Christopher Marsh.\\n1821-23.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Clark, A.B.\\n1825. Amasa Edes, Harriet Cook.\\n1826.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah Peabody.\\n1827.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Heath.\\n1828.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Claggett.\\n1820.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. G. Hoyt, Miss S. Trask.\\n1829.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Kendrick Metcalf.\\n1833.- David Crosby (died in Nashua, 1881).\\n183.5.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ursula Kelley.\\n1839.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M. L. Eastman.\\n1840. Susan W^oodward.\\n1841. Miss Colby (daughter of Governor Colby).\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sarah O. Dickey.\\n1845. Abner 8. Warner.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William M. Guilford.\\n184S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. C. Crooker.\\n1850. Charles Chapin.\\n1851.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. F. Eeniick.\\n1852. L. W. Barton, Lizzie F. Jewett (assistant).\\n1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary B. Fitz.\\n1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M. Bradford Boardman.\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Paul.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 R. M. Gunnison.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. F. Hyde, Miss A. C. Baker, assistant.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George P. Brooks, Miss F. A. Corbin (as-\\nsistant).\\n1862. Eugene Lewis, A. F. Gleason (assistant).\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sarah G. G. Gregg.\\nlS(i3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. H. Kimball.\\n1865.- Mary Dwinell Chellis.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alfred F. Howard.\\n1870. (icorge R. Brown, Miss Leavitt (assistant).\\n1873. Susan C Eastman.\\nIjiTERATrRK. A carcful estimate will .show\\nthat of natives of Newport and otiiers localized in\\nthe town since its first settlement, more than\\none hundred have been graduated from colle-\\ngiate institutions to engage in professional life\\nand business affairs. Of some we have been\\nable to give brief biographical sketches. To\\nfollow tiiem all in their various departures we\\nwould lie led to all parts of our own country,\\nto other continents and the islands of the ocean,\\nwhither they have gone as soldiers, .sailors,\\ntravelers and merchants, or as missionaries and\\neducators.\\nIn these latter regards we would find the\\nMoores in Bnrmah Miss Jane Eliza Chapin\\nin China; the Rowclls and Chapins in the\\nHawaiian kingdom and ]\\\\[iss M. Lizzie Cum-\\nmings, a daughter of Kev. Henry Cuinmings, a\\nformer pastor of the Congregational Church, to\\nher duties as a teacher in the Huguenot Semi-\\nnary at Wellington, Cape Colony, South Africa.\\nOthers have a record in the literature of the\\ncountry, and of the earliest of these was Rev.\\nCarlos Wilcox, born in Newport, October 23,\\nI7il4, a graduate from Middleburv College,\\nVermont, a Congregational minister at Hart-\\nford, and afterward at Danbury, Conn., where\\nhe died in 1827. He published a book of ser-\\nmons and was the author of many poems of\\nmuch merit.\\nSarah Josepha (Buel) Hale, who died in\\nPhiladelphia, April 30, 1879, and who had\\nbeen for more than fifty years the approved\\neditor of Godcy^s Lady Book, was a native of\\nNewport, where she was born October 24, 1788.\\nShe married, October 13, 1813, David Hale,\\nan attorney -at-law, iiy whose early decease, in\\n1822, she was left in widowhood with limited\\nresources and five children (the oldest not over", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1073.jp2"}, "978": {"fulltext": "264\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nseven years of age) for maintenance and proper\\neducation.\\nHer father, Gordon Buel, was not in circum-\\nstances to afford lier any assistance. The gravity\\nof her situation and future would have lieen\\nappalling to one of less courage and ability.\\nUj) to this time her literary ventures had not\\nbeen outside the columns of the village paper, in\\nwhich she occasionally apjjeared over the signa-\\nture of Cornelia, and it is not probable that she\\nindulged in any higher aspirations as a Utirr-\\natmr. The outlook was in another direction.\\nBy the advice and aid of her liest friends, she\\nwas induced to luake arrangements with Miss\\nThyrza Hale, a sister of her deceased husband,\\nfor the prosecution of a business which seemed\\nto promise more immediate and certain results.\\nAn advertisement in the New Hampshire Spec-\\ntator of May 18, LS25, is authority as well as an\\ninteresting reminiscence in relation to this mat-\\nter. It states as follows\\nNew Fancy Goods and Millinery. Mrs. and Miss\\nHale Have just received from Boston and New York\\na supply of the most Fashionable Spring and Sum-\\nmer Goods which they offer for Sale as cheap as can\\nbe purchased at any other store in this vicinity. Brown\\ncambricks, Figured Gauze, Silk Mourning Bonnets,\\nCaps and Head-dresses of the latest and most approved\\npatterns kept constantly on hand. Miss Hale and a\\nyoung Lady with her who is well acquainted withMil-\\nlinary and Mantua-making will give constant atten-\\ntion and cheerful attendance on all Ladies who please\\nto favor them with their patronage. Feathers, Rags\\nand Tow cloth received in payment for goods.\\nAt this crisis of affairs we find the future\\npoetess, novelist, author and compiler of some\\ntwenty-two different literary works and com-\\npilations of great merit engaged in bartering\\nsilks, gauzes, bonnets, caps and head-drajies\\nfor country truck and dicker. During the\\nsucceeding two or three years she, undoubtedly,\\nfound she had mistaken her calling. The busi-\\nness was not a success. The vista now opening\\nbefore her was not festooned fancy goods, milli-\\nnery articles, feathers or tow- cloth.\\nHer literary abilities had come to be appre-\\nciated. In the year 1828 she was called to the\\neditorial charge of the Ladies 3Iagaz!ne, pub-\\nlished in Boston, and discharged the duties of\\nthis responsible position until 837, when this\\nperiodical was united with the Lady s Book of\\nPhiladelphia she was aflerward a resident of\\nPhiladelphia.\\nThe working of her long life was crowned\\nwith financial success, as well as popular favor,\\nand she was able to educate her sons and\\ndaughters in the most prominent educational\\ninstitutions of this country. She was a person\\nof remarkable vitality, and had lived more than\\nninety years and at the time of her decease\\nwas the most widely-known and distinguished\\nof the daughters of Newport.\\nHoratio Hale, son of the foregoing, was born\\nin Newport, May 3, 1817 was graduated from\\nHarvard College, educated as a lawyer and\\nadmitted to the practice, in Chicago, in 1855.\\nA man of letters, author, scientist was philolo-\\ngist to the United States Exploring Expedition\\ncommanded Ijy Captain Wilkes (1837), and has\\ncontributed largely to philological and ethnologi-\\ncal science.\\nThe Baldwins were of Connecticut lineage.\\nThey were grandsons of Captain Samuel\\nChurch, whose ancestor is said to have decap-\\nitated King Philip, of Mount Hope. Captain\\nChurch was an early settler of the town, and\\nowned all the land in the village between Main\\nStreet and the river, north of the intervale\\nbridge.\\nHenry E. Baldwin was born December 19,\\n1815. We find him first as a vouthful angler\\nfor trout in the Towner Brook afterward as a\\npractical printer, engraver on wood, caricatur-\\nist, artist, humorist, editor of the New Hamp-\\nshire Argus and Spectator, register of deeds\\nand probate for the county of Sullivan, clerk\\nof the State Senate, editor and proprietor of the\\nLowell Dailji Adcertiser, inspector in the Bos-\\nton Custom -House, and, finally, private secre-\\ntary to Franklin Pierce, President of the", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1074.jp2"}, "979": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n265\\nUnited States. He was a man of fine presence\\nand agreeable personal qualities, and a versa-\\ntile and able writer. He died in Washington,\\nD. C, February 12, 1857.\\nSamuel Cliurch Baldwin was burn Septem-\\nber 15, 1817. He was associated with his\\nbrother, Henry E., in the management of the\\nArgus and Spectator and the Lowell Adcertiscr.\\nHe was afterward (1844) proprietor of the\\nPlymouth (Mass.) Rock, and twice elected to\\nthe ]\\\\Iassachusetts Legislature. He ultimately\\nreturned to his native State and was proprietor\\nof the Xew Haiiipshirc Democrat, published at\\nLaconia, where he died December 3, 1S61. He\\nwas an able journalist and litterateur.\\nAmos B. Little was a native of Newport, born\\nFebruary IC, 1841. He was educated princi-\\npally at the Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,\\nand at Brown University, Rhode Island. He\\ncommenced the study of law, but an infirmity\\nof deafness prevented the carrying out of his\\npurpose in that direction.\\nIn 1845 he was appointed to a position in\\nthe Patent Office by Edmund Burke, then\\ncommissioner of patents. He was afterward\\npromoted to the position of law clerk, and\\nwhile in that office codified and published the\\nPatent Laws of the United States. He was\\na vigorous political writer, and correspondent\\nof the New Hampshire Patriot and other jour-\\nnals of that time. He died October 1, 1862.\\nMrs. Mary Chellis Lund, nee Mary Dwinell\\nChellis, the name by which she is known in her\\nwritings, is an author of many books. An in-\\nferior boundary line only prevents her from\\nbeing a native of Xewport but, as her residence\\nis here, and has been for many years, and her\\nhusband, S. F. Lund, is a lineal descendant of\\nStephen Wilcox, of old Killingworth, we may\\nat least contend with our neighboring town for\\nthe honor of her intellectual life and growth, if\\nnot her birth. Her ]\u00c2\u00bbroductions are mostly of a\\nmoral and religious character and are greatly\\nprized for their good influence upon the young.\\nThey are found in all Sunday-school libraries.\\nCommodore George E. Belknap, United\\nStates Navy, is a native of Newport, born\\nJanuary 22, 1832. In 1847 he entered the\\nNaval Academy, at Annapolis. After gradua-\\ntion from that institution, in 1854, we find him\\nearly in command of national vessels, asserting\\nthe honor and rights of his country, at different\\ntimes and places, on all seas. During the Civil\\nWar he was conspicuous in many successful\\nnaval engagements on the .Vtlantic seaboard,\\nearning his promotiim in rank by sturdy\\nachievement.\\nIn 1873 he was assigned to special duty by\\nthe Secretary of the Navy on the steam t or-\\nvette Tuscarora in making deep-sea soundings\\nacross the Pacific from California to Japan, to\\ndetermine the practicability of laying a cable\\nbetween America and Asia. The published\\naccount of this cruise has attracted the pro-\\nfound attention of scientists in Europe and\\nAmerica.\\nHe was afterward in command of the navy-\\nyard at Pensacola until 1881, when he was or-\\ndered to the Pacific Station, on the coast of\\nSouth America, in command of the United\\nStates Steamer Alaska, to protect the interests\\nand, if necessary, vindicate the honor of the\\nUnited Stiites on that coast durina; the late hos-\\ntilities between Chili and Peru. This cruise\\nwas continued (1882) to the Hawaiian kingdom\\nand from thence to San Francisco, where the\\nAlaska went out of commission.\\nIn 1883 he was detached from command of\\nthe Alaska and ordered to the Norfolk navy-\\nyard as captain of the yard. He has also\\nbeen assigned to special duty as president of\\nthe Torpedo Board, and also president of the\\nNaval Commission, to examine the circum-\\nstances comiected with the construction of the\\nDolphin and determine its acceptiuice by\\nthe government. On June 1, 1885, Captain\\nBelknap attained the rank of commodore and\\nwas ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to\\nSee United Service Quarterly for April and July,\\n1879.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1075.jp2"}, "980": {"fulltext": "266\\nHISTOIIY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe Naval Observatory at Wasliington as super-\\nintendent. Commodore Belknap s reputation\\nas .an officer and a scientist is vi the highest\\ncharactei He is a fellow of the American\\nGeographical Soc iety fellow of the xVmerican\\nAssociation for the Advancement of Science\\nmember of the New England Historic and\\nGenealogical Society, Boston; member of the\\nNew Hampshire Historical Society, Concord\\ncompanion First Class Military Order Loyal\\nLegion, United States; Knight Commander of\\nthe Royal Order of Kamehameha I., of the\\nHawaiian kingdom. For further account, see\\nHamersly s Naval Encycloj)edia.\\nEdward A. Jeuks, whose progenitors are said\\nto have arrived in the town of Newport on the\\n4th of July, 177G, was born October 1830,\\nand while a printer, editor, incumbent of pub-\\nlic office and at the head of the Republican\\nPress Association of Concord has found oppor-\\ntunity in the course of a busy life to scatter\\nhere and there leaves that have found places in\\nthe choice collections of verse that adorn our\\nlibraries. In the New Hampshire Poets,\\ncompiled by Bela Chapin, there are over twenty\\nnames of poets, natives or residents of Newport.\\nThe Press. In connection with other in-\\nstitutions, the t(nvn of Newport has had the\\nadvantage of an ably-conducted newspaper\\npress for a ])eriod of more than sixty years.\\nIn the year 1820 Cyrus Barton moved the\\nNew Uaiiipshirc Spectator, which he had estab-\\nlished at Claremont, to this town. He was\\nhere .severally associated with Dunbar Aldrich,\\nB. B. French and Cyrus Metcalf, and finallv\\nremoved to Concord, leaving the paper in the\\nhands of French Aletcalf. Mr. French was\\nalso an attorney-at-law and the first clerk of\\nthe courts for the new county of Sullivan. He\\nwas afterward clerk of the House of Repre-\\nsentatives and commissioner of public buildings\\nat Washington, where he died in 1870. Mr.\\nMetcalf soon after withdrew from the paper\\nand Simon Brown took his place.\\nIn 1833 Edmund Burke had located at\\nClaremont and had established the Netv Hamp-\\nshire Ar(/us. In 1834 Mr. Burke removed his\\npr ss to Newport. In 183- the Spectator and\\nArgus were united under the editorial manage-\\nment of jNIr. Burke and became the New\\nHampshire Argus and Spectator.\\nFrom 1838 to 1840 the paper was controlled\\nby the Baldwins and AVilliam English. In\\n1840 the Argus and Spectator passed into the\\nhands of Henry G. Carletoii and Matthew\\nHarvey, and so continued until April 1,1879,\\na period of about forty years, when Hubl:)ard\\nA. Barton and W. W. Prescott became the\\nproprietors of the paper and printing-office.\\nAbout September 1, 1880, W. W. Prescott\\nwithdrew from the concern and his interest\\nwas assumed l)y George B. Wheeler. Barton\\nt Wheeler continue the publication of the\\nArgus, which has always been Democratic in\\nits political character.\\nThe Norlliern Farmer and Political Adven-\\nturer and the Northern Farmer and Horticul-\\nturist, were publisiied by Hubbard, Newton\\nSon during the years 1830 to 1833, and were\\ndiscontinued-\\nThe first number of the Repiuhlican Cham-\\npion, Fred. W. Cheney, editor and proprietor,\\nwas issued in this town January 6, 1881. The\\nChampion is ably conducted and, as its name\\nimplies, is devoted to the interests and prin-\\nciples of the Republican party.\\nThere have been other publications started in\\nthe town, which were of short continuance\\nand no lasting benefit, of which it is not neces-\\nsary to speak.\\nMatthew Harvey came from Sutton to New-\\nport in the year 18. )1, and from that time until\\nhis ileath, on January 31, 1885, at the age of\\n.seventy years, was connected either as appren-\\ntice, journeyman or proprietor with the New\\nHampshire Argus and Spectator. He was a\\nson of Colonel John Harvey and a nephew of\\nJonathan and Matthew, both members of Con-\\ngress and the latter a Governor of the State\\nand United States district judge.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1076.jp2"}, "981": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n267\\nMr. Harvey was devoted to his professiou and\\nin many I espects had few equals as a journalist.\\nHe was a versatile and easy writer and a forci-\\nble speaker, full of ready wit and fond of\\nrepartee. He had poetic ability of a higli\\norder and many eiforts of his pen are extant.\\nThe files of the Argus for more than forty\\nyears will bear testimony to his genial character\\nand ability as a humorist, a poet, a writer of\\nentertaining locals and nmre dignified political\\narticles. He was an esteemed and valuable\\ncitizen of the towu during his fifty-four years\\nof life in Newport.\\nIn the files of the Xew Hampshire Spectator,\\nprinted by Cyrus Barton in this town from\\nfifty to si.Kty years ago, we find piquant essays\\nand disquisitions on various subjects which\\nillustrate in some degree the advanced liter-\\nary culture that existed among the people\\nt)f Newport during that period. It is matter of\\nregret that the names of the authors of these\\nj)apei s are concealed under signatures, classical.\\nScriptural and sometimes common-place, in such\\na manner as to destroy their identity.\\nA pleasing social feature of that time was\\na Coterie made up of these literary young\\npeople, at the head of which was Mrs. Sarah\\nJ. Hale.\\nThe trysting-plaee of this society was a gigan-\\ntic elm, or, more particularly, a pair of elms,\\nas the main body of the tree not far from the\\nground forked into divergent trunks, which\\nrose high in air, interlocking their lofty branches\\nin a widely spreading and reciprocal embrace.\\nThis tree, illustrating as it did the idea of dual-\\nity in unity, was considered emblematical of\\nthe married state and came to be known as the\\nMatrimonial Tree.\\nIt stood on a natural terrace, or elevation of\\nland overlooking a delightful sweep of meadow,\\ndiversified with other elms and clumps of trees,\\nand outlined by the Sugar in one of its\\ngraceful detours known as the bend, its\\ncourse bordered with alder and witch hazel,\\nfestooned with climbing vines.\\nUpon the closely-mown sward, within the\\nwell-defined and ample .shade of this druidical\\ntree, at appointed times on golden summer\\nafternoons, came the members of this eesthetic\\ncircle the married with a well-sustained com-\\nplacence at their advanced social position and\\nthe single in all the incipient .stages of the\\ntender passion leading up to the connubial\\nstate.\\nWithout a great stretch of imagination, we\\nmight here group the pseudonyms from the\\nSpectator as follows Philo, Apollonius and\\nCornelia Gamaliel, Mentor and Minerva\\nMercurius, Theophilus and Thyrza Crito,\\nUnus and Ariadne Jotham, Uncle Toby and\\nRebecca, and others whose exponents had been\\na letter of the ali)habet, or an asterisk under\\nwhich to conceal their real names.\\nThe tout ensemble of the individuals of the\\nparty, on such occasions, and their various pos-\\nturings and movements in the refreshing shade\\nof the twin elms, are pleasantly sugge.stive of\\ncharacter and scenes in As You Like It,\\nwhere we find the Dukes and their retainers,\\nRosalind and Orlando, Celia and Oliver, Old\\nAdams and the melancholy Jaques, love-making\\nand ])hilosophizing in the forest glades of\\nArdennes.\\nSeats and tables were placed all aliout upon\\nthe smooth ground in picturescpic disorder\\nfor the comfort and convenience of the memlters\\nof the Coterie as they gave audience to dramatic\\nperfi)rmances, recitations and readings from\\nbooks and magazines, or tiie productions of\\nsome of their leading spirits. In addition to\\nthe more dignified exercises, free .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^co])e was given\\nto conversation, songs, merriment, wit and\\nrepartee.\\nA most interesting episode in tlio routine of\\nthe afternoon was the withdrawal and investi-\\ngation of tile contents of a sly j)Ocket, or covert\\nplace in or about the venerable tree which had\\nbecome the receptacle of all manner of anony-\\nmous contributions, personal, humorous and\\ntender, in prose and verse, the reading of", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1077.jp2"}, "982": {"fulltext": "268\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwhich added greatly to the interest of tlie occa-\\nsion.\\nThe delectation of the ])hysical as well as tiie\\nintellectual nature was not disregarded at these\\nassemblies. As the day declined, a fire was\\nkindled under a significant-looking kettle, sus-\\npended from a tripod at convenient distance,\\nand anon the smell of Bohea or Young Hyson,\\nor both fragrant and lively filled the air. A\\nsymj)0sium of tea-drinUing, and a discussion of\\nsandwiches, cakes and confections concluded\\nthe afternoon s entertainment.\\nThere arc gray-haired men and women walk-\\ning about town in this year of grace, 18Sr who,\\nas small boys and girls with curiftus interest,\\nhovered on the outer margin of the charmed\\ncircle we have affected to describe, as spectators\\nand the gay appearance of these rural gather-\\nings on Captain Church s meadow, as seen from\\nthe Aiken hills, on the ojiposite side of the\\nriver, is still fresh in tlif menitiry of tlmsc who\\ninhabited the old Wines Manse as children.\\nHow much the Matrimonial Tree did for\\nthe cause of .social ad\\\\ancenient can never be\\nproperly estimated. The woodman s axe and\\nthe scythe of Time closed the record from mor-\\ntal ken long ago.\\nWith all our schools and superior advan-\\ntages, we doulit if any society for social and\\nmental culture, eipial in scope and merit, has\\nhad any foothold or existence in this town since\\nthis Coterie disappeai-ed and are prone to be-\\nlieve that the standard of literary attainment\\nat this time must suffer in contrast with that of\\ntwo generations ago.\\nEdnumd Wheeler, a long time citizen of this\\ntown, is a native of Croydon, where he was\\nborn August 25, 1814. He was educated at\\nKimball Union Academy, came to Newport in\\n183o and engaged with his brother, illiam P.\\nWheeler, in the harness-making trade. In\\n1839, on the retirenacut of AVilliam P. to en-\\ngage in the study and practice of law, he as-\\nsumed, by purchase, the control of the business,\\nwhich he successfully continued until 1866,\\nwhen he sold out to Granville Pollard. Dur-\\ning a residence of more than fifty years Mr.\\nWheeler hiis ably sustained himself as an en-\\nterprising and substantial citizen of the town.\\nHe was adjutant in the State militia, and for\\ntwo years on the staff of Governor Williams.\\nHe has been twice a member of the Legislature,\\n1851\u00e2\u0080\u009452, the latter year chairman of the com-\\nmittee on incorporations, and taking an active\\npart in all the leading measures before the\\nHouse. He was director in the Sugar River\\nBank, and since in the First National Bank\\nof Newport, and also in the Newport Savings-\\nBank.\\nHe was active in the organization of Union\\nSchool District in 1.S74, and eight years on its\\nBoard of Education as chairman and other-\\nwise.\\nIn his time he has published a book entitled\\nthe Croydon Centennial, and in 187!), com-\\npiled, edited and issued tVom the press an elab-\\norate History of Newport, to which we are\\nindebted for much statistical matter used in the\\ncomposition of this sketch.\\nEdmunil heeler married, September 21,\\n1851, a daughter of Sherman Rossiter, of Clarc-\\nmont, and, second, Augusta L. Sawyer, of this\\ntown. His only son, George B., the issue of\\nthe first marriage, born February 4, 1854, is at\\npresent one of the proprietors of the New\\nHampshire An/ita and Spectator.\\nJoseph W. Parmelee, the writer of this\\nsketch, is a native of Newiiort, born February\\n2, 1818. His ancestors were among the earliest\\nEnglish emigrants to this country. His paternal\\ngrandparents, Ezra and Sibyl (Hill), were of\\nthe first settlers of Newport. His parent.s,\\nJohn and Phebe (Chase) Parmelee, were resi-\\ndent at a locality on the South Branch of Sugar\\nRiver known as South vi lie. He was a scholar\\nin old School District No. 1, under several in-\\nstructors, and in 1833-. 34 at the Newport Acad-\\nemy, under the tuition of the late David Crosby,\\nof Nashua. After about a year at Kimball\\nUnion Academy his school-days terminated and", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1078.jp2"}, "983": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n2G9\\nhe turned bis attention to mercantile pursuits.\\nIn tlie year 1847 he removed to Charleston,\\nS. (_ and engaged with a substantial concern in\\nthe dry-goods trade Wiley, Banks Co.\\ninto which he A-as afterward admitted as a suc-\\nceeding co-partner, and in which, uji to the time\\nof the Civil War, he had accniiiiilated a fair\\nestate that met with confiscation and ruin iu\\nthat vortex of national and human alfairs.\\nFrom 1S((3 to 187!l he was identified with\\nthe Southern trade in couneetion with the house\\nofH. B.Claflin Co., in New York City. During\\na varied business career he has found much\\ntime foi- reading and self-culture, has l)een a\\nfrequent contributor to the press, and has \\\\\\\\rit-\\nten occasional poems, which have attracted some\\nattention. Mr. Parmelee, since 187!t, has resided\\nin his native town, where his family fur many\\nyears have had a homestead. He is much\\ninterested in the cause of education, has been\\nfor four or five years chairman of the ]5oard of\\nEducation for Union District, and some time\\nsuperintending school conanittee for the town.\\nMr. Parmelee married, August 13, 1851, Fran-\\nces Ann, only daughter of Amos Little, Esq., of\\nNewport. Their children arc Edward Little,\\nborn May IC, 1852, now a resident of Kansas\\nCity, Mo.; Francis Josoj)h,born June 27, 1857,\\na i-esident in New York City and Anne, born\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0June 1, 18()(l, resides with the family iu New-\\nl ort.\\nCHAPTER V.\\nNEWPORT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Cuiilhiii -d).\\nMEDICAL AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS.\\nMedical Profession. The professions fol-\\nlow in the wake of civilization. The conditions\\nin a new country subject the settlei-s to much of\\nexposure and accident, the evils of which are\\nsometimes greatly enhanced without the imme-\\ndiate aid of medicine or surgery, as [irescribed\\nand directed by skillful hands; hence the im-\\nportance of a doctor in a uew settlement.\\nThere was no permanently settled physician\\nin Newport until the year 1790. Previous to\\nthat time it was customary in critical cases to\\nsend to Charlestown for medical aid.\\nWe know traditionally that Cajjtain Ezra\\nParmelee was dispatched t i that i)lace for a\\ndoctor to attend Mrs. Josiah Stevens, his neigh-\\nbor, and that she died before he could come to\\nher relief.\\nThere were women in the .settlement who\\nministered to the wants of the afflicted with\\nmuch of ability. They also possessed the neces-\\nsary skill as midwives. Mrs. Jeremiah Nettle-\\nton is said to have been one of these, and to\\nhave traveled long distances on foot, sometimes\\nusing snow-shoes, to visit the sick. It is also\\nsaid that she once tra\\\\ eled to New London on\\na hand-sled hauled by tour men tor the jiurpose\\nof visiting a jtatient. Her daughter, jNIabel,\\nborn November 15, 17(12, in Killingworth, and\\nwho came to Newport with her arcnts in ]77t),\\nand Ixcaine the wife of Aaron Bnel, Jr., suc-\\nceeded her mother, and was the only physician\\nin Newport f )r several years, and particularly\\nsuccessful iu her pi-actice. She was known in\\nthe later years of her life as Aunt Mabel, and\\nis still remembered as a most estimable womau.\\nAbout the year 17 )0 Dr. James Corbin, born\\nin Dudley, Mass., 1762, established himself in\\nNewport as a physician, and so continued until\\nhis death, January IG, 182(!. In connection\\nwith his medical practice he improved a tract of\\nland and erected substantial buildings on what\\ncontinues to be known as Corbin Hill, between\\nNewport village and Northville. A large part\\nof this estate that north of the river con-\\ntinues in possession of his grandson, Austin\\nCorbin, of New Yoi k.\\nDr. William Joslyu, a puj)il of Dr. Corbin s,\\ncommenced practice in Newport iu 1804, and\\nafter a residence of six years removed to Ver-\\nmont.\\nDr. Arnold Ellis, born in IMeriden, Conn.,\\nOctober 29, 1776, was in Newport early in the\\ncentury, and engaged in the practice. His", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1079.jp2"}, "984": {"fulltext": "270\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\npreparation of bitters, for bilious disorders,\\nwas mucii esteemed. He was the first post-\\nmaster (1810), and filled the office of town\\nclerk in 1811. He was also by trade a tailor\\nand a jeweler, and cleaned and repaired watches,\\na lover of music and a skillful performer on the\\nviolin.\\nAt a eek ljration of the Fourth of July, in\\n1827, Dr. Ellis iiad charge of the music. The\\nband consisted of Arnold Ellis, violin John\\nB. McGregor, bass viol Abijah Dudley,\\nclarionet Bcla W. Jenks, l)assoon Jere-\\nmiah W. Waleott, bugle; Major David Harris,\\nfife Major Willard Harris, drummer. He re-\\nmoved to Sutton about this time, and from\\nthence to Newbury, where he died at an ad-\\nvanced age.\\nDr. John B. McGregor, a son of Lieutenant\\nJohn INIcGregor, was born in this town Novem-\\nber 27, 1787; was a student in Dr. Corbin s of-\\nfice a graduate of the Medical Department f)f\\nDartmouth College in 1809 commenced jjrac-\\ntice here in 1810, and was the leading physi-\\ncian of the town and a valuable citizen until liis\\nremoval to Rochester, N. Y., in 1838, where\\nhe died September 14, 1865.\\nDr. Alexander Boyd, of Scotch-Irish de-\\nscent, a native of Londonderry, born Feln uary\\n8, 1784, was in successful practice here foi\\nabout a quarter of a century. He died Septem-\\nber 28, 1851.\\nDr. W. P. Gibson, a native of Croydon, was\\nin the profession from 1830 to 1837, when he\\nremoved to Windsor, Vt., and took orders as a\\nclergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church.\\nHe died in 1837, aged about forty years.\\nDr. William F. Cooper, also a native of\\nCroydon, was settled here for about one year\\n(1827), and removed to Kellogsville, N. Y.,\\nwhere he was engaged in a successful practice\\nfor more than fifty years.\\nDr. John L. Swett. (See biography.)\\nDr. Reuben Hatch, of Alstead, was in the\\npractice 1808-09.\\nDr. Isaac Hatch succeeded to the office and\\npractice of Dr. Gibson in 1837. His continu-\\nance here was short. He sickened and died\\nin 1838, at the age of forty-three yeare.\\nDr. Mason Hatch. (See biography.)\\nDr. W. C. Chandler was in practice here from\\n1838 to 1841, when he removed to South Na-\\ntiek, Mass., and died in 1848, in the forty-sec-\\nond year of his age.\\nDr. Thomas Sanborn. (See biography.)\\nDr. James A. Greggs was in practice in New-\\nport from 1855 up to the time of liis death, in\\n1800.\\nDr. Wm. H. Hosmer was hei-e tor about a\\nyear, 1847-48, and removed to Concord.\\nDr. W. W. Darling, of the homiieopathic\\nschool of j)ractice, was born in Croydon Novem-\\nber 20, 1834. Received his medical degree from\\nDartmouth in 1859, and has been in practice in\\nNewport since 18G9.\\nDr. David M. Currier, a native of Grafton,\\nhorn September 15, 1840, received his medical\\ndegree from Dartmouth in 1867; came to this\\ntown in 1871, where he is engaged in a success-\\nful practice.\\nDrs. Thomas B. and Christopher A. Sanborn,\\nsons of Dr. Thomas Sanborn, were educated to\\nthe medical profession, and graduated from the\\nBellevue Medical College, New York City.\\nThey succeeded to the office and business of\\ntheir father, and are engaged in a successful\\npractice.\\nSeveral other names might be mentioned in\\ncoimection with tlie medical profession, but the\\ncontinuance of the parties was of a temporary\\ncharacter and made little or no impression upon\\nthe community.\\nOf the sons of Newport whose lives have been\\ndevoted to the medical profession and resulted\\nin great usefulness to their fellow-creatures, there\\ndied in Morley Parish, Canton, St. Lawrence\\nCounty, N. Y., on July 9, 1874, Ezra Parme-\\nlee, M.D., in the seventy-fourth year of his age.\\nDr. Parmelee came of the old Killingworth\\nstock that originally settled the town. He\\npassed a jolly boyhood at the paternal homestead", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1080.jp2"}, "985": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n271\\nnear the South Branch, at Southville. Sum-\\nmer and winter he was an attentive soholar at\\ntiie old red school-liouse then standing on Pot-\\nash Hill, until he eanic to be fifteen or sixteen\\nyears of age, when he found employment in the\\nstore of James Breck, whose business 0(!cupied\\nthe premises on the soutliwest cornor of Main\\nand Elm Streets. A year or more in dry-goods\\nand groceries failed to satisfy his ideal of a life-\\nwork, and consulting an inclination some time\\ncherished, he determined to educate himself for\\nthe medical profession.\\nAfter completing a course at tiie Newport\\nAcademy, he commenced the study of medicine\\nin the office of Dr. John B. McGregor, at that\\ntime one of the most eminent practitioners in\\nthis jtart of the State, and was afti rwards witii\\nDr. Caleb Plastridge, of East Lebanon, whose\\ndaughter he married.\\nAt less than twenty-three years of age 1833\\n-Dr. Parmelee pushed out into the world, a\\ngraduate from the Medical Department of Dart-\\nmouth, his di])loma signed by the distinguished\\nphysiologist, Reuben D. Mussey. He located\\nat first in the town of Warner, l)ut afterward,\\nthrough the influence of friends, and in view\\nof a wider professional field, he removed, in\\n1 839, to Morley, where, for more than forty-\\nfive years, he had been in the successful practice\\nof his profession.\\nIra W. Peabody, M.D., a graduate of Dart-\\nmouth College Medical Department of 1833,\\nafter a successful professional career, died at\\nBinghamton, N. Y., August, 1877, aged sixty-\\nnine years.\\nAdolphus Cutting, born June 25, 1811, a\\nmedical graduate also of 1833, settled first in\\nOhio, and now lives retired from practice at La\\nGrange, Ind.\\nLeonard W. Peabody, M.D., born September\\n13, 1817, graduated from the Medical College\\nat Woodstock, Vt., in 1843, and is now in suc-\\ncessful practice at Henniker. He was member\\nof the Legislature of 1885.\\nSamuel J. Allen, M.D., born January 4,\\n1819, was graduated at the Castleton (Vt.) Medi-\\ncal College in 1842, and i-eceived an honorary\\ndegree from Dartmouth in 1870. He has spent\\nthe most of his professional life at Hartford, Vt.\\nHe was a surgeon in the Union army during\\nthe Civil War.\\nNoah Addison Chapin, M.D., horn June 18,\\n1818, was graduated from Dartmouth Villegc\\nin 1845, and from the Medical Department at\\nYale College in 1849, and engaged in the practice\\nof his professon at Winchester, where he died\\nMay 9, 1854, from jioison received through a\\ncut in the hand while performing an operation.\\nClifton Claggett, M.D., born September 12,\\n1807, had his early training at the Newport\\nAcademy; studied medicine with Dr. Alexander\\nBoyd, his brother-in-law was graduated at\\nDartmoutli in 1X32, and settled at Northfield,\\nVt., where he still resides.\\nLaugdon Sawyer, M.D., born September 7,\\n1815, was graduated at the College of Medicine\\nat Castleton, Vt., in 1843, spent one year at the\\nCollege of Physicians and Surgeons in New\\nYork City, and settled in Springfield, Vt. In\\n1869 he received the honorary degree of M.D.\\nfrom Dartmouth. He died in 1880.\\nCarlos G. Metcalf, M D., born in 184(3, was\\na student with Dr. .J. L. Swett, and was grad-\\nuated at the Medical Department of the Univer-\\nsity of Albanv, N. Y., and is in practice at\\nTroy, N. II.\\nAlvah Paul, M.D., born July 14, 1805, was\\ngraduated at Castleton, Vt., and attained dis-\\ntinction and wealtli in his jn ofcssion at Royal-\\nton, C)hio.\\nBela N. Stevens, M.D., born December 22,\\n1832, was a graduate of Dartmouth Medical\\nCollege in 1854; was two years in the Mai ine\\nHospital at Chelsea, Mass., and five years a sur-\\ngeon in the Government Insane Hospital at\\nWashington, where he died July 5, 18G5.\\nMason A. Wilcox, M.D., l^oru December 25,\\n1844, Avas graduated at the Detroit Medical\\nCollege, 1868, and is now in practice in Col-\\norado.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1081.jp2"}, "986": {"fulltext": "272\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nElbridge G. Kelley, son of Deacon Joliii\\nKelley, of Kelleyville, was born Sejitember 29,\\n1812; graduated at the Jefferson ^Medical Col-\\nlege of Pliiladelpliia, but made dentistry a\\nspecialty, and established himself at Newbury-\\nport, Mass., wiierc he attained a prominent\\nposition in his profession and as a citizen. He\\nwas a member of the Legislature, and twice\\nmayor of the city. To him the precinct of\\nKelleyville, in the western part of the town, is\\nindebted for its name.\\nJames H. Parinelee, son of John and grand-\\nson of Ezra, was born March 2, 1820, at the\\nprecinct in Newport known asSouthville, where\\nhis boyhood and school-days were passed, after\\nwhich he went to New York City, and was for\\na time connected with the office of the Con-\\nnecticut Mutual Ijife Insurance Company, in\\nWall Street. He afterward turned his attention\\nto dentistry as a profession, and opened an office\\nin Brooklyn. I a 1847 he married Abbie, a\\ndaughter of Colonel Levi Jones, of Amherst,\\nand some years afterward came to ]Milford,\\nN. H., and later to Manchester, where he con-\\ntinned the business of his profession until the\\ntime of his decease, September 29, 1S71I. His\\ndaughter, and only child, is the wife of Edward\\nB. Waite, of Manchester. Dr. Parmelee was\\ngenial in his disposition and temperament, and\\ndrew around him warm friends wherever he\\nwent. He was an accomplished vocalist.\\nWilliam Wallace Hurd, a grandson of Sam-\\nuel, one of the first ^ettlcrs of the town, and son\\nof Samuel, Jr., and Mary Ann {(Sorbin) Hurd,\\nwas born in Newport about the year 1820. He\\neducated himself to the profession of dental\\nsurgery, in which he has lieen engaged for\\nmany years in the city of New York.\\nHenry Tubbs has been in the practice of\\ndental surgery in Newport since 1860. He is\\na native of Peterborough, born February 24,\\n1831. His professional success, and his char-\\nacter as a citizen during the (juarter century of\\nhis residence here, entitle him to confidence\\nand regard. He married, December 25, 1865,\\nMary Ann, a daughter of Charles Rogers, of\\nSunapee, and they have children, Annie L.,\\nborn Aug. .3, 1868 Gertie M. born Oct. 27,1874.\\nLe(;al Profession. The fact that no rep-\\nresentative of the legal pi ofession found encour-\\nagement to settle in Newport during its first\\n(juarter of a century affords much of argument\\nin fiivor of the peace and good neighborhood\\nthat existed among its people. The bickerings\\nand misunderstandings, if any. among the people\\nof that time were not beyond the reach of\\nsettlement by the good-will and consent of\\nparties or their friends. An ordinary justice of\\nthe peace, or a magistrate of wisdom and ability,\\nsuch as was found in Benjamin Giles, was equal\\nto any requirement of the community.\\nCaleb Ellis is said to have opened the first\\nlaw-office in Newport. He was a native of\\nWalpole, INIass., and graduated from Harvard\\nCollege in 1793. After his admission to the\\nliar he came to Newport, and it was here that in\\nthe year ISOO he received his first political\\nadvancement. From this town he removed to\\nCornish and to Claremont not long afterward.\\nHe was a representative from this district in\\nContrress from 1805 to 1809, was a member of\\nthe Council, and in 1811 was elected to the\\nState Senate. In 1813 he was appointed judge\\nof the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, and\\ncontinued in that position until his death, which\\noccurred May 9, 1816, in the forty-ninth year\\nof his ago.\\nHubbard Newton, son of Christopher and\\nMary (Giles), was the first native of the town\\nthat entered the legal profession. He was grad-\\nuated from Dartmouth College in 1804; ad-\\nmitted to the bar in 1806. Weare Tappan,\\nEsq., was for a time associated with him i)ro-\\nfessionally, and afterward removed to Bradford.\\nAside from the business of his profession, ilr.\\nNewton took mucii interest in educational and\\nliterary affairs, and was some time editor of a\\nweekly paper. He represented the town in\\n1814 and 1815. He died in February, 1847,\\nin the sixty-seventh year of his age.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1082.jp2"}, "987": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n273\\nAmasa Edes was a native of Antrim Ijorn\\nMarch 21, 1702; was graduated from Dart-\\nmouth College in 1817. He educated himself\\nto the legal profession wa.s admitted to the\\nbar in 1822 and settled in Newport the same\\nyear. He was one of the early preceptors of\\nthe Newport Academy, 1825, and afterward a\\ntrustee. He was also one of the pioneers in\\nthe temperance movement in this town. He\\nhad a long and successful career in the practice\\nof his profession, and was president of the Sul-\\nlivan County bar at tlie time of his decease,\\nwhich occurred September 10, 188. in the\\nninety-second year of his age.\\nDavid Hale, of Alstead, was ailmitted to tlie\\nbar in 1811 and opened an office here soon af-\\nter; married Sarah Josepha, a daughter of Cior-\\ndon Buel. He died in 1S22, aged about forty\\nyears. ISIrs. Hale afterward turned her atten-\\ntion successfully to literatiu-e.\\nJosiah Forsaith was a native of Deering;\\nborn December 14, 1780; graduated at Dart-\\nmouth in 1807 reatl law with Caleb Ellis, of\\nClaremont, and commenced the practice of his\\nprofession at Goifstown, and afterward for a\\ntime in Boston. He came to Newport in 1822;\\nwas superintending school committee and some\\ntime represented the town in the Legisla-\\nture. He was one of the builders and pro-\\nprietors of the Eagle Hotel, a famous hostelry\\nof that time, and, after a successful career, died\\nMarch .0, 184(3.\\nRalph Metcalf was born at Charlestown, No-\\nvember 21, 1798 was graduated from Dart-\\nmouth in 182:]; fitted for the legal profession\\nin the offices of Henry Hubbard, of Charles-\\ntown, aud (xeorge B. Upham, of Claremont,\\nand admitted to the bar in 182() was the suc-\\ncessor of David Hale in Newport. He was\\nseven years Secretary of State, returning to\\nNewport in l84. )-44; was register of Probate\\nfor the county of Sullivan. In 1852-53 he\\nrepresented the town in the Legislature, and\\nwas one of a committee to codify the laws of\\nthe State was trustee of the Insane Asylum\\nin 1855 and Governor of the State in 1855-56.\\nBenjamin B. French was here as lawyer,\\nclerk of the county courts and editor of the\\nNew Hampsldre Arffiis and Sju cfator until his\\nremoval to Washington, D. C, in 1834.\\nEdnumd Burke was a native of Westminster,\\nVt. born January 23, 1800, and came to\\nNewport in 1834 as an editor. l)isposing of\\nhis newsjjaper interest, he turned his attention\\nto his profession aud to politics. He was three\\ntimes elected as Representative to Congress\\nfrom this district 1839 to 1845; was ap-\\npointed commissioner of patents by President\\nPolk in 1845. He was afterward connected\\nwith editoi ial work on the Waxliiiii/lon Union\\nup to 1850, after which he returned to the\\npractice of liis profession in Newport. He\\ndied .lanuary 25, 1882.\\nAustin Corbin is a native of Newport born\\nJuly 11, 1827. He was eduavted as a lawyer\\naud received his degree from the Harvard Law\\nSchool in 1849. After admission to the bar\\nhe conunenced practice in this town in company\\nwith Ralph Metcalf, Esq. In 1851 he re-\\nmoved to Davenport, Iowa, and was at first\\nengaged in the practice of his profession, but\\nafter a time turned his attention to banking\\naud financial business generally. In 1865 he\\ndisposed of his interest in Iowa and removed to\\nNew York Cit} where he organized the Cor-\\nbin Banking Company. He afterwards ac-\\nquired a valuable interest in lauds, railroad and\\nhotel property on Coney Island, and later has\\npushed his enterprises until he has a controlling\\ninterest in the Long Island Railroad and has\\nbecome its president.\\nThere are other names connected with the\\nlegal profession in Newport tor a limited time,\\non account of their removal or death. Of\\nthese are David Allen, Jr., Lewis Smith, J. C.\\nCrooker, George S. Barton, Sanuiel ^I. Wheeler,\\nBrooks Iv. AV^ bber, Arthur C. Bradley, N. E.\\nReed, W. H. H. Allen (now Judge,) William\\nP. Wheeler aud M. W. Tappan (Attorney-Gen-\\neral).", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1083.jp2"}, "988": {"fulltext": "274\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe members of tlie profession at present\\nin active business in Newport are Levi W.\\nBarton, Samuel H. Edes, Albert S. Wait,\\nShepard L. Bowers, William F. Newton and\\nGeorge R. Brown.\\nPersonal sketches of these gentlemen will\\nmore properly tall into the hands of the histo-\\nrian yet to appear after the living present\\nhas been relegated to the dead past.\\nOf natives of Newport who have engaged in\\nthe pnu tice of law in other j)arts of tlie country\\nare Ebenezer Allen, at Austin Texas Horatio\\nBuell, judge, etc.. Glens Falls, N. Y. Wil-\\nliam Breck, Rochester, N. Y. James Breck,\\nJr., Chicago, 111. James Corbiu, Saute Fe,\\nN. M. Rufus Claggett, Brooklyn, N. Y.;\\nCharles H. Chapin, St. Louis, Mo. William\\nJ. Forsaith, Boston, Mass.; Horatio Hale,\\nClinton, Out. William G. Hale, New Orleans;\\nSolomon Heath, Belfast, Me. Elijah D. Hast-\\nings, Cherry Vale, Kansas Erastus Newton,\\nLockport, N. Y. Charles H. Woods, Minne-\\napolis, Minn. Frank H. Carleton, Minne-\\napolis, Minn.\\n1769.-\\n1770.-\\n1772.-\\n1776.-\\n1781.-\\n1782.-\\n1784.-\\n1786.-\\n1787.-\\n1791.-\\n1792.-\\n1800.-\\n1803.-\\n1809.-\\n1810.-\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nNE WPORT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Continued).\\nTOWN OFFICERS.\\nMODERATORS FROM 1769.\\n-Benjamin Giles.\\n-Ebenezer Merritt, two years.\\n-Robert Lane, tour years.\\n-Aaron Buell, five years.\\n-Benjamin Giles.\\n-Aaron Buell, two years.\\n-Christopher Newton, two years.\\n-Aaron Buell.\\n-Christopher Newton, four years.\\n-Jesse Lane.\\n-Aaron Buell, eight years.\\n-Christopher Newton, three years.\\n-Phineas Chapin, six years.\\n-Hubbard Newton.\\n-William Cheney.\\n1811.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hubbard Newton.\\n1812. William Cheney, two years.\\n1814. Hubbard Newton, two years.\\n1816. William Cheney, four years.\\n1820. Hubbard Newton, three years.\\n1823. William Cheney, three years.\\n1826. Oliver Jenckes, four years.\\n1830. Austin Corbin, three years.\\n1833. Josiah Stevens, Jr., six years.\\n1839.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bela Nettleton.\\n1840. Edward Wyman, two years.\\n1842. Bela Nettleton, four years.\\n1846. Edward Wyman, three years.\\n1849. Bela Nettleton, five years.\\n1854. Edward Wyman, two years.\\n1856. Benjamin F. Sawyer, two years,\\n1858. Paul J. Wheeler, five years.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. H. H. Allen.\\n1864. Francis Boardman, two years.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. H. H. Allen.\\n1867. E. C. Converse.\\n1868. George W. Nourse, five years.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paul S. Adams.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rufus P. Claggett.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. C. Converse.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edward A. Jenks.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi W. Barton.\\n1878. E. C. Converse, two years.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John B. Cooper.\\n1881. Dexter Richards, five years.\\nTOWS CLERKS FROM 1769.\\n1769.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amos Hall.\\n1770. Jesse Wilcox, two years.\\n1772. Josiah Stevens, eleven years.\\n1783. John Lane.\\n1784, Josiah Stevens, two years.\\n1786. John Lane, two years.\\n1788. Josiah Stevens.\\n1789. John Lane.\\n1790. Aaron Mack, two years.\\n1792. Josiah Stevens, three years.\\n1795.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Church.\\n1796. Josiah Stevens, two years.\\n1798. Joseph Bascomb.\\n1799. Jesse Wilcox, Jr., twelve years.\\n1811.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Arnold Elllis,\\n1812. Joseph Bascomb.\\n1813.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John B. McGregor.\\n1814. Erastus Baldwin, nine vears.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1084.jp2"}, "989": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n275\\n1823. James D. Walcott, five years.\\n1828. Ira Person, seven years.\\n1835. Natli l B. Cutting, two years.\\n1837. Jonathan W. Clement, two years.\\n1839. Benjamin B. Gushing.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Towne.\\n1841.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Parker N. Newell.\\n1842. Sawyer Belknap, three years.\\n1845. Parker N. Newell, two years.\\n1847. Dexter Richards, two years.\\n1849. John Higbee, two years.\\n1851. Sawyer Belknap, two years.\\n1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fred. W. Lewis.\\n1854. Calvin Wilcox, two years.\\n1856. William Nourse, two years.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas A. Twitchell.\\n1859. George Herrick, two years.\\n1861. E. C. Converse, two years.\\n1863. George W. Nourse, two years.\\n1865. Benjamin Wadleigh.\\n1866. John Towne, two years.\\n1868. Ira P. George, two years.\\n1869. Carleton Hurd, to till vacancy.\\n1870. Henry P. Coffin, two years.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elbridge Bradford.\\n1873. George C. Edes, two years.\\n1875. Arthur B. Chase, three years.\\n1878. Frank P. Meserve, two years.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry P. Coffin, five years.\\n1885.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fred. W. Cheney.\\nREPRESENTATIVES FROM 1793.\\n(Previous to 1793 Newport was classed with Ac-\\nworth, Unity, Lempster, Croydon and Sunapee for\\nthe election of representatives. The elections were\\nheld in Unity; Benjamin Giles was chosen in 1775\\nand 1776.)\\n1793. Jesse Lane.\\n1794. Uriah Wilcox, three years.\\n1797. Jesse Lane, two years.\\n1799.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uriah Wilcox.\\n1800.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Phineas Chapin.\\n1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uriah Wilcox.\\n1802.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Phineas Chapin.\\n1803. Uriah Wilcox, two years.\\n1805. Phineas Chapin.\\n1806.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uriah Wilcox.\\n1807. Jesse Wilcox, Jr., four years.\\n1811.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah Wakefield.\\n18\\n1812. Peter Stow, two years.\\n1814. Hubbard Newton, two years.\\n1816. William Cheney, two years.\\n1818.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uriah Wilcox.\\n1S19.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Cheney.\\n1820. Uriah Wilcox, two years.\\n1822.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Breck.\\n1823.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Allen.\\n1824. William Cheney, two years.\\n1826.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Allen.\\n1827.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Cheney.\\n1828. Oliver Jenckes, two years.\\n1830. Moses P. Durkee, two years.\\n1832. Austin Corbin, two years.\\n1833. Benjamin B. French and Seth Richards.\\n1834. Josiah Stevens, Jr., and Amasa Edes.\\n1836. Josiah Stevens, Jr., and James Breck.\\n1837. Josiah Stevens, Jr., and Jeremiah D. Nettle-\\nton.\\n1838.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah Stevens, Jr., and Alvin Hatch.\\n1839.- Jeremiah D. Nettleton and John B. Stowell.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alvin Hatch and Josiah Forsaith.\\n1841.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Zina Goldthwaite.\\n1842. Amos Little and Zina Goldthwaite.\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amos Little and Silas Metcalf\\n1844.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Silas Metcalf and Nathan Mudgett.\\n1845. James Hall and Bela Nettleton.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Hall and Nathan White.\\n1847.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathan White and Stephen Parker.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel C. Todd and Edward Wyman.\\n1849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel C. Todd and David Allen.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Allen and Nathan Mudgett.\\n1851.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bela Nettleton and Edw. Wheeler.\\n1852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edw. Wheeler and Ralph Metcalf.\\n1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ralph Jletcalf and II. G. Carleton.\\n1854. Mason Hatch aud Benjamin F. Sawyer.\\n1856. John Trask and Jabez Thompson.\\n1857. John Trask and Thonia.s Sanborn.\\n1858. Thomas Sanborn and John H. Hunton.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paul J. Wheeler and John H. Hunton.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paul J. Wheeler and Samuel H. Edes.\\n1861. Paul J. Wheeler and Samuel H. Edes.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paul J. Wheeler and William Nourse.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi B. Barton and Calvin Wilcox.\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi W. Barton and Calvin Wilcox.\\n1865. ^Dexter Richards and Shepherd L. Bowers.\\n1866. Dexter Richards and Hiuian A. Averill.\\n1867. Himan A. Averill and Charles Emerson.\\n1868. Benjamin F. Sawyer and John Cooper.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1085.jp2"}, "990": {"fulltext": "276\\nHISTORY OF STTLLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1870. Dexter Richards and Orren Osgood.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Orreu Osgood and Ezra T. Sibley.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ezra T. Sibley and Perley S. Coffin.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pcrley S. Coffin and E. C.Converse.\\n1874. Voted not to send.\\n1875. Eben L. Rowell, HaLsey C. Leavitt and L.\\nW. Barton.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eben L. Rowell, Alex. V. Hitchcock and L.\\nW. Barton.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ale.x. V. Hitchcock, L. W. Barton and Geo.\\nH. Fairbanks.\\n1878. llinian Averill, George F. Whitney (2d)\\nand Jeremiah Ij. Elkins.\\n1879. (George F. Whitney (2d) and .Jeremiah L.\\nElkins.\\n(In accordance with the constitutional amendment\\nof 1870, the sessions of the Legislature were made\\nbiennial from the last date.)\\n1881. Thomas B. Sanborn and Augustus Wylie.\\n1883. Dana J. Mooncy and George H. Towle.\\n1885. Shepherd L. Bowers and Seth 51. Richards.\\nUriah Wil ox was delegate to the conventiou\\nthat formed the present State Constitution.\\nBela Nettletou and Nathan Mudgett were\\ndelegates to the convention called to revise the\\nState Constitution in 1850.\\nDexter Richards, L. W. Barton and John\\nB. Cooper were delegates to the Constitutional\\nConvention of 1870.\\nNathan Mudgett and Dexter Richards have\\nbeen members of the Council.\\nUriah Wilcox, David Allen, Austin Corbin,\\nJeremiah D. Nettleton, Levi W. Barton and\\nGeorge H. Fairbanks have been State Senators.\\nThe following natives and former residents\\nhave held distinguished positions in other towns\\nand States Samuel C. Baldwin, Plymouth,\\nMass. George Dustin, Peterborough, N. II.\\nSimeon Wheeler, Jr., Norfolk, Va. George E.\\nJenks, Concord Josiali Stevens, Jr., Secretary\\nof State, Concord Ralph Metcalf, Governor\\nof New Hampshire Simon Brown, Lieutenant-\\nGovernor of Mas.sachusetts Edwin O. Stan-\\nard, Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri and\\nmember of Congress Edmund Burke and\\nMason W. Tappan, also members of Congress.\\nSELECTMEN.\\n1769. Samuel Hurd, Jesse Wilcox, Amos Hall.\\n1770. .Jesse Wilcox, Ezra Parmelee, Jesse Lane.\\n1771. Robert Lane, Jes.se Wilcox, Samuel Hurd.\\n1772. Benjamin Giles, Jes.se Wilcox, Amos Hall.\\n1773. Aaron Buell, Jesse Wilcox, Samuel Hurd.\\n1774. Josiah Stephens, Samuel Hurd, Jesse Wil-\\ncox.\\n1775. Josiah Stevens, Aaron Buell, Jesse Lane.\\n1770. Josiali Stevens, Aaron Buell, Samuel Hurd.\\n1777. Jesse Lane, Jedediah Reynolds, Ezra Par-\\nmelee.\\n1778.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aaron Buell, Samuel Hurd, Uriah Wil-\\ncox.\\n1779. Benjamin Giles, Aaron Buell, Ezra Parme-\\nlee.\\n1780. Benjamin Giles, Ellas Bascom, yamuel\\nHurd.\\n1781. Aaron Buell, Elias Bascom, Ezra Parme-\\nlee.\\n1782. Aaron Buell, Elias Bascom, Uriah Wilcox.\\n1783. Jesse Lane, Jedediah Reynolds, I hineas\\nChapin.\\n1784.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jedediah Reynolds, Christopher Newton,\\nUriah Wilcox.\\n1785. Jedediah Reynolds, Christopher Newton,\\nJohn Lane.\\n1780. Aaron Buell, Samuel Church, Jesse Lane.\\n1787. .Jedediah Reynolds, Ezra Parmelee, Stephen\\nPerry.\\n1788. Jesse Lane, Samuel Hurd, Uriah Wilcox.\\n1789. Jesse Lane, Uriah Wilcox, Samuel Church.\\n1790.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uriah Wilcox, Jesse Wilcox, Thomas War-\\nner.\\n1791. Uriah Wilcox, Jesse Lane, Jeremiah Jenks.\\n1792.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uriah Wilcox, Elias Metcalf, Matthew\\nBuell.\\n1793. Jesse Lane, Samuel Church, Elias Metcalf.\\n1794._Uriah Wilcox, Matthew Buell, Reuben Bas-\\ncom.\\n1705.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uriah Wilcox, Phineas Chapin, Elias Met-\\ncalf.\\n1796. James Corbin, Reuben Bascom, Elias Met-\\ncalf.\\n1797. Uriah Wilcox, Reuben Bascom, Elias Met-\\ncalf.\\n1798.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Church, Phineas Chapin, Elias Met-\\ncalf.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1086.jp2"}, "991": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n277\\n1799. Samuel Church, Phineas Chapin, Joseph\\nBascom.\\n1800. Samuel Church, Phineas Chapin, Jeremiah\\nNettleton.\\n1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Church, Phineas Chapin, Josiah\\nStevens.\\n1802, Samuel Church, Phineas Chapin, Jesse Wil-\\ncox, Jr.\\n1803. Jesse Wilcox, Jr., Joseph Bascom, Stephen\\nHurd.\\n1804. Jesse Wilcox, Jr., Phineas Chapin, Josiah\\nWakefield.\\n1805. Jesse Wilcox, Jr., Reul)eu Bascom, Moses\\nP. Durkee.\\n1806. Moses P. Durkee, Reuben Bascom, Joseph\\nBascom.\\n1807. Josiah Wakefield, Joseph Bascom, Reuben\\nBascom.\\n1808. Jesse Wilcox, Jr., Phineas Chapin, David\\nAllen.\\n1809. Samuel Church, Phineas Chapin, Jesse\\nWilcox.\\n1810. Samuel Church, William Cheney, Phineas\\nChapin.\\n1811. Samuel Church, Josiah Wakefield, Moses\\nP. Durkee.\\n1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Cheney, Caleb Heath, Peter Stow.\\n1813.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Peter Stow, Caleb Heath, Arphaxad Wliit-\\ntlesay.\\n1814.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Peter Stow, Oliver Jeuckes, William McAl-\\naster.\\n1815. Oliver Jenckes, Josiah Wakefield, Erastus\\nBaldwin.\\n181G. William Cheney, Josiah Wakefield, Oliver\\nJenckes.\\n1817. William Cheney, Josiah Wakefield, James\\nD. Walcott.\\n1818.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Cheney, James I). Walcott. James\\nBreck.\\n181 .i. William Cheney, James D. Walcolt, James\\nBreck.\\n1820. James Breck, David Allen, Oliver Jenckes.\\n1821. James Breck, David Allen, Oliver Jenckes.\\n1822. James Breck, David Allen, Oliver Jeuckes.\\n1823. Oliver Jenckes, James D. Walcott, Austin\\nCorbin.\\n1824. Oliver Jencke-s, James D. Walcott, Moses\\nP. Durkee.\\n1825. Oliver Jenckes, James D. Walcott, David\\nAllen.\\n1826. James D. Walcott, Israel Kelley, Samuel\\nHurd.\\n1827. Oliver Jenckes, James D. Walcott, David\\nAllen.\\n1828. James Breck, Joseph Farusworth, Henry\\nKelaey.\\n1829. James Breck, Henry Kelsey, Joseph Farns-\\nworth.\\n1830.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Allen, Austin Corbin, Seth Rich-\\nards.\\n1831.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Allen, Austin Corbin, Seth Rich-\\nards.\\n1832.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Seth Richards, Silas Wakefield, J. D. Net-\\ntleton.\\n1833.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Silas Wakefield, J. D. Nettleton, Seth Rich-\\nards.\\n1834.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. D. Nettleton, Henry Kelsey, Samuel F.\\nChellis.\\n1835. Alvin Hatch, Edward Wynian, Charles Cor-\\nbin.\\n1836. Alvin Hatch, Edward Wyuuui, Charles Cor-\\nbin.\\n1837. Josiah Stevens, Jr., John B. Stowell, Par-\\nmenas Whitcomb.\\n1838. John B. Stowell, Parnienas Whitcond), Silas\\nMetcalf.\\n1839.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amos Little, Silas Metcalf, Jonathan M.Wil-\\nmarth.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eli Twitchcll, Ziiia (iddthwaite, .Touathan\\nCutting.\\n1S41. Nathan Mudgett, J. M. Wilmarth, Jonathan\\nCutting.\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bela Nettleton, Nathan Mudgett, Alexander\\nMetcalf.\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathan White, .b.sepli Hoyt, James Hall.\\n1844.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John B. Stowell, J. D. Nettleton, Natlianiel\\n0. Page.\\n1845.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. D. Nettleton, Edward Wyman, Zina Cold-\\nthwaite.\\n1846. Edward Wyman, Jonathan Cutting, Isaac\\nGritfin.\\n1847. Edward Wyman, Jonathan (Jutting, Josiali\\nBailey.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edward Wyman, J. 1). Nettleton, Sylvanua\\nEarned.\\n1849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dexter Richanls, J. D. Nettleton, David A.\\nFarrington.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1087.jp2"}, "992": {"fulltext": "278\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dexter Richards, J. D. Nettleton, David A.\\nFarrington.\\n1851. Dexter Richards, David A. Farrington, J.\\nD. Nettleton.\\n1852. Dexter Richards, John H. Higbee, Mark\\nGove.\\n1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan Cutting, Ezra T. Sibley, Calvin N.\\nPerkins.\\n1854. Jonathan Cutting, Calvin N. Perkins, Aus-\\ntin L. Kibbey.\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John H. Higbee, Austin L. Kibbey, Charles\\nEmerson.\\n1856. John H. Higbee, Charles Emerson, C. C.\\nShedd.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 AVilliam Emerson, C. C. Shedd, Albert S.\\nAdams.\\n185g. William Emerson, Albert S. Adams, Henry\\nA. Jenckes.\\n1859,_Dexter Richards, SylvanusG.Stowell, Sam-\\nuel K. Wright.\\nISgO.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Francis Boardman, Abuer Hall, Moses C.\\nAyer.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Francis Boardman, Moses C. Ayer, Lewis\\nW. Randall.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Francis Boardman, Lewis W. Rand.all, Or-\\nange Whitney.\\n18G3. J. M. Wilniarth, Orange Whitney, Moses W.\\nEmerson.\\n1864. Fr.ancis Boardman, Moses W. Emerson, Sim-\\neon Whittier.\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George W. Nourse, Simeon Whittier, Wil-\\nliam Kelley.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George W. Nourse, William Kelley, John B.\\nCooper.\\n1867. George W. Nourse, John B. Cooper, William\\nH. Sprague.\\n1868. George W. Nourse, William H. Sprague,\\nFrank W. Rawsou.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George W. Nourse, William Dunton, Orren\\nC. Kibbey.\\n1870. George W. Nourse, Orren C. Kibbey, Wil-\\nliam H. Perry.\\n1871. George W. Nourse, William H. Perry, L. F.\\nDodge.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George W. Nourse, L. F. Dodge, Augustus\\nWylie.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Nettleton, Augustus Wylie, William\\nB. Kibbie.\\n1874. Daniel Nettleton, Lyman Rounseval, Benja-\\nmin Marshall.\\n1875. Francis Boardman, William Woodbury,\\nGeorge H. Towles.\\n1876.^Francis Boardman, William Woodbury,\\nGeorge H. Towles.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Woodbury, George H. Towles,\\nCharles A. Silsby.\\n1878. Freeman Cutting, Daniel G. Chadwick, Fred-\\nerick S. Little.\\n1879. Freeman Cutting, -Daniel G. Chadwick,\\nFrederick S. Little.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel G. Chadwick, Alfred J. Gould, D. J.\\nMooney.\\n1881\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel G. Chadwick, Alfred J. Gould, George\\nA. Ellis.\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John B. Cooper, George F. Whitney (2d),\\nEdwin R. Miller.\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel G. Chadwick, Alfred J. Gould, Wil-\\nliam H. Perry.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel G. Chadwick, Alfred J. Gould, Wil-\\nliam H. Perry.\\n1885. Daniel P. Quimby, George S. Stone, Charles\\nEmerson.\\nSTATE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\nWilliam H. H. Allen. Benjamin F. Haven.\\nEdmund Burke.\\nL. W. Barton.\\nIra McL. Barton.\\nShepard L. Bowers.\\nLyman J. Brooks.\\nGeorge R. Brown.\\nFrancis Boardman.\\nMartin A. Barton.\\nAustin Corhin.\\nRufus P. Claggett.\\nSamuel H. Edes.\\nGeo. E. Pame.\\nThomas W. Gilmore.\\nA. V. Hitchcock.\\nRichard S. Howe.\\nRalph Metcalf.\\nAaron Matson.\\nWilliam F. Newton.\\nGeorge W. Nourse.\\nDexter Richards.\\nJacob Reddington.\\nJohn Towne.\\nAlbert S. Wait.\\nEdmund Wheeler.\\nNathan White.\\nPaul J. Wheeler.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND QUORITM.\\nJames Breck.\\nHenry E. Baldwin.\\nWilliam Cheney.\\nAmasa Edes.\\nJames A. Gregg.\\nJames Hall.\\nElisha M. Kempton.\\nAmos Little.\\nJ. D. Nettleton.\\nBela Nettleton.\\nN. O. Page.\\nEdward Wyman.\\nEdward A. Jenks.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1088.jp2"}, "993": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n279\\ncounty oftiees since the formation of Sullivan\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\nouuty\\nDavid Allen.\\nF. W. Lewis.\\nDavid Allen, Jr.\\nSol. H. Moody.\\nClerks of the Court. Benjamin B. French, Thomas\\nCyrus Barton.\\nSilas Metcalf.\\nW. Gilmore, W. H. H. Allen, William F. Newton,\\nH. .T. Barton.\\nM. H. Moody.\\nGeorge E. Dame.\\nSawyer Belknap.\\nNathan Mudgett.\\nSolicitors. Edmund Burke, Samuel H. Edes, Levi\\nGeorge S. Barton.\\nH. J. Marshall.\\nW. Barton.\\nDavid B. Chapin.\\nW. H. Mct!rillis.\\nSheriff s. David Allen, Frederick Claggett, Rufus\\nH. G. Carleton.\\nHubbard Newton.\\nP. Claggett, Milton S. J.ickson.\\nJ. C. Crocker.\\nA. Nettleton, Jr.\\nTreasurers. Jonathan M. Wilmarth, I aul J.\\nD. D. Chapin.\\nA. F. Nettleton.\\nWheeler.\\nE. L. Cutts.\\nSamuel F. Nims.\\nWilliam Emerson.\\nWilliam Nourse.\\nCommissioner. Francis Boardman.\\nJonathan Emerson.\\nChase Noyes.\\nMegisters of Deeds.- Cyrus Barton, Calvin Wilcox,\\nJosiah Forsaith.\\nJohn S. Parmelee.\\nN. B. Cutting, Henry E. Baldwin, Henry G. Carleton,\\nGeorge H. Fairbanks.\\nGranville Pollard.\\nMatthew Harvey, John Towne, L. W. Barton, Arthur\\nCalvin N. Fletcher.\\nAbiel D. Pike.\\nH. Ingram, Elisha M. Kemjiton, William E. Brooks,\\nZina Goldthwaite.\\nCalvin H. Pike.\\nAlonzo D. Howard.\\nCaleb Heath.\\nDaniel P. Quimby,\\nJailors. David Harris, James L. Riley, Martin A.\\nPaul S. Adams.\\nJames S. Riley.\\nBarton, Milton- S. Jackson, Rufus P. Claggett.\\nAlbert S. Adams.\\nIsaac A. Reed.\\nJudge of Probafc.~W. H. H. Allen.\\nE. P. Burke.\\nJoseph S. Hoyt.\\nRegisters of Probate.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aarou Nettleton, Jr., Ralph\\nElbridge Bradford.\\nJohn H. Higbee.\\nMetcalf, Henry E. Baldwin, Henry G. Carleton, Ed-\\nWilliam E. Brooks.\\nNathan E. Reed.\\nB. F. Carr.\\nSeth Richards.\\nward Wyniau, Shejiherd L. Bowers, George R.\\nBrown.\\nE. C. Converse.\\nS. M. Richards.\\nFrederick Claggett.\\nJosiah Stevens.\\nThe ])ostma.sters since the office was first es-\\nFrederick Chapin.\\nE. E. Stearns.\\ntablished in 1810 are as follows\\nAustin Corbin, Jr.\\nJosejjh Sawyer, Jr.\\nGeorge Dodge.\\nB. F. Sawyer.\\nArnold Ellis. John B. Stowell.\\nW. S. Eastman.\\nEzra Stowell.\\nErastus Baldwin. Sawyer Belknap.\\nGeorge C. Edes.\\nFrank A. Sibley.\\nLucy C. Baldwin. David W. Watkins.\\nB. B. French.\\nJonathan Silsby.\\nAaron Nettleton, Jr. Sarah M. Watkins.\\nH. D. Foster.\\nAllen Towne.\\nBela Nettleton. Sam Nims.\\nJeremiah Fogg.\\nN. C. Todd.\\nSeth Richards. George W. Nourse.\\nMilton Glidden.\\nGeorge H. Towle.\\nCalvin Wilcox. John J. Dudley (1885).\\nE. D. Hastings.\\nC. A. Thompson.\\nA. F. Howard.\\nD. W. Watkins.\\nA post-office was established at North New-\\nMatthew Harvey.\\nA. P. Wellcome.\\nport in 1878, and Ezra T. Sibley appointed\\nDavid Harris.\\nSiloam S. Wilcox.\\npostmaster.\\nGeorge Herrick.\\nAugustus Wylie.\\nAn office wa.s also ojiened at Guild, in the\\nAlvin Hatch.\\nCalvin Wilcox.\\neastern part of the town, in 1882, and George\\nArthur H. Ingram.\\nParmenas Whitcomb.\\nHeritage was appointed postmaster.\\nOliver Jenckes.\\nJohn Wilcox.\\nThe main office is in the village.\\nM. S. Jackson.\\nWilliam Woodbury.\\nWilliam Kelley.\\nThe following citize\\nns of Newport have held", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1089.jp2"}, "994": {"fulltext": "280\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nNEWPORT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Co\u00e2\u0080\u009e(,-\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009eerf).\\nMISCELLANEODS.\\nDuring the one huudred and twenty years\\nsince the first tree was felled in the settlement\\nuntil the present, Newport, in common with the\\nrest of the world, has had its periods of local\\nexcitement of various kinds, to which we may\\nproperly refer at this time.\\nThere have been times when households have\\nbeen darkened and the whole community\\nthoroughly alarmed. Such was the case when,\\nin the year 178o, a putrid-nervous fever,\\nso-called, visited many families and was fear-\\nfullv destructive of human life. In the year\\n1812 a disease called the spotted fever is said to j\\nhave carried nearly one hundred of the people to\\ntheir graves. In the year 1825 the typhus fever\\nrasred to an alarming extent. There r.re said\\nto have been some two hundred and fifty cases\\nin the months from August to December of\\nthat year, twenty-six of which proved fatal, and\\nthe record of iiKjrtulity for the year was fifty-\\nfive.\\nIn the years 18; .:3, 1840 and 1880 the small-\\npox made its appearance, causing a thorough\\nscare on each occasion. Roads were fenced\\nacross, pest-houses were established and othei-\\nsanitary measures adopted to jircvent the ex-\\ntending of the disease. Thus circumscribed\\nand guarded, the mortality occasioned has been\\nt^uite limited. There have been sea.sons when\\nscarlet fever has widely pi-evailed and been\\nvery fatal among children; but in later years\\neducated and skillful physicians have done\\nmuch to counteract the influence and spread of\\nepidemic diseases, and allay excitements arising\\nfrom their prevalence.\\nWe may turn from the ct)ntemplation of\\nperiods of sickness and death to matters of a\\nmore pleasing character, and regard with satis-\\nfaction the superior education and abilities of\\nMrs. Benjamin Bragg, who is said to have es-\\ntimated the first taxes levied in the town or\\nangle for trout in the South Branch, and drop\\nin at the camp of Captain Ezra Parmelee, near\\nits brink, for a siesta on his couch, made from a\\nhalf-section of a large hollow tree, cut at suit-\\nable length and placed upon legs or supports,\\nlike a grand piano, it was stuffed with pine-\\nneedles and dried leaves, and upholstered with\\nquilts and blankets, and met all the conditions\\nnecessary to repose after a day of toil or start\\nout with all the men of the neigliborhood and\\ndogs and guns in pursuit of a thievish old bear,\\nthat had many times depredated upon the pig-\\npens and sheep-cotes and garden patches of the\\nsettlers in fact, that had become the bete noire\\nof the community, and capture the villain in\\nthe top of a tree by the light of torches or\\nmake our way into the old Proprietors House\\nsome time about the last of July, 1776, and\\nlisten to the reading of the Declaration of In-\\ndependence, wiiich had come in on foot or on\\nhorseback, certainly not by steam or electricity\\nor investigate the larder of Mrs. Ebenezer\\nMerritt, who kept her sixteen boarders in good\\nhumor and tlieir stomachs full on the milk of a\\nfarrow cow, a bag of meal, and fish taken from\\nthe river or ]ay the agreeable to ]\\\\Irs. Ezra\\nParmelee, over her baked potatoes and a rib of\\npig-pork or feast on the mince-pies made of\\npumpkins and bears meat, from the oven of\\nMrs. Matthew Buell or call upon the ambitious\\nlady of ye olden time, who cut her bright pew-\\nter basin in two parts, and so disposed them on\\nthe dresser as to excite the envy of her less\\nprosperous neighbors or stand near while Mrs.\\nChristopher Newton (who, l)y the wav, was a\\nGiles), by her superior mathematical knowledge\\nallotted to its thirsty proprietors their several\\nshares, pro r(it i, in the first Ijarrel of rum\\nlanded in Newport or take an airing up and\\ndown Main Street with Captiiin Matthew Buel\\n(1810) in his new gig-wagon, the first intro-\\nduced.\\nThe first marriage ceremony in town is said\\nto have taken place under the sighing boughs\\nof a lofty pine-tree. It is matter of regret that", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1090.jp2"}, "995": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n281\\nnames and dates are not to be had to give in-\\nterest to tliis statement.\\nAnotlier wedding i.s .-spoken of as having oc-\\ncnrred at a very early period 1777 tiiat of\\nJonathan Brown and Sarah Emery, at the house\\nof Amos Hall, (in the S intli road, near the Uni-\\nty line. All the people in town were invited.\\nThe turn-outs on the oeeasion consisted of two\\none-horse entters and twenty-four ox-sleds.\\nTiie prancing bovine.s were iiawed and geed\\nthrough tiie snow-drifts up to the front-door to\\nde])osit and receive the wedding guests. No\\nAncient Mariner with glittering eye detained\\na guest. Our progenitors liad loss trouble in get-\\nting wives than did those first Romans, who,\\nfinding their state of no value without women,\\nfell upon the unfortunate Sabines, sword in\\nhand, and acquired by force of arms what they\\nhad been unable to obtain in a less hostile man-\\nner, a process tluu oughly at variance with what\\nwe know about real old-fashioned New England\\ncourtino- and marrying.\\nAmong the names that have come down to\\nthis generation with more or less of interest is\\nthat of Coit. It has by common consent been\\nindorsed upon one of the most prominent eleva-\\ntions of land in our pi turesque town, from\\nwhose granite brow the lover of fine views can\\nsurvey the delightful valley of tlie Sugar, the\\nvillage of Newjiort and villas and farms all\\nabout, hobnol) with Kearsarge on the east, As-\\ncutney on the west, while Croydon and Sunapee,\\nwith their vast intermediate sweeps, furnish the\\nnorthern and southern outlook.\\nThe Coit family made its appearance in\\nNewport near the close of the last century.\\nThe male head was an American citizen of Af-\\nrican descent, and, we might add, proclivities\\nalso. The wife was a white woman who had\\nformed a connubial alliance with this sooty man\\nand brother for reasons best known to herself.\\nThe Coit homestead was well elevated upcm a\\nslope of the mountain, and it comes to us with\\nthe traditions of that time that the trace-chains,\\ncrow-bars, iron wedges, axes and other imple-\\nments of wood and farm work, by some mag-\\nnetic or other process, mystei iously found their\\nway, in the hours of darkne.ss, to the premises\\nof the Coits.\\nIt was a clear case on C )it. He wasbrontrht\\nbefore a magistrate and sentenced to receive\\nthirty-nine lashes on his Ijare baci there being\\nno jail in which to incarcerate the thief The\\nmajesty of the law was vindicated at the whip-\\nping-post, which stood not far from the south-\\neast corner of Main and ^laple Streets. At in-\\ntervals during the progress of the whipping the\\nwoman came forward and tenderly bathed his\\nlacerated back with rum from a .saucer, and at\\nits close soothed her own lacerated feeling-s bv\\ndrinking the bloody potation from the saucer.\\nIt was while Coit was thus expiating his of-\\nfenses towards an exasperated community and a\\nviolated law that he gave utterance, among\\nother doleful laments and expressions, to the\\nbottom conclusion of his heart Dis worl is\\nonly a few minnits full of worrv exhibiting;\\nthe philosopher and the man in his hour of great\\ntrial.\\nThe moral reflection, or conclusion, to which\\nwe arrive in view of the foregoing, is that this\\nbeautiful mountain, so-called, to which our\\npeople so much resort for picnic jmrposes and\\nfine breezes, is destined to bear to fiiture gener-\\nations the name of a thieving negro, while the\\nrespectable fathers of the town, the philoso-\\nphi rs, teachers, preachers, chief captains and\\nmighty men shnnber around its base comj)ara-\\ntively unhonored and unsung. Such are the ap-\\nparently unjust and unequal awards or sar-\\ncasms of Fame.\\nFor more than fifty years there lived on the\\nsoutheastern acclivity of Coit Mountain an hon-\\nest farmer by the name of Nathan Currier. He\\ncame from Amcsbury, Mass., to that rugged\\nhillside farm in 1800 and was borne from thence\\nto his gi ave in 1857. We refer to him as an\\nold-time worthy citizen, and more particularly\\nas the only man who has come to our knowledge\\nin the annals of the town who theoretically and", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1091.jp2"}, "996": {"fulltext": "282\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\npractically asserted himself as perfectly satisfied\\nwith his condition in life and the sufficiency of\\nhis worldly possessions.\\nAs evidence of tliis statement, it is said that\\nnews once came to him of tiie death of a rela-\\ntive in Massachusetts, by which a legacy of\\nabout one thousand dollars awaited his reception,\\nwhereupon he counseled with his son Oliver\\nwhether it was best to receive it or not. He\\npointed to the lands adjoining his farm on the\\nnorth and said All rocks above He\\nlooked toward the valley of the Sugar on the\\nsouth and said All sand down there and\\nseeing no way of investing the money satisfac-\\ntorily Guessed he wouldn t take it got\\nenough! Dummit! We may explain that the\\nstrongest word used by him in (jualifviug an\\nassertion was Dummit, on account of which he\\nwas familiarly characterized Old Dummit. He\\nwasalso a man of few words and coujunctions and\\nother connectives were almost entirely excluded\\nfrom his vocabularj^ In regard to punctuation he\\nsometimes made very long pauses connncncing\\na sentence or a narrative one day and complet-\\ning it the next. One of his most cherished\\nhousehold gods was a spy-glass, which gener-\\nally occupied some wooden pegs over the\\nkitchen door. With this he amused himself in\\nviewing the suiToundiug scenery and in taking\\na kind of bird s-eye view of the movements of\\nhis neighbors. He was also able, from his ele-\\nvated situation, to watch the rise and progress\\nof thunder-showers, that sometimes suddenly\\narise in the haying season to interrupt the work\\nof the hay-makers.\\nOn one occasion he saw an approaching\\nshower, and by dint of great activity, he and\\nOliver were able to get their hay in the l)arn\\nbefore the rain came on. He then proceeded\\nto investigate with his glass the condition of\\nhis neighbors and found they had received a\\nprofuse wetting. Hence tlie value of the glass.\\nHis headcpiarters in the village were at the\\nold Nettleton store, and when he felt that he\\nhad been particularly smart he would hitch\\nup the old horse and drive in to recount to a\\nnumber of kindred spirits he was sure to find\\non that corner, as well as the other spirits that\\nwere present there, the history of his exploits,\\nwhi h ran thus Saw shower scratch d to\\ngot our n in took it down {i.e., the glass),\\nshoved it up stuck it out look d down on\\nem cocks all out dummit I la-a-f d.\\nOn another occasion he came out at sunrise\\none morning and saw in a field in front of his\\nhouse some kind of a wild animal. He returned\\nto the house for his gun and prepared to shoot\\nthe beast, but his courage failed. Putting\\naway his gun he went down to consult with his\\nneighlior Paul, who ridiculed the idea of its\\nlieing a dangerous animal, and said it was only\\na raccoon.\\nThe account given of the matter, as reported\\nby one of the old luihltucs at the corner, ran as\\nfollows Got up fore sun went on piece\\nafore see one thought t was a wild one set-\\ntin up on his hind ones holdin up his fore\\nones and stickin out his picked one {i.e., his\\nnose) went in got ready to fire I up and\\ndasn t went down told Dan Dan said, Poh\\nnothing but a rac, dummit. Thus, in\\nfew and short \\\\\\\\-ords and long pauses, Old\\nDummit finished lus eccentric career.\\nCaptain George W. Brown, a native of New-\\nport, the incidents of whose life have made him\\nsomewhat prominent, was born May 10, 1835,\\nat the homestead of his parents, sometimes\\nknown as the Benjamin Teal place, located\\non the road leading to Unity Springs in the\\nsouth part of the town. The Browns after-\\nward removed to the village and occupied a\\npart of the building then standing on the north-\\neast corner of Main aud Maple Streets, where\\nXathan Brown, the father of George W. died\\nOctober 11, 1840, leaving his wife and several\\nsmall children with somewhat limited resources,\\naside from their personal effects for support.\\nAbout this time George W., the subject of\\nthis sketch, then a lad of about eleven years of\\n.nge, was employed by Shubael Hawes, a retired", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1092.jp2"}, "997": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n283\\nsea captain, tlien living on a farm on the Croy-\\ndon road about a mile north of Newjjort\\nvillage. The discovery of gold in California\\nhad induced Captain Hawcs to purchase andfit\\nout at Boston, a trading or merchant vessel for\\nSan Francisco on the Pacific coast and George\\nwho had read Jack Halyard and other sea\\nstories, and conversed freely with Captain\\nHawes, became thoroughly enlisted in this\\nenterprise, and would have sailed away with the\\nenterprising captain, but for the protests and\\nobjections of his affectionate mother. As time\\nwent on, however, his desire for the sea and a\\nsailor s life in no wise abated. In the spring of\\nl.S.5t) he again met his old friend and .sometime\\nscliool-fellow, (ieorge E. Belknap, (now Com-\\nmodore) then a midshipman in the United\\nStates Navy, returned frcmi his first cruise\\nand while no influence was exerted on the part\\nof Lieutenant Belknap to encourage him in\\nthis matter, he quietly determined to avail him-\\nself of the first opportunity to go to sea.\\nAfter the departui e of Captain Hawes,\\nGeorge found employment through the influ-\\nence of his friend, Frederick Claggett, Esq.,\\nthen slieriiF of the county, in a marble-yard at\\nSpringfield, Vt. A few months at picking and\\nhammering ou grave-stones and otlier marble\\nwork, fully satisfied his ambition in that direc-\\ntion, and led to an arrangement with two other\\nboys for a clandestine departure for Boston.\\nOne of these boys was possessed of between\\nthree and four dollars, and was to furnish cap-\\nital on which to float the enterprise; but when\\nthe time for their departure came the courage\\nof both tailed, and George found himself alone\\nwithout a single cent in his pocket. His only\\ncapital was indomitable pluck, and this was\\nequal to the emergency. On a Sunday morning\\nhe drove the family to church, as usual, return-\\ning with the team, and in his anxiety to grasp\\nthe little bundle he had packed and deposited\\nin the barn early in the morning, and take his\\ndeparture, the last part of his Sunday morning\\nservice, the going for the family, was omitted.\\n19\\nWith a feeling that there was a wide world\\nbefore and around him, he jnit out on toot and\\nalone for the Connecticut Biver Itridge. For-\\ntunately for him, the toll-gate was on the New\\nHampshire side, and he had passed quite over\\nbefore he was hailed for the one-cent tare, which\\nhe was unable to pay. His legs, however, did\\ngood service in this financial crisis, and the\\ngood woman of the bridge, by whom he was\\npursued, soon gave up the chase and in nautical\\nparlance fell a.stern.\\nGeorge begged and worked his way to Bos-\\nton, arriving in that city April .30, 1850. The\\nnext mornino; he began looking: about for a\\nvessel, and in attempting to pass over the\\nbridge from Boston to Charlesto\\\\^n, another\\ntoll-gate obstructed his progress. There was\\nno opj)ortunity for a race this time, and while\\nhe stood chaft crino; with the toll gatherer a\\nsailor came up, and when asked for his penny\\nfare, said he was going to a vessel at the draw,\\nwhereupon George took a hint and also wished\\nto board a vessel at the draw, and they were\\npermitted to pass. At the draw George tbund\\na brig hauling through, and stepping up to the\\ncaptain, asked if he wanted a boy on board.\\nThe sailor answered emphatically and with a\\nbig oath in the negative, but George was pre-\\npared for bluff treatment, and pushed his ap-\\nplication still further by jumjting on board\\nwithout invitation or pcrmLssitm, and taking\\na hand witli the tars as they went on. The\\nvessel was the brig Delhi, Captain Hodgson,\\nand sailed from Boston to Matanzas, Cuba, ou\\nMay 10th, George s fifteentli birthday. He\\nwas coimectcd with her until she was stranded,\\nin July, IHol. After this he visited his\\nmother in Newport, returning again to his sea-\\nfjiring life with the same captain, in the brigs\\nBorneo and Marshfiild, filling every posi-\\ntion from cabin-boy to mate, until 1855, when\\nCaptain Hodgson left him in command of the\\nMnrshfield.\\nThe first voyage of now Captain George W.\\nBrown was to Surinam, where he was pros-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1093.jp2"}, "998": {"fulltext": "F SnXJTA COCXTY^ XEW Jl\\\\M,\\nan aoaok TidL w leTer, om of BQ\u00c2\u00bbjk foxz in\\nrenxTD\\nmrdi ir annovan** iPjBI Yeilow Jaefc. poesesaoe did\u00c2\u00a3 town. He\\nC Town refnained in die esoploj. lo wiifa d^\u00c2\u00bbBEfce5.\\n_ :t\u00c2\u00ab Vkt- sake t.\\nml-: easeeed die naTv as amn^ mand.\\ncuiarcr, ;utd nxs ocdered navisaiioo jSieet to Captain Bcc wn iias in he poiase^ioa tbe aa-\\nHe was affce: _ oxut-marml dmr in\\nWa~ciigtoeu If. C_ wfaese he became ateqaaint-\\nariid wa:^ bj hk loc^ues ordered to the ounisand\\nf^ the r^n Smirh. ooe die selwjtmars of\\nfrst Tear s anaek tja Tlefcsbor^. He was\\nafteFwaid ssk to Ha ^^ana with \u00e2\u0080\u00a2i^nteites to tLe\\nwen; tite dr^ ar tiie Xorti.\\nOn tt-7 of tibi tirsE year s anack\\n^3 5 veseL with\\nd- _ -.rs. was otdoted\\nn- -rth asift La dte capeise of Rkfantond. bet:\\n:l-:r =avi\u00c2\u00abes were noc needed tiiae on accoont\\nk w5\\nHxjLP\u00c2\u00bbir-s3rrE2s I EFr. the TE!r!rESi?S3L\\nM^pJsis. Ten Jis.aarT 36. 13SS.\\n_~ -raBs. CtmimisaSits Q. B. Foreai Bran\\n_a.f Ci^- 7 _\\ntie li*ec Birar _\\nMiiwjy- ih* sceimer \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^ta wiiKii i aw. i wrii be on si\u00c2\u00bbe\\nsieasKF Wrfffliolia-\\nt\u00c2\u00bbificeis fiis; an artmi lie deec rep\u00c2\u00abir: ItiTiag b i ai\\nTsietrv nijja die e^=c\\n_ _ i:^\\nEresp-coattlly. eie_\\nCapciin Pr\\nwent to Ta.^ _\\nnavy-jaid and Teseels on tbe iojcfcs^\\nThe FoKst Kcee took jiart in nearly\\na i daring the time cf Lee s Eaid into ilary- Janaarv. IS^i. Cap^in Bmwn wae pr-\\nland they were siaxiofled c^ that dty ready for ^o^sd to volunteer liemenaoL He was \u00c2\u00abire to\\naction in esse of need. In O 2, Cap- _ \u00c2\u00b1=e-. and\\n--wn was ordered to :_ .-^-^sissippi Lake.\\nwith Admiral Poner, and sent to ^*i P*^ wa; ez ars\\nCineinnati to :k^se in fitting np the SrsE of the trom his vesseL :t, in coane\u00c2\u00ab\\nTindad Fleet- ard was onlered to the eixn-\\nr* the ni3 ooe of that afterward nomer-\\nof atm-bcats. the Forest Rcee.\\nHe was with the Sees that took Sherman to\\nVi.v--\\nHay^,:. _ _; n,^;\\nnp the ArkaiKis River to Ar et, and\\nOi\\nor-\\ndered, and had it iey\\nwoold no doabe have socceeded in setiins to\\na st^ty ap-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1094.jp2"}, "999": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n285\\npearance with their smoke-stacks knocked\\ndown, wheels broken, decks torn up in shm-t,\\nalmost wrecks.\\nCaptain Brown then returned to Vicksburg\\nand remained in that vicinity until the surren-\\nder. About a mouth prior to that event he vol-\\nunteered to take a battery of naval guns iu the\\ntrencher in Sherman s corps, Steele s division,\\nwhich held the right of our lines, where he re-\\nmained until the surrender, July 4, 1863,\\nwhen he had the honor of riding into the city\\nwith General Steele, Lieuteuaut-Commander\\n(now Commodore) AValker and others. The\\ndav following he took command of his vessel\\nand went down the river to give notice of the\\nvictory to the gun-boats belriw. About a mouth\\nlater, after several expeditions up the Retl,\\nBlack, Ouachita, Tensas and other rivers, he\\nwas ordered tn Cairo for repairs. More than\\nhalf his crew were prostrated with fever, and\\nbeing himself unable to attend to his duties on\\naccount of sickness, he was granted sick-leave\\nand went to his home in New York for a cou-\\nple of months. Returning to Cairo, he was or-\\ndered to the command oi the Queen City\\nand all the vessels convoying transports on the\\nAVhite River, carrying supplies tor (ieueral\\nSteele s army at Little Ri ok. the transports\\ngoing as tar as Duval s Bluff, the stores being\\ncarried by rail the rest of the way, the nwd be-\\nins: run bv an Ohio regiment.\\nAbout this time he made the acquaiiitantv of\\nGeneral X. B. Beauford, commanding Kastern\\nArkansas Headquarters, at Helena, who was\\norganizing a colored regiment, of which he\\nurged Captain Brown to accept the colonelcy,\\nwhich hedwlined. During his superintendence\\nof the couvo\\\\-ing of transports no accidents oc-\\ncurred and no lives were lost. He was next\\nplaced iu command of the iron-clad monitor\\nOzark, then fitting out at Cairo for the Red\\nRiver expedition sometimes known as the ot-\\nton-stealingexpetlition. The Ozark was one of\\nthe heaviest armed vessels of the squadron, having\\ntwo 11-inch guns in the turret, a lU-inch pivot\\ngun aft, and three ;t-inch guns broadsiiie. She\\nw,as built expressly for the river service. She\\ncarried a crew of about one hundred and sixtv\\nmen. The history of the Reil River exp\u00c2\u00abli-\\ntion is t(K well known to need comment here.\\nThe difficulty of navigtitiou in that crooke l\\nstream with so lai gc and heavy a vessel was\\nexceedingly great, and but for the assistance of\\ntugs and transports he would hardly have\\nreacheil (Jrand Ecore. He remained on the\\nOziirk until November. lSti4, when he re-\\nturned to New York on sick-leave.\\nIn December of the s;ime year he was ordereil\\nto the South Atlantic scjuadron and was en-\\ngaged in spe -ial duty off Charlston, S. C, in\\ncharge of the scout and pii-ket-boats.\\nThere it was his pleasure to meet, for tin-\\nfirst time during the war, witii his old friend,\\nGeorge E. Belknap, then iu command of the\\nmonitor Canonieus. The divei-s ways by\\nwhich the two Newport l)oys Mere able to meet\\niu the service of their country off Charleston,\\nS. C, which citv was, for many years, the home\\nof the writer of this sketch, also a native of\\nNewport, involves more of incident and ro-\\nmance than can pi operly he introduced in this\\nplace.\\nAfter the evacuation of Charleston, Captain\\nBrown was ordered, at his own request, to the\\ncommand of the Ciiited States brig Perry,\\nten guns, then stationed at Fern.andina, Fla.,\\nwhere he ivmained until March, IS io, when he\\nwas (n-deretl to Philadelphia, where he had ar-\\nri\\\\ed a few days prior to the assassination of\\nPresident Abraham Lincoln and where his ac-\\ntive service ended. In Se])teml)er, 1863, Cap-\\ntain Brown was honorably discharged from the\\nnaval service, having de( linetl to go before the\\nexamining board for transfer to the regular\\nnavy, preferring civil life and merchant service.\\nHe came to New York and iiad partly arranged\\nfor the purchase of a part of a vessel. One\\nj of the parties with whom he was negotiating\\nfailed to keep an appointment in the matter,\\nj which cau.*ed a feeling of disappointment on", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1095.jp2"}, "1000": {"fulltext": "286\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe part of the captain, aud iu passing down\\nWall Street towards his home in Brooklyn, by\\nway of the ferry, his eye ciiught sight of a sign\\nat No. 115 as follows: Desk Room to\\nLet. Withont fui-ther consideration lie en-\\ngaged the place, ordered the necessary furniture,\\nand some cards printed aud at once started the\\nbusiness of a ship broker, in which he contin-\\nued until 1875, in the meantime organizing the\\nNew York and Washiugtou Steamship Com-\\npany, of ^vhich he was for three years the\\nagent. Afterward he fitted out the Cuban\\nman-of-war Hornet aud sent several cargoes\\nof arms, etc., to the insurgent Cubans. At one\\ntime he took a somewhat active part in local\\npolitics, and in 1869 received the appointment\\nof assistant assessor of internal revenue, but\\nhis private business Mas of more value to him\\nthan the office, from which he retired at the\\nclose of the year.\\nIn 1875 Ca])taiu Brown was unexpectedly\\ncalled upon by the New York Marine Under-\\nwriters to go to Hayti, for the purpose of in-\\nvestigating an intricate case involving them in\\nheavy loss. His success in the matter so far\\nexceeded their expectations that inchicements\\nwere offered which caused hiui to abandon the\\nshipping business and devote himself exclu-\\nsively to the interest of marine underwriters.\\nSiuce that time he has traveled extensively,\\nmaking investigations and settlements of cases\\nin Europe, Mexico, Central and South America\\nand the West Indies. In his early days of sailor\\nlife he was brought in contact with Spanish-\\nspeaking people in foreign port.s, first picking\\nup the language by the ear and in later years\\nmaking it a study and an advantage in the\\ntransaction of business with tlie people to which\\nwe have referred.\\nThe domestic relations of Cajjtain Brown are\\nof the most agreeable character. He married,\\nOctober 18, I860, Mary E. Stainburn, of New\\nYork. They have children as follows\\nGeorge Titus, born October 16, 1861 Grace\\nStainburn, born November 7, 1866 Alfred\\nHodgdon, born April 8, 1871. The family\\noccupy a pleasant homciu the city of Brooklyn,\\nN. Y.\\nCaptain Brown is a vestryman in one of the\\nEpiscopal Churches in Brooklyn a Master Ma-\\nson a member of the Grand Army of the Re-\\npublic, his badge being No. 1242 a charter-\\nmember of Harry Lee Post, No. 24, Depart-\\nment of New York; a member of the Military\\nOrder, Loyal Legion New York Commandery\\na member of the New York Marine Society,\\nthe oldest society, excepting the Chamber of\\nCommerce, in New York a member of the\\nAmerican Legion of Honor and of the Na-\\ntional Provident Union.\\nCaptain Brown says he owes much of what\\nhe is to-day to two women, his mother, who\\ndied May 16, 1861, whose precept and exam-\\nple were the guard and guide, under Providence,\\nof his life and his wife, whose superior educa-\\ntion proved of great Itenefit to him in over-\\ncoming the scanty opportunities of his early\\nyears.\\nWe are unable to learn the exact date of the\\nestablishment of the first line of stages through\\nthis town. Soon after the Croydon turnj)ike\\nwas opened, in 1806, stages are said to have been\\nplaced upon a route running from Washington\\nto Lebanon, passing north aud south through\\nNewport. A few^ years later, by the construc-\\ntion of better roads east and west through the\\ntown, daily lines were established which diverted\\nthe travel from the turnpike line. The Croy-\\ndon turnpike was accordingly abandoned, and\\niu 1838 a public ntad laid out over its route by\\nthe town, and the old turnjiike was a pike no\\nmore.\\nWith the opening of railroads in other sec-\\ntions, the staging through this town grew small\\nby degrees and beautifully less, and during the\\ntwenty years previous to the opening of the\\nrailroad (1871) there was but one daily line.\\nThe new line east and west, referred to,\\ncommenced running from Windsor, Vt., by\\nthe way of Newport and Bradford, to Boston,", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1096.jp2"}, "1001": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n287\\nill the year 1818, and we have heard how, on\\nstage-days, tlie boys and girls, and all hands,\\nyoung and old, were on the qui vive to witness\\nthe magnificent turn-out as it swept into town,\\nand througli the street to the Eagle, or the\\nNewport Hotel, or both, where the passengers\\nwere i-efreshed, and the team changed.\\nWe doubt if tlie arrival of the first train of\\ncars in 1871, and the snorting of the iron horse,\\nattracted more attention or caused greater\\ndelight.\\nWe have had political excitements, and in\\nthis connection may refer to the local ferment\\noccasioned in 1S2 26, 27, by the dismeml)er-\\nment of old Cheshire, and the establishment of\\nthe new county of Sullivan out of its fifteen\\nmost northern towns, with the goodly town of\\nNewport as its seat of justice. The foresight\\nand energy of the leading citizens of that time\\nhave been suitably appreciated by their suc-\\ncessors and descendants, who now maintain and\\nenjoy the work then accomplished.\\nNor can wi^ overlook the great temperance\\nreform movement that burst upon the whole\\ncountry about the year 1828, aud thoroughly\\naroused this community to its important de-\\nmands.\\nThe people of New England towns and\\nvillages, in common with mankind everywhere,\\nhave had no more stubborn and satanic foe to\\ncontend with than alcohol in all its insinuating-\\nforms. It appeared in Newport mostly in the\\nguise of New England rum. At that time it\\nwas openly sold by the glass or quantity at all the\\ngeneral stores on the street, and show} bars\\nwere a conspicuous feature in the bar-rooms,\\nso-called, at the hotels, and a minister of the\\ngospel was engaged in the distilling cider\\nbrandy.\\nHere, then, came the venerable Lyman\\nBeecher, of Boston the energetic and impres-\\nsive Doctor Jewett, of Rhode Island\\nand the eminent Reuben D. Mussey, M.D.,\\nthen at the head of the Medical Department of\\nDartmouth College, at different times, and\\nfrom the pulpits of the churches denounced the\\nuse of ardent spirits as a beverage, and the\\nfirst societies for the promoti(jn of temper-\\nance wore organized, and the work went on\\nunder the earnest direction of Rev. Jolin Woods\\nand Rev. Ira Pearson, then cfhcieut pastors of\\nthe churches in this village, and was sustained\\nand augmented by the best people of the town,\\nand reform came.\\nThere are many people now living and\\nactive, who will remendier the scenes enacted\\non Main Street fifty or sixty years ago on\\npublic days, and the ohi-time resorts about\\ni which tiirongs gathered every day to enter for\\ntheir early nK^rning u;roo; as soon as tlie drowsv\\nclerk withdrew the bars and bolts and swung\\nopen the doors. Comparing that state of\\nthings with the present, wear able to estimate\\nthe degree of progress attained. No alcoholic\\nuiinister now dispenses the Ijrcad or the water\\ni of life to an alcoholic church, as Dr. Jewett,\\nheretofore referred to, once charged in tliun-\\ndering accents from the pulpit of a Congrega-\\nI tional meeting-house, and the old hats and\\nrags have been mostly witlidrawn from the\\nwindows, or if they still supply the j)laces of\\npanes, it is due to otiicr causes than I um.\\nNext in the succession of general excitements,\\nwas that caused by the work of the early Aljoli-\\ntionists, during the years from 1830 to 1840,\\ni who persevered in prcaciiing and lecturing and\\ntalking at the hazard of life and limb, broken\\nwindows in churches and school-houses and as-\\nsaults in the way of epithets and stale eggs.\\nThe discussion of that question involved the\\nexistence of churches and societies, and, in\\nmany instances, agreeable social relations.\\nThe contemplative mind will recur tr) that\\nperiod across one of the bloodiest chasms that\\never. divided a country against itself.\\nAbout the year 1 S. }8 several of the citizens\\nof the town undertook to introduce the culture\\nof the morns viidticauli. i tree and the silk-\\nworm, and the manufacture of silk goods in\\nvarious forms.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1097.jp2"}, "1002": {"fulltext": "238\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIf French and Italian skies could have\\nI)een introduced with the worm and the silk-\\ntrees to our impracticable soil and climate, a\\ndifferent result might have been obtained. As\\nit was, a good deal of speculative excitement\\nensued, and the whole matter was not more\\nunfortunate for its projectors than it proved\\nridiculous.\\nSome time during the years from 1835 to\\n1840 certain Boston manufacturers and capital-\\nists were thought to be on the alert to monopol-\\nize at low prices all the water privileges of any\\naccount on Sugar Hiver and its branches. The\\nalarm spread among the knowing ones and also\\nto some that did not know very much and not\\nonly water privileges, but real estate advanced\\nin estimation to fabulous prices, quite turning\\nthe heads of some of the dwellers upon the\\nhillside farms.\\nThe excitement suV)sided in due time, and\\nsome of the gras])ing speculators found them-\\nselves the possessors of property they could\\nneither utilize or sell without loss. It was\\nprobably about that time when a midnight cour-\\nier rode in from the Harl or with the start-\\nling intelligence that the Snnapee dam was\\nabout to explode and to warn the inhabitants\\nof the Sugar River Valley and the town of\\nNewport to prepare for an inundation, which\\ndid not, however, come to pass.\\nSubsequent to the year 1840, incited by the\\ncalculations and preaching of a man named\\nMiller, who indulged in advanced views in re-\\ngard to the second coming of the ]\\\\Iessiah, a\\nreligious sect sprung up in New England and\\nelsewhere known as Millerites. The 4th\\nday of April, afterwards changed to the lOth of\\nOctober, 1843, had been fixed by the leader of\\nthese enthusiasts a.s the great day of doom.\\nThe months previous to this date were spent in\\nthe most energetic prejjiu ation.\\nTheir headquarters at North ville were at the old\\nmeeting-house and in the village at the old\\nred store, then standing on the corner of Main\\nand Maple Streets. At the latter place the\\nmost disorderly and reckless element in the\\npopulation gathered at their meetings, and they\\ncame to require the presence of the sheriff or high\\nconstable to maintain a becoming order. The ex-\\ncitement notonly in Newj)ort,butthroughoutthis\\nsection, was for a time intense, and led to acts of\\nfoolishness beyond account. But the sun rose in\\nsplendor on the 10th of October, 1843, and also\\non the 11th, and dissipated the fogs that hung\\nover the minds of the Millerites, and they re-\\nturned to their neglected farms and workshops,\\nand interests not squandered, wiser if not better\\npeople.\\nThe culmination of excitements, after which\\nit would be trifling to speak of any other, was\\nthat occasioned by the mustering of our boys\\nin blue, and their departure for the battle-fields\\nof the Rebellion, where some of them found\\nsoldiers graves and from which others re-\\nturned bearinsi the indelible certificates of their\\nbravery in defending and preserving the unity\\nof the irreat commonwealth inherited from the\\nearlier heroes and patriots.\\nThe Newport of to-day is the goal to which\\nwe have now come as we gather up the several\\ntopics of this discursive and imperfect narrative.\\nIt spreads out along the sunny intervale of the\\nSugar and the slopes of its surrounding hills.\\nIts streets have assumed the names of the var-\\nious forest-trees whose places they have taken by\\nright of way. Its Main Street a splendid\\nthoroughfixre of two miles in length extends\\nnorth and south on the eastern side, parallel\\nand in view of the grand avenue, laid out by\\nthe fathers of the town, on the western side of\\nthe valley.\\nIn passing along its various streets we see its\\nmany tidy and pleasant homes its more pre-\\ntentious private residences its substantial blocks\\nof wood and brick for business purposes; its\\nNewport House and Phoenix Hotel, comforta-\\nble hostelries for the traveler on the incoming\\ntrain its school-houses, and churches, and spa-\\ncious public buildings, and shaded and delight-\\nful village park.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1098.jp2"}, "1003": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n289\\nThe valetudinarian or the summer visitor\\nfrom the cities and sea-])orts will here find a\\npleasant resting-place, and entertainment in\\npleasing variety of walks and drives within our\\ntown lines along the brooks and rivers, and from\\nthe hill-tops, from whence views which the un-\\nsparing hand of nature has spread out may be\\nenjoyed; or find himself within reach of ample\\nfacilities for visiting localities beyond our limits,\\nof much interest, such as Lake Sunapee, about\\nfive miles distant, or Unitoga Springs, or ths\\nsummits of Sunapee and Croydon Mountains,\\nin New Hampshire, and Ascutney, in Vermont.\\nThe slopes of Baptist Hill smile with com-\\nfortable homesteads, and from the precinct of\\nNorthvillc, in its foreground, comes the clatter\\nof machinery from the extensive scythe manufac-\\ntory of the Sibleys. That locality also boasts of\\na store, a railroad station and a post-office and\\nas it has increased in age and dignitv it has\\ndroj ped the ville from its cognomen, and is\\nnow known as North Newport.\\nThe present year of our Lord, 1 S85, the foun-\\ndations for a new chapel have l)e( n laid not far\\nfrom tiie site of the ancient meeting-house, the\\nmemory of which is so fraught with stirring re-\\nligious events in the past. The new structure\\nwill rise and stand with open doors and inviting\\nhands for the use of all religious denominations,\\nand the descendants of them that stoned the\\nprophets, and the descendants of the prophets\\nthemselves will meet in harmony in the same\\nfold and listen to the words of the same shepherd.\\nIn accordance with the laws that govern pop-\\nulation and business, another enterprising little\\nvillage has gathered in the vicinity of the Gran-\\nite State Mills, in the eastern part of the town,\\nand (iuild post-office and railroad station invite\\nthe attention to a splendid manufacturing estab-\\nlishment, a lineal descendant of the Giles Mills,\\nand an indorsement of the good judgment, as\\nregards water power and location, of that emi-\\nnent father of the town. Had justice been done\\nto his name and memory, the post-office or\\nprecinct would have been christened Gilesville.\\nThe Commox. The site of the Common,\\nor Park, which contributes so much to the\\nbeauty of Newport village, is one of those natur-\\nally level .spaces or plateaus which are found as we\\nrecede from the Sugar Hiver Valley eastwurdly\\ntowards the highlands known as Coit Moun-\\ntains and the Buell Hills. In the early days\\nof the town it is said to have been an alder\\nswamp, and, consequently, a paradise for\\nfrogs, mud-turtles and mosquitoes. Its eleva-\\ntion, however, aliove the river-lands, was such\\nthat it yielded readily to drainage and improve-\\nment.\\nThe old county road, opened in 1779, after-\\nward the Croydon turnpike, and at present\\nNorth Main Street, lay along its eastern\\nmargin.\\nWhen, in 1809 or LSIO, William Cheney oc-\\ncupied his new residence, where we now find the\\npost-office, and opened his mercantile business\\nt n the site of Richards Block, Jeremiah\\nKelsey was the owner of this land, and also his\\ncompetitor in trade on the oj)posite side of the\\nroad, at present the southeast corner of Main\\nand Sunapee Streets.\\nBy an e.vtract from the diary of Colonel\\nCheney, lately published in one of the weekly\\npapers of this village (the ^\\\\rc/us), we are told\\nthat the locality was then used for military\\nparades, in consideration fi r which the officers\\nof the companies agreed to purchase, at the\\nstore of said KeLsey, the grog con.sidered\\nnecessary for the comfort of officers and men on\\nsuch occasions. It also appears that Kelsey\\nhad bargained a building lot, about midway of\\nthis common, to Sylvanus Richards, and, some\\ntime afterward, a second lot to Dr. Kibbey,\\nand some buildings were placed thereon.\\nAt this rate of progress it was only a question\\nof short time when the eastern side of the turn-\\npike, as far north as the Sand-Hill, .so called,\\nwould have been forever alienated from public\\nuse as a common, and our park, parade and fair-\\nground, ornamented with elms and maples, as\\nat this time, would have existed onlv in the", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1099.jp2"}, "1004": {"fulltext": "290\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIEE.\\nspecial and uiiisatisfied needs of the generations\\nto come.\\nThis matter ^\\\\\u00e2\u0080\u00a2as, undoubtedly, considered by\\nColonel Cheney, whose good judgment and\\nscope of mental vision enabled him to appreci-\\nate the matter in all its bearings, present and\\nfuture.\\nInstead of making out the deeds of convey-\\nance for the iiouse lots, as desired by Kelsey, he\\ninsisted and argued that Newport should have\\na common, and succeeded in preventing the\\ntransfers. Not long after this he purcliased the\\nproperty from Kelsey, removed the buildings\\nand fences, and left it open for parades and\\nother public uses.\\nOn its eastern margin, now Park Street, cor-\\nner of Sunapee, he built the Newport Hotel, af-\\nterward disposed of to Captain Joel Nettleton,\\nand now the Newport House. In 1816, a\\nlittle farther on, he erected an immense wooden\\nbuilding, one hundred and fifty feet long and\\nfour stories higii, known as the Tontine, the\\nfront roof of wliich projected several feet and was\\nsupported by tall, slender columns from the\\nground. It had five stacks of chimneys, fur-\\nnishing fire-places and ovens on each floor, and\\na countless number of apartments of all dimen-\\nsions. The rooms on the ground-floor were for\\nbusiness purposes, and those on the uj^por floors\\nwere arranged in suites for families. At the\\ntime of its erection it was considered the mo.st\\nimposing structure in this part of the State. It\\nwas taken down in 1851. Its site is now oc-\\ncupied by the Methodist Episcopal Church edi-\\nfice and two dwelling-houses erected by the\\nBatchelder Brothers, from material taken from\\nthe preceding structure. Some time afterward\\nColonel Cheney sold and conveyed to Eev. Ira\\nPerson (since Pearson) a plot of ground still far-\\nther north, on the east line of the present Park\\nStreet, on whicli Mr. Pearson built a dwelling-\\nhouse, long known as the Baptist Parsonage,\\nand where he lived many years.\\nIn 1871 the Parsonage became the property\\nand residence of Josepli W. Parmelee. In\\ncourse of time, a new house of more modern\\nconstruction took the place of the old, and was\\nfirst occupied by the Parmelees on July 4, 1870.\\nIn 1821 Colonel Cheney donated a plot of\\nground at the uortli end of the Common to the\\nBaptist Church and Society, to have and to\\nhold as long as it should be required for church\\npurposes. It was there that the first diun-h\\nedifice in the village was erected, and on which\\nthe present graceful front elevation of the lately\\nreconstructed building appears.\\nIn the year ls20 Colonel Cheney proposed\\nto present and deed his Common to the town of\\nNewport on certain conditions, with which the\\ntown at its annual meetiu i; did not see fit to\\ncomply.\\nHe then further proposed to sell and convey\\nthe same for the sum of two hundred dollars,\\nanother and principal condition being that it\\n.should remain a common forever, otherwise\\nto revert to the heirs of the grantor.\\nAt the annual meeting March 13, 1821, the\\ntown voted to accept and comply with the terms\\nof this proposition.\\nThe deed of conveyance bears date May 22,\\n1821 and is on record in the archives of Chesh-\\nire County, liber 88, folio 194, under the\\ncertificate of James Campbell, register.\\nThe description of property conveyed is as\\nfollows\\nBounded on the west by the East line of the old\\ncounty road and Croydon turnpike (now north Main\\nStreet), on the north by a line running easterly in a\\nrange with the South Side of Jonathan Cutting s\\nbarn to a stone set in the ground, near the house of\\nA. S. Waite. On the East by a direct line running\\nSoutherly Six feet west of the South Side of the Ton-\\ntine, Nettleton s tavern, and the Site of the old while\\nschool-house when Owned by Colonel James D.\\nWalcott (probably the north line of the lot on which\\nthe present county building now stands), and on the\\nSouthwesterly from Said corner of the School-house\\ntwo rods and Six links to a stone set in the ground,\\nthe bound first mentioned.\\nTlie plot of ground is nearly triangular in\\nshape, and contains about foiu- acres.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1100.jp2"}, "1005": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n291\\nFrom the foregoing it is evident that tlie\\nCommon was not a positive gift from Colonel\\nlieney to the town of Newport, as has some-\\ntimes been stated. He received a fair compen-\\nsation for the land, as considered from tlie stand-\\npoint of the time wlien the conveyance was\\nmade. It is due to his name and memory,\\nhowever, to state that it was through his deter-\\nmination and management that this tract of\\nland was made a Common and will so remain\\nforever.\\nDisastrous Fiue of 1885. About two\\no clock on Sunday morning, June 21, 1885, the\\ncry of fire and the ringing of bells broke the\\nsilence of the hour, and roused the people of our\\nvillage to witness the most disastrous con-\\nflagration that ever visited the town.\\nTlie fire was first seen bursting from the roof\\nand rear of tiie two-story wooden l)ailding\\nknown as Nettleton Block, located on the\\nsoutheast corner of Main and Sunapee Streets.\\nThe basement of this building was occupied as\\na meat and vegetable market; the first floor,\\nsouth room, by C. H. AVatts, harness-maker\\nthe north room, by F. E. Nelson, a dealer in\\nsmall wares the second floor, south rooms, as\\nthe printing-office and editorial rooms of tiie\\nNew Hampshire Argus and Spectator, Barton\\nWheeler, proprietors and the north rooms\\nwere the offices of A. S. Wait, Esq., attorney-\\nat-law.\\nThe flames spread with great rapidity to all\\nparts of the main building, and from thence to\\nthe extension on Sunapee Street, occupied by\\nthe United States and Canada Express Com-\\npany, eastward to a livery office and two large\\nstables; and southward to the brick building\\nonce occupied by the First National Bank, and\\nmore recently by several families and, lastly,\\nto the town hall, of which some account lias\\nbeen given on a preceding page.\\nIt is matter of interest that the express office\\nwas the store-house originally built and occu-\\npied by Jeremiah Kelsey, referi-ed to in the\\nsketch of the Common, and afterward by the\\nNettletons as a store and post-office, and moved\\nback to give place to the more pretentious\\nblock erected in 1804. Tiie old bank,\\nso-called, was built in 1825 by A. Nettleton,\\nJr., for a residence, and where he lived and\\ndied.\\nThe land and buildings covered Ity this con-\\nflagration, u]) to the court-house common, were\\nowned by Mrs. Bela Nettleton and Frederick\\nW. Lewis.\\nThe insurance on the property of the various\\noccupants and owners, consisting of buildings,\\nbooks, machinery, fixtures, wares, merchandise,\\netc., amounted to about forty thousand dollars,\\nand the losses of the different proprietors and\\noccupants would aggregate sixty thousand to\\nseventy thousand dollars. The most important\\nitems of loss, and those most difficult to restore,\\nwere the valuable law library of Mr. Waite, and\\nthe files of the New Hampshire Argus and Spec-\\ntator, running back more than sixty years.\\nWhether this fire was the work of an incen-\\ndiary or the residt of carelessness and stupidity\\non the part of dissolute and drunken persons\\nwho may have sought obscurity in the attic of\\nNettleton Block, which was accessible from the\\nstreet at all hours, has not transpired, and no\\ninvestigations have been made.\\nThe resources available for the extinguish-\\nment of a fire of this magnitude were entirely\\ninadequate, and all that could be done was to\\nprevent its spreading to adjoining buildings and\\nneighborhoods.\\nHad a brisk wind prevailed on the night and\\nmorning of that 21st of June, in spite of our\\ntwo hand-engines, their brakes manned by ath-\\nletic firemen and citi/ens, the fire must liave\\nmarched before it in a direct line out of town\\nin accordance witii the direction given. A\\nbrave effort at great hazard was made to save\\nthe town hall and court-house, and the fact\\nthat this magnificent structure collapsed so\\nreadily under fire is evidence of a faulty con-\\nstruction, and does much to dispel a feeling of\\nregret at its loss.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1101.jp2"}, "1006": {"fulltext": "292\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe Coiirt-Hoiise and Town Hall of\\n1885-8fi. Before the smoke had subsided\\nover the smouldering ruins of this fire, a meet-\\ning of citizens from several of the towns of the\\ncounty was held at Eowell s Rink, in Newport,\\nFriday, June 2(3th, to consider the situation.\\nThere was perhaps a feeling at that time on\\nthe part of Newport, whose court-house lay in\\nsmoking, ruins, that the old agitation in re-\\ngard to the removal of the courts to Claremont\\nmight again l)e revived hut this matter was\\nsoon set at rest by the ap[)earance in this meet-\\ning of many of the leading citizens of that\\ntown, with kind words for Newport in the hour\\nof its calamity, and suggesting in accordancewith\\na resolution passe l at a public meeting of their\\ncitizens the day previous, that the county build-\\ning be rebuilt in Newport, and made separate and\\ndistinct from a town hall. After some discus-\\nsion a resolution was passed at this rink meet-\\ning in favor of the erection of two buildings,\\none for county and one for town purposes, with\\nbut one dissenting vote. The .stand taken by\\nthe town of Claremont was thus defined.\\nIn the mean time a County Convention, com-\\nposed of the members from its several towns to\\nthe Legislature, then in session, convened at\\nAgricultural Hall, in Concord, on several oc-\\ncasions to hear arrangements and deliberate in\\nregard to the erection of a new county building,\\nand whether the two interests of the county of\\nSullivan and town of Newport should proceed\\njointly to erect, as heretofore, or take a new de-\\nparture and build separately. Their delib-\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acrations resulted in the following proposition to\\nthe town, to wit\\nResolved, That the County of Sullivan |iroceed to\\nbuild a court-house and county oflices in connection\\nwith the town hall ot Newport the County of Sulli-\\nvan and town of Newport each to share one-half the\\nexpense of such building, which shall be placed on\\nthe site of the one recently destroyed by tire, the cost\\nof the county not to exceed the suinjof eleven thousand\\nfive hundred dollars provided said town of Newport\\nshall deed to said county the land on which said\\nbuilding shall stand, also the court-rooni and neces-\\nsary county offices on the first floor of the building,\\nfor all time the county shall desire to use said land\\nand building for such purposes. And there shall be\\nno rooms constructed or occupied above the second floor.\\nA building committee of three persons shall be chosen\\nby the county convention to act in connection with\\na committee of two persons from the town of Newport,\\nwhose duty it shall be to see that the building is built\\nin a satisfactory manner, and that the expense is\\nequally divided between the county and town of New-\\nport. The actual expenses of such committee on the\\npart of the county to be paid by the county.\\nThe convention chose as members of the com-\\nmittee, the county commissioners (L. A. Pur-\\nmort, of Lempster, S. F. Rossiter, of Clare-\\nmont, and Alvin S. Bartholomew, of Plain-\\nfield) and Messrs. Parker, of Claremont, and\\nA. S. Wait and L. W. Barton, of Newport,\\nAttorneys-at-law, were chosen to draw up the\\ndeed.\\nIn response to the action of the County Con-\\nvention, as before stated, the town of Newport,\\nat an adjourned meeting held July 18, 1885,\\nadopted the following preamble and resolutions,\\nviz.\\nWhereas, At a County Convention of the County\\nof Sullivan, held at Concord on the 16th day of July,\\ninst., it was voted (See foregoing resolutions of\\nCounty Convention.) Now therefore, be it resolved\\nthat the towu of Newport will join the County of Sul-\\nlivan in the erection of the said building upon the\\nterms and conditions of the aforesaid vote of the said\\nCounty Convention, and that said vote of said County\\nConvention, so far as is necessary and appropriate\\ntherefor, be adopted as the vote of this town; the\\nwords of said vote, above the second floor being in-\\nterpreted to mean, above the town hall.\\nResolved that Milton S. .Jackson and Frank A.\\nRawson be the committee on the part of the town to\\nact with that of the County in the erection of said\\nbuilding and that they be and hereby are authorized\\nin the name of the town to execute and deliver to the\\nCounty of Sullivan the deed to be executed in ac-\\ncordance with said vote of the County Convention,\\nand of the first above resolution.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1102.jp2"}, "1007": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n293\\nThe meeting adjourned to the 25th inst., and\\nafterward to Saturday, August 1st.\\nAt an adjourned town-meeting helil on Satur-\\nday, August 1, 1885, tlic following resolution\\nappropriating the sum of eleven thousand five\\nhundred dollars for the rebuilding of the town\\nJiall was passed\\nResolved that a Sum not to exceed eleven thou-\\nsand five hundred dollars bo appropriated I roni any\\nmoneys in the treasury of the town not otherwise ap-\\npropriated, to the defrayal of the expenses of the\\nerection of a town hall in Newport in connection with\\na court-house and county offices for the County of\\nSullivan the insurance ($10,000) in favor of the\\ntown upon the former building, consumed by fire,\\nwhen recovered to be set apart as a fund to be applied\\ntowards the amount of said expense and that the\\nselectmen and treasurer of the town be authorized to\\nborrow so much (if said sum as is needed before such\\ninsurance is collected and issue the notes of the town\\ntherefor.\\nIt may be well to state that the court-house\\nand town hall was insured for twenty thousand\\n(hjllars,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ten thousand dollars of which went to\\nthe county and ten thousand dollars to the\\ntown.\\nTlie foundations of the new county and town\\nbuilding were laid in the most substantial man-\\nner under the direction of the joint building\\ncommittee before named.\\nF. N. Footman, of Boston, was the architect\\nof the superstructure, the dimensions of which\\nare t)t).5 feet front by 93.5 feet running back\\nthe elevation of the lower story is sixteen fijet\\nclear, and the walls, of brick, are sixteen inches\\nin thickness.\\nThe basement is arranged for fire-proof vaults,\\nfurna(!es, storage for fuel, closets, etc. The\\ncounty floor will furnish a room forty by fifty\\nfeet for the sessions of the courts, a private\\napartment for the judge, rooms for the grand\\nand petit juries, witnesses and county commis-\\nsioners, offices and safes for the register of deeds,\\nregister of probate and clerk of the courts.\\nThe elevation of the second story is twenty-\\nfour feet clear, with a gallery all around, and\\nsuitable ante-rooms and stairways front and\\nrear. The walls are twelve inches in thickness,\\nthe whole interior strengthened by a complex\\nsystem of timbers and supports from the roof.\\nThe town will thus be provided with a sub-\\nstantial and elegant hall for civic purposes,\\nas.semblies and conventions.\\nThe plans and specifications, as prepared by\\nthe supervising architect, Mr. Footman, were\\nsubmitted for inspecti(^n, and the contract for\\nthe erection of the building was awarded to the\\nlowest bidder, Hira R. Beckwith, of Claremont,\\nfor the sum of twenty-one thousand nine hun-\\ndred and eighty -five dollars. The work is going\\non during these months of September, October\\nand November. The buildin is to be com-\\npleted and ready for use on the 1st of July, 1886.\\nCoincident with the action of the town in\\nregard to the reconstruction of the county and\\ntown building, was the consideration of better\\nmeans and methods for the protection of the\\nproperty of the citizens against fire.\\nSteam Fire-Exgixes, Etc. A committee\\nof citizens, consisting of S. H. Edes, A. W.\\nRounsevel, F. P. Rowell, John B. Cooper and\\nFrederick W. Cheney, appointed at a former\\nmeeting, to inquire into the necessities of the\\ntown as regards suitable apparatus for the extin-\\nguishment of fires, reported in favor of the\\npurchase of a steam fire-engine, etc. and reso-\\nlutions appropriating six thousand five hundred\\ndollars for that purpose, and instructing the\\ncommittee to make the purchase, were passed, as\\nfollows\\niJeso/verf, that the Sum of Six thousand five hun-\\ndred dollars be appropriated for the purchase of a\\nSteam Fire Engine; two thousand feet of hose; hose-\\ncarriage engine house and site for same, and me-\\nchanical apparatus for working and caring for and\\nprocuring water for said engine, and that the select-\\nmen and treasurer of the town be authorized to bor-\\nrow the said sum and issue the notes of the town for\\nthat amount, payable on demand with interest at the\\nrate of four per cent, per annum free of taxation by\\nsaid town.\\nResolved, that the town authorize their committee", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1103.jp2"}, "1008": {"fulltext": "294\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nto jjurchase a steam fire engine of a capacity of about\\nSix hundred gallons jier minute, with mechanical ap-\\nparatus for working, caring for, and procuring water\\nfor the same two thousand feet of hose suitable for\\nthe said engine and one carriage to carry SOO feet of\\nhose, at an expense not exceeding five thousand three\\nhundred dollars also to purchase a site, if need be,\\nand erect tlureon a suitable engine house at an ex-\\npense not exceeding twelve hundred dollars.\\nIn accordance with the action of the town, as\\nrepresented in the foregoing resolntions, a No.\\n3 steam fire-engine from the Silsby Manufac-\\nturing Company, of Seneca Falls, N. Y., was\\npurchased and delivered in Newport in Septem-\\nber, 18 Su. The Newport, so-called, weighs\\nfive thousand five hundred pounds, has a pumj)-\\ning capacity of six hundred gallons per minute\\nand is otiicrwise in accordance with the order\\ngiven.\\nThe Newport Steam Fire-Engixe Com-\\npany was formed on Monday, October 5, 1885,\\nconsisting of thirt) members. F. J. Latimer\\nwas chosen foreman; Fred. W. Cheney, assist-\\nant foreman Rodney W. Tilton, seeoud assist-\\nant foreman S. A. Williams, clerk M. L.\\nWhittier, treasurer J. R. Hutchinson, steward\\nF. P. Rowell, engineer M. L. Whittier, assist-\\nant engineer; Day E. Maxfield, George E.\\nLewis and -Tolm W. Johnson, .standing com-\\nmittee; Day E. Maxfield, M. F.Thompson,\\nfiremen. Hose-men, pipe-men, ladder-men, etc.,\\nJames Bevine, M. C. Blaisdcll, Alexander\\nBrezsell, C. B. Chase, A. W. Clarke, M. O.\\nCooper, F. P. Dudley, F. H. Huntoon, H. O.\\nHutchinson, F. H. Jordan, J. W. Johnson,\\nG. W. Karr, G. E. Lewis, S. D. Lewis, F. H.\\nMorse, F. S. Morse, C. F. Pike, F. E. Rowell,\\nR. W. Tilton, C. W. Tenney, E. B. Woodbury.\\nThe qualities of the new steamer were\\nthoroughly tested on Friday, the 9th of Octo-\\nber, before a large collection of the people of\\nNewport and the adjoining towns. The after-\\nnoon was made a holiday for the children in\\nthe public schools. Firemen were present from\\nPenacook, Springfield, Vt., and Claremont.\\nThe occasion was of nnich interest. At a meet-\\ning of the committee in the evening the steamer\\nwas accepted without a dissenting voice, and\\npayment made according to contract\\nC itizexk National Bank. During the\\nsummer of 1885 the question of enlarging the\\nbanking facilities of Newport engaged the at-\\ntention of some of the capitalists and active\\nbusiness men of this and the adjoining towns.\\nThe matter finally took definite shape in the\\nformation, in accordance with the general bank-\\ning laws of the United States, of an association\\nknown as The Citizens National Bank of\\nNewport. Capital, $50,000.\\nThe sul)scribers to the stock, which was soon\\ntaken, held a meeting on Monday, September\\n7th, and agreed upon articles of association,\\nand directors were chosen as- follows F. A.\\nRawson, L. F. Dodge, M. S. Jackson, (xeorge\\nH. Bartlett, Sunapee S. G. Stowell, William\\nWoodbury, E. H. Carr, Goshen; C. M. Emer-\\n.son, R. M. Rowe. L. F. Dodge was chosen\\npresident and F. A. Rawson, vice-president.\\nAt a iiirtlier meeting of the directors, Perlev\\nA. Johnson, of Barton, Vt., was elected cash-\\nier.\\nThe a.ssociation has leased from the town for a\\nterm of twenty years, and will reconstruct and\\noccupy as a banking-house, the lower story of\\nthe fire-proof building on the .southwest corner\\nof the court-house common, known as the\\nOld County Safe.\\nLewis Beock. Frederick W. Lewis having\\nbecome sole proprietor of the lot on the north-\\neast corner of Main and Sunapee Streets, on\\nwhich stood the Nettleton Block, lately de-\\nstroyed by fire, has made arrangements with\\nHira R. Beck with, of Claremont, the well-\\nknown architect and builder, for the erection\\nthereon of a substantial building, with a front\\non INIain Street of seventy-four feet and fifty\\nfeet deep, with an extension of twenty feet on\\nSunapee Street.\\nThe structure will be two stories in height,\\nbuilt of brick trimmed with granite. The\\nlower story will be divided into four rooms for", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1104.jp2"}, "1009": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n295\\nbusiness purposes unci the second floor adapted\\nfor offices.\\nThe Sui.livax Cottxtv ]MuTrAL Fire\\nIxsuRANCE Co.MPANV. The enactment l)y tlie\\nIjCgislature of 1885 of a law in regard to for-\\neign insurance companies, known as the Val-\\nued Policy Bill, was followed by the witii-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2drawal of the agencies of all such companies\\nfrom the State. To meet the demands for in-\\nsurance caused b}- this movement, stock and\\nmutual companies have been formed within the\\nState. Of these was the Sullivan County\\nMutual Fire Insurance Company, organ-\\nized at Newpoi t, November 10, 1885. Presi-\\ndent, Dexter Richards Vice-President, Ira\\nColby Treasurer, George E. Dame Secretary,\\nH. S. Osgood (jeneral ^Manager, R. C. Os-\\ngood Directors Dexter Richards, George E.\\nDame, S. L. Bowers, Ezra T. Sibley, R. C.\\nOsgood, of Xewj5 irt Iliram Parker, of Lemp-\\nster; Ira Colby, E. Tutherly, D. W.\\nO Xeil, of Claremont George Olcott, of\\nCharlestown George H. Bartlett, of Sunapee\\nK. H. Carr, of Goshen Rufus Hall, of Grant-\\nJiam W. C. True, of Plainfield J. S. Walker,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0of Langdon.\\nThe organization of such companies will, in\\nall probability, meet tlie demands for insur-\\njinoe, and the wisdom of the Legislature in en-\\niictiug the law will be indorsed by the people\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0of the State.\\nNotwithstanding the somewhat desultory char-\\nacter of this work, it will not be difficult, per-\\nliaps, to gather from its pages some idea of the\\ng radual and sul)stantial progress of the town of\\nNewport during the one hundred and twenty\\nvears of its existence as a corporate municipality.\\nThere may have been periods in its history\\nwithout much of advancement, but no positiyely\\nretrograde movement worthy of consideration\\ncan be shown. From one decade to another its\\nvaluation has steadih increased, until, as here-\\ntofore stated, we have come uj) to the sum of\\none million, three hundred and seventeen thou-\\n-sand one hundred and fifty-two dollars.\\nFor its continued advancement and prosperity\\nit is indebted, in the first place, to the intelligent,\\nindustrious, well-intentioned moral and religious\\ncharacteristics of its first settlers, (jualities\\nwhich were ingrained in their descendants and\\nsuccessors, and which have stood the test of the\\nchanges of the first century and more of its ex-\\nistence.\\nIf we examine the statistics of crime during\\nthis period, we shall find that of the very limit-\\ned number who have expiated oflPenses against\\nthe jjcace and projjerty of the citizens of this\\ncommunity in the State Prison, but two or three\\nwu c natives of the town and descendants of the\\nfirst settlers and that no blood, shed by the\\nhand of a murderer, has ever stained its soil.\\nIn the second place, Newport is indebted to\\nits geograjjhical situation in some degree for its\\nimportance as a town, its territory being cen-\\ntral to a group of other townships, which in the\\ncourse of past events, came to organize as the\\ncounty of Sullivan, of which it became the seat\\nof justice, with its court-house and county offices\\nand local incumbents.\\nIts river system and water power are a further\\nand more important consideration as affiarding\\nfacilities for progress. At an earlier period,\\nwhen agriculture was a more leading interest,\\nthe town had no particular advantage on ac-\\ncount of fertility over the adjoining towns; but\\nwhen agricultural pursuits became less profitable\\nin New England, Newport had its water power\\nin reserve, and mills for the production of cot-\\nton and woolen fabrics and wares of various\\nkinds sprtmg up at the falls on the Sugar River,\\nand a manufacturing interest came in, not only\\nto keep up, but to increase the inventory of the\\ntown.\\nThe town has also prospered because of the\\ninterest that has l:)een taken in its educational,\\nsocial, religious and benevolent institutions,\\nwhereby an intelligent, temperate, industrious,\\ncharitable, law-abiding, church-going, God-fear-\\niug people have been raised up to join in a gen-\\neral effort for the public welfare, as against ig-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1105.jp2"}, "1010": {"fulltext": "296\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nnorance, intemperance, vice, crime and Huffering\\nfrom the vicissitudes of fortune. The widow\\nand the fatiierless, in tiieir destitution, have\\nfound friends in the lodges of the Ma.sons and\\nOdd-Fellows, and around the camp-fires of the\\nGrand Army of the Republic, and in the var-\\nious reliy:ious societies, to sav nothing of indi-\\nvidual charities and benefactions flowing from\\nprivate sources.\\nIt would afford tlie writer much satisfaction to\\nbe able, in a sketch of the town, to trace the owner-\\nships of tiie sixty-eight lots originally granted in\\nthe charter. To do so would require a careful\\nexamination of records of transfer in the archives\\nof the county of Cheshire prii)r to the organiza-\\ntion of the county of Sullivan.\\nThe iTf nealoffies of the owners of these lots,\\nand their descendants and successors, would also\\nfurnish material of interest in a town history.\\nSuch researches would involve time and expense\\na life-long, worthy citizen, and while he is the\\nsole survivor of the third generation, and the\\nlast of the lineage who, in all probability, will\\never abide here, the old home will continue in\\nthe time to come to be held in aifectionate re-\\ngard by descendants settled in other parts of\\nthis gi eat country. Standingas lie does not farre-\\nmoved from its beginning, he may also be excused\\nfor indulging in a speculative mood as regards\\nthe appearance of the valley of the Sugar and tlu;\\nvillage of Newport, or the place on which it\\nstood, and the social, intellectual and moral\\ncharacteristics of its population after the lapse\\noften or fifteen centuries, and oiir time shall\\nhave become what men call ancient.\\nEPILOGUE.\\nSome six-score years ago, where Newport .stiimls.\\nA liowliug wilderness held all the hinds\\nThe Sugar, pouring from its crystal lake.\\nWild, idle, resolute through bush and brake,\\nand should be made under the patronage of the i Chanting or shouting from its rocks and falls\\ntown, in its corporate capacity, whose duty and\\nprivilege it should be to protect its own life and\\nwelfare historically.\\nThe State has already enacted stringent laws,\\nby which the matter of Vital Statistics is no\\nlonger at the hazard of desultory and uncertain\\nprivate records. The earliest incidents in con-\\nnection with the first settlement of Newport by\\nEnglish-speaking people are still within the\\ngrasp of history. That they should be collected\\nand preserved is a proposition that needs no ar-\\ngument. Our cffi)rt in this direction is here\\npresented.\\nThe vista opening before the town towai ds\\nthe future is interminable, and the living\\npresent should have a jealous regard for the\\ncharacter of the statistics that are daily and\\nyearly accumulating to go down the stream of\\ntime, from generation to generation.\\nThe writer may be excused for indulging in\\nbright anticipations as regards the future good\\nname and welfare of his native town, particu-\\nlarly as his paternal grandfather was one of its\\noriginal settlers, and of which his father was\\nTo echoing hill-sides and lone forest halls\\nAnd thus had poured and roared since time began\\nAnd wood or grass had grown or water ran.\\nAt length the men of Killiugworth a] peared,\\nAnd sound of a-xe and anvil s ring was heard;\\nThey builded dams across this rushing stream\\nAnd clack of mills disturbed its ancient dream\\nAnd next, in old colonial guise appear.\\nThe preacher, doctor, trader in the rear;\\nAnd thus oi:r civil history began,\\nInspired by water-power and j^ower of man.\\nHow well tliose hardy yeomen wrought and planned\\nIn building, sawing, grinding, clearing land,\\nHow well they plied their trades and with what art\\nThe women spun and wove and did their part\\nIn founding homes and making glad a wild,\\nWhere, ne er till then, had gentle woman smiled,\\nThough daughters of the wigwam had been there\\nIn simple vestments and dark, shining hair.\\nThe growth of this our town, as now appears,\\nResolves the progress of a hundred years,\\nAnd of the various interests concerned\\nOn which a fair prosperity has turned,\\nHave we not stated all It now remains\\nTo close the record estimate the gains\\nAnd bid good speed in unpretentious rhyme,\\nThe chip now cast upon the stream of time.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1106.jp2"}, "1011": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1107.jp2"}, "1012": {"fulltext": "-Ur", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1108.jp2"}, "1013": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n297\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\n.lOHN LANGDON SM ETr, M.D.\\nJoliu Laiigdoii Swett, M.D., the suljject of\\nthis sketch, and whose likeue.ss is here jire.sented,\\nis of English ancestry.\\nIt is among the traditions of his family that\\nfour brotiiers of the name emigrated to this\\ncountry, some time during the colonial era, from\\ntlie south of England that they were Puritans\\nin faith, and, in their estimation, fi eedom to\\nworship God in accordance with their own views\\nand feelings, though it be in a far-off wilder-\\nness, across the ocean, was more desirable than\\nall the comforts and privileges of their English\\nhome, with persecution for opinion s sake.\\nIt was of this stern material that the Xew\\nEngland States were founded, and from whicli\\nthey derived the Ijrain-power and courage to\\nenable its people to order and direct so largely\\nin the earlier and later affairs of our country.\\nFor more than two centuries the various\\nbranches of this family have occupied repu-\\ntable positions in society, in letters, in the pro-\\nfessions and under the government. The\\npaternal ancestor of Dr. Swett was one of these\\nbrothers. His maternal progenitor came from\\nthe Isle of Wight, in the English Channel, to\\nthe Massachusetts colony in the year 10o7.\\nThe first positive record we are able to obtain\\nin regard to his lineage is found in the old fam-\\nily Bible of his grandparents, as follows\\nJosiah Swett (1), born December 20, 1741,\\ndied December 25, 1808. Prudence, his wife,\\nborn October 9, 1747, died August 1, 1831.\\nThese lived and died in Wenhain, Essex County,\\n^lass.\\nJosiah Swett (2), their son, was born in Wen-\\nham October 2, 1768. He married, February\\n17, 1791, Hannah Healy, a native of Newton,\\nMass., born September 24, 1771. They re-\\nmoved to Claremont, N. H., in 179;5, where\\nthey spent their lives and reared their ten chil-\\ndren. The former died December 19, 1843,\\naged seventy-five years. The latter died De-\\ncember 3, 1854, aged eighty three years.\\nJohn Langdon Swett, the ninth child of the\\nforegoing, born February 17, 1810, was em-\\nployed on his father s farm until eighteen vear.s\\nof age, attending the public schools during the\\nwinters. In 1828 and 1829 he was a student\\nat Wilbraham Academy, Mass., and in 18- at\\nKimball Union Academy, Meriden, X. H. The\\ntwo succeeding years were spent in teaching and\\nperfecting himself in classical studies.\\nIn 183.3 he commenced the study of modi-\\ncine under the tuition of Drs. Tolles and Kit-\\ntredge, practitioners in Claremont. He attended\\ntwo courses of lectures at Dartmouth Medical\\nCollege, and one at Jefferson College, Philadel-\\nphia, from which he received the degrei of\\nJNI.D. in ^lareh, 1836. In July of the same\\nyear he opened an office in Newport, where a\\ngenerous and liberal patronage was accorded to\\nhim, and where he has remained in the success-\\nful prai tice of his piofession for a period lack-\\ning only a few months of fifty years.\\nIn 1841 he became a member of the New-\\nHampshire Medical Society, and has been hon-\\nored with various positions in this association,\\nincluding that of its presidency in 1874,\\nwhen he delivered an address upon the duties\\nof the profession in regard to alcoholic stimu-\\nlants.\\nHe has been an active member, since 1864,\\nof the National Medical Association, and served\\nas a delegate from the New Hampshire Society\\nto that association, which met in New York\\nthat year; also a member of the Rocky Moun-\\ntain Medical Society, and an honorary member\\nof the California State Medical Society. He is\\na member and vice-president of the Alumni\\nA.ssociation of Jefferson Medical College; also\\na member of the Masonic Fraternity.\\nIn the year 1842 Doctor Swett married Miss\\nSarah E. Kimball, of Bradford. She became\\nthe mother of four children, two of whom\\ndied in infancy, and died greatly beloved and\\nlamented June 7, 1852.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1111.jp2"}, "1014": {"fulltext": "298\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOf these surviviugchildren was Frances Mary,\\nborn June 29, 1843, who was educated at the\\nMt. Holyoke Female Seminary, Mass., and\\nmarried, December 7, 1865, Charles C. Shat-\\ntuck, a shipping merchant in San Francisco,\\n-where they reside. Their children are Eliza-\\nbeth Kimball, born October 19, 1866 Jane\\nFrances, born June 30, 1875; Charles Curtis,\\nborn January 19, 1879.\\nThe second surviving cliild was William\\nKimball, born March 7, 1852. He was fitted\\nfor the medical profession under the supervis-\\nion of Dr. J. P. ^Miitney, of San Francisco,\\nand settled at Kerneville, Kerne Couuty, Cal.\\nHe married, July 6, 1 873, Lizzie A. Davis, of\\nVisalia, Cal. Their children arc Joiin Lang-\\ndon (2), born August 17, 1874 William Kim-\\nball (2), born June 10, 1876. He died July\\n15, 1876, in the twenty-fifth year of his age.\\nDoctor Swett s second marriage, June 2,\\n1853, was with Rebecca, daughter of Ephraim\\nBeaman, of Princeton, Mass. In later years\\nlie has three times visited the Pacific coast,\\nthe first time accompanied by his wife.\\nIn 1838, Doctor Swett purchased tiie\\nplace on Court Square for many years occu-\\npied by Doctor John B. McGregor, who was\\n-about to remove to Rochester, N. Y. The\\nlocation was central and delightful, and it\\nbecame the home of his family until 1872, when\\nil was acquired by the town as the site of the\\nnew court-house and town hall, built in 1873,\\ndestroyed by tire June 21, 1885, and re-erected\\non the same spot the same year. He afterward\\npurchased a valuable estate on INIaplc Street,\\nknown as the Russ Place, where he now re-\\nsides, and continues to advise professionally or\\nact in consultation with other physicians.\\nIt is matter of satisfaction that we are able\\nto illustrate this work with the likenesses of\\nrepresentative men of the medical profession,\\nwho in their time have been a benefit and an\\nhonor to the town.\\nWithout proposing in any way to estimate\\nthe comparative value to mankind of the three\\nleading learned professions, we hazard nothing\\nin stating that the one which has regard to the\\nmaladies and ills to which flesh and blood are\\nsubject comes nearer to us tiian either of the\\nothers.\\nThe phvsiciau is called to visit in families\\nunder circumstances which develop their great-\\nest inwardness. A diagnosis of the ailments of\\nthe body often, if not always, involves the con-\\ndition of the mind of tiie patient, and it be-\\ncomes necessary that mental as well as physical\\ntem])erament and tendencies should be regarded\\nin view of successful treatment.\\nAnother consideration bearing nn this mat-\\nter is the fact that people generally are more\\nthan willing to disclose their aches and ])ains\\nand feelings to their jihysician. Hence, the\\namount and diversity of information, confided\\nto a medical practitioner of long standing,\\nrequiring discreet consideration.\\nPerhaps no practitioner was ever better\\nequipped by disposition, temperament and abil-\\nity to meet these and others phases of life in\\nthe medical profession than Doctor Swett. No\\none lias had higher regard for professional\\nhonor and etiquette as regard contemporaries\\nor patrons. No physician has held a larger or\\nmore important practice in this and the ad-\\njoining towns, or one that has resulted more\\nsuccessfully. His membership in the Congre-\\ngational Cinirch reaches back to 1842.\\nIn all these yeaVs he has been a prominent\\nand useful citizen of the town. He has loved\\nand honored his profession, and in the evening\\nof life may review with great satisfaction his\\nfifty years in Newport.\\nDR. MASON HATCH.\\nDr. Mason Hatch was a lineal descendant, in\\nthe sixth generation, of Joseph Hatch, who came\\nfrom England to this country not many years\\nafter the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth;\\nsay about the year 1625-30. The motives that\\ninduced Joseph Hatch, in common with many", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1112.jp2"}, "1015": {"fulltext": "ty^.^ (Ti^/^^zyi-- l^ayfe^", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1115.jp2"}, "1016": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1116.jp2"}, "1017": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n299\\nothers, to leave the land of his nativity, cross\\nthe ocean and take up his residence in a wilder-\\nness, may be easily understood, as tiie non-\\neonfbrniity of the Puritans to tlie Estal)lis]ied\\nChurch subjected them to many and grievous\\npersecutions during the reigns of James I. and\\nCharles I., fmni which thev Hcd in disgust.\\nSome time after his arrival he purchased of\\nthe Indians the original township of Fal-\\nmouth, situated on the northea.st part of Vine-\\nyard Sound, in Barnstable County, Mass., where\\nhe settled, lived and died at an advanced age.\\nlie left three sons, Joseph, Benjamin and\\nJonathan who were the progenitors of nearly\\nall of the name in the United States.\\nThe lineage of Dr. Hatch conies through,\\n1st. Joseph(l), the English emigrant.\\n2d. Joseph (2), born in Falmouth, Mass., I(j52.\\n3d. Ichabod, born in Falmouth, October 12,\\n16 Jl, who married Abigail Weeks.\\n4th. Joseph, born in Tolland, Conn., August\\n15, 1718, who married Sarah Stearns. This\\nfamily came to Alstead, X. H., about the year\\n1770 and wi re of the first .settlers of that\\ntown.\\nTith. j\\\\Iason(l), born in Tolland, August 23,\\n1762, who married Mitty Brooks. This Mason\\ncame to Alstead with his })areuts when a child.\\n()th. ^lasoii (2), born in Alstead, March 3,\\n17!tl, who is the subject of this sketch.\\nDr. Hatch commenced the study of medicine\\nwhen al)out twenty years of age, first with Dr.\\nT. D. Brooks, of Alstead, continuing his studies\\nwith his kinsman. Dr. Keuben Hatch, of Hills-\\nbt)rough, and Dr. Charles Adams, of Keene, and\\nwas graduated from the Dartmouth ^ledical\\nCollege.\\nHe first settled in Hillsborough, and was\\nthere engaged in good and successful business\\nfor more than twenty years, and to him th\\nliomes and roads, hills and dales of old Hills-\\nborough were ever dear. On March 5, 18 IS,\\nthe first year of his settlement there, he married\\nApphia Andrews, born March 5, 1795. To\\nthem were born eight children, viz.: (1) Emily\\nT., born April 1, 1819, died September 1839;\\n(2) Abigail A., boi-n February ti, 1821, died\\nOctober, 1839; (3) Leonard, died in infancy;\\n(4) Sarah S., born June 19, 1824, married Sam-\\nuel C. Baldwin (5) Loui.sa F., born April K),\\n1827, married Dexter Richards, of Newport\\n(6) Charles M., died in infancy (7) Ellen M.,\\nborn September 19, 1834, married William\\nbourse, of Newport (8) Caroline, died in in-\\nfancy. There are no living male descendants\\nof the name in his familv.\\nDr. Hatch removed to Bradford in 1836,\\nwhere he remained until the year 1838, when\\nhe came to Newport to occujiy the place made\\nvacant l y the death of hi.s brother. Dr. I.- aac\\nHatch, who had been .settled here about two\\nyears.\\nAfter a successful professional career in New-\\nport of nearly forty years, he died December 2,\\n187(), in the eighty-sixth year of his age. His\\nwife, Apphia, the mother of his children, died\\nSeptember 18, 1855. He contracted a second\\nmarriage, November 12, 1856, with Mrs. Mar}\\nII. Day, of Cornish, who survived him several\\nyears.\\nIt is matter of gratification that hearts full\\nof loving and filial regard have placed in this\\nvolume the counterfeit presentment of Dr.\\nMa.sou Hatch. It is also eminently fitting\\nthat a face which has been so familiar in the\\nhomes of New[)ort and the adjoining towns for\\nnearly forty years prior to his decease, in 1876,\\nshouhl thus be placed on record in a book that\\nis likely to be found in .so many of these\\nhomes, and that one for wliom a sincere ])er-\\nsonal regard has been so widely entertained\\nshould be thus presented and preserved after\\nhis days of usefidness are past and his earthly\\ncareer ended. Aside frcMii his profes-sional life,\\nit is plea.smt to find herein the likeness of one\\nwith whom we have been fiunilar as a neijih-\\nbor and a citizen, and whose presence was\\nalways sunsliine, one who had a kind look, or\\nword or incident for all with whom he niet.\\nWe do not believe there lived in Newport or", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1117.jp2"}, "1018": {"fulltext": "300\\nHISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe county of .Sullivan an individual who ever\\nfelt inclined to take a street-crossing to avoid a\\nmeeting with Dr. Hatch. There was a vein of\\noriginal humor about him tliat was not only\\namusing, but positively instructive. His joke,\\nor story or comparison had a point that did not\\nfail to tell upon the luatter under consid-\\neration. Many of his apt sayings are still\\nquoted with a[)[)reciative delight.\\nIt will be pleasing to greet on one of these\\npages the face of one whose head to use a\\nfamiliar expression was always level in re-\\ngard to matters and things generally. He\\ndespised shams and destroyed them with an\\nemphatic pshaw There was a basis of\\ngood sense and judgment in the mental con-\\nstruction oi tiic man that insured success in his\\nown undertakings and made his opinion val-\\nuable to other jieople.\\nHis medical practice was large, extending to\\nthe adjoining towns, and liis tenderness and\\ncare and ability gave him success and a strong\\nhold upon the feelings of his patrons. Profes-\\nsionally, he was not given to technicalities, but\\nstated matters in terms witliiu the comprehen-\\nsion of patient and patron. It is very ])robable\\nthat his character in this regard, and which\\nwith him was perfectly natural, added to his\\npopularity as a ph3 sician. By his industry and\\ngood management he acquired a handsome es-\\ntate. His residence was pleasantly situated on\\nMain Street, and his lands spread out over the\\nintervales and I lie uplands near tlie village.\\nHe was a |)roniinent and valuable citizen in all\\ntown affairs, and was twice called upon -Ls.j4\\nand LS5 to represent the town in the State\\nLegislatui-e. His public character and private\\nlife were above re})roaeh. Ii religious belief,\\nhe was true to the convictions which forced his\\nancestor to emigrate to this country, and lived\\nand died a worthy and conscientious member of\\nthe Congregational Church. He is referred to\\nelsewhere in this sketch of Newport.\\nTHOMAS SANBORN., M.I).\\nThomas Sanborn, M.D., the subject of this\\nsketch, \\\\\\\\as a native of Saubornt(jn, N. H.,\\nborn September 2(J, 1811. He was a grandson\\nof Benaiah Sanborn, in his time, an eminent\\nand highly-esteemed physician of tliat part of\\nthe State, the only son of Christopher Smith\\nSanborn and a lineal descendant, in the fifth\\ngeneration, of Daniel Sanborn, one of the first\\nsettlers of that town and from whom it derived\\nits name.\\nThe early years of Dr. Sanborn were oc-\\ncupied in the duties and privileges incident to\\nthe life of a New England farmer s boy of that\\nperiod. He engaged in farm-work, attended\\nthe district school during the winter seasons,\\nand the village academy, and thus came to\\nadult age with a sound constitution, a clear\\nhead an l a basis of general knowledge on which\\nafterward to construct his valuable life-work.\\nThe death of his father, by drowning, which\\noccurred when he was sixteen years of age,\\ngreatly increased his responsibility as a member\\nof the family, but only to develoj) additional\\nstrength and excellence of character.\\nA good son, with a careful regard for the\\nhappiness aud welfare of his widowed mother\\nand sister, he reniainetl for five or six years at\\nthe homestead and industriously aided in the\\nmanagement of the farm and other family\\naffliirs.\\nIn the year IS. Jl he engaged for a time\\nin a mercantile business in Lawrence, Mass.,\\nbut the iiutlcMik in that direction was not at-\\ntractive, aud lie turned from it to enlist in the\\nstudy of medicine.\\nIt is more than probable that his t ourse in\\nregard to this matter touk shape in accordance\\nwith the often-expressed wish of his grand-\\nfather that one of his grandsons might choose\\nfor his life-work the profession in which he had\\nachieved so much of distinction and success.\\nIn I80.J he entered the office of Dr. Thomas\\nP. Hill, of Sanbornton, and, after a term of\\nstudy, atteniled on a com se of lectures at the", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1118.jp2"}, "1019": {"fulltext": "T,", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1121.jp2"}, "1020": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1122.jp2"}, "1021": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n301\\n]\\\\I:iine Medical School, at Brunswick. The .suc-\\nceeding five oi- six years were devoted to other\\naffairs; but, in 1S;5!), he resumed his medical\\nstudies, under the direction of his hrother-in-\\nlaw, Dr. H. ITosmer, of New London (now\\nof Penacook), with whom he remained two\\nyears, in the mean time attending two courses\\nof lectures at the Dartmouth Medical Oolle re.\\nHe was sui)se(|uently, for some time, under the\\npatronage and instruction of i^r. (oilman Kim-\\nball, of Lowell, Mass. He received his\\nmedical degree from Dartmouth in 1841, and\\nCommenced practice in (xosjien, where he re-\\nmained until August, 1843, when he removed\\nto Newport.\\nAfter locating in tliis town Dr. Sanborn\\navailed himself of lectures and hospital piac-\\ntice at the Bellevne ^ledical Institution, in New\\nYork Cit) and applie l himself with great\\nassiduity to the continued study, as well as the\\n])ractice, of his profession. A successful under-\\nstaudino- and manao;ement of the eases that came\\nunder his care and his conspicuous skill as a\\nsurgeon in due time won ftir him an extended\\nand profitable patronage and a wide celebrity.\\nIn view of greater proficiency in many of the\\ndetails of his professional work. Dr. Sanborn,\\nin 1853, crossed the Atlantic and traveled ex-\\ntensively in England, Scotland, France and\\nBelgium, visiting their medical schools, hos-\\npitals and museums, returning to his home and\\nfriends in Newport with an increased intel-\\nligence, professionally, for the benefit of his\\npatrons, and that enlarged view of men and\\nthingfs derived from fbreiirn travel.\\nAside from his professional standing, he was\\na public-spirited and leading citizen of the town,\\nwhich he twice represented 18o7, 18,58 iu\\nthe State Legislature, to the satisfaction of a\\nlarge constituency.\\nAmong the many distinguished surgical op-\\nerations performed by Dr. Sanborn we take\\nthe liberty of referring to one which was re-\\nported in detail in the Neir Hampshire Journal\\nof Medicine of May, 1855. It was a plastic\\noperation for the relief of deformity resulting\\nfrom a burn, it Ijeing one of the first in this\\npartof the State which proved entirely successful.\\nThe subject was Jane Johnson, of Newbury,\\nten vears of age. The burning occurred when\\nshe was four vears of age and resulted in the\\nfollowing deformities: Thick, uneven cica-\\ntrix, Ixnding the chin down to the sternum,\\npulling the under-lip below the chin and ex-\\n])osiug the mucous membrane; everting the\\ninfl rior evelids twisting the neck .so as to\\ncause the face to look toward the right shoul-\\nder beudino- the inferior maxillaries causing\\nthe inferi(n- incisors to project. The niouth was\\nkept constantly open and there was a continual\\nflow of saliva, which she was entirely unable to\\nretain. The assistance of the fingers was re-\\nquired to retain the food in the mouth for mas-\\ntication, the ])ostcrior molars only coming in\\ncontact. The frit uds report that tlu wry neck\\nis cured, the eye natural, exhibiting none of\\nthe deformity olwerved before the operation.\\nThe saliva is retained in tlie mouth, tiie food\\nmasticated without the aid of tiie fingers, and\\nthe patient continually im])roviMg in personal\\nappearance.\\nDr. Sanborn took a decided stand iu favor of\\nthe Union of the States, and manifested his\\npatriotism in deeds, as well as words. In 18G3\\nhe was appointed surgeon of the Sixteenth\\nRegiment New Hampshire Volunteers, and\\nserved with distinction in the Nineteenth Army\\nCorps in Louisiana. After his return he wa.s\\nappointed United States army surgeon of this\\nmilitary department.\\nHe was a member of the New Hampshire\\nMedical Society, the National Medical Asso-\\nciation and the Connecticut ^Medical Society. He\\nwas also a Past Master of the Mount N^ ernou\\nLodge of Masons.\\nThe social and domestic relations of Dr.\\nSaub(.)rn were ever of the most agreeable char-\\nacter. He married, November 14, 1844, Har-\\nriet, a daughter of Hon. David Allen, of this\\ntown. Their children were,", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1123.jp2"}, "1022": {"fulltext": "302\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1. Harriet E., born October 30, 1846, died\\nAugust 10, ].S(i4.\\n2. Mary J., born March 16, 1847, was edu-\\ncated at Mount Holyoke Seminary, Mass., be-\\ncame tlic wife of Rev. George H. Ide, of\\nHopkinton, Mass., the motiier of two chil-\\ndren, Carrie 8., born June 1, 1872, Charles\\nE., born January 22, 1874, and died January\\n26, 187o.\\n;5. Thomas Benton, born July 0, 1852.\\n4. Christopher Allen, born April ij, ISof),\\nmarried, September 16, 1885, Mary Braniau,\\ndaughter of Hon. Augustus Mudge, of Dan-\\nvers, Mass.\\n5. Kate A., born March 19, 1867.\\nThe Saubfirns for many years owned and oc-\\ncupied as a residence the place at present known\\nas Cheney s Block. After disposing of this\\nproperty 1872 which came into use as the\\npost-offi(:e and for other business purposes, they\\nremoved to a pleasant and otherwise desirable\\nresidence farther north on Main Street, oppo-\\nsite the Pari wliich coutinues to be the home\\nof the family.\\nDr. Sanborn took great pleasure in being the\\nowner of a farm a sentiment that undoubtedly\\ncame along witli liini from his boyhood and\\nearly experiences and in the producing of hay\\nand grain and in the raising of cattle and\\nhorses. He first owned the place on Corbin\\nHill once occupied by Dr. James Corbin, and\\nafterwards the Gordon Buell farm, near Guild\\nStation and post-office, which remains in pos-\\nsession of the family.\\nDr. Sanborn was a thorough scholar, a man\\nof the strictest integrity and possessed a remark-\\nably kind and genial disposition. He sought\\nno place or preferment the place and the pre-\\nferment sought him. His great experience,\\ngeneral reading and good judgment made him\\na safe practitioner in all departments of his\\nprofession, and a wise counselor professionally\\nand in general affairs. His life in Newport\\ncovered a jieriod of more than thirty years.\\nHis death occurred .luly 2;!, 1875, in the sixty-\\nfourth year of his age. The decease of no\\ncitizen of the town lias been more generally\\nlamented.\\nIt is proper to state, in connection with this\\nbiography, that Dr. Thomas Sanborn has been\\nworthily succeeded by his sons, Thomas B. and\\nC hristopher A. (see genealogy), who, first, inider\\nhis careful influence and instruction, and, after-\\nward, under other instructors and in the best\\nschools and hospitals of the country, have been\\nthoroughly educated and taken their jilaces in\\nthe medical profession, and are unitedly cariyiug\\non and extending the practice founded by their\\nfather. It is through their filial regard and\\nloyalty to his name and memory that we are\\nable to place his likeness and this brief record\\nof his life upon the pages of this volume.\\nHON. LEVI WINTER BARTON.\\nAncestral excellence is an invaluable legacy.\\nAsa rule, blood will tell, and the marked\\njJiysical mental and moral traits of a promi-\\nnent fiimily are likely to re-appear in many\\nsuccessive generations. And added to this\\nhereditary wealth comes the inspiration of a\\nnoble example, suggesting the possibility and\\nthe desirability of worthy, helpful living. The\\nsubject of this sketch was fortunate in this re-\\ngard. In the garnered wealth of a vigorous,\\ntalented and virtuous ancestry, he has a good-\\nly heritage.\\nLevi W. Barton s parents were Bezaleel\\nBarton (2d), and Hannah (Powers) Barton.\\nThe family of Power (or Le Poer, as former-\\nly written) was of Norman extraction, and set-\\ntled in England at the conquest of that king-\\ndom by the Normans, under William, Duke of\\nNormandy, in the person of Power, or Le Poer,\\nwho is recorded in Battle Abbey as one of\\nthe connuanders at the battle of Hastings, in\\n1066. Soon after Sir John Le Poer resided in\\nPoersha3 se, Devonshire, England.\\nIn 1172 one of his descendants, Sir Roger\\nBy Rev. J. W. Adams.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1124.jp2"}, "1023": {"fulltext": "t^", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1127.jp2"}, "1024": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1128.jp2"}, "1025": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n303\\nLe Poer, went with Earl Stougliton in his inva-\\nsion and partial conquest of Ireland, where he\\ngreatly distingnished hi nisei t^ and received lar ic\\ngrantsoflaud. He was the ancestorot a succession\\nof distinguished men, among whom were Sir\\nNicholas Tjc Poer, who had a snmmons to Par-\\nliament in 1375 as Baron Le Poer, and Sir\\nRichard, Sir Peter, Sir Eustace and Sir Ar-\\nnold Le Poer.\\nThe family was also a distinguished one in\\nEngland, from the Norman Con(jucst down.\\nIn 1187 Richard Poer, of this line, high sheriff\\nof Gloucestershire, England, was killed defend-\\ning the Lord s day and Sir Henry Le Poer\\ndistinguislied himself greatly as a commander\\nnnder the Duke of Wellington.\\nThis remarkable family has outlived the\\ndynasties of the Conqnerer, the Plautaganets,\\ntiie Tudors an l tiio Stuarts and flourishes yet.\\nSince the time of Queen Elizahcth they have\\nreturned to their early orthography of Power,\\nand finally, in America, here added s, mak-\\ning it Powers.\\nWalter Powers, the ancestor of all the Pow-\\ners families of Croydon, N. H., was born in\\n1639. He came to Salem, Mass., in 1(354.\\nHe married, January 11, l(i60, Trial, daugh-\\nter of Deacon Ralph Shepherd. He died in\\nNashoba in 1708.\\nThe town, in 1715, was incorporated by the\\nname of Littleton (Mass.)\\nOf the nine children of Walter and Trial\\nPowers, the eldest, William, was born in 1661,\\nand married, in 1688, Mary Bank.\\nOf the nine children of William and Mary\\n(Bank) Powers, William (2d), was born 1691\\nand married, 1713, Lydia Perham.\\nOf the four children of William (2d) and\\nLydia (Perham) Powers, Lemuel was born in\\n1714 and married Thankful Leland, of Grafton,\\nMass., daughter of Captain James Leland. All\\nexcept the eldest of their children settled in\\nCroydon, and two of his sons served that town\\nas soldiers in Revolution.\\nOf the ten children of Lemuel and Thank-\\nful (Iceland) Powers, Ezekiel was born in Graf-\\nton, Mass., March 16, 1745, and married, Jan-\\nuary 28, 767, Hannah Hall, of Uxbridge,\\nMass. Levi W. Barton was their grandson.\\nThey came to fJroydiin in 1767. He was a\\nman of industry and indomitable energy. He\\ndied in Crox-ddu Novenilier 11, ISOS. His\\nwidow died October 21, 1835.\\nOf the seven children of Ezekiel and Han-\\nnah (Hall) Powers, Ezekiel, Jr. (the first male\\nchild born in Croydon), was born May 2, 1771.\\nHe married Susannah Rice, January 18, 1790.\\nOf the si.x children of Ezekiel, Jr., and Sn-\\nsannali (Rice) Powers, Hannah (mother of\\nLevi ^X.) was l)orn Feliruary 20, 1795, and\\nmarried Bezaleel Barton, born in 1794.\\nThe Bartons are of English (le.scent. With-\\nout undertaking to be pi eci.se as to the de-\\ntails of kinsjiip, we are able to identify the fol-\\nlowing as among their earliest ancestry in\\nNew Ensrland Marmaduke Barton was in Sa-\\nlem as early as 1638. Edward was in Salem\\nin 1640. Rufus fled fnnn the persecution of\\nthe Dutfli at Manhattan, N. Y., and settled in\\nPortsmouth, R. I., in 1640, and died in 1648.\\n^Irs. Eliza Barton testified in an important\\ncase at Piscataqua, N. H., in 1656. Edward,\\nundoubtedly the one living in Salem in 1640,\\nand husband of Eliza Barton, came to Exeter,\\nX. H., in 1657, and died at Cape Porpoise\\nJanuary, 1671. Benjamin Barton, fif Warwick,\\nson of Rufus Barton, married, June 9, 1669, Su-\\nsannah Evertou. Edward Barton, son of Ed-\\nsvai-d of Exeter, took the freeman s oath in\\n1674. Ih Jiihn Barton, son of Dr. .hunes\\nBarton, married, April 20, 1676, Lydia lioberts,\\nof Salem, Mass.\\nJames Barton, Imrn in 164;!, came to Boston,\\nMa.ss., before 1670. He lied in Weston, Mass.,\\nin 1729, aged eighty-six years. Samuel Barton\\n(probably son of Dr. James Barton) was born\\nin 1666. He testified in a witch case (in fiivor\\nof the witch, be it said to his credit) in Salem,\\nMass., in 1691. Stei)hen Barton was at Bris-\\ntol (then in Mas.sachusetts) in 1690.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1129.jp2"}, "1026": {"fulltext": "304\\nHISTORY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nColonel William Barton, born in Providence\\nR. I., in 1747, wlm witli a small body of men\\ncrossed Narragausett Bay on the night of July\\n20, 1777, passed unnoticed three British ves-\\nsels, landed, reached tlie quarters of the Eng-\\nlisli General Prescott, and captured him,\\nfor which history informs us he received from\\nCongress tlie gift of a sword, a commission as\\ncolonel and a tract of land in Vermont, was\\na descendant of iSanmel Barton and Hannah, iiis\\nwife, ancestors of the Bartons, tiie early settlers\\nof Croydon.\\nThey were living in Framingliani, INIass., as\\nearly as 1090, and moved to Oxford, Mass.,\\nin 1716, where his will was proved September\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a223, 17:58. Of their eight children, Samuel, Jr.,\\nwas born in Framingham October 8, 16!tl\\nmarried. May 2. 1715, Elizabeth Bellows. He\\nWiis one of tlic original proprietors of Sutton,\\nMass. He was a man of influence and held\\ndifferent positions of lionor and trust in the\\ntown.\\nOf his seven children Bczaleel was born iu\\nSutton July 2(), 1722, and married Pliebc\\nCarlton, April 1747, a lady noted for her\\nbeauty.\\n)f the children of Bezaleel and Phebe (Carl-\\nton) liarton were Phebe (one of whose grand-\\ndaughters was the wife of Dr. Judsou), Beza-\\nleel, Jr., Benjamin and Peter. The father and\\nsons moved to Koyalton in 1764 and served\\nthat town as soldiers in the Revolution. Beza-\\nleel, Sr,, died in the service at Bunker Hill\\nin 1775, aged fifty-thi-ee years. Bezaleel and\\nBenjamin came from Sutton to Croydon iu 1784\\nand Peter in 179;5. From these have descended\\nthe numerous families in Croydon bearing their\\nname. They were brave, sturdy men, inured\\nto toil and danger, and they grappled manfully\\nwith the hardships of pioneer life. They gave up\\ntlie endearments of home to receive in exchange\\nthe hardships and privations incident to a new\\nsettlement.\\nOf Puritan stock, they inherited their love of\\njustice, their devotion to principle and their\\ncontempt of toil and danger. Both they and\\ntheir descendants occupied leading positions,\\nand their history is interwoven most closely\\nwith the history of the town from its earliest\\ndays.\\nOf the thirteen children of Peter and Hep-\\nsiiieth (Baker) Barton, born in Croydon, Beza-\\nleel Barton (2d) was born July, 1 794, married\\nHannah Powers, daughter of Ezekiel Powers,\\nJr. and as we have before noticed, the first\\nmale child born in Croydon.\\nHere the Barton and Powers genealogies\\nunite.\\n)f the children of Bezaleel Barton (2d) and\\nHaiuiah (Powers) Barton, Levi Winters was\\nborn Man-h 1, 1818.\\nThe fatiicr, a man of marked social qualities\\nand frank and genial in his bearing, died before\\nthe sou iiad reached his majority, and pi-evious\\nto this business had taken the father from home,\\nso that most of the responsibilities of the fam-\\nily rested ujion the mother. But it is no idle\\npun upon her niaidt u-name to say that she was\\na power in that household; her intuitive vision\\nsaw every material necessity of the family her\\nunsurpassed executive capacity was equal to\\nevery dmiand, and what is quite as essential to\\nthe formation of a symmetrical character, her\\nmoral and religious precepts and example com-\\npelled a recognition of the claims of God and\\nman. The sick and poor of her neighborhood\\nwere often greatly indebted to her for the wis-\\ndom of her counsels, the abundance of her\\nalms-deeds and the warmth of her sympathy.\\nUniversally venerated and esteemed, she died\\nin Croydon September 14, 1881, aged eiglity-\\nsix. Inheriting the best qualities of such an\\nancestry, moulded and inspired by such a moth-\\ner and in boyhood acquiring his fibre in the\\n.severe but practical school of tireless industry,\\nrigid economy, and heroic self-denial and self-\\nreliance, we might anticipate for Mr. Barton a\\ncharacter and a career which would place him\\namong: the best and foremost citizens of his State\\nand entitle him to an important chapter iu its", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1130.jp2"}, "1027": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n305\\nliistorv. We hazard nothing when we say\\nthat he has made tliat anticipation a reality and\\ntliat he has atForded us anotlier conspicuous ex-\\nample of what tile humblest may achieve un-\\nder the fostering genius of republican institu-\\ntions.\\nFrom the age of ten years till he left the\\ndistrict school at eighteen, his attendance was\\nrestricted to a short term in winter, and this\\nwith frequent interruptions. In all other parts\\nof the year he was wholly engaged in manual\\nlabor. At eighteen he assume l the responsi-\\nbility of liis own education and su[)pi)rt. He\\nhad no money, but he had what is better\\ncourage and muscle. He went to work. His\\nbooks were always near by, so that when there\\nwas a leisure moment, the horny hands of\\ntoil would grasp and his hungry mind would\\nfeast upon it. He would brook no discourage-\\nments. No hiinrs were allowed to rtui to waste.\\nOften on rainy days he would call on his old\\nfri(;nd, John Cooper, Esq., book in hand, for\\ninstruction in the common branches, but never\\nwithout receiving sympathy and encouragement.\\nThese efforts, supplemented by a term at the\\nUnity Academy, then under the instruction of\\nAlonzo A. Miner, now Doctor ]\\\\Iiner, of Boston,\\nqualified him to teach in the common schools.\\nHe now regarded his school-days closed, and\\ncheerfully chose the occupation of a fiirmer.\\nIn 1839 he married Miss Mary A. Pike, of\\nNewport, a young lad}- of great vvt)rth, who\\ndied in 1S4 I, leaving an infant son, the late\\nOjIoucI Ira McL. Barton. He placed his\\nmotherless lioy in the care of his sister, \\\\vho\\ntenderly cared tiir and reared the child. The\\ndeath of his wife was a severe blow to one in\\nwhose nature the domestic element is so marked.\\nWith the light of his home gone out, and witli\\nhis life-plan destroyed, he seemed almost par-\\nalyzed for a time lint the bent steel of his\\nintense personality was sure to react.\\nThe second year after his bereavement he\\nentered Kimball Union Academy to pursue a\\nc liissical course, under that distinguished teacher.\\nDr. Cyrus Richards. Having but one himdred\\ndollars when he entered, he was compelled to\\nteach winters and to toil with his hands during\\nthe summer vacations; but his uncompromising\\nzeal carried him successfully through the three\\nyears course. Few beliexed that he could com-\\nplete a labor commenced and continued under\\nsuch circumstances.\\nWe cannot repi-ess our admiration for the\\nyoung man whom neither bereavement nor\\npoverty could crush, liut who, in spite of the\\nmost disheartening circumstances, earns the\\nright to stand in the front rank with his most\\nbrilliant competitors. This he did.\\nIn the same spirit, and relying upon his own\\nexertions for means, he entered Dartmouth Col-\\nlege in 1.S44, and honorably graduated in 1S4.S.\\nHis oration on graduation was highly com-\\nmended by the public journals of the day.\\nBeing anxious to enter upon the practice of his\\nchosen profession at the earliest ])ossil)le day, he\\ncommenced the study of the law with Hon.\\nDaniel Blaisdell, of Hanover, during his senior\\nyear.\\nImmediately after graduating Mr. Barton\\ncommenced teaching the Canaan Academy, and\\nat the same time entered as a student the\\noffice of Judge Kittredge, where he remained\\nuntil January, 1851. While there he taught\\nthe Academy five terms, and was also appointed\\npostmaster of Canaan. In the early part of\\n18-31 he came to Newport and completed his\\nlegal studies with Messrs. Metcalf t Corbin,\\nand was there admitted to the bar in the July\\nfollowing. Ill lS. i4 he formed a law jiartner-\\nship with Hon. Ralph Metcalf, w hicli contiuued\\nuntil Mr. Metcalf was electeil Governor. He\\nthen became the law-partner of Shepherd L.\\nBowers, Escj., with whom he was associated\\nuutil 18.J!l.\\nNotwithstanding his extensive law practice,\\nMr. Barton has been engaged to a considerable\\nextent in building, farming, stock-raising and\\nfruit-growing. No man with c([ual means has\\ncontributed more to the growth and permanent", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1131.jp2"}, "1028": {"fulltext": "306\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nimprovemeut of the village of Newport; none\\nhave done more by their own jiersoiial industry\\nto convert rough fields into attraetive streets,\\nluxuriant gardens and pleasant homes. Taught\\nfrom cliildhood to cultivate the soil, he has, all\\nalouff throufrh his Inisv life, found Jiis highest\\nenjoyment in turning aside from the turmoil of\\nprofessional lal)ors to tlie more genial occupa-\\ntion of agricultural pursuits.\\nAs evidence of his superior legal abilities,\\nand of the public esteem in wliicii he is held,\\nwe point to tiie following record\\nHe was register of deeds for Sullivan County\\nfniiii 1X5.5 to 1.S58 county solicitor from 1859\\nto 1864; representative to the State Legislature\\nin 1868, 18G4, 1875, 1876 and 1877, and State\\nSenator in 1867 and 186lS. During all these\\nseven years of service in both Houses, he was\\na member of the judiciary committee, and for\\nfive years its chairman. lu 1866 he was\\nchairman of the board of commissioners ap-\\npointed by Governor Smytlie to audit tiie war\\ndebt of tlie State. In 1S76 he was a member\\nof the convention which revised the State Con-\\nstitution, and the same year was chosen elector\\nof President and Vice-President of the United\\nStates; (iovcrnor Harriman appointed iiini l)ani\\ncommissioner, but he declined the office. He\\nwas appointed by Governor Prescott in 1877\\none of the commissioners to revise and codify\\nthe Statutes of New Hampshire. His many\\nfriends have hoped tosechim elected toCongress;\\nit is conceded that his abilities anil his fidelity to\\nimportant public ti usts reveal his eminent fitness\\nfor sucii a. position liut local divisions, for\\nwliich he is in no ways rcsjxinsible, have thus\\nfiir })reventcd his nomination. Jn the legisla-\\ntive caucus wiiich nominated Hon. E. H. Rol-\\nlins tiir United States Senator, Mr. Barton\\nreceived a handsome complimentary vote witli-\\nout any effort on his part. I\\nWhen he commenced the pi actice (tf law in\\nNewport, he found there able rivals for the\\nhonors of the profession, whose reputations were\\nwell established. I cannot better express the\\ntruth than to use the language of a writer\\nwho, speaking of this period of his life, says,\\nThe field seemed to be fully and ably ocpupied,\\nbut his early training had made him self-reliant. It soon\\nbecame apparent that he had come to stay, for, from\\nthe outset, his success was assured; that he would\\nbring to the discharge of the duties of bis new posi-\\ntion the same energy and devotion to principle which\\nhad hitherto characterized his actions. From that\\ntime to the piresent he has enjoyed the confidence\\nof the public. As a counselor he is cautious and\\ncareful, dissuading rather than encouraging litiga-\\ntion. As an advocate he is eloquent, zealous, bold\\nand persistent. In the preparation and trial of causes\\nhe has few equals and no superiors at the Sullivan\\nCounty bar. His faithfulness and devotion to the in-\\nterests of his clients have otten been a subject of re-\\nmark. The late Hon. Edmund Burke, who was op-\\n|)osed to him in many hard-contested cases, has been\\nheard to say to the jury that his brother Barton s\\nclients, in his own estimation, were always right and\\nhis witnesses always truthful in fact, his geese were\\nalways swans.\\nMr. Barton s legislative experience began in\\nISIir?, that intensely feverish period of the\\nllebellion. The Democratic party was repre-\\nsented by its ablest orators and most skillful par-\\nliamentarians. Never was a minority abler led\\nby adroit leaders. They were artful, l)itter and\\ndesperate. Although Mr. Barton was a new\\nmember, unused to the rules of the House, still\\nho almost at once became the acknowledged\\nleader of the majority. Wary antl watchful,\\nalert and forcible, JNlr. Barton promj)tly and\\nsuccessfully met the a.ssaults of the ojiposition,\\nand sometimes carried the war into Africa.\\nThe House soon acknowledged his leadership.\\nIvcturned in 1864, his position was the same as\\nin the former year. The soldiers will never\\nforget his fearless advixvuy of tiie measure al-\\nlowing them the right to vote in the field.\\nThis cost him his reappointment as solicitor,\\nas lie openly denounced Governor (tilmore for\\nhis purpose and attempt, through the opposi-\\ntion, to veto the bill. But he was not the man\\nto sacrifice principle for the loaves and fishes", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1132.jp2"}, "1029": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n307\\nof office. In 1875 anci 1876 he was chairman\\nof the Republican legislative caucus, the la-\\nbors of which were both extremely flifficult and\\nimportant.\\nIn the sessions of 187(i and 1X77 his atten-\\ntion to business was such as to give him a com\\nmanding influence in the House. Always in\\nhis place, he was ready to lend a helping hand\\nto any needed work. At the close of the latter\\nsession, one who had watched his course as a\\nlegislator said,\\nBarton, of Newport, is a man who brouirht with\\nhim an established rejjutation, and who has been oni\\nof the most prominent members of the House. He is\\na ready debater, quick to see a point and take it, pop-\\nular with his acquaintances and has had a large legis\\nlative experience, which gives him the full measure\\nof his ability. He was the most prominent champion\\nof the Prison Bill, which he managed with great\\ntact and carried to victory against odds which threat-\\nened at times to defeat it. If Sullivan County is per-\\nmitted to name the successor of Colonel Blair as\\nmember of Congress, an honor which her reliable Ke-\\npublican majority seems to entitle her, he will doubt-\\nless be the man.\\nNot less complimentary was the Neiv Hamp-\\nshire Statesman, whose chief editor was a mem-\\nber of the House,\\nOne of the best members of the House was Bar-\\nton, of Newport. Suave and considerate at all\\ntimes, and willing to take a hand in any dis-\\ncussion afiecting the public weal, his cheerful,\\nhearty voice striking in ujion a dull or an acri-\\nmonious debate, had a pleasing and mollifying\\neffect. Although careful and cautious, it cannot be\\nassumed that he is not sufKciently aggressive in the\\nmaintenance of his convictions when they are as-\\nsailed. Sometimes sharp in his personal sallies, they\\nare singularly free from bitterness or malice, and no\\none, however much aggrieved at first, could hold re-\\nsentment against him. Few members had more in-\\nfluence in the House, and his advocacy of any meas-\\nure gave it strength. Perhaps the secret of his influ-\\nence with the House was due, in part, to the fact that\\nhe seldom got on the wrong side of a question. On\\nall moral questions, also, he was sound, foremost with\\nvoice and influence and vote.\\nHis long and able legislative experience has\\nnever been stained by ])olitical corruption or bv\\nthe betrayal of any moral question. John\\n(Jooper, Esi]., in the Granite Monthly of May,\\n1879, has truthfully said, Through all the.^e\\nyears of political life he presents a record with-\\nout a blemish.\\nMr. Barton is a man of commanding phy-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0sique and is well preserved by temperate living\\nand total abstinence, from all into.xicants and\\nnarcotics. He is a man of fluent and agreea-\\nble speech, of fine conversational powers, and is\\nthe inspiration of every social circle which he\\nenters. At home as well as abroad, in private\\nas well as in public life, he is the invariable ad-\\nvocate of every moral and social reform. He\\nis an h(Uior to the Masonic fraternity, whose\\nprinciples he worthily represents. He is the\\nwarm and helpful friend of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, to which he belongs but he\\nhas an unaffected contempt for all sectarian\\nnarrowness. His sense of justice is intuitive,\\nhis sympathy quick, and in its exercise he re-\\ngards neither state nor condition.\\nThe destitute and forsaken always find in\\nhim a true friend. From boyhood he has been\\nan avowed and uncompromising opposer of\\nslavery, and of whatsoever oppresses the masses,\\nwhether white or black. If he sometimes\\na.sserts and maintains his opinions with earne.st-\\nness and warmth, he never does so with malice.\\nIn the advocacy of what he deems to be just\\nhe is never turned aside by motives of self-\\ninterest.\\nHe is kind as a neighbor, is .stronglv attach-\\ned to his friends, generous to his opponents and\\nsocial with all.\\nIn 1852 he married Miss Lizzie F. Jewett,\\nof Hollis, a cultured Christian lady. Her\\namiability, good sense and force of character\\nrender her every way worthy of her honored\\nhusband. Their silver wedding was ob-\\nserved in 1877 and was attended by a large\\ncircle of friends. Besides other tokens of ap-\\npreciation bestowed at that time, Hon. Edmund", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1133.jp2"}, "1030": {"fulltext": "308\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBurke presented, in behalf of the donors, an\\nelegant silver service accompanying the presen-\\ntation with remarks replete with friendship and\\ngood-will, to which Mr. Barton replied in a\\nfeeling and impressive manner.\\nTheir children are Herbert J., Florence F.,\\nNatt. L. and Jesse M. The eldest son, Her-\\nbert J. Barton, was born September 27, 1853.\\nHe prepared for college at Tilton, and gradu-\\nated from Dartmouth in the class of 187G,\\nstanding fourth in a class of sixty-nine students.\\nHe has taught with great success the Newport\\nHigh School, the HighScho of AVaukcgan, 111.,\\nand is now professor of Latin and Greek in\\nState Normal University, at Normal, 111. In\\n1881 he was admitted to the bar of Illinois, at\\nChicago, and was associated with his father for\\none year, when he returned West and opened an\\noffice at Winona, Minn. ^Vhile here he accepted\\nthe offer of his present position. He is a fine\\nscholar and a successful instructor.\\nFlorence F. graduated from the Newport\\nHigh School in 1881, and is a young lady of\\nfine promise.\\nNatt. L. and Jesse M. are members of the\\nNewport High School. They all have many of\\nthe elements which have contributed to their\\nfather s success.\\nBut I should do injustice to the memory of\\nthe patriot dead should I fail to speak briefly\\nof the eldest son. Colonel Ira McL. Barton.\\nHe was born, as we have said, in 1840. Upon\\nthe remarriage of his father, in 1852, he became\\na member of his family, and was cared for with\\nparental solicitude. He fitted for college at\\nKiml)all Union Academy and entered Hart-\\nmouth in the fall of 1858, but the following-\\nyear he became a law student in the office of his\\nfather, and assisted him as clerk in liis labor as\\nregister of deeds. He commenced teaching\\nschool at the age of seventeen years, and taught\\nfive terms with marked success, securing high\\ncommendation from both parents and pupils.\\nUpon the breaking outt)f the Rebellion, though\\nbut twenty-one years of age, he was the first\\nman in Sullivan County to enlist. He recruited\\nCompany E, First New Hamf)shire Volunteers,\\nand ^vas commissioned its captain. At the ex-\\npiration of the term of service he returned, and\\nimmediately commenced the enlistment of\\nanother company; was commissioned cajitain of\\nCompany F, Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers,\\nknown as the Fighting Fifth. After serving\\nin the Peninsular campaign, under General\\nMcClellan, where he won the commendation of\\nhis sujierior officers for bravery and for his care\\nof his men, he returned home sick, but recover-\\ning, he enlisted a company of heavy artillery.\\nHe went with the men to Fort Foote, near\\nWasliingt(in, D. C, as captain of Company B.\\nIn 18(!4 he was sent home to organize a regiment\\nof heavy artillery, which he did, and was com-\\nmissioned by Governor Gilmore lieutenant-\\ncolonel. He was in command of Fort Sumner,\\nin the defenses around Washington, at the time,\\nof the assassination of President Lincoln, and\\nwas mustered out of service the summer follow-\\ning, at Concord. He was soon after appointed\\nsecond lieutenant in Twenty-eighth Inflintry\\nof the regular army, and was ordered to Pine\\nBluff, Ark. He was promoted to first\\nlieutenant of same company. In this capacity\\nhe served for two years, ^\\\\\u00e2\u0080\u00a2hen he resigned and\\nwas appointed prosecuting attorney of the\\nTenth Arkansas Judicial Court. He remained\\nin this position till he was appointed judge of\\nthe Criminal Court for that district and filled\\nthat office with marked ability for two years,\\nwhen he resigned and took the position of editor\\nof the Jcffersonian liepublican, a Republican\\npaj)cr at Pine Bluft where he remaineil until\\nDecember, 1874. In the contest of Brooks and\\nBaxter for Governor of the State, he commanded\\nBaxter s forces.\\nAfter this contest was settled and Baxter was\\ndeclared Governor, he returned to Newport and\\nentered into partnership with his father in the\\npractice of the law, where he died January 19,\\n1876, before he had reached his thirty-sixth\\nbirthday.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1134.jp2"}, "1031": {"fulltext": "NEWPORT.\\n309\\nPossessed of brilliant native talent, disci-\\nplined and developed hv intelloctiial ciilturi of\\nueneroiis, humane, pliiIantliroj)ic impulses, of\\n(lie nicest sense of lionor, true, str()n unwav-\\nering in his friendship, he won for himself the\\nhighest esteem of the entire circle of his ac-\\nquaintances. Soldiers always found him a true\\ncomrade and friend, an^l the needy and suffer-\\ning of all classes were sure of his sympatliy\\nand aid, and sorrow filled the breasts of all that\\nhis sun went down while it was yet day.\\nMr. Barton, though now sixty-seven years of\\nage, is in the active practice of his profession,\\nconstant and unremitting in his labors, whether\\nin his office or upon his farm. His physical\\nand intellectual forces are still strong and active.\\nConscious of his [lersonal integrity and of tiie\\nworthiness of his aims, happy in his family,\\nhonored by the community, and cheered by the\\nfavor of Providence, he may, with great pro-\\npriety, congratulate himself that he has not\\nlived in vain. And as he is still in the vigor\\nof mature manhood, we may with reason hope\\nthat his fellow-citizens may for many years to\\ncome enjoy the benefits of his practical wisdom,\\nand that his posterity may as nobly sustain the\\nname of Barton as he has the name of those\\nfrom whom he descended.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1135.jp2"}, "1032": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF PLAINFIELD.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nPlainfield lies in the nurthern part of the\\ncounty and is bouuded as follows: On the north\\nby Grafton County on the east by Grantham on\\nthe south by Croydon and Cornish, and on the\\nwest by the Connecticut River, which separates it\\nfrom Vermont.\\nThe township was granted August 14, 1761, to\\nBenjamin Hutchins and fifty-nine others, the most\\nof whom were from Connecticut. The first pro-\\nprietors meeting was held in Plainfield, in that\\nState, from which this town derived its name. Set-\\ntlements were made in 1764, and the town had a\\npopulation of 808 in 1775.\\nBy an act passed June 2.i, 1780, the easterly\\nportion of this town and the westerly portion of\\nGrantham were united and erected into a parish\\nfor parochial purposes, by the name of Meriden.\\nIn 1856, July 12th; the Grantham portion of this\\njmrish was annexed to Plainfield.\\nThe ratable estate of the town in 1773 was about\\n$375. The following is an inveutojy of that year:\\nProvince of Newbanipshire Oliesliire ss. plainfield\\napril 21 Anno Dom 177o\\nThe Inventory of the Ratable Estate In the town\\nof plainfield Taken and made out By us the Select\\nmen of Sd plainfield The Whole of the Ratable Estate\\nIn plainfield amounts to Seventy five pounds fourteen\\nShillings Including Sixty one polls Sum total \u00c2\u00a375:\\n14\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nBen Kimball .Tolin Stevens\\nBenjanun Chapman Amos Staflbrd\\nSworn to before Francis Smith, justice of the\\npeace.\\n310\\nPlainfield was well represented in the War of the\\nRevolution. The following is a return of Cap. Rus-\\nsel s comjiany\\nA Return of Cap Russels Company with the\\nName Annexed Plainfield May 3 1777\\nCap Josiah Russel Stutely Stafford\\nS Maj John Stevens Beni Gallop\\nSerg Dannel Kimball Ziba Robberts\\nCor Benj Cutler Rob Scott\\nCor Timothy Cory Serg Ebenezer Jinne\\nDrum Beuj Chapman James Wilson\\nfifer Sam Farefield Walter Blois\\nthe above Out from y 3* of may to 20 June in y\\nwhole 48 Days Cald 45 do No. 14\\nEnsn Isaac Main Laben Hall\\nSer Thomas West Sam Williams\\nCor Silas Gates Jo Parker\\nDannel Short Job Cotton\\nNites Cutler Elexandrew Petterew\\nOliver Addams\\nthe above out from y 3 of May to 18 June 46\\nDays Calld 43 Days No. 11\\nCor David Gitcbel Duthan Kingsbury\\nLittlefield Nash William Wilson\\nJo Parker Jr Joseph Kimball\\nPerla Robberts\\nthe above in y Service from y 3 of may to y IS\\nof June 39 Days Calld 40 Days No. 7\\nAbel Stone Out untill y 20: of May 17 Days\\nJosiah Russel out from y 3 of May to y 14 11\\nDays\\nThe liillowing Plainfield men were at Saratoga\\nLieu Reuben Jerold Return of the men that\\nmarch from Plainfield to Sallatogue in Col Chases\\nRegiment In Sep 20 1777 with their names", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1136.jp2"}, "1033": {"fulltext": "PLAINFIELD.\\n311\\nNames Days in Service\\nLieut Reuben Jerold 35\\nSerg Elias Gates 32\\nSerg William Cutler 32\\nCorp Nathan Gates Ki\\nCorp Nathan iel Staftbrd 32\\nDrumni Benj\u00c2\u00b0 Chajinian 32\\nJohn Andres 32\\nTimothy Vinson 32\\nJames Walker 32\\nIsaac Williams 32\\nWilard Smith 32\\nLaban Hall 32\\nChristopher Hall 32\\nZadoc BIoss 32\\nRulaf Spalding 7\\nStutley Stafford 7\\nJosiah Eushel 16\\nReturn of Baggage Horses\\nLieu Reuben Jerold 1 Horse 9 days\\nRulaf Spaulding 1 15\\nWilliam Cutler 1 15\\nHezekiah french 1 15\\nChristopher Hall 1 15\\nJob Cotton 1 15\\nCapt Josiah Rushel himself and horse..() days each\\nCharles Spaulding dito ..2\\nAbel Startbrd dito ..3\\nReuben Jerold paid feridges for 21 men\\nand 6 horses going out at a 3 each tJs.- 9rf\\nReturning home for feridges for 17 men 6\\nhorses 5: 9\\nReuben Jerold paid for Rum dealt out to\\nthe above men 5 quarts and 1 pint \u00c2\u00a33:6: 0\\nThe following is A Return of the Quota of\\nt ontinental nieu Belonging To Plaiufiekl in Co\\nJou Chases Redgermcut:\\nRegt. Enlisted Capt Enl.\\nin under\\nTime Enl.\\nfur\\nEiry Evans Col. Silly Farewell May 1777 3 years\\nW. Willard Dito House Dito Dito\\nNegro Darock\\nLemuel Dean\\nEbenezer Ginne May 1778\\nJon How 11 u\\nLaban Hall 9 mos.\\nWalter Blois\\nWills Kimball Peabody June 7 mos.\\nJohn awlsworth\\nJoseph Kingsbury Bedel May 1776 is now\\namong the Engians or Regelors Prisoner\\nJosiah Ru.ssell Cap\\n1 Belonged in Hartford, enlisted for Plainfield.\\nBelonged in New Grantham, enlisted for Piainlield.\\nCapi- Rumels Return\\nA Return of the men of Plainfield in the Conti-\\nnental servis\\nWilder Willard Darick a Negro Lemuel Dean in\\nCap Houses Comp\\nEire Evens in Cap fairwell Comp\\nJese Roberts Ziba Roberts Simeon Short Ephraim\\nDunlap Ebenezer Re in Connectticut Servis\\nM Hall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 with niaj waite\\nAsa Briggs\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in the Bay State\\nSept. 4, 1777.\\nPlainfield October y 26 1778\\nS these may Inform You that the people appeared\\nto Be Inanimous in the choice of Daniel Kimball\\ntor an Ensign in Cap Josiah Russells company and\\nsuppose he ought to Be Commissioned\\nthese from your Huralile Ser\\nFrancis Smith Maj\\nTo Col Jonathan Chase\\nMilitary Company. The following is a peti-\\ntion from inhabitants of Meriden to form a mili-\\ntary company\\nTo his Honour Jonathan Chase Esq Col\u00c2\u00b0 of y 1st\\nRegiment in the S* Briggade in the State of Ver-\\nmont.\\nThe Petition of y Soldiery and Alarm Men of\\nthe Parish of Meriden humbly Sheweth.\\nThat your Petitioners being allways ready to\\nobey military orders we with y more boldness ad-\\ndress your Honour on y\u00c2\u00b0 following subject.\\nThat your Petitioners being contiguously situated\\nand desirous as much as in us lies to pronidte ]\\\\Iili-\\ntary skill and dissipline are very desirous to form a\\nMilitary Company in s Parish which when it is con-\\nsidered that Plainlielil being very numerous having\\nupward of one hundred men of the trained band N.\\nGrantham very small not more than twenty-tive and\\nto make a Company in this Parish makes it respect-\\nable and leaves a large Comjiany in Plainfield we\\nhope that j-our Honour will grant us our desire and\\nissue orders accordingly And your Petitioners as in\\nDuty bound shall ever Pray\\nMeriden April 30 1781.\\n(Jharles Scott Perly Roberts\\nW Iliuitiugtoii Jesse Roberts\\nJames Jenne Simeon Pool\\nEben Jenne John Packard\\nPeter King Natluiu Draper", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1137.jp2"}, "1034": {"fulltext": "312\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIsaac Williams\\nTimothy Scott\\nEben Brown\\nPhilip Hopkins\\nSimeon Adams\\nWalter Bloss\\nAbraham Roberts\\nSample Gilkey\\nSamuel Pool Jiir\\nCaleb Cotton\\nTho Howard\\nPhilip Spaulding\\nAlexander runabls\\nAsa Bates\\nJohn Kile\\nPhillip Jorden\\nWilks Kimball\\nBen Kiniliall\\nAmmi Wilson\\nSquier Wilson\\nElijah Gleason\\nHodges Cutler\\nLathrop Shurtleft\\nNathan Parkhurst\\nOliver Adams\\nParley Hughes\\nZadok Bloss\\nJob Steven\\nJabez Shapley\\nEphraim Kile\\nIsaac Rice\\nRulaf Spalding\\nAbel Stevens\\nJohn Stevens\\nNathan Young\\nDaniel Kimball\\nAbel Stafibrd\\nIsaac Jenne\\nBen. Cory\\nJonathan Parkhurst\\nJoseph Kimball\\nSamuel Bloss\\nThomas Gallup\\nZiba Roberts\\nJohn Andrews\\nEliphalet Adams\\nLemuel Cotton\\nChampion Spalding\\nDavid Shapley\\nBenjamin Gorden\\nWilliam Kile\\nNath Stafford\\nJoseph Spalding.\\nMeriden Company, 1781,\\nWe the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Parish of\\nMeriden do Voluntarily form ourselves into a Com-\\npany of Militia which Company shall be called and\\nknown by the name of y Meriden Company. And\\nwe do pawn our words and Honours that we will\\nfreely and cheerfully submit to such officers as y\\nMajor part shall chuse\\nMeriden June y 25* 1781\\nJohn Andres\\nStiles Muncel\\nPerley Roberts\\nThomas Gallop\\nOliver Adams\\nEliphalet Miner\\nBe Bugbee\\nElijah Johnson\\nSimeon Pool\\nWi Huntington\\nIsaac Williams\\nWalter Bloss\\nHogges Cutler\\nRulaf Spalding\\nBe Jorden\\nNathan Draper\\nEbe Burr\\nStephen Sq Pettecrew\\nSara Fairfield\\nIsaac Rice\\nJohn Stevens 3\\nWi Kile\\nThomas West\\nJohn Stevens Jur\\nSample Gilkey\\nPhillip Hopkins\\nEl)e Clougli\\nDaniel Kimball\\nAbel Stevens\\nLemuel Cotton\\nNathan Parkhur.st\\nJonathan Parkhurst\\nJesse Roberts\\nNathan Young\\nZiba Roberts\\nEben Jenne\\nStephen Jinnings\\nJames Jenne\\nElijah Gleason\\nJob Stevens\\nAsa Bates\\nSimeon Short\\nZadock Bloss\\nPeter King\\nBe Cory\\nSam Pool Ju\\nTheopbilus Howard\\nJoseph Spalding\\nAbel Stafford\\nEliphalet Adams\\nParley Hews\\nIsaac Jenne\\nPhilip Jorden\\nSam Eglestone\\nNa Stafford\\nChampion Spalding\\nPhilip Spalding\\nNa Taylor\\nRobert Scott\\nCharles Scott\\nNa Delano\\nPeter Bugbee\\nPlainfield Feb 27 1781\\nWe whose Names are under Riten Do Voluntarily\\nInlist our Selves as Privit as Solders in Cap Nelsons\\nComp to Escort and gard on the Fruntteers Near\\nConne River and Ingage to obey our officers accord-\\ning to the Rule of war till the first Day of April Next\\nif not sooner discharged as witness our hands\\nEphraim Dunlap Steward how\\nJob Williams\\nJames Kelsy\\nDaniel Kimball\\nSoldiers Orders.\\nPl.AINFIELD, Sept. P 1784\\nSir Please to pay the bearer the whole of my\\nwages for service in Cap Steven s Company at West\\nPoint in 17S4\\nPhillips Warren\\n\u00c2\u00a37.10.4\\nTo the Treasurer of New Hampshire\\nState op New Hamp.shirb\\nPlainfield 24 April 1785\\nTo M Josia Oilman Paymaster General for said\\nstate S please to pay the Bearer hereof the wages due\\nto me the subscriber for going into the service of s^\\nstate three months and a half to West Point in Cap\\nAbel Stevens Company in Col. Nichols Regiment in\\nthe year 1780 and this order shall be your Receipt for\\nthe same from your Humble Ser t\\n\u00c2\u00a38.19. June 14 EbbnJoy", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1138.jp2"}, "1035": {"fulltext": "PLAINFIELD.\\n313\\nThe following is a petition of sundry inhab-\\nitants relative to taxes addressed to the Gen-\\neral Court, 1785.\\nHumbly shew,\\nElislia Read, Andrew Traey, Jonathan Stevens,\\nWalter Weld, David Allen, .Tal)ez Balding, John Ost-\\ning, William Chote, Darius .Spalding, Benjamin Jack-\\nson, Daniel Earl, Benjamin Oole, Daniel Cole, Moses\\nWeld, Daniel Hovey, Benj\u00c2\u00b0 Joy Jun Ebenezer Sab-\\nings, Daniel Joy, Jesse Heath, Moses Brigham, Philip\\nSpalding, Cliapliiig Spalding, Gardner Dusting, John\\nDusting, Walter Smith, John Spalding, Barzilla\\nSpalding, James Freeman, ElishaHerick,Rosil Minor,\\nBenjamin Joy, Samuel Reed, Daniel Freeman, David\\nPerry, Abel Benit, Ebenezer Cole, David Steaveus,\\nAbel Stone, John Cole, Daniel Robert, Aaron Palmer,\\nNathan Andrus, Ruf us Wheeler, Elias Bingham\\nCary all of Plaintield Cornish in the County ot\\nCheshire and said State That your Petitioners have\\nall removed into said Towns of Plainfield and Corn-\\ni ih from other States in the Union since the year 1780\\nat which time many of them were under Twenty (_)ne\\nyears of Age that your petition have paid all their\\ntaxes in the several states whence they have removed\\nup to the time of their Removal That the Selectmen\\nof s Plaintield Cornish have nevertheless assessed\\nyour Petitioners for all the Taxes of said Towns from\\ntlie Commencement of the late War to the present\\nyear, thereliy compelling them to pay over again\\nTaxes for the years they had paid for bel ore tliey\\ncame into this State and obliging Parents to Pay\\nTaxes for their Children ever since they arrived to\\nthe Age of Ten years That s Selectmen have further\\nendeavoreii to compell those of your Petitioners who\\nhave come of Age since they became Inhabitants of\\nthis State to pay Taxes from the year 1777 when\\nmany of them were no more than ten years old.\\nYour Petitioners are ready chearfullj to pay all\\ntheir taxes from the time they became inhabitants of\\ntheir respective Towns and humbly conceivethe Con-\\nduct of said Selectmen to be flagrantly unjust op-\\npressive and opposed to every princi[de ol Equity.\\nA\\\\ hercfore they pray that your honors would be\\npleased to take their hard Treatment luider yoiu wise\\nConsideration that you would exemi)t them from\\npaying Taxes towards the support of a Government,\\nto which at the Time they ought to have been paid,\\nthey did not belong, and which can serve only to ease\\nthose who have refused to pay their Taxes in season\\nor that your honors would take such other Order con-\\ncerning the Premises as in your wisdom shall seem\\nmeet, and your Petition as in Duty bound will ever\\npray. c\\nJohn Pickeri G /or Petitioners\\nThe tbllowiug- is a petition for a ferry, addressed\\nto the General Court, 1785:\\nThe petition of Jo.seph Kimball of Plainfield\\nhumbly Shewetli that your Petitioner hath been at\\nthe Expence of keeping a ferry across Connecticut\\nRiver in Plainfield for upwards of five Years at y\\nmouth of water quecher River which ferry hath been\\nverey expensive to Y ourjjetitioner in providing boats\\nto Serve the publick for which he hath Rec Little or\\nno benefit, and expecting lluit in some future time it\\nmay be some profit wherefore your petitioner humbly\\nprayeth that your Honours may take his case into\\nyour wise Consideration and grant to your petitioner\\nthe Exclusive right of a ferry begining at Lebenon\\nSouth Line extending three miles dow u said River, to\\nhim bis heirs and assigns, and Y our petitioner as in\\nduty bound shall ever pray\\nJoseph Kimball\\nIn House of Representatives, February 10, 1786,\\nthe foregoing jietition was granted.\\nTax on (rovcrnor Wentivortlis Right.\\nPlainfield Dec y= lO 17815 This may certify that\\nthe State Tax against Bening Wentworths Right of\\nLand in Plainfield for y years 1777, 1778, 1770, and\\n1780 amounts to three pounds twelve Shilling and the\\ncounty tax for y above Years is three shillings\\nEight pence.\\nAtt Sam Fairfield, Constable.\\nAtt David Perry Selectmen For\\nCharles Spaulding j Plainfield\\nTiie following is a petition for a poll parish,\\n1788, addressed to the General Court:\\nThe Petition of the subscribers inhabitants of the\\ntowns of Cornisli and Plainfield, in the County of\\nChesirc in said State, Humldy shewetli that the great\\ndiversity of Sentiments, in matters of Religion, and\\nthe jaring opinions concerning the most suitable\\nplace for Buildings for Religious worship, renders it\\nimpossible ever to efl ect such union in eitlier of said\\nTowns, as to enable them happily to settle and main-\\ntain, the Gospel Ministry amongst them with that\\nharmony which ought ever to reign in religious Soci-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1139.jp2"}, "1036": {"fulltext": "314\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\neties, without a Division of said Towns into Parishes\\nand wliereas the inhabitants (if Difffrent Sentiments,\\nare so intermixed in their sentiments that Parisli lines\\nwould not ett ect tlio desired |iurposcs, Your petition-\\ners tlierefore pray tlie fteueral Court, to grant to the\\nsubscribers, witli such others as may liereafter be dis-\\nposed to join with tliem, such privelidges and immu-\\nnities of a Poll Parisli as may enable them to erect\\nand maintain in pmper repair a placeofPublick wor-\\nship and to raise and apply Money for the support of\\nthe Ministry among them, and with such other privi-\\nleges as may be necessary for the well ordering of\\nParish affairs, and as in Duty bound shall ever\\npray.\\nCornish November the 1 AD 1788.\\nThomas Hall Daniel Cole\\nMoody Hall John Bartlet\\nAbel Johnson\\nNath Huggins\\nWill Ripley\\nDavid Smith\\nHezekiah Fitch\\nNathan Whiting\\nBenj\u00c2\u00b0 Read\\nJohn Lucas\\nNath Bartlet\\nJames Fitch\\nSamuel Fitch\\nJoseph Kinyon Jun\\nSimon Blanchard\\nSamuel Bartlet\\nJames Hunter\\nJoshua oodwarrl\\nJoel Hildreth\\nWalter Foss\\nAbel Stone\\nSamuel Mackres\\nAbel Stone Jun\\nJohn Cady\\nLevi Stone\\nDaniel Freeman\\nJames Ripley\\nThomas Lewey\\nJesse Johnson\\nDavid Read\\nElisha Read\\nSam Read\\nAndrew Tracy\\nJ(din Spaulding\\nLovil Kimball\\nElisha Herrick\\nReuben Jerald\\nJosiah Stone\\nJames Ladieu\\nJohn Whitten\\nWill Lewey\\nMoses Chase\\nNahum Chase\\nJonathan Read\\nEliphalet Kimball Jun Chester Chapman\\nMoses Barrows .Tosepli Smith\\nMoses Barrows Jun Jal)ez Spicer\\nNathan Haius\\nIn House of Representatives, November S,\\n1788, a hearing was ordered for the next session.\\nRank of Sundrij Officers, 1788.\\nElias Cady first Lieut April y 27 1785, Capt\\nMay y 8 1781 under Vermont\\nJeremiah Spencer Capt April y 27 1785 in this\\nState.\\nCapt May 8\u00e2\u0080\u00941781 Vermont, Lt 1777 in this\\nState\\nJoseph Smith Capt April y 27 1785 in this\\nState, first Lt Sep y 5 1775, in this State.\\nJesse Willcocks Cap April y 27 1785 in this\\nState 1 L Sep y 5 1775 in this State Capt May\\nS 1781 Vermont\\nNathan Young Capt April y 27 1785 in this\\nState, Ensign May y 8 1781 under Vermont\\nDaniel Chase Capt April y 27 1785 in this State,\\nSecond Lt Sep 5 1775, first Lt Seji 19 1775 all of\\nthis State\\nJohn Cook Capt April f 27 1785 in this State,\\nEnsign May y 19 1775, Eusg July y 1 1775 under\\nMassach\\nDavid Perry Capt April y 27 1785 in this State,\\nSecond Lt\\nMay y V 1775, first Lt Dec y 2 1776 under\\nConnecticut\\nJohn Quimby Capt April y 27, 1785 in this State\\nState of Newhamp Plainfield Jan? y 15 1788\\nTo his Excellency the President and the Hon the\\nCouncil\\nMay it please Your Excellency and Honors I have\\ncalled on the Captains of the Several Companies of\\nthe fifteenth Regiment of Militia to produce their\\nCredentials in order to assertain their Rank, which is\\nas heretofore mentioned, The reason of my making\\na return in this manner I was adviz d to it by Gen\\nChase and the other officers, therefore I hope to par-\\ndon d not makeing a Return in usual form\\nFrom your most Obed and Very Humble Servt\\nJoseph Kimbel, Maj CD\\nThe ibllowiug is a petition relative to service in\\nRevolution\\nHumbly sheweth the Petition of Joseph Kimbal\\nin behalf of the Town of Plainfield that the s Town\\nwas called on for Eight men for the continental Ser-\\nvice in the Year 1777 which they furnished and in\\nthe Y ear 1781, said Town was call d on to furnish\\nEight men more of which said Town furnislied two\\nonly one of which soon deserted tlie other served his\\ntime out which was during the War, Your Petitioner\\nwould further add that y abovesaid Proportions were\\nmade by doomage, and that on examining the invoices\\nof said Town in February 1786 it appeared that in y", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1140.jp2"}, "1037": {"fulltext": "PLAINFIELD.\\n315\\nyear 1777 Plainflelds proportion was four men only,\\nand as there is a large demand agt s Town for defi-\\nciency of men in y Year 1781 Your petitioner prays\\nthat their overplus services done in 77, may be brought\\nIbrwaril, and give creadit on the deficiency for the\\nYear 81 or otherwise grant such relief as Your Hon-\\nors in their wisdom shall see cause to direct. And\\nYour petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray\\nJoseph Kimbal in behalf of s Town\\nIn House of Representatives, June, 1791, the\\nmatter was postponed to tlie next session.\\nThe following is a petition of Amos Stafford for\\nremuneration, addressed to the Legislature, 1795:\\nThe request of your Petitioner Humbly Sheweth\\nthat in the Cours of the war with Great Brittain in\\nobedience to the orders of the Legeslator of the State\\nof New-hampshire i did lay my Self out to obey their\\norders in assisting to Raise men and aid them in their\\nJIach to and from tyconderago with Provision\\nPack hose and Raising thee three years men 1 did ad-\\nvance money in the Cause to a Considerable amount\\nand Spent my own time as one of the Committe ot\\nSafety for the town of Plainfield and in the time when\\nRoyaltown in Vermont was burnt by Indians I did by\\norder of Generl Bellows Given meeby Capt Peter Page\\nand Co Abel walker of Charlestown to open my house\\nand Stores and Delt out to A Large amount iu Provi-\\nsion and hors Keeping for four days and four Nights I\\nI Nor my wife Could not get Leasur time to ondress to\\ntake rest for our house was fliU both Night and Day\\nof men going up or Returning back all which I did iu\\nobedience to the orders of the State and Commanding\\nofficers of the State for the Support of the Cause then\\nDepending and furthermore in obedience to the Re-\\nquest of the State sent out to the towns to send in\\ntlieire accounts in order for A Settlement with the\\nUnighted States Congrees I did Exhibbit my account\\nto Sanford Kingsbery Esq of Clarmont who was ap-\\npointed to Receive the accounts of these towns along\\nhear and he Excepted them as Suflicienly authentica-\\nted, and as I have allways paid my Proportion of tax\\nto the State that has been Called for of Mee and as I\\nhave not received any pay for all the afore Cited Ser-\\nvice and performances I pray this Honorable Boddy\\nto Consider the Cause of the poor Petitioner Now\\nhumbly Requesting his part of the Ballanc Struck in\\nfavour of this State with the United States Congress\\nas a Compensation for all my trouble as you in your\\nwisdom may think Proper and as in duty Bound\\nShall Ever Pray\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAs your humble Pittioner\\nAmos Stafford\\nThe following is a petition relative to grebe land,\\n1795:\\nThe Petition of the Select Men of Plainfield\\nHumbly Sheweth, That there is two Rites of Land\\nCalled the Glebe and Propagating Rites Lying in s\\nTown which at Present are no Benefit to the Town\\nand Do not answer the End and Design of their Ap-\\npropriation\\nTherefore your Petitioners Prayer is that your\\nHonours wou d Take the Matter under your wise Con-\\nsideration Grant the Town the Privilege of Con-\\nverting Either or both of the beforementioned Rites\\nor the use of Either or both of them for the Support\\nof the Gospel Ministry in s Town or otherwise Grant\\nas your Honours in your wisdom Shall See fit\\nDated at Plainfield November Y 25 AD 1795.\\nZadoc BlosS I Sehct Men of\\nChester Chapman j P/ainjiehl.\\nThe following petition is fnmi Kind)all and\\nGallup for authority to construct locks address to\\nthe General Court, 179(5\\nHumbly Sheweth the petition of Joseph Kimball\\nPeres Gallop that there are falls in Connecticut\\nRiver opposite the Town of Plainfield known by the\\nname of Waterqueche falls which Renders the Navi-\\ngation impasable with Boats which is very Injurious\\nto those that do Business on said River therefore\\nYour petitioners pray Your Honours to take the mat-\\nter under Your Wise consideration and Grant your\\npetitioners the Exchisive Right of Locking s falls,\\nso that the Same be made Navigalile for Boats c\\nunder Such Regulations and Restrictions as Your\\nHonours in Your Wisdom shall see cause to direct and\\nYour petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray\\nConcord Dec 1 1796.\\nJoseph Kimisai^l\\nPerez Gallup\\nPetition granted December 2, 179G.\\nThe following petition is for the incorporation\\nof a library, 1797\\nHumbly Sheweth Daniel Kimball that he with a\\nnumber of others in the Parish of Meriden purchased", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1141.jp2"}, "1038": {"fulltext": "316\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\na Collection of Books for a Social Library but find it\\nnecessary to be incorporated in order to realize the\\nadvantages contemjilated Therefore pray that they\\nmay be incorporated with such privileges as are usually\\nGranted in Such Cases, and as in Duty bound will pray\\nNov 27 1797\\nDax Kimball /or the purchasers.\\nThe library was incorporated by the uaiiie of\\nMeriden Library, December 11, 1797.\\nEcclesiastical. The first religious services in\\nthis town of which we have any record were held\\nin 1771 by IMr. Isaac Smith of the Congregational\\norder. From this time until 1804 services were\\nheld in private houses and at various other places.\\nSeptember 20, 1804, the First Congregational\\nChurch of West Plainfield was formed, and July\\n1(), 1805, Rev. jMicaiah Porter was settled us jias-\\ntor. The present pastor of the Congregational\\nChurch at Meriden is Rev. Benjamin A. Dean.\\nThere are two Baptist Churches in the town,\\none at Meriden, Rev. B. F. Lawrence, ])astor and\\nthe other at Plainfield, Rev. J. A. Graham, pastor.\\nAbout the year 1804 an Episcopal Church was\\norganized here. The Methodists and L^uiversal-\\nists have also held services in the tow-n.\\nThe postmaster at Plainfield is William Hall\\nat Meriden, Abbie F. Spauldiug; at Easit Plain-\\nfield, Kate Saltmarsh.\\nKimball LTniox Academy was incorporated\\nJune 1(), 1813, and endowed with a jwrmanent\\nfund of $40,000 by Hon. Daniel Kindiall. It is\\nlocated in Meriden and is an educational institution\\nof high character. Tlie jircsent principal is JMr.\\nD. G. Miller.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1142.jp2"}, "1039": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD.\\nBY CHARLES MoDANIEL.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThis town, at the time of its beiug granted to\\nJohn Fisher, Esq. and fit ty-uine others, of Ports-\\nnioutli, was iu the county of Grafton, afterward\\nCheshire, now (1885) in Siillivau County, in lati-\\ntude 43\u00c2\u00b0 .30 hounded north by tirafton, east l)y\\nWihnot and New London, south by Sunapee and\\nNew London, and west by Croydon, Grantham and\\nP^nfield. It was granted January 3, 17()9, by the\\nname of Protectworth. Its first settlement com-\\nmenced in 1772, by Israel Clifford, Ebenezer Lov-\\nerin and Timothy Q.uimby. It was incorporated\\nJanuary 24, 1794, by the name of Hi)ringfield.\\nBy an act of the (xeneral Assembly passed June\\n2i), 1817, a tract of laud lying between this town\\nand Enfield, called Heath s Gore, was annexed\\nto this town. In the year 1858, after a long-eon-\\ntested trial, a i)ortion of the Gore was disan-\\nnexed from this town and annexed to the town of\\nGrantham by an act of the Legislature.\\nCensus Population of Springfield. 1790,\\n210; 1800,570; 1810,814; 1820,967; 1830,\\n1102; 1840,1252; 18-50,1270; 1800,1021; 1870,\\n781 1880, 732. The decrease of the popula-\\ntion between 1850 and 1860 was in part due to\\nthe disannextiou of the Gore.\\nSpringfield is thirty-five miles from Concord,\\nand ninety from Boston. Branches of the Sugar\\nand Blackwater Rivers have their sources iu this\\ntown; the former empties into the Connecticut, the\\nlatter into the Merrimack. There are several ponds,\\nviz., Station, Baptist, Star, Gilman and Morgan.\\nIn the east part of the town is a granite quarry\\nalso mica mines abound in several sections, and\\nwere worked to some extent in 1810 to 1845, by\\nBowers, of Acworth Since then several companies\\nhave been formed, among which the ^lountain\\nMica Company and the Globe Mica Company are\\nperhaps the most prominent. The laud is rough\\nand stony, but is adapted to the raising of potatoes,\\ncorn, oats and barley and even thirty bushels of\\nwheat to the acre have been produced. In the\\nspring of the year the leading industry is the\\nmaking of maple sugar and syrup, tons of which\\nare annually manufactured, being of a very supe-\\nrior quality During the past few years many\\nlabor-saving and improved machines and agricul-\\ntural implements have been bought by the fiirmers\\nand are now in general use through the town.\\nSpringfield and Grantham established a Union\\nFair in the year 1880, and have siuce holden one\\nannually. This has served to act as a stimulus\\nto the cause of agriculture. At the last fair one\\nmember exhibited two hundred and ten different\\nvarieties of apples, and another member gathered\\nover one thousaud bushels. Improved breeds of\\ncattle, horses, sheep and swine are now quite com-\\nmonly owned. Better varieties of grain and vege-\\ntables, with the raising of apples, grapes and small\\nfruits, show that the farmers are alive and active\\nin their calling; while the profusion of flowers seen\\nindicates plainly that the beautiful is being blended\\nwith the useful.\\nrHAKTEK.\\nProvince 1 George the Third hy the Gr.ace\\nof j of God of Great Britain, France\\nXew Hampshire l and Ireland, King Defender of\\nProtectworth J the Faith, etc.\\nKnow ye th.at we of our special grace, certain\\nknowledge and mere motion, for the due encourage-\\nment of settling a new plantation within our said\\n317", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1143.jp2"}, "1040": {"fulltext": "318\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nprovince, by and with the advise of our trusty and\\nwell-beloved John Wentworth, Esquire, our Governor\\nand Commander-in-chief of our said province of New\\nHampshire in New England and of our Council of\\nthe said province. Have upon the conditions and\\nreservations hereinafter made, given and granted, and\\nby these presents for us our heirs and successors do\\ngive and grant in equal shares unto our loving sub-\\njects, inhabitants of our said province of New Hamp-\\nshire and our other Governments, who have peti-\\ntion d us for the same, setting forth their readiness to\\nmake immediate settlement, and to their heirs and as-\\nsigns forever, whose names are enter d on this grant,\\nto be divided to and amongst them into Sixty equal\\nshares, all that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying\\nand being within our said province of New Hamp-\\nshire containing by admeasurement twenty-five thou-\\nsand five hundred and eleven acres and two rods, and\\nis to contain something more than six miles square,\\nout of which an allowance is to be made for highways\\nand unimprovable lands by rocks, ponds, mountains\\nand rivers, one thousand and forty acres free, accord-\\ning to a plan and survey thereof, exhibited by our\\nSurveyor-General by our said Governor s order, and\\nreturned into the Secretary s Oftice, a copy whereof is\\nhereunto annex d, butted and bounded as follows,\\nviz.: beginning at a beech tree standing at the south-\\neast corner of Grafton frcnn thence south thirty-nine\\ndegrees west two miles and forty-four chains on\\nMason s curve-line, so called then south thirty-seven\\ndegrees west four miles and thirty-seven chains on the\\nsaid curve-line thence turning off and running north\\nseventy-four degrees west five miles and nineteen\\nchains by Saville; then turning off and running north\\nsixteen degrees east one mile and forty-four chains to\\na small rock-maple at the southerly corner of Grant-\\nham thence north thirty-one degrees east five miles\\nand thirty chains by ({rantham to a hemlock tree at\\nthe northeast corner thereof; thence turning off and\\nrunning south seventy-two degrees east one mile to a\\nhackmatack tree from thence on the same course, five\\nmiles and thirty-six chains and one-half to the beech\\ntree at the southeast corner of Grafton began at.\\nTo have and to hold the said tract of land as\\nabove express d, together with all privileges and ap-\\npertenances to them and their respective heirs and as-\\nsigns forever, by the name of Protectworth upon the\\nfollowing conditions, viz (First) That the Grantees\\nat their own cost shall cut, clear, bridge and make\\npassable for carriages of all kinds, a road of eight\\nrods wide thro the said tract hereby granted, and this\\nto be completed within three years from the date of\\nthis grant; on failure of which, the premises and\\nevery part thereof shall be forfeited and revert to us\\nour heirs and successors to be by us or them re-enter d\\nupon and regranted to any of our loving subjects.\\n(Second) That the said Grantees shall settle or\\nCiuisc to be settled twelve fiimilies by the first day of\\nJuly, 1774, who shall be actually cultivating some\\npart of the land, and resident thereon and to con-\\ntinue making further and additional improvement,\\ncultivation and settlement of the premises, so that\\nthere shall be actually settled and resident thereon\\nsixty families by the first day of July, 1778, on pen-\\nalty of the forfeiture of such delinquent s share, and\\nof such shares reverting to us, our heirs and succes-\\nsors, to be by us or them enter d upon and regranted\\nto such of our subjects as shall efl ectually settle and\\ncultivate the same.\\n(Third) That all white and other pine trees\\nwithin the said township fit for masting our Royiil\\nNavy, be carefully preserv d for that use and none\\nto be cut or felled without our special license for so\\ndoing first had and obtained upon the penalty of the\\nforfeiture of the right of such Grantee, his heirs and\\nassigns, to us, our heirs and successors, as well as being\\nsubject to the penalty prescribed by any present as\\nwell as future act or acts of Parliament.\\n(Fourth) That before any division of the land be\\nmade to and among the Grantees, a tract of land as\\nnear the centre of the said township as the land will\\nadmit of, shall be reserved and marked out for town-\\nlots, one of which shall be alloted to each Grantee of\\nthe contents of one acre.\\n(Fifth) Yielding and paying therefor to us our\\nheirs and successors on or before the first day of Jan-\\nuary, 1774, the rent of one ear of Indian-corn only if\\nlawfully demanded.\\n(Sixth) That every proprietor, settler, or inhabi-\\ntant shall yield and pay unto us, our heirs and suc-\\ncessors yearly and every year forever, from and after\\nthe expiration of one year from the above said first\\nday of January, namely on the first day of January\\nwhich will be in the year of our Lord Christ one\\nthousand seven hundred and seventy-five, one shilling\\nProclamation money for every hundred acres he so\\nowns, settles or possesses, and so in proportion for a\\ngreater or lesser tract of the said lanil which money", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1144.jp2"}, "1041": {"fulltext": "SPKINGFIELD.\\n319\\nshall be jniid by the respective persons above said,\\ntheir heirs or assigns in our Council Chamber in\\nPortsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be\\nappointed to receive the same and this to be in lieu\\nof air otlier rents and services whatsoever.\\nTlie roail of eight rods wide to remain reserved, but\\nto be cleared and Ijridgcd as above exjircssed, only\\ntwo rods wide.\\nIn testimony whereof we have caused the seal of our\\nsaid Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Johm\\nWentworth, esquire our Governor, and Comman-\\nder-in-Chief of our said Province of New Hampshire,\\nthe third day of .January in the ninth year of our\\nreign and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand\\nseven hundred and sixty-nine.\\nBy his Excellency s cominan l with advice of\\nCouncil.\\nGeorge King, D Sec y.\\nA^a7)ies of Ike Grantees oj\\nJohn Fisher Esq\\nDaniel Warner Esq\\nM. H. Wentworth Esq\\nDaniel Pierce Esq\\nJon Warner E.sq\\nLeveret Hubliard Esq\\nJames Stoodley Esq\\nEbenezer Russell Esq\\nIsaac Rindge Esq\\nJohn Hurd Esq\\nJohn Parker Esq\\nSamuel Ham\\nWilliam Yeaton\\nBenjaman Yeaton\\nPeter Curtis\\nRichard Woods\\nJohn White\\nJohn Barter\\nStephen Cogau\\nSamuel Grindell\\nDaniel Gridell\\nSamuel Tripe\\nR(,l)ert Hart\\nJohn Pierce\\nWilliam King\\nJohn Marsh\\nGeorge Craigie\\nJohn Jackson\\nGiles Seaward\\nGeorge Wentworth\\nthe Tiiwnshij} of Protectirorth.\\nDaniel Fowle Esq\\nRobert Lewis Fowle\\nJohn Dennett\\nWilliam Partridge Jun\\nGeorge King Esij\\nHall Jackson Esq\\nThomas Martin\\nDaniel Sherburne\\nWilliam Knight\\nTemple Knight\\nJoshua Wentworth\\nSamuel Warner\\nGeorge Libbey\\nJotham Blanchard\\nJohn Beck\\nGiles Seawanl Jun\\nJohn Churchill\\nGeorge Marshall\\nGeorge Marshall Jun\\nAlexander Welch\\nJohn Ayers\\nEphraim Ham\\nFoster Trefethen\\nWilliam Walker\\nRoger Hayes\\nWilliam Jones\\nJoseph Bass\\nGibbius Mase\\nJohn Goatham\\nSamuel Sherburne\\nJ. (L. S. Wentworth.\\nRecorded according to original Charter under the\\nProvince Seal this Seventh Day of August, 1775.\\nAttest Theodore Atkinson, Sec y.\\nIt appears from records and history that before\\nthe formation of counties, in 1771, all the courts\\nwere holden, and all public business was transacted,\\nat Portsmouth, being then the largest town in the\\nState therefore the following meetings were hold-\\nen, and business in regard to the settlement of\\nSpringfield, then known as I rotectworth, was\\ntransacted at said Portsmouth.\\nProvince of Application having been made to\\nNew Hamps. i me, the subscriber, one of his Ma-\\njestys justices of the Peace for said Province, by more\\nthan one Sixteenth Part of the Proprietors of Protect-\\nworth in said Province, to call a meeting of Said Pro-\\nprietors to Act upon the following matters and Things,\\nvizt.: P To choose a Moderator, Clerk and Treasurer\\n2 To see what encouragement the Proprietors will\\ngive to twelve settlers who shall incline to settle in\\nsaid Township 3 To agree upon what roads shall\\nbe immediately laid out and clear d to promote the\\nsettlement; 4 To appoint some suitable person to\\nallot out so much of said Township as the Proprietors\\nshall think Convenient 5 To Contirm any Grants\\nthat may have been made by the present Proprietors\\nof said Township; G To make any further Grants\\nof Land as the Proprietors may find necessary 7\\nTo assess each Proprietors Right in Such a sum as\\nmay be found Sufficient to answer the Payment of\\nany charges that have arisen, or may hereafter arise,\\nin Consequence of any Services that may be voted\\nS To choose a Collector for said Tax 9\u00c2\u00bb To re-\\nceive, examine and allow of any accounts that may be\\nlaid before the Proprietors at Said meeting 10\\nTo agree upon a method of calling all future meetings,\\nand of adjourning the same. In Consequence of said\\nRequest I do hereby notify the Said Proprietors to\\nmeet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, in said\\nPortsmouth, on Friday, the 8 of June next at 6\\no clock P.M., then and there to act upon the premises.\\nH Wentworth Jus. Pac.\\nPortsmouth May 23, 1770.\\nProvince of 1 Pursuant to a notification from\\nNew Hamps. J Henry Wentworth Escj., one of his\\nMajesty s Justice of the Peace for said Province,\\nwarning a meeting of the Proprietors of Protectworth\\non the eighth day of June, 1770, the Said Proprietors\\nhave met accordingly and\\nVoted, That Jonathan Warner Esq. be moderator\\nof this meeting.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1145.jp2"}, "1042": {"fulltext": "320\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nVoted, That Jdlui Wendell Esq. be Clerk of this\\nProprietry.\\nToted, That Jonathan Warner be the Treasurer\\nof this Proprietry.\\nVoted, That .Tohn Fisher Ks j. be impowered to\\ntreat with Darius Abbot, or others, to make a settle-\\nment in said Township with twelve Settlers.\\nVoted, That whereas the present proprietors have\\nby Deed Conveyed to John Kurd Esq., twelve Thou-\\nsand acres of land in the Townshij) of Protectworth\\nas by s Deed will appear, The same is hereby rati-\\nfied, confirmed and declared to be the act of this Pro-\\nprietry.\\nVoleil, Thiit two Si.xtielh Parts of the ungranted\\nLand in this townshl]i bo granted, and is hereby\\ngranted, to John Wendell Esq. and his assigns, He\\nor they performing all the settling duties required by\\nCharter.\\nVoted, That the Clerk, upon application to him\\nmade by more than one Sixteenth Part of the Proi)ri-\\netors, shall call any future meeting, giving fourteen\\ndays notice of the same in the Kcw Ilamjjshire (jix-\\nzette, or otherways, so that the Proin-ietors may heai-\\nof the s.ame, and that in the absence of the Moderator\\nhe shall adjourn said meetings to such Convenient\\nTime as may suit the Proprietors.\\nVoted, That this meeting be adjourned to the\\nSecond Friday in July next, at this house.\\nJoNATHAX Warner Mod.\\nFriday, .Tuly I. 1770. Met as pr adjournment,\\nand the Moderator not being present this meeting is\\nfurther adjourned to Wednesday the Eighteenth instant\\nat 3 o clock P.M., at this house.\\nAttested Pr J. Wkxdeli,, Prop r Clerk.\\n1770, July 18th, met as pr adjournment.\\nVoted, That John Wendell Esq. s account,\\namounting to One hundred and forty-three pounds,\\nthree shillings and Ten pence bo allowed and paid by\\nthe Treasurer, being for sundry expenses for this Pro-\\nprietry.\\nVoted, That the finst twelve settlers shall have One\\nhundred acres each to be laid out to them from the\\nwhole of the south Line of the Town toward the Cen-\\ntre, provided they settle thereon with their Families\\nin two years from this Date.\\nVoted, That John Wendell Esq. be empowered\\nto procure a proper Surveyor to allot out Eighteen\\nLots of One hundred acres each, and to Establish and\\nascertain the dividing Line between the Township of\\nProtectworth and Saville (now Sunapee. Ed.), and\\nto lay out all such necessary Roads as he may find\\nwanting.\\nVoted, That this meeting be dissolved, and it is\\nhereby according dissolved.\\nJonathan Wentworth, Mod.\\nThe Proprietors of Protectworth to John Wendell.\\nDr.\\n1768 s. d.\\nNov 8 To Cash p d 0:Corey for his Survey\\nBill 25\\n17Gi)\\nJany 10 To do pd V Royse for Plans c 14\\nDeer 14 To do pd O Scott forlloward Survey 10 in\\nTo my own time in Drawing Peti-\\ntions Deed Ser s procuring the\\nCharter 4 l(i\\nTo do ji d Ferryman Drawing y\\nCharter 12\\n1770\\nJlch 21 To drawing deed to Kurd Ct., and\\nTin Case 24-. 6rf 8(5\\nJuno 8 To Cash pd Fawler advertising\\nMeeting 12\\nTo Cash pd Tilton for Expences.... 14\\nTo the Charges Fees for y\u00c2\u00b0 Char-\\nter 100\\nL. My 14a 10\\nErrors Excepted\\nthis 8 June 1770\\nMr John Wendell\\nDec. 17, 1772. At a Proprietors meeting duly\\ncalled at the house of Capt. Tiltons in Portsmouth.\\nVoted, That Jonathan Warner, Esq., be the Mod-\\nerator.\\nVoted, That Daniel Ladds Survey of the Eighteen\\nhundred acre lots be received, allowed and paid.\\nVoted, That only Such settlers as Mr. Wendell\\nhas agreed with shall have any of the hundred acre\\nLots Any votes notwithstanding as the Time limited\\nto the first Twelve is expired does now cease.\\nVoted, That a tax of fifty Shillings lawful Aloney\\nbe assessed, and it is hereby assessed on each Pro-\\nprietors original share for defraying the Charges\\nDemands on this Proprietry.\\nVoted, That John Wendell, Esq., be the Collector\\nof Said Tax and account with the Proprietors Treas-\\nurer for the Same when it is by him received.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1146.jp2"}, "1043": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n321\\nI ofe/, A lioiinu (l to l i-i(l!iy (lie 8 oC .r. umary,\\nI77- l. Ailjoiiriu d to June li, 177o.\\nJOHX Wentieij,, Prnpx Cleft.\\nJune I l, 1773. Met as v Adjouriinient.\\nWherea-t it is not so agreeable to those wlio incline\\nto he Settlers in the Town, to take up any of the\\nhundred acre lots laid out by Daniel Ladd as by his\\nSurvey returned, but had rather liave Seventy-five\\nacres in lieu thereof, to be laid out on an East and\\nWest Course through the Town on a road iiroposed to\\nbe laid out. Therefore,\\nVoit-d, That Mr. Wendell by Virtue of a liirnier\\nvote, as well as l)y this vote, be impowered to lay out\\na Road Eight rods wide through the Town on the\\nSouth line of tliat Tract of Land which the Pro-\\nprietors Sold to John Hurd, Esq., and which was\\npurchased of Iliui by his Excellency Governor Went-\\nworth, and as he has agreed to give away his propor-\\ntionable Part for Settlement, Therefore,\\nVoted, That Mr. Wendell be further impowered to\\nimploy proper Persons, to. allot out as many Seventy-\\nfive acre Lots on Each Side of said line and Road,\\nas the Distance through the Town will admit of, ex-\\ncepting that he leaves two Lots together near the\\nCentre of the Town, to be appropriated as the Pro-\\nl)rietors may hereafter think proper and also that he\\nimploys the Same person to lay out the Eighteen\\nhundred acre Lots which the Governor proposes to\\ngive to Capt. Miuot for twelve Settlers and to return\\na Survey at our next meeting.\\nVoted, That Mr. Wendell be impowered, and he is\\nhereby impowered to give away twenty of the Said\\nSeventy-five acre Lots to and amongst such Settlers\\nand their Heirs as he Shall agree with, on certain\\nconditions of Settlement to be hy them performed.\\nVoted, That this meeting be adjourned to Oct. 7,\\n1773.\\nOct. 7, 1773.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Met as pr Adjournment.\\nVoted, That the Return of Survey made by 3Ir.\\nZepheniah Clark and his associates of the marking\\nout the great East and West road, and the allotment\\nof the Seventy-five acre Lots, on each Side the Said\\nRoad, as also of his laying out the Governor s Eighteen\\nhundred acre Lots, be accepted and their Bills for\\nthe Same, amounting to Eight Pounds four Shillings,\\nbe paid, and that the Same, together with Daniel\\nLadd s former Survey, be both recorded by the Clerk.\\nVoted, That the Said Road be cut and cleared out\\none Rod wide through the Town, and that iMr. W en-\\ndell be impowered to get the Same done as soon as\\nmay be for the accommodation of the Settlers.\\nVuled, That the account of money paid by John\\nWendell, Esqr., for this Proprietry be allowed,\\namounting to Fifty-six Pounds Eight shillings L.\\nMoney, ancl that he be paid the Same with Interest\\nupon this and his former account until the Treasurer\\nshall be in Cash for the Proprietry.\\nVoted, That the Clerk record Said account.\\nVoted, That the Collector shall not make sale of\\nany Delinquent Proprietors Rights till further orders.\\nVoted, That this meeting be adjourned to Nov. 13,\\n1773. Then to Feby 11,1774. Then to Aug. 3, 1774.\\nAugust 3 1774, Met as per Adjournment.\\nVoted, That Daniel Clark and others account for\\ncutting clearing the East West Road one rod\\nwide, Six half miles long, amounting to \u00c2\u00a315 2.?.,\\nbe allowed and paid l)y Mr. Wendell.\\nVoted, That as ,lohn Wendell, Esrj., is largely in\\nadvance for this Proprietry, that it does not suit\\nhim to let it remain so, he is hereby impowered to\\nhire One hundred Pounds L. My on account of this\\nProprietry, who will account with him for the same.\\nVoted, That this meeting be adjourned to Friday\\nthe 24 day of November next.\\nJox.\\\\THAN Wap.xei!, Mod.\\nMr. Daniel Chirks acct for Protectworth Roads:\\nTo cutting out clearing 62 miles of\\nRoad thro Protectworth 48s. per mile \u00c2\u00a315 12.v.\\nLadd s survey and Zepheniali Clark s survey\\nare both ou record in full i l the proprietors rec-\\nord-book, which is in our towu clerk s office.\\nThe following is a coj^y of John Weudell s\\nsecond bill.\\nD The Prop of Protectworth To John Wendell.\\n1772.\\nSept. To Cash pd D. Lad his Bill of\\nSurvey 18-100 Lots lis Zd\\nTo my own time on said Business 3 12\\n1773.\\n.luly 3. To my Horse expence to\\nKingston w Settlers 2 11 6\\nTo Advance as a Bounty to send\\n7 Settlers 25 10\\nJuly 10. To Cash paid Clarke Clifibrd\\nfor 2 Horses for Settler.* 6\\nJuly. To Cash gave for Rum 15 1 3", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1147.jp2"}, "1044": {"fulltext": "322\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nTo Casli paid Clark, Lang, Kenis-\\nton, Muclimore and Sisco for\\ntheir allotting the Govenors\\n18-100 acre 84\\nTo my own Time, Horse ex-\\npence ab Said Business 3 12\\nTo cash jiaid Nere Boyse for a\\nPlan 6\\nL. Money... \u00c2\u00a356 8s Od\\nErrors excepted.\\npr JoHX Wendell.\\nNovember, 24, 1774. Met as per adjournment.\\nWhereas his Excellency Gov. Wentworth now\\nowns that tract of Land which Messrs. Fisher, AVarner\\nWendell Conveyed to John Hurd, Esq., containing\\ntwelve Thousand acres, which is nearly equal to\\ntwenty-seven Shares or Rights in the Town. There-\\nfore it is hereby voted That Twenty-seven of the\\nSeventy-five acre lots on the north side of the\\ngreat Road be drawn to twenty-seven original Pro-\\nprietors, of whom Said Wendell, Warner Fish-\\ner bought the same when so drawn, that they be\\nentered in the Proprietors Book, and that in future\\nthose Rights shall be considered as belonging to the\\nGovernor, subject to the Same Taxes Terms of\\nSettlement as the other Rights.\\nApril 20, 1777. Met as per adjournment.\\nVoted, That by reason of the Troubles of the\\nCountry and Many of the intended Settlers being\\ncalled away into the army, the Time for Said Settlers\\nis further prolonged for twelve months, from this\\nDay.\\nJan. 26, 1778. Whereas Governor Wentworth\\nfor the benefit of the Settlement did agree with Capt.\\nMinot, of Concord, to give him Eighteen Hundred\\nAcre Lots to jirocure Settlers on the Same, which\\nwere accordingly laid out for him at the expense of this\\nProprietry as being a part of his proportion of settle-\\nment, and whereas the Governor also gave away a\\nnumber of his Seventy-five acre lots to Settlers, but\\nbefore a r(iiier conveyance was got of him, he unex-\\npectedly left the Government, and as the Said Minot\\ndid not fulfill his engagement by which the settle-\\nment has been greatly retarded and fallen heavy upon\\na few. Therefore\\nVoted, That a Representation be made to the\\nGeneral Assembly for Redress on this Matter, as well\\nto the Settlers as those Projirietors who have done\\nmore Duty than others, and that the Same be pre-\\nsented by the Moderator when he thinks proper.\\nVoted, that, if any person will undertake to build\\na Grist-Mill and Saw-Mill in twelve Months from this\\ndate. This Proprietry hereby engages to give them\\nThirty Pounds in Money, and the Mill Lot of Seven-\\nty-five Acres, provided they build the Same to the\\nSatisfiiction of Mr. Wendell, who is appointed for\\nthat ]mrpose of Agreeing.\\nAug. 29, 1778. Voted, that the Collector proceed\\nto notify the Delinquents to ])ay Their taxes already\\nassessed, anci in Default thereof, to make Sale of\\ntheir Lands according to Law, and to pay the State\\nTreasurer the State Tax for the last and present\\nyear.\\nPortsmouth, Dec. 20, 177.S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Foto/, that the fol-\\nlowing Petition be presented by Jonathan Warner,\\nPiSq., Moderator of this meeting, to the Hon. Gener-\\nal Assembly, and that the same be Signed by him in\\nBehalf of this Projirietry, and a copy Attested by\\nthe Clerk be given thereof.\\nTo the Hon Council and House of Representa-\\ntives for the State of New Hampshire in General\\nAs.sembly convened, at Exeter.\\nThe Memorial and Petition of the Proprietors of\\nProtectworth, in the County of Grafton, in the State\\naforesaid, unto your Honors Humbly Shews,\\nThat John Wentworth, Esq., late Governor of\\nNew Hamphire, purchased Twelve Thousand xVcres\\nof Land in said Township, equal to Twenty-seven\\nshares which were accordingly allotted out at the ex-\\npense of this Proprietry, and afterwards drawn to said\\nShares. That for Settlement of said Land, the Gov-\\nernor agreed to give away Eighteen Lotts of one\\nhundred Acres each to setlers, and imployed Capt. J.\\nMinot, of Concord, for that Purpose, and also gave\\naway to sundry Persons several of his Seventy-five\\nAcre Lots to be setled, but before he had executed\\nhis Deeds for the same, he cpiitted the Government,\\nand Capt. Minot also failing in his Contract, the\\nwhole Burthen of the Settlement has fallen on ye\\nPetitioners who have given away more than Twenty\\nsetling Lots, besides paying for public Roads,\\nallotting the Town, and the State Taxes for the years\\n1777 and 1778, whilst all the Proprietry, and State\\nTaxes on the said Governor s Rights are wholly un-\\npaid, and altho your Petioners have directed their\\nCollector to proceed in the Sale thereof agreeable to\\nLaw, and notifications in the jiublic Prints for that", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1148.jp2"}, "1045": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n323\\npurpose, yet as by the Sequestration Confiscation\\nActs, the said Governor s Estate becomes forfeited,\\nYour Petitioners out of Respect to Government, have\\ndesired said Collector to desist in the Sale of the de-\\nlinquent Rights until they have the advisnient of the\\nHon Court, and they humbly pray your Honours\\nto appoint a Committee to examine into the State ol\\nthis Dependency, to report thereon so as this Hon\\nCourt may grant such Relief thereon as may be\\nfound Rcasonaljic. And that those Persons whcp\\nhave had Lots promised them by the Governor may\\nbe confirmed thereou, and that the said Eighteen\\nLots of one hundred Acres each designed for the set\\ntlement of the Town, may be disposed of by the\\nProprietors in the most Beneficial manner for tlic\\nSettlement of the Town, and that the Seventy-five\\nAcres on which the Taxes have been laid, may be\\nsold for payment thereof agreeable to Law, or other\\nways paid by an Order on the Treasury, and your\\nPetitioners as in Duty bound shall ever i ray.\\nJonathan Warner, Moderator.\\nPortsm June 17th, 1780. A true Coppy fr(nn the\\nRecords of the Proprietors of Protectworth.\\nAttested per .John Wendell, p Cleric.\\nFriday, January 1, 177S). Met as per adjourumeiit.\\nWhereas, JohnWendell, Esq., hath agreed with Rob-\\nert Wadleigh Smith, David Bean, and Joseph Bean\\nto give them that Seventy-five acre Lot of land in\\nProtectworth,which was intended for a Mill Privilege\\nnear the Centre of the Town, and their Choice out of\\nany of the hundred acre Lots laid out by Daniel\\nLadd and Eighteen Pounds Lawful Jloney in Cash, in\\nConsideration whereof they are to build a Saw Mill\\nand Complete the Same liy the last day of Sept. next\\nin a workmanlike manner, at their |iniper Cost and\\nexpence and for their own use. Therefore it being\\nfully considered on\\nVoted, That the said agreement be confirmed and\\nconsidered as the act of this Proprietry.\\nPortsmouth, June 14th, 1782.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Met as per Ad-\\njournment. After considering the Subject of Taxes\\nand the result of a conference with the Administrator\\nor Trustee of Gov. Wentworth s Estate, and passing\\nnotes in relation thereto\\nVoted, That Judith CliHx)rd, wife of Israel Cliflbrd,\\njun Shall have fifty acres of Land out of some of\\nthe hundred acre Lots laid out, and that Prop r to\\nwhom said hundred acres shall belong. Shall be made\\n21\\ngood fifty acres some where else, Said Land being\\nvoted in Consideration of her being the first female\\nsettler in the Town of Protectworth.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors of Protect-\\nworth, duly warned to meet at the house of Johu\\nWendell, Esq., at Portsmouth Plains, on the 14th\\nday of April, 1781), at three o clock iu the after-\\nnoon, the following votes were passed\\nVoted, Jona. Warner, Esq be the Moderator.\\nWhereas, the Inhabitauts and settlers in said\\nTown of Protectworth have not been provided l)ythe\\nCharter of said Town with a Ministerial Lot, which\\nis a discouragement to said settlers and unprecedented\\nin Charters, the said proprietors being willing to\\nassist them with their Proportion towards that Pur-\\npose have, and do hereby consent and agree to vote\\nand it is now\\nVoted, That the said Town shall have the choice\\nout of any of the Cue Hundred acre (hundred acre)\\nLots to take Seventy-five acres to be for and as a\\nMinisterial Seat forever, and for that use only, provi-\\nded said choice shall be made as near the centre of\\nsaid south side as may be found proper for a settle-\\nment, and reserving a Road, and any Proprietors land\\nwhich may be chosen for said purpose shall be made\\nequally good by this Proprietry in any other lands\\nafter that he shall have executed a deed to said Town\\nfor said use.\\nWliereti.t, the inhabitantsand settlers in said Town\\nare destitute of a proper Place lor a training Field,\\nBurying ground an l other Public uses and jiraying\\nthis Proprietry to grant them Five acres for y\u00c2\u00b0 said\\nthose purposes, and said Proprietors being disjiosed\\nto comjily with their request. Therefore\\nVoted, That if the said inhabitants can find Five\\nacres within any of the Lots belonging to the Pro-\\nprietors of said south side which shall be by the\\nselectmen of said To.wn thcmght suitable for said use\\nthe Town shall have said five acres for .said publick\\nuses forever. Provided the same be laid out in a\\nsquare form and shall be keptenfenced by said town\\nso as not to Injure the Proprietor of said Lot out of\\nwhicb the same may be taken by laying the same\\ncommon, and the Proprietor or owner of said Lot\\nshall be satisfied for the same out of the proprietor s\\nother Lands after he shall have executed a Deed of\\nthe same to said town for said uses.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1149.jp2"}, "1046": {"fulltext": "324\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nTHE TOWN RECORDS OF PROTECTWOKTH.\\nMar. y 4, 1789.\\nH o. TVT u 1 These to notify warn\\nState ot New Hanip- 1\\n[-all the legal voters of\\nshire Cheshire, SS. J town.ship of Protect-\\nworth to meet at the house of Mr. Ebenezer\\nLoverin in town, on the last Monday in this Instant\\nMarch, at 2 o clock P. M., there to act, as follows, viz.\\nfirst, to choose a moderator to govern s^ meeting.\\n2d, to choose Town Clerk.\\n3d, to choose Selectmen, Constable and all other\\ntown officers as the law Directs,\\n4th, to see how much money the town will raise\\nto Repair highways for the year Insuing.\\nGiven under our hands this the 15th Day of\\nMarch, 1781.\\nThis by order of Court. Mr. Gile.s.\\nSdrctmen,\\nof Prntectworth.\\nMr. Giles, Moderator.\\nThe town of Protectworth being met together at\\ntime place aforesaid Passed the following\\nvotes, viz.\\n1st, by vote Chose Nathaniel Clark, town Clerk.\\n2d, by vote Chose Izrael Cliftbrd, ju\\nJohn Chouch, I Selectmen\\nNicholas Hardy, j\\n3d, by vote Chose Sam l Stevens, Constable.\\n4th, by vote Chose Thomas Gordon, j Survairs of\\nIsrael Clifford, J highway.\\n5th, by vote Chose George Whicher\\nWilliam Corser,\\n6th, Voted to raise thirty Pounds L. M. to sup-\\nport highway at Corn 3s.Pr. bushel 3\u00c2\u00ab. pr Day.\\nAttest:\\nNathaniel Clark, Town Clerk.\\nMarch 13th, 1782.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chose Benjamin Choat, Mod-\\nerator Nathaniel Clark, Town Clerk Israel Clif-\\nford, Junr, David Hall Nicholas Hardy, Select-\\nmen John Chouch, Constable Berley Hardy\\nRobert W. Smith, Sessars George Whicher John\\nSawyer, Hawards; Nicholas Hardy, Town Treasurer;\\nIsrael Clifibrd, Jun Thomas Gordon, Survairs of\\nhighway.\\nMarch 31, 1783. Chose John Sawyer, Mod.;\\n1 Hay-wards or field-drivers, whose duty was to take\\ncare of cattle, liorses and sheep going astray, doing,\\ndamage, owners known or unknown.\\nhawards.\\nNathaniel Clark, Town Cl k John Couch, Birley\\nhardy, John Quimby, Selectmen David Bean, Con-\\nstable. Put to vote to see if the town will raise\\nany money for Schooling and passed in the negative.\\nVoted to raise money to Defray town Charges and for\\nthe Selectmen assess so much as they shall think Nes-\\nsary.\\nMarch y 20 1784. Chose John Sawyer, Mod.\\nSam Robie, Town Clerk John Chouch, Nichola.s\\nHardy Reuben Stevens, Selectmen Timothy\\nQuimly, Constable. Put to vote to see if the town\\nwould carry in votes for a President and County\\nSenator and Passed in y Negative\\n8 ly Voted that y Selectmen should lay out\\nRoads through town where Wanted.\\nMarch 7, 1785. Chose Sam l. Stevens, Mod.\\nSam l. Robie, T. C. Sam l Robie, Israel Clillbrd, jr.,\\nJohn Quimby, Selectmen. Voted to higher four\\nDays Preaching this year chose Ebenezer Loverin\\nto hire said preaching.\\nSept. 19, 1785.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chose David Beau, Delegate, to\\nattend a cimvention at Hanover. Voted to petition\\nto General Court for a small land ta.x on Non-resident\\nLand. Put to vote to see if the town would buy a\\nLaw book and Passed in the Negative.\\nDecember 15, 1785. A Special Town meeting\\nwas called and l iy. Chose Reuben Stevens, Modera-\\ntor of said meeting 2 *ly, by Ballots Chose David\\nBeau for a Justice of the Peace for said Town.\\nDec. 30, 1785. Special Town Meeting at the\\nhouse of Capt. John Quimby. Voted to send Sanil\\nRobie as Delegate, with a number of others, on Con-\\nvension y 3 day of .January next, at the house of\\nColl. Bruster, in Hanover.\\nMarch 27, 1786.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benj. Choat, Moderator; Moss\\nElkins, Town Clerk Abraham Sanborn, Nathaniel\\nClark, Sam l Clay, Selectmen also chose Survairs\\nof highways Lumber, Sessors, Sealer of weights\\nmeasures, and hogg Reifs. Voted to send a Petition\\nto the General Court for abatement of war tax.\\nChose Daniel Bean to carry in s d Petition. It is\\nunderstood that voting was practiced by proxy this\\nyear and that the Clerk was unable to write or read,\\nbut Sam l Robie, post Clerk, officiated as Clerk for\\nMose Elkins, Town Cl k, who was also the Pound-\\nkeeper.\\nMar. 26, 1787.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benj. Choat, Mod. Sam l Robie,\\nT. C. Mathew Gault, Timothy Quimby Sam l\\nRobie, Selectmen. Voted to raise some money for", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1150.jp2"}, "1047": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n325\\nSchooling but no money for preaching this year.\\nChose Reuben Stevens tidings man Chose Abraham\\nSanborn, Grand- Juryman. Voted not to clioose a\\nJustice of the Peace. Cliose a committee of three to\\nexamine Selectmen s ac ompt. Special town meetings\\nwere called to elect Grand Juryman.\\nMar. 31, 1788.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Israel Clitibrd. Jr., Mod. Sam l\\nRobie, T. Clerk; Mathew Gault, James Carr Hazzard\\nSara l Robie, Selectmen. Voted to hier four days\\npreaching, and to raise 12\u00c2\u00a3 for Schooling the Insuing\\nyear, to be paid in gi-ain at 48 per Imshel. Chose\\ntidingsmen and Haywards as usual.\\nDec. 9, 1788. Voted, to build a meeting-houae,\\nand that it be set on that Lot of land that the Pound\\nstands on in the Convenient place. Chose Timothy\\nQuimby, Reuben Stevens and Israel Clittbrd Jun\\nCommittee men to builil said meeting-house. Voted\\nto see if the Town would build a school-house and\\nPassed in the Negative.\\nMar. 30 1789.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Israel Clitfbrd jr., Saml. Robie,\\nT. Clerk Abraham Sanborn, Israel Clifford .lun\\nMoses Richardson, Selectmen Abraham Sanborn,\\nRepresentative for Protectworth and Jsew Grantham.\\nVoted for President of State, Senator County\\nofficers (first time on record). Voted to raise S\u00c2\u00a3 for\\nPreaching no money for Schooling this year.\\nMar. 29, 1790.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Clark, Moderator;\\nSaml. Robie, Town Clerk; Theodore Morse, Isaac\\nNoyes Nathaniel Clark, Selectmen. Voted to raise\\n3\u00c2\u00a3 for Preaching 6\u00c2\u00a3 for Schooling. Voted to\\ndivide the town into districts for Schooling.\\nAug. 30, 1790. Voted for first time for Repre-\\nsentative to Federal Congress.\\nMarch 28, 1791.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Israel Cliflbrd, Jr., Mod. Saml.\\nRobie, T. Clerk Theodore Morse, Israel Cliflbrd,\\njun Reuben Sanborn, Selectmen. By proces chose\\nSamuel Dunkiu, Esq. (Grantham), Rep. for Protect-\\nworth New Grantham. Voted to raise 6\u00c2\u00a3 for\\nPreaching and 6\u00c2\u00a3 for Schooling, Voted that each\\ndistrict build their own school-houses. All Town\\notficers Sworn in Presence of the People. Samuel\\nDuncan, Esq., chosen delegate by the District of\\nProtectworth New Grantham, to Convention, to\\nrevise State Laws, August 1, 1791 chose Nathaniel\\nClark to Serve on the Grand Jury at the Court of\\nGeneral Sessions, for one year, August 18, 1791.\\nMar. 10, 1792. Moses Richardson, Mod.; Saml.\\nRobie, T. Clerk; Nathaniel Little, Jedediah Phil-\\nbrick Theodore Morse, Selectmen. Voted to raise\\nSix for Preaching, half time at Capt. Quimby s\\nhalf at Ebenezer Loverin s. Raised twelve for\\nSchooling. Voted, That the Selectmen should em-\\nploy Tilly How to preach so long as the money raised\\nwill pay him, provided they can agree with him on\\nreasonable terms. And that they hire Mr. How to\\nteach the school so long as the money raised will pay\\nhim.\\nNov. 20, 1792.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Selectmen Perambulated the\\ntown line, from S. E. corner of Grantham to N. W.\\nCorner of Wendell (being 1st record of perambulating\\ntown lines).\\nMay 17, 1792.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Petit Juryman elected at a\\nSpecial meeting, John Noyes.\\nMarch 11, 1793.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mo.ses Richardson, Moderator\\nSam l Robie, T. Clerk Town officers chosen by hand\\nvote; Moses Richardson, Sam l Robie, Capt. John\\nQuimby, Selectmen Caleb Loverin, Constable and\\nCollector, at (9) nine pence upon the pound. Voted\\nto raise twelve pounds for schooling and not any\\nmoney for preaching. Jedediah Philbrick, Repre-\\nsentative for the towns of New Grantham and Pro-\\ntectworth. Selectmen apiiroved of Jedediah Phil-\\nbrick, Charles Hogg and David Bean selling rum and\\nall other sjiirituous liquors, by retail, being suitable\\nmen and living in suitable places to serve the\\npublick; also, approved of Sam l Clay selling rum,\\nbrandy and all other spirits, by the Retail, by the\\nGallon and any under, but not to mix with water.\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nIn the year of our Lord one Thousand seven\\nhundred, ninety-four.\\nAn Act to incorporate the Inhabitants of a place\\nin the County of Cheshire, called Protectworth.\\nWtereas, the said Inhabitants have petitioned the\\nGeneral Court to be Incorporated, of which due\\nnotice has been given and no objection been made to\\nthe same, and it appearing for their benefit and just.\\nBe it, therefore, enacted by the Senate and House\\nof Representatives, in General Court convened. That\\nthere be, and hereby is, a township erected and In-\\ncorporated in the said County of Cheshire, by the\\nname of Springfield, Bounded as follows: Begining\\nat a Beech tree at the South-East corner of Grafton\\nfrom thence, runing South thirty-nine Degrees\\nWest two miles and forty-four chains, on the Curve\\nLine so called; then South thirty-Seven Degrees\\nWest four miles and thirty-seven chains, on said", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1151.jp2"}, "1048": {"fulltext": "326\\nHISTORY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncurve line then runing North seventy- four Degrees\\nWest five miles and nineteen chains, by Wendell\\nthen runing North Sixteen Degrees East one mile\\nand forty-four chains, to a small rock maple-tree at\\nthe southerly corner of New Grantham then North\\nthirty-one Degrees East five miles ana thirty chains,\\nby said New Grantham to a heinliick-tree at the\\nNortheast corner thereof; then runing South twenty-\\ntwo Degrees F^ast one mile to a small Hackmatack-\\ntree; then on the same course five miles and thirty-\\nsix chains, and one-half chain to the Beech-tree\\nwhence it began; and the Inhabitants thereof erected\\ninto a body Politic, and are hereby invested with all\\nthe Powers, and Enfranchised with all the Rights,\\nprivileges and immunities which other towns in this\\nState hold and enjoy. To Hold to the Said Inhabit-\\nants and their Successors for ever. And Jlr. Jedi-\\ndiah Philbrick is hereby authorized to call a meeting\\nof Said Inhabitants to choose all necessary and\\ncustomary town-ofiicers, giving Fourteen days notice\\nof the time and place and design of said meeting.\\nAnd said officers shall be and hereby are invested\\nwith all the powers of the like officers in any other\\ntown in this State and every other meeting, which\\nshall be annually held in said town for that purjiose,\\nshall be on the Second Tuesday of March for ever.\\nState of New Hampshire. In the House of\\nRepresentatives, January 21st, 1794. The foregoing\\nBill having had three Several Readings, passed to be\\nEnacted. Sent up for Concurrence.\\nNathi.. Peabody, Speaker.\\nIn Senate, January 23, 1794. This Bill having\\nbeen Read three times. Voted that the Same be\\nEpacted.\\nAbiel Foster, President of the Senate.\\nApproved 24 January, 1794.\\nJOSIAH BaRTLETT.\\nTrue Copy.\\nNathaniel Parker, Dep y Sec y.\\nAgreeable to the foregoing act of Incorporation,\\nJedediah Philbrick warned the first annual Town\\nMeeting in the town of Springfield to be holden Mar.\\n11 1794. Chose Jedediah Philbrick, Esq., Mod.\\nVoted to chose Town Clerk and Selectmen by proxes.\\nMoses Richardson, Town Clerk Moses Richardson,\\nIsrael Cliftbrd, Jun Eus. Nathaniel Little, Select-\\nmen Nathaniel Clark, Constable and Coll. at one\\npenny per pound. Ebenezer Loverin as bondsman\\nfor said Clark was accepted. Chose Lieut. Sam l\\nRobie, Sam l Clay and David Bean Committee to ex-\\namine the Selectmen s accompt. Moses Richardson,\\nTown Treasurer; John Muzzey, Ebenezer Noyes,\\nReuben Stevens, Charles Hogg and Dea\u00c2\u00b0 Stephen\\nKinsman, Surveyors of Highways Lieut. Sam l Robie\\nand Moses Elkins, Tything-men Eliphalet Quimby\\nand Timothy Quimby, Surveyors of Lumber Joseph\\nNichols and Eliphalet Quimby, hawards; Israel Clif-\\nford, Junr., Cajit. Reuben Hoyt and Jonathan San-\\nborn, Fence Viewers; Nicholas Hardy, Pound Keep-\\ner; Lieut. Sanil. Robie, Sealer of Weights and Meas-\\nures; Saml. Clay, Sealer of Leather Stevens Colcord,\\nDeer Inspector. All the above were sworn. Voted\\nto raise Fifty pounds for Repairing Highways, Twenty\\npounds for Schooling, Fifteen pounds for Preaching.\\nSelectmen were chosen a (_ om. to lay out said money\\nfor preaching.\\nVoted to build a Pound twenty-five feet square\\nwith Hemlock or Pine Sills, Posts eight inches square\\nand eight feet high, Rails to be Spruce, hewed or\\nsawed, four Plates of Pine, twelve inches square eight\\ngood and sufficient Braces, and a Gate sufficient for\\nsaid Pound. The building of said Pound being setup\\nat Vendue, was struck oft to John Loverin for three\\npounds six shillings, his having the three days work\\ndue from Moses Elkins, Jr.\\nThe Hon John Taylor Oilman, 45 Votes for\\nGovernor; Daniel Rand, Esq., 39 Votes for Counsel-\\nlor; John Bellows, Esq., 35 Votes for Senator John\\nHubbard, Escj., 38 Notes for County Treasurer; Ben-\\njamin Bellows, 36 Votes for Recorder of Deeds.\\nVoted that the Selectmen find books for ye Town\\nand a Standard of Weights and Measures. The fore-\\ngoing is the principal part of this first Town Meeting.\\nThe first Record of Inventory and Taxes which\\nwe find was during the present year, and against the\\nfollowing\\nCapt. Ephraim Kinsman. John Bachelor.\\nCol. Aaron Kinsman. Zebb Gilman.\\nDea\u00c2\u00b0 Stephen Kinsman. Joseph Webster.\\nJames Riddell. James McDaniel.\\nJames Riddell, Jr. John Philbrick.\\nEphraim Colby. Thomas Challaee.\\nCapt. John Gaile. Silas Barker.\\nEbenezer Noyes. James C. Hazzard.\\nDaniel Cilley. Stephen Sawyer.\\nEns. Nathaniel Little. John Sawyer.\\n,Tohn Noyes. Reuben Stevens.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1152.jp2"}, "1049": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n327\\nIsaiah Johnson.\\nStephen Webster.\\nSamuel Clay.\\nJohn Karr.\\nReuben Sanborn.\\nPhilip Colby.\\nLt. Saml. Robie.\\nMoses Richardson.\\nJoseph Xichols.\\nCapt. John Quiraby.\\nElisha Quimby.\\nDeputy Bowman.\\nJacob Ferrington.\\nMoses Elkins.\\nMoses Elkins, Jr.\\nDoc Will Phillips.\\nLt. Reuben Hoyt.\\nNicholas Hardy.\\nBenjamin Hardy.\\nEben Loverin.\\nCaleb Loverin.\\nIsrael Cliftbrd, Jr.\\nTimothy Quimby.\\nJohn Loverin.\\nNathaniel Clark.\\nOsgood Taylor, Esq\\nJedediah Philbrick.\\nAbraham Philbrick.\\nJonathan Young.\\nSamuel Stevens.\\nEliphalet Quimby.\\nJerremiah Fogg, Esq.\\nDavid Bean.\\nJasson Hazzard.\\nJonathan Stevens.\\nTheodore Morse.\\nEnoch Heath.\\nJohn Heath.\\nDaniel Bean.\\nDustin Cheney.\\nEvan M. Heath.\\nThomas Davis.\\nWilliam Quimby.\\nJesse Davis.\\nDaniel Richardson.\\nJonathan Dudley.\\nIsrael Clitf ord.\\nJohn Dudley.\\nStevens Colcord.\\nTristram Clifford.\\nJonathan Sanborn.\\nJoseph Taylor.\\nMoses Pillsbury.\\nJoseph Pillsbury.\\nIsaac Colby.\\nRobert Hogg.\\nCharles Hogg.\\nMoses Merrill.\\nJohn Stevens.\\nJohn Muzzy.\\nBiley Hardy.\\nDaniel Philbrick.\\nSamuel Evans.\\nAmos Flood.\\nAsa Kinsman.\\nJohn Cilley.\\nJohn Gilman.\\nThe total County and Town Tax, \u00c2\u00a340 14s. llrf.\\nSchool Tax, \u00c2\u00a310 7\u00c2\u00bb. 5d. 2 far. Highway Tax, \u00c2\u00a3.31 5s.\\n3d.; Poll Tax, County and Town, Ss. 2d. 2 far.;\\nSchool, Is. Id. 1 for. Highway, 4s. Total Poll Tax,\\n8s. 9(/. 3 far.\\nMar. 10, 1795.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jedediah Philbrick, Mod. Saml.\\nRobie, T. Clerk Samuel Robie, Jonathan Sanborn,\\nDavid Bean, Selectmen; Nathaniel Clark, Cons.\\nColl. Moses Richardson, T. Treas. Ens. Nathaniel\\nLittle chosen by the towns of Springfield and New\\nGrantham, to represent the said towns in General\\nCourt. En Philip Colby was elected Agent to get\\nthe plan of the .Salisbury Jleeting House.\\nWe find by the Records, that previous to this\\nseveral families and persons bad been warned out of\\ntown by the Selectmen.\\nSept. 7, 1795. Voted to accept the plan of a\\nMeeting House, as laid before the Town by En Philip\\nColby, and that the Constitutit)n of said Meeting\\nHouse shall be as followetb (viz.) That when said\\nhouse be built that any Gospel Minister or Preacher\\nof any Denomination shall Preach in said house, he\\nor they being of good caracter, at the Request of any\\nDenomination in said Town, according to their num-\\nbers.\\nMar. 8, 1796.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jedediah Philbrick, Mod.; Saml.\\nRobie, T. Clerk Saml. Robie, Jedediah Philbrick,\\nNathl. Little, Selectmen; Barachias Farnura, Cons.\\nColl.; Moses Richardson, T. Treasurer. Hog-\\nreeves were chosen this year in addition to other\\nTown officers. Voted to raise forty pounds for school-\\ning, and no money for preaching. Robert Duncan of\\nNew Grantham was chosen to represent the Towns of\\nNew Grantham and Springfield in General Court.\\nMar. 14, 1797.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Saml. T. Clark, Mod., and Select-\\nmen as in 1796 Nathaniel Clark, Cons. Coll. Na-\\nthaniel Little to represent New Grantham and Spring-\\nfield in General Court.\\nAug. 28, 1797. Prior to this, the Town Meetings\\nhave been holden at the houses of Capt. John Quim-\\nby and Sam Clay. To-day a Meeting is to be holden\\nin the INIeeting-house. Jedediah Philbrick, Mod.\\nSecondly, brought in their votes for Peleg Sprague,\\nEsq 27 vote to Represent this State in Congress of\\nthe United States.\\n)ct. 30, 1797.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moses Richardson, Timothy Quim-\\nby and Israel Cliffijrd, Jr., were chosen Committee-\\nmen to Convene with Mr. Hibard and see on what\\nterms he will supply us as a Minister.\\nMar. 13, 1798.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The .same Mod. Town Clerk\\nSelectmen as in 1796-97. Robert Duncan to repre-\\nsent New Grantham and Sjiringfield.\\n1799.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jedediah Philljrick. Mod.; Saml. Robie,\\nT. Clerk; Saml. Robie, Nathaniel Little, Jedediah\\nPhilbrick, Selectmen. Jedediah Philbrick was chosen\\nto represent New Grantham and Siiringfield. It was\\nvoted to pay Rev. Solomon Hibard $100 for preaching\\ntwo-thirds of the time during 1798, and in 1799 they\\nvoted to pay him $200 for the year, one-third being in\\ncash and two-thirds in produce. The Meeting-House\\nw;is Dedicated the last Wed. in Sept., 1799.\\nMar. ISOO.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Little, Mod. Saml. Robie,\\nT. Clerk Theodore Morse, Nathaniel Little, Dr. Na-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1153.jp2"}, "1050": {"fulltext": "328\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthaniel Prentis, Selectmen. Voted to allow John\\nQuimhy, Jr., one dollar for taking care of meeting-\\nhouse the past j ear. No Representative elected.\\n1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jedediah Philbrick, Mod. Voted to choose\\nall officers by hand vote. Saml. Robie, T. Clerk\\nSaml. Robie, Jedediah Philbrick Dr. Nathaniel\\nPrentis, Selectmen Osgood Taylor, Cons, and Collec-\\ntor. Voted that the Selectmen make Mr. Dean some\\ncompensation for his services for the last Sabbath.\\n(Nov. 13, 1800). In 1801 voted to raise Sixty Dollars\\nfor preaching and those who gave their names to\\nSelectmen before the tax was made sliould have their\\nproportion and the committee lay out the remainder\\nfor travelling preachers, unless they otherways agree.\\nSamuel Robie, Representative for towns of New\\nOrantham and Springfield. Voted to dispense with the\\nservices of the clerk of the New Grantham Spring-\\nfield Representative district.\\n1802. Dr. Nathaniel Prentis, Moderator; Sam l\\nRobie, Town Clerk Sam l Robie, Nathaniel Prentis\\nCharles Hogg, Selectmen Reuben Sanborn, Col-\\nlector of taxes at Id. per\\nNov. 18, 1802. Called a special town Meeting\\nchose a Moderator and voted to employ Mr. Rolfe to\\n.preach one day with us.\\n1803.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chose Capt. Charles Hogg, Mod. Sam l\\nRobie, T. Clerk; Nathaniel Little, Capt. Charles\\nHogg, Capt. Philip Colby, Selectmen and Capt. Ca-\\nleb Loveriug, Constable and Collector at Cc. per\\nVoted to chose a Committee of seven men to divide the\\ntown into districts for schooling, and that their pro-\\nceedings shall be valid. Chose Samuel Robie to rep-\\nresent New Grantham and Springfield.\\n1804.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jedediah Philbrick, Mod. Sam l Robie,\\nTown Clerk Charles Church, Jedediah Pliilbrick,\\nSam l Robie, Selectmen, who were sworn by Nathaniel\\nLittle, he being one of the old Selectmen. Daniel\\nGihnan, Cons, and Coll. at S^c. per\\nOct. 20, 1804. Voted to petition the General Court\\nto allow the town of Springfield to send a Representa-\\ntive inasmuch as New Grantham has notified us that\\nthey have constitutionally gained their freedom.\\n1805.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. Philip Colby, Mod. Sam l Robie,\\nTown Clerk; Sam l Robie, Nathaniel Prentis, Samuel\\nLittle, Selectmen Thomas Colcord, Cons, and Coll.\\nat 9 J cts. per\\nDec. 25, 1805. Voted to build five school-houses\\nbefore November next.\\n1806.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chose Capt. Reuben Hoyt, Mod. Sam l\\nRobie, Town Clerk; Sam l Little, John Quimby, Jr.,\\nJedediah Philbrick, Selectmen Daniel Oilman, Cons.\\nand Coll. Chose Lieut. Daniel Noyes to represent\\nthis town in General C( urt the ensuing year, he being\\nthe first Representative cho.sen by Springfield alone.\\n1807.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. Reuben Hoyt, Mod. Sam l Robie,\\nTown Clerk. Voted to choose a committee to exam-\\nine the Selectmen s accounts for last year, and said\\ncommittee to report to-morrow; they reported, and\\nthe report was accepted agreeably.\\nSam l Robie, Sam l Little, John Quimby, Jr., Se-\\nlectmen Daniel Noyes, Representative. Voted that\\nthe Collector of taxes shall be considered as Consta-\\nble, and the Collecting of Taxes be struck oft to the\\nlowest bidder. Enoch Cliallis, Coll. at 6c. per\\n(equal to $1.80 per $100).\\n1808.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. Philip Colby, Mod. Sam l Robie,\\nTown Clerk Sam l Robie, Dr. Nathaniel Prentis,\\nLieut. Benjamin Colby, Selectmen; Capt. Reuben\\nHoyt, Coll. at 2.! cts. i)er dollar. Daniel Noyes, Esq.,\\nRepresentative.\\nVoted to build a Pound with stones.\\nMay 2, 1808. Sold the seventy-five acrelotgran-\\nted the town by the original i)roprietors for .support of\\nPreaching, at vendue to the liighest bidder, being\\nstruck ofl to Williiun (Quimby at $5 i)er acre.\\n1809.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Philip Colby, Mod.; Sam l Robie, Town\\nClerk; Sam l Robie, Jedediah Philbrick, John Quimby,\\n,Tr., Telectmen Daniel Noyes, Representative. Voted\\nto give Mr. Watson the interest on the town for his\\nservices the ensuing year, he being a Resident and\\nPreacher Reuben Hoyt, Coll.\\n1810.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jedediah Philbrick, Moderator; Nathl.\\nPrentis, Town Clerk Capt. Benjamin Colby, Lieut.\\nSam l Little, Jonathan Sanborn, Selectmen Capt.\\nReuben Hoyt, Coll.; Daniel Noyes, Representative\\nNathl. Prentis, Town Clerk; Died Oct. 10, 1810, and\\nSamuel Robie was elected to serve out the year.\\n1811. Jedediah Philbrick, Moderator; Sam l\\nLittle, Town Clerk Sam l Little, Jedediah Philbrick,\\nMoses Pillsbury, Selectmen Thomas Colcord, Coll.\\n($.014) 1 ct. 4 mills per dollar; Col. John Quimby,\\nRep.\\n1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Col. John Quimby, Mod. Sam l Little, T.\\nClerk Jedediah Philbrick, Esq., Capt. Benj. Colby,\\nEns. Andrew Pettingill, Selectmen Thomas Colcord,\\nColl. Col. John Quimby, Representative. Chose\\nMr. JosiahBaily, Dr. Amasa Howard and David Col-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1154.jp2"}, "1051": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n329\\ncord a committee to inspect schools, being the first on\\nrecord.\\n1812, Oct. 10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Warrant for Presidential elec-\\ntion contain the following Article and Request: To\\nsee what sum of money the inhabitence of this town\\nwill give each 8oldier by the month who now stands\\nat a minuits warning to bee Called out in Defence ol\\nthe Country. And it is earnestly Requested that no\\nperson should unnecessarily Bee Detained at Home\\non said day as it is a day when every nuui must show\\nhimself a friend or an enemy to his Country.\\nlSi;i Chose Sam l Robie Mod.; Sam l Little, T.\\nClerk; Sam l Little, Benj. Colby, Joiin Morrill, Se-\\nlectmen Capt. Reuben Hoyt, Cons, and Coll., at 11\\nmills on a dollar; David Colcord, Representative.\\n1814.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam l Robie, Mod.; Sam l Little, Town\\nClerk; Sam l Little, John Quimby, John Hoyt, Se-\\nlectmen Ens. Andrew Pettingill, Cons. Coll. Da-\\nvid Colcord, Representative.\\nVoted to give Elder Elijah Watson the interest that\\narises from the town lot the year jiast and what will\\narise the year ensuing. Sam l Little died in April,\\nand April 25, at special town meeting, chose Col. John\\nQuimby Town Clerk, pro tern.\\nMay 16. At special town meeting chose Jedediah\\nPhilbrick Town Clerk.\\n1815.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam l Robie, Mod. Jedediah Philbrick,\\nT. C. Jedediah Philbrick, Moses Pillsbury and John\\nMorrell, Selectmen. Chose Elder Elijah Watson\\nRep., and voted to give him the interest arising from\\nthe town lot the present year. David Colcord, Coll.\\nCons.\\n1816.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam l Robie, Mod.; John (|uimby. Town\\nClerk. Voted to give Mr. Watson the interest on\\ntown lot. David Colcord, Representative, also Cons.\\nand Coll.\\n1817.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chose David Colcord, Mod. John Quimby,\\nT. C. John Quimby, John Strocker, John Caswell,\\nSelectmen Jloses Pillsbury, Coll. Cons. Abuer\\nJohnson, Reuben Hoyt, Joseph Baily to examine the\\nschools John Quimby, Rep.\\n1818. Dr. Abner Johnson, Mod. John Quimby,\\nT. C. and Rep. John Quimby, John Stocker, Dr.\\nAbner Johnson, Selectmen.\\n1819.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Colcord, Mod. John Quimby, T.\\nC. and Rep. John Quimby, Moses Pillsbury, Reuben\\nHoyt, Selectmen.\\nVoted not to raise any money for Preaching and\\nthe interest from the town lot be laid out to repair\\nthe meeting-house.\\n1820.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Colcord, Mod. John Quimby, T.\\nClerk Reuben Hoyt, John Stocker, David Colcord,\\nSelectmen; John Stocker, Rep.\\nVoted to lay out the interest arising from the town\\nlot for preaching, and the Selectmen be a committee\\nto lay out the same.\\nSept. 20, 1820. Selectmen approve of and license\\nJonathan Sanborn, Jr., Joseph Goss and Israel San-\\nborn to sell spirituous liquors on Muster day, near\\nJonathan Sanborn s, in Springfield.\\n1821.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bcnj. Colby, Mod.; John Quimby, Town\\nClerk; John Quimby, John Colby, Reuben Hoyt,\\nSelectmen. Lt. Daniel Heath gave 8 mills on the\\ndollar for the privilege of collecting taxes, and he\\nwas chosen Constable, John (Quimby, Rep.\\n1822.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Capt. Benj. Colby, Mod. John Quimby,\\nTown Clerk John Quimby, Joseph Johnson, John\\nColby, Selectmen Sam Stevens, Jr., Collector at one\\ncent on the dollar John Quimby, Rep.\\nVoted to set up the support of Sally Robie at ven-\\ndue, by the week, for one year, should she live so long,\\nwhile in health, and when sick the Town to pay the\\nDoctor s bill, and was struck off to John (lilman, Jr.,\\nat twenty-one cents per week.\\n1823.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benj. Colby, Mod.; Abner Johnson, Town\\nClerk; John Quimby, Reuben Hoyt, Benj. Colby,\\nSelectmen Sam Stevens, Jr., Coll. at 1 ct. on the\\ndollar John Stocker, Rep.\\nVoted to have the Minister money equally divided\\namong the different denominations of Christians in\\ntow-n, each person making known to the Selectmen to\\nwhat denomination he belongs.\\nFoferf, unanimously, that we receive Ebenezer Lit-\\ntle and others as inhabitants of this town.\\nVoted, unanimously, to receive David Tewksbury\\nand others, now belonging to Grafton, as inhabitants\\nof this town.\\nThe object of tlie above votes was that those\\npersons should be inhabitauts of the town, as they\\nwere members of the Cougregatioualist Church\\nhere, of which Job Cushmau was the pastor.\\n1824.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chose Nathan Stickney, Mod.; Abner\\nJohnson, T. Clerk John Quimby, Abner Johnson.\\nJohn Stocker, Selectmen Sam Stevens, Jr., Coll., at\\none cent on a dollar.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1155.jp2"}, "1052": {"fulltext": "330\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nVoted that the Selectmen should have thirty dol-\\nlars for their services.\\nVoted to choose a Coniraittee to inspect schools,\\nand chose Josiah Johnson, Joseph Nichols and Abner\\nJohnson.\\nFoto^, unaniiaonsly, to have the Court removed\\nfrom Charlestown to Newport. Uhose Jolin (iuimby.\\nRep.\\nMar. 5, 1825. Selectmen licensed Elihu Chase,\\nW. Quimby and Langdon L. Hill to sell Wine, Rum,\\nGin and other spirituous liquors by retail (either\\nmixed or not) on the Common, near the Meeting-\\nhouse, on Mar. 8, 1825, and at no other time.\\nLangdon L. Hill also had iiermission to sell at\\nhis father s liouse in said Springfield.\\nChose Nathan Stickney, Mod. Abner Johnson,\\nT. Clerk John (Quimby, Solomon Clement, Reuben\\nHoyt, Jr., Selectmen; Dr. Joseph Nichols, Treasurer;\\nSam Stevens, Jr., Coll. Joseph Nichols, Reuben\\nHoyt, Solomon Clement, Com. to Inspect Schools;\\nJohn Quimby, Rep. Vendued the charge and sweep-\\ning of the meeting-house and care of the burying\\nyard, and struck oft to Moses D. Richardson at fifteen\\ncents for the present year.\\nVoted to let the swine run at large.\\n1826. Elihu Chase again licensed to sell liquors\\non town-meeting day. Chose Nathan Stickney, Mod.\\nAbner Johnson, T. Clerk; Solomon Clement, Reuben\\nHoyt, Samuel Stevens, Jr., Selectmen John Quimby,\\nColl.; Jos. Nichols, Treas. and Representative.\\nVoted to have Dr. Nichols present of five dollars\\nto the town placed iu the town treasury.\\n1827 Sullivan Co. was formed this year. Nathan\\nStickney, Mod. Abner Johnson, T. Clerk.\\nVoted to hear the report of Committee to inspect\\nschools. John Quimby, Solomon Clement, James G.\\nMcAlwin, Selectmen Hiram French, Coll. at li cts.\\nper dollar; Joseph Nichols, Treasurer and Rep.; Job\\nCushman, Abner Johnson, Joseph Nichols, Commit-\\ntee to inspect schools.\\nJune 19, 1827. Moses D. Richardson and Solo-\\nmon Clement were licensed to mix and sell Rum, Gin,\\nBrandy and Wine at their houses and buildings on\\nWed. the 20 of June inst.\\n1828.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Reuben Hoyt, Mod.; John Quimby, T.\\nClerk; John Quimby, Lewis Fisher, Hiram French,\\nSelectmen Hiram French, Cons, and Coll. at l^ cts.\\nper dollar; also, chose Joseph Lear, Constable Levi\\nHill, Treas. Chose one man for school committee in\\neach school district by town vote. John Quimby,\\nRep.\\nVoted to set up the poor at vendue to be struck oft\\nto the lowest bidder.\\n1829.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John H.Williams, Mod.; John Quimby,\\nTown Clerk John Quimby, John H. Williams, John\\nField, Selectmen. James McDaniel, Cons, and Coll.\\nat nine mills per dollar. Voted that the Coll. set-\\ntle and pay over all taxes to the Treasurer at\\nleast ten days before the next annual town-meeting.\\nI^evi Hill, Treas. John Quimby, Rep. Voted to\\nput the literary fund school money at interest and\\nexpend the interest annually, and to be divided in\\nthe several school districts according to their school\\nmoney in their districts. Voted to divide the time\\nin the meeting house among the several Christian\\ndenominations.\\nOctober26, 1829.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chose John H. Williams Town\\nClerk, Pro tern.\\n1830. Dr. Joseph Nichols, Mod. John Quim-\\nby, Town Clerk; Solomon Clement, Daniel N.\\nAdams, Lewis Howard, Selectmen. Chose Nathan\\nStickney agent to look up back arrearages and that\\nhe have power to prosecute if they dont pay it over.\\nJames McDaniel, Coll. at let. per dollar. Moses D.\\nRichardson, Treas. John H. Williams, Rep. Voted\\nthat each School District choose their own Committee.\\nVoted to lay out the interest among the several Socie-\\nties according to their number of Polls in said Socie-\\nties. Voted that the time in Meeting house .shall be\\ndivided according to the number of Polls in each So-\\nciety, and the Selectmen be the Committee to divide\\nas aforesaid. Abner Johnson and D. N. Adams, Town\\nClerks Pro tem. at two special town meetings and re-\\ncorded by J. Quimby, T. Clerk. Voted that one\\nhundred dollars of the Literary fund be expended for\\nschooling, and chose Abner Johnson Agent to look up\\nsaid Literary fund.\\n1831. Nathan Stickney, Mod. Joseph Nichols,\\nTown Clerk M. D. Richardson, Treasurer Hi-\\nram French, Coll. Lewis Howard, Moses Pillsb ury,\\nJohn Cambell, Selectmen Solomon Clement, Rep-\\nresentative.\\n1832.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam. Colby, Mod. Joseph Nichols, T.\\nClerk Solomon Clement, Joseph Lear, Moses At-\\nwood. Selectmen; Solomon Clement, Rep.; M. D.\\nRichardson, Treas. John Quimby, Coll. Chose a\\nCommittee to consider the subject of buying a farm\\nfor the support of the poor.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1156.jp2"}, "1053": {"fulltext": "SPRINQFIELD.\\n331\\n1833.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam. Colby, Mod.; Joseph Nichols, T,\\nClerk John Fisk, Solomon Clement, John Morrill,\\n.Selectmen Joseph Lear, Treas. James McDauiel,\\nColl. Sam. Colby, Rep.\\n1834.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathan Stickney, Mod. Joseph Nichols,\\nI own Clerk; Joseph Nichols, Isaac Colby, James\\nNoyes, Selectmen Joseph Lear, Coll. Saml. Quim-\\nby, 2\u00c2\u00b0 Coll. Sam. Colby, Representative. Voted to\\nabate David Fuller, Jr. tax for 1833. Voted that the\\nselectmen abate such other taxes as they think proper,\\nthat are in the hands of James McDaniel, Coll.\\nPrevious taxes appear to have been abated only\\nliy .special vote of the town.\\n18.35. Nathan Stickney, Mod.; Joseph Nichols,\\nT. Clerk Joseph Nichols, Sam!. Quimby,. Daniel N.\\nAdams, Selectmen Joseph Lear, Treas. J. McDan-\\niel, Coll. John Nichols, Rep.\\nAuditors were first chosen this year. Previous\\nto this a committee had been choseu to inspect\\nthe selectmen s accounts.\\n1830.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sara. Colby, Mod. Saml. Quimby, Town\\nClerk; Samuel Quimby, James McDaniel, Joseph\\nCross, Selectmen; John Quimby, Treas. James Mc-\\nDaniel, Coll. John Nichols, Representative.\\nMay 2-5, 1836.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Voted to buy a Town lai-m.\\nSpringfield, Mar. 26, 1836. Personally appeared\\nSaml. Quimby 2 James McDaniels, and Joseph\\nGoss, Selectmen of the town of Springfield for the\\nyear ensuing, and took the following oath We sev-\\nerally solemnly swear that we will make a just and\\ntrue appraisement of all ratable estate subject to as-\\nsessment of public taxes in the town of Springfield at\\nits full value in money, according to the best of our\\njudgment. So help us God.\\nBefore me,\\nJohn Quimby,\\nJustice of Peace.\\n1837.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam. Colby, Mod. Daniel N. Adams, T.\\nClerk Joseph Nichols, Benjamin Colby, Kimball\\nHaseltine, Selectmen Moses D. Richardson, Treas.\\nRichard Sanborn, Coll. Saml. Quimby, 2\u00c2\u00b0 Rep.\\nChose James Noyes first agent to manage the con-\\ncerns of the Poor Farm. Selectmen to buy stock for\\nPoor Farm.\\nAug. 1. James Noyes declined was elected\\nagent.\\n1838.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam. Colby, Mod.; Daniel N. Adams, T.\\nClerk; Joseph Nichols, Benj. Colby, Sam. Colby, Se-\\nlectmen; Saml. Quimby, 2\u00c2\u00b0 Rep.; Richard Sanborn,\\nColl. Voted to pay the soldiers of Capt. Peasley s\\ncompany, who did duty on Muster and Training days,\\none hundred dollars, and voted to raise said sum by\\ntax.\\n1839.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam. CoUiy, Moderator; Daniel N. Adams,\\nT. Clerk; Sam. Colby, Saml. Quimby, Jame-s McDan-\\niel, Selectmen Orra C. Howard, Rep. J. McDaniel,\\nCollector. Voted to pay Eliakim Putney twenty-five\\nlollars extra for his services on the Town Farm.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam Colby, Mod. Daniel N. Adams, T.\\nClerk Sam l Quimliy, James McDaniel, William\\nStocker, Selectmen Orra C. Howard, Rep. Richard\\nSanborn, Coll.\\nNov. 2, 1840. Voted that the selectmen furnish a\\nsuitable Standard for the 4 Military Co., before the\\n4 of Mar. next, and that they pay the Rifle Co. the\\nsame as the standard of Co. 4, and that the 4 Co.\\nand Rifle Co. meet on the Common on the 4 of\\nMarch next, to celebrate the inauguration of the\\nPresident that the town furnish powder for the occa-\\nsion and dinner for the soldiers belonging to both\\ncompanies and dinner for all the spectators belonging\\nto the town present on the occasion.\\n1841. Sam l Quimby, Mod. Orra C. Howard,\\nTown Clerk Sam l Quimby, Joseph Nichols, William\\nStocker, Selectmen Daniel N. Adams, Rejj. Rich-\\nard Sanborn, Coll. Check- List first used in election\\nof Representative and State and County officers.\\n1842. Sam l Quimby, Mod. Orra C. Howard,\\nT. Clerk James McDaniel, Richard Sanborn, Joel\\nWhittemore, Selectmen Daniel N. Adams, Rep\\nJames McDaniel, Coll.\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Francis M. Jlorrill, Mod. Orra C. How-\\nard, Town Clerk Richard Sanborn, Sam l Quimby,\\nEbenezer Nichols, Selectmen Jod Whittemore,\\nRep. Joseph Davis, Jr., Coll. There were four\\npolitical parties for State officers this year. Demo-\\ncratic having 170 votes. Whig 17, Liberty 8 and\\nWhite 22.\\n1844.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Orra C. Howard, Jlod. Sam l Quimby,\\nTown Clerk James McDaniel, E. L. Nichols, James\\nMcAlvin, Selectmen James McDaniel, Representa-\\ntive.\\nOct. 23. 4th New Hampshire Turnpike pur-\\nchased by town award of County Commissioners for\\nS383.00. Sold the cleaning of the Meeting-House\\nto Reuben Robie, he being the lowest bidder, at f 1.37J,", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1157.jp2"}, "1054": {"fulltext": "332\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand chose Sam Colby committee to see that the\\nhouse is well cleaned, and he served free from any\\nexpense to the town. Jurors first drawn at Town\\nClerks office this year previous to this a special meet-\\ning of the voters was called.\\n1845.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Orra C. Howard, Mod. Samuel Quimby,\\nTown Clerk Daniel N. Adams, James McAlvin,\\nJames McDaniel, Selectmen Orra C. Howard, Rep.\\nJoseph Davis, Jr., Coll. Bids were rec d for Collector\\nof taxes and then elected.\\n1846. Orra C. Howard, Mod. Samuel Quimby,\\nT. Clerk Orra C. Howard, Joel Whittemore, Joseph\\nDavis, Jr., Selectmen James McDaniel, Rep. Jos-\\neph Davis, Jr., Coll. Voted to raise $50, to be laid\\nout on New road and not to pay over ($.75) seventy-\\nfive cents per day nor allow themselves any more.\\n1847.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam l Quimby, Mod. Daniel N. Adams,\\nT. Clerk Sam l Quimby, Joseph Davis, Jr Amasa\\nS. Abbott, Selectmen Joel Whittemore, Rep. John\\nBally, Collector.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam l Quimby, Mod. Daniel N. Adams,\\nT. Clerk Sam l Quimby, Josejili Davis, Jr., Amasa\\nS. Abbott, Selectmen Philander Loverin, Coll.\\nDaniel N. Adams, Rep. D. N. Adams resigned, and\\nLewis Fisher elected to fill vacancy.\\n1849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Orra C. Howard, Mod. Daniel N. Adams,\\nTown Clerk Daniel N. Adams, Joel Whittemore,\\nWilliam Stocker, Selectmen Philander Loverin,\\nColl. Lewis Fisher, Rep. Voted to raise ten dollars\\nin aid of Teachers Institutes, and Eld. Timothy\\nCole was correspondent in regard to same. John\\nWiggin had the cleaning of Meeting-house for\\nseventy-five cents. Sept. 15, 1849, Joseph W. Hill\\nand Phineas Messer drawn as jurors to attend U. S.\\nCircuit Court at Exeter.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel N. Adams, Mod. Sam Quimby,\\nT. Clerk Joel Whittemore, William Stocker, Joseph\\nDavis, Jr., Selectmen John C. Nichols, Coll. O. C.\\nHoward, Rep. E. L. Nichols, Sealer of Weights and\\nMeasures. Sam Quimby was chosen Delegate to at-\\ntend the State Convention for the Revision of the\\nConstitution of this State, at Concord, in November.\\n1851.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel N. Adams, Mod.; Levi Richard-\\nson, Town Clerk James McDaniel, Thomas East-\\nman, Joseph W. Hill, Selectmen William Moran,\\nRep. John B. Hovey, Coll. John C. Nichols and\\nDaniel N. Adams, Supt. Sch. Committee. Printed\\nreports of Selectmen.\\nVoted, to move Meeting-house to grove near the\\nGrist mill, the spot to be fitted ready to set said house\\nby individuals, free from any expense to town. Jo-\\nseph Nichols, Richard Sanborn, D. N. Adams, J. G.\\nMcAlvin and John B. Hovey were the Committee to\\nselect the site and report in substance\\nThat the said house can bo moved for about 1300.\\nThat the lower part be finished for a Town House,\\nand the upjier part for a Meeting House. That the\\nTown and Meeting-house Society each pay half the\\nexpense of repairing and keeping in repair outside of\\nhouse, and each party care for their own repairs on\\ninside. Report adopted and accepted. Voted, to\\ncommence moving said house May 15, 1851.\\nThe first statistical seliool report on recc^rd was\\nthis year, 185 weeks school, 14 dLstricts, 393\\npupils in winter and 211 in suuuuer terms. Aver-\\nage wages of male teachers, $11.59 per month and\\nboarded of female teachers, $5.05 i^er mouth and\\nboarded. Eleven male and three female teachers\\nduring winter. The road from Washburu .s mill\\nto Jrantham town line was laid in liS51.\\n1852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam Quimby, Mod. Daniel N. Adams,\\nT. Clerk; James McDaniel, William E. Melendy,\\nBenjamin F. Goss, Selectmen William Moran, RejJ.\\nMoses H. Loverin, Coll. 265 voted State and Co.\\nTicket.\\nVoted to sell the Town farm and all personal\\nproperty on Sat. Mar. 20. Chose Sam Quimby and\\nD. N. Adams Committee to sell and deed the same.\\nVoted that the Agency of Dr. Joseph Nichols be\\ncontinued until the Town House is completed.\\nVoted to enlarge the burying ground and fence\\nthe same, so as to take in all of the town land.\\nVoted to have the Printed Town Reports include\\nthe report of the School Committee.\\n1853. Sam. Colby, Mod.; Sam Quindjy, Town\\nClerk; Sam Quimby, Benj. F. Goss, Sam Colby, Se-\\nlectmen William Moran, Rep. Moses H. Loverin,\\nCollector. Town paupers were kept by lowest bid-\\nders, and the cleaning of Town House by Tallant\\nBoyce at 4 cts. M. H. Loverin resigned the office\\nand Benj. F. Goss was appointed Coll. Apr. 18, 1853.\\nJune 7, 1853. D. N. Adams was appointed to col-\\nlect balance of taxes in 1852 on account of the death\\nof M. H. Loverin. Road laid from Wasburn s to O.\\nC. Howard s mill this year.\\n1854. James McDaniel, moderator Samuel", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1158.jp2"}, "1055": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n333\\nQuimby, town clerk Samuel Quimby, BeDJamin F.\\nGoss, James McDaniel, selectmen William Moran,\\nrepresentative; Joseph Davis, Jr., collector. School\\ndistrict boundaries were clianged by a committee\\nchosen tor that purpose.\\nISoo. Samuel Colby, moderator; Levi Richard-\\nsou, town clerk James G. McAlvin, William P.\\nSmith, Lorenzo Bailey, selectmen; Israel Sanborui\\nrepresentative Richard F. Sanborn, collector. Voted,\\nthat the selectmen s and school committee s reports be\\non separate pamphlets. Daniel N. Adams was chosen\\na special agent to investigate a pauper case in Jaf-\\nfrey.\\nJonathan B. Smith appointed tax collecter May 10,\\n1855.\\n1851). Orra C. Howard, moderator Daniel N.\\nAdams, town clerk; Wm. E. Mclendy, William D.\\nColby, Otis S. Haseltine, selectmen John Nichols,\\nrepresentative; D. N. Adams, collector. Voted, that\\nevery man give in his interest money under oath.\\n1857. Orra C. Howard, moderator; Daniel N.\\nAdams, town clerk William D. Colby, Otis S. Hasel-\\ntine, ^Villiani Wash burn, select men; Charles McDaniel,\\nsupt. school committee John Nichols, representa-\\ntive. Voted, that William Washburn and James\\nMcDaniel be a committee to buy a town farm and\\nstock the same. D. N. Adams was appointed col-\\nlector.\\n1858. O. C. Howard, moderator .Joseph Davis,\\nJr., town clerk Daniel N. Adams, William Wash-\\nburn, Smith N. Stevens, selectmen Richard F. San-\\nborn, supt. school committee William E. Melendy,\\nrepresentative Joseph Davis, Jr., Collector. Chose\\nAustin Loverin, J. W. Hill and O. Howard com-\\nmittee to buy town farm.\\n1859. Orra C. Howard, moderator Joseph\\nDavis, Jr., town clerk Orra C. Howard, Joseph\\nDavis, Jr., Daniel H. Peaslee, selectmen Richard F.\\nSanborn, supt. school committee; Wm. E. Melendy,\\nrepresentative; D. N, Adams, collector.\\n1860. Orra C. Howard, moderator; Samuel\\nQuimby, town clerk Orra C. Howard, Daniel H.\\nPeaslee, John E. Babbitt, selectmen Charles McDan-\\niel, supt. school committee Samuel Stevens, rep-\\nresentative; William Washburn, collector.\\n1861. Daniel H. Peaslee, moderator; Samuel\\nQuimby, town clerk Daniel H. Peaslee, William P.\\nSmith, Richard F. Sanborn, selectmen; Richard F.\\nSanborn, supt. school committee. Failed to elect\\na representative. William Washburn, collector and\\noverseer of poor. Four roads were laid out in 1861\\nnone built.\\n1862. Orra C. Howard, moderator; John C.\\nNichols, town clerk Joseph Davis, Jr., Charles\\nMcDaniel, Carlton H. Melendy, selectmen E. R.\\nBoyce, Charles V. Pillsbury, William D. Colby,\\nsupt. school committee Luke W. Blood, representa-\\ntive; William Washburn, overseer of poor; D. N.\\nAdams, collector. Several special meetings were held\\nduring the year in regard to furnishing soldiers for\\nthe United States service in the War of the great\\nRebellion, the town paying two hundred dollars to\\neach person mustered into the service; also, paying\\nthe soldiers families the amount due them as State\\naid. The selectmen were instructed to hire money\\nto pay the above on the credit of the town. John E.\\nBabbit, Elihu Chase, Dr. Valentine Manahan, Wil-\\nliam Washburn, Jr., and Joseph Davis, Jr., were\\nchosen a committee to encourage enlistments.\\n1863. William P. Smith, moderator; John C.\\nNichols, town clerk; Charles McDaniel, Carlton H.\\nMelendy, William P. Smith, selectmen Daniel P.\\nQuimby, supt. school committee Luke W. Blood,\\nrepresentative Joseph Davis, collector John F.\\nHardy, overseer of poor. The town paid three hun-\\ndred dollars to each drafted man, or his substitute,\\nwho was accepted and mustered into the United\\nStates service also, paid the same sum to volun-\\nteers.\\nNovember 26, 1863. Joseph Davis, Jr., was chosen\\nagent to act with selectmen to procure eleven men\\nunder call of October 17, 1863.\\nFebruary 27, 1864. Joseph Davis, Jr., was ap-\\npointed town clerk.\\n1864. Samuel Quimby, moderator; Daniel H.\\nAdams, town clerk Joseph Davis, Jr., William P.\\nSmith, Jacob Messer, selectmen Daniel P. (.Quimby,\\nsupt. school committee Jeremiah Philbrick, rep-\\nresentative John F. Hardy, overseer of poor; D. H.\\n.Vdaras, collector.\\nAugust 18, 1864. Charles McDaniel was chosen\\nagent to fill the town s quota under call of the Pres-\\nident, July 18, 1864. The selectmen were instructed\\nto hire a sufficient sum of money to furnish men to\\nfill said quota, and pay it over to the agent, not ex-\\nceeding nineteen thousand dollars.\\nSeptember 3,1864. Voted, to pay citizens who", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1159.jp2"}, "1056": {"fulltext": "334\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HABIPSHIRE.\\nenlist for one year one thousand dollars each as\\nbount}\\nDecember 7, 1864. Voted, that the selectmen pay\\nas a bounty to each enrolled man of this town who\\nfurnishes a substitute for three years, and to any\\ntownsman who may enlist in Hancock s corps as a\\nveteran, and count on the quota of this town, three\\nhundred dollars each, and pay the highest bounty\\nallowed by law for volunteers who are not townsmen,\\nand that the selectmen be authorized to hire, on the\\ncredit of the town, a sum of money not exceeding five\\nthousand dollars; provided all the men so enlisted\\nshall not exceed twelve in number.\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel N. Adams, moderator; Daniel H.\\nAdams, town clerk Charles McDaniel, Jacob Messer,\\nStephen P. Colby, selectmen R. F. Sanborn, supt.\\nschool committee Joseph Davis, Jr., collector.\\nVoted, to instruct the selectmen to put three men into\\nthe United States army to fill our present quota.\\nThe whole money to pay war expenses was\\nhired u]iou the credit uf the town. The town\\ndebt at the close of the year 1862, exclusive of\\nwar ex2ieu,ses, wasi $270.37.\\nAt the close of 1871 the total indebtedness of\\nthe town, over and above availabilities, was \u00c2\u00a736,-\\n405,37.\\nAt the close of the year the total indebtedness,\\nover and above availabilities, was \u00c2\u00a717,077.13.\\n1866. Daniel P. Quimby, moderator Daniel N.\\nAdams, town clerk Charles McDaniel, Stephen P.\\nColby, Joseph P. Bailey, selectmen Horace F. Goss,\\nsupt. school committee; John M. Philbrick, rep-\\nresentative; Charles McDaniel, treasurer; Joseph\\nDavis, Jr., collector.\\n1867. Daniel M. Adams, moderator; David P.\\nGoodhue, town clerk Charles McDaniel, Jacob Mes-\\nser, Charles V. Pillsbury, selectman James M. Da-\\nvis, supt. school committee Joseph Colcord, rep-\\nresentative; D. N. Adams, collector; W.P.Smith,\\noverseer of poor Charles McDaniel, treasurer.\\n1868. Daniel X. Adams, moderator David P.\\nGoodhue, town clerk Joseph Davis, Jr., Charles V.\\nPillsbury, Edgar A. Washburn, selectmen James M.\\nDavis, supt. school committee Charles McDaniel,\\nrepresentative Joseph Davis, treasurer John C.\\nNichols, overseer of poor.\\n1869. Daniel H. Peaslee, moderator David P.\\nGoodhue, town clerk Charles McDaniel, Horace F.\\nGoss, Edgar A. Washburn, selectmen Daniel H.\\nAdams was elected supt. school committee Levi\\nF. Hill, representative Charles McDaniel, overseer\\nof poor Sargent Heath, collector Charles McDan-\\niel, treasurer, and was appointed supt. school com-\\nmittee.\\n1870. Samuel Quimby, moderator David P.\\nGoodhue, town clerk; Charles McDaniel, Horace F.\\nGoss, Sargent Heath, selectmen Elvin F. Philbiick,\\nsupt. school committee Levi F. Hill, rejireseiita-\\ntive; Sargent Heath, collector; Cliarles McDaniel,\\ntreasurer Daniel H. Peaslee, overseer of poor.\\n1871. Daniel H. Peaslee, moderator David P.\\nGoodhue, town clerk Charles V. Pillsbury, Sargent\\nHeath, Jacob Messer, selectmen Charles McDaniel,\\nsupt. school committee; Lorenzo Bailey, repre-\\n-sentative Joseph Davis, Jr., collector Charles V.\\nPillsbury, treasurer.\\n1872. Henry T. Sanborn, moderator; Solomon\\nH. Clement, town clerk Horace F. (loss, Charles V.\\nPillsbury, John S. Sanborn, selectmen Calvin W.\\nSpencer, supt. school committee Lorenzo Bailey,\\nrepresentative H. F. Goss, treasurer Edgar A.\\nWashburn, collector Charles McDaniel was chosen\\nagent to sell town farm and personal property Mar-\\ntin M. Wiggins was appointed town clerk, June 3,\\n1872.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry T. Sanborn, moderator; Martin M.\\nWiggins, town clerk Charles V. Pillsbury, Stephen\\nP. Colby, Sargent Heath, selectmen Franklin Bailey,\\nsupt. school committee Horace F. Goss, represen-\\ntative Edgar A. Washburn, collector.\\n1874. Henry T. Sanborn, moderator; M.artin M.\\nWiggins, town clerk Charles V. Pillsbury, William\\nM. Powers, Edgar A. Washburn, selectmen Charles\\nMcDaniel, supt. school committee Horace F. Goss,\\nrepresentative Joseph Davis, Jr., collector David\\nP. Goodhue, treasurer.\\n1875. Henry T. Sanborn, moderator; Martin M.\\nWiggins, town clerk Charles V. Pillsbury, William\\nM. Powers, Albert Morrill, selectmen Parker T.\\nSmith, supt. school committee John M. Phil-\\nbrick, representative D. P. Goodhue, treasurer; Jo-\\nseph Davis, Jr., collector.\\n1876. Henry T. Sanborn, moderator; Martin M.\\nWiggins, town clerk Horace F. Goss, Albert Mor-\\nrill, Henry T. Sanborn, selectmen Charles McDan-\\niel, supt. school committee Daniel N. Adams,", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1160.jp2"}, "1057": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n335\\nrepi esentative D. P. Goodhue, treasurer; Joseph\\nDavis, Jr., collector D. N. Adams was chosen dele-\\ngate to State Conveution to revise the Constitution.\\n1S77. Henry T. Sanborn, moderator Martin M.\\nWiggins, town clerk Charles McDaniel, supt.\\nschool committee Horace F. Goss, Henry T. San-\\nborn, John H. Johnson, selectmen Hosea B. Chase,\\nrepresentative D. P. Goodhue, treasurer Joseph\\nDavis, Jr., collector.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry T. Sanborn, moderator Martin M.\\nWiggins, town clerk Daniel N. Adams, William D.\\nColby, Horace W. Stevens, selectmen Charles Mc-\\nDaniel, supt. school committee David P. Good-\\nhue, representative and treasurer J. Davis, Jr.\\nUnder the new Constitution, the biennial election of\\nrepresentatives began, and D. P. Goodhue was chosen\\nin November. Supervisors also elected.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry T. Sanborn, moderator M. M.\\nWiggins, town clerk William D. Colby, Horace W.\\nStevens, John H. Johnson, selectmen; Charles Mc-\\nDaniel, supt. school committee D. P. Goodhue,\\ntreasurer; Joseph Davis, .Jr., collector; Moses O.\\nBoyce, Tallent Boyce and Willard Reed, investiga-\\nting committee on war accounts, which resulted in\\nfinding the charges against the selectmen and agents\\nto be without any proof.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry T. Sanborn, moderator; M. M.\\nWiggins, town clerk Horace W. Stevens, John H.\\nJohnson, Martin M. Wiggins, selectmen Charles\\nMcDaniel, supt. school committee Hosea B.\\nChase, representative Sargent Heath, collector\\nJames T. Colby, treasurer.\\n1881. Stephen P. Colby, moderator Martin M.\\nWiggins, town clerk John H. Johnson, Martin M.\\nWiggins, Willard Eeed, selectmen Charles McDan-\\niel, supt. school committee James T. Colby,\\ntreasurer; Sargent Heath, collector.\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moses O. Boyce, moderator; M. M. Wig-\\ngins, town clerk; same selectmen, supt. school\\ncommittee, treasurer and collector as in 1881 Joseph\\nW. Hill, representative.\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen P. Colby, moderator M. M. Wig-\\ngins, town clerk; Herbert H. Measer, supt. school\\ncommittee; .John H. Johnson, Martin M. Wiggins,\\nGeorge W. Clark, selectmen James T. Colby, treas-\\nurer Sargent Heath, collector.\\n1884. Moses O. Boyce, moderator the same\\ntown clerk, selectmen, supt. school committee,\\ntreasurer and collector as in 1883. Henry T. San-\\nborn, representative.\\n1885.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry T. Sanborn, moderator; M. M.\\nWiggins, town clerk; John H. Johnson, Martin M.\\nWiggins, G. W. Clark, selectmen David P. Good-\\nhue, supt. school committee; James T. Colby, treas-\\nurer Oscar F. Eastman, collector.\\nEEVOLUTIOXAKY SOLDIERS.\\nJohn Quimby, sergeant, enlisted April 23, 1775; three\\nmonths and sixteen da3 S\\nIsrael CliSbrd, enlisted May 4, 1775, three months and\\nfive days.\\nReuben Sanborn, mustered in June 0, 1775.\\nMoses Perkins, mustered in June 3, 1775.\\nJoseph Web.ster, mustered in June 3, 1775-\\nEbenezer Lovering, mustered in June, 1775, Novem-\\nber 5, 1775, and November 23, 1776.\\nAbraham Sanborn, lieutenant, mustered in Septem-\\nber, 1776.\\nEnoch Heath Plastow, mustered in June 2, 1775, July,\\n1776 and March 7, 1777, for eight months.\\nTimothy Quimby (Sandown), mustered in May 25,\\n1775, and July 9, 1776.\\nEliphalet Quimby sergeant, (of Salisbury), mustered\\nin 1777, for three years.\\nJohu. Sawyer (Londonderry), mustered in February\\n8, 1776.\\nDaniel Gilman, mustered in Novemlier 5, 1775, and\\nJuly 9, 1776.\\nMathew Pettengill, lieutenant, (Pembroke, N. H.),\\nmustered in December, 1775.\\nJohn Burbank, corporal, mustered in November 5,\\n177-5.\\nSamuel Robie, ninety days man, mustered in Novem-\\nber 23, 1775 and October 19, 1776.\\nReuben Stevens, mustered in July, 1776.\\nJames Boyce, mustered in August 23, 1 776 and Feb-\\nruary 17, 1777.\\nIchabod Robie, mustered in September 26, 1776 and\\nDecember 30, 1776.\\nJames C. Hazzard, mustered in September 26, 1776.\\nJeremiah Quimby, mustered out December 16, 1776,\\ntwo months and ten days.\\nJohn Collins, mustered in December 6, 1776 mus-\\ntered out December 7, 1777.\\nThomas Colcord, mustered in 1777, for thirty days.\\nReuben Hoyt, mustered in March 31, 1777, for three\\nyears.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1161.jp2"}, "1058": {"fulltext": "336\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSamuel Clay, mustered in 1777, for three years.\\nIsuiah Johnson, mustered out 1777, eight months.\\nJason Hazzard, Daniel Bean no date to be found\\nat present.\\nSOLDIERS OF WAR OF 1812.\\nAdam Boyce.\\nIsaac Colby.\\nJames Perkins.\\nStephen H. Heath.\\nJonathan Heath.\\nRichard Loverin.\\nJames Hazzard.\\nJames Boyce.\\nJoseph Morse.\\nWilliam Quimby.\\nNathaniel Heath.\\nTristram C. Hoyt.\\nIsaac Morse.^\\nF. M. Morrill.\\nLevi Chaffin.i\\nLieut. Ephraim French.\\nJohn Silver.\\nJoseph Maxfield.\\nDexter Stevens served in the Mexican War\\nHe died and was buried in Mexico.\\nThe whole of the Revolutionary soldiers above\\nrecorded, except two, are buried in our cemetery\\nat the centre of town.\\nJames Boyce was buried on farm of James T.\\nColly, on Hogg Hill John Collins, in Collins\\nburying-ground, on old road from Springfield to\\nNew London.\\nW^hen James Hazzard, soldier of 1812, was\\nabout to leave home for the war, his lather s last\\nwords are said to have been James, don t you\\never come home shot in the back.\\nSOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF REBELLION, ISIU.\\nChristopher Farney, Company G, Third Regiment\\nmustered in October 3, 18()3.\\nJohn Quigley, Company K, Third Regiment; mus-\\ntered in December 24, 1864.\\nOtto Richter, Company G, Third Regiment mus-\\ntered in October 8, 18G3; missing at Deep Run,\\nVa., August 16, 1864.\\nCharles Radford, Company K, Third Regiment\\nmustered in December 22, 1864; mustered out\\nJuly 26, 1865.\\nJames Theney, Company C, Third Regiment; mus-\\ntered in October 14, 1863; promoted to corporal;\\npromoted to sergeant August 24, 1864; wounded\\nOctober 7, 1864; discharged for disability, Octo-\\nber 20, 1865.\\nNot residents when ealisted, but buried here in town.\\nAugustus F. Russell, Company I, Fifth Regiment;\\nmustered in October 15, 1861 discharged for\\ndisability, at Concord, N. H., February 6, 1863.\\nJacob Bure, Company G, Third Regiment mustered\\nin October 8, 1863 captured at Drury s Bluff,\\nVa., May 16, 1864 died at Audersonville, Ga.,\\nJuly 13, 1864.\\nFernand G. Lull, Company G, Third Regiment\\nmustered in October 8, 1863 died at Bermuda\\nHundred, Va., May 31, 1864.\\nHartwell Frink, Company C, Fifth Regiment; mus-\\ntered in September 16, 1864 mustered out July\\n28, 1865.\\nThomas Mack, Company H., Fifth Regiment; mus-\\ntered in October 5, 1863.\\nCharles Walker, Company C, Fifth Regiment mus-\\ntered in October 2, 1863 absent without leave\\nsince April 2, 1865; no discharge furnished.\\nJames A. Chase, Company G, Sixth Regiment mus-\\ntered in December 11, 1861; discharged at Prov-\\nidence, R. I., April 20, 1863.\\nJames T. Colby, Company G, Sixth Regiment mus-\\ntered in November 28, 1861 promoted to corpo-\\nral discharged at Washington, D. C, August\\n12, 1862.\\nJohn M. Colby, Company G, Sixth Regiment; mus-\\ntered in Novemljer 28, 1861 paroled prisoner\\ndied of disease at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md.,\\nSeptember 29, 1862.\\nMartin V. B. Davis, Company G, Sixth Regiment\\nmustered in November 28, 1861 missing at\\nCamden, N. C, April 19, 1862; gained from\\nmissing; discharged at Concord, N. H., Septem-\\nber 18, 1862.\\nLewis G. Hilborn, Company G, Sixth Regiment;\\nmustered in November 28, 1861 died of disease\\nat City Point, Va., November 15, 1864.\\nGeorge W. Hazelton, Company G, Sixth Regiment\\nmustered in November 28, 1861; discharged.\\nOliver M. Heath, Company G, Sixth Regiment\\nmustered in November 28, 1861 missing at Bull\\nRun, Va., August 29, 1862; gained from missing;\\ndied of disease at Emory General Hospital,\\nWashington, D. C, September 16, 1862.\\nAbraham Quimby, Company G, Sixth Regiment;\\nmustered in November 28, 1861 discharged for\\ndisability at Roanoke Island, N. C, June IS,\\n1862.\\nJoseph M. Robie, Company G, Sixth Regiment, mus-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1162.jp2"}, "1059": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n337\\ntered in November 28, 1861 discliarged for disa-\\nbility at Camp Dennison. Ohio, January 25,\\nISiU.\\nJames W. Whaler, Company G, Sixth Regiment,\\nmustered in November 28, 1861 discharged at\\nNewport News, Va., September 23, 1862.\\n.Toseph Y. Simonds, Company H, Sixth Regiment,\\nmustered in December 12, 1861; discharged for\\ndisability at Washington, D. C, January 19,\\n1863.\\nGeorge Birch, Company H, Sixth Regiment, mustered\\nin December 22, 1863 transferred from Company\\nH, Ninth New Hampshire Volunteers, June 1,\\n1865; absent without leave July 17, 1865.\\nCharles Johnson, Company C, Sixth Regiment, mus-\\ntered in Deceml)er 0, 1863; transferred from\\nCompany C, Ninth New Hampshire Volunteers\\nJune 1, 1865 missing in action since September\\n30, 1864.\\nReuben F. Stevens, Company F, Sixth Regiment,\\nmustered in December 23, 1863 transferred from\\nComjiauy F, Eleventh New Hamjishire Volun-\\nteers June 1, 18(\u00c2\u00ab5 mustered out July 17, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Austin, corporal. Company B, Sixth Reg-\\niment, mustered in January 3, 1864 promoted\\nto sergeant July 1, 1865; mustered out July 17,\\n1865.\\nGeorge Henry, Company G, Seventh Regiment, mus-\\ntered in September 21, 1864 mustered out July\\n20, 1865.\\nJoseph C. Whittier, Company D, Seventh Regiment,\\nmustered in September 28, 1864 mustered out\\nJuly 20, 1865.\\nAlbert Coles, Company D, Eighth Regiment, mustered\\nin December 20, 1861.\\nNicholas Bowen, Company D, Ninth Regiment, mus-\\ntered in December 22, 1863 died of exhaustion\\nat Cumberland Gap, Ky., March 9, 1864.\\nCharles Johnson, Company C, Ninth Regiment, mus-\\ntered in December 9, 1863 missing at Poplar\\nGrove Church, Va., September 30, 1864 gained\\nfrom missing transferred to Sixth New Hamp-\\nshire Volunteers June 1, 1865.\\nPeter Smith, Company K, Ninth Regiment, mustered\\nin December 22, 1863; wounded July 30,1864;\\ntransferred to Sixth New Hampshire Volunteers\\nJune 1, 1865.\\nPeter Williams, Company D. Ninth Regiment, mus-\\ntered in December 9, 1863.\\nR. Freeman Sanborn, first lieutenant Company I,\\nEleventh Regiment, mustered in July 25, 1864;\\nnot mustered honorably discharged for disability\\nas second lieutenant August 9, 1864.\\nFrancis Richardson, Company E, Eleventh Regiment,\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 wounded slightly\\nJune 3, 1864; mustered out .Tune 5, 1865.\\nFrancis Nichols, corporal, Company F, Eleventh Reg-\\niment, mustered in August 29, 1862 promoted\\nto sergeant; discharged tor disability at Concord,\\nN. H., September 20, 1864.\\nRobert A. Blood, corporal. Company F, Eleventh\\nRegiment mustered in August 29, 1862 wounded\\nseverely in his groin December 13,1862; dis-\\ncharged for disability at Concord, N. H., May\\n11, 1863.\\nJohn D. Colby, corporal, Company F, Eleventh Regi-\\nment; mustered in August 29, 1862 discharged\\nfor disability at Frederick, Md., March 13, 1863.\\nCharles M. Colby, musician. Company F, Eleventh\\nRegiment; mustered in August 29, 1862; died\\nof diseiise at Covington, Ky., August 14, 1863.\\nMoses J.Adams, Company F, Eleventh Regiment;\\nmustered in August 29, 1802; mustered out June\\n4, 1805.\\nJohn Austin, Jr., Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29,1862; wounded slightly\\nMay 18, 1864 captured July 30, 1864; released\\nmustered out June 4, 1865.\\nMoses C. Colcord, Company F, Eleventh Regiment;\\nmustered in Augu.st 29, 1862 wounded severely\\nMay 26, 1864; promoted to corporal; mustered\\nout June 4, 1865.\\nZiba S. Eastman. Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmu.stered in August 29, 1862 mustered out June\\n4, 1865.\\nBenjamin F. Hill, Company F, Eleventh Regiment;\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 discharged for dis-\\nability at Camp Dennison, Ohio, January 20,\\n1804.\\nHarrison M. Johnson, Company F, Eleventh Regi-\\nment mustered in August 29, 1862 promoted\\nto sergeant mustered out June 4, 1865.\\nDavid S. Luce, Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29, 1862; wounded slightly\\nMay 12, 1864 discharged for disability Decem-\\nber 17, 1864.\\nJames Morrill, Company F, Eleventh Regiment;\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 wounded severely", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1163.jp2"}, "1060": {"fulltext": "338\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJune 19, 1864 transferred to Veteran Reserve\\nCorps September 16, 1S64 mustered out June\\n28, 1865.\\nLovell W. Nichols, Company F. Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 transferred to\\nVeteran Reserve Corps September 30, 1863\\nmustered out August 28, 1865.\\nWilliam Rowe, Company F, Eleventh Regiment;\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 discharged for dis-\\nability at Washington, D. C, March 9, 1863.\\nMerrill Robie, Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 mustered out June\\n4, 1865.\\nJohn Rollins, Company F, Eleventh Regiment mus-\\ntered in August 29, 1862 wounded severely De-\\ncember 13, 1862 transferred to Veteran Reserve\\nCorps September 1, 1863.\\nSamuel Robie, Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29, 1862; mustered out June\\n4, 1865.\\nGeorge B. Robie, Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 wounded severely\\nMay 16, 1864 discharged for disability at Con-\\ncord, N. H., June 7, 1865.\\nJohn Saunders, Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 died of disease on\\nboard transport August 9, 1863.\\nHenry T. Sanborn, Company F, Eleventh Regiment;\\nmustered in August 29, 1862; mustered out June\\n4, 1865.\\nAlexander Stevens, Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 mustered out June\\n4, 1865.\\nGeorge R. Stevens, Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29, 1862; discharged for dis-\\nability at Camp Dennison, Ohio, February 13,\\n1864.\\nBurnell K. Randall, musician. Company K, Eleventh\\nRegiment mustered in April 2, 1862 mustered\\nout June 4, 1865.\\nHiram S. Barber, Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in December 23, 1863 killed at Spott-\\nsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.\\nDarius K. Davis, Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 promoted to cor-\\nporal April 18, 1865; mustered out June 4, 1865.\\nJames M.Davis, Company F, Eleventh Regiment;\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 discharged for dis-\\nability at Fort Schuyler, N. Y., January 23, 1863.\\nOtis S. Hazelton, Company F, Eleventh Regiment\\nmustered in August 29, 1862 mustered out June\\n4, 1865.\\nSydney A. Hazelton, Company F, Eleventh Regi-\\nment; mustered in August 29, 1862 died of dis-\\nease at Annapolis, Md., April 16, 1864.\\nJohn Oilman, Company G, Twelfth Regiment; mus-\\ntered in September 11, 1862 wounded May 3,\\n1863 died of wounds at Washington, D. C.,May\\n23, 1863.\\n.Tames W. Lull, sergeant. Company F, Fifteenth Regi-\\nment; mustered in October 10, 1862; wounded\\nMay 27, 1863; mustered out August 13, 1863;\\ndied in New York.\\n(ieorge F. Colby, corporal. Company F, Fifteenth\\nRegiment mustered in October 10, 1862 died\\nof disease at Carrollton, La., February 2, 1862.\\nWilliam M. Fowler, Company F, Fifteenth Regi-\\nment mustered in October 10, 1862 discharged\\nfor disability at Concord, N. H., April 14, 1862.\\nRichard W. Heath, Company F, Fifteenth Regiment\\nmustered in October 10, 1862 mustered out\\nAugust 13, 1863 sick at AVilmot.\\n.Joseph D. Loverin, Company F, Fifteenth Regiment;\\nmustered in October 10, 1862; mustered out\\nAugust 13, 1863.\\nGustavus Loverin, Company F, Fifteenth Regiment;\\nmustered in October 10, 1862; died of disease at\\nCarrollton, La., January 31, 1863.\\nGeorge McDaniel, Company F, Fifteenth Regiment;\\nmustered in October 10, 1862; mustered out\\nAugust 13, 1863.\\nJames K. Richardson, Company F, Fifteenth Regi-\\nment; mustered in October 10, 18()2; mu.- tered\\nout August 13, 1863.\\nJohn D. Washburn, Company F, Fifteenth Regi-\\nment; mustered in October 10, 1862; mustered\\nout August 13, 1863.\\nFirst Regiment of Cavalry.\\nCharles P. Bryant, mustered in March 21, 1865; mus-\\ntered out July 16, 1865.\\n.41ban Bishop, nuistered in Ai)ril 4, 1865; mustered\\nout May 6, 1865.\\nHeavy Artillery.\\nJames McDole, Jr., mustered in September 29, 1863\\ndischarged for disability June 1, l.siU.\\nJohn J. Quimby, mustered in September 7, 18()3.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1164.jp2"}, "1061": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n339\\nFirst Regiment of Heavy Artillery.\\nJames H. Hardy, mustered in September 7, 1863\\nmustered out Septemlier 11, 18(J5.\\nJohn H. Prescott, mustered in September 7, 1863\\nmustered out September 11, 1865.\\nAugustus G. Russell, mustered in September 7,1863;\\nmustered out Sei)tember 11, 1865.\\nAbner J. Sanborn, corporal, mustered in. September\\n7, 1864; mustered out June 15, 1865.\\nAldred H. Fowler, mustered in September 7, 1864\\nmustered out June 15, 1865.\\nTristam F. Hoyt, mustered in September 7, 1864;\\nmustered out June 15, 1865.\\nEbenezer S. Kibbey, mustered in September 7, 1864;\\nmustered out June 15, 1865.\\nieorge P. Sboles, mustere l in September 7, 1864\\nmustered out June 15, 1865.\\nIsaac D. Tenuey, mustered in September 7, 1864;\\nmustered out June 15, 1865.\\nAndrew J. Young, mustered in Sei tember 7, 1864\\nmustered out June 15, 1865.\\nVeterim Ileserve Corps.\\nJames T. Colby, mustered in September 6, 1864.\\nJames A. Cha.se, mustered in September 6, 1864.\\nAlbert H. Davis, mustered in September 1864.\\nBenjamin F. Hill, mustered in September 6,1864;\\nmustered out November 14, 1865.\\nUnited States Sharjixhootcrs, CoMpany G, See \u00c2\u00bbid Regi-\\nment.\\nHenry A. Colby, mustered in October t), 1861 re-\\nenlisted December 20, 1863 wounded at Peters-\\nburg, Va., June 18, 1864: died at Washington,\\nD. C, October 31, 1864, aged twenty-three years\\nand nine months.\\nMilitia. The 2:)eople of Springfield took a deep\\nand lively interest in military affairs. Among the\\nearly .settlers were quite a number of Revolutionary\\nsoldiers, who brought with tliem the military\\nspirit and patriotism imbibed during that war.\\nOne man has been heard to say that he had used\\na liarrel of ink when first sergeant in one of the\\ncompanies in General Washington s army.\\nIt was considered an honor to hold a military\\ncommission, and those who were chosen captains\\nand lieutenants retained these titles, and were\\nhonored with them during their whole life. As\\n22\\nearly as 1820, General John Quimby, who had\\nrisen step by step from the ranks, was in command\\nof the Fifth Brigade. For several yeare there were\\nthree companies, North Company, South om-\\n[lany and a company of Light Infantry. Two of\\nthese companies remained until 1840, when, becom-\\ning somewhat run down, it was thought something\\nmust be done to revive the military spirit, and\\nthrough the exertions and influence of some public-\\nspirited individuals, a company consisting of one\\nhundred men was formed, who uniformed and\\nequipped themselves, and by a special act of the Leg-\\nislature received from the State Arsenal one hundred\\nguns. They carried them on to the parade-ground, re-\\nceiving the plaudits of the field officers and others.\\nThe officers and sergeants of that conn)any, when\\nformed, consisted of one physician, one ex-colonel,\\nfour ex-captains, two merchants, one postmaster,\\nseven justices of the peace, besides all the smaller fry\\nand all were volunteers.\\nThis company retained its existence until the\\nmilitia was abolished. Of all the officers and ser-\\ngeants of that company when formed, but one re-\\nmains to tell the story, the Hon. Daniel N.\\nAdams.\\nJan. 21, 1833. Adjutant and Inspector General s\\nOffice, Concord, N. H. Sep. 4, 1833, 31st Reg. 4th\\nCo. Capt., Sam Colby, Clerk, Joseph Richardson.\\nGeneral Order.\\nJoseph Low, Adjutant and Inspector General.\\n^y. H. Cheney, Adjutant of 31st Reg.\\nMay 1884. Total in Co., !)2.\\nAug. 5, 18.34. Samuel Quimby (2nd), Captain.\\nMay, 1835. Aggregate, 116.\\nApril, 1837. Benjamin Perley, Ca[)t.\\nApril 19, 183;i. John Morrill (2nd), L krk.\\nMar. 16, 1844. Bela Howard, Capt. Joseph\\nDavis, Jr. Clerk.\\nMay 1,1846. Levi Richardson, Capt. Ricliani\\nF. Sanborn, Clerk.\\nMar. 20, 1847. Moses Johnson, Capt. Moses H.\\nLoveriii, Clerk.\\nMar. 24, 1848. William H. tiuimby. Clerk.\\nMar. 7, 1840. John C. Nichols, Capt. Joseph\\nDavis, Jr., Clerk.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1165.jp2"}, "1062": {"fulltext": "340\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMay, 1849. 100 Bayonets, Muskets and Ramrods,\\n52 Bayonets, Scabbards and Belts, Cartridge Boxes\\nand Belts, Priming Wires and Brnshes, 104 Spare\\nFlints, 52 Knapsacks and 52 Canteens, 1 Roll Book\\nand 1 Orderly Book.\\nApril, 1857. 148 Enrolled men.\\nChurches, Pastoks, etc. As will be noticed by\\nthe early records, the inhabitants of this town\\nwere much inclined to support the church. When\\nappropriations failed to support a preacher, or from\\nany other cause, not having a preacher, meetings\\nwere holden constantly by laymen, Moses Rich-\\nardson reading from a book of sermons and\\nleading in prayer while the singing was kept in\\nfull ((uantity by the interested citizens. Through\\nthe instrumentality of Daniel, son of Moses Rich-\\nardson, the first Sabbath-school was formed in the\\nfirst school-house that was built in District No. 9,\\nsituated then on the old New London road, near\\nthe spot known as the Devil s Den. Preachers\\nwe find records of, as far back as Tilly How,\\nteacher and preacher, imployed by the town to\\nteach and preach. Then Rev. Salmon Hibbard,\\nCongregational Rev. Elijah Watson, Free-Will\\nBaptist Rev. Job Cushman, Congregational Rev.\\nStephen Combs, Baptist; Rev. P. C. Hines, Free-\\nWill Baptist; Rev. Wm. Moran, Methodist; Rev.\\nBennett Palmer, Christian Rev. Timothy Cole,\\nChristian Rev. Wm. H. Nason, Christian Rev.\\nJas. R. Phillips, Christian Rev. Lorenzo Bailey,\\nChristian and Rev. Lewis Howard, jMethodist,\\nhave been residents. Rev. Mr. Howard still lives\\nhere and preaches regularly, at the age of\\neighty-three years.\\nOccasional or non-resident preachers that are\\ncalled to mind, are Elder Ambrose, of Boscawen\\nRev. Edwin Burnham, ordained and preached\\nher. nearly a year Walter Harriman, ex-Gover-\\nnor of New Hampshire, preached for the Univer-\\nsalist Society a few years part of time, and Rev.\\nJoseph Sargent for a few times, and Rev. Robert\\nStinson one-fourth of time, also, for the Uni versalist\\nSociety. Rev. Geo. W. Gardner, of New London\\n(Calvinistic Baptist), Rev. Walter Phillips, Rev.\\nWm. S. Morrill and son, Rev. Alvah H. Morrill,\\nnow of Stanfordville, N. Y., Philomau Cloughand\\nhis son Newton, who were natives of the town, and\\nmany others have labored here to the general\\nacceptance of the people. A flourishing Sabbath-\\nschool is still connected with the Union Church\\nSociety. A church was built and still stands upon\\nthe Gore annexed to Grantham. The church\\nbuilding at the centre, that was built and dedi-\\ncated in 1799, and moved in 1851 from its origi-\\nnal location on the five-acre town Lot, occupied\\nnow as a cemetery, to its present location. It is a\\nunion house and contains our town hall.\\nRev. Daniel Noyes, Congregational, a native of\\nthis town, now and for a long time professor in Dart-\\nmouth College, at Hanover, preached the dedica-\\ntion sernuin at our church, after being repaired\\nand moved to its present location. He was fol-\\nlowed in the service by Rev. .John Moore, Uuiver-\\nsalist, of Concord Rev. Reuben Sanborn was edu-\\ncated at Harvard a Presbyterian; died in New Y ork,\\n1830 Rev. Morrison Cross, now supposed to be\\nliving in the West Rev. James Fowler, an\\nadopted native of the town, a succes.sful\\nUniversalist preacher in Tennessee Rev. Loreu\\nWebster, son of Mrs. D. N. Adams, is an Episco-\\npal clergyman at Ashland, N. H.\\nAugusta A. Adams, oldest daughter of Hon.\\nD. N. Adams, who is the only man in town that\\nhas served in the State Senate, was educated at\\nMeriden, taught in New Y^ork and in Massachu-\\nsetts, and married Rev. Lucian B. Adams, and\\nwent to Turkey as a missionary and died there.\\nHotels. Ensign Nathaniel Little built the\\nfirst real hotel on the French Place, on the\\ngreat East and West road, east of where Chas.\\nM. Noyes now lives. Daniel Noyes built the\\nhotel where John S. Colby now lives, about the\\ntime the fourth New Hampshire turnpike was\\nbuilt, which was a toll road said hotel was af-\\nterward occupied as such, and did a large business\\n(often stabling one hundred horses as transient), by\\nJames Willis, Enoch Chellis, Ring, Nathan\\nStickney for some fifteen years, D. N. Adams, John\\nBrown, John Nevins, J. S. Durgin, O. C. Howard\\nand Wm. E. Melendy.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1166.jp2"}, "1063": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n341\\nSam l. J^ittle built a tavern upon the height of\\nthe land where Mrs. Wm. Bean now lives, known\\nas the Calif place. After IMr. Little s death his\\nwidow, a very oajiahle landlady, managed the\\nhouse, after which it gradually became extinct,\\npassing out of the Little estate. Dr. Joseph\\nNichols built where J. Davis, Jr., and Dr. D. P.\\nGoodhue now resides, which was occupied during\\nthe most of the time of its being a hotel by D.\\nN. Adams, being some thirty years in all, during\\nwhich time it did a very large business.\\nMerchajsts. We have been able to find that\\nseveral of our citizens have at ditlerent times been\\nengaged in mercantile business, and give them as\\ntradition informs us. Captain Deputy Bowman\\ntraded in the house now occupied by Joseph Davis,\\nJr Daniel Noyes, where L. L. Hill now lives,\\nwho afterwards built a store where J. S. Colby\\nnow lives; James Willis, at same store also Wm.\\nE. Melendy at same place David Colcord, at four\\ncorners in house built by Timothy (^uimby (2d),\\nseveral years Moses Johnson and iSolomon Clem-\\nent, at same store then said Clement built the\\nbuilding or store now occupied by Henry E. Quim-\\nby, and traded there stuue twelve years since oc-\\ncupied by Wm. Carroll, John H. Williams, How-\\nard Knisley, John White, Merrill Johnson,\\nHoward Melendy, and Joseph B. Prescott as a\\nstore. Joseph Colby traded where James H. Co-\\nfran now lives; Beuj. E. W^oodmau Co., at\\nLtiugdou L. Hill s also Nichols Adams, Adams\\nClement, D. N. Adams, Kimball Haseltine and\\nDr. Abner Johnson. At the store now occupied\\nby D. N. Adams Son, which was built by Dr.\\nJoseph Nichols and D. N. Adams some fifty years\\nago, Levi Richardson, now merchant in Frank-\\nlin, was clerk two years and partner with D. N.\\nAdams eighteen years, said Adams having been\\nin the business some sixty years. T. Cole, J. E.\\nBabbitt, Dr. A Johnson and others at different\\ntimes and jjlaces.\\nMills and Brick- Yards. The following are\\namong the jirominent mills that have been in use\\nin town; Lowell s mill was built in about 1775,\\nnear Mrs. Austin Loverin s jiresent residence, and\\nused for grinding corn, rye, etc. Robert Wadleigh\\nSmith, Daniel and Joseph Bean built a saw and\\ngrist mill on land now occupied by M. C. Col-\\ncord, west of the mill recently destroyed\\nby fire, that was built by Edgar A. Washburn in\\n1869, which was forty by eighty feet, and con-\\ntained circular, lathe, shingle and other saws,\\nplaning-machiue, etc. said Smith and Beans re-\\nceiving land and money as per votes from the\\nProtectworth proprietry herewith recorded.\\nMcGregory and John Field erected a cardingmill\\nnear the above mentioned mills and it was after-\\nwards occupied liy Ebenezer Clough, now of\\nEnfield.\\nSeth Gay had grist and saw-nulls on different\\nsites, near where Gilman Smith now lives. Reu-\\nben Hoyt purchased the Lowell mill and occupied\\nit several years, after which his sons Tristani and\\nReuben, Jr., rebuilt said corn or grist-mill nearly\\nopposite where the church now stands, and built\\na saw-mill near or just below the mill now owned\\nand used by James T. Colby also they built sub-\\nstantial dams at the Station Pond, which now\\nremain.\\nDeacon Moses Richardson and Reuben Stevens\\nbuilt the Old Spruce mill, about 1795, near the\\nsite where Sargent Heath s now stands and tra-\\nilition informs us that said Richardson received\\nfifty acres of laud (as an inducement to build C.\\nMcDaniels Karr .said mill), now contained in past-\\nure, and said Stevens fifty acres, about due east of\\nthe Hill Mica Ledge, near what is called Scot-\\nland. About 1833, Gilman Sawyer, of this town,\\nbuilt a shingle-iuill just across the line in Wil-\\nmot, where Josiah Johnson had a saw-mill. Deacon\\nPhilip Brown owned a large tract of timber-land\\nin this town and Grantham, and erected a saw and\\nshingle-niill on same spot where the Washburn\\nmill stood about the years 1887-38, afterward in the\\nhands of Joseph and Moses C. Colcord and\\nothers.\\nAbout 1810, Samuel Little and John Karr\\nbuilt a saw-mill near top of Sorrel Hill, on\\nfourth New Hamj^shire tui-npike also had a\\nbrick-yard near by. Isaac Morse and D. Bean", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1167.jp2"}, "1064": {"fulltext": "342\\nHISTORY OP SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhad another brick-yard opposite where E. A.\\nWashburn now lives, which furnished brick for\\nmany of the present houses in town.\\nThere was another yard near (iihuau Pond,\\nowned by Enoch Collins, Jr., and Captain Jona-\\nthan Loverin, who sent their brick, many of them,\\nto New London.\\nElihu Chase built the shingle-mill afterwards\\nowned by Alonzo Cross, and now owned by Alon-\\nzo B. Putney, and, in company with Kimball\\nHaseltine, the sa^v\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mill now owned by F. P. George.\\nSeth Fisher built a shingle and clapboard-mill\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0where A. J. Kidder s lower mill now stands.\\nJohn W. Noyes, now of Chester, built the best-\\nfinished mill on turnpike, on land now owned by\\nJohn F. Hardy, which was destroyed by fire when\\nabout ten years old.\\nShingle-mills of Kneeland Stocker and Joseph\\nW. Hill also had their day, and passed away.\\nWarren Johnson andCharlesD. Sargent, under the\\nfirm-name of Johnson Sargent, erected dams and\\nsaw, shingle and clapboard-mills at the outlet of\\nMorgan Pond, where they owned five hundi-cd\\nacres of heavy timbered laud, in the year 1847.\\nnow owned by A. J. Kidder, of New London.\\nOrra Howard, in 1848, purchased a very\\nlarge tract of land of Nathan Stickney, of Con-\\ncord, erected dwelling-houses and a costly mill\\nshingle, clapboard and saw on the site of the\\nOld Spruce mill. After it had served its pur-\\njjose, the machinery and frame were sold to differ-\\nent parties and carried away.\\nIn 1843 a company was formed, and built a\\nnice and expensive grist-mill, opposite the church,\\nwhich was operated by the company known as\\nStation Mill Com])any for about seven years, when\\nit was sold to Ebenezer L. Nichols afterwards in\\nhands of Alonzo P. Nichols, then sold to Albert\\nH. Davis and A. J. Sanborn, and was run by\\nRichard T. Sanborn, who with A. H. Davis, built\\nthe present saw-mill, now owned by J. T. Colby.\\nSaid Station Company s grist-mill was sold and\\nmoved away in about 1870.\\nKneeland and William Stocker have for many\\nyears had a carriage-sho]i and wheelwright mills,\\ntheir wheels being noted for perfection and dura-\\nbility.\\nCowles, Gass Co. also had a carriage manu-\\nfactory on the Sugar River Branch, that was\\nmoved into Grantham, being on the Gore that, as\\nelsewhere mentioned, has been annexed to Gran-\\ntham.\\nA baker s dozen or more of cider-mills have\\nbeen erected, lived and died, or deca^yed, and\\nonly three now in the vigor of life remain, viz.\\nSanborn s, Putney s and McDaniel s, with Boomer\\nBoschert, grater and press. There have been\\nused in town three steam mills, one near John\\nRobie s, one in the Perly District, and one near\\nthe Eben Blood place.\\nPhysicians. Dr. William Phillips, who lived\\non the farm owned by Levi S. Hill, is the first res-\\nident doctor, we are informed, who made a short\\nstay here. Dr. Nathaniel Prentis served the town\\nseveral years in different town offices and rejire-\\nsented the town in General Court, as appears by\\nrecord and this history and he was surgeon of the\\nThirty-first Regiment New Hampshire Militia, and\\na man who was very much honored and respected\\nby the community. He was killed, almost in-\\nstantly, October 10, 1 S10, on his way home from\\nNewport in company with his comrades from\\nmuster by being thrown from his horse near\\nthe Cornish road and A. P. Welcome s buildings\\nin said Newport. His residence was on Phil-\\nbrick Hill, on the farm now owned by George H.\\nCross. Dr. Samuel Flagg, a traveling physician,\\nministered to the physical ailments of the j)eo-\\nple for a short time. Dr. Amasa Howard was here\\nin 1812, located near L. L. and L. F. Hill s, and,\\nafter a few years, was succeeded by Dr. Abner\\nJohnson, father of Mrs. Ferona Howard, and\\nowned the place now occupied by Rev. Lewis\\nHoward. He remained in town until about 1835\\nand removed to Lowell, Mass. He, like Dr.\\nPrentis, took an important position in State, town\\nand societ} matters, and was a skillful practitioner.\\nDr. Joseph Nichols, a native of this town, born in\\nthe house now owned and occupied by Joseph L.\\nBrown, spent his life among his native hills. No", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1168.jp2"}, "1065": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n343\\nperson labored more to benefit the town by im-\\nproving the public roads, the scliools and church\\nthan did Dr. Nichols. As a physician he had few\\necjuals about the country. He died in jMay, 18.53.\\nDuring Dr. Nichols practice he sold out to one\\nDr. Copp, of New London, reserving the right to\\nattend his relatives and personal friends when\\ncalled upon. Dr. Copp, a well-read physician,\\nafter remaining in town a year or more, teaching\\nsinging and other branches, decided that Dr.\\nNichols had more relatives and personal friends\\nthan any other man he ever heard of, and left\\ntown for a clearer field nf practice. Dr. Valen-\\ntine Manahan, a native of New London, came\\nhere and commenced practice in l.s.jl, liaviug been\\nfitted by tne medical schools of Philadelphia and\\nother places. He never accepted any town or\\nother office within the gift of the people, but\\nlabored earnestly politically, and was very success\\nful both in politics and medical practice, having\\nhad a very large circle of patients. He closed\\npractice here in 18G6, and, after looking over\\nthe Western country settled in Enfield, where\\nhe continues a very successful practitioner. Dr.\\nD. P. Goodhue, a native of Dunliarton, after\\nserving in the navy during the Rebellion, took\\nDr. ISIanahan s place as physician and still contin-\\nues to practice medicine here with great credit to\\nhimself, and has the entire confidence and sym-\\npathy of his townsmen.\\nThe following physicians, practicing elsewhere,\\nwere natives of this town Joseph D. Nichols,\\ndied in Pennsylvania Dr. Moses C. Richardson,\\ndied in Marlborough, Mass.; Dr. John Robie, died\\nin Corinth, Yt., where he had a large and successful\\npractice; Dr. Yanransellier Morse; Dr. Willard\\nBowman, went to Vermont to practice Dr. Still-\\nman Wood, practiced and died in Enfield;\\nDr. ]\\\\Ioses C. Hoyt, emigrated westward Robert\\nA. Blood, educated at Harvard ^ledical School\\nis now practicing in Charlesto-.vn, Mass Charles i\\nA. Messer, a graduate of Daitmouth Medical\\nSchool, is practicing at Turner s Falls, Mass.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL.\\nBailey. Josejjh Bailey moved here from Old\\nHaverhill, Mass., and married Sally Sanders, of\\nGrafton. She brought a cow here in 1810,thedescen-\\ndants of which, witli a few exceptions, have been\\nwhite-faced and been in the Bailey family, and are\\nnow owned by Westley. Roxana Bailey married,\\nfirst, John F. Youngman, of Lempstcr; second,\\nMoses Spaulding. John married Eliza Nich-\\nols and he died several years ago. Franklin mar-\\nried Eleanor Stevens, who died a few years ago.\\nLorenzo married Sarah A. Leavitt. He is at\\npresent temporarily located in Grafton, preaching\\nthere. His only son, John, lives on the place he\\nformerly occupied. Westley married Ann Stevens.\\nNancy married Eli Spauling, and, after his death,\\nthe Rev. F. S. Bliss, a native of Cheshire, Mass.\\nHe was a very succes.sful Universalist clergyman,\\npreaching at Enfield, N. H., and Barre, Yt for\\nfifteen years. He died at Greensl; orough, N. C\\nMarch 23, 1873. Mrs. Bliss is now living in\\nCornish.\\nBowJiAN. Deputy Bowman married Sarah\\nPhilbrick, only sister of Abraham Philbrick, in\\n179-5. She died in 1800, leaving two children,\\nSarah and Walter. Sarah married John Loverin\\nand had one child, Philander, who lived and died\\nin town. Walter married and moved to Vermont\\nDeputy Bowman married Margaret McClure, De-\\ncember 2, 1802. The children were Wilhird,\\nJoseph, Susanna, Sylvester, Deputy Ca,=son, John,\\nOliver, Mary Ann, Margaret ]\\\\Iaria, Elizabeth and\\nNarcissa. Willard was a jihysician Joseph a\\nsuccessful lawyer, of Belfast, Me.; Sylvester a\\nbrewer, living in Boston Mary Ann, the only one\\nliving in town, is the wife of Phineas Messer\\nthey have three sons living, Melvin, Charles and\\nSylvester. Narcissa married George Thompson,\\nliving in Lexington, Mass.\\nBoYCE. James Boyce and Adam Boyce were\\nalso among the first settlers, both of wiiom had\\nmany descendants, only two of which remain in\\ntown, sons of James, viz.: Talent, who, with a\\nfiimily, lives near Statifm Pond, and Moses O.\\nand family on Hogg Hill.\\nSmith. Israel Smith, a pioneer, had three\\nadopted boys, Charles Carpenter, Jac()b Smith", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1169.jp2"}, "1066": {"fulltext": "344\\nHISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand Josiah Chandler Williams, and four chil-\\ndren of his own, William Plunimcr .Smith, who\\ndied several years since Jonathan B. Smith, now\\nliving in town and one of the largest sugar-\\nmakers; his twin sister Joanna, married Joseph\\nJohnson, both died here and Mary W. Smith,\\nborn November 11, 1823.\\nPiLLSBURY. Joseph Pillsbury came here at an\\nearly day, having eight children, only one of\\nwhich now resides here, Asa F. and his son,\\nAmos H. Pillsbury. Said Joseph was drafted in\\nthe War of 1812, and Adam Boye went as a\\nsubstitute for him,\\nCollins. Some time about 1 798, Enoch\\nCollins came to this town from Salisbury, N. H.,\\nand settled in the south part of town, where\\nRichard W. Allen now lives. He had four sons\\nand three daughters, Benjamin P., Enoch, Jr.,\\nEnos and John jVIary lived in New York,\\nClarissa lived in Nebraska, and Nancy married\\nGeorge W. Craft and lived in New London she\\nis alive now and a very smart old lady. None\\nof his descendants now live in town but one\\ngranddaughter, Mrs. Charles Woodward.\\nEnos Collins, Enoch s brother, came here before\\n1800, and died in 1817- He left a large family, who\\nare now all dead but Mrs. Susan Rol)ie, who lives\\nin Salisbury, N. H. He has but two descendants\\nin town, Henry T. Sanborn and John Kobie.\\nJoseph Collins, another brother, came here and\\nraised a family of eight or ten children. He\\nwent from this town nioi-e than forty yeare ago to\\nStewartstown, N. H., and died there. One of his\\nsons, Joseph, Jr., always lived in town, and died\\nhere when more than eighty years old. Only one\\nof his descendants lives in town, Henry J. Collins,\\nwho is a blacksmith.\\nCharles Collins settled here, and had four chil-\\ndren, Sarah, married Moses D. Richardson\\nNancy, married Nathaniel Loverin Hannah,\\nmarried Benjamin U. Collins and (/harles, Jr., I\\nmarried Nancy McDauiel. They are all dead,\\nand none of their descendants remain in town.\\nSeth Collins, another l)rother, settled here, but\\nnjoved to St. Albans, Vt., many years ago.\\nDeacon John Collins and wife came to spend\\ntheir last days with their children in town, and\\ndied here.\\nAll the Collinses lived in School District No. 9,\\non the old road leading to New London. They\\nwere honest, respectable people, and very indus-\\ntrious citizens.\\nColby. Benjamin Colby, born in Hopkinton\\nSeptember 25, 1776. Abigail Eaton, his wife,\\nborn in New Salem March 9, 1776. They were\\nmarried March 25, 1800, and moved on to farm\\nbought of Robert Hogg, in the southwestern part\\nof the town, three days after their marriage. They\\nhad .seven children, Benjamin, Jr., William D.,\\nSally, Timothy, Eliza, James and Polly. Mrs.\\nColby died in 1852, and Mr. Colby in 1854.\\nBenjamin Colby, Jr., born in 1801, married Polly\\nL. Plistman, who was born in Wcare in 1804, but\\nmoved to Springfield with her parents, Moses and\\nPolly Easlnian, in 1807. They moved on to the\\nColby place in 1851. They had four sons and\\none daughter, Eliza, now sto])ping with her\\nbrother, James T., postmaster of West Spring-\\nfield. Stephen P. also lives in town. The old\\nplace still remains in the Colby name.\\nWilliam D. Colby, the oldest son, is an enterpris-\\ning farmer, living on Sanborn Hill. He mar-\\nried Mahala Sanborn. They have five children\\nliving, one of whom is a very successful teacher.\\nPhilip Colby, of Salisbury, married Abra\\nGreeley, and settled on the west side of Colonel\\nSanborn s hill, near where the large elm-tree now\\nstands. He afterwards bought out Stei)hen and\\nJohn Saw-yer, and built new buildings where\\nCenter F. Smith now lives, and died there in\\n1842. He took a prominent part in town offices,\\nin buililing the meeting-house, also the fourth\\nNew Ham])shire turnpike. He will be long re-\\nmembere l by the old citizens. He had nine\\nchildren,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John, Sally, Nancy, Bill, Rillah,\\nCinda, Sam, lara and Sophia all are dead but\\nSophia. John, Bill and Sally lived in Rochester,\\nN. Y. Nancy married I. Webster, of Wilmot\\nshe was thrown from a carriage and killed in\\n1828. Rillah married Joseph Severance, of", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1170.jp2"}, "1067": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n345\\nDerby, Vt., aud died in Warner, N. H., in 1855 i\\nSally, Cinda, Clara and Sopliia never married.\\nCiuda died in ISLS; Clara in 1879. Slie was\\nwell known as a very industrious woman, and wiis\\nhighly respected by her townspeople. 8am Colby\\nmarried Maria Adams, of Mason, and lived upon\\nthe farm owned by his father until 1870, when he i\\nsold it. He died in 1878 at his daughter s, Mrs.\\nLeora JM., wife of John H. Johnson. Leora died\\nin 1888. Christoj)her C. resides in IManchester,\\nN. H. Jdhn J), lives in Kansas. Charles JM.\\ndied August 14, 18G3, at Covington, Ky., while in\\nthe Union army. Henry A. died in Washington,\\nD. C, from the etieets of a wound.\\nSopliia, the youngest of Philip Colby s children,\\nstill live.s within a few rods of the i)aternal home,\\nat the age of eighty-three years.\\nCoLCORD. Among the early bettlers were three\\nbrothers Thomas, Stephen and Joseph Colcord.\\nThey married three sisters by the name of Bean,\\nand came here from Candia.\\nThoma.s lived on the hill east of the Timothy\\nDavis place. They had several children. Hittey\\nand Sarah mariied and lived in Vermont Abigail\\nmarried John .lohuson, of Enfield, N. H. Nancy\\nmarried John Heath Hannah married Andrew\\nPettingill. Pie lived in town, near Enfield, and\\ndied hei e, after which .she married John Field\\naud moved to the West. David married Milly\\nPhilbrick. He died aud was buried in town.\\nJennie and Dolly died young, aud Moses went\\nWest.\\nStephen lived where John Johnson now lives.\\nHad four girls. Elvira married Reuben Hoyt\\nlived and died in town. Hannah married Dr.\\nJoseph Nichols. Their children were named\\nAnn, Joe, Jeannette, Elizabeth, Frank and Ade\\nline. None of them live in town. Mary married\\nand lived in Vermont. Abigail married James\\nJohnson. Had two daughters Betsy Ann, now\\ndead, and Elvira, now married and living in\\nGrantham. Mrs. Johnson is now living in town.\\nJoseph Colcord lived where Sylvanus Gross now\\nlives. His children were Sam, Hittey, Thomas,\\nJoseph, David, Stephen, Mahala and Dorinda.\\nNone living iu town but Joseph. One sou, JSIoses,\\nby first wife, also lives here. His second wife was\\nBetsy Gilnian. Three only of their uine children\\nare living.\\nHazzari). James Carr Haz/.ard was born in\\nNewbury, JNIa-ss. (now Newburyport), August 2,\\n1759. He enlisted in the army at the age of six-\\nteen, calling himself eighteen. He was at the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill and in several other battles.\\nHe married, February 11, 1787, Betsy Greeley,\\ndaughter of Shubael Greeley, of Salisbury. They\\nmoved into town when there were hut twenty\\nfamilies here, and endured the hardships and pri-\\nvations of a newly-settled country.\\nShe sowed seeds from apples her father miscd in\\nSalisbury, and ])lanteil with her own hands the\\norchard that now stands on the farm (known as\\nthe Town Farm owned by Sargent Heath.\\nThey had eleven children, Anna Hazzard, born\\nApril 15, 1788; Mary Hazzard, Uoin January 20,\\n1790; James Hazzard, born December 30, 1791\\nRuth Hazzard, born Felnuary 12, 1794; Sarah\\nHazzard, born March (i, 1796; Asenath Hazzard,\\nborn February 12, 1798; C yrus Hazzard, born\\nApril 15, 1800 Thirzali Hazzard, born June 28,\\n1802 Luther Hazzard, born December 28, 1804;\\nLucy Hazzard, born February 5, 1808 Thirzali\\nHazzard, born October 6, 1810.\\nAnna Hazzard, when eighteen years of age,\\nwent to Salisbury, at Deacon Gate s, to learn the\\ntailor s trade; she gave three years time. She\\nmarried Jesse Fuller, of Lebanon, April 11, 1811.\\nThey moved to Lebanon and lived one year; then\\nthey moved to Salem, Mass., where he was pro-\\nprietor of the Boston and Salem baggage-wagons\\nabout seven years. He was returning from Boston\\none very dark night, when his wagon ran against\\na large heap of dirt which had been thrown from\\nthe town pumps, and he was instantly killed,\\nApril 18, 1822. His wife, Anna, was left with\\nfour small children. Abigail, who was known\\niu this town as a successful teacher. John was\\nsent to Hanover to learn the tanner s trade.\\nHe went to New York as a teacher; married,\\nlived and died there. Elizabeth S. was sent to", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1171.jp2"}, "1068": {"fulltext": "346\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\niSj)riiigfield to live with her graudparents, where\\nshe was brought uj), and who prides herself of her\\nGreeley descent. Lucius, the baby, his mother\\nkept with her. He afterwards was a taih)r iu\\ntown he married for his wife Laurette F. Con-\\nverse, of Lyme, N. H. he went to Troy, N. Y., on\\na visit to his brother s, and died.\\nMary Hazzard married Isaac Haseltou lived in\\nSpringfield. They had three children James,\\nwho died young, Rhoda, James. Rhoda lives in\\nWebster, N. H.\\nJames Hazzard married a lady in Vermont\\nW ent there to live. He had four children\\nRosanna, Irena, Clara and Thirzah.\\nRuth Hazzard married Josiah Johnson, of\\nSpringfield. They had five children Hauuah,\\nBeri, Samuel, Melinda, Mary. Two are now liv-\\ning Hannah Johnson Noyes in Atkinson, N. H.,\\nand 3Iary Johnson Davis in Jaffrey.\\nSarah Hazzard married Jonathan Stewart, and\\nlived in Bow. They had nine children, only two\\nliving Jonathan M. Stewart, dealer in carpefs, at\\nConcord, N. H. Marion Stew art Osgood, a dress-\\nmaker, at CJoncord, N. H.\\nAsenath Hazzard married Jerry Tjaniboru, of\\nEnfield, N. H. moved to Boouvillc, N. Y. They\\nhad three children, one living in New Y^ork in\\n1885.\\nCyrus Hazzard went to New York married and\\nlived there. He had six children five are now\\nliving. Thirzah died when about two years old.\\nLuther Hazzard went to New York as a teacher;\\nmarried and settled in Reusellearville, N. Y^.,\\nwhere he lived until his death. He had one child.\\nLucy Hazzard married, first, a farmer, Giles\\nStockwell, of Croydon; married, second, Jonathan\\nEmerson, of Lebanon, where she now lives alone\\nat the age of seventy-seven years.\\nThirzah Hazzard married, first, Silas Kinsley, a\\nmerchant, and lived in Springfield. They had\\nthree children two are now living. Orenda lives\\nin Stoueham, Mass., and works at dressmaking.\\nCharles lives in California. He married for his\\nwife Fran Hill, daughter of L. L. Hill, of Spring-\\nfield. She married for her second husband Colonel\\nBeals, of Lyme, where she now lives at the age of\\nseventy-four years.\\nLucy and Thirzah are the only ones left of the\\nfamily.\\nElizabeth Fuller, wife of Josejjh Davis, Jr., is\\nthe only one left in town of the descendants of the\\nHazzards. She had two children. Henry died at\\nthe age of sixteen. Abby is married and lives in\\nSpringfield. She is the wife of Dr. David P.\\nGoodhue.\\nHeath. In the early days there was a family\\nof seven brothers and sisters, who came here from\\nSalem, Mass, Evan M., Daniel, Enoch, John,\\nJames, Hannah and Rachel. Evan M. married\\nBetsy Woodward and had seven childen, Rhoda,\\nNathaniel, Jesse, Johnson, Enoch, Ira and Daniel.\\nRhoda first married David Beau, having two chil-\\ndren, Rhoda and David, and then married\\nJoshua Stevens, having three children, Mary\\nAnn, who married Joseph Robie, now living in\\ntown Nathaniel and Mauley, who are dead. Na-\\nthaniel married Margaret Streeter, of New Y ork.\\nThey had eleven children, Uriah, in the navy\\nthree years, married Mary E. Stevens, of Grafton,\\ndaughter of Barnard C. Stevens Elias and H.\\nJohnson Heath went to Canada Betsy married\\nAlbert Swctland, of Providence, R. I.; Evan M.\\nuiarried Grace Loverin, now living in Salisbury,\\nN. H.; Francis A. married Rhoda A. Heath, of\\nPittsburg, N. H., now living iu Enfield Charlotte\\ndied in infancy Vensana married John Jeffers,\\nwho havji only one child living, Lizzie X., mar-\\nried to M. A. Burnham, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers hav-\\ning buried eight children with diphtheria; Rhoda\\nA., widow of John Sanders Stephen S. died in\\nthe Union army and Charles J. died in tow n when\\neighteen years old. Jesse, son of Evan M., of\\nSalem, married and died in New York. Johnson,\\nson of Evan ^L, who married Nancy Sanborn,\\nof Grafton, was the father of Monroe C. Heath,\\nex-mayor of Chicago, and of Warren and Calista,\\nwho are dead. Enoch, son of Evan M., marrietl\\nPolly Jones. Children were Diana, present wife\\nof John F. Carter, of Audover Nicanor, of\\nGrafton Arville, wife of Joseph Whitcomlj, of", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1172.jp2"}, "1069": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n347\\nAudover; Josiah, died in Grafton Eoxanna, first\\nwife of George Miller, who lives at East Canaan\\nAurilla, married Barauch Smith, of Grafton; and\\nOra C., living in Orange. Ira, son of Evan M.,\\nmarried Rebecca Greeley had one child. Dan-\\niel, son of Evan M., married Sophia Barnhart, of\\nCornwall, Canada. Daniel s second wife is the\\npresent wife of Moses Leavitt, of Grafton. Dan-\\niel Heath, who came from Salem, lived on George\\nHill, in Enfield, and was the father of Dorset\\nHeath. Enoch Heath, a soldier of the Revolu-\\ntionary War, married Lizzie Stevens and lived\\nwhere Russell Kidder now lives. Enoch s son,\\nSamuel, married Mary Dearborn. Of their chil-\\ndren, only Sarah Ann, wife of Samuel Maxfield,\\nand John Heath, are now residents. Enoch s\\nother sou, Ezekiel, married Lucretia Babbitt and\\nhad one child. He then married Jerusha Fuller\\nand had nine more, Leonard, married, first, Sally\\nMorgan, and, after her death, married Lydia Jane\\nHill; Levi married Priscilla Cliilbrd, he died\\nseveral years ago, and his widow and several chil-\\ndren are living in town Enoch and Hiram died\\nin Vermont George is a depot-master of Sharon,\\nVt William died in town Van Buren, the\\nseventh son, died in Lowell, Mass.; Gerrard first\\nmarried Hannah Hook, and second Rosalette\\nHeath, now living in town and Narcissa, died in\\ntown. John, who came from Salem, married Dolly\\nDavis, lived opposite M. C. Burnham s and died\\nat the age of one hundred and seven years. They\\nhad fourteen children, James, Dolly, John, Zac-\\ncheus, Lydia, Marion, Nancy, Hannah, Jonathan,\\nEdmund, Christopher, Polly, Ehoda and Phebe.\\nDolly married John Jeflers, who came here from\\nHampstead. They had eight children. Mary\\nJeffers married Enoch Quimby; Phebe Jeflers\\nmarried Samuel Sanders and is the present wife of\\nJeremiah Stevens Jacob Jetfers married Cathe-\\nrine Kemptou, of Croydon Stephen Jetfers died\\nin Lyme John Jeffers married Vensana Heath\\nDavid Jeflfers married Meliuda Cummings, of\\nColebrook Edward Jeffers married a Smith of\\nSalisbury Polly Jeffer.^, died. John Heath mar-\\nried Nancy Colcord their children were named\\nAlfred, Jonathan, Charlotte, Dorothy, Stephen\\nand Martha. Hannah Heath married Daniel\\nBean had one child, Emeline, w ho married Nich-\\nolas Hardy of this town. James, who came from\\nSalem, married Hannah Clark and livetl where\\nJ. C. Pettengill now lives; had three children,\\nMoses, lived in Wilmot; Lucinda, married John\\nM. Philbrick, of this town and Mary, married\\nFreeman Smalley, of Hanover. Hannah, who\\ncame from Salem, married Dr. Peaslee, of Alex-\\nandria. One of his children is the present wife\\nof Esquire John Austin. Rachel, who came from\\nSalem, married Samuel George, commonly called\\nKing George had five children, none known\\nto be living.\\nHogg. Among the early settlers were Charles\\nand Robert Hogg. Charles settled on a hill, which\\nresulted in the name Hogg Hill. We find from\\nthe records that James Hogg, the son of Charles\\nand Hannah Hogg, was born in 1791 Polly\\nHogg, in 1793 Susannah Little Hogg, in 179G;\\nSophia Hogg, in 1799 BeujamiQ Franklin Hogg,\\nin 1800 and Thomas Jeffei-sou Church, son of\\nCharles and Hannah Church, was born in 1802;\\nand Charles Church, in 1805.\\nNone of their descendants are known to be in\\ntown. Robert Hogg, brother of Charles, lived\\nopposite where James K. Richardson now lives.\\nRobert Hogg, Jr born in 1787, married Huldah\\nWinter, November 17, 1808. They had one\\ndaughter, Margery. John Hogg, son of Robert,\\nmarried Susanna Sanborn. Their children were\\nBetsy Hogg, born in 1807 John Hogg, in 1810\\nJames Hogg, in 1812; Joseph Hogg, in 1814;\\nMoses Hogg, in 1816 Daniel Hogg, in 1820; and\\nIsrael and Mathew Harvey Johnson. Thus it ap-\\npears that John and Susanna Hogg had their\\nnames changed to Johnson some time after 1820.\\nBetsy married Kneeland Stocker and died soon\\nafter. James married Abigail Colcord had two\\ndaughtei s, Bet.sy Ann, who married Mark\\nBurnham, died several years ago Elvira, married\\nDr. W. C. Kempton, and is now living in Grant-\\nham. Joseph married Joanna Smith. They had\\ntwo children, John, who married Leora Colby,", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1173.jp2"}, "1070": {"fulltext": "348\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwho died, and he has recently married Kate\\nGault, of Arlington, Vt. and Susan, who married\\nRev. Warren Noyes, who has preached in town\\nseveral times and now lives in Vermont. Moses\\nand Daniel were blacksmiths in town and both\\ndied here. Isiael married Huldah Sargent. He\\nis dead and his widow now lives in town with her\\nbrother, Enoch Sargent. Harvey married Han-\\nnah Sargent. They live in Concord, N. H.\\nKarr. Samuel Clay married Hannah Karr.\\nThey came here from Candia, N. H., and settled\\non the Colonel Sanborn Hill, so-called. He served\\nas a town officer and was licensed to sell rum, gin\\nand brandy, but cautioned not to mix water with\\nit.\\nJohn Karr, of Candia, N. H., married Eliza-\\nbeth Murray, of Chester, N. H. They settled at\\nan early date on what is called Colonel Sanborn s\\nHill. Karr was a large, powerful man and fought\\nwild beasts and witches. Our informant remembers\\nwhen a small boy, of looking on with fear and .see-\\ning him destroy one with hot irons, but does not\\nremember of seeing the dead witch. Old inhabit-\\nants claimed that Mr. Karr cleared more acres of\\nlaud than any other man that settled in town.\\nHe had four sons and one daughter, Hannah, who\\nnever married., and died in 1822 Samuel, married\\nNancy Greely, of New London, and lived and\\ndied there John, Jr., never married, lived at\\nConcord the last of his life Mark lived and died\\nat Epping, N. H. Josejjh lived and died at Man-\\nchester, N. H.,and has several children living there\\nnow. Mr. Karr built where Joseph M. Robie now\\nlives, and died there in 1843. He has no descend-\\nants living in town.\\nKinsman. In 1794 Captain Ephraim Kins-\\nman, Colonel Aaron, Deacon Stephen and Asa\\nKinsman, Joseph and James Riddle, Jr. lived in\\nthat part of the town now called Fowler Town,\\nthen Kinsman Corner.\\nIt was about six miles from the centre of the\\ntown, and an unbroken forest lay between them\\nand the small settlement at the centre. The\\nKinsmans had lived there several years, but it\\nwas not known to the people at the centre until\\nSamuel Robie, Esq., and Captain John Quimby\\ntook a compass and went on an exploring expedi-\\ntion, and, much to the surprise of both parties,\\nfound their neighbors. This was several years\\nbefore 1794.\\nJohn Morrill married Kinsman, and\\nsettled at an early date in this part of the town.\\nHe was a very worthy man, and Let his moder-\\nation be known to all men. He had three sons,\\nStephen, John, Jr., and Enos also two daugh-\\nters Stephen has been gone from town many\\nyears, but has one son living in Wilmot, the Rev.\\nWilliam S. Morrill. John Jr., and Enos still live\\nin town, having sous and daughters living near\\nthem.\\nLittle. Nathaniel Little was bom in Atkin-\\nson, N. H., November 10, 1746; married Mary\\nCarleton, of Plaistow, N. H. After living a time\\nat Portland, Me., he purchased a farm and\\nresided at Plaistow, N. H. About the year 1790\\nhe removed with his younger children to this town,\\nwhere he cleared wild lands and settled them upon\\nfarms. His daughter, Susan, married O.sgood\\nTaylor, who was a tavern-keeper at Springfield,\\nSandown and Hampstead, where he died.\\nSamuel married Sally Pettengill, of this town,\\nand built and kept a tavern at the James Calef\\nplace, on the turnpike. He died in 1814. Joseph\\nmarried Sarah Webster, of Salisbury, and lived on\\na farm near Stockertown. He was a sea-captain,\\nand died away from home, in 1820.\\nElizabeth married John Hoyt, and settled on a\\nfarm near the old Stickney tavern.\\nJohn, at the age of twenty two, left home and\\nwas not heard from for thirty years. He was\\na sea-captain, and died in 1840, unmarried.\\nAmos, the youngest of thirteen children (the\\nonly one born in town), was born February\\n27, 1796; he lived with his father until he\\nwas fifteen years old, when he left home and learn-\\ned the hatters trade. In 1818 he commenced\\nthe manufacturing of hats at Newport, N. H., and\\ncontinued in the business until his death, August\\n17, 1859.\\nNathaniel Little (Senior) was in the Revo-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1174.jp2"}, "1071": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n349\\nlutionary War, served as ensiga, and was wounded\\nat the battle of Saratoga. After the death of his\\nson Samuel, in 1814, he went to Hampstead,\\nN. H., to live with his oldest sou, where he died,\\nAugust 11, 1827.\\nLovERiN. Eben Loverin and Lydia, his wife,\\ncame here about 1780 with six children, John,\\nJ]benezer, Caleb, Polly, Lydia and Hittey. They\\nwalked from Salisbury on snow-shoes, bringing\\nthe youngest in their arms. John Loverin mar-\\nried Betsy Hall, of Croydon, and lived there.\\nEbenezer Loverin married Polly Bliss, of Leba-\\nnon lived and died in town. Caleb Loverin mar-\\nried Mary Kenistou, of Stratham. Polly Loverin\\nmarried Joseph Nichols, father of Dr. Joseph,\\nJohn, Phiueas, Eben and Lydia. John Nichols\\nmarried Betsy Stevens; they had several children,\\nonly one of which, John C, is now living in town.\\nLydia Nichols married Cutting Greeley, of Salis-\\nbury.\\nDr. Joseph Nichols married Hannah Colcord.\\nHe was a successful physician iu town had several\\nchildren, all away from town now. Eben Nichols\\nmarried Sarah McDaniel. Phineas Nichols taught\\nover thirty years iu the High School at Ports-\\nmouth, N. H.\\nLydia Loverin married Dr. Nathaniel Prentis,\\nwho was instantly killed, leaving one daughter,\\nnow dead. Hittey Loverin married Abraham\\nPhilbrick, who came here from Kingston had\\nnine children, Sally, Milly, Abram 8 Porter\\nK., Jeremiah, John, Hittey, Olive and Lydia.\\nSally married James Noyes and lived in town.\\nShe is now eighty -seven years old, living in Buda,\\n111., with her daughter. Milly married David\\nColcord, who died, leaving two children, James\\nand Ana (now Mrs. H. Hatch), both living in\\nLebanon. She died in 1882. Abram S. married\\nLydia Loverin, of Croydon, and had five children,\\nHenry, Horace, Marietta, Louisa and Betsy\\nJane. Henry lives in Manchester. Marietta in\\nCroydon the others in town Louisa living with\\nher father, who is eighty-three years old. Porter\\nK. married Nancy Hoyt, of Enfield, and lived in\\nWilmot. He died a few years ago. Jeremiah\\nmarried Lydia Jane Sanborn and had four chil-\\ndren, James, Martha, Ellen and Orra, who is\\nthe only one living in town. His second wife was\\nMrs. Angle Williams, of Grafton one child,\\nLeona.\\nJohn married, first, Lueinda Heath four chil-\\ndren now living, Loren, Elwin, Warren and\\nMilly. All in town but Loren. Second, Sephina\\nMorgan, of New London. He always lived in\\ntown, and died in 1880.\\nHittey married James McDaniel.\\nOlive married L. L. Hill. Only three children\\nliving, Porter and Francis in California and\\nEdson with his father in town. She died iu 1883.\\nLydia married L. F. Hill. Always lived iu\\ntown and have three sons, Oriu, Cyrus and\\nCharles. Oriu lives in Michigan.\\nJedediah Philbrick, of Kingston, brother of\\nAbraham, married Hannah Thirston, March 19,\\n1794. Their children were Betsy, Samuel, Dolly,\\nLua, Anna, Dinah and Emily B.\\nAnna married Ezra Pillsbury, and is now liv-\\ning iu town, seventy-nine years old, and Emily is\\nliving iu the West.\\nJonathan Loverin aud wife came here from\\nCandia aud settled on the old New London road.\\nThey had eight sons, Benjamin went to Vermont\\nand died there Nathaniel married Nancy Col-\\nlins John married Sarah Bowman Prescott mar-\\nried Betsy Sawyer; Daniel married Sarah Russell\\nJonathan, Jr., married jMaloue, from Salis-\\nbury Ira married Mary A. Brigham, from Ver-\\nmeut Austin married Susan Kinsman, and after\\nher death married Lovina Morrill. Only two of\\ntheir children now living iu town, Ida L. aud\\nSarah Ann, wife of George H. Morgan.\\nThorp. Samuel Thorp, of Beverly, Mass.,\\ncame here with Ephraim Morgan and helped clear\\nland near Morgan Pond. Said Thorp aud wife\\nhad five daughters. One married a Cressy, of\\nBradford one a Mr. Ward, of Lebanon Olive\\nmarried Josiah Johnson, of Wilmot Hannah\\nmarried John Silver Almiua married Ebenezer\\nWhitteniore, of AVilmot. No descendants iu town.\\nMcDaniel. James McDaniel we find was in", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1175.jp2"}, "1072": {"fulltext": "350\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIEE.\\ntown before 1794, with a family of four children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMark, Daniel, John and Polly. He lived upon\\nthe same ftirm that is now occupied by Charles Mc-\\nDaniel, but his buildings were upon the top of the\\nhill, near what is known as the Whittemore house.\\nJohn married Hannah Morse, of Kingston they\\nwere the parents of five children, Abigail, Sarah,\\nDaniel, James and Hannah. They moved to the\\nhouse now occuj)ied by Charles McDaniel, in 180S,\\nfrom a house about twenty-five rods north of the\\npresent buildings. Abigail McDaniel, born 1799,\\nMarch 25, married Stephen H. Heath. She\\ndied in 1834, leaving three boys, who are now\\ndead. Sarah McDaniel, born February 21, 1803,\\nmarried Eben L. Nichols. They both died in\\ntown, having reared a family of four sons, Alonzo\\nP., Leonard, Lyman L. and Lovell W., only one\\nof whom is known to be living, Alonzo P. Nichols,\\nnow of Manchester, N. H. Daniel McDaniel, born\\nMarch 28, 1804, went to Cherry Valley, Ohio,\\nand married Eliza Greene. Three sons, Lanson,\\nJohn and James survive them Lanson, now living\\nin tlie mining region in Pennsylvania; John, in\\nIowa and James in Rome, Ohio. James McDan-\\niel, born February 13, ]807, married, Novem-\\nber 24, 1833, Hittey L. Philbrick. He always\\nlived in town, upon the old homestead, except while\\nteaching a few terms in New Y^ork. He died in\\n1873, leaving four children, Charles, Ann, George\\nand Ell?. Charles married Amanda M. Quimby\\nAnn married S. H. Jaekman, a graduate of Dart-\\nmouth Ci liege, now living in Sacramento, Cal.\\nGeorge also lives in Sacramento, Cal. Ella is at\\npresent living on the McDaniel farm, with her\\nmother, who is seventy-three years old. Hannah\\nMcDaniel, born April 14, 1813, is now living at\\nEnfield, N. H., as widow of Albert Currier. She\\nhas one son, Nathan, a graduate of Tufts College.\\nMorgan.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ephraim Morgan came here before\\n1795, from Beverly, Mass., and settled in the wil-\\nderness, on land which is now owned by Jeremiah\\nPhilbrick and used as a pasture. He had seven chil-\\ndren,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John, Ephraim, Richard, Sally, Ebenezer,\\nWilliam and Garry. John ^lorgan, born August\\n31, 1791, married Betsy Richardson. They had\\nthree children, Betsy, who is now living in Wake-\\nfield, Mass. Sally, who married Leonard Heath\\nand Rebecca, who died in town. Ephraim j\\\\Ior-\\ngan married and raised a large family of children\\ndied in Francestown, N. H. Richard Morgan,\\ndied in the West, and Sally died here unmarried.\\nEbenezer Morgan, born March 14, 1801, married\\nAbigail Rowe, of Candia, had six children, Mary\\nAnn, who married Charlton Woodbury, and lives\\nin New London Sarah Jane, now living in Man-\\nchester Richard S., married Messer, and\\nlives in New London Ephraim D., married and\\nliving in Manchester; Ellen J. and Frank B.,\\nwho are now living in town with their mother, who is\\nnearly blind. William Morgan married Mary Ful-\\nler had four children, Garry George H who\\nmarried Sarah Ann Loverin, and lives in town\\nLaura and Lucy, both living in Sunapee. Laura\\nmarried Willard Chase, and Lucy, Alfred Mar-\\ntin. Gai-ry Morgan, born October 22, 1806, died\\nin town.\\nMesser. Phineas Messer and wife, of New\\nLondon, cleared the land where his sons Phineas\\nand Jacob now live (also had one other son, John,\\ndied young). Louis married Darius Kidder.\\nMary died of consumption.\\nPhineas married Mary A. Bowman, and have\\nthree children living, Melvin, Charles and Syl-\\nvester.\\nJacob married Mariett Burpee, of New London\\none child, Herbert H., also living in town.\\nNotes. Daniel Noyes married a Miss Ware,\\nfrom Andover; had two sons, Hon. Jolin W.\\nNoyes, now living in Chester, N. H., and is\\npresident of Derry Bank; Daniel J. Noyes, of\\nHanover, who has long been a professor in Dart-\\nmouth College\\nEbenezer Noyes, of Kingston, married Lydia\\nSawyer Plaistow. They settled in this town at an\\nearly date, on the place now known as the\\nBlood place; afterwards lived on the turn-\\npike, where Lorenzo Dow now lives. Our inform-\\nant well remembers him as the king of good\\nfellows. They had no children of their own, but\\nadopted several and gave them good homes. One", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1176.jp2"}, "1073": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n351\\nof the number was the late Gilman Sawyer,\\nanother Eliza Jane Phelps (now Mrs. Cheney),\\nliving in Plaistow, N. H.\\nJohn Noyes, brother of Ebenezer Noyes, first\\ncame to this town from Kingston, when a boy six-\\nteen years old he came with Ensign Nathaniel\\nLittle and John Heath, in the full of the year,\\nand stayed some six weeks, cutting timber and\\nclearing land, on the place now known as the\\nFrench place, where Little afterward built his\\ntavern and lived. Noyes afterward married\\nElizabeth Webster, of Plaistow, and came and\\nsettled on the farm where Moses Noyes lately\\ndied, and now occupied by Charles M. Noyes.\\nJohn Noyes drove the first yoke of oxen\\ninto town, bringing the first sheep, six in number,\\non an ox-sled from Plaistow. He followed the\\nbusiness of teaming many years, from this town to\\nBoston, Salem, Haverhill and Newburyport,\\nMass. He had four sons and three daughters\\nJames, Stephen, Eben, Moses, Polly, Sarah and\\nEliza, all being dead but one, Mrs. Sarah Hall,\\nof Lowell, Mass. He died in 1847. James Noyes\\nmarried Sallie Philbrick, and died, leaving four\\ndaughters, Ursula A., Caroline P., Milly and\\nSarah J. ]\\\\Iilly died and was buried in town\\nUrsula married Mr. Durham Caroline married\\nM. G. Loverin, formerly of this town Sarah mar-\\nried Cyrus P. Mason. All are now living in\\nIllinois. Stephen Noyes married Mary Jane\\nBrown, and had five children, John, Eliza, Eben,\\nMary I. and Jane E. Eben Noyes was married\\ntwice and lived in Boston his widow and children\\nsurvive him. Moses Noyes married Susan Whitte-\\nmore, and had six children, Ellen married Mc-\\nDole, and lives in Bedford Lydia married Mc-\\nDole, and is now dead Mary married Horace H.\\nPhilbrick, and lives in town William married\\nand lives in Alexandria Charles married Helen\\nPattee he and Mrs. Mary Philbrick are the only\\ndescendants living in town Florilla married\\nHorace Tilton, and lives in Alexandria Polly\\nmarried Kimball Loverin, of Croydon had nine\\nchildren Eliza, Alary, Martha, Lucy, Ann,\\nAchsah Jane, John, Hiram and Caleb. Sarah\\nmarried Calvin Hall, and had several children.\\nEliza married John Brown.\\nPerley. Paul P. Perley, a native of Boxford,\\nMass., came here from Dunbarton about 1795 or\\n1796. He married Sally Story, of Dunbarton,\\nand raised several children, Sally, Betsy, Benja-\\nmin, Dolly A., Daniel, Jacob and Mary Ann.\\nSally married David Perkins, of Dunbarton\\nthence moved to Washington, N. H. Betsy\\nmarried Benjamin Bunker, of New London, and\\nlived in Wilmot. Benjamin first married Han-\\nnah Adams, of New London, having one daugh-\\nter, Adelphia, now living in Vermont second,\\nMrs. Eliza Gage Collins. They had two daugh-\\nters, Augusta, married Edwin Messer, and Abby,\\nnot married, both living in New London. Dolly\\nA. married Thompson Baxter, of Quincy, Mass.,\\nhad a family of seven children. Daniel married,\\nfirst, Mahala Gile, of Sutton. They had one\\ndaughter, Mary Ann, who is now dead. Second,\\nMrs. Lucy Morrill Brown, who is now living in\\nNew London Jacob died in infiincy. Mary Ann\\nmarried Samuel Quimby, and still resides here,\\nbeing the only one of the family now living.\\nDaniel Perley always lived on the original Perley\\nplace, and Benjamin on an adjoining farm.\\nQuimby. Timothy Quimby married Shuah\\nSanborn, of Hawke. They came here soon after\\nthe Revolutionary War, and settled on two\\nseventy-five-acre lots, the house being in what is\\nnow a pasture south of where Rev. Lewis Howard\\nnow lives. Their daughter Mary was born in\\nDecember, 179.5. In 1807 they bought of John\\nGould the place where their granddaughter now\\nresides. Mary Quimby married Abner Johnson\\nin 1817, he having located in Springfield as physi-\\ncian prior to this. They had five daughters,\\nRosina, Ferona, Peluna, Lorana and Jelana only\\nthree now living. They left town in March, 1835,\\nand lived in Lowell, Mass.. less than two years;\\nthen settled in Saxonville, a vill.ige in Framing-\\nham, Mass., where he practiced pharmacy. He\\ndied in Derry, N. H., aged nearly eighty- nine\\nyears, with his daughter Rosina, who married\\nHon. W. H. Shepard.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1177.jp2"}, "1074": {"fulltext": "352\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nFerona married Samuel Soden, of Saxonville,\\nand had one son, Arthur, living in Newtonville,\\nMass. Mr. Soden died in 1844, and in 1848 she\\nmarried S. H. Clement. They had one daughter,\\nMary, who recently married Horace Metcalf, of\\nWalpole, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Clement came\\nback to the old homestead, which had remained\\nin the family since 1807, a few years before his\\ndeath, in 1872. In 1879 she married Rev. Lewis\\nHoward, who has preached here most of the time\\nsince.\\nCaptain John Quimby, brother of Timothy\\nQuimby, lived here in early times, having three\\nsons, John, Samuel and Timothy.\\nJohn Quimby, born July 21, 1773, married\\nMary Bean in 1798 and had five children.\\nSamuel Quimby, born in 1800, married Mary\\nAnn Perley. When a young man h,e and Sam\\nColby spent a few ye^ rs in Kentucky, since which\\nhe always lived in town, and served in military\\nand all town offices many years, in the Legislature\\nand as deputy sheriff They had three children,\\nAmanda M., who married Charles McDaniel\\nDaniel P., who married Emily E. Adams, daugh-\\nter of Hon. D. A. Adams (after her death he\\nmarried Etta Huntoon, now living in Newport,\\nN. H.) Warren S. married Ellen E. Keniston,\\nand live in Andover, N. H. Samuel Quimby\\ndied in 1872. Hannah Quimby died in 1806.\\nHorace Quimby married Nancy Jones, and had\\nseveral children while living in town moved to\\nManchester, where he died.\\nEri Quimby married Maee, of Boston,\\nand went West.\\nLucinda S. Quimby married Gilman Lovei in,\\nof Loudon, and, after his death, married Amos\\nCopp, of Sanbornton. She is now living in Man-\\nchester with her son, Alberto Loverin.\\nMary Quimby, wife of General John Quimby,\\ndied May 20, 1820, and, February 4, 1824, he\\nmarried Mehitable March. They had two\\ndaughters,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary and Augusta Ann, who mar-\\nried, and are now living in Illinois.\\nSamuel, brother of General John Quimby,\\nmarried Susan Gilman. Had three children,\\nSally and Philinda, now dead, and William H.,\\nliving in Enfield, N. H.\\nLieutenant Timothy, the other brother of\\nGeneral John, married Lydia Robie. They had\\nonly one son, Timothy Hendiick, now living in\\ntown. He married Eliza Davis, of New London.\\nThey had six children, only two living in town,\\nHenry E. and Timothy H., Jr.\\nJeremiah Quimby, of Candia, came here about\\n1780 and married Margaret Smith, of Candia.\\nChildren were Jacob, Maroa, Hannah, Polly, Eliz-\\nabeth, Mehitable, Abraham, Aaron and Jeremiah.\\nAll moved from here but Abraham and Jeremiah.\\nAbraham married Marion Jones, of Hawke.\\nChildren, Leify, Enoch, Jones, Ruth, Betsy,\\nAbraham and Jacob H. Abraham married Olive\\nRandall, who died several years since, but he is\\nstill in town. Jacob H. married Nancy Russell\\nand lives in Enfield. Jacob married Bean,\\nof Candia had three children, Irene, Joanna\\nand Jacob. Aaron Quimby married Hannah\\nHeath, daughter of Enoch Heath. Children,\\nEnoch, Louisa, Sarah, John, Maria, Aaron, Jere-\\nmiah, Hannah and Peter. Enoch was twice mar-\\nried and died in Cornish. Louisa is the present\\nwife of Willis Hardy. Aaron now lives in Grant-\\nham in single blessedness. Jeremiah married\\nRhoda A. Sanborn when a young man he had\\nthe small-pox afterwards was a local preacher\\nand died here in town, leaving two children,\\nLydia Jennie and Harris. Hannah married\\nJohn T. Weeks. Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah and\\nMargaret Quimby, married Nancy Jones, of\\nHawke. Their children s names were Charlotte,\\nNancy, Jeremiah and Irene. Nancy died several\\nyears since, Jeremiah married Belinda Hoyt, and\\nIrene is the wife of John F. Hardy. Both fami-\\nlies are now living in town.\\nRichardson. Moses Richardson was born in\\nWest Newburg, Mass., November 12, 1752. In\\nearly life he, with his parents, moved to Chester,\\nN. H.; married, 1778, Sarah Chase, born Novem-\\nber 28, 1756. In 1788 he, with his family, moved\\nto Protectworth, (now Springfield), N. H. His was\\nthe forty-second faniilv then in town. He was", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1178.jp2"}, "1075": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n353\\none of the early school-teachers in town and ;vas\\nchosen deacon of the Congregational Church,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0which position he held until his death, in 1842,\\naged ninety years. The following children were\\nborn to them in Chester, N. H. Jacob Cliase\\nRichardson, born February 21, 1779, died in\\nWestern New York in 1844 Moses D. Richard-\\nson, born May 1, 1781 Prudence H. Richardson,\\nborn October 12, 1783, died October 23, 1857;\\nSarah Richardson, born August 31, 1788, married\\nTheophilus Clough (she died October 22, 1863).\\nThe following were born in Springfield Betsy\\nRichardson, born August 2, 1791, married John\\nMorgan of Springfield she died January 10,\\n1857. Daniel Richardson, born September 22,\\n1793, removed to West Lebanon, N. H., in 1826,\\nand died at West Lebanon, N. H. Lydia Rich-\\nardson, born February 11, 1796, married Asa\\nCurrier, of Raymond, N. H. she died in 1883.\\nJoseph Richardson, born December 2, 1 798, married\\nRhoda Stevens, November, 1824 he died in 1880.\\nMoses D. Richardson, born in Chester, N. H.,\\nMay 1, 1781, moved with his parents in 1791,\\nwhen but ten years of age, to Protectworth (now\\nSpringfield), N. H., into the wilderness at what is\\nnow called Springfield Four Corners, and always\\nlived on the same farm until his death, February\\n26, 1861, aged eighty years. He married, in 1809,\\nSarah Collins, born in Salisbur} July 18, 1787.\\nThey lived together in Springfield fifty-two years.\\nShe died at North Boscawen, June 11, 1872, aged\\neighty-five years. To them were born in Spring-\\nfield nine children, as follows\\nLaura Richardson, born November 10, 1810\\nmarried, in 1828, David Flanders she now living\\nat Ilion, N, Y.\\nAmos Richardson, born August 28, 1812\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College in 1837\\nmarried, August 25, 1840, Ruth Freeman, of Han-\\nover, N. H. was principal of Fryeburg, Me.,\\nAcademy until 1845, when he removed to Free-\\nhold, N. J., and established the young ladies\\nseminary; he became totally blind in 1855, but\\ncontinued the management of the seminary until\\nhis death, in 1882.\\nMoses C. Richardson, born September 24, 1814,\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College in 1841, attended\\nthe Harvard Medical School, and graduated at the\\nUniversity of New York City in 1845. He\\nmarried, first, Harriet Farnsworth, of Bridgton,\\nMe., August 23, 1846. Married, second, September\\n10, 1849, Mary S. AVingate, of Hallowell, Me.\\nMarried, third, Frances C. Ticknor, of New Marl-\\nboro, Mass. he practiced medicine twenty-four\\nyears in Hallowell, Me., then removed to New\\nMarlborough, Mass., where he died from rupture\\nof a blood-vessel.\\nLevi Richardson, born June 29, 1816, served\\nas clerk for Shaw Churchill, and B. A.\\nLatham, Lyme, N. H., from 1836 to 1840 then\\nreturned to Springfield served as clerk for D. N.\\nAdams for two years then became a partner under\\nthe firm-name of Adams Richardson married,\\nSeptember 28, 1843, Lucy Ann Gustin, of Croy-\\ndon, N. H. She died September 5, 1858. In\\n1860 removed to Franklin, N. H. married, August\\n2, 1862, Mary A. Currier, of Nashua, N. H. still\\nliving in Franklin, N. H.\\nLucinda Richardson, born May 5, 1818, married\\nCalander Rathburn, now living at Dallas Centre,\\nIowa.\\nDavid Richardson, born July 2, 1820, married\\nMary Hill, of Conway, N. H. on account of ill\\nhealth was obliged to remove South, and located\\nat Knoxville, Tenn. married, second, Laura\\nBeardem, of Knoxville, Tenn. At the breaking\\nout of the Rebellion, the noted rebel, general\\nLongstreet, sent him an order to report at his\\nheadquarters at a late hour one evening, which\\norder he obeyed. On his arrival at the general s\\nquarters, the general told him his object in send-\\ning for him was to join their army. After listening\\nto the general s proposition he firmly refused to\\nobey. After his many threateuings, the general\\nsaid that he was in his quarters, that his life was\\nunsafe, and that he was liable to be shot, and made\\na move for his revolver, which lay on his table.\\nDavid quickly drew his own revolver and told him\\nto shoot if he dare. The general quieted himself,\\nand said: You are of good grit, just the man", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1179.jp2"}, "1076": {"fulltext": "354\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwe want but if we can t get you, we want your\\nlumber, of which he had a large quantity.\\nTerms were made and tlie lumber delivered.\\nShortly after General Burnside s army arrived,\\nand General Harriman, with the Eleventh New\\nHampshire Volunteers, was stationed in front of\\nDavid s dwelling. During one of the battles his\\nfamily were protected by retreating to the cellar.\\nHe died at Knoxville, Tenn., October 11, 1870.\\nSarah Richardson, born April 11, l.S 24, died\\nNovember 24, 1839.\\nHarriet Richardson, born November 20, 1826,\\nmarried Marcus K. Houser, now living at North\\nBoscawen, N. H.\\nMartha Richardson, born September 15, 1828,\\nnow living at Dallas Centre, Iowa, married John\\nWhite, of Franklin, N. H.\\nRoBiE. Lieutenant Samuel Robie married Dor-\\nothy Worthen came from Chester, N. H., and set-\\ntled in this town at an early date. As the history will\\nshow, he was a very prominent man in town offices\\nand in building the fourth New Hi mpshire turn-\\npike, being a director in that corporation many\\nyears. He also built many miles of the road, and,\\nit is said, lost a large share of his property in the\\nenterprise. He settled and lived on land now\\nowned by Joseph L. Brown, at the Four Corners,\\nand raised a large family of children Dolly,\\nReuben, Sally, Samuel, Jr., Lydia, Nabby, Ruth,\\nJohn, David, Mahala and Anne. Only two are\\nliving, David, a hale old man, lives in Salisbury,\\naged eighty-one years, and Mahala D. Gay, living\\nin New London, aged seventy-nine. He has four\\ngrandchildren li viug in town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy H. Quimby,\\nJoseph M. Robie, John Robie and Mrs. Fifield\\nSanborn also two in New London John Robie\\nand Mrs. Jonathan George. Lieutenant Samuel\\nRobie died in 1822, and Dorothy, his wife, March\\n4, 1839.\\nUncle Ike Robie, a brother of Samuel Robie,\\ncame to the town in its early days. He was never\\nmarried, was a tanner by trade, and had a small\\ntannery on the shores of Station Pond, on land\\nnow owned by Levi F. Hill. He died about 1823.\\nSanbokn, Reuben Sanborn, of Sandown, came\\nto town prior to 1790; married Sarah Worthen, a\\nnative of Chester. They were the parents of ten\\nchildren, viz, Nabby, who married Moses Elkins,\\nJr.; and moved to Norwich, Vt. One of their\\nsons, James F. Elkins, was the first superintendent\\nof the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad.\\nDavid W. followed a seafaring life several years\\nthen engaged in mercantile business in New York\\nCity; afterwards moved to Newfane, Vt., married,\\nand one of his sons, Myron Sanborn, was a high\\nbailiff in Montreal at the time of his death. Dolly\\nmarried Ezekiel Johnson, of Enfield, and after-\\nwards moved to Vermont. Sally married Joseph\\nWright, of Thetford, Vt. Thomas S. married,\\nmoved to Canada, and was drowned there many\\nyears ago. Reuben, Jr., educated at Harvard\\nCollege and at Old Andover, Mass., was a Presby-\\nterian clergyman lived and died in Painted Post,\\nN. Y.; he married Mary A. Wood, daughter of\\nRev. Joseph Wood, Windsor, N. Y. Betsy mar-\\nried George Harlow, of Cornish, lived many years,\\nand died in Grantham, raising a large family.\\nPolly married William Quimby, and both died in\\nNorwich, Vt, where they had lived and reared\\na large fiimily. Richard, commonly known as\\nColonel Sanborn, born in 1797, lived here contin-\\nually, and died in 1S75. He married Alice S.\\nCollin.s, who survived him seven years, a daughter\\nof Enos Collins. There were born to them Thomas\\nHenry, who died at five years of age Richard F.,\\nwho married Minerva Collins she died in this\\ntown. Afterwards, said Richard F. married\\nHelen Hatch, of Grafton, and now resides in\\nAshland, N. H.\\nHenry T., now living in town, and representing\\nsaid town in the New Hampshire Legislature, 188.\\nHe has always lived in town, except two years iu\\nHaverhill, Ma.ss., and served lathe Union army of\\nthe great Rebellion three years, till the close of\\nthe war. He married Mary J. Sanborn, of Painted\\nPost, N. Y.\\nReuben C, married Martha A., daughter of\\nRev. Timothy Cole. After her death he mar-\\nried Marion C. Cole, of Whitefield, who now re-\\nsides at Lake village said Reuben died in 1879.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1180.jp2"}, "1077": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n355\\nHe was in trade in Haverhill, Mass., nine years,\\nand clerk in the Cole Mauuf actiiriug Compan}\\nLake Village, N. H., twenty years, just prior to\\nhis death.\\nAbna J. married, first, Martha A. Kelsey, of\\nNew York second, E.sther J. Kuowles, of Epsom,\\nN. H. third, Martha Evans, of Derry, N. H.\\nHe is now living with his third wife in Manchester,\\nN. H.\\nLydia A. married Albert H. Davis, descendant\\nof Thomas Davis, one of the first settlers. They\\nare now living in Lake village, N. H.\\nEobert married Esther, daughter of Enos Collins\\nmoved to Sharon, Vt., some fifty years ago. Only\\none child survives him, Hon. Nathaniel C. San-\\nborn, photographer, of Lowell, Mass. Two chil-\\ndren were buried in infancy, in Springfield and\\nDavid W. served during the War of the Rebellion,\\nand died in Sharon, Vt James served in a Mass-\\nachusetts regiment, died in Lowell, Miiss., and\\nburied at Warner, N. H., the residence of his wife.\\nSarah Alice married Geo. F. Heath, of Sharon,\\nVt. descendant of Ezekiel Heath, of Springfield,\\nN. H. she died several years ago.\\nJonathan Sanborn, of Kingston, married Betty\\nSmith in 1786. They lived and died where Jona-\\nthan Sanborn now lives. Their children were\\nSusanna Liza, Israel, Joseph, Jonathan, Reuben,\\nAbram, Marsa, Smith, George W. and Jasper.\\nIsrael Sanboru married Goss, and had six\\nchildren, Stephen Colcord; Betsy; Lydia J., who\\nmarried Jeremiah Philbrick Keziah, who married\\nChas. D. Sargent, now living in New London\\nRhoda, nowthewifeof Lorenzo Dow, and Jonathan,\\nliving on the old homestead, who married Emily\\nPowell. After her death he married Sarah Stocker.\\nReuben Sanborn died in town. Marsa married,\\nand moved from town. Smith Sanborn and Ma-\\nhala, hiii wife, lived and died where Jonathan San-\\nborn now resides. They had four children, one\\nbeing the wife of Wm. D. Colby. Jasper built\\nthe buildings, and lived opposite where Jonathan\\nSanboru lives.\\nJoseph Sanboru, brother of Jonathan, married\\nAbigail Smith in 1797 lived where Henry Pat-\\n2:;\\nten now lives. They had eight children, and one\\nof them. Chase Sanborn, lived and died on the\\nhomestead. His .son, John S., now lives in Maine,\\nand his daughter Nancy is the wife of W. H. H.\\nCowles, ex-sheriff of Sullivan County.\\nAbraham Sanboru was also among the first sct-\\ntlere, having eight children, only one of whom is\\nnow living in town, Fifield Sanborn, sixty-three\\nyears of age. The others were Hiram, Lavina,\\nAlvin, Emily, Caleb, Clarissa and Ira.\\nJoseph Webster, or better known as Gov. Web-\\nster, was a very celebrated potash and pearl-ash\\nmaker in his day. Raised a large family of chil-\\ndren, but has no descendants in town now.\\nSawyer. Stephen and John Sawyer came here\\nfrom Plaistow, N. H. They were brothers to Mrs.\\nEbenezer Noyes, and first settled on the Sam. Col-\\nby place. Sawyer Hill took its name from them.\\nNot any descendants here.\\nDavis. Thomas Davis was born in Kingston,\\nin 1767 married Sally Johnson and settled in the\\nnorth part of town about 1800. They had four\\nsons and two daughters. Their son IMoses lived\\nin town, and died when sixty-five years old, leav-\\ning three sons and a daughter, who is still living\\nhere, being the wife of James T. Colby.\\nMczzEY. John and Hannah Muzzey lived\\nwhere Mrs. Abigail Johnson now lives. He was a\\nblacksmith, having ten children. Hannah mar-\\nried Mardin Gross, now living in New London.\\nTheir son Sylvauus is the only descendant living\\nin town.\\nPiLLSBURY Moses Pillsbury, born in 1771,\\nmarried Hepsibah Greenough, September 26, 1 794.\\nTheir children were Patty, Ezra, Greeno, Elizabeth,\\nJefferson, Lewis, Charles, Phebe, Moses and Betsy.\\nPatty married James Boyce. Ezra married Ann\\nPhilbrick they have only one descendant living,\\nJ. B. S. Pillsbury, here in town. Greeno Pillsbury\\nmarried Polly Stevens only one descendant, Lev-\\nitt S., who now lives in town. Jefferson married,\\nfirst, Eliza Colby after her death married\\nEa.stman, and lives in Enfield. Lewis married and\\ndied in Enfield. Charles married Lovina Clifford\\nand had five children only one remains in town.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1181.jp2"}, "1078": {"fulltext": "]56\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nFrancis B. Pillsbury, who married Naomi Sargent.\\nPhebe married Joseph Bui jjee and lives in Grant-\\nham. Moses married Green and lives in\\nGrantham.\\nBean. Daniel and Betty Bean, we find, were\\nthe parents of eleven children. One son, Moses,\\nlived and died in town, and of his descendants here\\nare Mrs. C. H. Melendy and Mi-s. Wm. M.\\nPowers.\\nHardy. Nicholas Hardy and wife, who were\\namong the pioneers had five children, Benjamin,\\nBiley, John, Susan and Samuel. Biley married a\\nMiss Judkins and had six children no descend-\\nant in town except Mrs. J. C Severance. John\\nlived and died in town, having three children living\\nnow in town, Mrs. Moses Bean, Nicholas G.\\nHardy and John F. Hardy.\\nStevens. Two brothers, John and Samuel Ste-\\nvens, settled on Philbrick Hill. Samuel lived and\\ndied where Joseph Colcord now lives. His chil-\\ndren were named Polly, Hannah, Mehitable, Sam-\\nuel, Betsy, Rhoda and Smith. Polly married\\nSamuel Hoyt, of this town and had two children,\\nAlvin who married Diautha Gilniau and Amy,\\nwho was deaf and dumb. Mehitable married John\\nBrown, of Grantham. Samuel, Jr., married Anna\\nJohnson, March 30, 1825 they had two children.\\nHe died in town in llSoO, after which she married\\nFisher and moved to Grantham, where she is\\nliving at the age of ninety years. Betsy married\\nJohn Nichols. They lived and died in town.\\nRhoda married Joseph Richardson He died in\\ntown and she is now living with her son Willard,\\nin Lowell, Mass. Smith Stevens married Maria\\nColby, having several children, none now living in\\ntown. John Stevens, born in Kingston in 1774, and\\nAnna Judkins, born in Deerfield in 1777,\\nwere married in 1795. They had eight\\nchildren, Dolly, Sally, Polly, Peter, Almina,\\nPrentis, Daniel Noyes and Eliza. None of their\\ndescendants are now in town. Prentis Stevens\\nmarried Hannah Gross, of this town.\\nReuben Stevens came from Plaistow and settled\\nin this town. He has carried a bushel of corn to\\nbe ground to Salisbury, twentv njiles and back, in a\\nday. He had seven children,- Jonathan, Reuben,\\nJr., James, Enoch, Sarah, Polly and Bathsheba.\\nJames died young, and Enoch was the youngest\\nof the family and married Elizabeth, daughter of\\nJeremiah Quimby, and had a large family,\\nSamuel, Reuben, Jeremiah, Mehitable, Hannah,\\nJacob, Sally, Margaret Smith, Enoch S. and Eliza.\\nSamuel married, first, Elizabeth Webster, of\\nKingston second, S. Silloway. They had four\\nchildren, Henry W., now lives in Grafton\\nSarah Jane, died aged twenty-seven years Mary\\nE., married John Gilman, who died at Washing-\\nton, D. C., of wounds. She still lives in town.\\nHorace W. Stevens married, first, Juline Pres-\\ncott, of Grafton second, Caroline Gove, of Wil-\\nmot they now live in town. Samuel jdied in\\n1883 Reuben died in 1866.\\nJeremiah married, first, Nancy Quimby second,\\nMrs. Phebe Jeffers Sanders, still living at the age\\nof eighty-five. Mehitable married, first, Jepthah\\nRussell second, Asa F. Pillsbury now living\\nin town.\\nHannah died. Jacob left four children,\\nFrances, Enoch, jMrs. Westley Bailey and Mrs.\\nRussell Kidder now live in town.\\nSally married Barnard C. Stevens.\\njNIargaret S. married Jonathan C. Currier.\\nEnoch S. died when thirteen years old.\\nEliza married Sargent Heath they have seven\\nchildren now living.\\nFrom the records of April 1, 1885, we find the\\nselectmen assess taxes on twenty four thousand\\neight hundred and eighty-seven acres of land, and\\nthe total valuation of the town, as by them ap-\\nI^raised, is one hundred and fifty-four thousand six\\nhundred and forty- two dollars.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nDANIEL NOYES ADAM,\u00c2\u00ab.\\nThere is probably no name in American history\\nfraught with more of interest to the student of our", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1182.jp2"}, "1079": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f ^byAHFUJ^i^\\n^^^^yi^JL ^VC-^^^^^m^", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1185.jp2"}, "1080": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1186.jp2"}, "1081": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n357\\ninstitutions, progress and political annals than that\\nof Adams.\\nWe have not been able to obtain indisputable\\ndata connecting Mr. D. N. Adam.s with the illus-\\ntrious family of Quincy, Mass., bearing that\\ncognomen, which has furnished us two chief\\nrulers but all the facts we have been able to\\nobtain point to that conclusion.\\nJohn Adams, grandfather of Daniel N., was a\\nnative of Rowley, Mass., and was one of the\\npioneer settlers of the town of New London,\\nN. H., whither he came about 1780, having j^ur-\\nchased a tract of land a mile sijuare. He was one\\nof the sturdy yeomanry of the land, and possessed,\\nin an eminent degree, those sterling qualities of\\nbody and mind so necessary to those who spent\\ntheir lives battling with the privations of the\\nwilderness, to pave the way to the development\\nand superior civilization which w^as to follow.\\nSolomon Adams, the father of Daniel N., was\\nalso a native of Rowley, Mass., and came to New\\nLondon with his father. He was a soldier in the\\nWar of the Revolution, and, after the close of the\\nWar, was captain of a company of State militia.\\nHis wife was Mary Sargent.\\nDaniel Noyes Adams was born in New London,\\nN. H., September 12, 1803. His boyhood was\\nspent on the farm. When about eighteen years of\\nage he went to Massachusetts, where he remained\\nabout a year; returning to his native town, he\\nclerked in a store a short time, when, determining\\nto embark in mercantile pursuits for himself, he\\ncame to Springfield, N. H. (1825), and, in com-\\npany with Emory Woodman, began merchandiz-\\ning near where his prerent store stands. From\\nthat time to the present he has been constantly\\nengaged in that channel of trade, though not to\\nthe exclusion of other interests. After two years\\nMr. Woodman sold his interest to Dr. Joseph\\nNichols. This partnership continued seven or\\neight years, when Dr. Nichols retired, and a year\\nor two later Levi Richardson became a partner\\nwith Mr. Adams, and so continued six or seven\\nyears. Since that time Mr. Adams has been\\nalone. In addition to store-keeping, Mr. Adams\\nhas also been interested in hotel-keeping and\\nfarming. In 1841 he purchased a farm and\\ntavern in Springfield the latter he conducted\\nmany years, until the railroad was built to West\\nAndover and the tide of travel turned later on\\nhe sold the farm. He at one time owned an\\ninterest in the grist-mill at Springfield, and has\\ndone more or less lumber business. Mr. Adams\\nbusiness life has been crowned with success. He\\nhas been untiring in his energy, systematic in his\\nmethods and honorable in his dealings, and, while\\nhe has won a well-deserved competence, he has\\nalso won that greater boon, the sincere respect\\nand esteem of those among whom his life has been\\nspent. The respect in which he is held by his\\nfellow-townsmen is amply evidenced by the fact\\nthat he has been so often chosen to the various\\npositions of office and trust within their gift. He\\nwas elected selectman very soon after his settle-\\nment in Springfield, and has held that office a\\ngreat many years since. Also that of town clerk,\\nand, in fact, every office in the town repeatedly.\\nHe was representative to the State Legislature ia\\n1841, 42 and 48, and again in 1870. He was\\ncounty I oad commissioner in 1847 and 48, and\\nwas State senator in 1850 and 51. He was a\\nmember of the Constitutional Convention for t!ie\\nrevision of the laws of New Hampshire, 1876.\\nIn political creed he has always been a staunch\\nDemocrat, and has been a member of the Baptist\\nChurch of New London since his sixteenth year.\\nIn his younger days he was much interested in\\nmilitia matters, and was captain of a militia co;a-\\npany raised and organized in Springfield, and is\\nnow the only officer of the corapan}- surviving.\\nHe married (1832) Eliza, daughter of Job\\nWilliams, of Sunapee. They had three children,\\nas follows:\\nSusan Augusta, born 1833, graduated at Kim-\\nball Union Academj Meriden, N. H., spent\\nseveral years reaching in the High School in\\nHaverhill, Mass., and in academies at Frances-\\ntown, N. H., and Whitehall, N. Y. She married\\na minister named Lucian Adams, and settled for a\\ntime at Petersham, Mass. They then went as", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1187.jp2"}, "1082": {"fulltext": "358\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmissionaries to Syria, where she died, very much\\nlamented by all who knew her, leaving no issue.\\nDaniel Hamilton, born 1836, now in company\\nwith his father in the store.\\nEmily Eliza, born 1.S40, was for a time a\\nteacher in Colby Institute, New London, where\\nshe graduated. She married Daniel P. Quimby,\\nand died, leaving no issue.\\nMrs. Adams died in 1851.\\nMr. Adams married, as his second wife, Calista\\nA., daughter of Joseph and Rhoda S. Richardson,\\nof Springfield (1852). To this marriage there\\nwere two children.\\nHelen Frances, born 1855, married Waldo S.\\nChase (1875), and died, leaving one child,\\nDaniel Adams Chase.\\nJennie Josephine, born 1858, married Rev.\\nLorin Webster, rector of St. Mark s Church, Ash-\\nland, N. H. they have one son. She was a\\ngraduate of the institution, Westfield, Mass.\\nMrs. Adams died October, 1860.\\nMr. Adams third and present wife was Mrs.\\nSophronia Webster (nee Pierce), daughter of\\nJune and Sally Pierce, of Claremont. Her first\\nhusband was Lorin A. Webster, of Concord,\\nN. H., whom she married 1852. She has one sou\\nliving. Rev. Lorin Webster, who, as before stated,\\nmarried Mr. Adams daughter, Jennie Josephine.\\nMr. Adams and Mrs. Webster were married\\nNovember 26, 1865. By this marriage there is\\nno issue. Mr. Adams has always taken much\\ninterest in the matter of education. Having in\\nhis own youth been deprived of the advantages of\\nschooling, he determined to afibrd his children the\\nfacilities denied him, and so gave each of his\\nchildren a liberal education.\\nMr. Adams is certainly entitled to much credit\\nfor the energy he has displayed and the obstacles\\nhe has overcome. The story of his business life\\nhas been briefly told, but he has not devoted his\\nlife solely to business matters. He studied at\\nhome, at night and during leisure moments, and\\nacquired, without the aid of schools a fair educa-\\ntion. He has been, all his life, a great reader,\\nand thus kept himself abreast of the times and\\nthoroughly posted on the topics of the day and,\\nin his declining years, derives much pleasure from\\nhis books and papers.\\nSAMUEL QUIMBY.\\nCapt. John Quimby came to the town of Spring-\\nfield, N. H., at an early date, being among the\\npioneer residents of that town. He was the father\\nof Gen. .John Quimby, who was by trade a carpen-\\nter and builder, a farmer to some extent, and a\\nman of considerable influence and importance in\\ntown. He was twice married, first, to Mary Bean,\\nof New Grantham. Their children were Samuel,\\nHannah (died young), Horace, Eri and Lucinda\\nS. Gen. Quimby s second marriage was to Mehi-\\nthble March they had two children, Mary and\\nAugusta Ann, both now living (1885) in Illinois.\\nSamuel Quimby was born on what is known as\\nthe Hill Place, near Springfield cemetery, and\\nabout a mile from the village. His boyhood and\\nup to the time of his majority was passed on the\\nfarm, in the mean time learning the carpenter s\\ntrade with his father. When about twenty-one\\nyears of age he went to Boston and helped build\\nthe dry dock at Charlestown navy-yard. After\\nnine years spent there he went to Norfolk, Va.,\\nwhere for two years he worked at carpentering in\\nthe navy-yard at that jjlace. He then returned to\\nhis native town, purchased a farm adjacent to the\\nold homestead, and there the remaining years of\\nhis life were spent, farming being his chief voca-\\ntion. He, like his ancestors, was much interested\\nin military matters, and served in the State militia.\\nHe held repeatedly all the offices of his town, rep-\\nresented his town in the State Legislature at differ-\\nent times, was deputy sheriff several years, and in\\nall these positions discharged the duties devolving\\nupon him with the strictest fidelity. He was a\\nman imbued with high principles of honor, far\\nabove petty intrigue or subterfuge. His opinions\\nwere clearly expressed, and with no doubtful\\nmeaning, when occasion required. The e-teeni in\\nwhich he was held by his fellow-townsmen is\\nmost amply evidenced by the various and eontin-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1188.jp2"}, "1083": {"fulltext": "^St^-Vi-t^f", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1189.jp2"}, "1084": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1190.jp2"}, "1085": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1191.jp2"}, "1086": {"fulltext": "J^^i^^j y^y^^^\\nn^-r", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1192.jp2"}, "1087": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n359\\nlied public trusts whicli they so repeatedly placed\\niu his hands. In politics he was a Republican.\\nHe married, January 15, 1835, Mary A.,\\ndaughter of Paul and Sally (Story) Perley, of\\nS])rin_!ifield. Paul Perley was a native of Box-\\nford, Mass., but came with his parents when a\\nchild to Dunbarton, N. H., where his youth and\\nboyhood were spent. Soon after his marriage\\nwith Miss Story he came to Si)ringfield, where he\\nresided till his decease. The Storys arc a family\\nwhose name occupies a conspicuous place in the\\nannals of New England, and always in honorable\\nconnection.\\nThere were three children born to Jlr. and\\nMrs. Quimby, Amanda M., born January 10,\\n1837; married Charles McDaniel, of Springfield\\n(for further mention, see McDaniel s biography in\\nthis volume). Daniel P., born Aug. 10, 1839 mar-\\nried, first, Emily E., daughter of Hon. Daniel N.\\nAdams, of Springfield (see his biography); by this\\nmarriage there is no issue. Mrs. Quimby died\\nDecember 13, 1875. Mr. Quimby married, sec-\\nond, Etta Huntoon; they have one son, Harvey\\nW., born May 28, 1882. Daniel P. Quimby was\\nelected register of deeds for Sullivan County,\\nMarch, 1867, which office he held four years. He\\nwas also engaged in mercantile business four years\\nunder the firm-name of llawsou (Quimby. He\\nwas express messenger on the Concord and Clare-\\nmont Railroad ten years, and is now local express\\nagent at Newport, N H., for United States and\\nCanada Express Comjjany, and is chairman of the\\nBoard of Selectmen of Newport. Warren S.,\\nborn Dec. 184(), married Ellen E., daughter of\\nJohn W. Kenniston, of Andover, N. H. They\\nhave two sons, Vivian S. and John W. He is a\\nmerchant and resides in Andover.\\nSamuel Quimby died January 7, 1872.\\nREV. LEWIS HOWARD.\\nThe name of Howard is another form of Har-\\nvard or Hereward, and is identified with the most\\nbrilliant achievements in various departments of\\nknightly and honorable service in England, and\\nis one of the proudest families in that fair land.\\nWe extract the following early trans-atlantic his-\\ntory of the family from Burke s Heraldic Reg-\\nister, an English work, valuable for its learning,\\nresearch and accuracy, and standard authority in\\nfamily history\\nHoward, Duke of Norfolk. The illustrious\\nHouse of Norfolk derives in the male line from\\nWilliam Howard, a learned and reverend judge,\\nof the reign of Edward I., and with him the\\nauthentic pedigree commences.\\nDugdale sought in vain amid the mists of\\nremote ages for a clue to the family s earlier\\norigin. The alliance of the judge s descendant,\\nSir Robert Howard, Knight, with Margaret,\\nelder daughter of Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of\\nNorfolk, was the source whence flowed to after\\ngenerations all the blood of all the Howards.\\nMargaret de Mowbray was great-granddaughter\\nand heiress of Thomas Plantagenet, surnamed\\nBrotherton, eldest son of King Edward I., by\\nMargaret, his second wife, daughter of Philip the\\nHardy of France. This great alliance may be\\nregarded as the foundation-stone on which was\\nerected the subsequent grandeur of the House of\\nNorfolk but the brilliant halo which encircles\\nthe coronet of the Howards, owes its splendor to\\nthe heroic achievements of the successive chiefs\\non whom its honors devolved. John Howard,\\nDuke of Norfolk, fell at Bosworth manfully adher-\\ning to Richard III.; his son, the Earl of Surrey,\\nwas the hero of Flodden, and the latter s grand-\\nson is ever memorable as the first {^oet of his age.\\nThe gentle Surrey loved his lyre\\nWho has not lieard of Surrey s fame?\\nHis was the hero s soul of tiro,\\nAnd his the bard s immortal name.\\nIn more recent times the hereditary gallantry\\nof the race continned to shine conspicuously forth,\\nand to a Howard was reserved the honor of over-\\nthrowing the mighty power of Spain, and crush-\\ning the Invincible Armada.\\nIn point of mere antiquity there are several\\nnobles who far exceed the Howards. But what\\nfamily pervades all our national annals with such", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1193.jp2"}, "1088": {"fulltext": "360\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfrequent mention, and often involved in circum-\\nstances of such intense interest? As hei oes, poets,\\nphilosophers, courtiers, pati-ous of literature, state\\nvictims to tyranny, and feudal chiefs, they have\\nbeen constantly before us for four centuries. In\\nthe drama of life, says an eloquent writer, they\\nhave exhibited every variety of character, good\\nand bad and a tale of their vices, as well as their\\nvirtues, is full of instruction and would excite\\nanxious symjsathy or indignant censure No\\nstory of romance or tragic drama can exhibit\\nmore incidents to enhance attention or move the\\nheart, tlian would a comprehensive account of this\\nhouse, written with eloquence and pathos. On\\ntheir escutcheon is the motto, Sola Virtus\\nInvieta.\\nJohn Howard, the first American ancestor of\\nthe Howards in Plymouth County, Mass., came\\nfrom England and settled in Duxbury prior to\\n1643. He came to West Bridgewater in 1651,\\nand was one of its proprietors and original settlers.\\nHe took the oath of fidelity here, 16.57, was.one of\\nthe first military otficers of Bridgewater, and died\\nin 1700. His descendants still own and live on\\nthe place where he first settled he always wrote\\nhis name Hayward, and so did his descendants till\\nafter 1700, and the early town records are con-\\nformable to this spelling but for the last century\\nor more it has invariably been written Howard.\\nHe kept the first ordinar} or public-house in\\nthe town, and was a man of great strength of\\ncharacter, possessing nuich influence in the colony.\\nNone of the early settlers of Bridgewater has left\\nmore tangible results of his existence, nor more\\ndescendants and if he were jiermitted to visit the\\nscenes among which his mature life was passed, he\\nwould find nothing in the conduct, character\\nor worth of those who have borne his name\\nfor more than two centuries, that the grand\\nold Puritan would severely criticise, and much\\nin which he could take just pride.\\nRev. Lewis Howard, a descendant of the Puri-\\ntan, John Howard, and the subject of this writing,\\nwas born in West Bridgewater, Mass., December\\n4, 1802 He is the son of Abiel Howard (born\\nMarch 28, 1771) and Kezia (Bartlett) Howard\\n(born August 4, 1775). They were married\\nMarch 12, 1795. Their children were lanthe,\\nLewis, Rachel, Susan, Abiel, Nathan, Emma- and\\nCyrus. All but the first two were born in Gran-\\ntham, N. H.\\nAbiel Howard moved from West Bridgewater\\nto Grantham, N. H., with his wife and two chil-\\ndren, lanthe and Lewis, in the winter of 1804.\\nHe bought a farm of fifty acres, mostly wooded,\\nwith a small, cheap house and a temporary sort of\\nbarn, and here, where he first pitched his abode, he\\nresided until his death. The history of pioneer\\nlife in New Hampshire has been too frequently\\nwritten and graphically portrayed to need rep-\\netition here it was a struggle for existence, and\\nAbiel Howard s experience was no exception to\\nthe general rule but by hard work and frugality\\nhe was enabled to rear his family and supply them\\nwith the necessities of life. Lewis, being the old-\\nest boy, was very naturallv trained in the labors\\nof the firm, and when quite young was able\\nto render efiicient aid in the struggle for life\\nwhich was characteristic of tho.se times. The\\nfather, Abiel, was noted for his industry and\\nearnest toil, and was refer^ ed to as the standard\\nfor honesty in the community. As honest as\\nUncle Abiel was an oft-repeated reference in\\nthat section and it is said that no happier or\\npurer married life ever existed than that of Abiel\\nand Kezia Howard. Abiel died April 7, 1852\\nKezia, July 19, 1857.\\nLewis Howard, when about twelve years of age,\\nwith most of the youug people of that vicinity,\\nmade a profession of religion, and was baptized\\nbut he, with many others, soon became somewhat\\nindiflerent to religious matters, and for many\\nvears the profession he had made exercised but\\nlittle influence on his life, and he gave little\\nthought to religious duty. June 26, 1826, he\\nmarried Sally Stone, an estimable woman, who\\nwas born in Grantham, August 28, 1804. Mrs.\\nHoward was a woman of rare intellectual and\\nphysical qualities, aud a well-chosen helpmate\\nand for more than half a century the streams", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1194.jp2"}, "1089": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n361\\nof their lives were united in one peaceful current,\\nliroken only liy the death of Mrs. Howard,\\nOctober 21, 1877. Soon after their marriajie tliey\\nremoved to Springfield, N. H., wliere Mr. Howard\\ntaught school, fanned and was considerably\\nengaged in public business. While here he was\\nhonored with the oflice of selectman two years,\\nand waa one year chairman of the board, an office\\nof considerable responsibility, as in those times\\nthere were no supervisors, treasurer, or overseers\\nof tlie poor, other than the selectmen. While\\nliving in Springfield he renewed his religious pro-\\nfession, his wife also uniting with him in an\\nattempt to lead a life of service to the Saviour.\\nAfter a residence of five years in Springfield he\\nhad an opportunity to sell his farm to advantage,\\nand returning to Grantham, purchased a part of his\\nfather s farm, which then consisted of oue hundred\\nand fifty acres here he lived sis years, until he\\nentered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch,and left his home in Grantham for new fields\\nand different scenes. It was while living in Gran-\\ntham that the anti-slavery question began to assume\\nproportions. Mr. Howard was among the first in\\nthis section to espouse the cause of human liberty,\\nand this proved to be a turning-point in his life.\\nThe discussson waxed warm, party feeling ran\\nhigh on the subject, meetings were held and\\nthe cjuestion discussed pro and con in its various\\nphases Mr. Howard joined in the public debate,\\nand here were first developed the latent powers he\\nposse sed for public oratory. His advantages for\\nan education were limited, indeed, so far as school-\\ning went, but he was blessed with studious, reading\\n[tarents, and they taught him at home the rudi-\\nments of an education, and inspired in him a love\\nof books and books became his teachers. By\\nthe time he was twenty years of age he was\\nqualified to teach, and did so winters till he was\\nthirty-six years of age. So, when he became a\\npublic speaker he had a mind well stored with the\\nkind of knowledge which could serve him. He\\nbecame a candidate for the Legislature on the\\nAnti-Slavery ticket, but of course was defeated, as\\nthe doctrine was at that time very unpopular\\namong the masses, and its advocates were regard-\\ned as fanatics and dreamers. In July, 1839, he\\nwas received on probation as a minister in the\\nNew Hampshire Conference of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, and was stationed at Deer-\\ning to preach one-half the time at Deering and\\nthe other half at Hillsborough Bridge.\\nWe cannot devote space to refer at length to the\\nvarious pastorates he has so worthily filled but\\nthe following is in brief a synopsis of his fields of\\nlabor, taken seriatim Deering, Pembroke, Chi-\\nchester, Sandowu, Bristol, Haverhill then for two\\nyears had charge of the boarding department of\\nNew Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female\\nCollege at Tilton then to Claremont, Nashua\\n(Chestnut Street Church), then to Dover, after\\nwhich he was for four years presiding elder on the\\nConcord District, then Nashua (Lowell Sti-eet),\\nSalem, Haverhill, Mass., Suncook, Lisbon, Ply-\\nmouth, Antrim, Coutoocook, Warren, Webster,\\nContooeook, after which he was superannuated\\n(1879) he then removed to Springfield, where\\nhe now re-sides, having supplied the pulpit in that\\ntown most of the time for five years. During all\\nthe long years of h s ministry it is said of him that\\nno church ever dinjinished under his hand-s in num-\\nbers or finances. He has won and held the respect\\nand esteem of the intelligent class of the community\\nwherever he has been stationed. His children\\nare Euuna Orvntha, born in S[ ringfield, Mav 4,\\n1828, married W. M. Kem])ton, and died May 17,\\n1879, leaving three children Alonzo Dearborn,\\nborn in Springfield, February 17, 1832, married\\nH. Augusta Jewett, November 27, 1855 (they\\nhave a son and daughter); Daniel Ed.son, born in\\nGrantham, June 23, 1835, married Susan M. Pat-\\nterson, August 18, 1858 (has one sou); Nancy\\nElvira, born in Grantham, August 27, 1837, died\\nin Haverhill, N. H., July 16, 1848.\\nMrs. Howard died at Contooeook, October 21,\\n1877. Mr Howard married, as his .second wife,\\nMarch 25, 1S79, Mrs. Ferona Clement, the widow\\nof Solomon Clement, who died in Springfield, Au-\\ngust 3, 1872, and daughter of Dr. Abner Johuson,\\nwho was born in Grantham, 1783 commented the", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1195.jp2"}, "1090": {"fulltext": "362\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\npractice of medicine in Springfield, 1816 removed\\nto Massachusetts, 1835, where he resided until near\\nhis death, which occurred at Derry, N. H., July\\n29, 1872. Dr. Abner Johnson was a promi-\\nnent citizen of Springfield, respected and honored\\nby his townsmen, who still cherish his memory.\\nHis daughter Feroua s first marriage was with\\nSamuel Soden, December 28, 1841. He died of\\nconsumption, March 18, 1844. Their son, Arthur\\nH. Soden, was born April 23, 1843, and is now\\n(1885) doing business in Boston. Her second\\nmarriage was with Solomon H. Clement, October\\n17, 1848. Mary, their daughter, was born in\\nHartford, Vt. February 26, 1851; married Horace\\nC. Metcalf, February 26, 1885, of Walpole, Mass.,\\nwhere they now reside. After a long life spent in\\nthe service of God, the Rev. Lewis Howard is\\npassing the autumn of his days pleasantly, hope-\\nfully and cheerfully, blessed wi h good health,\\ngood friends and a good conscience.\\nDAVID p. GOODHUE.\\nThe genealogy of David P. Goodhue is David\\nPutney Goodhue, son of Jacob and Mary (Ager)\\nGoodhue Jacob Goodhue, son of Seth and Eliz-\\nabeth (Cogswell) Goodhue Seth Goodhue, sou of\\nJacob and Joanna (Story) Goodhue Jacob Good-\\nhue, sou of John and Ann (Cogswell) Goodhue\\nJohn Goodhue, son of William and Hannah\\n(Dane) Goodhue William Goodhue, son of Wil-\\nliam and Margery (Watson) Goodhue, who came\\nfrom Assington, Sufiulk County, England, to\\nAmerica iu the year 1635 and settled in what is\\nnow called Ipswich, Mass.\\nDavid Putney Goodhue was born in Dunbarton,\\nMen-imack County, N. H., January 10, 1838. He\\nwas the youngest of ten children aud lived at\\nhome with his father until he was twentv-one\\nyears of age, except when away to work or at-\\ntending school. In the spring of 1838, his father\\nmoved to Wilmot, N. H., where he resided for\\nabout fourteen years, when he moved to Boscawen,\\nN. H., where he resided until the time of his\\ndeath in February, 1866. After moving to Bos-\\ncawen, he worked six months in a year for Hale\\nAtkin-son, of Boscawen, for six years, during\\nwhich time he only lost from two to five days\\nwork from each year. During the winter he at-\\ntended Elmwood Institute, on Boscawen Plains,\\ntwo miles distant from his home, where he walked\\nnight and morning, however inclement the weather\\nmight be. After this he taught school three terms\\nin Boscawen and one term at Saubornton S(|uare.\\nWhen twenty-one years of age, he commenced the\\nstudy of medicine with Dr. E. K. Webster, of\\nBoscawen. He attended medical lectures at the\\nUniversity of Vermont and at Dartuiouth College.\\nFrom the last named place he received the degree\\nof M.D. in 1863, after which he attended lectures\\niu Philadelphia.\\nHe was aj)pointed acting assistant surgeon in\\nthe United States Navy, January 4, 1864, and re-\\nported to Boston for duty, from which place he\\nwas ordered to the North Carolina, at Brooklyn,\\nuntil the Chenango was ready for sea.\\nApril 15, 1864, the Chenango sailed from\\nNew York, but, before reaching Sandy Hook, one\\nof the boilers exploded, severely scalding thirty-\\nfour men and officers, twenty-eight of whom died\\nwithin a short time, although no one was killed\\ninstantly.\\nThe Chenango going out of commission\\nApril 21st, he was ordered to the Nereus the\\nsame day, and on the 23d sailed for the blockade\\noff Fort Fisher (Wilmington), where he remained\\nuntil September, when the Nereus came North\\nand acted as convoy to one of the CsJifornia\\nsteamers to Aspinwall and back.\\nThe Nereus having to be repaired, he was\\ndetached from her, October 4tli,and was ordered to\\nthe Maumee, which sailed the same day. After\\ncruising ofi the coast a few weeks, the Maumee\\njoined the squadron off Fort Fisher, wherejshe re-\\nmained during both attacks aud the capture of the\\nfort.\\nDr. Goodhue was on shore duty at the fort for\\nthree days after it was captured. He then went\\nwith the Maumee up the river to Wilmiiigtou.\\nAfter this the Maumee came to Hampton", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1196.jp2"}, "1091": {"fulltext": "^^^^Z::^/^ ix^^.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1197.jp2"}, "1092": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1198.jp2"}, "1093": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1199.jp2"}, "1094": {"fulltext": ".m- t ^-t:^", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1200.jp2"}, "1095": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n363\\nKoads, and then up the James River, being the\\nfirst gunboat up the river from Dutch Gap to\\nRichmond. The Maumee was then ordered to\\nPhiladelphia, where she went out of commission,\\nand the officers and men were detached, June 17,\\n1865, and phu-ed on waiting orders. He was hon-\\norably discharged from the United States service\\nOct. 9, 1865.\\nOn his return home, his father being sick, he\\nremained with him until his death, in February,\\n1806.\\nOn February 19, 1866, Dr. Goodhue came to\\nSpringfield, where he has since resided.\\nOn November 14, 1867, he was married to\\nAbby J. Davis, of Springfield, the only child of\\nJosejih Davis, Jr., and Elizabeth S. Davis. Mr.\\nDavis was appointed a recruiting officer during\\nthe war and has been one of the prominent men\\nin Springfield, being for several years one of the\\nselectmen and collector of taxes, besides holding\\nother offices.\\nTo Dr. and Mrs. Goodhue four children have\\nbeen born, David Henry, born October 20, 1868\\nLibbie Abbie, born February 10, 1874 Lauretta\\nMay, born March 13, 1882, and died April 10,\\n1882 Lucia Frances, born October 5, 1883.\\nPolitically Dr. Goodhue is, and always has been,\\na Democrat. He was for several years town clerk,\\nand afterwards town treasurer and one of the\\nsupervisors. He was chosen representative to the\\nGeneral Court in March, 1878, for one year, and\\nalso in November of the same year, under the re-\\nvised constitution, for two years. He was one of\\nthe Democratic candidates for county commissioner\\nfor Sullivan County in the year 1880, and received\\na larger vote than any other candidate voted for\\non that ticket. He was for several years a mem-\\nber of the Democratic State and County Commit-\\ntee, but for the past two years has not been actively\\nengaged in politics.\\nProfessionally he is one of the oldest aud repre-\\nsentative members of the medical profession in the\\nnortheast part of Sullivan County, having been\\nin Springfield about twenty years. As a practi-\\ntioner he has been very .successful, both in medi-\\ncine and surgery, his practice extending into many\\nof the adjoining towns. He has been a member\\nof the New Hampshire Medical Society for more\\nthan twenty year.?, and is also a member of the\\nCentre District Medical Society, having been pres-\\nident of this society in the year 1883. When the\\nBoard of United States Examining Surgeons was\\nformed at Newi^ort, N. H., he was aj)pointed one\\nof its members, which position he now holds.\\nHe is re.spected by his brother practitionei-s as a\\nman honorable in his profession and one who\\nwould scorn to do his brother wrong. He is em-\\nphatically a believer in the golden rule in all\\nthings.\\nAs a citizen he is public-spirited and liberal, be-\\nlieving that no one lives for himself alone.\\nCHARLES McIMNIEL.\\nCharles McDaniel is descended from the Scotch\\nMcDaniels, who emigrated from the north of Ire-\\nland to America in the early days of our colonial\\nhistory. James McDaniel, the great-grandiiither\\nof Charles, is shown by the town records to have\\nresided in Springfield, N. H., prior to 1794. He\\nhad at that time a family of four children, and the\\nland on which he resided is now owned by Charles,\\nhaving always been kept in the family. His\\nbuildings were upon the top of the hill, near what\\nis known as the Whittemore house, in Enfield.\\nHis sou John married Hannah Morse, of Kings-\\nton. They reared a family of five children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aba-\\ngail, Sarah, Daniel, James and Hannah.\\nAbagail married Stephen H. Heath, and had a\\nfamily of four boys, none of whom are at present\\nliving.\\nSarah married Ebenezer L. Nichols. She also\\nhad four boys, only one of whom i.s now known to\\nbe living Alonzo P., who resides in Manchester,\\nN. H.\\nDaniel moved to Cherry Valley, O., and mar-\\nried Eiliza Greene died, leaving three children.\\nHannah, the youngest of the children of John\\naud Hannah, is now living in Enfield, N. H., the\\nwidow of the late Albert Currier. She has one", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1201.jp2"}, "1096": {"fulltext": "364\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nson, Nathan Currier, a graduate of Tufils College,\\nand a successful teacher.\\nJames, the second son, was born February 13,\\n1807. He was brought up on the farm, and\\nworked for a time at shoemaking, but soon aban-\\ndoned it. He was an earnest student, and was\\nbetter educated than most of the young men of his\\ntown. He attended the academies of Salisbury\\nand Meriden, and spent several years as teacher,\\nboth in his native State and in New York State.\\nReturning to his native town, he tilled the an-\\ncestral acres, and made tliis his chief pursuit\\nthrough life. At his death the farm descended to\\nhis son Charles, whose only daughter still resides\\nat home. Thus we see through five generations\\nthe original homestead of James McDaniel, the\\npioneer, has remained in the possession of the\\nfamily. The original tract consisted of sixty\\nacres, but the family have been thrifty, enterpris-\\ning and energetic, and each generation has added\\nto the original possession till the domain now com-\\nprises nearly a thousand acres.\\nJames IMcDaniel, father of Charles, was a man\\nof strong mental and physical mould, and in many\\nrespects, and for many years, was the leading man\\nof his town. He married, November 24, 18.33,\\nHittey L., daughter of Abraham and Hittej-\\nPhilbrick, of Springfield. Their children were\\nCharles, whose portrait herewith appears, an l who\\nis the author and compiler of the history of the\\ntown of Springfield, as it appears in this volume.\\nAnn, married Samuel H. Jackman, of Sacramento,\\nCal., where she now resides. George, unmarried,\\nalso a resident of Sacramento, and Ella, unmar-\\nried, is a teacher, having taught twenty years\\nin New Hampsiiire and California, and resides\\nwith her widowed mother in Springfield. James\\nMcDaniel held at various times nearly all the\\ndifferent offices of his town, as will be seen by ref-\\nerence to the general history of the town of Spring\\nfield in this volume.\\nHe took an interest in military matters, and\\nwas captain of a company in the State militia. He\\nrepresented his town in the State Legislature, was\\nan ardent Democrat in politics, and a Universalist\\nin religious belief, but connected with no church.\\nHe died March 4, 1873.\\nCharles McDaniel was born July 22, 1835, at\\nthe old homestead in Springfield. He was educa-\\nted at the district schools of his native town and\\nat Andover, Canaan and New London Academies.\\nAfter leaving school he farmed summers and\\ntaught winters. His first school was when he was\\nbut eighteen years of age, and from that time till\\nhe was nearly forty he taught from one to three\\nterms per year.\\nHe made his home witii his father, and, for\\nmany years previous to the latter s death, he had\\npractical charge of the farm and estate. Upon\\nthe decease of his father he purchased the inter-\\nest of the other heirs to the home-farm, and has\\ncontinually added to and improved it to the pres-\\nent time. He married,- May 31, 1862, Amanda\\nM., daughter of Samuel and Mary A. Quimby, of\\nSpringfield.\\nThey have had five children,^Carl died in in-\\nfancy Carrie died in her sixteenth year Cora,\\nthe only one living, born December 27, 1864, now\\n(1885) attending the State Normal School at\\nPlymouth Catie Ann died in her eighth year, and\\nArthur Quimby died in his sixth year. The\\nthree children, Carrie, Catie and Arthur, died\\nsuddenly of malignant diphtheria, within a few\\ndays of each other in 1879. They were bright,\\nintelligent, lovable children, and only those\\nparents whose hearts are bound up in love for\\ntheir ofTspring, and who have suffered similar be-\\nreavement, can fully conceive of the terrible blow\\nto the grief-stricken father and mother.\\nCharles McDaniel was chosen superintendent of\\nschools for Springfield soon after his majority, and\\nhas held that position, more or less continuously,\\nto the present time, and is now an incumbent of\\nthe office. In 1862 he was chosen selectman and\\noverseer of the poor, which oflice he has held re-\\npeatedly since, and as chairman of the Board every\\nyear except the first.\\nDuring the War of the Rebellion he was ap-\\npointed special agent for securing volunteers for\\nfilling the quota of that town in the ranks of the", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1202.jp2"}, "1097": {"fulltext": "SPRINGFIELD.\\n365\\narmy. He has been town treasurer several years,\\nand was a member of the Legislature in 1868. He\\nis a member of Social Lodge, F. and A. M., En-\\nfield, Is. H., and one of its senior living members.\\nHe is also a member of the Chapter of the Taber-\\nnacle, No. 19, Royal Arch Masons; overseer of\\nNew Hampshire State Grange, and Master of\\nMontcalm Grange, No. 70, of Enfield. He is\\npresident of Grantham and Springfield Fair Asso-\\nciation, and for more than fifteen years has held\\na commission as justice of the peace, and has done\\nconsiderable probate business in Sullivan and\\nGrafton Counties.\\nIn 188 he, with his wife and daughter, made a\\ntrip to California, and spent several months pleas-\\nantly and profitably, visiting friends and traversing\\nthe various sections of the State, and informing\\nhimself in regard to its products, resources and\\ngeneral features.\\nHis mother has twice visited California, and has\\nspent, in all, more than three years there. She\\nreturned with her son Charles from her last visit\\nthere, and, in course of the return trip, visited in\\nIllinois an elder sister of hers, Mrs. Sally Flan-\\nders, who is now eighty-seven years of age, and, for\\none so advanced in years, a woman of rare vigor\\nand intelligence, cheerful in spirit and philosphical\\nin mental temperament. A remark of hers to Mr.\\nMcDaniel will serve to illustrate the cheerfulness\\nof her disposition. She said, apropos of some\\nquestion or remark, that this world was good\\nenough for her to live in that she enjoyed life\\nand felt content to remain here as long as pos-\\nsible, a rebuke to the pessimists of the day.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1203.jp2"}, "1098": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SUNAPEE.\\nBY WILLIAM C. STUROC.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nIntroductiox.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is fortunate that in\\nattempting to write the history of a small town,\\nthe existence of which extends back but little\\nover a century, we are not compelled to resort\\nto the devices of the ancient writers of general\\nhistory, sucli as conjuring up a she-wolf or\\nsome other friendly animal to act as foster-\\nmother to our infant founders.\\nThe records we possess may, indeed, in some\\ndetails, be imperfect, but there is enough to\\npoint out with sufficient clearness the kind of\\nmen and women who aided by their laboi-s the\\nfounding of our little municipality of six miles\\nsquare. By an examination of some fragments\\nof a proprietors book, and the records in pos-\\nsession of the town clerk and selectmen, and\\nother valuable aids, the following facts, among\\nothers, are found in regard to the settlement of\\nthe town That that part of old Cheshire\\nCounty, which is now included in Sullivan\\nCounty, and bears the name of Sunapee, was\\ngranted by the colonial authorities on tlie 7th\\nof November, 17G8, to John Sprague and\\nothere, under the name of Saville. Four years\\nlater, or in 1772, it was settled by a small com-\\npany of emigrants from Rhode Island, and\\nthese first settlers were soon followed by an\\nenterprising band from Portsmouth, X. H.,\\nwho passed on their journe_v from the sea-board\\nup the military road to No. 4, now known\\nas Charlestown, and thence to the south part of\\nSunapee. But the names of those first settlers\\n366\\nhave become extinct, and few, if any, of their\\ndescendants remain in town. One of the female\\nemigrants from Rhode Island has, however,\\nleft her name on a large rock near the outlet of\\nSunapee Lake, and which the inhabitants still\\ncall Granny Howard, that being her maiden-\\nname. On this rock she was wont to sit, day in\\nand day out, plying her hook and line for the\\nfinnv tribe, long; before the introduction of\\nblack bass or land-locked salmon into this beau-\\ntiful and romantic lake. This pei-sistent femi-\\nnine disciple of Izaak ^Yalton was the maternal\\nancestor of the Scranton family, well known in\\ntown fifty yeare ago. The geographical con-\\ntour of Sunapee has remained substantially un-\\nchanged until the present day, containing, as it\\ndoes, about fifteen thousaud six hundred and\\nsixty-six acres, three thousand of which are\\ncovered by the western portion of the lake.\\nThe Surface of the town is uneven and\\nmainly hilly interspersed, however, are small\\npatches of natural meadow, which yield a kind\\nof wire or spear-grass, that, when cut early, is\\neagerly eaten by hungry cattle in winter,\\nalthough it has been noticed that few animals\\never become fat on this kind of fodder.\\nThe hills are found, M hen cleareil of timber, to\\nbe largely covered by wandered boulders,\\nthe profusion of which, strewed in particular\\ndrifts or directions, would be suggestive to the\\neye of the scieutest, no doubt, of a period when\\nthe surface of our earth was undergoing vast\\nand perhaps sudden changes. These erratic\\nblocks, and the smooth and sometimes eroded", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1204.jp2"}, "1099": {"fulltext": "SUNAPEE.\\n367\\nledges on which they now rest, speak distiiietly\\nof a time when some tran.sj)orting power, equal\\na mighty glacier, dropped these huge but\\npartially rounded lumps where they now lie, as\\nno mere marine movement could be equal to the\\nwork of jilaeing those jjonderous monuments of\\na time when man was unknown in tiie mun-\\ndane arena where we find them. But the soil,\\nwhich had accumulated with course of ages\\namong these granite boulders, is strong and pro-\\nductive, and for yeai-s after its first cultivation\\nyielded immense crops of all kinds, rye, corn,\\noats, barley, wheat and grass.\\nThe namk was changed in April, 1781, to\\nWendell, tiiat being the naaie of one of the\\noriginal and ])rlncipal pro[)rietors, John Wen-\\ndell, of Portsmouth, and it so continued until\\n1850, when, by an act of the Legislature of that\\nyear, it received its present Indian cognomen\\nSunapee. This latter name, which had adhered\\nto the lake and adjacent mountain, and which\\nseems to be, after all, the most appropriate, is\\nalleged bv coiinoisseurs in the aboriginal tongues\\nto be an Algonquin word signifying goose-lake\\nand there is some corroboration of that assertion\\nin the fact that a smaller pond at the north\\nend of the lake proper still bears the name of\\ngoose-hole. However that matter may be,\\nthere is no doubt that the lake M as at one time\\nthe resort of large flocks of wild geese, this\\nlatter fact being attested by more than one aged\\ncitizen, who, although they have passed the\\nlimit of four-score and ten, are still clear-headed\\nand communicative.\\nThe census of the town, in its earlier years,\\nshows that it increased rapidly in population,\\nfor in five years from its first grant the number\\nof inhabitants is given as 72; in 1786 it was\\n195 in 1790, 267 in 1800, 355 in 1810, 447\\nin 1820, GO;] in 1830, 637; in 1840, 795 in\\n1850, 787; in 1860, 778; in 1870, 808; in\\n1880, 897.\\nFor almost thirteen years, or until 1781, the\\ntown was known as Saville, and was then classed\\nwith the towns of Newport and Croydon and\\na meeting wjis held in this town April 23, 1778,\\nat wiiicli Benjamin Giles, Esq., a noted man\\nat tiuit time in Cheshire County, was modera-\\ntor and Samuel Gunnison was clerk. At this\\nmeeting Moses True, Esek Young and Sanniel\\ntiunnison were chosen selectmen of Saville.\\nA meeting of the inhal)it:ints was held, in eon-\\njunction with the towns of Newport and Croy-\\ndon, on the 5th of December, 1782, or a little\\nover a year after Wendell iiad been adojited as\\ntlie niuue of the town. Benjamin Giles was\\nchosen, by a unanimous vote, representative for\\nthe above-named towns for thatyeiiv, meaning,\\nof course, the next year, or 1783. Wendell was\\nfor several years classed witii Gosiien in tiie\\nchoice of representative, and was only able when\\nthe population reached over si. hundred, or in\\n1824, to act alone in the choice of that officer,\\nTiiomas Pike, or Uncle Tom, as he was formerly\\ncalled, being the first representative of Wendell.\\nThe names and dates of service of the persons\\nwho followed, up to the present time, are these:\\nThomas Pike, in 1825 Lieutciiaut John Young, in\\n1826-27 John Colby, in 1828 Joseph George in\\n1829; John Colby, in 1830; Samuel Knowlton, in\\n1831-32 John Colby, in 1S33; Samuel Knowlton, in\\n1834; John Colby, in 1835; William Young, in\\n1836-37 John Colby, in 1838; Daniel George, Jr., in\\n1839-40; Charles Rodgers, in 1841-42; Moses F.\\nKnowlton, in 1843-44; Hiram Sargent, in 1845-46;\\nBailey Pillsbury, in 1847-48; William W. Eastman,\\nin 1849-50; John Hopkins, in 1851 Joseph G.\\nTucker, in 1852-53; Josiah Turner, in 1854; Samuel\\nWells, 1855-56 John P. Knowlton, in 1857-58; Jos-\\neph P. Smith, in 1859-60 Daniel George, Jr., in\\n1861-62; Dennis G. Knowlton, in 1863-64; William\\nCant Sturoc, 1865-68 Daniel A. George, in 1869-70\\nBradford Courier, in 1871-72 Daniel C. Eastman, in\\n1873-74; John A Tucker, in 1875-76; Jeremiah W.\\nMorrill, in 1877-78; John Angell, 1879-81; Lyman\\nColburn, in 1882-83; John M. Cooper, in 1884-85.\\n(The latter representatives since November, 1878, be-\\ning elected for biennial terms, the two-year system\\nhaving been adopted by the (V)nstitutional Conven-\\ntion of 1876).\\nPostmasters. The successive postmasters.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1205.jp2"}, "1100": {"fulltext": "358\\nmSTORT OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncovering a period of fiftv vears, are given in the\\nsubjoined list. During the first two decades of\\nthat time our mail accommodations were small\\nand imperfect, consisting, in the beginning, of\\none maU a week, growing at length to t^vice and\\nand three times, and finally to a dailv deliverv.\\nAt the present time we have four mails per dav\\nan outgoing south at 7.30 a.m.: an incoming\\ntrom the west at 9 A.M.; an outgoing west at 4\\nP.M.; an incoming from the south at 6 p.m. The\\nBoston and other eitv dailies reach their sub-\\nscribers regularly, and what is known in the\\ncities at noon is in possession of the people of\\nSunapee in six hoars from that time, and, if\\nneed be, by telegraph or telephone, instantly.\\nThe postmasters have been as follows: John\\nHopkins to 1844 John P. Knowlion to 18-37\\nFranklin Morgan to 1861 Josiah Turner to\\n1866 John Young to 1870; W. C. Stocker to\\n1881 X. P. Baker to 1885; Charles A.Knowl-\\nton, appointed 1885.\\nMedical. Me Although it has. from the\\nearliest period of our town history, been a cus-\\ntom deeply-rooted in the minds of the people to\\ncall in the aid of the medical men at Newport,\\nsix miles distant, yet as early as 1815 a young\\ndoctor of the name of Caleb Buswell openetl an\\nofiBce in town at the house of John Chase, Jr.\\nBuswell was elected selectman and town clerk\\nin 1817, but left town two years subsequent\\nto the last-named date. He was followed bv\\nTiltou Elkins, who remained only three years,\\nand Dr. James Corbin took his place and re-\\nmaine .l until about 1829, when John Hopkins,\\na native of Francestown, settled in town and\\ncommenced practice. Hopkins remained ab*5ut\\nthirty-five years, or until 1864. But in the\\nmean time some younger practitioners had come\\nin and taken a share of the business, as in 1857,\\nIsaiah M Bishop, who remained till 1864.\\nDr. Hopkins removed to Vineland, X. J.,\\nand ditnl there on the 24th of April, 1879, aged\\neighty-seven.\\nDr. Bishop removed to Bristol, X. H.\\nIn 1866 Ira P. Greorge, son of Rodnev George,\\nand whose lather was a native of Sunapee, be-\\ngan practice as a physician, but only remained\\nabout three years, when he removed to Newport,\\nand finally to Nebraska. David M. Currier, a\\ngraduate of Dartmouth of 1867. came into town\\nin 1868, and removed to Newport in 1871,\\nwhere he is at present in go .xl practice. The\\nnext doctor was Charles F. Leslie, from Maine,\\na young man of great natural gitls, who com-\\nmences! practice here in 1874, and continue*!\\ntill 188-3, when he left for Windsor, Vt. His\\nplace ^Tas soon filled by our present excellent\\nphysician, Edwin C. Fisher.\\nThe Legal Pkofkssiox. The lawyers\\nstory is soon told in connection with Sunapee,\\nthe writer of this impertect sketch of the town\\nbeing the first to establish himself in town. He\\nwas admitted in 1855 and has enjoyed the en-\\ncouragement commonly falling to the lot of a\\nvillage attorney, using his influence rather to\\nsuppress than to foment litigation.\\nIn 1879 George Doilge, having been admitted\\nto the bar at Newport, settled in town to pursue\\nhis profession.\\nAbout 1855 Abial Cooper Sargent, son of\\nCharles and Sarah Sargent, was prepiu-ing him-\\nself, after a collegiate course, for law, but pre-\\nmaturely fell a victim to ci^ usumption on the\\n14th of December, 1859, aged thirty.\\nChukches axd Religiocs Societies. As\\nearly as 1800, Elder Nehemiidi Wo\u00c2\u00ab.Hiwiu^, a\\nCongregationalist. was locsited on what was\\nsoon assigned, or granted, to him as the luiu-\\nLster s lot, being substantially the farm for\\nmany years and now owned by Gideon Angel 1,\\nin the south piirt of the town. Religious ser-\\nvices were, for about thirty years, held either in\\nprivate dwellings, or in school-houses and\\nthere are many citizens still living who look\\nback with satisfaction on those devout gatherings\\nin those primitive temples. Elder Woodward\\nhad finished his laboi s in town about 1815,\\nwhen he removed to Westminster, Vt., where\\nage comj^elled him to resign his work, although\\nabout 1824 he made a tarewell visit to his old", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1206.jp2"}, "1101": {"fulltext": "SUNAPEE.\\n363\\nparish of Wendell and, while liis head and\\nliand trenihleil with alsy, lie unee more\\npivaehod in the ret! sehool-house in District\\nXo. 2. Meetings duriuji those early times were\\nalso held at thedwelling -hoiiseof Elijah (leorge,\\nin the north part, and at otiier points, and the\\nleadinu; spirits in those lay-meetint;:* wei-e Fran-\\nces Smith, tlie progx^nitor of the Smith family,\\nand Deacon Adam Keddingtou.\\n(^n the 29th day of July, 1830, Elder Eli-\\njah Watson orgiuiizai a Free-AYill Eaptist\\n(^liiirch, having at the outset fourteen members,\\nwhich, for twenty years, was the leading relig-\\nious society in town. The last survivor of that\\nmemliership was Mrs. Mary Couant, widow of\\nthe late Josiah Conant. She was an exceed-\\ningly devout person, and bore with resignation\\nthe terrible affliction of total blindness for\\nHfteen vears, and died in iSTSt, aged eight v-nine.\\nBut no church e .litice was erected until ISol,\\nwhen the First Five Meeting-House at the Cen-\\ntre was built. At an adjournetl meeting of the\\nlegal voters heki on the 1st day of Jnue of that\\nyear, it was votwl that Nathaniel Perkins, Jr.,\\nI ieuteuant John Yonng and Charles Sargent\\nbe the building committee; and it was further\\nvoteil, that those wlio purchase pews shall pay\\nfor the same, one-half in money, the other half\\nin grain.\\nEven tiie hardy yeomanry of Sunapoe had\\nbecHuno liberalizwi in their views on religious\\nfrwdom when they proceeded to form this\\nchurch proprietary, so that they set foith in the\\npreamble to tiie constitution, which they adopted\\nfor their guidance, the following principles\\nBelieving that public instruction in Piety and\\nRehgion has a tendency to jiromote the best interests of\\nsociety, and considering a suitable House for the public\\nworship of the Deity a desirable object; believing,\\nalso, that each person has a right to worship God ac-\\ncording to the dictjUes of his own conscience and rea-\\nson, We, the vnidersigued, agree to proceed to the\\nbuilding of a Meeting House in Wendelh./Vee/or o/f\\nlienomination) of Christians, under the regulations of\\nthe following Constitution.\\nThis constitution consists of twelve articles,\\nand uiuler it the organization or i)riiprietorship\\nhas been maintained, their annual meeting being\\nheld on the tirst ednesday of January of each\\nyear. The otflcers for 1885 are: Moderator,\\nJoseph Russell; ClerU, William C. Sturoc;\\nStanding Committee, Moses A. Young, Joseph\\nRussell, John A. Tucker; Janitor, Joseph Rus-\\nsell.\\nFor twenty yeai-s there has been no stated and\\npermanent minister eugageil, but i)artial and\\noccasional supplies have been had, chietly from\\nthe Universalist denomination, and the house\\nis nsed on all proper occasions. In 18:12 a\\nsimilar church edifice to that of the Centre was\\nbuilt in a like manner at the south part of the\\ntown, but of late years it has been but little\\noccupied.\\nIn 18o; Rev. Joseph C. Emerson was sent by\\nthe New Hampshire Methodist Conterence tothis\\ntown, and was reappiiinted in 1854; but\\nthere had existed for years before that time\\na class of some dozen or more members.\\nChief among this little banil were Uncle\\nAudi ew Young, the grist-miller, and his\\nbrother Captain William Y oung, Ixith ot whom\\nwill long be remembered for their marked traits\\nof character.\\nIn 185. Cseits S. Morris was appointed\\nto supplv Sunapoe, and served one year. In\\nthe spring of 185(5 J. C. Emerson was\\nappointwl again, and renmined as local preacher\\nand pastor for the fouryears following. In this\\nyear the tirst ilethodist Episcopal Church was\\nbuilt and dedicated on the 29th day of October.\\nJoseph Emersou closed his labors here with the\\nspring of 1860, and went to Fisherville, N. H.,\\nwhere he became chaplain of the Seventh Regi-\\nment New Hampshire Volunteers. At theclo.se\\nof the war he went to Florida, where he died.\\nMr. Emerson was a man ot varied gilb, a\\nthorough organizer, with a deep insight into meu\\nand their motives.\\nIn April, 18G0, Rev. J. W. Johnson was\\nsent to Suuapeo. He is remenibei cd as a faith-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1207.jp2"}, "1102": {"fulltext": "370\\nHISTOKY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nful and devoted minister, but his feeble health\\nlimited his effort and usefulness. During his\\nsecond year he was able to preach only part of\\nthe time. He died here on the 12th day of\\nApril, 1862, and is buried in the Centre bury-\\ning-ground, and his wife, who survived him\\nseveral years, also reposes in that God s acre.\\nIn the spring of 1862 Rev. Joseph Hayes came\\nto Sunapee as the appointee of the Methotlist\\nEpiscopal Conference, and during his pastorate of\\ntwo vears forty were added to the membership\\nof the church. Mr. Hayes was succeeded\\nin 1864-65, by Rev. L. L. Eastman. He\\nwas a man of considerable energy and true\\nto his convictions of right.\\nIn 1866 Samuel J. Robinson became pastor.\\nHe was a young man .fresh from the Biblical\\nInstitute, at Concord, X. H. He remained two\\nyears. He was followetl in 1868 by I... AY.\\nPrescott, who remained three years. During\\nhis second year the church was enlarged and a\\nvestry built.\\nIn the spring of 1871 W. H. Stuart received\\nthis appointment, but on the loth of June, of\\nthis year, tlie church and vestry were totally con-\\nsumed by fire, after the raging element had spent\\nits force on shops and dwelling-houses on the\\nsouth side of the highway, including those of\\nJohn B. Smith, Closes L. Sargent, Isaac Ham-\\nman and others. There was no insurance on\\ntlie church property.\\nDuring the summer services were held in the\\nFirst Free Meeting-House, and a new church\\nand vestry having been erected on a new founda-\\ntion, where it now stands, the latter building\\nwas detlicated on the 27th of December, 1871.\\n^Ir. Stuart remained but one year and was re-\\nplaced by J. H. Hillman, who was pastor for\\ntwo years, and was followed by S. E. Quimby,\\nwho remained three years. In 1877, B. W.\\nChase was the minister and served acceptably\\nin that capacity for three years. 1880 found\\nthe Rev. S. C. Keeler laboring as preacher at\\nthis station, where, for two years, he enjoyed\\nthe esteem of the entire community.\\nIn 1882, Rev. S. G. Kellogg was sent by the\\nConference to this plaOe, he having years before\\ntilled larger apjxiintments in various portions of\\nthe State. His industry and ability place him\\nhigh in the ministry. He is now on his third\\nand, perhaps, tinal year.\\nNative Pkeachees. A few men, born and\\nreared in Sunapee, have become preachers of the\\ngospel, the first and most prominent name among\\nwhich is that of John Young, now in his sev-\\nentieth year, but still hale and robust. He has\\npreached for forty years, and in most of the\\ntowns within a circle of twenty miles from Sun-\\napee. He was ordained as a minister of the\\nChristian denomination on the 24:th of October,\\n1850, and in the forty years of his ministerial\\nservice has attended eight hundred funerals and\\nsolemnized about half that number of mar-\\nriages.\\nEzra S. Eastman, another self-made but vig-\\norous son of Sunapee, had been a Baptist occa-\\nsional preacher for quite a number of years,\\nand died at the age of fifty-three, September 24,\\n1874.\\nEdward R. Perkins is a preacher of the\\nMethodist persuasion, forty-four years of age,\\nand is at present preaching at Goffstown, X. H.\\nHe has marked ability for the pulpit, and is a\\nson of whom Sunapee may well feel proud.\\nCharles E. Rogers, son of Charles and Xancy\\nRogers, is fifty-seven years old, and is an ap-\\npointee of the Methodist Conference. He is a\\ngrandson of Colonel Samuel Rogers, one of the\\nearly settlers and for many years a prominent\\norticial of the town.\\nAlden C. Abbott, who was born in Sunapee,\\nApril 5, 1848, is the son of Stephen and Sarah\\nAbbott. He is also connected with the Method-\\nist bod} having been stationed in Connecticut\\nand [Massachusetts, but was compelled, April,\\n1885, on account of a tluoat difficulty, to\\nabandon preaching, for a time at least, and is\\nnow acting as an agent for a life insurance\\ncompany.\\nJoseph H. Trow is the sou of John and", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1208.jp2"}, "1103": {"fulltext": "SUNAPEE.\\n371\\nHannah Trow, and is about tliirty-eio;ht years\\nof age. He has been under apijointraent by\\nthe Conference and is preaching at Haverhill,\\nN. H.\\nJohn Batchelder was a son of Zachariah\\nBatchelder, a graduate of Dartmouth and a\\nminister of the Presbyterian denomination. He\\ndied in Iowa about 1870.\\nCalvin R. Batchelder, another son of Zacha-\\nriah, was an Episcopal clergyman, and died at\\nCharlestowu, N. H., February, 1879, aged\\nsixty-seven years.\\nMII.ITAKY.\\nRevoH TIOX. In regard to the soldiers, if\\nany, who may have represented Saville for\\nthat was the name of the town in pre-Revolu-\\ntionary times the writer is in great doubt, al-\\nthough it is claimed by the descendants of the\\nfirst settlers, whose names were Young, and\\nwho came from Sraithfield, R. I., that they all\\nparticijjated in the War of the Revolution.\\nThose first settlers were six in number, it is\\nsaid, and their names are given as Abiather,\\nRobert, Cornelius, Esek, Edward and James.\\nThere was also a half-brother to these six\\nYoungs, Avho bore the name of Bryant, and\\ntradition has it that he carried in one of his\\nankles a Revolutionary bullet through life.\\nOur oldest records are silent on those soldiers.\\nBut when we come to the War of 1812 we are\\nthen treading on solid ground, the name, rank\\nand service of each man being set down beyond\\nquestion or cavil and if the record had unfor-\\ntunately been incomplete, we have still with us\\nthe last lingering survivor of that memorable\\nservice in the person of our venerable fellow-\\ntownsman, Jacob C. Stickney, aged ninety, who\\nwill be found on the following list as a musi-\\ncian, and whose mental faculties are still clear, if\\nhis physical powers give evidence of decay.\\nW^AR OF 1812. The following is a list of\\nsoldiers who enlisted from the town of Wendell\\n(now Sunapce) in the First Regiment of New\\nHampshire Volunteers in the War of 1812, and\\n24\\nwho went into camp at Concord, N. H., Feb-\\nruary 1, 1813:\\nSamuel Rogers, 2d lieut, Amos George.\\nJohn Gage, ensign. Thomas Lamb.\\nAVilliam Gage, sergeant. Jame.s Young (2dj.\\nScribner Huntoou, sergt. James Boyee.\\nWilliam Lamb, sergeant. Daniel Pickernell.\\nCorbin Huntoon, mus. James Young,\\nJacob C. Stickney, mus. Samuel Pickernell.\\nJoseph Avery. Hezekiah Peck.\\nJoseph Chase, Jr. Ezek Young.\\nRichmond Clapp. Joseph Pillsbury.\\nOn the 12th of September, 1814, a detach-\\nment of three months men joined camp at\\nPortsmouth, X. H., as follows;\\nNathan Rogers. Moses Follansbee.\\nCharles Gage. Joseph Chase, Jr.\\nOn the 2r)th of the .same month (September)\\na detachment of sixty days men followed to\\nPortsmouth\\nWilliam Lamb. Moses Eastman.\\nEdward Crosby.\\nFrom the close of the War of 1812 to the\\noutbreak of the Rebellion of 1861, a period of\\nalmost fifty years, Sunapee had sent forth no\\nmen to fight the minor battles that inter-\\nvened, and her citizens had to content them-\\nselves with pseudo-military displays under the\\nmilitary organizations of the State.\\nThe Sunapee Guards, a company of the\\nThirty-first Regiment, Fifth Brigade, Third Di-\\nvision, New Hampshii-e Militia, was organized in\\n1841, with William Young for its first captain\\nJoseph Le;ir, ensign and Francis Smith, lieu-\\ntenant.\\nAs a not inappropriate way of preserving the\\nnames of some of the stalwart yeomanry of Sun-\\napee of that period, and also as a brief but fair\\nexhibition of the /)er-ww\u00c2\u00bbc/of that company, I here\\ngive the roster of 1846, that being about the\\nmiddle period of the existence of that organiza-\\ntion. Its last muster was held at Newport, in\\nfall of 1851, and the writer of this sketch had\\nthe pleasure of seeing and heariag Captain", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1209.jp2"}, "1104": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWilliam Young beat the tenor drum with a\\nperfection and vim that could not well be sur-\\npassed.\\nCommissioned Officers.\\nMoses F. Knowlton, capt. John P. Knowlton, lieut.\\nAbram Davis, ensign.\\nNon- Comm issioned Officers.\\nD. G. Knowlton, 1st scrgt. Janson George, 3d sergt.\\nH. P. Muzzy, 2d sergt. E. D. Cooper, 4th sergt.\\nJames Trow,\\nBenjamin F. Young.\\nFrancis Smith.\\nWilliam Trow (2d).\\nFrancis S. Trow.\\nNelson Chase.\\nRichmond C. Angcll.\\nJoseph G. Eastman.\\nJames Eastman.\\nEli Davis.\\nJolin Colby.\\nRobert Lear.\\nSamuel Gardner, Jr.\\nSolomon Bartlett.\\nEdwin P. Stickney.\\nJesse E. George.\\nJosiah Trow, Jr.\\nStephen Abbott.\\nAndrew J. Kidder.\\nHenry Remington.\\nJames W. Trow.\\nPerlvins Trow.\\nMusicians.\\nWillard C. Severance.\\nPrivates.\\nCaleb B. Stevens.\\nJames R. Muzzey.\\nDaniel C. Eastman.\\nJerome Blaisdell.\\nRicliard C. R. Cooper.\\nElias B. Abbott.\\nEzra Carpenter.\\nWilliam Gardner.\\nSamuel G. Rider.\\nWells H. D.avis.\\nJoseph Young.\\nCharles E. Rogers.\\nAVilson S. George.\\nJames George.\\nSamuel O. Baily.\\nBenjamin Morrill.\\nJohn Skinner.\\nWarren Simmons.\\nCharles F. Sargent,\\nTiiere was also at the same time an inde-\\npendent company, who carried the impressive\\nname of The Bold Rangers, but I have been\\nunable to iind its complete jwrsonnci, and can\\nonly give some of the suce-essive captains, as\\nPutney Roby, Moses A. Young, Moses C.\\nMuzzey, all of whom have been saluted by their\\nneighbors liy these honorable titles.\\nWar of 18G1-65. We come now to the\\nWar of the Rebellion, in which Sunapee, by\\nenlistments and all the other modes of that\\neventful period, contributed her full share.\\nThe following is the list of the men who\\nenlisted into the service of the United States:\\nCornelius Y. Gardner. Nathaniel S. Gardner.\\nHenry Young. Wilbur Young.\\nJeremiah W. Ladd. Samuel O. Bailey.\\nNathaniel Batchelder, Jr. Thomas Abbott.\\nJosiah Trow.\\nSamuel Thompson.\\nJohn M. Colby.\\nOliver Young.\\nAlfred Davis.\\nCyrus Thompson.\\nGeorge W. Haven.\\nSamuel Abbott.\\nGilman Abbott.\\nCharles D. Hopkins.\\nCharles H. Watts.\\nJohn Edminster.\\nPerley Trow.\\nWilliam Thompson.\\nTimothy Ea.stman.\\nNathan Young.\\nWilliam C. Eastman.\\nW. H. Osborn.\\nJohn T. Cotterell.\\nJosiah Scott.\\nSylvester H. Powell.\\nFrank Symmister.\\nJacob D. Sleeper.\\nCharles Clement.\\nWilbury Leonard.\\nlu the mean time, and before the last call for\\nmen was made, some twelve substitutes were\\nput in by inhabitants liable to the draft, or who\\nwere drafted, and the town sent twelve in a\\nbodv on the call of 1863, and the following; are\\nthe names given by this batch of substitutes\\nJames Burke.\\nWilliam Sullivan.\\nAlexander Peterson.\\nMitchell Benedict.\\nGeorge Woodman.\\nEdwin Mathews.\\nThomas Leonard.\\nJames KenetT.\\nGeorge Johann.\\nWilliam Smith.\\nBenjamin Williams.\\nIsaac Brown.\\nJohn Flanders enlisted in the navy.\\nEducatiox. In the widest sense, this head\\ncovers a s;reat deal more than the mere manasre-\\nment of our common-school system, and if ta-\\nken in this extended meaning, the inhabitants of\\nSunapee are at least equal to any other rural\\nconnniuiity in New Hampshire. They discuss\\nin the village stores the passing topics of inter-\\nest with an average amount of intelligence, and\\nhardly a man in town but takes one or more\\nnewspapers. Our interest in our schools cannot\\nbe less tlian that of our neighbors, for the to-\\ntal school money the present year was Literary\\nfund and e.xtra statute appropriation, $916.21-.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1210.jp2"}, "1105": {"fulltext": "SUNAPEE.\\n373\\nThere are uine school districts, and the total\\nnuniher of scholars in town is one huiidrod and\\nsixty-one. Our school-houses are all in good\\ncondition, and some of them have been fitted\\nU[J in the most modern style, giving the schol-\\nars of the present day many advantages as com-\\nl)are i with their fiithers and mothers of forty\\nvears ajro.\\nAn act was passed at the last session of the\\nLegislature abolishing the district system, and\\nestablishing the town system of schools but\\nthe prospect is, that the jilan will meet with lit-\\ntle favor in Sunapee. The constant tinkering\\nwith our common-school system, making expen-\\nsive and unnecessary changes in text-books, and\\nintroducing into the schools, supported by the\\npublic taxes, what are called iiigher branches\\ntiaese, with the general tendency among the\\nwould-be leaders in education to centralizine:\\nthe management in the hands of a few, are\\namong the mistakes of our time, which can only\\nbe remedied by an honest return to the princi-\\nples of the founders of our State system of edu-\\ncation, namely: to secure to every child of the\\ncommonwealth, from the public purse, a knowl-\\nedge of the elementary branches, which form the\\nbasis of special and more advanced courses to be\\nprocured at private ex| ense solely.\\nProminext Families and A ames. Our\\ncheck-lists displayed for a long course of years a\\nfew prominent names, and these would, in the\\nnatural current of things, change places at one\\ntime the Angelis would lead and then for a\\nseason the majority would fall to the Georges\\nor to the Youngs. At our last annual meet-\\nings the Youngs had a lurality of fourteen\\nnames. Then a host of names less numerous\\nmake up the body of the list, such as the Sar-\\ngents, Gardners, Eastmans, Smiths, Abl)ots,\\nColbys, Coopers, Bartletts, Trows, Knowltons\\nand others. But in a sketch of tliis kind, wliicli\\nmust necessarily be bi ief, we shall only be able\\nto refer to a few of the pioneers in the settling\\nof our town, and perhaps make an allusion to\\nthe descendants of some.\\nThe connnon ancestor of the Smiths was\\nFrancis, who came from Rowley, Mass., and\\nsettled in the nortli part of the town, not far\\nfrom 1792. His death occurred on the 8th of\\nMay, 1829. But he left four children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathan,\\nMary, John and Hepzibah. Nathan was the\\nfather of John B., Hepzibah, Joseph P. and\\nThomas Pike. Joseph Pillsbury Smith and\\nThomas Pike Smith still survive, Joseph hav-\\ning held office in town for twenty years, and\\nbeing the chairman of tlie present Board of Se-\\nlectmen.\\nThomas is a leading business man, a justice\\nof the peace, and a man of unusual literary\\ntaste and ability. The writer has been\\nmuch indebted to his careful preservation of\\nmany facts. John B. Smith was in all respects\\nan extraordinary man. As an inventor he had\\nno superior in New Hampshire, and iiis death,\\nfrom paralysis, on the 19th day of October,\\n1884, left the whole community in sadness.\\nJoseph George was the progenitor of the\\nGeorges of Sunapee, and had five sous, Elijah,\\nSamuel, Joseph, Daniel and Benjamin. Daniel\\nwas the founder of George s Mills, a subdivi-\\nsion of our town at the upper or north end of\\nSunapee Lake. He was an excellent mechanic\\nand miller, and specimens of his handiwork\\nstill remain, such as small and great spinning-\\nwheels and reels. His son Daniel succeeded\\n])im in the grist-mill and became an able and\\npopular citizen, acting as moderator of our town\\nmeetings for full twenty years, filling the office\\nof representative for four years and discharging\\nvarious other trusts with fidelity and accept-\\nance.\\nHis son Daniel A. George, the fourth from\\nthe common ancestor Joseph, is the present\\nmiller, and still operates on the old privilege\\nand has many of the qualities of his progeni-\\ntors. He has been moderator, selectman and\\nRepresentative and is still in the vigor of life.\\nDaniel George, the father of Daniel A. died\\nsuddenly, in 1864, aged fifty-six.\\nThe Youngs, as we have already intimated,", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1211.jp2"}, "1106": {"fulltext": "374\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwere of Rhode Island stock, and were early in\\ntown. They numbered, at the last census, for-\\nty-six persons.\\nThe Christian name of the oldest of the orig-\\ninal settlers was Abiather, and he had sons,\\nAbiather, John, William and Andrew, and the\\nelder Abiather was the common ancestor of most\\nof the name found in town to-day. Several of\\nthem held military commissions under the mi-\\nlitia laws of the State, and five at least of these\\ndescendants were in the Union army in the\\nlate Rebellion. Of Captain William Young,\\nwhom we have noticed elsewhere He was\\nevery inch a soldier. He was also the best\\npenman of his time, as the records still remain-\\ning will verify.\\nThe Chases were another of the pioneer\\nfamilies who, with great energy, joined in sub-\\nduing the wilderness and contributing to the\\nenterprise and prosperity of the town. John\\nChase, the father of John Chase Jr. came\\nto Wendell in 1784, and purchased a lot and a\\nhalf at the outlet of Sunapee Lake, embracing\\nevery foot of land now covered by the village\\ncommonly designated The Harbor, and reach-\\ning from the Runals Hotel to the Methodist\\nmesting-house. John Chase, Jr., married, in\\n1 794, Elizabeth Rogers, sister of Colonel Sam-\\nuel Rogers. They had children, Richard Hills,\\nAbigail, Sarah, Alvin, Elmira, Francis and\\nElizabeth. The elder Johu Chase was the\\nfirst to erect and run a grist-mill in town, and\\nduring the above-named year (1794) he joined\\nhis son, John Chase, Jr., in the raising of the\\nlarge two-story dwelling-house now modernized\\nand owned by W. C. Sturoc Richard and\\nHills Chase left town when young men the\\nfirst becoming a lawyer at A usable Forks,\\nN. Y., and the last a physician at Syracuse,\\nN. Y. Alvin Chase was remarkable for his\\nmany feats of skill after he was totally blind.\\nHe built, without aid, a chaise, the remains of\\nwhich the writer has seen a cheese press, still\\nin existence shingled the house where he lived,\\nworking on the roof in the warm nights of sum-\\nmer, and accomplished many other things\\nalmost beyond belief. He died in June, 1834,\\naged twenty-seven years.\\nAbsent Natives. Nearly sixty years ago\\nquite a number of the families then in town and\\nindividual members of others removed to Ohio,\\nand settled for the most part in the towns of\\nPainesville and Concord, the latter name being\\nestablished in honor of the capital of their na-\\ntive State. Those emigrants were Huntoons,\\nYoungs, Clapps and Chases. Without a single\\nexcojition, they all rooted in their adopted soil\\nand prospered, and many of them have made\\npilgrimages to their native town.\\nAnd there have been some, without going so\\nfar as the flourishing West, who still revisit\\nwith great pleasure the good town of Sunapee,\\nwhere they were born. One of this kind is\\nWilliam Robinson, of Sudbury Street, Boston,\\nwho, about fifty or more years ago, left with\\nhis little bundle under his arm, and, footing it\\nall the way to Boston, began life without a\\ncent. He is now the wealthy owner of much\\nproperty, and of a flourishing business in com-\\npany with his two sons, who are an honor to\\ntheir worthy father. But in more recent times\\nthere have been some who have gone from Sun-\\napee in pursuit of business or of honor. Wil-\\nliam W. Eastman, now of Brooklyn, N. Y.,\\na native of the town, and son of Ichabod East-\\nman, was for many years a leading man in Suna-\\npee, and it was under his hands, as Representa-\\ntive in 1849 and 18o0, that the town received its\\npresent name. William, like his father, was an\\nexcellent general mechanic, and, in conjuuction\\nwith B. P. Page, of Bradford, started on a\\nlarge scale the manufacture of threshing:-ma-\\nchines in Sunapee, in the year 1847. He was\\nafterwards warden of the New Hampshire State\\nPrison. He has, in late years, been deeply in-\\nterested in the oil business and other enterprises\\nin Brooklyn.\\nCharles H. Bartlett was born in Sunapee,\\nOctober 15, 1833. He is the sou of John and\\nSarah J. Bartlett, bjth recently deceased. He", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1212.jp2"}, "1107": {"fulltext": "SUNAPEE.\\n375\\nstudied and was admitted to the bar of Hills-\\nborough County iu 185S. Mr. Bartlett was clerk\\nof the New Hampshire Senate from 1861 to\\n1865, private secretary to Governor Smyth 1865\\nand 1866. In 1867 he was appointed clerk of\\nthe United States District Court in New Hamp-\\nshire. In the same year he was elected solicitor\\nfor the city of jManchester, and declined a re-\\nelection in 1872. He was mayor of Manches-\\nter till February, 187o. He has held many\\nother offices and trusts, and waspresident of the\\nState Senate in 1883.\\nAlfred T. Batchclder, youngest son of Nath-\\naniel and Sarah Batchelder, also claims Suua-\\npee as his birth-place. He is about forty-two\\nyears of age and is the present mayor of Keene,\\nN. H., a graduate of Dartmouth and a lawyer\\nby profession.\\nThe most prominent dentist in Concord, N. H.,\\nis George A. Young, son of Andrew and Ly-\\ndia Young, of this town. He is acknowl-\\neilged to be high in his profession.\\nAnd in the same city will be found Moses F.\\nRogers, grandson of Colonel Samuel Rogers\\nand brother of Rev. Charles E. He has been\\nactively engaged in the express business for\\nmany years, and was deputy warden of the New\\nHampshire State Prison under John Foss. Two\\nsons of the late Mark Dodge are also natives of\\nSunapee. Albert is an extensive grain dealer\\nin Gloucester, Mass., and Parker a physician in\\nthe West.\\nCaleb Colby, son of John Colliy, is now a suc-\\ncessful jeweler in New York City. He has a\\ndouble claim on recognition here, having mar-\\nried a native of Sunapee, Meliitable Young,\\ndaughter of Lieutenant John.\\nBusiness Enterprises. Although witliin\\neasy reach of the excellent natural waterfalls at\\nthe head of Sugar River, the first settlers labored\\nfor some years under difficulties as to the con-\\nveniences of saw-mill or grist-mill, and it was\\nno uncommon thing in those early days of the\\nsettlement for the sturdy head of the family to\\nstart with his back-load of rye or corn, and\\nproceeding through the then wilderness, by\\nmarked or spotted trees, reach the nearest mill.\\nThey were under the necessity, at one time,\\nof going that way as far as Number Four\\n(Charlestown). But an effort was soon made to\\nremedy this evil, and on the 3d of December,\\n1782, I find, by a document of that date, the\\nproprietors invited one Joel Bailey, of New-\\nport, to accept of the gift of twenty acres of the\\nundivided land, as an inducement for the\\nsaid Bailey to build a grist and saw-mill in\\nWendell. The signers of this instrument,\\npartly in the form of a ([uit-claim deed, were\\nas follows Esek Young, John Sprague, John\\nCall, John Gardner, Thomas Martin, David\\nCall, John Bevins, John Wendell and Stephen\\nHardy.\\nIt does not appear that Bailey accepted of\\nthis offer made by those land-owners, and\\nnothing was done in that direction till about\\n1784\u00e2\u0080\u009485, when John Chase erected the first\\ngrist-mill, not far from the site of the Blodgett\\nRunals saw-mill of to-day. The entrance\\nto the end of this primitive mill was by\\na steep descent immediately east of the present\\nMill Hill highway.\\nNot far from 1800 a wooflen dam was put\\nacross the river, just below where the Granite\\nHame-Works now stand, and a power formed\\nat the first steep fall, and that site has remainjed\\nthe Harbor Grist-Mill ever since. A saw-mill\\nwas sub.sefjuently combined with the gri.st-mill,\\nand the ownership has passed through numer-\\nous hands. At an early date it was the prop-\\nertv of Hutchinson Cheney then Jeremiah\\nNewall and Jonas Cutting, Purniort Stevens,\\nYoung tt Cobb, Lowell T. Nute, Charles Stubbs,\\nand the present owners, Purington Bartlett.\\nAbout 1820 a privilege was taken np some\\nwavs below the grist-mill, and lielow where\\nWilliam C. Stocker s excelsior-shop now\\nstands. It was used by Hills, son of John\\nChase, Jr., at what was then called a clothing-\\nmill, where home-made cloth was fulled and\\ndressed.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1213.jp2"}, "1108": {"fulltext": "376\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJonathan Wooster also pursued the business\\nof au ding and fulling and dressing cloth, and\\nwas followed by D. B. Coloord, the latter\\nremoving his shop to George s Mills, where he\\nconducted the same for about twenty years, end-\\ning in 1845, since which time no such business\\nhas been done in town, the products of factories\\ntaking the place of the home-manufactured\\narticle.\\nIn 1842 the foundation of the present tannery\\nwas laid by George Iveyser and David Haynes,\\nand has been run by successive occupants. The\\nwater-power for the tannery was procured by\\nthrowing a dam across Sugar River just below\\nthe grist-mill dam, and at a subsequent period\\nanother dam was formed still farther down-\\nstream, this last being now occupied by Wil-\\nliam C. Stocker for the manufacture of excel-\\nsior. About 1837 the substantial stone dam,\\njust above the Harbor Bridge, was erected by\\na company of whicli Stejihen D. Ford was the\\nagent, but nothina- was done on this dam until\\nabout 1844, when Christopher Cross, from\\nLowell, Mass., built the saw-mill on the south\\nend of the stone dam.\\nAbout the same time, Ephraim O. Whitcomb\\nbuilt a shop just below the Harbor Bridge, for\\nthe manufacture of bedsteads, and that business\\nwas pursued by various owners till 1852 or\\n1853, when Dexter Pierce went into the making\\nof clothes-pins, and this shop, the basement of\\nwhich was, in 1857, occupied by Royal Booth\\nwiiile he was constructing card-board machinery,\\ntook fire, and not only totally consumed that\\nshop, but also the one on the north side of the\\nriver occupied by Abiather Young, for making\\nshoe-pegs. The peg business was carried on by\\nAbiather Young for years, until finally he oc-\\ncupied the shop north of the saw-mill on the\\nstone dam, and that, too, on the night of April\\n11, 1877, took fire and was completely de-\\nstroyed. Since then the shoe-peg business has\\nnot been resumed. On the 18th of October of\\nthe same year (1877), Abiather died, aged fifty.\\nIt has been mentioned, in connection with the\\nname of William W. Eastman, that a large\\nshop was built in 1847 for the making of\\nthreshing-machines, although in a smaller shop,\\ncalled the red shop, Mr. Eastman, in com-\\npany with James Perkins and others, liad in\\nprevious years been in that business. This\\nthreshing-machine business was for anumlterof\\nyears, say from 1847 till 1870, a prominent in-\\ndustry in Sunapee, till finally it fell into the\\nhands solely of Major Josiah Turner, one of\\nthe first makers, who died of apoplexy, April\\n16, 1883. Since the death of Mr. Turner that\\nbusiness has also been entirely stamped out, and\\nthe last shop he occupied has been converted\\ninto a store-house for lumber.\\nAbout 1852, John B. Smith having been\\npi eviously engaged for a short time in different\\nkinds of mechanical employment at the Har-\\nbor, built a shop at the point now locally known\\nas Sraithville, and began making clothes-pins\\nand inventing machinery for their rapid produc-\\ntion he succeeded at last in constructing a ma-\\nchine that would turn out one hundred and ten\\nper minute, and by procuring patents on his\\nvarious machines acijuired a monopoly of the\\nbusiness. But his inventive genius was not\\nsatisfied with this narrow field, and he soon\\nadded a machine-shop and foundry for casting\\nbrass and iron, M ith all the necessary buildings\\nfor that varied business. He continued increas-\\ning and extending until quite a village had\\ngrown up around his works, when, on the 19th\\nof October, he was struck with paralysis, from\\nwhich he died, aged sixty-six. He had always\\nbeen an earnest student of the science of astron-\\nomy, and was tempted, in the pursuit of that\\nstudy, to try his hand at telescope-making, in\\nwhich he succeeded so admirably as to com-\\nmand the admiration of men long skilled in\\nthat business.\\nSolon W. Abbott runs a planing, tonguiug\\nand grooving-mill, and combines the making of\\ncoffins and caskets with his other business.\\nWillis W. Trow has similar machinery and a\\ngood saw-mill.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1214.jp2"}, "1109": {"fulltext": "SUNAPEE.\\n377\\nPerkins Alexander make hay-rakcs of all\\nkinds.\\nThere has, from the earliest times, been one\\nor more blacksmiths in town. Nathaniel Per-\\nkins, a man prominent in our town affairs sixty\\nyears ago, was, perhaps, the first, having his\\nfirst shop not far from where George W. Colby\\nnow lives afterwards near his homestead,\\nlong known as the Perkins place. His\\nforge has, however, been cold for forty years.\\nMoses Muzzej built his blacksmith-shop in\\n1818, on the eminence near George s Mills,\\nknown even now as Muzzey Hill. He died\\nabout thirteen years ago.\\nMoses C. Muzzey, son of the above, opened\\na blacksmith s forge at the Lower village in\\n1840, and has continued ever since, having a\\npartner a large share of the time in Amos D.\\nCarnes. Asahel Lear has been a blacksmith\\nat the south part of the town for more than a\\ncommon life-time and still survives.\\nStores. The stores in Sunapee have always\\nbeen of the kind designated country stores,\\nkeeping a miscellaneous assortment, and taking\\nthe produce of the farmer in pay to a large ex-\\ntent. In 1820, John Dane was keeping store\\nin the house built by him for that purpose, and\\nnow owned by Solomon Bartlett, although\\namong the older inhabitants it is still called the\\nDane House. About 1825, John Colby\\nsucceeded Dane, and by 1830 he built the store\\nwhich stood for many years on what is now J. P.\\nKnowlton s door-yard. Colby was succeeded\\nby Marble, and he by Wadleigh, and the\\nKnowlton Bros., Moses and John, were run-\\nning the business in 1844, and the latter con-\\ntinued till about 1863. John was followed by\\nD. G. Knowlton Sons, and the store moved\\nfrom the hill to its present location, at the west\\nend of the hame-shop, where it is run by\\nKnowlton Sargent.\\nThe store and dwelling-house which was built\\nby Josiah Turner, the under part of which as\\nfrom the beginning intended for store purposes,\\nwas first occupied by Eastman Kelscy and\\nthe line of store-keepers who have filled up the\\nthirty-seven intervening years have been nearly\\nas follows H. Stanton, Colby Jones, Cut-\\nler fe Wade, Jabe Thompson, Quimby\\nSimmons, Rawson, Ingram, Wm. C. Stocker\\nand for the last fourteen years, N. P. Baker.\\nIn this store, since the election of Abraham\\nLincoln, or since 1861, tiie post-office has been\\nkept till the present year.\\nAt the Lower village the successive store-\\nkeepers have been jMarble, Wadleigh, Col-\\ncord, Edson and the j)resent owner, Joseph\\nRussell.\\nThe Granite Hame- Works. In 1869,\\nW. H. H. Cowles and Lucius Buswell, from\\nGrantham, commenced to build the large shop\\nnow occupied for the manufacture of haraes.\\nWhile the building was being erected Mr. Bus-\\nwell was killed, and Mr. Cowles found a new\\npartner in the person of George H. Bartlett,\\nand some three years ago Mr. Cowles aban-\\ndoned the business and sold out his half-interest\\nto Irwing G. Rowell, the firm now being Bart-\\nlett Rowell. They do a large business and\\nemplov about twenty hands.\\nAbout ten years ago a tin-shop was started\\nby Healy Cunningham, but on the 2d of\\nApril, 1884, he died suddenly, and the shop\\nwas for a short time vacant, but during the\\npresent year Fred. C. Keyes purchased the\\nstock and shop, and has extended tiie business\\nby the addition of stores and a general assort-\\nment of hardware.\\nACCIDENTS.\\nThe events happening in our midst of an\\naccidental character have not lieen very frequent\\nor unusual. The conflagrations of any impor-\\ntance have all occurred within thirty years. In\\nthe winter of 1857 the two shops below the\\nHarbor Bridge, one owned by Dexter Pierce\\nand the other by Abiather Young, were both\\ntotally consumed; the fire originating in the\\nbasement of Pierce s shop and spreading north-\\nward across the river to Young s peg-shop.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1215.jp2"}, "1110": {"fulltext": "378\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOn the 10th of June, 1871, the clothes-pin\\nshop of John B. Smith took fire and soon\\nspread to the adjacent dwellings, destroying\\nthose of Moses Jj. Sargent and Isaac Harriman,\\nand damaging the Methodist parsonage and\\ntotally consuming the church on the north side\\nof the highway.\\nThe large shop which has been described as\\nbeing built for the threshing-machine business,\\nand in wliich shoe-pegs were now being manu-\\nfactured, took fire on the night of the 11th of\\nApril, 1877, and, altiiough right on the river,\\nfor lack of any appliances to use the water\\nwas soon reduced to a heap of ruins.\\nDrownings. On a body of water as exten-\\nsive as Lake Sunapee nine miles by three the\\nnumber of deaths by drowning have been com-\\nparatively few. If any loss of life occurred\\nprevious to 1800, the oldest inhabitants are\\nunable to recall it, and the first of which we\\nhave any account is the death of Joel Fletcher,\\nof New London, who came across with a neigh-\\nbor in a dug-out or canoe made of half of\\na pine log. They came to procure clay from a\\nclay-bed at the Harbor, near where the Wood-\\nsum wharf now stands, and where a number of\\nbrick-kilns were subsequently burne :l for the\\nbuilding of the first chimneys in town.\\nFletcher and his companion had almost\\nreached New London shore on their return,\\nwhen a sudden squall struck the boat, .shifting\\nthe cargo of clay and upsetting the frail craft.\\nHis companion swam on shore, but Fletcher\\nwas drowned. And this happened, as Aunt\\nBetsey Knowlton informed me, wlieu she was\\nthirteen years old. This venerable lady, who\\nwas a sister to Thomas Pike, our first sole rep-\\nresentative, and mother of the three Knowltons\\nDennis, Moses and John died in July, 1881, at\\nthe advanced age of ninety-four. She retained\\nher memory to the last, and passed away with\\nthe grandeur of a Revolutionary matron.\\nOn 9th of September, 1821, the babe of\\nJ. Harvey Huntoon, who lived not far from\\nthe lake, was carried, with the bed on which it\\nlay, into the lake by the memorable iuirri-\\ncane of that year, and tiie body was found in\\na few days drifted to shore, near Job s\\nCreek.\\nIn the spring of 1834, Josiah Currier, father\\nof the late Bradford Currier and William\\nCurrier and ^Irs. John Boyoe, met his death\\nbv falliny; throug-ji the ice near the Hedjje-\\nHog Den, at the commencement of a terrific\\nsnow-storm that had begun just about sundown.\\nHis outcries were heard by Oliver Young,\\nwho lived at that time on the farm on which\\nLake View House is built but Young was\\nunable to reach him on account of the driving\\nstorm. It was nearly two months before his\\nhat was found, when the snow had thawed\\naway, giving a clue to the place where he went\\ndown.\\nNot in the lake, but near it, in the river, on\\nthe 9th of March, 1882, Corana Richardson, a\\nboy six years old, was missed, and on a careful\\nsearch his body was found in the river a little\\nway above the stone dam.\\nOn Thursday, January 15, 1885, Leander\\nBlodgett, of Newljur} started with a horse and\\nwagon from the Chandler shore to go in the di-\\nrection of Pine Cliff, and on his return must\\nhave dropped through a hole in the ice, as the\\nseat of his wagon and the buffalo-robe were found\\nnear the hole. The water at that point was\\nabout fifty feet deep, but grapplings were pro-\\ncured, and the body of the unfortunate young\\nman, as also the horse and wagon, were soon\\ndrawn to the surface.\\nA Fatal Shooting Affair. On Thanks-\\ngiving day, 1828, as quite a number of the\\nyoung men of the town were collected in the store\\nof Colby Newall, in the Dane House, one of\\nthe party, a Jonathan Marston, took up a gun\\nthat stood in the corner of the room, and resting\\nit upon the shoulder of David Reddington, fired\\nat random, fatally wounding Elbridge G. Sar-\\ngent, youngest son of Deacon Moses Sargent,\\nand injuring some others who stood in range.\\nOne of the injured was Dennis G. Knowlton,", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1216.jp2"}, "1111": {"fulltext": "SUNAPEE.\\n379\\nfrom whom I had the relation of the accident.\\nThe biiclile of the cap worn by the Sargent\\nl)oy was driveu into his forehead and twenty-\\ntwo shot were extracted but after linsjeriutr\\nnine days he expired.\\nIn the fall of 1869, when the hame-shop\\nwas being built, the younger partner of the\\nconcern, Lucius Busswell, while in the saw-\\nmill, superintending the sawing of the lumber\\nfor the building, was struck in the forehead by\\na heavy slab which caught on the circular saw,\\nand killed, lingering only a few hours. He was\\na young man of excellent promise, son of Oliver\\nand Deborah Busswell, of Grantham.\\nThe Hurricaxe. Among the memorable\\nevents connected with this town, and without\\nsome notice of which a history would be incom-\\nplete, was the terrific hurricane of the 9th of\\nSeptember, 1821, which swept across the north-\\neasterly portion of the town, towards the lake,\\non its devastating path to the neighboring towns\\nof New London, Sutton, Salisbury and War-\\nner. It tore up trees and carried them onward\\nfor miles, and what trees it did not entirely up-\\nroot it laid over, in many cases, almost to the\\nground. There are evidences still standing in\\nold orchards over which this tornado passed,\\nespecially near Job s Creek, on the land sloping\\ndown towards the lake.\\nDuring the day of that memorable Sunday\\nit was unusually hot and sultry, clearly indicat-\\ning electrical forces, and about four o clock in\\nthe afternoon the black clouds began to roll, soon\\nfollowed by the roaring of the bronzy, ashen-\\ncolored bugle of the whirlwind, as it sped\\non to the southeast, on its errand of destruc-\\ntion. The writer has had corroborative\\nrelation from several eye-witnesses of that\\nterrible scene. It was noticed to start ap-\\nparently from the soutli side of Grantham\\nMountain, striking and partly demolishing one\\nliabitation in Croydon thence onward through\\nthe northeast part of Sunapee, doing damage\\nonly to the forests and fences, until it reached\\nthe house and barn of J. Harvey Huutoon,\\nnear the west shore of the lake. It lifted tlie\\nbarn from its foundations and threw it in frag-\\nments down-hill towards the shore. It whirled\\nthe roof from the house and shattered to pieces\\nall above tlie cellar, while a bed on which the\\nyoungest child was laid was snatched up and\\ncarried in the air to the centre of the lake and\\nthere dropped.\\nA few days after, as Dr. Alexander Boyd, of\\nNewport, with Moses ]\\\\Iuzzey, the blacksmith\\nof Wendell, and others were looking over the\\ntrack of the destroyer, they noticed an object\\nnear the entrance of the creek, and, on reachmg\\nit, they found the body of tlie child, its little\\ndress torn to shreds, and its head bruised and\\nbattered almost beyond recognition. Mr. Hun-\\ntoon and his wife, Naoma, removed soon after\\nto Concord, Ohio, where they died not long ago,\\nand where they had lieen visited several times\\nby persons now living in Sunapee. They re-\\ntained, as a sad memento of that dreadful and\\nfatal day, a small piece of the baby s dress,\\nwhich they had encased in a frame, under glass,\\nwith its brief but sorrowful legend. When\\nCharles Dickens, the English novelist, visited\\nthe United States, some one related to him the\\nabove-named facts, and on that he built his\\nstory of The Fisherman of Sunapee, which\\nhad the run of the magazines and newspapers\\nof that time. The havoc of this tornado, which\\nended its course at the south base of the Kear-\\nsarge Mountain, has been described by other\\nwriters, so far as it aifected the other towns\\nnamed but no circumstantial account of its\\nravages in Sunapee has heretofore been written,\\nand soon the observers of that startling event\\nwill be all numbered among the things that\\nwere although to-day the dismantled cellar of\\nthe Huntoon habitation may still be traced,\\nand a few of the leaning apple-trees are still\\nbearing fruit, they were partially borne down\\nby that terrific gust, now sixty-four years\\nago.\\nThe Lake and its Surroundings. We\\nnow reach a matter in the history of Sunapee", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1217.jp2"}, "1112": {"fulltext": "380\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthat, altlioHgli we have made last, is not the\\nleast, but, in truth, the gi eatest, in regard to\\nour material future, the lake and its connec-\\ntions.\\nAs early as 1820 a charter had been granted\\nby the Legislature to Josiah Stevens and others,\\ngiving them the right to draw and control the\\nsui-plus waters of the lake for the behoof of\\nthe owners of mills and mill privileges on\\nSugar River and for many years the whole\\nmatter of the lake was comparatively but little\\nnoticed, the regulation of the drawing having\\nfallen into the hands, almost entirely, of grow-\\ning mill interests at the extreme west end of\\nSugar Kiver, where it emjjties into Connecticut\\nRiver. All the intermediate mill-owners on\\nthe river had either become careless of their\\nrights or they were ignored and this state of\\nthings ran along until about twenty years ago,\\nwhen the importance of this beautiful sheet of\\nwater, as a navigable water, began to attract at-\\ntention. The lake, before this time, had been\\nba])tized by N. P. Rogei-s, as the Loch Lomond\\nof New England. I remember when there\\nwas at Sunapee Harbor but one small row-\\nboat. To-day there are probably not less than\\ntwo hundred row and sail-boats, many of them\\nof superior build and rig.\\nIn 1854, Timothy Hoskius, an ex-State\\nSenator, and William Cutler built a horse-\\nboat. Hoskins was interested in the saw-mill\\nand Cutler in the tannery. It was capable of\\ntaking on parties of one hundred, but, after\\nrunning for about eight years, it was broken\\nup and portions of it can still be recognized.\\nOn the 4th of July, 1859, Austin Goings, of\\nNew London, launched the first steamboat upon\\nSunapee Lake. It was a side-wheeler, the\\nlength of the keel being sixty-five feet. It\\ncould carry three hundred passengers. Its\\nname was the Surprise, But that point in\\nthe history of Sunapee had not arrived when a\\nsteamboat would pay, and, the war of 1861\\ncoming on, Captain Goings enlisted and his\\nboat was dismantled.\\nFrom 1861 to 1876 nothing but row and\\nsail-boats floated on Sunapee Lake, but the\\ncentennial year was appropi iately heralded by\\nthe commencement of permanent steam naviga-\\ntion on our lake.\\nIn this year the little steamer Penacook\\nwas purchased by N, S. Gardner and put upon\\nthe lake. When she Mas first run she had\\nside-wheels and her machinery was very imj^er-\\nfect but Captain Nathan Young, her present\\nproprietor, has remodeled her, putting in a new\\nengine and screw-propeller and changed her name\\nto the Mountain Maid. 1876 will also be\\nmemorable for the advent of the Woodsum\\nbrothers, Frank and Daniel, who came from\\nMaine and bnilt the snug, fine-looking and\\nsubstantial steamer Lady Woodsum, and\\nhave run her every summer since in connection\\nwith the trains arriving at Newbury.\\nThe Lady Woodsum can carry over a hun-\\ndred passengers, and they have an attendant\\nbarge that will take a larger company.\\nMr. Craddock, the owner of Liberty\\nIsland, has a small private steamer suitable for\\nfamily parties, and used mostly for the con-\\nvenience of his family and boarders.\\nFor a few years past, since oar leading lines\\nof railroad have given special opportunities of\\nsummer travel, a want seemed to be felt, on the\\noccasion of extra trains arriving at Sunapee\\nLake, for still further steamboat accommodation,\\nand in the winter of 1884-85 a joint-stock com-\\npany was formed for the building of a large\\nboat, and in the summer of 1885 the commo-\\ndious boat named the Edmund Burke was\\nlaunched upon the waters of Sunapee Lake with\\nappropriate ceremonies witnessed by a great\\nmultitude of people.\\nShe was named in honor of the late Hon.\\nEdmund Burke, mIio was the first projector of\\nthis enlarged enterprise, and who had in his life-\\ntime become deeply interested in the prosperity\\nof Sunapee Lake as a place of resort having\\nbuilt him a nice cottage near the Lake View,\\nwhere, during a few of the closing years of his", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1218.jp2"}, "1113": {"fulltext": "SUNAPEE.\\n381\\nlife, he spent the summer seasons. He liad also\\nbecome the owner of the Lake View House and\\nfarm on wliicli it stood. But his liealth failed,\\nand he died on the 25th of January, 18S2, aged\\n.seventy-three, and his large property fell mainly\\nto his daughter, Mrs. Frances M. Dana, wife\\nof olouel George Dana, of Newport, who\\nhas iu a faithful and energetic manner endeav-\\nored to carry out I\\\\Ir. Burke s plans.\\nThe dimensions of this large propeller are\\neighty-seven feet in length, eighteen feet beam.\\nShe has a double deck, and is capable of carry-\\ning five or six hundred passengers.\\nSo far as it concerns boating on Sunapee\\nI^ake, we have traced the matter up to date\\n(1885); but on the shores of the lake great\\nimprovements have, in the mean time, been\\nmade. At Lake View some dozen cottages have\\nbeen erected for summer occupancy; at Blodgett s\\nfour times that number this last being a pub-\\nlic resort for camp-meetings and great gatherings.\\nAt Pine Cliff quite a number of attractive\\ncottages have been built, and are fully occupied\\nduring the summer by their opulent owners.\\nThe Hotels oidy remain to be noticed\\nin connection with the outcome of the town s\\nprosperity and its probable future.\\nThe Sunapee House was built by C. Y.\\nN. S. Gardner, about forty years ago, and\\nfor some years \\\\\\\\as occupied as a tenement\\nbuilding but has for nearly thirty years been\\nkept as a public-house. The present landlords\\nare Lafayette and Frank Colby. This tavern\\nis kept open throughout the year.\\nThe Lake View House was erected by\\nLafayette Colby in 1875, and was run by him\\nfor a few years.\\nMr. (Jolby was really the pioneer in the\\nlarge hotel business connected with the in-\\ncreasing interest in the lalce as a place of sum-\\nmer resort.\\nThe Runals House was built in 1877,\\nby Albert Eunals and John Y. Gardner.\\nMr. Eunals died February 13, 1882, aged\\nseventy-two, and the interest in the hotel is\\nnow held by his relict, Lucy Eunals, in conjunc-\\ntion with Mr. Gardner.\\nThe accommodating power of these last two\\nhotels does not differ greatly, being something\\nlike a hundred apiece and now the demand\\nis for more hotels.\\nConjectures cannot be history but the un-\\nmistakable indications are that Sunapee is des-\\ntined to be an important place of summer\\nresort and if the next decade shall be as fruit-\\nful of progress as the immediate past has been,\\na spectacle of improvement will be witnessed\\nthat at the present hour might be deemed im-\\npossible.\\nXAJIES OF PRESEXT BUSINESS MEN.\\nGraxite Hame-Worics.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George H. Bart-\\nlett and Irving G. Eowell.\\nWheelwright. Moses A. Young.\\nSa-\\\\v-Mills. Franklin Blodgett, Edward E.\\nSargent, Solon W. Abbott, Willis AV. Trow.\\nMerchaxts.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Xathan P. S. Baker, Wil-\\nliam Eussell, Joseph Eusscll, Knowlton\\nSargent.\\nManufacturer of Excelsior. W. C.\\nStocker.\\nTanner. Gabe T. Yoimg.\\nLivery Stables. Frank Blodgett, Albert\\nHuntoou.\\nShoe Stiffexixgs. John A. Tucker\\nSon.\\nFurniture, Etc. Thomas P. Smith.\\nGrist-Millers. D. A. George, Puring-\\nton Bai-tlett.\\nBlacksmiths. Asahel Lear, Moses C.\\nMuzzey, Amos D. Carnes.\\nEakes and Handles. James Perkins,\\nGeorge E. Alexander, Benjamin E. Sleeper.\\nMachinlstand Founder. Nathan Smith.\\nTin-Smith. Fred. C. Keyes.\\nShoemaker. Jeremiah W. Merrill.\\nButcher. George S. Eeed.\\nCarpi xters axd Joiners. Stephen Wood-\\nward, John V. Sargent, Moses I-/. Sargent,\\nOrren Cross.\\nWallets. Moses L. Sargent.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1219.jp2"}, "1114": {"fulltext": "3S2\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nTHE RUNALS FAMILY.\\nThis branch of the RiiuaLs family traces its\\ndescent from Ayrshire, Scotland. The geneal-\\nogy has been carefully traced, with great labor\\nand research, by Rev. M. T. Runorels, A.M.,\\nSanbornton, N. H.\\nJohn Eunals, the first descendant, settled in\\nDover, 1718, soon after moved to Durham (now\\nLee). His son Abraham is spoken of as a\\nbrave Scotch patriot. He, with five of his eight\\nsous, served their country with distinction in\\nthe Revolutionary War.\\nJonathan, his seventh son, came to Concord\\nmarried Dorothy Dimoii; died 1779; settled\\nas a clothier near Turkey River, in Concord\\nsoon after moved to Deering. Being the seventh\\nsou of his father s family he was consulted, ac-\\ncording to tlie custom of the times, by hundreds\\nof people for the cure of scrofula and other\\ndiseases.\\nSamuel, eldest son of Jonathan and Dorothy\\nRunals, was born in Concord, July 30, 1781\\nmarried, April 26, 1809, Eliza Lovejoy was\\na millwright. He resided successively in\\nBradford, Hopkinton, West Boscawen, Mere-\\ndith Bridge and other towns, as his business\\nrequired. He came back to Concord, where he,\\nwith his companion, spent tlie remainder of his\\ndays, tenderly cared for by their children.\\nAlbert Runals, who is more immediately\\nthe subject of this sketch, was the eldest child of\\nSamuel and Eliza Runals, and was born in Brad-\\nford, December 23, 1809. He, like most poor\\nyouths of his time, was early taught to labor\\nfor his support, and assist his father in the\\nmaintenance of his young family. His schooling\\nwas limited to three uionths in winter, earning\\niiis board by tending the stock for the farmers\\nin tiie vicinity in wliich he lived. By perse-\\nverance and industry he acquired a good com-\\nmon-school education for his time. He bought\\nh!s time of his father a few years previous to his\\nmajority, and began to carve his fortune. He\\nengaged to some extent in the lumber business,\\nin which he was very successful. He purchased\\na farm in West Boscawen in 1835; built a\\nhouse some two years later. He married Ann M.\\nColby, of Concord, a very estimable and -worthy\\nlady, and settled on his farm in West Boscawen.\\nHe also engaged quite extensively in the lum-\\nber business, and when the city of Lowell,\\nMass., was in its infancy ho, with others, fur-\\nnished large contracts of lumber for building\\ncoutraetors in Lowell, Mass., drawing the lum-\\nber to the foot of Sewell s Falls, in Concord,\\nand rafting and taking it down the Merrimack\\nRiver to Lowell, long before the advent of the\\nsteam-car from Concord to Lowell.\\nIn 184(3 Mr. Runals, in connection with his\\nbrother, purchased building-lots in Lowell, and\\na few years later built tenement blocks, from\\nwhich they received large profits in after-\\nyears.\\nTo Albert and Ann Runals were born two\\ndaughters, -Mary Maria, born June 10, 1836;\\nMarcia Ette, born July 14, 1838. She married\\nA. P. Bennett, of Concord, January 1, 18-59, to\\nwhom were born two sons, Frank R. and\\nEugene A. Bennett.\\nMr. Runals was a man of superior business\\nability, a good manager, safe counselor in j)ub-\\nlic aifairs, though he sought no office and held\\nnone until 1855, when he, with Mr. Winn, was\\nchosen to represent the tow.n in the State Legis-\\nlature, and re-elected tlie following year.\\nIn the June session of tlie Legislature in\\n1800 an act was passed dividing the town of\\nBoscawen, and forming the town of Webster, in\\nthe west part. In the following August, at\\ntheir first meeting, Mr. Runals was chosen one\\nof the selectmen, and the following Marcli was\\nre-elected also chosen to represent the town in\\nthe State Legislature; was re-elected the follow-\\ning year. He held no office after this would\\naccept none. His advice was frequently\\nsought, freely given and safely followed by\\nthose who succeeded him in public office.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1220.jp2"}, "1115": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1221.jp2"}, "1116": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1222.jp2"}, "1117": {"fulltext": "SUNAPEE.\\n383\\nIn the dull times of the War of the Rebel-\\nlion, Mr. Runals was engaged principally\\nin farming and stock and wool -growing.\\nFrom the latter he received very large profits.\\nHis bright, worldly enjoyments were turned\\nto sorrow iu the death of his fondly-cherished\\ndaughter, Mrs. Bennett, whose death occurred\\non May KJ, 1863. It was a severe blow to his\\ntender heart and led him to accept Christ as\\nhis Redeemer. Nearly four years later he was\\nrailed to mourn the loss of his dear companion,\\nwith whom he had lived in perfect happiness\\nfor moi-e than thirty years, and of whom\\nhe could never speak without tears. She\\ngently passed away on October 22, 1866. He\\nmarried, October 3, 1867, Lucy J. Holmes, of\\nWebster, a young lady of good abilities and\\nfirm Christian integrity, with whom he lived\\nvery happily to the close of his life. TJieir\\nunion was blessed with a daughter, ^larcia Alice,\\nborn in Sunapee, September 12, 1878, who,\\nwith her mother, still resides at his late home in\\nSunapee.\\nIn 1868 Mr. Runals purchased lumber of\\nparties in New London, out and drew if across\\nthe lake to tlie mill of D. F. Emerys, in Suna-\\npee. The following year he purchased an in-\\nterest in the mill and engaged extensively in the\\nmanufacture of lumber, boarding in the family\\nof D. F. Emerys and others. He was called\\nhome to assist in the care of his only remaining\\ndaughter, who quietly passed away on February\\n20, 1872, thus severing the last tie that held\\nhim to his first family.\\nThe following year he leased his farm and\\nmoved with his wife to Sunapee, where he had\\npreviously built a cottage he might almost be\\nsaid to monopolize the lumber business in town\\nand, indeed, in this section. He was the builder\\nand joint-owner of the Runals House, drafting\\nthe plan of the building and superintending the\\nwiirk himself; it is a beautiful structure and a\\ncredit to its builder, and is now a popular sum-\\nmer resort. Mr. Runals was for a short time\\nengaged in the tannery business with Calvin\\nAngle, also with J. T.Young at the time of his\\ndecease, and being a man of property and active\\ndisposition, he was always willing to lend a help-\\ning hand to every improvement and to aid in all\\nbenevolent enterprises. Mr. Runals was a man\\nof cheerful, pleasant temperament he always\\nhad a kind word for every one; he was tem-\\nperate in his habits, never using tobacco in any\\nform or intoxicating drink as a beverage, to\\nwhich is largely due his strong constitution and\\ngeneral good health. He was a domestic man\\nhome was the dearest place on earth to him, and\\nwife the loved object of his affection and tender\\ncare, and little daughter the pride and joy of his\\nhome. Mr. Runals was not a member of any\\nchurch organization, but he was a liberal sup-\\nporter of the gospel and a constant attendant on\\ndivine worship. He was a membf-r of the board\\nof trustees in the Methodist Church where he\\nresided, which office he held at tlie time of his\\ndecease. His busy, active life suddenly came to\\na close after a short illness of less than two\\ndays he was taken with erysipelas in the face\\non Sunday morning, and on Monday P.M. was\\nseized with apoplexy and expired almost in-\\nstantly on February 13, 1882, at the age of\\nseventy-two years.\\nIn his death the town lost one of its most\\nvaluable and highly-esteemed citizens, and the\\nbusiness community one of its most active and\\nenterprising business men the church and\\nsociety its most able and willing sujiporter,\\nand the poor and needy a kind benefactor.\\nOur loss was his gain; he has his reward in\\nheaven.\\nWe have followed in this sketch the career of\\nthis noble man from poverty to wealth and po-\\nsitions of honor and trust, and to-day his mem-\\nory is fresh in the hearts of his townsmen the\\ngeneral exclamation is, No one can fill Mr.\\nRunals place.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1223.jp2"}, "1118": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF UNITY\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThis township was grauted July 13, 1764, to\\nTimothy Goodwin and others, to be divided\\ninto such shares and proportions as the major\\npart shall agree upon. The grant was made\\nto enable some parties in Hampstead and Kings-\\nton to settle a dispute relative to some territory\\nclaimed by Hampstead parties under a grant\\nfrom New Hampshire, and by Kingston parties\\nunder a grant from Massachusetts. Enough of\\nthe territory in this grant was to be transferred\\nto the Kingston claimants to satisfy them. The\\ncontroversy had created considerable bitterness,\\nbut was amicably settled by means of this grant,\\nand the town was named in commemoration of\\nthe happy terniinatiou of the dispute.\\nA portion of the town of Goshen, incor-\\nporated December 27, 1791, was taken from\\nthis town, and another small tract was severed\\nfrom Unity and annexed to that town July 6,\\n1837. By an act approved June 20, 1810, a\\ntract of land, with inhabitants thereon, was sev-\\nered from the southwest corner of this town and\\nannexed to Charlestown.\\nDecember 29, 1828, a small tract of land,\\nwith the inhabitants thereon, was severed from\\nthe northwest corner of this town and annexed\\nto Claremont.\\nDocumentary. The following is the war-\\nrant for town-meeting, 1779:\\nthis Is to notify the Leagal Inhabitants paying\\ntaxes in the towns of acworth Lempster Savel Croy-\\n384\\ndon Unity newport to meet at the Dwelling house\\nof Cap Nathaniel huntoon in said Unity on the firstt\\ntusday In December next at one of the Clock In the\\nafter noon.\\n1 to Chuse a moderator to Govern Said meeting\\na to Chuse one Good Lawfull man to Represent\\nthem In the General Assembly to be held at Exeter\\nfor the year Ensuing also to Chuse two Good and Law-\\nfull men to Serve as members of the Councel for the\\nYear Ensuing\\nNovember the 29 1779\\nAmos Chase Select Men\\nJOSATHAX GlIDDEX V of\\nJohn Lad J Unity.\\nColonel Benjamin Bellows, Jr., made a return\\nof the com])any officers in his regiment ]\\\\Iarcli\\n15, 1776. The Ninth Company was located in\\nthis town and officered as follows Captain,\\nNathaniel Huntoon First Lieutenant, Amos\\nChase; Second Lieutenant, Moses Thurston;\\nEnsign, Simeon Giddens. Joseph Frost, aged\\ntwenty-six, was in First New Hampshire Regi-\\nment in 1778.\\nPetition of Elijah Weed relative to Pettingill, 1785.\\nThe petition of Elijah Weed in behalf of the town\\nof Lenity Humbly shews\\nThat the town of Unity did in the year 1777 hier\\none Jonathan Pettengal Be longing to S town a sol-\\ndier who Inlisted Dureing the war and Sarved\\nthrough the hole of the war for said town and\\nthrough the Neglect of the select men he was not\\nReturn for said town, nor no other town, therefore\\nyour Petitioner Prays that the town of Unity may be", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1224.jp2"}, "1119": {"fulltext": "UNITY.\\n385\\nCredited for Said Pettengal and your Petitioner as iu\\nduty Bound shall Ever Pray\\nConkordoct 28 1785\\nElijah Weed.\\nPetition of Jonathan PcttingiU, Soldier, 1777.\\nUnity May 8 A D 1777\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThis May Certify whom it may Concern That I\\nJonathan Pettiugall do Bargain Engage to with\\nAmos Chase of Unity To do Eighteen Months Ser-\\nvice in the Continental Army for him the Said Chase\\nTo be half the Town of three j ears that I am engaged\\nfor the Said Chase having Paid Satisfied me for\\nthe Said Service as witness my hand the day year\\nabov\\nIlia\\nJonathan X Pettingall\\nmark\\nWitness\\nRichard Brown.\\nDepositioyi relative to Jona. Petiingill, 1786.\\nthe depotion of me the Subscriber this may Sear-\\ntify that I did in the year 1777 agree with Jonathan\\npettengal of this town to Serve as a Continatal Sol-\\ndier for eighteen months as half a three years tower\\nand paid him ten pounds for Said Serves attest per\\nme\\nAbraham Sandborn\\nUnity January the 3 and 178G\\nSworn to before Elijah Frink, justice of the\\npeace.\\nThe following, relative to State tax, was ad-\\ndressed to the Legislature, June session, 1786:\\nThe Petition of us the Subscribers In behalf of\\nOurselves and others of the Inhabitants of the Town\\nof Unity^Humbly Shewelh\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that Sence the Contest\\nwith Great Britton the Town afors** Have Been\\nGreatly Embarrast by having a Considerable Number\\nEnimical Persons to the Common Clause so far as to\\nLead away from there Duty a number of S Inhabi-\\ntants so far as to make a majority in said Town that\\nthe minor were Not able to act or transact any Busi-\\nness as a Town whereby no regualor Returns or Inven-\\ntarories have been made for Some Years back and that\\nin the Year 1780 there was no Invoice taken And the\\nTown were doomed and Set Equal to the Towns of\\nCroydon Lempster whom have Sence Been abated\\nthe Seventh part of there Taxes and we are fully\\nSencable that the Town of Unity ought to be Set\\nmuch Lower than either of S Towns and as tlie\\nTown of Unity are now Unamously Returned to their\\nDuty and are Determined to pay Up their taxes and\\nhave Sold a Great part of their Person.al Estate for\\nthat purpose\\nWherefore we Pray Your Honors to take the Case\\ninto Your AVise Consideration, and make them Such\\nA Batments as You in Your Wisdom Shall Se tit\\nand Your Petitioners as iu Duty Bound shall Ever\\nPray\\nCheshire ss Unity 1.5* day Oc 1785\\nCharles Huntoon Amos Chase\\nDavid Weed Joseph Huntoon\\nElijah Weed Joshua Bartlett\\nNathaniel Huntoon Abner Chase\\nThe following is relative to warning a man\\nout of town, addressed to the Legislature,\\n1786:\\nThe petition of us the Subscribers, In behalf of\\nthe Town of Unity Humbly Sheijreth That in Nov\\n19 A D 1778\u00e2\u0080\u0094 there was a Warrant Insueed by the\\nSelectmen of this Town to Caleb Huntoon he being\\nConstable of S** Town Directing him to warn Dearbon\\nSweat others forthwith to Depart out of S Town a\\nGreeable to the Law of this State in Such Case Made\\nand Provided and that Said Constable Did Serve Said\\nWarrant But Being mis Laid was not Entred and\\nCannot Now be found and as this Town are Like to\\nSuffer Greatly and to be put to Great Cost by Reason\\nof The Failure of Said Warrant not being Entred on\\nthe files of the Court of General Session of the County\\nof Cheshire\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nUnless Your Honors will Interpose on our Behalf\\nand Establish the Doings on Said Warrant as tho\\nSame had been actually Recorded In the Clark Office\\nfor which Your Peititioners as in Duty Bound Shall\\nEver Pray\\nNathaniel Huntoon Select men\\nJNTOON Sela\\nLETT J Lni\\nAmos Chase\\nMatthias Bartlett J Vnity.\\nCheshire ss Unity June 9 1786\\nDepositions relative to Dearborn Sweatt.\\nThe Deposition of Amos Chase of Unity of Law-\\nfull age Testifieth and Saith on the 19 day of Nov\\n1778\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Huntoon Elijah Weed and Amos Chase\\nbeing Selectmen for Unity for the Year 1778\\nGranted a warrent Under our hand and Seal to Caleb\\nHuntoon he being Constiible To warn Dearborn", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1225.jp2"}, "1120": {"fulltext": "386\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSweatt and Others to Depart out of Unity aGreeable\\nto the Law of this State in Such Case made and pro-\\nvided Your Deponant further Saith not\\nAmos Chase\\nSworn to before Charles Himtoon, justice of\\nthe jjeace.\\nThe Deposition of Caleb huntoou of Unity of\\nLawfull age testifyeth and Saith that Some time In\\nthe year 1778 I Received of the Select men of unity\\na vvarant toAvarn Dearborn Sweat and others to depart\\nout of this town, which warant I Served and I\\nDelivered the Said warant to amos Chase he being\\none of the Selectmen of unity Said Chase was In\\nCharles town when I Deliver him the Said warant\\nand I Saw Said Chase Deliver the Said warant to\\nbenjamine Giles Esq and I heard Said Giles promis\\nSaid Chase to Deliver the Said warant to the Clerk\\nof the General Sessions of the peace and further\\nSaith not\\nCaleb Huntoon\\nSworn to before Charles .Huntoon, justice of\\nthe peace.\\nThe Deposition of Elijah Weed of Unity of Law-\\nfull age Testifyeth and Saith on the 19 day of Nov\\n1778\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Huntoon Amos Chase and Elijah\\nWeed Being Selectmen for Unity for the Year 1778,\\nGranted a warant under our hand and seal to Caleb\\nHuntoon he Being Constable To warn Dearborn\\nSweatt and others to Depart out of Unity a Greeable\\nto the Laws of this State in Such Case made and Pro-\\nvided\u00e2\u0080\u0094Your Deponent further Saith not\\nElijah Weede\\nSworn to before Charles Huntoon, justice of\\nthe peace.\\nOath of Allegiance, 1787.\\nState of New Hampshire, Cheshire\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ss\\nUnity October 23 1787\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThese may Certify that we the Subscribers hath\\ntaken the following oath of Allegiance and the oath j\\nof office\\nI, John Huntoon, I, Stephen Gilman, I, Jonathan\\nGlidden Jun I, Caleb Huntoon\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Do truly and Sin-\\ncerely acknowledge profess testify Declare that the\\nState of New Hampshire is of right ought to be a\\nfree Sovereing Independent State Do Swear that\\nI will bear faith true allegiance to the Same that\\nI will endeavor to Defend it against all treacherous\\nconspiracies hostile attempts whatever: I do fur-\\nther testify Declare that no man or body of men\\nhath or can have a Right to absolve me from the obli-\\ngation of this oath Declaration or affirmation that\\nI Do make this Acknowledgement profession testi-\\nmony, Declaration honestly truly according to\\nthe Common Acceptation of the foregoing words\\nwithout any Equivocation mental evasion or Secret\\nReservation whatever So help me God witness our\\nhands\\nj0h huxtoox\\nStephen Gilman\\nJonathan Glidden J\\nCaleb Huntoon\\nSworn to before Charles Huntoon, justice of\\nthe peace.\\nVote of the Town relative to the formation of Goshen,\\n1790.\\nLenity January 14 1790 att a Legal meeting of\\nthe Inhabitants of S Unity met att Time place\\nagreeable to warning of Said Meeting Firstly Cap\\nMoses Thirston Chosen Moderator to govern Said\\nMeeting 21y Voted to Sett off at the East End of our\\nTown to Extend West So Far as the East Side Line\\nof the Lott N 50 in the Second Rang of Lots with a\\nStrate Line Far as the East Side north to Newport\\nTown Line also South to Lemester Town Line to join\\nin Union with a part of a Number of Towns Forming\\ninto a new Town Viz. Lemester Newport Wendell\\nFisherfield Sly Voted to Divide Remander part ot\\nthis Town into Two Seperate Towns or Parrishes s\\nAccording to quantity of Land by the plan of Said\\nTown if it be Complied by the General Court of the\\nState 41y Voted to Choose a Commitee to Settle the\\nLine Between the two Towns 51y Cap Moses Thirs-\\nton Charles Huntoon Esq Jonathan Glidden Caleb\\nGilman Lieu Joishua Bartlett Chosen the above\\nCommitee to Settle the Line in the Division of the\\nTwo Said Towns or parrishes\\nThe within is a true copy taken out of Unity town\\nBook of records\\nAttest Jonathan Glidden, Town Clerk\\nA portion of the town was taken to form the\\ntown of Goshen, December 27, 1791.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1226.jp2"}, "1121": {"fulltext": "UNITY.\\n387\\nVote relative to the foregoinr/, 1791.\\nThis may Certify tliat att a Legal Town meeting\\nheld by an adjournraent on the Ninth of Sep AD\\n1791\\nThe Inhabitance met and Voted that the Town be\\nDevided Voted and Agreed that the Line shall run on\\nthe North End of the fir.st Bang North of Corys Road\\nin favour of a petition of William Story and others\\nJoseph Cutts Clerk protem\\nSeptember the 12 AD 1791\\nPetition relative to dividing the Town: addressed to\\nthe Legislature, 1791.\\nThe Pertition of us the Subscribers Inhabitance of\\nthe town of Unity Humbly Sheweth that if the In-\\nhabitenceon the East End of this town Should Perti-\\ntion your Honours to be Set off with part of Several\\nother towns as a Separate town we are perswaded your\\nHonours will think it Reasonable that they Should\\nCome as far west as the Court Committee Reportted\\nLast Sesions agreeable to a plan taken by m Jesse\\nLane of Newport Last fall and It is our opinion if it\\nShould extend as much as fifty or Sixty Rods further\\nwest it would be for the benifit of this town and no\\ndamage to Said New town as there is a Very bad hill\\nRunning a Crost Said town and all East of Said hill\\nwill be much more Conveniant to the New town than\\nto any part of this town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and we give it as our opinion\\nthat there ought to be a town Set off Nearly agreeable\\nto the S plan of m lanes as there Settuations is Such\\nthev Never Can be accommodated with the towns\\nthey are now incorporated with and we are Sensable\\nit must be a great damage and Discuragement to them\\nnot to be incorporated as it much detars the Settle-\\nment in that part and the prayer of your Petitioners is\\nthat they may be set off as soon as you in yourwisdom\\nShall See fit and we Shall Ever pray\\nUnity May 30 1791.\\nAmos Chase i Selectmen\\nJames Lad j of Unitij\\nJeremiah Dean\\nSanborn Cram\\nosteon Pike\\nHezekiah Yong\\nAmos Hall\\nAbner Colby\\nJosiah Moody\\nDaniel moodey\\nRichard moody\\nDaniel Moody juner\\nJeremiah Gliddeu\\nJosiah Moody juner\\nCaleb Gilman\\nJames Bodwell\\nEliphalet Bodwell\\n;j\\nJoseph Huntoon\\nEzekiel Challis\\nEphraim Cram\\nAbner Chase\\nMoses thirston Juner\\nAmos T Huntoon\\nWilliam Weed\\nNalh Huntoon Ju\\nRheuben Huntoon\\nVote of Town relative to the foregoing, 1791.\\nUnity January 14 1790 At a Legal meeting of\\nthe inhabitants of s Unity met at time and place\\nagreeable to warning of s meeting\\n1 Cap Moses Thurston chosen Moderator to\\ngovern s Meeting\\n2 Voted to set off at the East end of our town,\\nto extend west so far as the East side Line of Lot N\u00c2\u00b0\\noO in the Second range of Lots, with a Straight line\\nto Newport town Line, also South to Lemster town\\nLine to join in Union with a part of a N of towns\\nforming into a Ne\\\\y town Namely Lemster Newport\\nWendal and Fishersfield\\nCopyed from Unity town records\\nAttest Sam Chase to\\\\n\\\\ Clark.\\nUnity 9 June 1791.\\nRemonstrance to foreiping ndJres.ied to the General\\nCourt, 1791\\nThe prayer of us a numlier of the inhaljitants of\\nthe Town, of Unity humbly sheweth that we are in-\\nformed that a Petition was presented to your Hon-\\nours at your last Sessions at Concord, signed by a\\nNumber of Persons belonging to the Towns of Unity\\nLemster Wendell Newport, Praying that the East\\npart of s Unity with a part of those other Towns\\nmentioned in s Petition Might be Incorporated into\\na Township distinct from those to which they now\\nbelong\\nYour Petitioners humbly shew that we have not\\nhad any publick notice of s^ Petition, by any town\\nmeeting. But suppose that if our Selectmen have\\nbeen serv d with a Copy of s Petition and order of\\nCourt thereon, that it fell into two of our Selectmens,\\nhands wlio from some self interested views, are de-\\nsirous to part with the Land mentioned in s* Petition\\nand have kept it Secret, and not given the Town any\\nnotice of it We your Petitioners think that it will be\\nvery hurtful to s town of Unity, to Part with the\\nwhole of the Land Mentioned in s* Petition But as\\nthe Town did vote to Let s Petitioners have a part iu\\nour Town, when they Petitioned for it in December\\n1789 we are willing that they should have the Land so\\nvoted to them, which was all the Land lying to the\\nEast of a straight Line running across s* Town", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1227.jp2"}, "1122": {"fulltext": "388\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nParallel to the East side\\nLine of Lot No 50 in the\\nbeing separated from the east by a line on that moun-\\nSecond Range\\ntain and annexed to the north part of Charlestown, a\\nAnd we beg leave to in\\nform your Honours that to\\nTown might be formed of the usual size, and its In-\\npart with any More of s Town would be very Hurtful\\nhabitants well united\\nto it on Many Accounts, Therefore we do in the most\\nThey therefore pray\\nthat the west part of Unity\\nHumble manner Request\\nyour Honours, that the\\nand the north part of Charlestown may be incorpor-\\nPrayer of s Petition should not be Answered (so far\\nated into a new Town,\\nand as in duty bound shall\\nas it respects s* Town of U\\nnity) by giving them any\\never pray\\nmore Land off of our Town\\nthan we voted to Let them\\nUnity April f 28 1\\n794\\nhave\\nJon Glidden J\\nJon Dudley\\nAnd your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever\\nJacob Smith\\nSamuel Neal\\nPray\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAaron Marshall\\nJames Dudley\\nUnity 24 of November 1791\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSimeon Glidden Jur\\nDavid Dudley\\nJoseph Glidden\\nJames Dudley Junior\\nJoshua Bartlett. Selectman of Unitu.\\nJacob Glidden\\nWilliam Neal Jur\\nSamuel Chase\\nSimeon Glidden Jun\\nSimeon Glidden\\nDerbon Sweat\\nNathaniel Huntune\\nAmos Lamson\\nNathaniel Lad\\nJames Harwood\\nSamuel thurber\\nAmos Buckmon\\nJoseph Perkins\\nBenjamin Webster\\nDaniel Bachelder\\nElias Buckmon\\nJabesh Perkins\\nJames Lawrance\\nWilliam Long\\nDavid Peirce\\nJacob Perkins\\nJeremiah Merrill\\nJohn Huntooa\\nNickles Peirce\\nLemuel Wright\\nAsaph merrill\\nBenjamin Smart\\nMoses fifield\\nElisha Perkins\\nStephen Bucknam\\nWilson Shaw.\\nJacob Perkins\\nMoses Chase\\nJonathan Glidden Jun^\\nThe following signed a remonstrance to the\\nBenjmin Huntoon\\nJacob Smith\\nforegoing\\nJoseph welch\\nSimeon Glidden\\nCharles Huntoon\\nJonathan Glidden 3\\nJoseph Huntoon Junr\\nAndrew Glidden\\nMoses thirston\\nEliphalet Bodwell Jun\\nBenjmin Huntoon Junr\\nJacob Glidden\\nBenj- Clough\\nAsa Glidden\\nCornelius Clougli\\nJames Dudley\\nPhinehas Sanborn\\nJacob Bartlett\\nStephen Huntoon\\nBarnabas Sincklear\\nEnoch Johnson\\nJames Bodwell\\nMatthias Bartlett\\nWilliam Neal\\nJames Graves\\nJoseph Whiston\\nCharles Huntoon\\nEbenez Barker\\nBarnabas Sinkler\\nJohn Ladd\\nJosiali Huntoon\\nSamuel Neal\\nandrew Glidden\\nElias Bucknam\\nReuben Huntoon Jun\\nJohn Sleeper\\nJames Bodwell\\nEbenezer Barker\\nSamuel Huntoon\\nAbraham Samborn\\nBenjamin Mathes\\nEnos Lamson\\nJonathan Glidden\\nIsaac Livingston\\nJ\\nJosiah moody\\nAmos Lamson\\nJacob Cram\\nJacob Bartlett\\nJohn Huntoon\\nAbraham Sandborn\\nSamuel P. Glidden\\nDarbon Sweat\\nJohn Sleeper\\nAbraham Sandborn Junr\\nJoseph Glidden\\nCharles Hunton 3\\nDaniel Batchder\\nPetition /or a new Totcnfrom Unity and Charlestown\\nAsa Lampson\\nJacob shaw\\naddressed to the Legislature.\\nCaleb Gilman\\nWilson Shaw\\nThe Subscribers Inhabitants of the west part of\\nAbner Chase\\nSaml thurber\\nUnity in the County r\\nf Cheshire, Humby show\\nJohn Bartlett\\nNath Huntoon\\nThat the Township of Unity extends about eleven\\nAmos Chase\\nJohn Bartlett\\nmiles east and west and\\nibout six miles north and\\nIsaac Levingston\\nJonathan Bartlet\\nsouth, that your petitioners are separated from the\\nNicholas Parce\\nDaiel Moody Jun\\nInhabitants in the east part of said Town by a moun-\\nJoshua Parce\\nDanil moody\\ntain running across TheTc\\n5wn north and south which\\nSanborn Cram\\nJacob Glidden\\nrenders their connection\\nvery inconvenient, that by\\nJonathan Glidden\\nDavid Dudley", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1228.jp2"}, "1123": {"fulltext": "UNITY.\\n389\\nAmos Buckman\\nStephen Glidden\\nJacob Cram\\nthomas Smith\\nJeremiah Glidden\\nAmos T. Huntoon\\nJoseph Huntoon\\nMoses Fi field\\nRichard Moody\\nThe project failed.\\nJames Dudley Junior\\nSamuel Neal\\nEzra Smith\\nJames Harwood\\nhezekiah yong\\nJosiah huntoon\\nRuben Huntoon\\nepheram Cram\\nStephen Buckman\\nNathaniel Huntoon s Account for furnishing Soldiers\\nand receipt, July 12, 1777.\\nSam White Browns Company\\nJonathan Ston dudley-iRobinson\\nNath frost\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bell\\nJonathan folsom Drew\\nwounded dogg Rowel\\nRichard How Robinson\\nIsaac moras Robinson\\nPaul Sandborn Rowel\\nPhilip Blasdel\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rowel\\nmoses Blacke Robinson\\nJohn Cook\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bell\\nVictuals for the within Soldiers 13 meals. ..\u00c2\u00a30.13.10\\ntoddy 2 i of mugs 0. 5. 6\\n\u00c2\u00a30.19. 4\\nRec of Ebenezer Smith the sum of nineteen shil-\\nlings and four pence L. M. for the expence of eleven\\nContinental Soldiers who he ordered to be Refresht\\nat my house for me\\nNath Huxton\\nunity July 12 1777.\\nPetition of Joseph Huntoon, Soldier, 1779.\\nUnity March 2 1779-\\nTo the Honourable the General Court May it\\nplease your Honours your humble petitionerprayeth\\nto inform the Honourable General Court a.isembled\\nin Behalf of the state of New Hampshire, that your\\npetitioner hath served his Country in the present War\\n(and the State of New Hampshire in particular) from\\nthe first Commencement thereof untill the Glorious\\nBattle of Stilwater, in the Capacity of a Subaltron\\nbelonging to the Third Battl of New Hampshire\\nTroops Commanded by Colonel Scammell Esq in\\nbattle Vitz at Stillwater I had the Misfortune to re-\\nceive a Wound in my arm, which hath proved so far\\nfatal to me as to disinable me from doing Regimental\\nduty any longer, as may be Certified as by letter from\\nColonel Scammell, and also am not able to maintain\\nmy self and Family by my Labour, sufficiently\u00e2\u0080\u0094 You\\nHumble petitioner prayeth your Honours will Con-\\nsider him and Grant him the benefit of a Certain Act\\nof the Honou the Continental Congress made and\\nprovided for the purpo.se\\nJoseph Hpntoon\\nHuntoon was wounded October 7, 1777, at\\nStillwater. In House of Representatives, June\\n25, 1779, his name was ordered to be placed on\\nthe peusion-roll at half-pay until further orders.\\nSenate concurred. April 19, 1780, he peti-\\ntioned to have the depreciation of liis pay made\\nup. March 30, 1781, he petitioned for some\\narrearages, and stated that his dwelling-house\\nwas burned on the 16 of February last, and\\nthat he thereby lost his house, furniture and\\nprovisions. He was appointed in 1781 a lieu-\\ntenant in the battery at Piscataqua Harbour.\\nOctober 21, 1785, he again petitioned, stating\\nthat his half-pay was reduced in December,\\n1782, and asked to have it restored, as his right\\nhand and arm were permanently disabled, and\\nhis family large. He petitioned again January\\n7, 1790, for arrearages.\\nPetition relative to liichard Brown, Quartermaster.\\nTo the Hon the General Court of the State of\\nNew Hampshire. Oliver Tuttle and Mary his wife\\nHumbly .Shew\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That Richard Brown late of Unity\\nin said state deceased, was a Quarter Master in the\\nsecond New Hjimpshire Reg late in the service of the\\nUnited States\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -That the said Mary was the wife, and\\nis the sole administratrix on the estate of said Brown\\nThat the depreciation of wages, formerly due to the\\nsaid Brown, have never been paid^Your Petitioners\\nhumbly pray, that your Honors will order all such\\ndepreciation (and other dues if any there be) to be\\npaid to the said Mary Administratrix ae aforesaid, or\\nto the subscribers or either of them and as in duty\\nbound will ever pray Olivek Tuttle\\nClaremontNov H 1792\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMary Tl TTLE administratrix.\\nThe Methodists have regular preaching here\\nby A. K. Luut.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1229.jp2"}, "1124": {"fulltext": "390\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe town of Unity furnished forty-nine men\\nfor the late war. Major Amos Perkins, now\\nninety-six years old, was one of the selectmen\\nat the time. The State paid the town in bonds,\\nforty-nine hundred dollars for forty-nine men,\\nfurnished under specific calls of the President.\\nThe Uxity Mutual Fire Insurance\\nCompany was formed in August, 18G2, being\\nin operation twenty-two years. Major Araos\\nPerkins ^vas president two years, and secretary\\nand one of the directors twenty years.\\nThe present officers are Selem Sleeper, presi-\\ndent Benjamin F. French, secretary Selera\\nSleeper, Benjamin F. French, Henry F. Stowell,\\nSilas M. Gee and Levi A. Smith, directors\\nCharles R. Lewis, treasurer.\\nHon. Amos Perkins was a native of this\\ntown, and one of its prominent citizens. He was\\na farmer by occupation, but had filled many pub-\\nlic offices, and was an ex-major of the old State\\nmilitia. When a young man he was several times\\nelected a Democratic representative to the Legis-\\nlature. In 1845 he was chosen a member of the\\nExecutive Council of Governor John H. Steele,\\nof Peterborough. His associates in that office\\nwere Hon. Benjamin Jenness, of Deerfield, Hon.\\nJosiah Bartlett, of Lee, Hon. William Parker,\\nof Francestown, and Hon. Caleb Blodgett, of\\nCanaan, all of whom have passed away. It is\\ninteresting; to note that the same vear Moodv\\nCurrier, of Manchester, the present Governor,\\nwas clerk of the Senate. Mr. Perkins had\\nbeen treasurer of the town of Unity for about\\ntwenty-five consecutive \\\\ears, and his annual\\nreports, both in chirography and correctness,\\nwere most creditable^ models. He was the\\norganizer of the Unity Mutual Town Insur-\\nance Company, and had always been its\\nsecretary. He was a gentleman of high exec-\\nutive ability and of liberal public spirit, and\\nduring his life of almost a century, which was\\nwholly passed in Unity, he enjoyed the univer-\\nsal respect of men of all parties for his integrity\\nand great worth. He died March 3, 1885.", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1230.jp2"}, "1125": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF WASHINGTON.\\nBY GEORGE M. GAGE, M.D.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe township designated as Monadnock\\nNo. 8, in the line of towns whicli were\\nlaid out to establish, approximately, the western\\nboundary of the lands belonging to the heirs of\\nMason, was granted in Woburn, Mass., iu the\\nyear 1735, to a company of persons for the pur-\\npose of settlement. No stejis were ever taken,\\nhowever, by the grantees towards its settlement\\nand the chai ter was forfeited.\\nIn the year 1752 it was again granted by the\\nMasonian proprietors iu Portsmouth to sixty-\\ntwo persons, most of whom were residents of\\nMassachusetts, and thirty -three of whom were\\nresidents of Concord, Mass. This company at\\nonce took steps to lay plans for the settlement\\nof the township, to which they gave the name\\nof New Concord. Innumerable meetings were\\nheld in Concord, Mass., and Boston, to discuss\\nthe plans, and many assessments were made to\\npay the necessary expenses. These debates\\nwere continued during a period of nearly six-\\nteen yeai S without any active measures being\\ntaken to settle the town, and the charter was\\nrevoked by the Masonian proprietors for non-\\nfulfilment of its terms.\\nIt was granted the third time, in the spring\\nof 1768, to Reuben Kidder, of New Ipswich,\\nN. H., on the following terms:\\nOne-third of the land surface of the town was to\\nbe reserved for the grantors ten families must settle in\\nthe township the firstyear, and ten more families during\\nthe second and third years during each of the first\\nthree years ten convenient houses must be built, and\\nthree acres of land cleared for each family; that all\\nmain roads be laid out three rods wide, and\\nall cross-roads two rods wide, and no damage\\nwas to be allowed for land used for roads ten acres\\nwere to be reserved for a site for a meeting-house,\\nschool-house, burying-ground and training-field two\\nhundred acres were to be reserved for the first settled\\nminister, who should continue in the ministry until\\ndeath or an honorable dismissal two hundred acres\\nwere to be reserved for a glebe for the use of a gospel\\nminister forever two hundred acres were to be set\\napart for the support of schools forever; and all\\nwhite pine trees suitable for masts were to be reserved\\nfor the king s use.\\nThe township, as originally granted, included\\nnot only the present township of Washington,\\nbut included lands now under the jurisdiction\\nof Lerapster and Bradford.\\nColonel Reuben Kidder, the grantee of the\\ntownship, which was at first known a.s Monad-\\nnock No. 8, then as New Concord, and, at the\\ntime of Kidder s grant, as Camden, was one of\\nthe first settlers of New Ispwich, N. H. He\\nwas possessed of great energy and superior busi-\\nness talent, and had an ample fortune at his\\ncommand. Under his direction the settlement\\nof the town was immediately begun and carried\\non according to the spirit of the grant.\\nThe settlement of a new country is always at-\\ntended with hardships and privations, and the\\npioneers of Camden found themselves beset by\\nmany difficulties. There were then no carriage-\\nroads leading into the town, and the only\\nmeans of conveyance was the backs of horses,\\nthe roads being distinguished by marked trees.\\nThe houses were hastily constructed of logs,\\nuntil the time should come when saw-mills\\n391", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1231.jp2"}, "1126": {"fulltext": "392\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncould be erected. The tawn.sliip was covered\\nby a lieavy grmvtli of timber of various kinds.\\nIn some parts of the town a white pine was\\nfound of a size which, at the present time,\\nwould be called gigantic. Many of the old\\nhouses now standing in town are finished with\\na quality of pine lumber equal to the best to be\\nfound in any market, and the immense stumps,\\nstill in existence, give us an idea of the size of\\nthe trees from which it was taken. The sugar\\nmaple was also found iu great abinidance, and\\nof large size, and furnished years afterwai-d ex-\\ncellent keels for ships. Spruce and hemlock\\ngrew in great forests in almost all parts of the\\ntown, while beech, birch, ash, oak and other\\nvaluable kinds of timber were everywhere to be\\nfound. Much of this magnificent growth of\\ntimber was considered by the settlers as an in-\\ncumbrance which must be got rid of before the\\nland could Ix; prepared for cultivation, and was\\ntherefore cut down and burned, trunk and\\nbranch.\\nThe soil, rich from the accumulation of ages,\\nand further enriched by the ashes of the burned\\nforests, produced abundant crops of corn and\\nother cereals. Flax was raised, which was\\nmanufactured at home into cloth for all kinds\\nof garments for men, women and children.\\nThe table, at this time, was supplied with food\\nof a very plain but wholesome character, con-\\nsisting principally of bean-porridge, corn-bread,\\nmeat and a few potatoes. Fruits, of necessity,\\nwere scar(-e at first, but the settlers showed\\ntheir enterprise by planting large apple-or-\\nchards, many of which remain to this date.\\nWild animals were numerous, including bears,\\nwolves, and that noble animal, the moose, now\\nnever seen here, was sometimes found in this\\nregion. The streams and ponds were full of\\nfish of fine quality. The speckled trout, always\\na favorite with fishermen, were very plenty in\\nall the brooks and grew to a size which the\\nangler of the present day seldom sees.\\nThe early settlers of the town selected the\\nhills west of the present village at the centre of\\nthe town, and the region bordering jNIillen and\\nAshitelot Ponds for their new homes* They\\nwere generally from the southern part of the\\nState and from the neighboring towns of Mas-\\nsachusetts.\\nProbably more of the early settlers of the\\ntown came from Harvard, Mass., than from\\nany other town, the Saffords, Farnsworths,\\nSampsons and Davises being among the num-\\nber who came from that town.\\nJohn Safibrd was born lu Harvard, Mass.,\\nand removed to Washington with his wife and\\noldest children, between the years 1769 and\\n1771, and settled on the hill west of the village\\nat the centre of the town, and on the farm now\\nowned and occupied by his grandson, Joseph,\\nand his great-grandson, Joseph B. Saiford.\\nThe family has always been of great respecta-\\nbility and some of its members have been per-\\nsons of note. Ward Saiford (aftcr\\\\\\\\ard Staf-\\nford) was a son of the original John SatFord,\\nand was born in Washington after his father s\\nsettlement here. He prepared for college at\\nPhillips Andover Academy and afterward\\ngraduated at Yale College, Dr. Dwight being\\nat that time president of the college. He\\nstudied theology at Yale, and was for many\\nyears actively engaged in ministerial labors in\\nvarious parts of the country, but principally in\\nthe city of New York, where he was very\\nsuccessfully engaged in missionary labors. His\\nwhole life was one of intense activity, and\\nalthough it closed somewhat early, it had borne\\nan abundant harvest for his Master. He died\\nin Bloomfield, N. J., in 1851, in his sixty-third\\nyear.\\nGeorge Safford, a grandson of John and son\\nof Mark Saiford, was a graduate of Dartmouth\\nCollege and became a successful teacher. At\\nthe time of his death, which occurred at the\\nearly age of twenty-eight, he was principal of\\nthe Mount Pleasant High School, iu Nashua,\\nN. II.\\nThe Farnsworth family also came from Har-\\nvard, and was one of the earliest to settle in the", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1232.jp2"}, "1127": {"fulltext": "WASHINGTON.\\n393\\ntown. Probably the first of the name to settle in\\nCamden was Simeon Farusworth, Jr., who came\\nfrom Harvard and settled near the foot of tlie\\nSafford Hill, west of the villai^e at the centre of\\nthe town. He died in 1791, at the early age of\\nfortj -six years, leaving a large family of chil-\\ndren. His grandsons, William and Cyrus K.\\nFarnsworth, are at the present time prominent\\nand respected citizens of the town. ^lost of\\nthe brothers and sisters of Simeon Farnsworth,\\nJr., sooner or later found their way to Wash-\\niny-ton and made it their home. Simeon\\nFarnsworth, Sr., father of the numerous sons\\nand daughters who early came to Washington,\\nhimself came here to reside about the year 1780.\\nHe died in 1805, aged eighty-eight.\\nAbner Samjison was an early settler, and\\ncame from Harvard, Mass. He settled on the\\nold county road near Freezelaud Pond, and\\nwas an inn-keeper. He subsequently removed\\nto the village at the centre of the town and\\nlived on the spot where John L. Safford now\\nresides. He died in 1797, at the age of fifty-\\nfour.\\nWard Sampson, son of Abuer, was very\\nprominent and influential in town affairs, and\\nheld many offices of trust. He died in 1850,\\naged seventy-seven.\\nEphraim, Ebenezer and Timotliy Davis all\\ncame from Harvard, Mass., at an early date,\\nthough not until the town had been settled\\nseveral years. Ebenezer and Timothy Davis\\nwere brothers and lived on the ridge of land\\nextending northward from Lovell s Mountain.\\nEphraim Davis came to Washington about\\n1780 and lived for a time at the village on the\\nspot afterward known as the Squire Sampson\\nplace he afterward removed to the high land\\nsouthwest of the village and resided on a farm\\non the INIarlow road.\\nEphraim and Ebenezer Davis were both\\n.soldiers in the Revolution before comiuir to\\nWashington to reside.\\nJoseph Rounsavel settled on the farm at the\\ncentre of the town now owned by J. Henry\\nNewman. He must have been one of the\\nearliest inhabitants of the town. He appears\\nto have resided, prior to his settlement here, in\\nMiddleborough, jNIass., though the family had\\nlong resided in Freetown, Mass. He was a\\nman of enterj)rise, and built a mill east of his\\nresidence, on what is now known as ^Yater\\nStreet. He frequently held office, including\\nthat of Representative in the Legislature. He\\nhad sons, Alden, Royal and John, but none\\nof the name now reside in the town.\\nArchibald White was probably a resident of\\nthe town soon after its settlement, if not one of\\nthe very first to arrive in town. He was a\\nnative of Pepperell, Mass., and came to New\\nJpswich, N. H., in 1750. He was sent to\\nCamden by Colonel Kidder, to whom the town\\nhad been granted, as his agent to look after his\\nextensive interests. It is believed that it was\\nlargely through his influence that the name of\\nthe town was changed, in 1776, from Camden\\nto Washington. The name of Washington\\nwas, as applied to towns, entirely new; no other\\ntown in the United States bore the name at the\\ntime the Legislature of New Hampshire changed\\nthe name of Camden to Washington. Archi-\\nbald White was authorized to call the first\\ntown-meeting in Washington, and during his\\nresidence in to^\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n lie was very fre(juently called\\nto fill important offices. He resided on the\\nhigh land west of the village at the centre,\\nnear the j)resent residence of Jabez Fisher.\\nBefore his ileatli he removed to Windsor, \\\\t.\\nJacob Burbank settled on the farm now owned\\nby Edward W. Brooks, a mile and a half west\\nof the centre of the town. He was, undoubtedly,\\none of the original settlers in town. He built\\na frame house prior to 1780, which is still\\noccupied, and which is supposed to be the oldest\\nhouse in town. His grandson, Rev. Justin E.\\nBnrbank, is a graduate of Dartmouth College,\\nand after his graduation studied theology at\\nAndover. In college he took high rank as a\\nscholar, especially in his knowledge of the\\nGreek language. He has paid much attention", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1233.jp2"}, "1128": {"fulltext": "394\\nHISTORi OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nto historical matters, esi ecially to tiie history of\\nWashingtou, his native town. Many facts con-\\ntained in this sketch are made accessible to us\\nthrough his labors. His present residence is\\nConcord, N. 11.\\nThe Severance family Mas another of the\\noriginal, or very early ones to locate in town.\\nThe family came from the vicinity of New\\nIpswich, N. H., and consisted of Ephraim and\\nsons, Daniel, Rufus, Abel, and daughter, Abigail\\nWhere thoy first settled is not now known, but\\nat an early date Daniel, llufus and Abel all\\nlived near the school-house at the east part of\\ntlie town. Ephraim lived with his sou Abel\\non the farm now the residence of Ziba Cram and\\nCharles W. J.Fletcher. lie removed to Tops-\\nham, Vt., where he died at a very advanced age.\\nHe was one of the first Board of Selectmen in\\nWashington. David Severance was a Revolu-\\ntionary soldier, and after he came to Washington\\nresided just west of the school-house at the cast\\nl art of the town, on a farm which he sold prior\\nto 1800 to Nathaniel Gordon. Rufus Sever-\\nauce lived on the farm now owned by Daniel\\nL. Monroe, and which he sold to Abijah Mon-\\nroe nearly seventy-five years ago. Many of the\\ndescendants of Rufus Severance are now residents\\nof town, but the descendants of Daniel and Abel\\nSeverance are widelv scattered, none beinac\\nresidents of the town.\\nSimon and Peter Lowell were pioneers in the 1\\nsettlement of the town. They came from the vicin-\\nity of Qroton, Mass., and settled some two miles\\nwest of the centre of the town, not far from the\\nplace where Charles Lowell, a grandson of\\nSimon Lowell, now resides. Peter Lowell is I\\nsaid to have come into the town with one of the\\nvery first pai-ty of explorers, though he did not at\\nthat time permanently establish his residence\\nhere. The farm where Simon Lowell first\\nsettled afterward became the home of Thomas\\nPeuniraan, Esq., who came from Braintree,\\nMass., some years after the Revolutionary War.\\nHe was a man of wealth, and was a very promi-\\nnent citizen of the town. Prior to his settle-\\nment in Washington he went to Canada and\\nwas present at the battle of Quebec, though he\\nwas not called upon to participate in the battle.\\nHe held office while a resident of the town, and\\nbequeathed small funds to the First and Fourtli\\nSchool Districts, the income to be applied to the\\nsupport of the schools.\\nBetween the years 1772 and 1774 Captain\\nJonathan Brockway settled in town. He came\\nfrom Lyme, Conn., where he was married, in\\n1757, to Phebe Smith. He had been a sea-\\nisiptain and had amassed an ample fortune.\\nHe came, bringing his wife and seven children,\\nand settled at the west part of the town, near\\nthe outlet of Millen Pond, then called Brock-\\nway s Pond. He is said to have purchased\\nfifteen hundretl acres of land, which he after-\\nward divided among his children, giving most\\nof them good farms at the east part of the town.\\nHis ample fortune, combined with great energy,\\nenabled him to carry on a large amount of\\nbusiness of various kinds. He built a grist-mill\\nat the outlet of Millen Pond, some of the\\nruins of whieli remain to the present day. He\\nalso built a mill for the manufacture of linseed\\noil, and a distillery, where very poor whiskey\\nwas manufactured from potatoes. Later he\\nbuilt a saw-mill at the east part of the town,\\nnear the spot where Mason H. Carr s mill now\\nstands, aiud erected a house near by. On the\\n8th of July, 1777, on the occasion of alarming\\nnews from Ticouderoga, he commanded a small\\ncompany of nine men from ashington and\\nvicinity, who marched toward the scene of war.\\nThey reached Cavendfsh, Vt., where they were\\nordered to return. At another alarm from\\nTiconderoga, July 13, 1777, he again marched\\nat the head of a com[)any of fourteen juen to\\nOtter Creek, Vt., where he met the American\\narmy retreating. Captain Brockway was a man\\nof commanding presence. His towering form\\nand broad sh(julders made him an object of\\nattention in whatever place he occupied. He\\nlived to an extremely old age, and died in Jan-\\nuary, \\\\9 1\\\\), at the home of his son Asa, in Brad-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1234.jp2"}, "1129": {"fulltext": "WASHINGTON.\\n395\\nford. From him are descended all the Brock-\\nwavs wlio have ever livetl iu this aTid the\\nadjoiiiinir towns.\\nIll the liiU of 177.5, Captain William Proctor\\nand his wife, Mary, with tiiree children, found\\ntheir way through the forests to Washington\\ni rum Chelmsford, Mass. He settled near\\nAshuclot Pond, on the farm where Cyrus K.\\nFarnsworth now resid s, though for a short\\ntime previovis he lived on a neighboring lot, the\\ntitle to which proved worthless. He lived in\\nthat part of the town many years, but finally\\nremoved to the east part of the town, where his\\nson resided, and died February 19, 1846, at the\\nage of ninety-nine years, lacking one day. The\\nnumerous families of Proctors who once resided\\nat the east part of the town are descendants of\\nhis sons Israel and Isaac. His daughter Mary,\\nwho married Jonathan Broekway, Jr and\\nresided at East Washington, died at the remark-\\nable age of one hundred and one years and\\neleven months. Captain Proctor was prominent\\nill town affairs, and during the War of the Rev-\\nolution was a soldier in the American army.\\nEbeuezer Spauldiug was born iu Nottingham\\nWest, N. H. (now Hudson), March 27, 17.50,\\nand at the age of twenty-two removed to the\\nsoutheast part of Leiupster, -where he settled.\\nThe region where he lived was then, and for\\nmany years afterward, considered a part of\\nWashington, and he frequently held office in\\nWashington. He married Amy Roundy, of\\nLempster, .January 16, 1777. He removed to\\nEast Washington iu 1807 and died July 1,\\n1808. His widow lived to the remarkable age\\nof one hundred years, and died January 8,\\n1859. They left a large family of children,\\nwhose descendants are widely scattered. Ebeu-\\nezer Spauldiug was a soldier in the Revolution,\\nand was engaged in the battles of Bunker Hill\\nand Ticonderoga.\\nAlthough far removed from the seat of war,\\nWashington sent a goodly number of men to\\nfight for liberty during the War of the Revo-\\nlution. William Mann, Nathan Mann and\\nAbel Merrill were enrolled in the First New\\nHampshire Regiment, April 1, 1777, and\\nserved three years, being disciiarged March 20,\\n1780. Asa Jackson was enrolled in the First\\nNew Hampshire Regiment April 18, 1781, and\\nwas discharged the following December. Wil-\\nliam White was also enrolled in the same regi-\\nment January 1, 1777, and was discharged\\nJanuary 1, 1780, after a service of precisely\\nthree years. Ebenezer Spaulding, William\\nProctor, John Safford and Jonathan Broekway\\nalso rendered valuable service to their country\\nduring the struggle for independence. Many\\nof the early settlers of the town had partici-\\npated in the battles of the Revolution before\\ntheir settlement here. The Severances, Jacob\\nWright, the Davises, William Graves, Asa\\nPitts and Stephen Mead had all been actively\\nengaged in the service of their country.\\nProbably no family has occupied a more\\nprominent position in town during the period\\nof a hundred years tlian the Healy family.\\nJoseph Healy, a son of John and Mary\\n(Wright) Healy, was born in Newton, Mass.,\\nAugust 21, 1776, and removed to W^ishington\\nwith his parents in 1778. They settled in the\\nsouthwest part of the town on a farm which is\\nnow deserte ^l. During the most of his lite he\\nwas engaged in agricultural pursuits, though for\\na time he was proprietor of the hotel at the\\ncentre of the town. He always resided in\\nW^ishington, and during his active life M^as\\nmuch engaged in public service. Besides fill-\\ning the various town offices to great acceptance,\\nhe also was a member of the State Senate in\\n1824, and was a member of the Governor s\\nCouncil from 1829 until 1832. In 1825 he\\nwas chosen to represent his district in the Con-\\ngress of the United States, where he remained\\nfour years. During his long life he was active\\nin all measures which tended to promote the\\nweli are of the town. He died October 10,\\n1861, aged eighty-five years.\\nJohn P. Healy, a son of Joseph Healy, was\\nborn in Washington December 28, 1810. He", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1235.jp2"}, "1130": {"fulltext": "396\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College in 1835, and\\nafterward studied law w^ith Daniel Webster, in\\nBoston, Mr. Webster and his father being on\\nvery friendly terms. Not long after his admis-\\nsion to the bar, in 1838, he became associated\\nwith Mr. Webster in the practice of law, and\\ncontinued to be his partner until Mr. Webster s\\ndeath. He served as representiitive in the\\nMassachusetts Legislature 1840, 1849 and 1850,\\nand was a member of the State Senate in 1854-\\nHe was appointed judge of the United States\\nDistrict Court for the district of California dur-\\ning Fillmore s administration, but ileclincd the\\nhonor. In 1856 he was chosen city solicitor\\nfor Boston, which office he held without inter-\\nruption twenty-five yeai-s. In 1881 he was\\nap])ointed to the newly-created office of corpora-\\ntion council for Boston, which office he held at\\nthe time of his death. He died suddenly, Jan-\\nuary 4, 1882. The other sons of Joseph llcaly,\\nviz. Henry, Langdon and Sullivan W., were,\\nduring their residence in town, prominent citi-\\nzens. AVith the exception of Langdon, who\\nnow resides in Brooklyn, N. Y., all are now\\ndead.\\nThe early settlers, as a rule, realized the im-\\nportance of religious instruction, and long be-\\nfore a settled minister was employed the preach-\\ning of the gospel was maintained, at least a part\\nof the time, at the town s expense. For many\\nyears a tax was assessed for the support of the\\ngospel ministry, but not until about the year\\n1801 Wixs permission grantetl to each denomin-\\nation to draw its share of the money raised for\\nreligious purposes. In the autumn of 1779, at\\na jniblic town-meeting, it was voted to extend\\na call to Rev. George Leslie to settle in town as\\na minister of the gospel. A committee, con-\\nsisting of Joseph Rounsevel, Samuel Copelaud,\\nArchibald White, Ebenezer Jaquith and John\\nSatford, was chosen to make proposals for his\\nsettlement. They reported to the town that\\nthey should invite him to settle on the following\\nterms His salary should be fifty-five pounds\\nper year so long as he should supply the pulpit,\\nand that as pay he should receive rye at four\\nshillings per bushel, Indian corn at three shil-\\nlings per bushel, pork at four pence per pound,\\nbeef at two and one-half pence per pound, and\\nother food and clothing sufficient to equal his\\nsalary. He was alsj, according to the grant of\\nthe town, to receive two hundred acres of laud\\nfor himself and his heirs.\\nRobert Mann was chosen to wait on Mr.\\nIjeslie, who was then residing at Ipswich,\\nMass., and get an answer to the proposals of\\nthe town. The offer was accepted, antl he re-\\nmoved to Washington in the spring of 1780\\nand began his labors.\\nGeorge Leslie was born in Ireland about the\\nyear 1728, but came to America in inliincy. He\\nwas educated at Harvard University, and set-\\ntled in Ipswich, Mass., as a minister of the\\ngospel in 1850, where he continued to preach\\nuntil called to Washington. He is said to have\\nbeen a man of much learning and ability.\\nDuring his residence in Washington a professor-\\nship at Dartmouth College was tendered him,\\nwhich he declined to acce[)t. He continued to\\nserve the people as pastor until his death, which\\noccurred September 11, 1800, his pastorate\\nhaving extended over a period of twenty years.\\nThe town placed a monument at his grave with\\nthe following inscription\\nRev. George Leslie, died September 11, 1800,\\naged 72 years. He was a man of brilliant genius,\\ngreat learning, and eminent piety and morality. This\\nmonument was erected by the town of Washington.\\nIn 1786 work was commenced on a meeting-\\nhouse at the centre of the town, which was\\nfinished in 1789. It was the building which is\\nstill in use as a town-house. The church edifice\\nwinch is now occupied by the Congregational\\nChurch was erected in 1840.\\nHev. John Lord was called by the town to\\npreach in the year 1803, but remained but two\\nand a half years. Broughton White was in-\\nstalled as pastor December 22, 1818, and re-\\nmained with the church twelve years. After\\nthe close of the Rev. Broughton White s pastor-", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1236.jp2"}, "1131": {"fulltext": "WASHINGTON.\\n397\\nate, the pulpit was occupieil until 1844 by\\nseveral different preachers, among them Moses\\nGeroukl, Lemuel Mason and T. Darling, but\\nuone of them were settled. In 1.S44 Rev. John\\nF. Griswold wa.s called to the pastorate, and\\ncontinued to supply the pulpit twenty-two\\nyears, closing his labors in 18()(i. His pastorate\\nwas the longest in the history of the church,\\nexceeding that of Rev. (reorge Leslie by two\\nyears. Mr. Griswold was a native of Green-\\nfield, Mass. He was a graduate of Yale College\\nand of the Theological Seminary at Andover,\\nMass. His first pastorate was at South Hadley,\\nMass., where he remained a long time. He was\\nafterward settled at Fayetteville and Hartlaud,\\nVt., where he resided when called to tlie pastor-\\nate in Washington. He removed to Massachu-\\nsetts in 1866. His death occurred at Brooklyn,\\nN. Y., February 15, 1872. During his long\\nresidence in Washington he won a larg( number\\nof friends, and his name is a familiar one to\\nmanv of the younger class at the present day\\nwho never enjoyed his acquaintance.\\nRev. Edward Basset succeeded Mr. Griswold,\\nand remained two years under the employ of\\nthe Home Missionary Society. Rev. Mr. Clag-\\ngett began his labors with the church in 1 868,\\nbut death closed his pastorate in 1870. Rtv. H.\\nH. Colburn served as pastor from 1871 until\\n1878, though a part of his time was spent with\\nthe church in Stoddard.\\nSince 1878 there has been no pastor, and at\\ntimes no preacher, although the church is open\\nfor preaching during the summer, and a Sabbath-\\nschool meets each Sabbath of the year. The\\nmembership of the church has diminished much,\\nso that at present there is but one male member,\\nand a total membership of less than twenty.\\nThe settlement of the east part of Washington\\ndid not receive much attention prior to 1785.\\nWilliam Graves settled at the west part of the\\ntown, but removed, not far from 1785, to the\\neast part of the town and built a log house in\\nthe field just west of Mason H. Carr s mill-pond,\\nand near the rope-factory of Mcllvaine\\nFletcher. He afterward built a frame house\\non the other side of the stream,which was after-\\nward the home of Jolm Severance. Thaddeus\\nGraves, a brother of William, settled on the old\\nMountain road, one mile and a half west of East\\nWashington, and subsequently moved to the\\nvillage, where he died. William and Thaddeus\\nGraves were both natives of Sudbury, Mass.,\\nand came from that town to Wa.shington. Wil-\\nliam had been a soldier in the Revolution and\\nwas engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill. Ac-\\ncording to the testimony of some, Thaddeus\\nGraves was also a soldier of the Revolution.\\nCharles Brown, a native of Stowe, Mass.,\\nsettled at an early date where Moses Jones after-\\nward lived, and where still later, his son, Simon\\nW. Jones, resided.\\nCaptain Jonathan Brockway had built a mill\\nwhere Mason H. Carr s mill now stands, and a\\nhouse near by and his son, Jonathan Brock-\\nway, Jr., settled, ai)out 1789, on the farm after-\\nward owned by Caleb Carr, and at present by\\nhis son, George W. Carr.\\nThe Severances settled short distances east and\\nwest and north of the school-house at East\\nWashington.\\nCaleb Wood ward, who came from Bellingham,\\nMass., in 1787 to the west part of Washington,\\non or near Oak Hill, removed soon after to the\\nfarm where Jerome Hamden afterward lived,\\nand where Deacon Francis P. Fletcher now\\nresides\\nJoseph Crane came from Milton, Mass., and\\nsettled on the southeast slope of Lovell s Moun-\\ntain about theyear 1782 or 1783. He had a large\\nfamily of children, all of whom except the oldest\\nwei c born in Washington. His son Ziba, the\\nonly survivor of the family, still resides at East\\nWashington at an advanced age. Most of the\\nCranes residing in Washington are descendants\\nof Joseph Crane.\\nJohn Vose also came from Milton a year or\\ntwo before Joseph Crane and settled very near\\nJoseph Crane. The family gradually found\\ntheir wav back to Boston, Milton and that", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1237.jp2"}, "1132": {"fulltext": "398\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nvicinity, and no one bearing the name of Vose\\nhas resided in town during the last fifty years.\\nWliiting Vose, whose son, James W. Vose, is\\nthe liead of the house of Vose Sons, piano-\\nforte manufacturers, of Boston, was born on\\nLovell s Mountain, wiiere tlie family lived after\\nthey came from Milton.\\nDavid Taber appears to have come from\\nTiverton, R. I. He lived and died on the hill\\ntwo miles south of East Washington. Church\\nTaber, supposed to be a brother of David Taber,\\nwas at one time an influential citizen of the\\ntown. He resided at the southwest part of the\\ntown, on a farm now owned by Supply Barney.\\nHe was a carpenter, and is said to have done a\\nconsiderable part of the work on the town-house\\nwhen it was built, nearly a century ago.\\nBenjamin Smith, a native of South Reading\\n(now Wakefield), Mass., came to Hillsborough,\\nN. H., about the year 1790. He afterward, in\\n1807, purchased about five hundred acres of\\nland in Washington, on the south slope of the\\nhills two and a half miles south of Washington,\\nincluding the farms afterward owned by Joshua\\nD. Crane, Nathaniel Smith, William Ayre and\\nWilliam Dole. Most of the Smiths now re-\\nsiding in town are his descendants. He continued\\nto reside in Hillsborough until about the year\\n1827, when he removed to Washington. He died\\nin Salisbury, N. H., in 1854.\\nLieutenant Ebenezer Wood came to Washing-\\nton from Littleton, Mass., about the year 1780\\nand settled on the farm now owned by Anson\\nS. Powers, just west of Lovell s Mountain. He\\nraised up a large family of eleven children, but\\nthe family is now widely scattered, John Wood\\nand family and Elzina Wood being the only\\nsurvivors iu town. Ebenezer Wood was a\\nsoldier in the War of the Revolution.\\nColonel Jacob Wright was a native of West-\\nford, Mass., in 1758. At the age of sixteen he\\nentered the Revolutionary army as a substitute\\nfor the man for whom he was employed. After\\nhis term of service expired he re-enlisted, and,\\nincluding his first term of service, was engaged\\nfive years fighting the battles of his coinitry.\\nIn 1783 he removed to Washington, having\\nresided a short time previously at Hancock,\\nN. H. He settled on the high land south of\\nAshuelot Pond. He resided in Washington until\\nhis death, which occurred in 1844. He was\\nthe father of four children. Many of his de-\\nscendants fill positions of eminence and respon-\\nsibility. Nathan Wright, a son of Colonel\\nJacob Wright, became a physician and practiced\\nmany years in Washington, but finally re-\\nmoved to Cambridgeport, Mass., where he died\\nin 1853. Rev. Nathan R. AV right, a son of\\nDr. Nathan Wright, became a Uuiversalist\\nclergyman of note. He preached in Dunbarton\\nand Hooksett, N. H., four years, and in 1843\\nbecame pastor of the Universalist Church at\\nWashington, where he remained some years.\\nAlthougii advanced in age, he is still actively\\nengaged in pastoral work at Lynn, Mass., being\\npastor of a parish containing four hundred and\\nfitly families.\\nColonel Carroll D. Wright, a son of Rev.\\nNathan R. Wright and great-grandson of Col-\\nonel Jacob Wright, has become eminent as a\\nstatistician, having been chief of the Bureau of\\nStatistics of Labor in Massachusetts since 1873.\\nIn the War of the Rebellion he enlisted as a pri-\\nvate in the Fourteenth New Hampshire Regi-\\nment, but rapidly rose to the rank of colonel of\\nbis regiment. Colonel Wright, though a na-\\ntive of Dunbarton, came with his father to\\nWashington at the age of three years, and spent\\nmost of his youth in this town.\\nProbably the first physician who practiced in\\nWashington was Dr. David Harris, who was in\\ntown as early as 1785, in which year he was\\nelected town clerk, to which office he was re-\\nelected many times. He was a fine penman,\\nand his handwriting is clear and legible at this\\ndate, though written a hundred years ago.\\nHis fees for professional services were surpris-\\ningly small, being seventeen cents for a visit to\\nany part of the town. He removed to New-\\nport, N. H., and died May 10, 1830, aged", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1238.jp2"}, "1133": {"fulltext": "WASHINGTON.\\n399\\ntweuty-eight years. Dr. David McQuesten\\nwas for many years a practitioner of medicine at\\nthe centre of the town. His practice was ex-\\ntensive, and he won a reputation for skill\\nthroughout the whole town. He died in 1850\\nat the age of fifty-seven years.\\nDr. Austin Newton, who began the practice\\nof medicine in Washingtou, studied with Dr.\\nDavid McQuesten, of Wasiiington, and with\\nProf. Dixie Crosby, of Hanover, and graduated\\nat the Dartmouth Medical School in 1840. He\\nresided in Washington until his death, which\\noccurred in 1853. The successor of Dr. New-\\nton was Dr. John Q. A. French, who had pur-\\nsued the study of medicine with Dr. Newton,\\nand at Yale College. Dr. French soon after\\nremoved to Hillsborough, where he is still suc-\\ncessfully engaged in practice.\\nNearly a mile south of Washington Centre,\\non the road leading to Stoddard, Deacon Ebene-\\nzer Jaquith settled at a very early date. He must\\nhave resided in town prior to 1 7 78, as he held of-\\nfice that year. He was one of the first deacons\\nin the Congregational Church which was organ-\\nized in 1780. The farm has passed from the\\nhands of the Jaquith family aod is now owned\\nby Darius Y. Barnes. Some of the descendants\\nof Deacon Jaquith still reside in town.\\nStephen Mead, who was born in the vicinity\\nof Westford, IMass., came to Washington as\\nearly as 1780 and settled at the southwest part\\nof the town on the farm now owned by Jerry\\nGleason. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and\\none of his brothers was killed at Bunker Hill.\\nHe married a sister of Colonel Jacob Wright,\\nwho also came to Washing ton to reside some\\nthree years later. S. Newell Mead, a grandson\\nof Stephen Mead, still resides in town.\\nThe Barney family came to Washington from\\nSudbury, Mass., as early as 1784 or 1785, and\\nsettled at the south and west parts of the town.\\nThomas Barney was the oldest of the name in\\ntown. He settled on the farm where Stephen\\nFarnsworth now resides. He had a son John,\\nwho came to Washington about 1784, and had\\nfour sons, John Jr., Timothy, Levi and Sup-\\nply, who live l in the southwest part of the town.\\nThe Steele family came from A mherst, and re-\\nsided at the south jiart of the town for a time, but\\nfinally removed to the district west of Lovell s\\nMountain. William Steele was thrown from\\nhis horse into a small brook near his home and\\nwas drowned. James Steele removed from\\nWashington many years ago to Western New\\nYork. Nothing is known regarding the where-\\nabouts of any of their descendants.\\nAlthough the town early took measures for\\neducating its youth, by appropriating money for\\nthe support of schools, it is believed that no\\nschool-houses were built prior to 1788. By\\nvote of the town in 1788 each district was to be\\nallowed to build its own school-house, but it is\\nnot certain that advantage of the privilege was\\nvery soon taken. In 1797 tiie town voted to\\nraise sixty pounds of lawful money to build\\nschool-houses, and chose a committee to build\\none at the centre of the town. Probably a\\nhouse was also erected at the east part of the\\ntown about the same time, as it is certain that a\\nschool-house was standing there in 1800. In\\nthe course of time school-houses were erected in\\nten different districts in the town. The present\\nnumber of school districts is nine, with a school\\nhouse in each. The original school-houses were\\nrude in comparison to the neat buildings now to\\nbe found in most parts of the town. A small,\\nrough building, with small, high windows, too\\nhigh to allow the pupils to look out a sloping\\nfioor, with seats rising one above another a\\nhuge open fireplace on one side of the room,\\nand walls devoid of paint or paper, with few,\\nif any, maps or other illustrative apparatus,\\ngive one a pretty correct idea of the school-\\nhouses of our grandfathers. The masters and\\nmistresses of the primitive schools were a pe-\\nculiar class, noted not only for their ability to\\ninstruct in the common branches of learning,\\nbut for their power to wield the birch. The stud-\\nies pursued by the majority of the pupils were\\nreading, writing, spelling, arithmetic and ge-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1239.jp2"}, "1134": {"fulltext": "400\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nography, wliile a few of the more advanced\\nreceived instruction in English grammar, and,\\nin some instances, surveying. As has been said,\\nmuch attention was paid todiscipline. The schools\\nwere large, and wiu-e composed of boys and\\ngirls of all sizes and ages, fi om extreme youth\\nto the age of manhood and womanhood. The un-\\nlucky boy who seriously transgressed the school-\\nmaster s rules was severely flogged or compelled\\nto stand a long time on the floor, his knees un-\\nbent and his finger on a nail in tlie floor, while\\ntlio girl who neglected to thoroughly learn her\\nlesson was seated on the dunce block as a means\\nof punishment. These methods of discipline\\nhave given way to milder measures, much to\\nthe benefit of the pupils. Some of the best re-\\nmembered of tlie early teachers in town were\\nJames Faxon, Edmund Davis, Alfred Gordon,\\nJoseph W. Shedd, Solomon E. and Simon W.\\nJones.\\nAt the session of the Legislature in June, 1849,\\nau institution of learning was incorpoi ated in\\nWashington, to be known as Washington Acad-\\nemy. The same year Russell Tubbs, of Deer-\\ning, gave to the new iustitutiou one thousand\\ndollars, to be used as a fund for the support\\nof the school. In recognition of the generous\\ngift, the name of the academy was changed to\\nTubbs Union Academy. In LSoT ^Ir. Tubbs\\nincreased the fund by an additional gift of\\nfive hundred dollars. The school was opened\\nin the fidl of 1849, with Dyer H. Sanlxirn as\\nprincipal. He brouglit to the work a mind pecu-\\nliarly adapted by nature to the work of instruc-\\ntion, and enriched and strengthened by a liberal\\neducation. Tlie school was a success from the\\nstart, and in the fall of 1850 one hundred\\nand eighty-six students were in attendance. It\\nremainetl under his care four years, when he\\nWiis succeeded by C. G. Burnham, who remained\\nbut one term, and was himself succeeded by\\nWilliam Holt and Simeon D. Farnsworth, neith-\\ner of whom remained long with the school. Since\\nthe resignation of Professor Sanborn the school\\nhas greatly declined, owing to the small amount\\nof funds at its command. But, notwithstanding\\nthe number of pupils has been small, and\\nmost of them residents of the town, it has accom-\\nplished a work of great usefulness. Its present\\nprincipal is Frank P. Newman, who has man-\\naged the school to great acceptance since 1881.\\nThe Faxons were from Braintree, Mass.\\nThere were three brothers, James, who first\\nlived in a house near the soldiers monument\\nand afterward on the Faxon Hill, near the vil-\\nlage Azariah, who lived just east of the town-\\nhouse, where Dexter Ball now resides and\\nFrancis, who lived m the hill two miles west\\nof the village at the centre of the town and\\nnear the place where Thomas Pennimau re-\\nsided. Azariah Faxon was engaged in trad(!\\nduring his residence in town. Before his death\\nhe removed to Vermont. Francis Faxon also\\nremoved to Vermont. James Faxon was a\\nmusician in the army during the Revolution.\\nAfter coming to Washington he was engaged\\nfor a time in trade with his brother Azariah.\\nHe also was a noted school-teacher. His last\\ndays were spent on his farm on Faxon Hill.\\nThe Farwell family came from (Jroton, Mass.,\\nsoon after the year 1 780, and were prominent\\nin town for many years.\\nThe Millens came from the vicinity of New\\nBoston, N. H., prior to the year 1780. The\\nfamily has always been prominent in town af-\\nfairs. Some of the name are .still residents of\\nthe town.\\nBenjamin Newman came to Washington about\\nthe year 1791, from Deering, to which town he\\ncame from the vicinity of Woburn, Mass., about\\nthe year 1776. He settled in the mountain\\ndistrict, near the farm known as the Dinsmore\\nplace. He was the father of eight children.\\nHis sons, Joseph and Benjamin, both spent\\ntheir lives in Washington, and raised large\\nfamilies of children. Joseph settled on the\\nfarm now owned by Hiram Q. Hoyt, and Ben-\\njamin, after residing in the mountain district a\\nwhile afler his marriage, removed to a farm\\nnear Long: Pond. Some of the descendants of", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1240.jp2"}, "1135": {"fulltext": "WASHINGTON.\\n401\\nJosej)ii and Benjamin Newman still reside in\\ntown.\\nTiie Draper family came into town at an early\\ndate, David Draper having married llebeccii\\nHealey, of this town, as early as 1785. The\\nDraper family lived near tlie village and gave\\nthe name to Draper Hill, whieli rises just\\nnorth of the village.\\nJonathan Draper held offiee in town in 1778,\\nand Hanmel Draper also ap|)ears to have been\\nin town in 1779.\\nDavid Danforth was another of the pioneers\\nf)f the town. He came to the town at a very\\nearly date and resided at the southwest part of\\nthe town.\\nProbably the first lawyer to establish himself\\nin business in Washington was David Heald,\\nEs(}. He was born in Temple, N. H., March\\n21, 1768, and graduated at Dartmouth College\\nin 17!). He studied law at Northampton,\\nMass., and came to Washington to reside about\\n1800, where he remained until his death, which\\noccurred January 2, 1841. He lived on the;\\nspot where the present house, belonging to the\\nfamily, stands. He was a member of the\\nCheshire and Sullivan County bar forty years.\\nHe was a popular man, and represented the\\ntown in the Legislature twelve years. He\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was married in 1810 to Phebe Purbank, of\\nWashington, by whom he had three children.\\nSome years after Mr. Heald settled in Wash-\\nington, Abraham B. Story established himself\\nin the practice of law at the centre of the town.\\nHe was a graduate of Brown University in the\\nclass of 1799, and was engaged a short time in\\nthe practice of law at Northwood, before he re-\\nmoved to Washington. He resided where Dex-\\nter Ball now resides. While a resident of the\\ntown he often held offiee. It is said that the\\npresent method of keeping the records of the\\ntown was introduced by Mr. Story.\\nThe settlers at the east part of the town,\\nalthough too far from the centre to fully enjoy\\nthe religious privileges which the Congrega-\\ntionalist Church there afforded, were particular\\nto meet together in private houses for religious\\ninstruction and woi-ship. Sometimes a sermon\\nwas read by one of their niunber, and at other\\ntimes a preacher was employed, though not reg-\\nularly. In 1800 it was thought best to organ-\\nize a Baptist Church, as a majority of those\\ninterested were of that faith.\\nAccordingly, the 2d day of October, ISOO,\\na church was formed, composed of ten mem-\\nbers. They continued to hold meetings in\\nprivate houses and in the scliool-house until\\n1827, when a meeting-house, fifty feet long and\\nthirty-eight feet wide, was erected on the spot\\nwere the present church stands. This church\\nwas occupied until 1844, when it was destroyed\\nby fire. But the society were not discouraged,\\nbut immediatelv erected another buildintr, of\\nthe same length as the first and two feet wider.\\nThis was occupied until 1877, when it shared\\nthe fate of the first edifice, being burned in\\nAi)ril of that year. Before ihe next winter, in\\ntheautunuiof 1877, a third house ofworshi]),\\nof the s\u00c2\u00a3fme dimensions as the otiier, but in\\nsome respects a finer building, was dedicated,\\nand still stands, an ornament to the village\\nand a great convenience to the church. The\\nfirst settled pastor of the Baptist Church in\\nEast Washington was Rev. Nathan Ames, who\\nwas ordained pastor on the day the first house\\nof worship was dedicated, in 1827. He was a\\nnative of New Boston, N. H., wiiere he was\\nborn in 1785. He began preaching in the\\nvicinity of Newburyport, Mass., and in 1819\\nwas called to the pastorate of a church in\\nSutton, N. H., where he remained several\\nyears. He \\\\vas pastor of the church until\\n1834, and soon after the close of his pastorate\\nhe removed to Jamaica, Vt., where he died.\\nThe next pastor was Rev. David Gage, who\\nwas ordained in 1835. He was born in Wilton,\\nN. H., December 26, 1809. He remained\\nwith the church ten years, closing his labors in\\n1845. From East Washington he removed to\\nNew Boston, where he preached some years.\\nAfter closing his pastorate in New Boston, he", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1241.jp2"}, "1136": {"fulltext": "402\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nentered the service of the New Hampshire\\nBaptist Convention as a missionary, beginning\\nhis labors in 1855, and continuing many years,\\na portion of the time as State missionary and\\nfinancial agent for the Convention. His\\npresent residence is Manchester, N. H.\\nAfter the resignation of Mr. Gage, Rev.\\nD. P. Dunning, Rev. Nathan Chapman and\\nRev. Mr. Elliot each served as pastor a short\\ntime. In 1852 or 1853, Rev. Albert Heald\\nbecame pastor of the church, and continued as\\npastor until 1865, when Rev. Eli P. Noyes was\\ncalled, and remained three years. The next\\npastors were Rev. Horace G. Hubbard, Rev.\\nG. D. Ballentine, Rev. Addison Browne,\\nL. U. Anderson, Rev. L. M. Powers, Rev.\\nWilliam Beavensand Rev. E. A. Edwards, who\\nis now pastor of the cluirch. Since the pastor-\\nate of Mr. Heald all the pastorates have been\\nshort, none of them exceeding three years.\\nRev. E. A. Edwards, the present pastor,\\ncame to Washington from Beverly, Mass., in\\nthe fall of 1883, and under his call the church\\nseems to be in a prosperous condition. The\\npresent membership exceeds eighty.\\nIn 1858 a Methodist Church was organized\\nat East Washington. Rev. Ij. L. Dudley acted\\nas preacher at the time the church was organ-\\nized, and was influential in its formation. Its\\nfirst class consisted of eleven persons. Samuel\\nA. Clogston was the leader of the first class.\\nMeethigs for public worship were held in a\\nsmall hall until the erection of a church edifice,\\nin 1859. The first pastor after the formation\\nof the church was Rev. B. E. Whipple, who\\nwas succeeded in 18(30 by Rev. C. N. Lewis.\\nDuring the year 1861 the pulpit was supplied\\nby Revs. Hoppins, Brooks and Richardson.\\nJohn H. Lane supplied in 1862 and a portion\\nof 1863. Chester Dingman appears to have\\nbeen employed during a portion of 1863. In\\n1864, C. Marshall Pegg, a young man of bril-\\nliant talents, supplied the desk. About the\\nyear 1869, A. J. Roberts became pastor, and\\nwas followed bv Rev. Mr. Dudley, who was\\nthe last settled pastor, the church, owing to\\ndeaths and removals, being unable to support a\\npastor. For a time the church edifice was\\noccupied by the Free-Will Baptist Church,\\nwhich was organized in East Washington,\\nFebruary 18, 1873. Its first pastor was Rev.\\nEdwin Smith, who was settled in 1874, the\\npulpit having been supplied the first year by\\nRev. G. B. Tewksbury.\\nThe original number of members was thir-\\nteen, and of this number Samuel Fletcher and\\nAaron Peasley were chosen deacons. Mr. Smith\\nremained with the church two years. During\\nthe time of Mr. Tewksbury s service and the\\npastorate of Mr. Smith there were many addi-\\ntions to the church. After Mr. Smith s re-\\nmoval the church was without a pastor until\\nthe autumn of 1877, when Rev. Thomas H.\\nSmithers became pastor, but resigned in the\\nspring of 1878, much to the regret of the church.\\nThe same year John Willis became pastor of\\nthe church and continued his labors two years.\\nHe was an able man and labored faithfully for\\nthe gootl of the church and community. Since\\n1880 the church has had no settled pastor.\\nThe church has never owned a house of wor-\\nship, but its services have been held in a hall\\nand in the Methodist Church.\\nNear the beginning of the present century\\nthe First Universal ist Society was organized in\\nWashington. No church was organized, but\\nthe society provided preaching a considerable\\npart of tlie time. About the year 1842 the\\ntown gave the society permission to finish a\\nroom for religious worship in the second story\\nof the town-house, and after that time relig-\\nious services were held there until the weakened\\ncondition of the society made it unable to em-\\nploy a preacher.\\nAmong the preachers who have served the\\nsociety may be mentioned Rev. David Cooper,\\nRev. Mr. Gil man, Rev. Lemuel Willis, Rev.\\nMr. Holden, Rev. Mr. Anderson, Rev. Mr.\\nPalmer and Rev. Nathan R. Wright. David\\nCooper, although a preacher during his early", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1242.jp2"}, "1137": {"fulltext": "WASHINGTON.\\n403\\nmanhood, was for a time engaged in trade on\\nthe spot where Nathaniel A. Lull Sons now\\ntrade. Later he resided on the farm now owned\\nby Edward W. Brooks. He removed from\\ntown about fifteen years since and resided in\\nSutton the remainder of his life. He died in\\nSutton June 25, 1885, at the age of eighty-six\\nyears.\\nA sketch of Rev. N. R. Wright will be found\\nin another place. He came back to his native\\ntown to jJreach in 1843 and remained tliirteen\\nyears. He is at present actively engaged in\\nministerial labor in Lynn, Mass.\\nNear the commencement of the present cen-\\ntury several families settled in town and be-\\ncame influential and useful citizens.\\nNathaniel Gordon came from Bedford near\\nthe close of the last century, and after living a\\nyear at the west part of the town, removed to\\nEast AVashington and pureiiased a farm, just\\nwest of the school-house, of Daniel Severance.\\nHe was familiarly known as Captain Gordon,\\nand was greatly respected. He M^as one of the\\noriginal members of the Baptist Church in East\\nWashington.\\nHis son, Alfred Gordon, was a famous school-\\nmaster in his day. He resided many years on\\nthe old homestead and then removed to Illinois,\\nwhere he died at an advanced age.\\nJabin Fisher removed from Canton, Mass., to\\nWashington early in the present century and\\nlived where his son, the venerable Jabez Fisher,\\nnow resides. JabezFisher, just mentioned, was\\nfor many years successfully engaged in mercan-\\ntile pursuits in Boston. He has preserved the\\nold homestead, where he is passing his last days\\nin quiet and peaceful retirement.\\nDeacon Samuel P. Bailey came from Weare\\nabout the year 1803 and settled where his son\\nJesse F. Bailey now resides. He lived to the\\ngreat age of one hundred years. His death\\noccurred in 1880.\\nMoses Jones moved from Hillsborough to\\nWashington not far from the year 1815 and\\nsettled on the farm at East Washington, where\\nhis sou, Simon W. Jones, afterward lived. He\\ncame to Hillsborough from Weston, Mass.\\nHis sons, Solomon E., Simon W. and Nathan-\\niel G., were prominent citizens of the town.\\nSolomon E. Jones was for many years engaged\\nin trade in East Washington. Nathaniel G.\\nJones is still a resident of East Wasiiington.\\nCharles French settled where his son, Charles\\nA. French, now resides in 1814. He raised a\\nlarge family of children. His son, William B.\\nFrench, was fur some years engaged in trade at\\nthe centre of tiie town.\\nDavid Lincoln came from Bedford in 1802,\\nand purchased of a Dr. Kelly the farm\\nwliich was afterward, for many years, the house\\nof Isaac N. Gage. He was an active, stirring:\\nman in all business matters. For many years\\nhe drove a team between East Wasiiington and\\nBoston. He was a captain in the militia, and\\nis sjioken of, by those who remember him, as\\nCaptain Lincoln. He never had children, but\\nhis kind heart led him to adopt several, whom\\nhe cared for as if they had been his own.\\nThe Trains have long resided in town, and have\\nbeen influential. The family were originally\\nfrom Weston, Mass., from which town they\\ncame to Hillsborough, N. H., at an early\\ndate. Harry Train was the first of the name to\\nsettle in Washington. Charles and Henry Train,\\nsons of Harry Train, have been pi-ominent cit-\\nizens of the town, the latter lieing for some\\nyears tlie proprietor of the hotel at the centre of\\nthe town, and representative to the Legislature.\\nArthur Train, another son.of Harry Train, was\\nfor many years a very popular and successful\\nphysician in Virginia and Chicago.\\nSamuel Cheney came from Henniker in 1805,\\nand settled on the farm afterward owned by\\nJoel Severance (2d). He was probably the first\\nsettler on that farm. His son, George W.\\nCheney, was a highly-respected citizen of the\\ntown.\\nDavid Dole became a resident of the town\\nabout 1803 or 1804. He bought a farm of\\nJeremiah Bacon, near East Washington, where", "height": "2922", "width": "1974", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1243.jp2"}, "1138": {"fulltext": "404\\nHISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhe spent most of liis life. Jeremiah Bacon,\\nafter selling his farm, removed to Hancock.\\nDaniel Greenleaf, who was born in Haver-\\nhill, Mass., in 1780, came from Concord, IS H.,\\nto Washington to reside just prior to 1820.\\nlie was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and\\nhad previously been in trade in Concord and\\nHebron. During his residence in Washington\\nhe served for a time as postmaster. The\\nGreenleafs of this and the adjoining towns are\\ndescendants of Daniel Greenleaf.\\nNathan Brainard removed from Lempster to\\nWashington between the years 1823 and\\n1 825, and engaged in trade at the centre of the\\ntown. He was also postmaster for a while. In\\n1834 he removed to Cleveland, Ohio. The\\nfirm of S. Brainard s Sons, music dealers and\\npublishers, of Cleveland, are of this family,\\nand is composed of the grandsons of Nathan\\nBrainard.\\nScth Adams, a native of Mason, N. H., came\\nto Washington at an early age, and married, in\\n1813, Comfort Barney, a native of the town.\\nHe was a woolen manufacturer, and, in company\\nwith his sons, Calvin and Nathan, established the\\nfii st woolen-mill at the centre of the town, in\\n1843.\\nLewis Vickery removed from Lemjjster to\\nWashington about the year 1815, and took up\\nhis residence on the Goshen turnpike, some\\nfour miles from Washington Centre. Prior to\\nhis residence in Lempster he had resided in\\nWinchester N. H., having removed from that\\ntown to Lempster in .1805.\\nJohn Fisk, who was born in Hillsborough in\\n1789, settled, in 1812, at East Wasliington, on\\nthe place now owned by Hiram J. Gage. His\\nfarm embraced what is now the eastern part of\\nthe village.\\nCaleb Carr, also a native of Hillsborough,\\nbought in 1818 the farm afterward owned by\\nJonathan Severance, near East Washington.\\nHe built the first house on the place. He still\\nresides at East Washington, at the age of\\nninety-three. His sons. Mason H. and George\\nH. Carr, are still residents of the town. Mason\\nH. Carr has been engaged in the manufacture\\nand sale of lumber in East Washington for\\nmore than forty years, owning the mill which is\\non the site of the first mill in the village, which\\nwas erected by his great-grandfather. Captain\\nJonathan Brockway.\\nIn 1850 Dr. George Hubbard settled in the\\npractice of his profession at East Washington.\\nHe had, a year or two before, practiced there,\\nbut did not permanently locate until 1850. He\\nremained until 1855, when he removed to Man-\\nchester, and was succeeded by Dr. John Haynes,\\nof Newbury. Dr. Hubbard was a man of much\\nskill in his profession, and took high rank as a\\nsurgeon. In the War of the Rebellion he was\\nlong in the service as an army surgeon, and par-\\nticijiated in many battles. After his retirement\\nfrom the service of his country he engaged in\\npractice in Lansingburgh, N. Y., where he died.\\nDr. Haynes remained in jjractice until 1860,\\nwhen he was succeeded by Dr. H. Monroe.\\nDr. Monroe was a native of Hillsborough,\\na graduate of Dartmouth College and of\\nthe iledical Department of the same institu-\\ntion. He died in East Washington jSIay 2,\\n1863, and was succeeded the same year by\\nDr. Silas M. Dinsmoor, a native of Antrim\\nand a graduate of the School of Medicine con-\\nnected with Columbian University, Washing-\\nton, D. C. He removed from East Washing-\\nton to Francestown in 1874. His present resi-\\ndence is Iveene, N. H.\\nMuch might be written of the brave men of\\nWashington who participated in the struggle\\nfor the preservation of the Union during the\\ngreat Rebellion, but space will not permit.\\nUpwards of sixty men, including substitutes,\\nmore than thirty of whom were volunteers,\\nwent from this little town to fight the battles\\nof their country, and twelve lost their lives in\\nits defense.\\nIn 1866 the people of the town erected, on\\nthe village green at Washington Centre, a beau-\\ntiful granite shaft, upon which are inscribed", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1244.jp2"}, "1139": {"fulltext": "WASHINGTON.\\n405\\nthe names of those who lost their lives rluriiig\\nthe AVar of the Rebellion. This monument\\nwas one of the first of its kind to be erected in\\nthe State of New Hampsliii-e.\\nEdmnnd Davis, Jeremiah Fletcher and Joiin\\nMay all settled in Washington near the begin-\\nning of the present century.\\nEdmund Davis came from Hancock and\\nwas at first engaged in teaching. He afterward\\nmarried a daughter of Deacon William Graves,\\nand, with the exception of a very few years,\\ntheir whole married life was spent in Washing-\\nton. He was a noted schoolmaster in his day,\\nand was the first postmaster in East Wash-\\nington.\\nJohn May also came from Hancock and first\\nlived on the Goshen turnpike, nearly opposite\\nthe present residence of John L. Butterfield,\\nwhere he kept a tavern. He afterward re-\\nmoved to the village, at the centre of the town,\\nwhere he died. May Pond, near the place\\nwhere he first resided, was so named on ac-\\ncount of his having resided near it.\\nJeremiah Fletcher came from New Ipswich\\nand settled some two miles northwest of East\\nWashington, where his sou, Francis P. Flet-\\ncher, afterwai d resided. The Fletchers, still\\nresidintc in town, are his descendants.\\nIn the year 1869 a free public library was\\nopened in Washington, known as the Sliedd\\nFree Library. It was founded by the bequest\\nof Miss Sarah Shedd, a native and resident of\\nthe town, who bequeathed the sum of twenty-\\nfive hundred dollars as a fund for its sujjport.\\nSarah Shedd was the daughter of John and\\nLydia Shedd, and was born in Washington\\nApril 29, 1813. Most, if not all, of the prop-\\nerty which she acquired was obtained by hard\\nlabor in cotton-mills. Notwithstanding her\\nlaborious occupation, she foiuid time to devote\\nto literary labor, and was the author of many\\npoems, which have been gathered into a small\\nvolume. Miss Shedd died April 5, 1867. The\\nlibrary, to which yearly additions have been\\nmade, now contains about seventeen hundred\\nvolumes.\\nIn 1881, by the munificence of Mr. L. T.\\nJefls, of Hudson, Mass., a beautiful library\\nbuilding, for the accommodation of the Shedd\\nFree Library, was pi esented to the town. The\\nbuilding is of brick, with slate roof, and is\\nthoroughly and beautifully furnished in every\\npart. Mr. Jefts is a son of the late Benjamin\\nand Olive (Reed) Jefts, of Washington. He\\nwas born in Washington April 4, 1830. His\\nparents, being in moderate circumstances, were\\nnot able to assist him to any great extent either\\nin matters of education or busine.ss. At the\\nage of eighteen he obtained his fiither s per-\\nmission to get an education, providing he was\\nable to pay his own expen.ses. He left his\\nhome for the academy at Marlow, with thirteen\\ndollars, the gift of his mother on her dying\\nbed. After attending school at Marlow and\\nWashington several years, paying his expenses\\nin the mean time by teaching, he went to Mas-\\nsachusetts and entered a store as clerk. After-\\nard he became one of the proprietors of a\\nstore in Assabet, Mass. In 18 )9 he engaged\\nin the manufacture of shoes in Hudson, Mass.,\\nwhere he has since resided. Fortune has\\nseemed to smile upon his endeavors, so that he\\nhas become the possessor of a large fortune. He\\nrepresented the towns of Hudson, Stowe, Little-\\nton and Roxborough in the Legislature in\\n1883. At present he is president of the Hud-\\nson National Bank, an institution with a cajiital\\nof one hundred tliousand dollars.", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1245.jp2"}, "1140": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX\\nCHESHIRE COUNTY.\\nKEENE.\\nDit. Airos Tavitchell, for so long a time the\\nautocrat of surgery in New England, was born\\nin Dublin, N. H., April 14, 1781. His fhtlier\\nwas Samuel Twitchell, one of the earliest set-\\ntlers of Dublin, and his mother was Alice,\\ndaughter of Dr. Wilson, of Sherburne.\\nDr. Twitchell entered Dartmouth College in\\n1798 and graduated in 1S02. From early\\nchildhood Dr. Twitchell s thoughts had been\\nled to the profession of medicine, and during his\\ncollege course his intimacy with Dr. Nathan\\nSmith had tended still further to guide him on-\\nward in the same path. Upon leaving college\\nhe commenced the study of medicine with Dr.\\nNathan Smith, at Hanover, N. H., and in 1805\\ncommenced practice in the neighboring town of\\nNorwich, Vt. Here he remained until 1807 or\\n1808, when be removed to Marlborough, N.H.,\\nand entered into partnership with his brother-\\nin-law. Dr. Carter. In 1810 he removed to\\nKeene and there labored for about 11 irty years,\\ngradually rising to a fame of which anv one\\nmight have been proud. He was chosen\\na member of the New Hampshire Medical\\nSociety in 1811, and from that time until his\\ndeath felt the liveliest interest in in it.\\nDr. Twitchell was solicited to accept a pro-\\nfessorship in Dartmouth College, at Castleton,\\nVt., Bowdoiu College, Maine, and at the Uni-\\nversity of Vermont, all of which flattering pro-\\nposals he declined. Dr. Henry I. Bowditch,\\nin his memoir of Dr. Twitchell, says,\\n4013\\nDr. Twitchell was no shadow of another nor the\\nexponent of any set of opinions, but a living s|)eci-\\nmeu of what a great, self-relying mortal may become.\\nHe was possessed of infinite humor, of a strong, vig-\\norous intellect and a reverence for truth in speech\\nand act which, while it made him always ready to ac-\\nknowledge his own errors, likewise aroused his indig-\\nnation against hypocrisy and pretense wherever seen.\\nJoined to these traits, and in beautiful harmony with\\nthem, was his warm heart. Ardent in his attach-\\nment to friends through every stage of life, and\\nwisely benevolent to those closely united to him, he\\nwent about daily doing good.\\nHe died May 26, 1850.\\nSULLIVAN COUNTY.\\nBENCH AND BAR.\\nWiLLiASi H. H. Allen is a descendant from\\nold Puritan stock. Samuel Allen came from\\nBraintree, Essex County, England, and settled\\nin Cambridge, Mass., in 1632. With the first\\nemigration from the Massachusetts Bay colony\\nhe went to Windsor, Conn., in 1635, and in that\\nvicinity are many of his descendants. Ethan\\nAllen, of Revolutionary fame, was the fifth in the\\nline of de.scent from Samuel, through his second\\nson, and the subjeet of this sketch is the eighth\\nin descent from Samuel, through his third son.\\nAbel Allen, the great-grandfather of William\\nH. H. Allen, came from Connecticut and settled\\nin Surry, Cheshire County, N. H., aboixt 1760,\\nand died there in 1808. His grandfather, Abel,\\nwas born in Windsor, Conn., in 1756, and came\\nto Surry witli his father and lived there until", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1246.jp2"}, "1141": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX.\\n407\\nhe died, in 1837. His father, Joseph Allen,\\nwas born in that town in 1798. He lived there\\nand worked upon his father s and other farms\\nin the vicinity, availing himself of the limited\\nadvantages afforded by the public schools of\\nthat period and other means of education within\\nhis reach, until twenty-two years old, when he\\nthought he had a call to preach, became a Meth-\\nodist minister and coupled preaching in Surry\\nand some other towns and farming together for\\na few years. In 1828 he removed to Winhall,\\na small town in Bennington County, Vt., bought\\na tract of rocky but productive land, erected a\\nhouse and other buildings upon it, and divided\\nhis time between farming and preaching. It\\nwas on this farm that William II. H. Allen was\\nborn, on December 10, 1829. About 1832 his\\nfather sold the farm and took up preaching\\nagain in connection with farmino-.\\nFrom 1839 to 1844 he lived with his fomily\\nat Hartland, Vt., farming and preaching. In\\nthe latter year he returned with his family to\\nSurry and remained there, farming until his\\ndeath, in June, 1877, at the age of seventy-nine\\nyears. He represented the town of Surry in the\\nNew Hampshire Legislature in 1857, held sev-\\neral town offices and was many years a justice\\nof the peace. His wife, who survived him un-\\ntil ^Nlarch, 1880, was Lyna, daughter of the late\\nDaniel Abbott, of Surry. By her he had ten\\nchildren, five of whom are still living.\\nWilliam H. H. Allen lived in his father s\\nfamily, working upon farms and attending pub-\\nlic schools a few months each year, until he was\\nfifteen years old. From that time until he was\\nnineteen he worked on farms summers, attend-\\ning academies at West Brattleboro and Saxton s\\nRiver, Vt., and one term at Keene, X. H., falls,\\nand teaching winters, until 18o0. For a N-ear\\nand a half he was under the tutelage of Joseph\\nPerry, of Keene, an accomplishad scholar and\\nretired veteran teacher, and under his instruction\\ncompleted his preparation for college. He en-\\ntered Dartmouth Collegein 1851 and was grad-\\nuated second in his class of fifty-one, Walbridge\\nA. Field being first in 1855. Among his class-\\nmates were William S. Ladd, of Lancaster, N.H.,\\nan ex -judge of the Supreme Court of New\\nHampshire Nelson Diugley, of Lewiston, ex-\\nGovernor and now member of Congress from\\nMaiue Walbridge A. Field, judge of the Su-\\npreme Court of Massachusetts Greenleaf Clark,\\nof St. Paul, ex-judge of the Supreme Court of\\nMinnesota E. B. S. Sanborn, one of the New\\nHampshire railroad commissioners; Rev. Al-\\npheus Pike, D.D., now of Minnesota the late\\nFrank Robinson, who was a prominent lawyer\\nat Dubuque, Iowa; Samuel R. Bond, a distin-\\nguished lawyer of Washington, D. C; and John\\nK. Valentine, of Philadelphia, United States\\ndistrict attorney for Pennsylvania.\\nFollowing his graduation, Mr. Allen was\\nprincipal of a High School atHopkinton, Mass.,\\nuntil November, 1856, when he returned to\\nSurry and read law in the office of Wheeler\\nFaulkner, of Keene, about a year; then went to\\nPerrysburg, Ohio, and was superintendent of\\nschools there until the simimer of 1858. He\\ncommenced reading law at Hopkinton, and de-\\nvoted his spare time to it there and at Perrys-\\nburg. He returned to Surry, soon entered the\\nlaw-office of Burke Wait, at Newport, N. H.,\\nand was admitted to the bar at the Sep-\\ntember term of court for Sullivan County, in\\n1858. By general request of the bar, he was\\nappointed clerk of the courts for Sullivan\\nCounty in November, 1858, to fill a vacancy\\ncaused by the resignation of the late Thomas\\nW. Gilmore, and took up his residence at New-\\nport. He continued in this position, trying\\nmany referee cases anfl doing much other bus-\\niness now done by the judges, until September,\\n1863, when he was appointed paymaster in the\\narmy, which position he held until December,\\n1865. He was stationed at Washington, D. C.\\nand paid soldiers in the Army of the Potomac,\\nuntil May, 1865, when he went to Philadel-\\nphia and paid discharged Pennsylvania soldiers.\\nWhen he was discharged from the service he\\nsettled his accounts with the govermueut with-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1247.jp2"}, "1142": {"fulltext": "408\\nAPPENDIX.\\nout difficulty, returned to his home in Xewpoi t,\\nopened an office and commenced the practice of\\nhis profession, which he continued with a good\\ndegree of success, there and at Claremont, N. H.,\\nuntil 1876, when he was appointed to the Su-\\npreme Court bench. He was appointed judge\\nof Pi obate for Sullivan County in January,\\n1867, and held that office until July, 1874.\\nDuring his term but three appeals were taken\\nfrom his decisions, two of which were affirmed\\nby the full bench of the Supreme Court, and\\nthe other one was not prosecuted.\\nJudge Allen was appointed register in\\nbankruptcy when the bankrupt law of 1867\\nwent into effect, and held that office until 1876,\\nwhen, by general request of the Sullivan County\\nbar, he was appointed associate Justice of tlie\\nSupreme Court of New Hampshire, \\\\\\\\hich po-\\nsition he still occupies. His opinions will be\\nfound in the fifty-eighth and subsequent vol-\\numes of the New Hampshire Law Reports.\\nIn all the positions to which Judge Allen has\\nbeen called he has discharged their various and\\noften difficult duties with fidelity and to gen-\\neral acceptance.\\nJudge Allen removed from Newport to Clare-\\nmont, N. H., in 1S68, where he has since re-\\nsided. In politics he has always been a Re-\\npublican. He is a Unitnriau in belief, but has\\nlatterly attended the Episcopal Church. He\\nwas lirst married, in 1856, to Ellen E., daugh-\\nter of John Joslin, of Surry, by whom he had\\nnine children. Two died in infancy and the\\nother seven are still living. His wife died in\\nClaremont in June, 1873. In October, 1874,\\nhe married Sally S., daughter of the late Dr.\\nJohn Sabine, of Strafford, Vt. By this mar-\\nriage he has no children.\\nLEMPSTER.\\nAnson Keyes, mentioned as a trader, should\\nbe lawyer. He is practicing law in the West.\\nThere is a Farmers Club and the Or-\\nder of Good Templars which have done effi-\\ncient work in the cause of temperance.\\nGENERAL HISTORY.\\nCensus Table. Tabulated statement, show-\\ning the movement of population of the several\\ntowns in Sullivan County at each census since\\n1767, iuclusive, with dates of incorporation and\\nfirst called name\\no\\n1\\naC3DO 00^- r=riO r^\u00c2\u00ab Cli-iX\\nCO\\nr-H\\n.-1 1-1 C-1 r-.\\ns\\nO\\non\\nr--\\nOI .OC0Oi01^^CC\u00e2\u0080\u0094 IXtir-OOOOCO\\nI- r-\u00c2\u00ab M .-1\\noc lo c-i rN lO t\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M t^ C-) r^ cc C j\\no i.-; t-, tf; ;s rr X o o 1-- Of. X\\nT-( ^r r- cs)\\no t^ c-1 X \u00c2\u00bbo i^ 1-^ t^ c; r-. 00 o ro \u00c2\u00bbra ?c\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V i-^ i-t. O o o :o Ci CI lO CN :c c-i\\n.-.r-.CNi-H .-I ^^,-1 r-lr-i\\nC;MO.-\u00c2\u00abOt^C^Tt OOsOl--COI^ M\\nr-1 I-. CM r-\u00c2\u00ab 1-t i-H T-l r-\u00c2\u00ab\\nI O Ol CC\\nI I^ .O X- CO QO\\ncc r^ c-i c: r-\\noi \u00e2\u0096\u00a0y: t-^ lO c:\\n-t -fr (M r^\\nO OS CO 30\\nO -P CS iO\\nCC cc lO 0 i-\u00c2\u00ab\\nCO -o O\\nCi Oi CO CO\\nM CI o c^\\nCO lOCO\\nT CO OJ CO\\nc; c-1 O\\niO IC CO rH\\nO CO CO\\nCI -M OS\\n\u00c2\u00abC -I (M\\nh-. CO\\nCO O CO lO\\nCO .-H\\nfe-M\\nc\\n.o\\nOl -w O 1^ 1^1 -f -f\\nC4 \u00c2\u00bbo 00 M 3i o r^\\nCO \u00c2\u00bb0 *0 i- Tf\\nCO r^ QO\\nM c o\\ni-( CO\\nCO ic t--\\ny-t CI\\no\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0je.-\\ni::\\n-,s\\nc\\no\\n5)\\na\\nI-! M Z; i ac 3^ 3", "height": "2888", "width": "2089", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1248.jp2"}, "1143": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX.\\n409\\nGRANTHAM.\\nThe first settlement on tlic west side of the\\nmountain was made in 17(jl or 7(! 2, where\\nSamuel Beau now lives.\\nThe first .settlers were John Thrasher, Rich-\\nard Cohuru and his brother, John Merrill, Ez-\\nra Htowell, John Gove, Francis Xcwion and\\nthree brothers, Samuel I ean, James Smith, Jo-\\nseph Gleason, Captain liai Jes Scott, Jolin lOa-\\nton, m. ^lonlton and Ezra Hnsweli.\\nCaptain Ivalph Thomp.son was an otlicer in\\nthe Revolutiouarv War.\\nThe west side of the mountain was muiexcd\\nto Plainficld in 18o(i, instead of 1858.\\nKEENE (CllKSIIIItK CnlTNTV).\\nThK SkcOND OrTHODO.X oNCIiKCVrioXAl.\\nCHriicii was ori2;anized October ]8(!7, bv\\na colony of one hundre(l and twentv-two mem-\\nbers (forty-two of whom were male members)\\nfrom the First Church in tlie same place. One\\nother joined that day from the diurcli in .^^al\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l-\\nborough, making tiic niuid)er one hundred and\\ntwenty-three. Tlie immediate cause that moved\\nthis large body (including the four acting dea-\\ncons) to leave its church and home was a con-\\nflict between the society and the church. Per-\\nhaps I cannot make things plain in any better\\nway than by copying from the church ri cords\\na ])aj)er which was read before the council\\nwiiich was called to decide whetlur it was ex-\\npedient to form a new ehurcii. J co])v this\\nl)aper vfrhniim\\nDear Brethren in hrisi\\nBelieving that no step of thi.s kind which has the\\ninterest, of Christ s cause at heart, should be under-\\ntaken without much thought and prayer, after much\\nprayer we have come to the conclusion that it will be\\nfor the interest of our Divine Master s cause here that\\nwe should unite in forming ourselves into another\\nchurch.\\n\\\\V present the following as some of the reasons\\nthat have led us to this step\\nlat Reaaoii Soon after the Rev. Mr. Hamilton s\\ndismission, the Rev. Dr. Barstow sent a communica-\\ntion to the Church Society, requesting them to select\\ns( another Pastor, who should assume the chief\\ncare lonsibility of the pastorate.\\n.imittee of the Society were by one of the\\nOffictis ot the Church notified of the I equest of Dr.\\nBarstow. .4 part of them demurred and said there\\nwas no need of action, as we bad a Pastor.\\nBy Mrs. Noah R. Cooke.\\nThe church were duly called together to consider\\nthe subject, 1% chose a Connnittee of three to act in\\nconnection with a Committee of the Society to obtain\\na supply for the desk.\\nA legal meeting of the Society was called. .\\\\t\\nthat meeting a part of the select Committee, who\\nhave since been among the minority of the Society,\\ncontended, strongly,\\n1st, that Dr. Barstow, whose health was feeble at\\nthe time, Wiis able xlinuld jierform all the duties of\\nthe pastorate.\\n2d, That the church had nothing to do with the\\nmatter that the Society s t ommitlee had the right\\n^k fitU power to obtain all needed help, even if it was\\npermanent but alter much discussion it was voted\\nthat the Select Committee of the Society be a Com-\\nmittee to act in connection with the Connnittee of\\nthe Church for the above jmrpose. It soon became\\nevident that the objection.s were planned in the mi-\\nnority as to what kind of preaching we should have,\\nhence our troubles first l)egan.\\n2 l Reason. The united committee having heard\\nof Rev. J. A. Leach, after conferring with Rev. Dr.\\nHarstow, engaged him for two Sabbaths, then for two\\nmore; in the mean time, by the request of many, he\\nwas engaged for six months.\\nGod, in His providence blessed his labors, and\\nmany were brought into the kingdom of His dear\\nSon, an earnestness took hold upon many profes-\\nsional followers of Christ, but not upon all.\\nA spirit of opposition arose from causes we need\\nnot mention. At a meeting of the Society for bn,si-\\nnesa, about a month before Mr. Leach s six months\\nexpired, after getting in all his opponents they could,\\namong whom were some who never or seldom at-\\ntended meeting, an informal vote was taken, after\\nmuch discussion as to its propriety, to see whether it\\nwas best to retain Mr. Leach longer than his j)resent\\nsix months. Twenty-four voted to retain and\\neighteen not to retain. One f f the eighteen expres.sed\\nafter the meeting, tliat they got one more vote than\\nthey expected, and he did not know who that one was.\\n3rf Reason. When the meeting-house was re-\\nbuilt, all the pews were sold, .subject to be taxed to\\npay the current expenses of the Society. This was\\nby a legal agreement of the Society. They were so\\nassessed, and the tax paid regularly. After Mr.\\nLeach s call and before his settlement in August,\\n186(5, twelve of the jiew-owners, including one of the\\nSelect Committee of the Society, also some of the\\nChurch who had not paid their pew-tax due in July,\\nrefused to pay their just dues, and after the most pet-\\nsistent and dishonorable means from time to time in-\\nduced many others to withhold their pay, thus to\\ncripple the financial afl airs of the Society.\\n-ith Reason. If the Society were all united and\\nharmonious, the house could not acconnnodate all that\\nwished to have seats there, and indeed, they cannot\\nall find seats now, for various reasons. The jiews\\nwere owned by various individuals, .some owning two\\nor more. Some of these owners, among whom are\\nchurch-members, let seats in their pews, and put the\\npay in their pockets and refused to pay their assess-", "height": "2902", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "historyofcheshir00hur_1249.jp2"}, "1144": {"fulltext": "410\\nAPPENDIX.\\nments, also refused to let the occuprtiits pay to the\\nSociety.\\nSome have driven the I rieuds of Mr. Leach from\\ntheir pews, and others who had more than one pew\\nhave charged so exorbitantly for their pews that the\\nSociety have been deprived of their rental. Books\\nand important papers have been withheld by the\\nminority. The collector for 1866 declines to let the\\nSociety know who have iwt paid for that year. Legal\\nmeasures might be resorted to, but for these and other\\nreai^ons, we have concluded that it will be for the\\niiitere-st of our Blessed Master to be formed into a\\nseparate body. (JEORtiE Kinusiuiey.\\nOthers advocated the Ibrnaiiig of a new\\ncliurcli, and mi one opposing, the council\\nunanimously voted that a Second Congregational\\nChurcii should be organized in Keene. This\\nwas duly carried out, the same articles of faith\\nand the same covenant which they had used in\\nFirst Church being adopted, and the same four\\ndeacons, three of them aged men, being voted\\ninto service in the new church. Seldom is it\\nseen that the majority of a church leaves a\\nchurch for the sake of jjcace, in this instance\\nwithout any church jiroperty, M ithout even as\\nmuch as a Sabbath-school book, though some\\nof them had given largely towards the rebuild-\\ning of the First Church, and mauy of them owned\\npews in the same. The new enterprise highly\\nprospered, and though the amount of property\\nrepresented by the new church was not so very\\nlarge, yet all were actuated by a generous spirit,\\nand two gentlemen of their number, to whom\\nGod had given the means, gave very liberally,\\nand so the new church was dedicated, free from\\ndelit, September IG, 1(S69, and at the same\\ntime the ]\\\\ev. J. A. Leach was installed pastor.\\nThe church was dedicated as a free church, and\\nrenuiined a free church till 1884, when, though\\nmany were very reluctant to give up the free-\\nseat svstem, still, on account of difficulty in\\nraising the needed funds by voluntary subscrip-\\ntions, it was decided to rent the pews, which\\nhas since been done.\\nThe business arm of this ciiurch is a church\\nassociation, to which none can belong but\\nchurch members. This acts as a preventive to\\nsuch trouble as was caused in the First Church\\nby unconverted men having power in the\\nsociety.\\nIt was wonderful how the new church pros-\\npered. Sermons, deeply in earnest, were\\nblessed, and there were, for a long time, addi-\\ntions to the chtn-ch at nearly every commimion\\nseason. The preaching of Rev. J. A. Ijeach\\nwas Calvinistic in doctrine, faithful and fearless,\\nwith a remarkable gift of originality. There\\nwas never a sameness in his sermons, but he\\npossessed a wonderful power of so presenting\\ntruth that it should be spiritual, striking and\\nattractive. The salvation of souls was emphati-\\ncally his desire, and he would make any sacri-\\nfice for that object. Starting with V2? mem-\\nbers, there have, up to this time, been added\\n298 members, and 172 of these were added\\nduring the first four years. Of the 298, 90\\nwere added by letter, the rest on profession of\\ntheir faith. Therefore 421 persons have, at\\nsome time, been connected with this church\\nduring the nearly eighteen years of its existence.\\nThere are at present not far from 290 members.\\nRev. J. A. Leach resigned the pastorate\\nJanuary 8, 1882. Rev. W. D. Love was act-\\ning pastor one year, 1882-8.3. Rev. W. F.\\nPrice as also acting pastor for one year,\\n188; )-84. At the present time there is no\\npastoi Rev. Dr. Wallace, of INIanchester, this\\nState, has for some time supplied the pulpit\\nwith great acceptance.\\nKeene needs two Orthodox Congregational\\nChurches. As has been seen in this jjaper, the\\nseating capacity of the First Church was not\\nsufiicient for its hearers at the time the Second\\nChurch was formed, and the need for two is\\nmuch greater now. The result lias been good\\nfor the benevolent societies, for much more\\nmoney is contributed for them by two churches\\nthan was contributed by one.\\nThe Second Church has been ])assing through\\ntroublous times, but it is hoped that it may\\nendure, and that God s grace may yet enable it\\ntu pursue the things which tend to the glory of\\n(iod.\\nERR.\\\\TA TO GENERAL HISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY.\\nPage 1, Chapter I., General History, should read Willard Bill, Jr., instead of Willard Bill.\\nPage 3, line 16, read till instead of hill.\\nPage 6, line 29, read Ballard instead of Ballard.\\nPage 7, lines 21-2S, read Lauson Robertson instead of Lansnn Robertson.\\nPage 9, paragraph 3, read Peleg Sprague instead of Peter Sprague.\\nPage 20, line 32, read J. T. Abbott instead of J. P. 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